No Partiality in the Church of God

Last week in the sermon I talked about no partiality in the house of God. This week will be no partiality in the house of God, part 2. We started in James chapter 2, James chapter 2 in verse 1. My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord, Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory with partiality. In other words, you can't be in the church and be partial. We talked about partiality on an individual-based basis. You and I are not having partiality. And if we show love to some and disregard others, then we blaspheme the name by which we were called. We are even to love our enemies, as we saw last week. And then Mr. Isaac mentioned on the value of human life in his sermon on, Do We Value Life? He mentioned Darwin's book on the origin of species and how in the original title it mentions favored races right in the title. And Mr. Isaac said he would leave it up to you whether or not he meant races of man. Well, I can answer that question. He did. With certainty, black and white, because Darwin wrote another book. It's a far less known book. But the book is called The Descent of Man. I'm going to quote that book next week in the sermon. In that book, Darwin is an absolute racist. Absolute racist. And so Darwinism and all of the social issues that are attacking our country today cannot infect you and you be in the kingdom of God. You must think differently, which is the purpose of the sermons that we're going through. This week, in part two, I want to discuss partiality on a national and racial level from God's perspective. I'm going to be drinking a lot of coffee. Let's notice God's absolute stance on partiality. He is absolute. Deuteronomy 10 verse 17. I believe we went through this before. Let's do it again. And if not, let's do it for the first time. Deuteronomy 10 verse 17. For the Lord, your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, great, the mighty and awesome God, who does not show partiality nor take a bribe. Now that is a very often criticized and doubted statement. And I'm going to show you how this statement is true today. That God isn't partial. God is not a racist.

Acts chapter 10 and verse 34. Acts 10 verse 34, a compliment scripture. God shows no partiality, but in every nation who fears him, who fears him. That's action. That's faith. Not race. Not genetics. Not DNA.

Not the color of your skin, the shape of your eyes, how curly or straight your hair is.

Your faith.

God shows no partiality, but in every nation, anyone who fears him and does what is right, is acceptable to him.

That's a huge statement. People doubt it. Malachi chapter 2 and verse 10. Malachi chapter 2 and verse 10. It's an Old Testament scripture, brethren.

Have we not all one Father? What? All of us? Is Malachi saying we're family? Well, some people would argue, yes, we're family, but we're a family divided into different races and separated and given boundaries, and we're not supposed to cross those boundaries.

Does the Bible say that? Some people think the Bible says that. We're going to smash that, brethren. We're going to show you what the Bible actually says.

Some people accuse God of having a double standard.

He shows no partiality, but chooses a special people above all other nations. How do you justify that? Christian, people would say.

God chose Israel to be his special people, and there is no doubt he did. Isaiah 44 and verse 1. Please jot it down and read it. Isaiah 44 and verse 1. Yet hear me now, O Jacob, my servant, and Israel, whom I have chosen.

God chose Israel, which means he didn't choose the other people.

Is God partial? So why did God choose Israel as his special people? Is that not favoritism? Is that not partiality? No, it is not. And we are going to answer that question today. And you, if you believe the scriptures we read today, will never again feel like a second-class Christian based on whatever ethnic background you have.

If you don't believe the scriptures today, and you believe what's going on in society, not only are you going to have major anxiety over your ethnic background, you're going to disqualify yourself from the kingdom of God for disapproval of other people's ethnic backgrounds.

God did choose Israel. He did. God did put Israel above other nations. He did. But not because of their race. Nor did he choose them from anything that they did.

In other words, Israel didn't qualify to become the nation above all other nations.

The children of Israel did not qualify to become God's special people. They did nothing to deserve it.

Notice Deuteronomy 7 and 8. Deuteronomy 7 and 8. This is very clearly laid out in the scriptures. Why did God choose Israel? It's here. It's simple. And it is encouraging.

And it affirms that every human being has value. And we need not shy away from this or not talk about it, because it seems like God shows partiality. We need to sprint through it as quickly as we can and never forget it, because it is so encouraging and such an awesome plan. What a brilliant God we have. Deuteronomy 7 and 8. But because the Lord loves you, and because he would keepeth his oath, which he swore to your fathers.

