One Blood

you may be seated for just a moment if i could have you turn to a passage of scripture the book of genesis chapter number nine in verse number four god had destroyed all of the earth with the exception of noah and his family it was a start of a new beginning and early in the new beginning god said in genesis 4 excuse me genesis 9 and 4. but the flesh with life thereof which is the blood thereof shall you not eat surely your blood of your lives will i require at the hand of every beast will i require it now this is god speaking this is the new order at the hand of man at the hand of every man's brother will i require the life of man whoso shed up man's blood by man shall his blood be shed for in the image of god made he man why such a strict penalty that if one would take the life if one human being would take the life of another human being god required the life of that human being why such a high standard because man was made in the image of god for to attack man was to attack god for how we treated man was how we treated god so god was showing there early early that man was just not a creature like the animal that man was different in that man was the visible representation of god later on in the book of acts acts chapter 17 and verse number 24 paul would write about this in acts 17 and 24 paul said god that made the world and all things therein seeing that he is lord of heaven and earth dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worshipped with men's hands as though he needed needed anything seeing he giveth to life to all life and breath and things and hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth he hath made of one blood all nations of man you do realize today that in adam and eve was every ethnicity and adam and eve was ever nationality and adam and eve was every man and woman that would ever be and every man and woman whether they're americans whether they're they're german whether whether they're asian whether whether whatever whatever they fall under the highest standard for us all men are made by almighty god all men and to treat a person in a certain way would be to be treating god in that way i'm old enough i remember being a small boy being in sears on central avenue pike with my dad and as we left there i started to go get a drink out of the water fountain and as i started toward a water fountain my father put his hand on my shoulder and directed me over to the white water fountain because there was in that day such ignorance that people were judged by the color of their skin oh that we could have the high standard of god i remember what it's like to ride the bus and when a black man or black woman got on the bus their place was in the rear of that bus what tremendous ignorance had so possessed the minds of men but god raised up a man by the name of dr martin luther king and that man fought he fought for civil rights and he was in line with the word of god you hear his speeches he was in line with the word of god that god had made all men and that there shouldn't be a difference between people because of the color of their skin it's apostolic this is how an apostolic church responds to racism right here right here's how an apostolic church responds to this