Roles Bigotry Abrasive Nationalism
Roles Bigotry Then Haman went to the king and said: Your Majesty, there are some people who live all over your kingdom and wont have a thing to do with anyone else. They have customs that are different from everyone elses, and they refuse to obey your laws. We would be better off to get rid of them! Why not give orders for all of them to be killed? I can promise that you will get
tons of silver for your treasury. Esther 3:8-9
Bigoted religious leaders,
But the chief priests and the teachers of the Law of Moses were angry when they saw his miracles and heard the children shouting praises to the Son of David. Matthew 21:15
Well-intentioned bigotry,
John said, Teacher, we saw a man using your name to force demons out of people. Roles bigotry But he wasnt one of us, and we told him to stop. Mark 9:28 Pharisee attitude, They answered, We are Abrahams children! We have never been anyones slaves.
How can you say we will be set free? Jesus replied: I tell you for certain that anyone who sins is a slave of sin! And slaves dont stay in the family forever, though the Son will always remain in the family. If the Son gives you freedom, you are free! I know that you are from Abrahams family. Yet you want to kill me, because my message isnt really in your
hearts. I am telling you what my Father has shown me, just as you are doing what your father has taught you. John 8:33-38
Name-calling,
The people told Jesus, We were right to say that you are a Samaritan and that you have a demon in you! Jesus answered, I dont have a demon in me.
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I honor my Father, and you refuse to honor me. John 8:48-49 Spiritual blindness, Jesus told him, I came to judge the people of this world. I am here to give sight to the blind and to make blind everyone who can see. When the Pharisees heard Jesus say this, they asked, Are we blind? Jesus answered, If you were blind, you would not be guilty.
But now that you claim to see, you will keep on being guilty. John 9:39-41
Presumed justification,
But we are the ones who are truly circumcised, because we worship by the power of Gods Spirit and take pride in Christ Jesus. We dont brag about what we have done, although I could. Roles bigotry Others may brag about themselves, but I have more reason to brag than anyone else.
I was circumcised when I was eight days old, and
I am from the nation of Israe
l and the tribe of Benjamin. Roles bigotry I am a true Hebrew. As a Pharisee, I strictly obeyed the Law of Moses. And I was so eager that I even made trouble for the church. I did everything the Law demands in order to please God. Philippians 3:3-6
Ignorant bigotry,
I used to say terrible and insulting things about him, and I was cruel. But he had mercy on me because I didnt know what I was doing, and I had not yet put my faith in him. 1 Timothy 1:13
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