Specifically Abraham. He passed it down to Isaac and passed it down to Jacob who became Israel, but started with Abraham. Reading on, the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of bondage from the hand of Pharaoh, king of Egypt. Therefore, know that the Lord your God, he is God, the faithful God who keeps his covenant and mercy for thousands of generations with those who love him and keep his commandments. There's a if there. There's a condition there. And it isn't a racial condition. It's not genetic. It's obedience.

Deuteronomy 9 and verse 6.

Was Israel obedient? Oh, nay nay. Deuteronomy 9 and verse 6. Therefore, understand that the Lord your God is not giving you this good land to possess because of your righteousness. There it is in black and white. You didn't earn this. I'm not giving this to Israel because of anything you're qualified for.

For you are a stiff-necked people.

They didn't earn it or deserve it. Their course was chosen for them before they were ever born, brethren, for an encouraging reason. God chose Israel because he made a promise to Abraham. Now, Abraham did something special for God. He did. Not that Abraham deserved God's grace. He didn't deserve it. But Abraham was a faithful man. Genesis chapter 22 and verse 16. Genesis chapter 22 and verse 16. Here's where Abraham comes in. Here's where Israel got their prominence from. And this is just after Abraham reached his hand out to sacrifice Isaac and God stopped him. Genesis 22, 16. And said, By myself I have sworn, says the Lord. Okay, Abraham, I'm making a promise to you right now on my own name, on my own authority. Because you have done this thing and not withheld your son, your only son. Blessings, I will bless you and multiplying. I will multiply your descendants as the stars of heaven and the sand which is on the seashore. And your descendants shall possess the gate of their enemies. Land. A promise of a large family and land. Verse 18. In your seed all nations of the earth shall be blessed because you obeyed my voice.

Grace. Jesus Christ is that seed. So there are two promises made to Abraham. Promise number one, large family that will possess the gates of your enemies. Land.

Promise number two, all nations of the earth will be blessed through your seed.

In the church, some people have referred to these two blessings as the blessings of race and grace. The blessings of race and grace. And it has a nice rhyme to it and it's easy to remember. If you want to remember the promises of Abraham, it's kind of catchy. Race and grace. A large family with land and the promise of Jesus Christ. Race and grace.

However, that term race is grossly inaccurate. The grace part is a pretty good description, but the Apostle Paul clearly describes the seed as being part of the promise in Abraham. In Galatians chapter 3 and verse 16, he describes what the seed is, so there is no doubt. It's not speculation. Okay, the seed is Jesus Christ. Galatians 3, 16. Now to Abraham and his seed were the promise made. And it does not say, and to seeds, plural, as many, but as of one, and to your seed, which is Christ. Okay, so no doubt on what the seed who would bless all nations is. It's Jesus Christ. But the race part? That's inaccurate. Race is a human construct. The concept of race is a human construct. There is no word in the Bible for race. The original King James does not translate a single Hebrew or Greek word into the English word race. Now the new King James does translate one word one time into race, but it is a very inaccurate translation. God, who is the inventor of DNA and the genetic code, did not divide people into individual subgroups of mankind from a genetic or a scientific point of view. Not the way humans do. God divided mankind very differently than we do.

Essentially, we judge on outward appearance, and God does not. He could not care less. He created our outward appearance to be varied because he loves variety. I would imagine. I love the variety.

Imagine if all the Texas wildflowers that bloomed in the springtime were just red or yellow or blue.

I mean, yawn! What if the rainbow just had one color?

A big red color. Is war coming? What is it? God, who is the inventor of DNA, didn't divide mankind that way. But we're not going to discuss that today. We're going to discuss that more next time. Today we're talking about God shows no partiality, even on a national level.

God did not choose Israel because of race.

He chose them because of the faith of one man, Abraham. And yet many people are racially bent, even in the church, based on the promises of Israel. I mean, even the Jews fell for it. The Jews fell into racism. The apostle Paul was almost killed because he led a Gentile into the temple area. Now, granted, if that Gentile was uncircumcised, that would have been unlawful, even in God's law.

