Wesley Chapel Watch night Worship Service Three more R’s from Romans for 2022

Three more R’s  from Romans for 2022 “There’s more to come: We continue to shout our praise even when we’re hemmed in with troubles, because we know how troubles can develop passionate patience in us, and how that patience in turn forges the tempered steel of virtue, keeping us alert for whatever God will do next. In alert expectancy such as this, we’re never left feeling shortchanged. Quite the contrary—we can’t round up enough containers to hold everything God generously pours into our lives through the Holy Spirit!” Romans 5:3-5 MSG What does it mean to shout when you are in trouble, well I’ve been reading the book the 1619 project and I’m the middle of the first chapter I was introduced to a Black historian I have never heard of and he was know for framing a period of time from 1877–1901. His name was Rayford W Logan and he came up with the term the The nadir of American race relations was the period in African-American history and the history of the United States from the end of Reconstruction in 1877 through the early 20th century, when racism in the country was more open and pronounced than it had been during any other period in the nation's history. During this period, African Americans lost many of the civil rights which they had gained during Reconstruction. Anti-black violence, lynchings, segregation, legal racial discrimination, and expressions of white supremacy all increased. I think this is important because it seems like we might be experiencing a similar back lash following the presidency of Barack Obama. Last January was not a mistake, the numbers of death in the African American community was not a coincidence and the fact that the rich got richer during Covid-19 and the poor got buried is not simple miscalculation. This current fight for voters rights and and living wages is not just a Hamilton jump shot in the air, American is differently facing a second Great Nadir. The question becomes what are we going to do about it, as the words oldest Poeple and the Sankofa  team in play what becomes our role in society in general and as Africans in particular. I would like to suggest that the answer is in the word of God and I would like,to particularly point out the text in Romans 5.  “Thus the wisdom of God, celebrated in Old Testament (see Prov. 8:2231) and New Testament (see Matt. 11:2527; I Cor. 1:1831; Rom. 11:3336) and identified by Jesus with God's Spirit (see John 16:1215) is expounded in this passage from Romans.