The Family Church Message Notes

THE FAMILY CHURCH MESSAGE NOTES Title: “He Makes Us One – Embracing God’s Plan to Overcome Read John 4:5-6 KJV Division” Scripture: Acts 17:24-28 AMPC 2. Always meet people at the place of common ground. As creations of God, we will always have more in common than what separates us! Speaker: Pastor Ted Winsley Date: August 20, 2017 Read John 4:7-11 KJV

Introduction Jesus did not stop being who He was to reach someone. He took His Today we will address and begin to gain a Kingdom world-view concerning humanity and placed it under the King. the issue of division and racial disunity. Our racial divide is a disease that human remedies won’t fix. It merely masks the symptoms for a season. Read John 4:13-15 KJV We need a prescription from the Creator to destroy this cancer before it destroys us. If the church can ever get this issue of oneness right, then we 3. Love crosses racial, gender, and social boundaries in order to reach the can help “Our World” to finally become “one nation under God.” real need. Love brings to light the real issue and offers the only solution! Racism and hatred are always a sin issue, not a skin issue! The King’s world-view must become the foundation of our world-view! When the kingdom and the King become the centerpiece, they override all Read Acts 17:24-28 AMPC else.

Read Eph. 3:10-12 NLT Read John 4:39-42 KJV Racism/sexism - the demonic influence of an anti-christ spirit that promotes hate through discrimination and prejudice of people towards people, based on their race (there is only one race) or gender. The underlying lie behind racism/sexism is that humans can be ranked as inferior or superior based on how they look or their ethnic background.

Dealing with hatred

Read I John 2:9-11 NIV

The root/mask of all hatred is fear. If you fan someone's fears, you can push them into the direction of hate. Hate is always blind!

Fear enters when people lack – 1. identity 2. acceptance 3. purpose

Jesus Christ’s love in action – our model to bring light in the dark

Read John 4:3-4 KJV ANNOUNCEMENTS  ***Join us for Corporate Prayer every Saturday, 8am-9am at 333 Preston Ave., Voorhees, NJ 08043. 1. Refuse to keep walking around the problem. Your spiritual responsibility should always override your cultural connections.  ***Attention men… All remaining balances and payments for the TFC PointMan Men’s Ministry Men’s Retreat are now due. For more info, please see the Welcome Center.

 ***Come skate with us…I’m Next youth ministry’s Family Gospel Skate Night is Friday, August 18th, 7pm-10pm at Millennium Skate World, 1900 THE FAMILY CHURCH MESSAGE NOTES Carman Street, Camden, NJ. Cost is $9.50 per person - covers admission, skate rental, 1 drink, 1 slice of pizza and 5 tokens. Kids under 2 are free. Kids under the age of 12 require adult supervision. Payment is required at Title: “He Makes Us One – Embracing God’s Plan to the time of the event. We hope to see you there! Overcome Division”  ***Come and learn more about the mission and vision of TFC or take new member classes by attending Next Step Classes. Classes 101, 201, 301, Scripture: Acts 17:24-28 AMPC and 401 will be offered on Saturday, August 26th, 10am-2pm at the Voorhees Library Rm B, 203 Laurel Rd Voorhees, NJ 08043. Please register via the mobile app. Speaker: Pastor Ted Winsley Date: August 20, 2017  ***REMINDER Capital Campaign Giving can be monitored through The Family Church portal. Download the portal by going to Sunday Services https://thefamilychurchnj.elexiopulse.com/. Please use the same user 8:45am – Catto Community School name and password from the mobile app. If you haven’t downloaded the 3100 Westfield Ave., Camden, NJ 08105 mobile app, you will need to create a new account to use the portal. For questions, please contact the church at 856.448.4546. 11:00 am – Eastern Regional High School 1401 Laurel Oak Rd., Voorhees, NJ 08043  Please join us for the Family Matters Mentoring program every 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month, 9am-11am at Big Picture Learning Academy, Wednesday Service 1875 Park Blvd. Camden, NJ 08103. Please register at the Welcome 7pm – Catto Community School Center. All youth ages 10-17 are welcome and mentors are needed. 3100 Westfield Ave., Camden, NJ 08105

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