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 Well, good morning, church.

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 Wherever you may be, we invite you to turn in the Bible to James chapter 2.

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 James chapter 2, verses 1 through 13.

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 Let me read these verses for us this morning.

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 My brothers and sisters, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

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 For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly,

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 and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in,

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 and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and say,

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 you sit here in a good place,

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 while you say to the poor man, you stand over there, or sit down at my feet.

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 Have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?

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 Listen, my beloved brothers.

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 Has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom,

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 which he has promised to those who love him?

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 But you have dishonored the poor man.

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 Are not the rich the ones who oppress you and the ones who drag you into court?

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 Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called?

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 If you really fulfill the royal law, according to the scripture,

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 you shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well.

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 But if you show partiality, you are committing sin

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 and are convicted by the law as transgressors.

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 For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it.

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 For he who said do not commit adultery also said do not murder.

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 If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law.

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 So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty.

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 For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy.

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 Mercy triumphs over judgment.

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 Let's pray.

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 Father, we pray that you would speak to us through these words that you inspired James to write so long ago through your spirit.

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 Help me as I proclaim your word.

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 Help each of us in our different locations as we listen and take to heart what you have to say for us today.

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 May you be glorified.

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 May your spirit do his work.

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 In Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 Well, one of the things my family and I have enjoyed doing together recently is cooking.

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 We've tried some new recipes over the last several weeks and the results have generally been quite satisfying.

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 On Mother's Day, which happened to be our wedding anniversary, our older children, Nathan and Grace, wanted to make breakfast for us on their own.

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 Without us present in the kitchen at all.

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 We were a bit nervous at first, but they did a great job.

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 Now, when we're all cooking together, our two-year-old, Hannah, likes to mix the pancake batter or the scrambled eggs or whatever is in the bowl on the counter.

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 She can be quite engaged, but like any other two-year-old, she also needs to be carefully watched.

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 So that she doesn't take some chili powder and add it to the pancake batter or dump the coffee grounds into the scrambled eggs.

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 Right?

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 In order to be successful in cooking, you need to have good ingredients in good proportions and you need to carefully avoid and resist anything that would spoil or contaminate the batter.

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 Now, in the same way, to be healthy and growing as Christians, we need to mix together healthy proportions of God's word and prayer, of solitude and fellowship, of humble confession and thankful praise.

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 Those kinds of things will make for good spiritual nourishment.

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 But in the passage we just read, James is concerned that his people have added something bad to the mix.

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 Added something that will spoil their spiritual nourishment.

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 Don't combine faith with favoritism, he says.

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 The ESV translates it partiality.

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 So this morning, I want us to look at our passage in three parts.

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 First, what is favoritism?

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 Or partiality in verses 1 to 4.

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 Second, why favoritism can't be combined with faith in Jesus Christ, verses 5 to 11.

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 And third, the Christian alternative to favoritism.

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 So first, what exactly is favoritism?

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 Literally, verse 1 can be translated,

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 Do not in favoritisms.

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 The word is actually plural, indicating that there are many different expressions or ways of showing,

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 favoritism, do not in favoritisms hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ.

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 But then James goes on to give one very specific and colorful illustration of favoritism in verses 2 and 3.

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 A man wearing a gold ring, literally gold fingers, with bright, clean, fine clothing,

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 walks into church, and a poor person in shabby, smelly, filthy clothing also comes in.

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 And the usher at the door, or whoever might be greeting them,

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 immediately pays special attention to the well-dressed, wealthy man,

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 and makes sure that he has a good, comfortable, honorable seat,

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 but rudely tells the second guy to stand in the corner or sit on the floor.

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 Now, we don't know whether this exact scenario had actually happened in a first-century Christian meeting,

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 and James had heard about it, and he was addressing it.

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 But it is evident that James was not just giving a hypothetical example here.

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 He was concerned about a real and serious pattern of favoritism

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 that was manifesting itself in one way or another within the Christian community.

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 Verse 6, he says,

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 You have dishonored the poor man.

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 And for James, this was a very serious concern.

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 In verse 4, he says,

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 You've made distinctions among yourselves.

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 Now, that could also be translated,

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 You have wavered within yourselves,

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 or you have become inconsistent within yourselves.

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 It's the same verb that appeared in chapter 1, verse 6,

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 and is translated there, doubt.

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 And as we talked about back then,

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 that it has this idea of being double-minded,

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 being driven and tossed by the winds.

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 And as we said earlier,

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 a double-minded person is not just somebody who has unanswered questions or troubled emotions.

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 A double-minded person has divided loyalties.

