James 2:1

James 2:1

How many of you would say that you are a pretty good judge of people, that you can look at someone, maybe talk with them a little bit, and pretty much tell what they are all about? I know that in certain occupations this is a useful ability, with police officers, for instance. They look for body language, speech, nervous tics and other distinguishing signs to determine what a person might be up to. But for the rest of us in our day-to-day dealings with others, the habit of judging or pre-judging others is less than useful, it is downright sinful. James 2:9 says, “If you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors.”

We are to be ambassadors for Christ, and as such there is no room in our lives for both faith and partiality, and the church is the first place to start because if we can’t show impartial love here in church, how can we expect to be lights out in the world? Jesus said in John 13:34-35 to His disciples, “…you love one another; as I have loved you,… By this all will know that you are My disciples, if you have love for one another.”

Pastor Doug Hardin