Brothers and sisters,We ought to encourage each other in Christ lest we cause each other to stumble in sin. The Truth is sweet as honey and sets us apart from sin.
Well, yes, wouldn't you? Race divides people into groups based on outward appearance. That's a ridiculous practice considering we as Christians know there is only one race, the human race, descended from Adam and Eve. If one must divide people into people groups it's much more logical to do it by ethnicity which is based on customs and cultures of people from specific geographical locations. An American is not just some "white" person. An African is not just some "black" person. There are many "white" Africans. There are many "black" Americans. It's inaccurate to try to figure out where a person comes from by outward appearances and racist stereotypes. Nowhere in American values does it list "whiteness."
@@marjieyoung9570 First, you have provided a conclusory argument. Without premises leading to a necessary conclusion, you are offering mere opinion. Second, injecting a Darwinian meaning into the word "race" is a red herring. The word "race" means people descended from a common ancestor. This is why--before Darwin--the term was used to describe the English race, the French race, etc. The term was closely associated with nation, e.g. the Cherokee nation. The word does not, as you suggest, mean that people of different "races" are somehow not descended from Adam, our common father. Third, unless you are limiting the definition of "American values" after 1965, I must confess, you are ignorant of American values. John Jay--in Federalist No. 2--stated "Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people--a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence." Also, the first naturalization act issued by the first Congress (i.e. the Framers of the Constitution) was limited exclusively to white people. Even the US Constitution states its purpose in the preamble for themselves and their posterity. So, you are incorrect, the founding documents of America explicitly distinguish white people from others. More to the point, this was the policy of America all the way up to the Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965, which is why the United States was approximately 90% white prior to 1965. You may not like it, but you are wrong when you say "whiteness" is not an American value. It was foundational. Unlike 18th century America, we are no longer a united people. We are many nations inhabiting a common landmass. The only source of commonality is our consumption of wealth and government protections in all the wicked ways we defile ourselves under the banner of "freedom." When hard times come, and the wealth is gone, outside of the kingdom of God, there is very little uniting these various people groups. And we have it from our Lord, "For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many." It is amusing you include the term "whiteness." This is a term used by cultural Marxists that pretends all racial distinctions are mere social constructs. As we're finding out in the Harvard admissions case before the Supreme Court, SAT scores are not a social construct. Fourth, in a fallen world, "race" will always be a source of division and instability. In your comment, you suggest that categorizing distinctions as "racial" somehow leads to division. These divisions existed long before the Darwinian notion of race. The division comes from actual differences. Difference breeds diffidence, and diffidence breeds hatred. This occurs even in homogenous societies, but is made far worse in multiracial societies. It is a fact of a sinful, fallen world that different people groups inhabiting the same geographic location will inevitably be divided. History bears this out time and time again. It might as well be a law of nature in nature's unredeemed condition. Proponents for a multiracial society ignore this empirical truth, inviting chaos and disorder. As Christians, it is true, that we are not to distinguish between Jew and Greek in the kingdom of God, but nowhere in scripture are we commanded to work toward establishing a "multiracial" society. This is the heart of the matter, and more to the point, it is what Mr. Godfrey says in the lecture. It is not based on anything in scripture. It is social and political commentary in total disregard of human nature in it's fallen condition.
This message is from Dr. Godfrey’s 10-part teaching series The Life of Samson. Watch the entire series: www.ligonier.org/learn/series/life-of-samson
Brothers and sisters,We ought to encourage each other in Christ lest we cause each other to stumble in sin. The Truth is sweet as honey and sets us apart from sin.
we are All sinners save by Grace every single one of us
TRUST IN THE LORD WITH ALL THINE HEART , AND LEAN NOT UNTO THINE OWN UNDERSTANDING . PROVERBS 3 : 5 KJV
Unfortunately, our pride has us eluding this otherwise magnificent TRUTH!
👼. Amen!.👼.
