Love your neighbour as yourself

 Love your neighbour as yourself.

James the half brother of Jesus wrote,

"If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbour as yourself," you are doing right.  

But if you show favouritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. James 2:8,9.

In my previous blog I noted that if Christian leaders and politicians are truly practising Christian principles then they should be doing all they can to help everyone from the poorest of the poor up. 

Here James points out that if we are really following as he puts it “the royal law found in scripture Love your neighbour as yourself” we are doing right. Then he adds a BUT.

“if you show favouritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers”

James goes on to say,

“What good is it, my brothers, if a man claims to have faith but has no deeds? Can such faith save him?  

Suppose a brother or sister is without clothes and daily food.  

If one of you says to him, “Go, I wish you well; keep warm and well fed,” but does nothing about his physical needs, what good is it?  

In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead. 

But someone will say, “You have faith; I have deeds.” Show me your faith without deeds, and I will show you my faith by what I do.  

You believe that there is one God. Good! Even the demons believe that—and shudder. 

You foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is useless?” James 2:14-20.

We I believe especially if we are in a position of power have a duty to help the poor in any way we can. If not I believe it shows we are not truly following the teachings of Christ.

What do you think?