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 A double-minded person is not steadfast in their love for God.

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 James is calling us in his epistle here

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 to steadfast love for the Lord who steadfastly loves his people.

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 And so James says,

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 I mean, if we think about it,

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 what would motivate people,

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 what would motivate us

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 to pay special attention to the rich

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 and overlook or dishonor the poor?

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 Well, I mean, think about it.

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 If you know or if you see somebody who seems wealthy,

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 powerful, popular, athletic, beautiful, smart, suave,

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 you might think,

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 I want to connect with that person.

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 I want to become part of that person's social network.

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 They could benefit me.

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 Or you might be intimidated by them.

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 You might think,

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 well, I better make sure to stay on their good side

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 because I don't want to get on their bad side.

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 On the other hand,

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 if you see somebody

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 and in your assessment,

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 they seem poor, powerless,

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 unpopular, ugly, smelly, awkward,

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 you might tend to avoid them

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 and look the other way.

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 You might think,

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 maybe that person doesn't have much to offer me

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 except for their problems.

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 I'd rather avoid them.

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 And you know, often this happens very often

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 and often it happens almost subconsciously

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 we don't even realize what's going on.

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 We don't even sort of express those thoughts in our own head.

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 We just instinctively turn away

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 or instinctively fix our attention.

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 Of course, this can happen in person.

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 This can happen on social media.

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 This can happen in all kinds of contexts.

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 And James says this is a very serious issue.

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 He says you've become judges with evil thoughts.

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 In other words,

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 you've been thinking and reasoning

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 and coming to conclusions

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 that are inconsistent with your faith

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 in the Lord Jesus Christ.

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 You're not seeing people the way God sees them.

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 You're not treating people the way God treats them.

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 You're making judgments according to worldly

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 or selfish standards

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 that don't match up with God's.

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 Now, according to the Bible,

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 there are appropriate and godly reasons

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 to honor certain people in distinctive ways.

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 For example,

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 husbands and wives are commanded

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 to show special honor to one another

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 and to give special priority

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 to pursuing and maintaining

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 and growing in their marriage covenant.

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 And sometimes that might mean

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 drawing back for a time

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 or saying no to some other opportunities

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 or limiting some other relationships.

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 Children are commanded,

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 honor and obey your parents.

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 Right?

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 It's appropriate for children

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 to pay more attention to their parents

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 than to anyone else in the world.

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 And it's right for adult children

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 to continue honoring their parents

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 by, among other things,

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 seeing that they're cared for

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 in their old age,

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 according to their needs,

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 even if in some cases

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 that calls for sacrifices.

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 God's people,

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 as God's people were instructed

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 to honor the governmental authorities

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 as they carry out

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 their God-ordained role in the world,

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 as well as honor church elders

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 who lead and teach God's people faithfully.

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 We should also honor elderly members

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 of the church in particular ways.

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 1 Timothy 5, 1 and 2 says,

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 don't rebuke an older man,

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 but encourage him as you would a father.

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 Treat younger men as brothers,

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 older women as mothers,

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 younger women as sisters,

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 in all purity.

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 Right?

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 In the family of God,

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 we honor one another

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 in distinctive ways.

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 Paul indicates that we rightly

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 honor men and women in the church

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 not by pretending

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 that we are all identical

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 in every way,

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 but by appropriately recognizing

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 and honoring one another's

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 distinctive gifts and contributions.

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 So the Bible isn't saying

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 that we should never honor anyone

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 in any distinctive ways.

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 I mean, for one example,

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 if an elderly person with a cane

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 walks into the room,

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 you better make sure

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 they have the best seat

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 and ask somebody else to move

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 or you move if you need to.

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 Right?

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 What the Bible is,

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 what James is warning us against

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 is favoritism.

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 And we might define that

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 as honoring some people

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 and dishonoring others

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 for ungodly

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 and self-serving reasons.

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 And in this passage,

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 James is particularly concerned

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 about favoritism

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 that dishonors

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 the poor and vulnerable.

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 Now, of course,

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 it is possible to do the opposite,

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 to dishonor the rich

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 and unjustly favor the poor.

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 Leviticus 19.15,

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 which we had read out earlier for us,

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 says,

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 You shall not be partial to the poor

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 or defer to the great,

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 but in righteousness

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 you shall judge your neighbor.

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 Right?

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 There's equal justice before the law

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 back in Leviticus.

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 And so it's possible

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 to express resentment

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 toward everyone

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 who is wealthy

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 or more privileged

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 than we in some way or other.

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 That's not a godly thing.

