Take A Knee - a Christian response to those we disagree with or consider our enemies

1. PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11
So if our shared life in the King brings you any comfort;
if love still has the power to make you cheerful; if we really
do have a partnership in the spirit; if your hearts are at all
moved with affection and sympathy - then make my joy
complete! Bring your thinking into line with one another.
Here's how you do it. Hold on to the same love; bring your
innermost lives into harmony; fix your minds on the same
object. Never act out of selfish ambition or vanity; instead,
regard everybody else as your superior. Look after each
other's best interests, not your own.

2. PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11
This is how you should think among yourselves –
with the mind that you have because you belong
to the Messiah, Jesus: Who, though in God's form
did not regard his equality with God as something
he ought to exploit; instead, he emptied himself,
and received the form of a slave; being born into
the likeness of humans, and then, having human
appearance, he humbled himself, and became obedient
even to death; yes, even the death of the cross.

3. PHILIPPIANS 2:1-11
And so God has greatly exalted him
and to him, in his favor, has given
the name which is over all names:
that now at the name of Jesus
every knee within heaven shall bow –
on earth, too, and under the earth;
and every tongue shall confess
that Jesus, Messiah, is Lord,
to the glory of God the father.

4. Sunday, October 1
#TAKEAKNEE

5. “Wouldn’t you love to
see one of these NFL owners,
when somebody disrespects
our flag, to say, ‘Get that
(SOB) off the field right now.
Out! He’s fired. He’s fired!’”
(DJT; 9.23.17; Alabama)

7. “I’m not going to stand up
to show pride in a flag for a
country that oppresses black
people and people of color.
There are bodies in the street
and police getting paid leave
and getting away
with murder…”
(2016)

8. Sunday, October 1
#TAKEAKNEE

10. “I cannot stand and
sing the anthem.
I cannot salute the flag;
I know that I am a black man
in a white world."
(Jackie Robinson, 1972;
former 2nd Lieutenant)

11. Sunday, October 1
#TAKEAKNEE

12. “I think God guides me through
every day and helps me take the
right steps and has helped me
get to where I am. When I step
on the field, I always say a
prayer, say I am thankful to be
able to wake up that morning
and go out there and try
to glorify the Lord with
what I do on the field.”
(Washington Post, 9.24)

13. “That’s when my faith
moved me to take action.
I looked to James 2:17,
which states, ‘Faith by itself,
if it does not have works,
is dead.’ I knew I needed
to stand up for what is right.”
(Eric Reid; NYT; 9.26.17)

14. Sunday, October 1
#TAKEAKNEE

15. HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
RESPOND TO OUR BLACK
SIBLINGS IN CHRIST…?

16. - Give their perspective preeminence (PHIL 2:3)
“Do nothing out of selfish ambition or conceit,
but in humility regard others as better
than yourselves.”
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
RESPOND TO OUR BLACK
SIBLINGS IN CHRIST…?

17. - Give their perspective preeminence (PHIL 2:3)
- Look not to our interests, but theirs (PHIL 2:4)
“Let each of you look not to your own interests,
but to the interests of others.”
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
RESPOND TO OUR BLACK
SIBLINGS IN CHRIST…?

18. - Give their perspective preeminence (PHIL 2:3)
- Look not to our interests, but theirs (PHIL 2:4)
- Take the position of a servant (PHIL 2:6-7)
“…but emptied himself, taking the form of a
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
RESPOND TO OUR BLACK
SIBLINGS IN CHRIST…?

19. Sunday, October 1
#TAKEAKNEE

20. “The US has great strength
and patience…(but) If it is forced
to defend ourselves or our allies,
we will have no choice but to
totally destroy North Korea.”
(9.19.17 @ The U.N.)

21. “Thank God we have a president
who stands for truth and is not afraid
to speak truth to the whole world.
President …Trump’s address today
to the (UN) may have been one of the
best speeches ever given to that body.
It made you proud to be an American.
I hope you will join me in
praying for this man, that God
will guide and direct him.”

23. HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
THINK ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
“ENEMIES”?

24. - Begin with the end in mind: the Lordship of Jesus
“…so that at the name of Jesus every knee
will bow…and every tongue confess that
Jesus is King & Lord…” (2:10-11)
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
THINK ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
“ENEMIES”?

25. - Begin with the end in mind: the Lordship of Jesus
- Love your enemies
“Love your enemies, do good to those who hate
you,
bless those who curse you, pray for those who
abuse you.” (LUKE 6:28)
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
THINK ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
“ENEMIES”?

26. - Begin with the end in mind: the Lordship of Jesus
- Love your enemies
- Don’t repay evil with evil
“…if your enemies are hungry, feed them; if they are
thirsty, give them something to drink…Do not be
overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
THINK ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
“ENEMIES”?

27. - Begin with the end in mind: the Lordship of Jesus
- Love your enemies
- Don’t repay evil with evil, but overcome evil w/good
- Parable of the Good Samaritan
- Love your neighbor as yourself
HOW DO WE AS CHRISTIANS
THINK ABOUT OUR NATIONAL
“ENEMIES”?

28. Sunday, October 1
#TAKEAKNEE

29. One of the scribes…asked him,
“Which commandment is the first of all?”
Jesus answered, “The first is: ‘Hear, O Israel:
the Lord our God, the Lord is one; you shall
love the Lord your God with all your heart,
and with all your soul, and with all your mind,
and with all your strength.’ The second is this:
‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’
There is no other commandment greater than
these.”
MARK 12