Tear Down This Wall

“Tear Down This Wall!”

Memory Verse: Ephesians 2:14 (NKJV) 14 For He Himself is our peace, who has made both one, and has broken down the middle wall of separation,

 

TEXT: John 4:1-26

 

 

Introduction:

 

"Tear down this wall!"-- President Ronald Reagan.

 

 

"it is appalling that the most segregated hour of Christian America is eleven o'clock on Sunday morning." -- Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr

 

“Why Can’t We All Just Get Along?”—Rodney King

 

Psalm 133:1; John 17:20–21

 

1.

We must be intentional about relating with those whoare different from us. John 4:4

John 4:9; Matthew 10:5–6; Luke 9:51–56; Luke 19:10;  Ezra4:1–3

John 4:4 (NKJV) 4 But He needed to go through Samaria.

John 4:4 (NLT) 4 He had to go through Samaria on the way.

John 4:4 (The Message) To get there, he had to pass through Samaria.

John 4:4 (GNB) 4on his way there he had to go through Samaria.

 

 

 

 

“Jesus went through Samaria with a determined and resolute mind to break down barriers of hatred and cultural, ethnic, racial and conventional prejudice to replace these by building bridges of forgiveness, reconciliation, peace, love and hope.”—Serna Samuel

 

 

 

 

 

 

“We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.”—Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

 

 

2.

We must be steadfast in our commitment to inter-racialreconciliation. Galatians 2:11-14

Galatians 2:11–14

 

 

“I will go anywhere, provided it be forward.”--David Livingstone

 

 

Jesus loves the little children

All the children of the world

Red and yellow, lack and white

They are precious in his site

Jesus loves the little children of the world.

 

3.

We must adopt God’s blueprint for multi-ethnicrelationship

Acts 10:28,34–35

 

 

4.

We must live out the main essence of the great commission. Matthew 28:19-20; Acts 1:8.

Matthew 28:19–20 ; Acts 1:8