Favoritism Fails

Favoritism Fails
James 2:1-13 |  Pastor Terry Wilcox

1. Clearly, God is speaking to us.  James 2:1
   God doesn’t show favoritism.  Romans 2:11
   His enemies knew this.  Matthew 22:16, I Timothy 5:21
2. What’s the point of having church if we are not going to be the church?  James 2:2-4, John 13:34
3. The world’s view is upside down.  James 2:5-7
   An annoying contemporary “so-called” truism is: “Perception is reality.”
   The world system is merit-based. God’s kingdom is grace-based.  Ephesians 1:4-7
   God ignores national and social/economic differences.  Acts 10:34, Acts 15
   Acts 15:6-9, I Samuel 2:7-8a, I Timothy 6:17-19
4. Living like Jesus is loving people the way He loves people. “A class church has no class at all.”
   Why “the royal law?”  James 2:8
   a. It was written by the King.  John 13:34
   b. It rules all other laws.  Romans 13:10
   c. Obeying it sets us free.  James 2:12
5. Saying and doing must be married.  James 2:12-13
   “Every Bible should be bound in shoe leather.”  -D.L. Moody
   Ephesians 4:29
   I John 3:16-18

We don’t earn mercy by showing. We show it because the Spirit of Christ is within us!  Matthew 5:1-12