Reading: Revelation 7:9-17
Guest speaker: Tim Silberman
· City of Ryde: has cultural diversity, eg. Taiwanese night market in Eastwood.
· We may tolerate other cultures, but still want to keep an arm's length. We think "our way" is right, and the "other way" is wrong.
· Ever since the global financial crisis, there is increasing opposition to migration.
· There passages are God's vision for cultural diversity.
· Looking at creation: God loves diversity, eg. 360,000 different kinds of beetles, etc.
· Cultural differences: Individualist: recognises individual uniqueness. Communalism: the beauty of people committing to each other and sacrifices made to the whole group.
· Even more important than difference is unity in diversity: being unified in worshiping Jesus, v11-12.
· God's grace in sending His Son: everything is a gift. We should never look down on another, but to learn from one another.
· "Our way" is not the only way.
· Multicultural engagement leads to growth as we come together.
· When Israeli Jews and Palestinian Arabs can say "I love you" to each other, this is the power of God. Let us be a blessing for the nations, for the glory of God.
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