But not if the Gentile lived with Israel and was circumcised, as we will see in a moment. It would not have been unlawful. And God would have not denied that man to come and worship him at his temple. Even a Gentile. God honored Abraham's faith and blessed Abraham's children with a very special task. And this is the focus of what I want to hone in on. Why did God choose Israel? If it wasn't race, if it wasn't genetic. That task had nothing to do with anything those children did or did not do. And it has nothing to do with the color of their skin, the shape of their eyes, the length of their hair, the attributes of their arm, like the length of their arms, the curliness or straightness of their hair, whether it was dark or light. It had nothing to do with genetics at all.

It had nothing to do with genetics at all. Nothing.

Zero. Zero.

Eventually, Paul came to this conclusion and gave us this conclusion. Galatians 3, 28. Galatians 3, verse 28. There is neither Jew nor Greek. There is neither slave nor free. There is neither male nor female. For you are all one in Christ Jesus. And if you are Christ, then you are Abraham's seed and heirs according to the promise. It's pretty clear.

There's a lot of yeah-buts going off in your head right now. If you've been in the church for any length of time, yeah-but, yeah-but, what about this? What about that? We'll likely cover those next week.

The main part of the blessing that God gave to Abraham was the grace part, the part that would eventually bring all people into being the children of Abraham. Critics of the one race opinion that there's just one human race would argue that you are merely Abraham's seed figuratively, but not genetically, as though that is a biblical argument.

And it is not.

If Paul says you are Abraham's seed, then you are.

You are.

God is allowed to call you Abraham's seed. He's the inventor. He's the one that did the tinkering on our DNA.

And he's allowed to call the shots.

And if he says that a gentile can be Abraham's seed when he obeys, then he is. End of story. If you want to argue that, that's fine. But you're arguing with God at this point. That's a very dangerous thing to do. It's far safer to stand and play on railroad tracks than it is to argue with God. And I don't suggest you play on railroad tracks.

Race or genetics had nothing to do with it. God does not show partiality. He doesn't favor some of Adam and Eve's children over others of Adam and Eve's children. And he never did. Ever. That never entered his mind. So where did all that come from? Humanity, the carnal mind. We'll get there. In the New Testament, Gentiles were allowed to be grafted in. Romans 11 and 17. Notice the discussion. And notice the warning to Gentiles to not be racially motivated against the Jews. To not point the finger and say, hahaha!

No racism is tolerated. I don't care who you are. And I don't care what race you're talking about or your judging. God doesn't tolerate it. Romans 11 and 17. If some of the branches were broken off, speaking of the Jews, broken off from Israel. Right? They were broken off.

And you, being a wild olive tree, you didn't come from Abraham. You're a Gentile. Remember, Romans is an argument, a debate between the Jews and the Gentiles. Paul's solving this debate. It's a great place to go is the Book of Romans. Right? You were grafted in among them! Grafting into the tree. How interesting. If you're a farmer, you ever grafted anything, you know that that branch, once it lives, gets its supply from the root. The same root that the native branches get its supply from. It is now part of that tree. And if the root is Abraham, then that's where it's getting its supply from. It's the point here. It's the analogy that Paul is making. You were grafted in among them, and with them became partakers of the root and fatness of the olive tree. Do not boast against the branches. Racially charged judgments are not tolerated. What branches is he talking about? He's talking to the Gentiles, saying, Do not mock the Jews. Do not. I'm warning you, because God's going to bring them back. He's not done with them. But if you boast, remember that you do not support the root. The root supports you. You will say then, Branches were broken off that I might be grafted in. Well said. Because of unbelief, they were broken off. Not genetics. A lack of faith. It's always been about faith. Always.

