City of Light Church
Sermon Notes: 3.19.23 God's commUNITY
Speaker: John Larry
Locations & Times
City of Light Church
6725 W Burleigh St, Milwaukee, WI 53210, USA
Friday 6:30 PM
There is something powerful about the people together from various backgrounds, ethnic groups and communities.
We could see a piece of Heaven on earth.
We could see a piece of Heaven on earth.
Oneness
God's Call is to Unity not Uniformity
God Doesn't Want You To Be Like Everyone Else
When a united Gospel is lived out, it produces hearts that are sold out
God is calling us to community, not conformity
God is calling us to community, not conformity
The challenge of living in community.
i. The drum-major instinct
ii. Shift thinking from “Me, not We” to “We, not “Me”
iii. African Proverb: “I am because we are, we are
because I am.”
i. The drum-major instinct
ii. Shift thinking from “Me, not We” to “We, not “Me”
iii. African Proverb: “I am because we are, we are
because I am.”
God is anti-racism
God calls us all to humility, not arrogance
God does not show partiality to any person or race
i. Confront anti-God’s commUNITY language
ii. Confront anti-God’s commUNITY behavior
iii. Get God’s people involved, if needed, to confront anti-God’s commUNITY language and behavior
ii. Confront anti-God’s commUNITY behavior
iii. Get God’s people involved, if needed, to confront anti-God’s commUNITY language and behavior
Suggested Resources:
"Faithful Anti-Racism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic
Change" by Christina Barland Edmonds and Chad Brennan
"United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity" by
Trillian J. Newbell
"Faithful Anti-Racism: Moving Past Talk to Systemic
Change" by Christina Barland Edmonds and Chad Brennan
"United: Captured by God’s Vision for Diversity" by
Trillian J. Newbell
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