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James the half brother of Jesus wrote,
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism.
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” James 2:1-4.
Sadly all too many people in society judge a book by it’s cover. They see a person wearing a thousand dollar suit and judge him to be good. While a person in shabby jeans with a bit of a body odour is considered bad. This should not be so.
One policeman I know once told me a person in that thousand dollar suit with the expensive watches and rings is just as likely to do something illegal as someone dressed in rags. The only difference is that the well dressed person is more likely to get away with millions of dollars while the poorly dressed person gets away with a couple of dollars.
My point here is rich or poor we are all the same. No matter who we are we can choose to do good or bad.
In God’s eyes we are all equal and as believers in Christ Jesus we need to treat all people the same.
One of my favourite quotes from the American evangelist Billy Graham is ,
If a person well dressed were to enter your church congregation for the first time would he or she be treated better than a person entering poorly dressed with a body odour?
If so consider the words of James who states,
“If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” James 2:3-4.
Please think about it.
James the half brother of Jesus wrote,
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don’t show favoritism.
Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in.
If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” James 2:1-4.
Sadly all too many people in society judge a book by it’s cover. They see a person wearing a thousand dollar suit and judge him to be good. While a person in shabby jeans with a bit of a body odour is considered bad. This should not be so.
One policeman I know once told me a person in that thousand dollar suit with the expensive watches and rings is just as likely to do something illegal as someone dressed in rags. The only difference is that the well dressed person is more likely to get away with millions of dollars while the poorly dressed person gets away with a couple of dollars.
My point here is rich or poor we are all the same. No matter who we are we can choose to do good or bad.
In God’s eyes we are all equal and as believers in Christ Jesus we need to treat all people the same.
One of my favourite quotes from the American evangelist Billy Graham is ,
“It is the Holy Spirits Job to Convict,
God’s job to judge
and my job to love,”
Billy Graham.
Question: Do you judge a person by the way they look or the way they are dressed?If a person well dressed were to enter your church congregation for the first time would he or she be treated better than a person entering poorly dressed with a body odour?
If so consider the words of James who states,
“If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?” James 2:3-4.
Please think about it.