They loved Their Temple and Law and rejected the King of both
The reason for their great suffering and hate to this day
The Temple and the Law
They brought forward the charge that Stephen spoke blasphemy against both
Would you give this talk in Zambia and call for an end to black Africa?
Yes ..Once the GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST IS TOLD TO THE ENTIRE OF NATIONS ..THEN THE RAPTURE WILL COME ..AMEN .
I do not understand your out of context analogy. Take yourself to God in prayer for wisdom.
Well, yes, wouldn't you? Race divides people into groups based on outward appearance. That's a ridiculous practice considering we as Christians know there is only one race, the human race, descended from Adam and Eve. If one must divide people into people groups it's much more logical to do it by ethnicity which is based on customs and cultures of people from specific geographical locations. An American is not just some "white" person. An African is not just some "black" person. There are many "white" Africans. There are many "black" Americans. It's inaccurate to try to figure out where a person comes from by outward appearances and racist stereotypes. Nowhere in American values does it list "whiteness."
@@KennethNicholson1972, go be a, smug, dope somewhere else.
@@marjieyoung9570 First, you have provided a conclusory argument. Without premises leading to a necessary conclusion, you are offering mere opinion.
Second, injecting a Darwinian meaning into the word "race" is a red herring. The word "race" means people descended from a common ancestor. This is why--before Darwin--the term was used to describe the English race, the French race, etc. The term was closely associated with nation, e.g. the Cherokee nation. The word does not, as you suggest, mean that people of different "races" are somehow not descended from Adam, our common father.
Third, unless you are limiting the definition of "American values" after 1965, I must confess, you are ignorant of American values. John Jay--in Federalist No. 2--stated "Providence has been pleased to give this one connected country to one united people--a people descended from the same ancestors, speaking the same language, professing the same religion, attached to the same principles of government, very similar in their manners and customs, and who, by their joint counsels, arms, and efforts, fighting side by side throughout a long and bloody war, have nobly established general liberty and independence."
Also, the first naturalization act issued by the first Congress (i.e. the Framers of the Constitution) was limited exclusively to white people. Even the US Constitution states its purpose in the preamble for themselves and their posterity. So, you are incorrect, the founding documents of America explicitly distinguish white people from others. More to the point, this was the policy of America all the way up to the Hart-Celler Immigration Act of 1965, which is why the United States was approximately 90% white prior to 1965. You may not like it, but you are wrong when you say "whiteness" is not an American value. It was foundational. Unlike 18th century America, we are no longer a united people. We are many nations inhabiting a common landmass. The only source of commonality is our consumption of wealth and government protections in all the wicked ways we defile ourselves under the banner of "freedom." When hard times come, and the wealth is gone, outside of the kingdom of God, there is very little uniting these various people groups. And we have it from our Lord, "For the gate is wide and the way is easy that leads to destruction, and those who enter by it are many."
It is amusing you include the term "whiteness." This is a term used by cultural Marxists that pretends all racial distinctions are mere social constructs. As we're finding out in the Harvard admissions case before the Supreme Court, SAT scores are not a social construct.
Fourth, in a fallen world, "race" will always be a source of division and instability. In your comment, you suggest that categorizing distinctions as "racial" somehow leads to division. These divisions existed long before the Darwinian notion of race. The division comes from actual differences. Difference breeds diffidence, and diffidence breeds hatred. This occurs even in homogenous societies, but is made far worse in multiracial societies. It is a fact of a sinful, fallen world that different people groups inhabiting the same geographic location will inevitably be divided. History bears this out time and time again. It might as well be a law of nature in nature's unredeemed condition. Proponents for a multiracial society ignore this empirical truth, inviting chaos and disorder. As Christians, it is true, that we are not to distinguish between Jew and Greek in the kingdom of God, but nowhere in scripture are we commanded to work toward establishing a "multiracial" society. This is the heart of the matter, and more to the point, it is what Mr. Godfrey says in the lecture. It is not based on anything in scripture. It is social and political commentary in total disregard of human nature in it's fallen condition.