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SERMON POINT #1 \u2013 A DIVIDED COUNTRY NEEDS A UNITED CHURCH\n\n1 Corinthians 1:10 \u2013 I appeal to you, brothers and sisters, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that all of you agree with one another in what you say and that there be no divisions among you, but that you be perfectly united in mind and thought.\n\nSERMON POINT #2 \u2013 DIVERSITY IS A BLESSING\n\nGalatians 3:28-29 \u2013 There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham\u2019s seed, and heirs according to the promise.\n\nSERMON POINT#3 \u2013 THE CHURCH SHOULD BE PROPHETIC, NOT PARTISAN\n\nJohn 17:20-23 \u2013 \u201cMy prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. I have given them the glory that you gave me, that they may be one as we are one \u2013 I in them and you in me \u2013 so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know that you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me.\u201d\n\nJohn 13:34-35 \u2013 \u201cA new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.\n\n1 Peter 1:1:22-23 \u2013 NLT \u2013 You were cleansed from your sins when you obeyed the truth, so now you must show sincere love to each other as brothers and sisters. Love each other deeply with all your heart. For you have been born again, but not to a life that will quickly end. Your new life will last forever because it comes from the eternal, living word of God.\n\n1 Peter 2:4-5,10 \u2013 NLT \u2013 You are coming to Christ, who is the living cornerstone of God\u2019s temple. He was rejected by people, but he was chosen by God for great honor. And you are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple. What\u2019s more, you are his holy priests. Through the mediation of Jesus Christ, you offer spiritual sacrifices that please God\u2026Once you had no identity as a people; now you are God\u2019s people. Once you received no mercy; now you have received God\u2019s mercy.