“HOT SAUCE 2…Feel the Burn!”(part #6)

What Lives Matter?

-How Do We Deal With Racial Problems In America?

Luke 4:14-30

Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and news about him spread through the whole countryside. 15He was teaching in their synagogues, and everyone praised him. 16He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom. He stood up to read, 17and the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me,because he has anointed me to proclaim good news to the poor. He has sent me to proclaim freedom for the prisoners and recovery of sight for the blind, to set the oppressed free, 19to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.” 20Then he rolled up the scroll, gave it back to the attendant and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fastened on him. 21He began by saying to them, “Today this scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.” 22All spoke well of him and were amazed at the gracious words that came from his lips. “Isn’t this Joseph’s son?” they asked. 23Jesus said to them, “Surely you will quote this proverb to me: ‘Physician, heal yourself!’ And you will tell me, ‘Do here in your hometown what we have heard that you did in Capernaum.’” 24“Truly I tell you,” he continued, “no prophet is accepted in his hometown. 25I assure you that there were many widows in Israel in Elijah’s time, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and there was a severe famine throughout the land. 26Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to a widow in Zarephath in the region of Sidon. 27And there were many in Israel with leprosy in the time of Elisha the prophet, yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.” 28All the people in the synagogue were furious when they heard this. 29They got up, drove him out of the town, and took him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw him off the cliff. 30But he walked right through the crowd and went on his way.

Acts 6:1-7

In those days when the number of disciples was increasing, the Hellenistic Jews among them complained against the Hebraic Jews because their widows were being overlooked in the daily distribution of food. 2So the Twelve gathered all the disciples together and said, “It would not be right for us to neglect the ministry of the word of God in order to wait on tables. 3Brothers and sisters, choose seven men from among you who are known to be full of the Spirit and wisdom. We will turn this responsibility over to them 4and will give our attention to prayer and the ministry of the word.” 5This proposal pleased the whole group. They chose Stephen, a man full of faith and of the Holy Spirit; also Philip, Procorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas from Antioch, a convert to Judaism. 6They presented these men to the apostles, who prayed and laid their hands on them. 7So the word of God spread. The number of disciples in Jerusalem increased rapidly, and a large number of priests became obedient to the faith.

“The world is changed by your example not by your opinion.”

—Paulo Coello

*I Will Be Aware!

“The challenge with white privilege—the idea that white people, in most cases, have easier paths than most black people—is that most white people can’t see it.” We assume that the experiences and opportunities afforded to us are the same afforded to others. Sadly, this simply isn’t true. What is so deceptive about white privilege is that it is different from blatant racism or bias. A privileged person’s heart may be free from racist thought or biased attitudes, but may still fail to see how the very privilege afforded to him or her shapers how he or she interprets and understand the situations and circumstances of people without privilege.”—Matt Chandler

*I Will Build FriendshipsAcross Racial Lines!

I will Seek Justice & Call Out Injustice!

“He has shown you, O mortal, what is good.And what does the Lord require of you?To act justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with your God.”—Micah 6:8

“When evil men plot, good men must plan. When evil men burn and bomb, good men must build and bind. When evil men shout ugly words of hatred, good men must commit themselves to the glories of love. Where evil menwould seek toperpetuate an unjust status quo, good men mustseek tobring into being a real order ofjustice.”—Martin Luther King Jr.

*I Will Not Be Silent!

James

*I Will Not Contribute To The Hatred!

“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.”

-Martin Luther King Jr.

*I Will Hold Up The GospelAs Our

Best Hope!

“So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in

Christ Jesus.”—Galatians 3:26-28

*I Will Embrace The Diversity Of My Community As An Asset To Be Valued!

*I Will Continue To Enter The Experience Of Blacks!

*I Will Seek The Perspective Of Others!

*I Will Recognize & Address My Family’s GenerationalRacism!

*I Will Repent!