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 It's possible to dismiss

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 the perspective

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 of anyone

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 who hasn't had

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 the same troubles

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 as we might have.

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 And those are attitudes

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 to resist.

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 But James' primary concern

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 was not that people

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 would unjustly

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 favor the poor

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 and dishonor the rich.

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 Right?

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 In most times

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 and most places,

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 the far more prevalent

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 temptation

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 is

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 to favor the rich

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 and dishonor the poor.

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 To favor those

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 who are privileged

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 or have all kinds of

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 benefits in many ways

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 and to dishonor people

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 who are poor

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 or more vulnerable.

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 And that's why

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 over and over

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 the Bible

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 specifically commands

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 God's people

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 along with

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 specifically saying

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 that

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 husbands and wives

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 should honor each other,

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 children should honor

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 their parents,

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 we should honor

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 governmental authorities

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 and church leaders.

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 The Bible specifically

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 commands us

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 to honor

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 the poor

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 and vulnerable

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 and show particular care

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 and concern

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 for their well-being.

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 Just a few examples.

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 Deuteronomy 10,

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 17-19

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 For the Lord your God

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 is God of gods

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 and Lord of lords,

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 the great,

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 the mighty,

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 and the awesome God

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 who is not partial

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 and takes no bribe.

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 God executes justice

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 for the fatherless

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 and the widow

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 and loves the sojourner

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 giving him food

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 and clothing.

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 Love the sojourner

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 therefore

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 for you are sojourners

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 in the land of Egypt.

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 Or Proverbs 14, 31

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 Whoever oppresses the poor

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 shows contempt

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 for their maker

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 but whoever is kind

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 to the needy

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 honors God.

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 Or consider Jesus' own words.

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 When you give a banquet

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 Jesus says

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 invite the poor,

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 the crippled,

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 the lame,

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 the blind

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 and you will be blessed.

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 There's not a corresponding

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 verse where Jesus says

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 when you give a party

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 make sure to invite

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 people who are healthy

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 and wealthy

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 and wise.

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 Right?

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 He knows we'll do that already.

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 No, he says

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 make sure

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 to include

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 and invite

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 and celebrate.

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 Right?

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 Not just sort of

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 give aid

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 but to celebrate

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 with people

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 who are poor

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 and vulnerable.

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 Now why does God

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 specifically remind us

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 to do this

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 because these are

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 the people

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 who are most

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 in danger

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 of being dishonored

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 and mistreated

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 and overlooked

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 in this world.

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 And God wants us

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 his people

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 to express

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 his particular care

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 for the poor

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 and vulnerable

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 so that

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 they know

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 that God

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 has not

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 forgotten

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 them.

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 Now in our church

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 I can think of

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 several examples

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 of people

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 who are actively

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 showing care

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 and concern

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 and honor

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 for one another

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 and looking out

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 for each other

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 in the ways

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 that we might

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 be vulnerable.

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 Just this past week

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 someone who was

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 homeless not too long

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 ago said to me

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 I'm thankful

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 that our church

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 really cares

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 and reaches out.

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 Brothers and sisters

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 let's continue

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 doing that.

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 Let's not become

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 weary

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 in doing good.

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 Now before we go

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 on to the next

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 point

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 I also want

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 to say that

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 in this passage

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 about favoritism

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 we see that

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 James is speaking

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 to the same

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 issues

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 in the first

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 century

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 on perhaps

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 a smaller scale

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 that our nation

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 has been dealing

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 with

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 and that have

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 erupted

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 this week

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 on a large scale.

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 Many people

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 feel that they

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 have been

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 dishonored

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 overlooked

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 mistreated

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 and far

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 worse

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 for a long

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 time.

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 George Floyd

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 was only

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 the most

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 recent

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 example.

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 Favoritism

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 has a long

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 history

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 in the United

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 States

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 and many

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 twisted effects

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 and it's not

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 just a black

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 and white

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 issue

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 even though

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 that's perhaps

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 the relationship

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 that goes

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 back

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 farthest

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 in history.

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 It's right

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 to lament

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 and to listen

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 and to pray

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 and to seek

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 justice.

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 How can we

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 as the church

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 be a redemptive

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 presence

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 in these

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 troubled

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 times?

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 As we've

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 said earlier

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 we should

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 certainly

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 pray for

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 peace

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 and lament

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 the destruction

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 and violence

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 that has erupted

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 in many cities.

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 We should pray

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 for those

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 in authority

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 and honor

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 the authorities

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 God has

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 established.

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 Pray for the

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 law enforcement

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 officers

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 who face

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 a hard

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 task

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 on a daily

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 basis.

