2. 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made us both one and has broken down in his flesh the dividing wall of hostility 15 by abolishing the law of commandments expressed in ordinances, that he might create in himself one new man in place of the two, so making peace, 16 and might reconcile us both to God in one body through the cross, thereby killing the hostility.
Ephesians 2:14-16

3. Where we have been. Root of Racism – Ephesians 2:11-14
New Humanity – Ephesians 2:15-22
Getting in Step with the Gospel – Galatians 2:11-14

4. Feedback
Overwhelmingly Positive

5. Feedback
Overwhelmingly Positive
Some Confusion

6. Feedback Overwhelmingly Positive Some Confusion
Biblically where does it say that I am supposed to do anything about Jim Crow or Slavery?

7. Feedback Overwhelmingly Positive Some Confusion
Biblically where does it say that I am supposed to do anything about Jim Crow or Slavery?
Why are we talking about this? I don’t know what this has to do with me?

8. 19 So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God,
Ephesians 2:19

9. What do you do when there is strife in your household?

10. What do you do when there is strife in your household?
Go to war. Goal is winning.

11. What do you do when there is strife in your household?
Go to war. Goal is winning.
Settle for negative peace. Goal is zero conflict.

12. What do you do when there is strife in your household?
Go to war. Goal is winning.
Settle for negative peace. Goal is zero conflict.
Reconcile. Goal is God’s glory.

13. What we do is determined by who we are.

14. What we do is determined by who we are.
Who we were – aliens and under wrath (Eph. 2:1-14)

15. What we do is determined by who we are.
Who we were – aliens and under wrath (Eph. 2:1-14)
Who we are – members of God’s household (Eph. 2:4-9, 14-19)

16. What we do is determined by who we are.
Who we were – aliens and under wrath (Eph. 2:1-14)
Who we are – members of God’s household (Eph. 2:4-9, 14-19)
What we do – live as ambassadors (2 Cor. 5:17-21)

17. 23 So if you are offering your gift at the altar and there remember that your brother has something against you, 24 leave your gift there before the altar and go. First be reconciled to your brother, and then come and offer your gift.
Matthew 5:23-24

18. 1 I therefore, a prisoner for the Lord, urge you to walk in a manner worthy of the calling to which you have been called, 2 with all humility and gentleness, with patience, bearing with one another in love, 3 eager to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace.
Ephesians 4:1-3

19. 3 Why do you see the speck that is in your brother’s eye, but do not notice the log that is in your own eye? 4 Or how can you say to your brother, ‘Let me take the speck out of your eye,’ when there is the log in your own eye? 5 You hypocrite, first take the log out of your own eye, and then you will see clearly to take the speck out of your brother’s eye.
Matthew 7:3-5

20. Being an Ambassador

21. Being an Ambassador
Be reconciled to God – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21

22. Being an Ambassador Be reconciled to God – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Welcome the stranger – Heb. 13:7 and James 2

23. Being an Ambassador Be reconciled to God – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Welcome the stranger – Heb. 13:7 and James 2
Reconcile with others – Matthew 5:23-24

24. Being an Ambassador Be reconciled to God – 2 Corinthians 5:17-21
Welcome the stranger – Heb. 13:7 and James 2
Reconcile with others – Matthew 5:23-24
Forgive as you have been forgiven – Matthew 6:14-15