1. TREATING PEOPLE RIGHT
James 2:1-13

2. DON’T SHOW ___________ FAVORITISM
THE PRINCIPLE
DON’T SHOW ___________
FAVORITISM

4. James 2:1
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism.”

5. Common areas of discrimination:
____________
_________
____
_____________
__________
APPEARANCE
ANCESTRY
AGE
ACHIEVEMENT
AFFLUENCE

6. James 2:2,3,4
“Suppose a man comes to your meeting wearing gold rings and fine clothes and a poor man in shabby clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say `Here's a good seat for you' but say to the poor man `You stand over there' or `Sit on the floor at my feet', have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?"

7. THE PROBLEM
FAVORITISM IS
____________
UNCHRISTIAN

8. James 2:1
“My brothers, as believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ, don't show favoritism.”

9. Faith and favoritism are incompatible.

10. THE PROBLEM
FAVORITISM IS
______________
UNREASONABLE

11. James 2:5-7
“Listen my dear brothers: Has not God chosen the poor to be rich in faith and inherit the kingdom he promised those who love him? But you have dishonored the poor. Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court? Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong?”

12. You don't have to know the key men
if you know the Man who holds the keys.

13. THE PROBLEM
FAVORITISM IS
_________
UNLOVING

14. James 2:8
“If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, `Love your neighbor as yourself.' you're doing right.”

15. 1 John 4:20
“If a man says he loves God and hates his brother he's lying. How can you love God whom you haven't seen if you don't love your brother whom you have seen?”

16. James 2:9,10
“If you show favoritism you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers. For whoever keeps the whole law yet stumbles at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.”

17. adultery but you do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.”
James 2:11
“For who said, `Do not commit adultery' also said `Do not murder'. If you don't commit
adultery but you do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker.”

18. James 2:12
“Speak and act as those who are going to be judged by the law that gives freedom because judgement without mercy will not be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgement.”

19. Love treats people with mercy.
Love gives people what they need, not what they deserve.

20. THE PRESCRIPTION
ACCEPT EVERYBODY

21. “Accept one another just as Christ accepted you..."
Romans 15:7
“Accept one another just as Christ accepted you..."

22. THE PRESCRIPTION
ACCEPT EVERYBODY
APPRECIATE EVERYBODY

23. Philippians 2:3,4
“Do nothing from selfish ambition or vain conceit, but in humility consider others better than yourself. Each of you should look not only to your own interest but also the interest of others.”

24. THE PRESCRIPTION ACCEPT EVERYBODY APPRECIATE EVERYBODY
AFFIRM EVERYBODY

25. “Encourage one another and build each other up.”
1 Thessalonians 5:11
“Encourage one another and build each other up.”

26. Absolutely nothing can stop the church that's filled with love.

27. “Set the tone for your day by treating people better than you expect to be treated by them. Be the first to smile. Express your appreciation for them. Expect the best out of them. If you act first, you will set yourself up for success.” (John Maxwell)

28. 1 John 13:35
“By this shall all men know that you are my disciples that you love each other.”

29. Galatians 3:26,27
“For now we are all children of God through faith in Jesus Christ. We are no longer Jew or Greek or slave or freemen or even men or women.”