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 But you know

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 if

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 speaking to

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 some of us

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 like me

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 some of us

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 might just

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 want to

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 duck

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 put our heads

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 down

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 and sort of

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 wish this never

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 happened

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 and avoid

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 talking about it

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 because it's

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 uncomfortable

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:56.240
 to talk about

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 race

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 and it raises

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 all kinds

00:16:59.460 --> 00:17:00.659
 of

00:17:00.659 --> 00:17:02.080
 difficult emotions

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 and tough

00:17:02.720 --> 00:17:03.259
 questions.

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 But the

00:17:06.480 --> 00:17:07.279
 question James

00:17:07.279 --> 00:17:08.039
 raises here

00:17:08.039 --> 00:17:09.039
 is how do

00:17:09.039 --> 00:17:09.860
 we honor

00:17:09.860 --> 00:17:11.160
 one another?

00:17:12.319 --> 00:17:13.079
 And how do

00:17:13.079 --> 00:17:13.940
 we look out

00:17:13.940 --> 00:17:14.460
 how do we

00:17:14.460 --> 00:17:15.860
 listen to

00:17:15.860 --> 00:17:16.420
 one another?

00:17:17.880 --> 00:17:18.380
 Listen to

00:17:18.380 --> 00:17:18.779
 those who

00:17:18.779 --> 00:17:19.720
 might particularly

00:17:19.720 --> 00:17:20.700
 be mourning

00:17:20.700 --> 00:17:21.579
 or lamenting.

00:17:27.819 --> 00:17:28.819
 James calls

00:17:28.819 --> 00:17:29.319
 us here to

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 examine our

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 own hearts.

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 And to

00:17:32.619 --> 00:17:33.299
 take active

00:17:33.299 --> 00:17:34.079
 steps by

00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.559
 the power

00:17:34.559 --> 00:17:34.799
 of the

00:17:34.799 --> 00:17:35.259
 Holy Spirit

00:17:35.259 --> 00:17:35.980
 to love

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 our neighbors

00:17:36.699 --> 00:17:37.539
 as ourselves

00:17:37.539 --> 00:17:39.240
 and to

00:17:39.240 --> 00:17:39.699
 seek to

00:17:39.699 --> 00:17:40.519
 be a

00:17:40.519 --> 00:17:41.299
 redemptive

00:17:41.299 --> 00:17:42.399
 and justice

00:17:42.399 --> 00:17:43.399
 seeking and

00:17:43.399 --> 00:17:44.639
 healing presence

00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.240
 in this world

00:17:45.240 --> 00:17:45.839
 by the power

00:17:45.839 --> 00:17:46.339
 of the Holy

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:46.759
 Spirit.

00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:48.879
 Let's pray

00:17:48.879 --> 00:17:49.159
 that we

00:17:49.159 --> 00:17:50.240
 might be

00:17:50.240 --> 00:17:50.559
 able to

00:17:50.559 --> 00:17:51.939
 move in

00:17:51.939 --> 00:17:52.500
 that direction

00:17:52.500 --> 00:17:53.039
 by God's

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:53.379
 grace.

00:17:54.539 --> 00:17:55.079
 So that's

00:17:55.079 --> 00:17:55.699
 what favoritism

00:17:55.699 --> 00:17:56.139
 is.

00:17:56.319 --> 00:17:56.720
 Honoring

00:17:56.720 --> 00:17:57.439
 some people

00:17:57.439 --> 00:17:58.500
 and dishonoring

00:17:58.500 --> 00:17:59.119
 others for

00:17:59.119 --> 00:18:00.119
 ungodly and

00:18:00.119 --> 00:18:01.099
 selfish reasons.

00:18:01.099 --> 00:18:02.399
 And James

00:18:02.399 --> 00:18:02.939
 is concerned

00:18:02.939 --> 00:18:03.559
 about that.

00:18:03.759 --> 00:18:03.899
 Right?

00:18:03.959 --> 00:18:04.399
 Not just

00:18:04.399 --> 00:18:04.779
 when it

00:18:04.779 --> 00:18:05.500
 erupts into

00:18:05.500 --> 00:18:05.959
 a national

00:18:05.959 --> 00:18:06.679
 crisis but

00:18:06.679 --> 00:18:07.480
 just when it

00:18:07.480 --> 00:18:08.059
 happens on

00:18:08.059 --> 00:18:08.619
 a day-to-day

00:18:08.619 --> 00:18:09.699
 basis and

00:18:09.699 --> 00:18:09.980
 when it

00:18:09.980 --> 00:18:11.119
 manifests the

00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:12.480
 self-serving

00:18:12.480 --> 00:18:13.299
 attitudes of

00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:13.679
 our own

00:18:13.679 --> 00:18:14.079
 hearts.

