SHIELD 240530 James 2:1-13

ACCOUNTABILITY FOLLOW UP 05/23/24 Action: O | Change: s | Consequence: s | Teach: D

Lonnie: James 1:5–6 Action: praying to take proverbs seriously | Change: ceasing anxiety over events | Consequence of failure: repeating the cycle | Teach: Sophia

Tom: James 1:14 Action: Own the sins that follow temptation, they are from his flesh | Change: stopping bickering | Consequence: shame | Teach: David Beck

Stephen: James 1:18 Action: Speaking the truth, be children of the truth | Change: Need to remind that the truth belongs to God | Consequence: ruin Testimony, damage Relationships | Teach: Ceirra

Mark: James 1:13 James 1:17 Action: God is always good, never bad | Change: Be thankful | Consequence: Implode | Teach: Body

Lyle: James 1:3-4 Action: Need more patience, perseverance | Change: Study more | Consequence: not know God | Teach: N/A

CONTEXT James 1:19-27

Quick to hear, slow to speak James 1.19-20

Doers, not hearers only James 1.21-27

TEXT ANALYSIS

I. Avoiding Becoming Judges With Evil Thoughts (v1-4)

James 2:1–13 | 1 My brothers, do not hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ with an attitude of personal favoritism. 2 For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in bright clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, 3 and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the bright clothes, and say, “You sit here in a good place,” and you say to the poor man, “You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool,” 4 have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts?

Takeaway: Why do people show favoritism? We show favoritism to advance and further ourselves or our agenda. That is not of faith!

II. God’s Perspective Is What Counts (v5-7)

5 Listen, my beloved brothers: 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? 6 But you have dishonored the poor man. Is it not the rich who oppress you and they themselves drag you into court? 7 Do they not blaspheme the good name by which you have been called?

Takeaway: Who is rich in faith? The dependent, the poor… Who is limited in faith? Those that do not depend upon God for anything

III. Partiality is unloving and disobedient to God’s law (v8-9)

8 If, however, you are fulfilling the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. 9 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin, being convicted by the law as transgressors.

Takeaway: What does partiality look like in our context?

IV. Becoming Righteous and Merciful Judges (v10-13) 10 For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles in one point, he has become guilty of all. 11 For He who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” Now if you do not commit adultery, but murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged by the law of freedom. 13 For judgment will be merciless to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.

Takeaway: We are to be merciful knowing that we are under the same law - this does not mean that we avoid being righteous judges. We are to judge righteously

IF ALL WE HAD WAS THIS ONE TEXT WHAT WOULD WE KNOW ABOUT

The Father, Son, Spirit

Believers/Unbelievers

How does this text address my attitude or behavior?

What is one change that I can make

What is a consequence of not making the change

Who can I teach?

Mark: ___________________________________________________________________________________

Stephen: ____________

Lonnie: ____________

Tom: ____________

Others: ____________