Our passage for this morning's teaching will be coming from the book of Ephesians chapter 6 in verse 12. Just one verse.

And prayerfully we're going to expound on this in a way that I pray will uplift the church and make us aware of some serious situations that are going on

here in America as well as in the church. I will ask all who are able to please stand

for the reading of the scripture today. Ephesians chapter 6 and verse 12.

The word of God reads, for we do not wrestle against flesh and blood, but against principalities,

against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this age,

against spiritual host of wickedness in the heavenly places.

Why don't we pray and ask for the Lord's blessing this morning?

Heavenly Father,

we come before your throne of grace

in need of understanding

what you would have us

to glean from your words of wisdom today.

Open our ears and our hearts, provide us with that discernment.

May our attention be solely on you and the efforts to only be pleasing to you. So bless us now Lord as we listen by the power

of your might in the mighty name of Yeshua Jesus the Christ we pray. Amen. Please be seated. So the title for today's teaching is principalities of racism.

And before we get started, I want to make sure that we as Christians already know and or should know that no matter what has been taught in support of racism or what has been accepted as the reasons for racism or what continues to dominate the mainstream media in their attempt to credit themselves

as the exposers of racism, as Christians, it will never control our thoughts, nor our desire to live according

to the will of the true and living God.

As Christians, we are of one body, of one mind, that serve the one God.

So what the world has done and continues to go through regarding the differences in man's complexion has its roots firmly planted in the soil of Satan

and he wishes to divide and conquer. So what is racism? Well, it is defined as a prejudice,

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