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Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› Click to edit Master title style Click to edit Master text styles Second level Third level Fourth level Fifth level 2/10/18 ‹#› The Ministry Blitz Maple Valley Meeting Tonight 24905 Witte Rd SE Maple Valley, WA. 98038 Amazon Smile Rewards Easter is Coming!! Baptisms!! Sign up for Youth Winter Retreat Today Summer Interns Transition Time Take this time to continue in Worship through the Giving of Tithe and Offering-boxes located on Connect Table. Children are Dismissed to Rescue Kidz in the Gym. Get another cup of coffee and say hello to someone before the message begins!! James 2:1-13 Don’t Be Partial James 2:1-2 My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with partiality. 2 For if there should come into your assembly a man with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man in filthy clothes, James 2:3-4 and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes and say to him, “You sit here in a good place,” and say to the poor man, “You stand there,” or, “Sit here at my footstool,” 4 have you not shown partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? James 2:5 Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those who love Him? James 2:6-7 But you have dishonored the poor man. Do not the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? 7 Do they not blaspheme that noble name by which you are called? Dealing with Partiality If you believe in a purely evolutionary worldview, here’s the idea: Some people are more advanced and evolved than others. Some people win, some people lose. Dealing with Partiality The difference between Christianity and other religions is in other religions, you get what you earn. It’s works . Well, in Christianity, you get what Jesus gives. It’s grace . James’ Issue Their problem is that the church is behaving in a worldly way. The church is in the world but belongs to the kingdom. Leviticus 19:15 ‘You shall do no injustice in judgment. You shall not be partial to the poor, nor honor the person of the mighty .’ Gut Check So, who are you partial toward? Don’t let your preferences become your prejudices. James 2:8-13 If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you do well; 9 but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. James 2:8-13 10 For whoever shall keep the whole law, and yet stumble in one point, he is 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 you do murder, James 2:8-13 … you have become a transgressor of the law. 12 So speak and so do as those who will be judged by the law of liberty. 13 For judgment is without mercy to the one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment. James:Faith + Action Pray to make this a reality: We need leaders. We need financial partners. We need missionaries.