For unbelief, they were broken off, and you stand by faith. You are holding on to that tree because of faith. Do not be haughty, but fear. For if God did not spare the natural branches, he may not spare you either. You can get broken off just as well. You're not better than anybody. It's pretty plain spoken. Paul is putting on his John Wayne hat here. Therefore, verse 22, consider the goodness and severity of God on those who fell severity but towards you goodness if you continue in his goodness. Otherwise, you also will be cut off, and they also, and if they do not continue in unbelief, will be grafted in. Oh, they're coming back! The Jews are coming back. Ancient Israel is coming back. For God is able to graft them in again. He can send them away. He can bring them back. He can bring Gentiles in. He can cut them off. So God is not partial to one people over another. If he loves us all the same, if we're all his precious children, why did God have a special people called Israel? I mean, couldn't he have blessed Abraham a different way than making his people above other nations? No, it was brilliant. God's plan was brilliant. We need to understand it and defend it. We get that God blessed Abraham, but couldn't he have just said, anyone who's faithful to me will be Abraham's child, just like he does in the New Testament? Couldn't he have he couldn't he have he said that back in the Old Testament? Why didn't he just say that back in the Old Testament? Okay, everybody who has faith can be blessed under the blessings of the promises I gave to Abraham. Why did he create a special people? Do you know the answer? Some of you do. Been around a long time. Heard this before. This is not new. But some of you don't know this answer, and are probably feeling a little uncomfortable right now because we're talking about race. But God has laid this out so plainly in the Bible. Why he did what he did. I know in times past, there have been people different ethnic backgrounds who would come into the church and feel substandard because we would be talking about the United States and Britain in prophecy and how they're Ephraim and Manasseh. They're God's special people and they were the chosen called out ones.

So people of other ethnic backgrounds would sometimes feel like, well, I'm kind of glad to be grafted in. They'd kind of kick the dust. But I'm really, you know, second class. Is that why God did what he did with Israel? It's not. It has nothing to do with their genetic background, their code. I mean, I don't want to give too much away at first, but all the 12 sons of Israel, who did they marry?

Did they marry Israelite women? No such thing. They had one sister, Dinah.

There were no Israelite women other than Dinah. You can't marry your sister. At least not at that point. In the Garden of Eden you could, but not then.

So who did they marry? Women of other ethnic backgrounds.

Ruth the Moabites, descendant of Jesus Christ, Rahab the harlot, a Canaanite, descendant of Jesus Christ.

Wasn't DNA. DNA had nothing to do with it. Joseph's sons, Ephraim and Manasseh. You know who their mother was? The daughter of the high priest of ancient Egypt. She was Egyptian.

DNA had nothing to do with it. Something else had something to do with it.

So, couldn't have God just gone all the way back and said, anybody who has faith is a child of Abraham. Because that's what he says now. Why did he use, and will he use in the future, a special people called Israel? The answer is to be an example nation. You know this, you just need to remember it. Israel was to show all other people the way back to God. Figuratively back to the Garden of Eden, back to the Tree of Life. They were to show how to get back from where we were expelled. They were for all of us.

They were supposed to be the first fruits to go first. Where have we heard that before?

Why are you sitting here? What's the purpose of you? Ringing any bells? That was the purpose of Israel. And is in the future. It is still their purpose. Not one seed shall fall.

Israel was to lead mankind back into the kingdom of God. And they will fulfill that in the future. Israel was supposed to be a model nation. Did we find that in the scripture? Oh, it's all over. We don't have enough time to go through all the times God told them to be a model nation. Let's just read a few. Exodus 19 in verse 5. Notice that you will never see anything genetic or DNA related in this discussion whatsoever. Exodus 19 in verse 5. Now therefore, if you indeed obey my voice and keep my covenant, not if you indeed are a natural-born Israelite. If you obey, then you shall be a special treasure to me above all people who have been kicked out of the Garden of Eden and are living in sin, who are not obeying God right now.

For all the earth is mine, and you shall be to me a kingdom of priests.

What do priests do? They teach. Well, who are they going to teach? Each other? No. Listen to this. A holy nation. These are the words which you shall speak to the children of Israel. However, as we go through this, we'll see Israel, even if they didn't obey, God was going to use them as an example nation.

They had no choice in the matter of whether or not they were going to be an example nation. Now they had choice of whether or not they would obey God or not obey God. God said before them life and death, blessing, cursing, we know, he told them to choose life. They had choice of whether or not they would obey. Here's what they had no choice in. This is what was decided before they were ever born. Of whether or not they were going to be an example nation. They were going to be an example nation, no matter what they did.

