then james gives his
primary reason for the problem with favoritism in chapter 2 verse 8 (niv), if
you really keep the royal law found in scripture, “love your neighbor as yourself.”
you’re doing right. from this you
see that favoritism is unloving
just a thought from the front porch
why is it called the
royal law? because if we obey that one
we wouldn’t need all the rest. galations
5.14 (niv), all the law is summed up in one sentence, “love your neighbor as
yourself.” if i play favorites i’m
being unloving.
the bible says that
how we relate to other people shows how much we really love GOD. 1 john 4.20 (niv), if anyone boasts, “i love GOD,” and goes right on hating his
brother or sister, thinking nothing of it, he is a liar. if he won’t love the person he can see, how
can he love GOD he can't see? how i
relate to you proves how much i love GOD.
favoritism is unloving.
few of us know how to
love unconditionally. most of us are
like this poem.
paul’s girl is rich
and haughty
my girl is poor as
clay
paul’s girl is young
and pretty
mine looks like a bale
of hay.
paul’s girl is smart
and clever
my girl is dumb but
good.
would i trade my girl
for paul’s?
you bet i would!
we don't know how to
love unconditionally. all we know is how
to show favoritism.
james 2.9&10 (niv),
if you show favoritism you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. for whoever keeps the whole law and yet
stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.
how many laws do you
have to break to be a lawbreaker?
one. how many crimes do you have
to commit to become a criminal?
one. how many links do you have
to break to break a chain? one
have you ever been in
a china shop that has the sign, “you break it, you've bought it”? they don’t care if it’s broken in one place
or a thousand pieces, if you broke it, you bought it.
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