1. Why were they racist?
1.1. It covered up their own insecurity and wanting to destroy
1.2. Numbers 12:2 (NLT) 2 They said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he spoken through us, too?” But the LORD heard them.
1.3. Everyone likes to feel Superior by putting somebody else down.
2. Who is your neighbor the person most "NOT YOU"
2.1. How they see the world
2.2. How you see the world
2.3. Something in us inherently believes "different from me is less then."
2.4. Thankfully we can be renewed in the image of Christ and look beyond the outside and love people unconditionally because they're a child of God.
3. Celebrating Norwegian heritage
3.1. Joe Biden chose Rep. Deb Haaland (D-N.M.) Thursday to serve as the first Norwegian to be Cabinet secretary and head the Interior Department
3.2. Of course she's also Native American
4. Support notes
5. Racism in the camp
5.1. Numbers 12:1 (NLT) 1 While they were at Hazeroth, Miriam and Aaron criticized Moses because he had married a Cushite woman.
5.2. Numbers 12:2 (NLT) 2 They said, “Has the LORD spoken only through Moses? Hasn’t he spoken through us, too?” But the LORD heard them.
5.3. Numbers 12:4 (NLT) 4 So immediately the LORD called to Moses, Aaron, and Miriam and said, “Go out to the Tabernacle, all three of you!” So the three of them went to the Tabernacle.
5.4. Numbers 12:5 (NLT) 5 Then the LORD descended in the pillar of cloud and stood at the entrance of the Tabernacle. “Aaron and Miriam!” he called, and they stepped forward.
5.5. They get chewed out for 3 verse
5.6. Numbers 12:9 (NLT) 9 The LORD was very angry with them, and he departed.
5.7. Numbers 12:10 (NLT) 10 As the cloud moved from above the Tabernacle, there stood Miriam, her skin as white as snow from leprosy. When Aaron saw what had happened to her,
5.8. Aaron always willing to change his mind based on the situation begs Moses to intercede on Miriam's behalf.
6. Jesus demonstrates that the lawyer has completely missed the point
6.1. One does not define who is their neighbor one can only be a neighbor because everybody is your neighbor.
6.2. How much did they hate Samaritans?
6.3. Sir 50:25–26: “Two nations my soul detests, and the third is not even a people: Those who live in Seir, and the Philistines, and the foolish people that live in Shechem.”
6.3.1. Samaritans lived in Shechem
6.3.2. Sirach was not considered cannon during the time time of Jesus.
6.3.3. Most likely written between 100-300 BC
6.3.4. To put in perspective, The book of Malachi was written between 445 and 432 BC
6.3.4.1. There was 400 years of silence Before Jesus.
6.3.5. Thankfully the Sirach is not canon but it does show us the intense hatred many Jews had towards the Samaritans.
7. Zipporah
7.1. How she met Moses
7.2. Jethro A priest of Midian
7.2.1. They hired baalum to curse israel
7.2.2. they caused problems for gidden
7.2.3. Jethro as the Third priest
7.2.3.1. Melchizedek
7.2.3.1.1. King Of Salem
7.3. For some reason Moszer didn't circumcise his firstborn son
8. Jesus is Challenged by a Jewish Lawyer.
8.1. Question: Luke 10:25 (NLT) 25 One day an expert in religious law stood up to test Jesus by asking him this question: “Teacher, what should I do to inherit eternal life?”
8.1.1. Most, think that the lawyer was trying to trap Jesus.
8.2. Jesus answers a question with a question: Luke 10:26 (NLT) 26 Jesus replied, “What does the law of Moses say? How do you read it?”
8.3. The lawyer's answer: Luke 10:27 (NLT) 27 The man answered, “ ‘You must love the LORD your God with all your heart, all your soul, all your strength, and all your mind.’ And, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ ”
8.3.1. Neighbor
8.4. Ding Ding He gets a prize: Luke 10:28 (NLT) 28 “Right!” Jesus told him. “Do this and you will live!”
8.5. The Lawyer gets uncomfortable: Luke 10:29 (NLT) 29 The man wanted to justify his actions, so he asked Jesus, “And who is my neighbor?”
8.6. The Samaritan The only one to pass the test
8.6.1. Why a Samaritan
8.6.1.1. The attitude of Jewish Religious people
8.6.2. Luke 10:33 (NLT) 33 “Then a despised Samaritan came along, ...
8.6.3. Who they are is complex
8.6.3.1. Suffice to say they were despised
8.6.3.2. Seen by the Jews as siding with the us Syrians and engaging in polytheism,
8.6.3.3. It was a really big deal that Jesus would have anything to do with his Samaritan.