So, if they followed God, they would be an example nation to lead people to God. But if they didn't follow God, Deuteronomy 28 and verse 1, Deuteronomy 28 and verse 1, they would still be an example nation. Verse 1, Deuteronomy 28, Now it shall come to pass, if you diligently obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all his commandments which I command you today, that the Lord your God will set you high above all nations of the earth. Drop down to verse 15.

But it shall come to pass, if you do not obey the voice of the Lord your God, to observe carefully all his commandments and his statutes which I command you today, that all these curses will come upon you and overtake you. And he goes through all the cursings and wars that will happen.

And then he says this in verse 28. This is before they ever took possession of the Promised Land. Just before they went in, God gives them this warning. You're going to be an example nation no matter what you do. The whole world is going to see what happens to you, whether you obey God or you disobey God. Verse 37. And you shall become an astonishment, a proverb, a byword, among all nations, where the Lord will drive you. If they disobeyed, they would still influence the entire world.

And they have. The biblical record in the Old Testament has literally gone around the world. The purpose of ancient Israel was not just for the benefit of the children of Abraham. God used them to teach the whole world. Israel's purpose was to teach everybody, which means everybody counted. Everybody was the point. Not just Israel. All people on the earth were the target audience for Israel. They were not a super race. They were not genetically superior.

They weren't even the target audience. At least not by themselves alone. The whole world was the purpose of God placing ancient Israel where he did. And the whole world saw, during Solomon's time, silver being thrown away as though it was worthless because there was so much gold after the reign of King David. And they saw the astonishment of being wiped out by Assyria, the northern ten tribes, and being wiped out by Babylon, Judah, and those that remained with Judah.

And they became a byword and a proverb. This is what happens to you when you disobey God. Everybody knows that story, practically. Now, God will bring Israel back one day because God finishes what he starts. And Israel is still going to be a model nation. Thank God for that. That's the purpose that they were called.

That's why God didn't just say in the Old Testament, anybody who has faith is going to be a child of Abraham. That's later. Right now, we're going to set up an example. We're going to show a real-life example for mankind to see a practical example. This is what happens when you obey, and this is what happens when you disobey. They also, the world gets to see the fact that God is incredibly merciful.

Because he let Israel go on and on and on, disobey, obey. Disobey, get invaded, repent to God, get delivered. That cycle happened over and over for generations. God was so kind and merciful. We learned all kinds of things from the Old Testament stories of ancient Israel. God clearly states over and over that Israel's purpose was for all nations, not for a super race. Deuteronomy 4 and verse 6. Topic of today's sermon is, God shows no partiality. It's black and white.

Deuteronomy 4 and verse 6.

Therefore, be careful to observe them, for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples.

Who are the peoples? The other nations around.

Your wisdom is for other peoples.

Who will hear all these statutes and say, here's the purpose of Israel. Surely this great nation is wise in understanding people. For what great nation is there that has a God so near to it? As the Lord our God is to us, for whatever reason, we may call upon Him. And the other nations were supposed to see that and go, yeah, we can call on God too. He's our Father too. That is actually what's going to happen.

What was Israel to teach other nations? The benefits of obeying God. And the consequences of rebelling against God. God can't stand rebellion. Whether Israel obeyed or rebelled, they would be an example nation. They would be a model of man's interaction with God, so to speak. Whether they succeeded or failed, and God will eventually cause them to succeed. But it didn't matter.

Their lives would be an example to all people. All people were the point.

God's a magnificent teacher.

Ezekiel, after Judah was wiped out, and Judah was being carried off by the Babylonians, which was the final destruction of the, you know, nation that God blessed because of Abraham.

In Ezekiel chapter 20 and verse 12, God inspires this. Ezekiel 20 and verse 12 and 13. Moreover, I gave them my Sabbaths as a sign between me and them. Speaking of Israel, God, after He's destroyed them, says, this is what I did for Israel. So that they might know that I, the Lord, sanctify them. I'm the one who made them special. Their DNA didn't make them special. God did.

But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness. They did not observe my statutes, but rejected my ordinances. By whose observance everyone shall live. And my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. And then I thought I would pour out my wrath upon them in the wilderness and make an end to them.

