SERMON | Interrupting the Division

Scripture: Galatians 3:23-29

 Now before faith came, we were imprisoned and guarded under the law until faith would be revealed. Therefore, the law was our disciplinarian until Christ came, so that we might be justified by faith. But now that faith has come, we are no longer subject to a disciplinarian, for in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith. As many of you as were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is no longer Jew or Greek, there is no longer slave or free, there is no longer male and female; for all of you are one in Christ Jesus. And if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s offspring, heirs according to the promise.

What?
1) How’s everyone doing? Check in with the group.
2) Share a bias or prejudice that you once held but no longer do. Be honest. 

So What?
3) What interrupted your bias/prejudice and caused you to change your mind?
4) Paul’s letter to Galatia challenges the deep divisions that existed within the early Christian community of Galatia: specifically 

Now What?
5) Charles talks about how God’s love exceeds our labels. How do you feel about God loving people who you have a hard time loving?
6) How can faith be an interruption in your own life? Can those interruptions be painful or humbling?

Prayer
God free us of our love of labels. Free us of our desire to call people “others.” Interrupt our lives with faith in a God who was ultimately an outsider. Interrupt our fear, interrupt our hatred, interrupt our ignorance and walk with us as we learn to be more like you.  Amen