A Biblical response to prejudice and bias.

INTRODUCTION We are continuing the series that we began during the worship period last week entitled Respectable Sins: Confronting the Sins We Tolerate. The goal, once again, of these lessons is to show that even though we may say that no sin is respectable or honorable, there may be times in which we…

Ethnocentric distinctions were walls that got in the way of Peter's gospel witness.

Welcome Scripture Reading ( Leviticus 19:9-18 ) This passage was chosen for two primary reasons: (1) Our passage in James actually quotes from this passage and (2) Vs. 15-16 , talks about the same sin that James refers to. This passage is God telling Moses what to tell the Israelites about God’s law—God,…

As Jesus promised, the Gospel is expanding to the ends of the earth. However, not the way the jewish beliervers expected it. Through persecution the gospel spread. Cornelius a gentile, though rightoues still needed to hear the gospel and be saved. He was accepted into the family of God and received the gift of the Holy Spirit with his family and friends. God does not show favoritism. Everyone is welcome to accpet the gift of Salvation.

James 2:1-8 – 1 My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? 2 For example, suppose someone comes into your meeting dressed in fancy clothes and expensive jewelry, and another comes in who is poor and dressed in…

Today as we evaluate ourselves, my prayer is that God’s word will affect and convict us in such a way that we become a body of believers that God is most glorified by. Today we will look at three trademarks that are present in a faith that is controlled by God, not perfect, but present.

Secular - A Sunday School Teacher was discussing the Ten Commandments with her five and six year olds. After explaining the commandment to "Honor" thy Father and thy Mother, she asked, "Is there a commandment that teaches us how to treat our brothers and sisters?" Without missing a beat, one little boy…

Introduction As we enter Chapter 2, we’re looking at our faith in action. Last time we saw that Favoritism, prejudice, partiality, or respect of persons is a sin. You can’t hold faith and biases together. If you claim to have faith in Christ, you can’t also treat people different based on external or…

Partiality: Making a value judgement about another person based on a non-biblical reason. OR How I feel about other people based on a criteria that is offensive to God.

Pastor Chet continues his series from the book of James. He admonishes us to not show partiality, favoritism or prejudice in these troubled times.

We will explore what the Bible teaches about loving fellow man and the problems with prejudice and hate.

True faith is expressed through real love.

Seen mainly in Scripture as a bias against places, peoples and ideas. It is sometimes so firmly rooted as to resist all contrary evidence.

Justice is not based on ethnicity. Justice reflects God's standards, not human reasoning. Justice is not based on socio-economic situations. Justice is not supported by mob rule.

Big Idea: Despite the sins of man, God exercises full sovereign control over all things.

Introduction The Oneness Embraced book Tells the story of some little known black historical figures in America, such as Wentworth Cheswell , who performed similar missions as Paul Revere Gives historical perspective on how the black race was thought to be inferior in this country Dread Scott Gives background…

Does God love and treat everyone the same? Distinction, Yes for the Lord knows the way of the righteous, but the way of the wicked will perish. “Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but the one who does the will of my Father who is in heaven. On that day many will…

Personal favoritism towards people is sin because true love knows no partiality. We can learn to get rid of favoritism when we start to love ourselves and others the way Christ loves us.

Introduction Last week, we spoke about being hearers and doers of God’s word. Tonight we will look more into applying some of Jame’s points of “True religion” from James 1:27 by how we treat the helpless and less fortunate and the importance of not being like the world. So go ahead and turn to James…