During our Saturday, July 24th meeting we will recap our experience on Juneteenth, watch video 5 of Tony Evan’s Oneness Embraced study, and have a discussion on Justice. We will also begin our plans to attend the 8th of August Celebration events at the Beck Cultural Center on August 7th & 8th.
We will be available at 10 am to discuss prior to our normal meeting time. If you missed our last few meetings you can watch the previous videos here.
Video 5 Discussion & Self-Reflection
- TABLE DISCUSSION (PRE-VIDEO)
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- How do you define justice? •
- Do you believe justice can be accomplished apart from acknowledging God? Read Psalm 89:14, Ezekiel 16:49.
- Given the following definition of justice, have you ever been treated unjustly, or seen someone treated unjustly? Justice is defined: “The equitable and impartial application of God’s moral law.”
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- TABLE DISCUSSION (POST VIDEO)
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- How does injustice based on race reflect a travesty on the character of God?
- What does the term “white privilege” convey to you?
- How does “white privilege” perpetuate racial injustice or how can it be used to bring about justice in society?
- What is the Church’s responsibility to help bring about “liberty and justice for all” in our society?
- Discuss the Application question.
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- APPLICATION
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- What is one thing you can do this week to better represent Jesus and what it means to be a Christian as it relates to overcoming the racial divide?
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- SELF-REFLECTION
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- Ask yourself one of the following questions:
- When did you make a decision based on race rather than on the Word of God?
- Where have you compromised (set up your own standard) or not been clear on good and evil, specifically as it relates to racism? What was the result?
- How are you holding back the onslaught of evil?
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- NOTES
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- “Justice is tied to God. You cannot have one without the other. If God is your problem, only God is your solution. When you remove God from society, you invite chaos into your society.”
- Justice defined: “the equitable and impartial application of God’s moral law.”
- We are to relate to each other based on biblical standards, principles and commands. “You can’t bring anti-God sentiments into God’s kingdom.”
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- Scripture: 2 Chronicles 15:3 – 6 :
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- 3 For a long time Israel was without the true God, without a priest to teach and without the law. 4 But in their distress they turned to the Lord, the God of Israel, and sought him, and he was found by them. 5 In those days it was not safe to travel about, for all the inhabitants of the lands were in great turmoil. 6 One nation was being crushed by another and one city by another, because God was troubling them with every kind of distress.
- Getting right with God is critical to order in society… The further our culture gets away from God, the more chaotic our society will be.
- Kingdom standard: A visible demonstration of God’s comprehensive rule over every area of life.
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- PRAYER
Other discussion topics:
- Critical Race Theory
Oneness Embraced study questions from the New City Church study guide.