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When Preference Isn’t Your Prerogative! James 2:1-13

When Preference Isn’t Your Prerogative! James 2:1-13. Confusion of the Gospel 2:1. Faith & Favoritism are Incongruent!. Confusion of the Gospel. Faith & Favoritism are Incongruent! Jesus Extends His Glory to All !

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When Preference Isn’t Your Prerogative! James 2:1-13

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  1. When Preference Isn’t Your Prerogative!James 2:1-13

  2. Confusion of the Gospel2:1

  3. Faith & Favoritism are Incongruent! Confusion of the Gospel

  4. Faith & Favoritism are Incongruent! • Jesus Extends His Glory to All! “A renewal in which there is no distinction between Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, and freeman, but Christ is all, and in all. Colossians 3:11 Confusion of the Gospel

  5. Cruelty to the Vulnerable2:2-4

  6. 2 Different Parties 2 Different Responses 2 Different Motives Cruelty to the Vulnerable

  7. “The crash of Green Hornet had left Louie and Phil in the most desperate physical extremity, without food, water, or shelter. But on Kwajalein, the guards sought to deprive them of something that had sustained them even as all else had been lost: dignity. This self-respect and sense of self-worth, the innermost armament … Cruelty to the Vulnerable

  8. “… of the soul, lies at the heart of humanness; to be deprived of it is to be dehumanized, to be cleaved from, and cast below, mankind. Men subjected to dehumanizing treatment experience profound wretchedness and loneliness and find that hope is almost impossible to retain. Without dignity, identity is erased. Cruelty to the Vulnerable

  9. “… In its absence, men are defined not by themselves, but by their captors & the circumstances in which they are forced to live.” - Laura Hillenbrand’s Unbroken Cruelty to the Vulnerable

  10. 2 Different Parties 2 Different Responses 2 Different Motives How do you determine your self-worth? Do you deny the glory inherent to others? Cruelty to the Vulnerable

  11. Contradiction withGod’s Choice2:5-7

  12. Opposed to God Aligned with Wrong Group Contradiction with God’s Choice

  13. Collapse of Law of Love2:8-11

  14. The Bulls Eye = Love Miss = Partiality = Sin Collapse of Law of Love

  15. Condemnation in Judgment2:12-13

  16. We will ALL be JUDGED … “Let not many of you become teachers, my brethren, knowing that as such we will incur a stricter judgment.” James 3:1 Condemnation in Judgment

  17. We will ALL be JUDGED … … On a Curve! Who can you notice & value this week? Who can you serve this week? Condemnation in Judgment

  18. When Preference Isn’t Your Prerogative!James 2:1-13

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