Notice that race had nothing to do with it.

With God choosing Israel. Obedience had everything to do with it. They were an example. And like today in the New Testament times, God is the same today, yesterday, and forever. That is what he expects now, of you and I.

Did you know that in the Old Testament, non-Israelite descendants were welcome in Israel?

Exodus 12 and verse 48. Exodus 12 and verse 48.

When a resident... I'm going to read this from the Net Bible. The NET, New English Translation. It makes it pretty plain and clear. When a resident foreigner lives with you and wants to observe the Passover to the Lord. Where do you observe the Passover? Back in Exodus, at the Tabernacle.

Yeah?

All his males must be circumcised. Obedience. Got to obey. You can't come into God's nation and say, well, I'm going to keep my own religion. I'm going to keep my own, you know, rules. My own social agenda. No, there was none of that. None of that. You were going to obey God's rules. He was one lawgiver. There's one law. And that was it. So if you were a foreigner and wanted to come into Israel, you had to obey. If you were a natural-born Israelite, you had to obey. Hey, that's the same. God shows no partiality.

All the males must be circumcised. And then he may approach and observe it. He may approach.

A Gentile was allowed to become not a Gentile.

And he will be like one who was born in the land. But no uncircumcised person may eat of it. No way! You come in here and you try to bring culture, religion, anything else other than God's rules. You are out of here.

You want to come in and follow God? It doesn't matter who you are. It doesn't matter who you are.

That was all the way back when they were still wandering in the wilderness. They weren't even set up as a nation yet. They still were following the pillar of cloud by day and fire by night. And they were to treat a resident foreigner as one of them.

Wow!

Did you know that?

Verse 49. The same law, not DNA, law will apply to the person who is native-born and the resident foreigner who lives among you. Could not be more clear.

Obedience was the point of ancient Israel to show what happens when you do and when you don't.

So whatever an Israelite could do, than a resident foreigner could do if that person obeyed God. Whatever an Israelite could do, a foreigner could do as long as they obeyed God. And this is before they ever entered the Promised Land.

God has always been this way. This has always been his point. And brethren, we have learned a mixture of the Bible and Darwinian thought.

And we have not been aware that we mixed the two.

And it needs to go away.

There was no segregation of peoples. God's society was built around his law, not genetics. God shows no partiality.

Exodus 22, verse 21.

Net Bible. Exodus 22, 21. You must not wrong a resident foreigner nor oppress him. For you were foreigners in a land of Egypt. You are no better than anybody else. It is stated over and over and over again.

No treating a foreigner like he's a foreigner.

We can see that racism wasn't invented in our time. It was not. That law was to prevent racism all the way back in BC. Right? What was that? 1400, 1500 BC? I don't remember exactly. That was an anti-racism law all the way back then. Racism's not new, and it wasn't invented by Darwinianism.

It's very, very ancient.

Darwinianism has promoted it, and our society and our education, and most of the people in this room have been educated in the public school system, which is Darwinian, and I don't think that we are sensitive enough to how much that actually influenced us. I don't think we have.

I have seen people congregate together, not in this congregation alone. This is my entire experience in the church. All right? So not picking on anybody here at all. This is a broad generalization. I have seen people in the church congregate with people of their own ethnic background just naturally.

Oh, there's a similar face. I'm going to go talk to you.

And feel like everybody else that isn't of your ethnic background won't like you, so you're not taking the risk. You're not going into that crowd. You're staying over here. And the whole funny thing is, that is your crowd.

They are your people, if they obey God. That's the dividing line.

A lot of people say, you know, I wish I had a minister of my ethnic background. They would understand me more. It's partly true. It's partly not true. As we'll get into in the next sermon. I am your race.

We are the same. There's no difference. Oh, we look different, don't we? And, finally, some of us look a lot different. I know that. I get that part.

There was in ancient Israel to be no treating a foreigner like he was a foreigner. None of that.

