Hi, my name is Pete Scazzaro. I want to welcome you today to the emotionally healthy leader

podcast. So great to be with you. And our title today is God's Revelation that Burns Through Racism

Part One. God's Revelation that burns through racism part one. And actually it's a message I'm

going to share with you from Ephesians Chapter 2.

Now, out of the tragedy of the George Floyd murder, there has been an awakening for so many

in the United States unprecedented, at least in my lifetime.

And something is clearly emerging.

And the protests are an expression of lament of pain.

And it's amazing.

So many people who are white in particular like myself are now protesting and active.

And it's really, again, it's unprecedented. The question, however, is not, is this a summer fling,

or is it politically correct, which it is right now? The question really is what's God saying,

and what's going to happen long term in us and through us as the Church of Jesus Christ?

And so the only way there's going to be a long-term change is with a

revelation, a biblical revelation of being gripped by God of the gospel and the gospel implications.

And actually that is what changed, transform my life when I came to Christ many, many years ago

and the whole trajectory of my life.

And so that's why our topic is God's revelation that burns through racism.

And again, we're going to come out of the book of Ephesians this week and next week.

And so when Paul talks about the gospel and the blood of Jesus being shed the cross for us,

he can't help but talk about the implications of the gospel bridging racial races cultures genders nations social classes economic classes uh all the divisions of towns and communities

and families that that the power of the gospel to be grasped, something to Jerusalem Church had a very difficult time

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