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Life Lessons from James – Lesson 4 “How to Treat People Right”

Life Lessons from James – Lesson 4 “How to Treat People Right”. He Keeps Me Singing. There’s within my heart a melody; Jesus whispers sweet and low, “Fear not, I am with thee, peace be still,” In all of life’s ebb and flow. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest name I know,

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Life Lessons from James – Lesson 4 “How to Treat People Right”

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  1. Life Lessons from James – Lesson 4 “How to Treat People Right”

  2. He Keeps Me Singing

  3. There’s within my heart a melody; Jesus whispers sweet and low, “Fear not, I am with thee, peace be still,” In all of life’s ebb and flow.

  4. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest name I know, Fills my ev’ry longing, Keeps me singing as I go.

  5. Soon he’s coming back to welcome me far beyond the starry sky; I shall wing my flight to worlds unknown, I shall reign with him on high.

  6. Jesus, Jesus, Jesus, Sweetest name I know, Fills my ev’ry longing, Keeps me singing as I go.

  7. James 2:1 1My brethren, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism.

  8. Principle: Faith and Favoritism are not compatible.

  9. Areas of Challenge: Appearance The 5 A's Age Ancestry Achievement Affluence

  10. The Problem: #1 - Favoritism is Unbiblical.

  11. Romans 2:11 11 For there is no partiality with God.

  12. The Problem: #2 - Favoritism is Unreasonable

  13. James 2:5  Listen, my beloved brethren: did not God choose the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him?.

  14. The Problem: #3 - Favoritism is Unloving

  15. James 2:8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law, according to the Scripture, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF," you are doing well.

  16. Galatians 5:14 14 For the whole Law is fulfilled in one word, in the statement, "YOU SHALL LOVE YOUR NEIGHBOR AS YOURSELF."

  17. I John 4:20 If someone says, "I love God," and hates his brother, he is a liar; for the one who does not love his brother whom he has seen, cannot love God whom he has not seen.

  18. The Prescription How to Treat People Right

  19. The Prescription How to Treat People Right 1. ACCEPT EVERYBODY

  20. Rom 15:7 Wherefore, accept one another, just as Christ also accepted us to the glory of God. Romans 15:7 (NASB77)

  21. The Prescription How to Treat People Right 2. APPRECIATE EVERYBODY

  22. Phil. 2:3-4 Do nothing from selfishness or empty conceit, but with humility of mind let each of you regard one another as more important than himself; 4 do not merely look out for your own personal interests, but also for the interests of others. Phil 2:3-4

  23. The Prescription How to Treat People Right 3. AFFIRM EVERYBODY

  24. 1 Thess. 5:11 Therefore encourage one another, and build up one another, just as you also are doing.

  25. Gal. 3:26-28 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, slave nor free, male nor female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.

  26. How will I know when I get it right?

  27. 1. All other “excellencies” will be as nothing. 2.Being held in contempt will be as nothing.

  28. 1. What is most precious to you is Christ’s image in your life. 2.What is most precious in others is Christ’s image in their life.

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