But the issue has been an issue for all of man's history. And it's coming back up in a very, very strong way in our society today. So, before Trumpets and Atonement and Tabernacles, we're going to tackle this issue. We're going to get it right in the Church of God. And we're going to hold to the Word of God. Not society. No way. Human competition is one of the works of the flesh. And that's what leads to racism. Galatians 5 and verse 19. Now, the works of the flesh are obvious. Sexual immorality, impurity, depravity, idolatry, sorcery. Hostilities. It's not a work of God's spirit. It's a work of the flesh. Stripe. Fighting between people. Jealousy. They have more than I do. It's a work of the flesh. It's not of the spirit. It doesn't belong in the house of God. Outbursts of anger. I'm not taking this anymore. Selfish rivalries. The we're better than you. Doesn't come from God's spirit. Dissensions. Those rivalries lead to fighting. And what does that lead to? Factions. And then he goes on to list things that aren't involved in racism. Well, they probably are, but envy, murder, drunkenness, carousing, and the similar things. I'm warning you, as I've warned you before, those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. And racism fits right in there, and it's included in one of the works of the flesh. I mean, one, two, three, four, five, six, seven of those things are directly involved in racism. In the future, God will restore Israel, and when he brings Israel back, they will once again become a genetically superior race? No. A model nation. And who will the target audience be? Everybody. The sons of Adam and Eve. The human race is the point. God loves mankind. That's why he's going to bring his example nation back and prove how faithful he is. And then everybody's going to go, I trust that God. That's my God. And it's going to be a huge success. God doesn't do anything halfway or slipshod. He does things with excellence and perfection and success. And bringing Israel back is one of those things. As stated before, God finishes what he starts. Ezekiel 39. Ezekiel 39 in verse 6.

If you can't explain my holy name anymore and listen to this powerful statement, then the nations shall know that I am the Lord, the Holy One in Israel. Why does God bring Israel back? For all of us to know that God is the God who did it. The purpose of Israel is not racially motivated. It's obedience and faith motivated. Romans 10 and verse 12. Believe this. Hear it as the word of God, your maker, and let go of all your Darwinian education. Throw it in the trash. Romans 10-12.

Who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved. There is no first or second class citizen in the kingdom of God. God shows no partiality. He has brilliantly used the children of Abraham to show his family the whole world, not just Israel. God's family is the whole world. He's showing them how to come back. That's the point of Israel. So that my kids will come back. What a loving father! He's not partial. He's not racist. God will use the nation of Israel as an example to get it right. And then he will graft the whole world in in one magnificent family. Notice Isaiah 19 and verse 23. In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. Now, if you know your geography, Egypt is south of Israel and Assyria is north. So if there's a highway between Egypt and Assyria, it's got to go through Israel. This is the point. Family. This is a family scripture. God bringing his family back together. I love this point, the scripture. In that day there will be a highway from Egypt to Assyria. And Assyria will come into Egypt and the Egyptian into Assyria. And the Egyptians will serve the Assyrians. They won't fight anymore. In that day Israel will be one of three with Egypt and Assyria. One nation. They will be one. Unified. Loving each other. The Egyptians are grafted in. The Assyrians get grafted in. As we have previously read. Verse 24. No, 25. Whom the Lord of hosts shall bless. Listen to this tender, loving, no partiality blessing. Listen to the words that God says. Saying, blessed is Egypt, my people. And Assyria, the work of my hands. That's like Dad patting you on the back going, I'm so proud of you. I love you. And to Israel, my inheritance. Not Israel's inheritance, God's inheritance. They're God's people. They're God's kids. And He loves them all. There's not a racist thought in God's head. Racism is once again in the news, and I hope that we will react properly to what's happening around us. Next time, we're going to talk about how God views race itself. And we're going to take a little historical walk through some of our education that has been intermingled with our religion to give us some of the things that we have taught that not everybody taught, but some taught. And there was this dichotomy of some racism in the church. And it needs to go away so that we be in the kingdom of God. So don't look to your neighbor and go, yeah! He told you, because I'm talking to you. I'm not talking to the world. They will listen to this and just shut down. They won't hear it. And I'm not talking to your neighbor, sitting right next to you. Make sure that you be like your Father in Heaven. And absolutely, under no circumstances, ever show any partiality.