Dec. 7 : James 2:1-13

Hello all.
Today I did my quiet time on James 2:1-13. This passage focused on favoritism. This passage brought conviction to me, both in a personal and fellowship/leadership based level. In the passage James says this, "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 there' or 'Sit on the floor by my feet.'" . He says that we have sin and have become judges - with evil thoughts. Nowadays we are not going to blatantly show someone special treatment in church based on what someone owns or looks like. We are, however, going to judge based on his character, personality, and/or "coolness". Someone in our fellowship that comes to mind is Mike Cho's roommate David. I've seen him around, said hello, and went our own ways. But, I talked to him on Friday for the very first time. I knew people were a little turned off by him, and for that reason he was pushed to the side, away from everyone else. I am not trying to judge anyone in our church or our leadership team, but we (including myself) have not done a very good job in providing the essentials of friendship to people such as David. I may do a good job here and there, watch my sins here and there, but if I fail in favoritism, I fail Christ and sin. James points out this sin that probably lives in most of us. We need to heed James' wisdom and love those who need love the most.
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