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Loyalty to your team.
Go to games, wear their jersey, paint your house in team colors, talk about it, schedule your wedding around games (true story).
Won’t wear the rival’s colors, etc. (A certain FSU fan comes to mind.)
Our loyalty is put into action.
Everyone knows who “your” team is by what you say and do.
Also true of our loyalty (faith) to Christ.
James’ next major concern for a young Christian gathering.
In particular, he is concerned that they aren’t living out true faith (loyalty to Christ) in how they treat one another and folks from the community.
Genuine faith exhibits itself by visible deeds of practical helpfulness to anyone and everyone.
Faith That Works Blesses Everyone
James is warning us to avoid practicing partiality.
Partiality here is “to receive someone according to their face.”
We pay attention to someone based on externals.
Maybe money, reputation, power, etc.
When we show partiality, prejudice, we are essentially saying with our actions that we don’t trust God completely with every need in life.
We think a certain person or group can benefit us.
We seek our blessing in the wrong place.
But our faith isn’t working properly when we pay attention to some folks and ignore others.
The example which will follow through the passage is how we treat the poor.
We show favoritism when we think there’s something to be gained by fostering the relationship.
God, on the other hand, shows no favoritism.
At the same time, God is necessarily interested in the lives of the poor.
Seminary students looking for all passages regarding the poor and about social justice.
They took an old Bible and started cutting out all those passages.
Nearly all the Psalms & prophets were cut out. 1 in 3 verses in the Gospels were removed.
That old Bible couldn’t hold together.
They created a Bible full of holes.
Clearly, our loyalty to Christ (our faith) is seen when we strive to bless everyone regardless of their circumstances.
Matt.
7.1 “1 “Do not judge others, and you will not be judged.”
Faith That Works Is Merciful
James wants us to appreciate that mercy is not optional.
We are unmerciful when we ignore the needs of others.
Loyalty requires that we are consistent.
When we consistent practice loyalty to Jesus, we have acknowledged how much mercy and grace we need.
Faith That Works Is Evident
Life vs. Death.
A faith that has no vitality.
Empty words are as useless as empty faith that fails to produce good works.
Think of it as “practical helpfulness.”
Our loyalty to Christ is defined by what we do
Practical Helpfulness here at T&C
Family Promise
Fundraiser right now
Hosting (can’t wait to get back to that!)
Angel Tree
Q: In your network, your friends and family, who needs some practical helpfulness?
That’s how we demonstrate our loyalty to Christ.
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