2017-09-03_Sermon Outline for Rev. Rob Fuquay

SCRIPTURE N umbers 1 2 : 1 -3 , 9 -1 3 (NLT ) While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman. They said, “Has the Lord spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he spoken through us, too?” But the Lord heard them.

(Now Moses was very humble—more humble than any other person on earth.)

The Lord was very angry with them, and he departed. As the cloud moved from above the Tabernacle, there stood Miriam, her skin as white as snow from leprosy. When Aaron saw what had happened to her, he cried out to Moses, “Oh, my master! Please don’t punish us for this sin we have so foolishly committed.

Don’t let her be like a stillborn baby, already decayed at birth.” So Moses cried out to the Lord, “O God, I beg you, please heal her!”

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Se pte m b e r 3 , 2 0 1 7 | N um b e rs 1 2 :1 -3 , 9- 1 3 R e v. R o b Fuq u ay

A Soular Eclipse RACISM GETS ECLIPSED WHEN… I. It I s Called Out For ____ _______ ______ _______

THE UNITED METHODIST BOOK OF DISCIPLINE “We affirm that no identity or culture has more legitimacy than any other. We call the Church to challenge any hierarchy of cultures or identities .” (Para. 161A) “Racis m manifes ted as s in, plagues and hinders our relations hips with Chris t, inas much as it is antithetical to the gos pel its elf…Therefore, we recognize racis m as s in and affirm the ultimate and temporal worth of all pers ons …We commit as the Church to move beyond s ymbolic expres s ions and repres entative models that do not challenge unjus t s ys tems of power and acces s .” (Para. 162A)

II. Privileged People Identify With ____ _______ _____

III. We Realize We Can’t Afford To ____ _______ ______