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So, before the discussion begins, please read these ground rules out loud to your group: Listen respectfully, without interrupting. Respect one anothers views. Criticize ideas, not individuals. Commit to learning, not debating. Avoid blame and speculation. Avoid inflammatory language. SUNDAY NIGHT SYNOPSIS [Leader: this section is here to remind you of the direction of the weekend message.] Insoo Kim preached a very personal message about why we must talk about diversity in the church. It may not be easy to talk about because it often brings up feelings of fear, insecurity, and even hostility, but God is calling his people to usher in his Kingdom by becoming a reconciled community that is breaking down dividing walls between all people groups. Insoo used Jesus parable of the Good Samaritan to challenge us to think about whose neighbor am I? Who am I treating as a neighbor in the way that Jesus taught us in that parable? TONIGHTS BIG IDEA Tonight were going to look at how Jesus lived out his own teaching. He taught us to love our neighbor, meaning people that are very different than us. And in John 4, we see Jesus doing exactly that with a woman of a different racial and religious background than himself. GETTING STARTED INTRO KEY IDEA: [Leader: guide discussion toward this thought] Race is not easy to talk about, but we must talk about it if we are to be the reconciled community that God wants us to be. We are beginning a discussion on racial diversity in the church. According to research 92.5% of churches throughout the United States can be classified as mono-racial. This term mono-racial describes a church in which 80% or more of the individuals who attend are of the same ethnicity or race. Why do you think churches are so segregated along racial lines? If youre willing to be totally honest, how important do you think this issue is in the church? It racial diversity very important for the church to be the church? Is it somewhat important, or is racial diversity more of a secondary issue that is good if it happens but not vital for the church. Getting more personal, what has your experience of race been like? Do you ever think about it? Does it impact your life in some way? Have you ever had negative experiences because of your race? GETTING INTO THE TEXT Context: Tonight were going to look at a passage out of Johns gospel where Jesus passes through the region of Samaria on his way to Galilee. Jews and Samaritans did not like one another, because of ethnic and religious differences. They had a shared past, but the Samaritans split from the Jews centuries before and were considered half-breeds because they had mixed with other races. Because of these hostilities, Jewish travelers to Galilee often went a long route around Samaria to avoid it. Those who chose to pass through Samaritan territory did so at great risk. According to Josephus, a Jewish historian of the time, Hatred also arose between the Samaritans and the Jews for the following reason. It was the custom of the Galileans at the time of the festival to pass through the Samaritan territory on their way to the Holy City. On one occasion, while they were passing through, certain of the [Samaritan] inhabitants of a village . . . joined battle with the Galileans and slew a great number of them (Antiquities 20.6.1) So this passage tells the story of what happened when Jesus walked into this racially charged environment. Text: Read John 4:1-42 What simple but revolutionary act does Jesus do in verse 7? [He asks a Samaritan woman for a drink] Why is this revolutionary? [Because Jews dont associate with Samaritans, and because Jewish men dont speak to women] What is the womans response? [She reminds Jesus of the cultural norms: You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink? Then John, the author of the story, reinforces this with a parenthetical explanation: (For Jews do not associate with Samaritans.)] Do you think that we have similar cultural norms about race in our society today? Are there people that we are supposed to talk to and who are we not supposed to talk to? Explain. Have you ever tried to reach across a cultural boundary line, and been reminded that you are not supposed to do that? Explain. What is Jesus response to the woman after she tells him that hes not supposed to talk with her? [He doesnt argue, he doesnt get into a debate about ethnic differences, he just points her to himself, saying: If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water. So Jesus is saying if you knew me, the gift of God, you would not have asked that question, you would have asked for the living water of Jesus.] So what is this text telling us about how we should approach racial divisions? [The answer is found in Jesus himself. He is the one who tears down dividing walls between people. The cross is the reconciling agent of God, not only between God and people, but people with each other.] Paul talks explicitly about how Jesus breaks down divisions in Galatians 3:26-29, So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, 27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. 28 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. 29 If you belong to Christ, then you are Abrahams seed, and heirs according to the promise. So according to Jesus himself and Paul in this text, it is indisputable that theologically we come to Christ with differences, but are all made one in Christ. If that is true, then why is the church so segregated along racial lines? [There are many reasons that can be discussed, but one major reason is that we retain our cultural preferences. We like to worship God in the specific way that we have always done it.] Back to the Samaritan woman: in verse 20 she brings up the differences between Jews and Samaritans again in regard to where they worship. How does Jesus handle her question? [Jesus reinforces that salvation is from the Jews, and that they worship in Jerusalem. But he says a time is coming when it wont matter where you worship, only that you worship the Father in spirit and truth.] In light of Jesus answer, do you think that it is important that we worship God in a particular style of worship music? [No, what matters is only that it is worship of the Father in spirit and truth. It doesnt matter where or how it is done.) Are you able to worship God in unfamiliar places, and with music that is not your preference? Why or why not is that difficult? Jesus tells his disciples in verse 35 that the fields are ripe for the harvest. What does he mean by this and to whom is he referring to in this context? [Jesus is talking about people who do not know God are ready to hear the message of the gospel be brought into Gods kingdom. He is saying this after his conversation with the Samaritan woman, and verse 39 says that many of the Samaritans became believers. So it is pretty clear that Jesus is talking about the fields of people different than us are ripe for harvest.] Where are the fields ripe for harvest around Columbus? What groups of people are around us that our church not yet reaching? What people might be around you that are very different than you and are ready to hear the Gospel? If you dont currently have many friendships with people that are different than you, are you interested in expanding your horizon of friendship? If so, how could you place yourself in an environment where you could build friendships with people of different ethnicities than you? [One example is the Vineyard Community Center, which is a great place for this]. This Samaria scene in John 4 is summed up with a statement about who Jesus is from the Samaritans in verse 42. What did they say about Jesus? [They said that he really is the Savior of the World.] How can your life reflect this truth about Jesus in a greater way? 5=fuvxy MR)G ļısseZNZBBh;mhIN5OJQJhINhIN>*_HaJh"w hIN_HaJh"w hIN5CJ_HaJh;mhIN6OJQJh;mhINOJQJhqzhIN5OJQJh;mhIN5CJOJQJhO8xhINCJOJQJhO8xhINOJQJhIN^JaJhO8xhIN^JaJ hO8xhINOJQJ^JaJ hCAhINOJQJ^JaJ #hCAhIN5CJOJQJ^JaJ 5gvwx)*G  / Q s   ? @ S  & FgdINh^hgdINgdIN@&gdINe)    = ? 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