#1: Show
Partiality
“My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lord of glory.” James 2:1 ESV
#2: No
2 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your
assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, 3 and if you
pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say, “You sit
here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over
there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” 4 have you not then made distinctions
among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
James 2:2-4 ESV
#3:
All!
“Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in
the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has
promised to those who love him? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man.
Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you
into court? 7 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by
which you were called?
James 2: 5-7 ESV
#4: Keep God’s
in Mind.
8 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You
shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you
show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as
transgressors. 10 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point
has become guilty of all of it. 11 For he who said, “Do not commit
adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but
do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.
James 2:8-11 ESV
#5: Show
12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of
liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy.
Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:12-13 ESV