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Wardrobe Clash
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The disconnect Between Zimbabwe as a Christian nation – characterized more by corruption and green then honestly and generosity Local churches resemble the power structures of political parties with stringing accusations and distrust and not havens of forgiveness, understanding and unity. In individual Christians
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Bad faith and Good faith Jesus exposed bad faith The hypocrisy of the Pharisees Jesus highlighted good faith Like the Faith of a Canaanite Woman
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John 8:1-11
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Bad faith We need to be troubled about how come the Pharisees and teachers of the law who should have been to recognize Jesus as the Messiah through the very scriptures they so diligently studied failed to recognize Jesus.
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Bad faith Bad faith – 1. Self preserving, therefore threatened and exclusive
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Bad faith – 1. Self preserving, therefore threatened and exclusive “History is the long and tragic story of the fact that privileged groups seldom give up their privileges voluntarily. Individuals may see the moral light and voluntarily give up their unjust posture; but, as Reinhold Niebuhr has reminded us, groups are more immoral than individuals. We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.” Martin Luther King Jr
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Bad faith – 1. Self preserving, therefore threatened and exclusive It helps explain how government and leaders with great intensions struggle to give up their power And it helps explain why good people can be part of something that becomes self serving and self protecting. An inherent danger to every institution
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Good faith – 1. Self giving No more to be said
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Bad faith – 2. Tends towards self- righteousness and separation
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Bad faith 2a: Knowledge puffs up
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Good faith – 2. Sees God’s standards as the great leveler to show our common brokenness
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Good faith 2a: Faith grows through life’s challenges
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Bad faith: 3 Condemns Rejoices in God’s judgement
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Good faith – 3. Sees the image of God in people
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Good faith – Accepts and Reflects God’s grace
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The True miracle
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Imagine
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