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Guilty! Guilty, without excuse, we started looking at this over last few weeks. A few little reminders before we get to our passage today. God’s two revelations to man The Righteousness of God in the gospel The wrath of God revealed from heaven Reasons for the wrath, for guilt Intelligence (1:18-20)…

Living Together Living together is not always easy, not everyone agrees on everything and gets along in everything. In our series Living Together we are being reminded of some tools, promises, corrections that can help us in our living together as a forever family in Christ. (In Christ Picture) Expand…

The ability to be unbiased towards any one race, class or person. This attitude is demonstrated by God and is to be emulated by the human race.

God judges the world by identifying and condemning sin and by vindicating and rewarding the righteous. God exercises temporal judgment on the world and on his people; final judgment will take place when Jesus Christ returns.

The Devil and the Hermit There is a fable wherein the Devil once was crossing the Libyan desert and met a group of friends tempting a holy hermit. They tried seductions of the flesh, used doubts and fears, etc. But to no avail. The holy man was unmoved. The Devil then stepped forward: “Your methods are…

The Law (Religion) Does Not, and Cannot Save!!

Introduction A. Discrimnation B. Lesson Context I. The Warning/Exhortation Against Favoritism ( James 2:1-7 ) A. Favoring the Wealthy ( James 2:1-4 1 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. 2 For if there come unto your assembly a man with…

God shows no partiality

God loves you the same as he does anyone else.

God has no respect of persons

3 ways that the Gospel makes Christians treat each other equally.

As a forever family we are to be without partiality (an accepting fellowship)

Big Idea: Mercy triumphs over judgment.

HOOK Seeing what’s going on around us feels like they’s going forever— the cycle of events could be very exhausting When nothing seems to work— we need “A Faith that Works”— and the faith that works: Perseveres It is more than just words and it is more than just what we feel When things feels like they’re…

Good people still end up in Hell, because good isn't good enough!

On Jesus' final night on earth before His crucifixion, He chose to spend valuable time with His disciples. In a dramatic demonstration of love, Jesus gird Himself with a towel, poured water into a basin, and washed His disciples feet. Jesus did this as an example of the servant heart that we should have for others. Jesus demonstrated humility, impartiality, and charity (love). To be More Like Jesus, we need to learn to Serve Like Jesus.

To be the messengers of the gospel that Jesus desires for us to be, we must learn to see ourselves and others as God sees. ( Acts 10:1-11:18 ) Such was our overarching point last week, and really it is the theme that Luke has for his readers (and consequently for us) from the broader narrative of 10:1-11:18.…

Bible study through the book of James

Applying the scripture enhances our life together as the church

Judgement: inevitable, inescapable, impartial. Be reconciled before judgement.