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:17.240
 So first,

00:18:17.319 --> 00:18:17.619
 that's what

00:18:17.619 --> 00:18:18.299
 favoritism is.

00:18:18.379 --> 00:18:18.679
 Second,

00:18:19.219 --> 00:18:22.000
 James shows us

00:18:22.000 --> 00:18:22.819
 why faith

00:18:22.819 --> 00:18:23.899
 in Christ

00:18:23.899 --> 00:18:24.980
 and favoritism

00:18:24.980 --> 00:18:26.000
 can't be

00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.660
 combined.

00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:27.779
 Verses 5

00:18:27.779 --> 00:18:28.279
 through 11,

00:18:28.380 --> 00:18:28.799
 James gives

00:18:28.799 --> 00:18:29.339
 us three

00:18:29.339 --> 00:18:31.339
 reasons why

00:18:31.339 --> 00:18:32.880
 we as

00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.460
 believers in

00:18:33.460 --> 00:18:33.759
 the Lord

00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:34.420
 Jesus Christ

00:18:34.420 --> 00:18:35.259
 must resist

00:18:35.259 --> 00:18:35.920
 and avoid

00:18:35.920 --> 00:18:36.880
 favoritism.

00:18:38.019 --> 00:18:38.799
 Verse 5,

00:18:38.900 --> 00:18:39.180
 he says,

00:18:39.279 --> 00:18:39.860
 favoritism is

00:18:39.860 --> 00:18:40.480
 contrary to

00:18:40.480 --> 00:18:40.860
 the character

00:18:40.860 --> 00:18:41.360
 of God.

00:18:42.319 --> 00:18:42.700
 Has not

00:18:42.700 --> 00:18:43.599
 God chosen

00:18:43.599 --> 00:18:44.019
 those who

00:18:44.019 --> 00:18:44.519
 are poor

00:18:44.519 --> 00:18:44.819
 in the

00:18:44.819 --> 00:18:45.240
 world to

00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:45.680
 be rich

00:18:45.680 --> 00:18:46.180
 in faith

00:18:46.180 --> 00:18:46.700
 and heirs

00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:46.980
 of the

00:18:46.980 --> 00:18:47.259
 kingdom

00:18:47.259 --> 00:18:47.839
 which he

00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:48.360
 has promised

00:18:48.360 --> 00:18:48.880
 to those

00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:49.279
 who love

00:18:49.279 --> 00:18:49.460
 him?

00:18:50.599 --> 00:18:50.900
 Now,

00:18:51.620 --> 00:18:52.039
 just to be

00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:52.279
 clear,

00:18:52.440 --> 00:18:52.799
 James does

00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:53.279
 not say

00:18:53.279 --> 00:18:53.680
 here that

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.059
 God has

00:18:54.059 --> 00:18:54.799
 chosen all

00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.460
 poor people

00:18:55.460 --> 00:18:56.159
 or only

00:18:56.159 --> 00:18:56.740
 poor people

00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.220
 to be part

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.440
 of his

00:18:57.440 --> 00:18:57.720
 kingdom.

00:18:58.119 --> 00:18:58.419
 At the

00:18:58.419 --> 00:18:58.679
 end of

00:18:58.679 --> 00:18:59.279
 chapter 2,

00:18:59.619 --> 00:19:00.139
 James refers

00:19:00.139 --> 00:19:00.700
 to Abraham

00:19:00.700 --> 00:19:01.579
 who was

00:19:01.579 --> 00:19:02.220
 quite wealthy

00:19:02.220 --> 00:19:02.859
 and powerful

00:19:02.859 --> 00:19:03.659
 as well as

00:19:03.659 --> 00:19:04.659
 Rahab who

00:19:04.659 --> 00:19:06.019
 seems to

00:19:06.019 --> 00:19:06.279
 have been

00:19:06.279 --> 00:19:06.859
 poor and

00:19:06.859 --> 00:19:07.399
 relatively

00:19:07.399 --> 00:19:08.039
 poor and

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.440
 powerless

00:19:08.440 --> 00:19:09.720
 and both

00:19:09.720 --> 00:19:10.079
 of them

00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:10.659
 are examples

00:19:10.659 --> 00:19:11.179
 of genuine

00:19:11.179 --> 00:19:11.700
 faith.

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 But James

00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.579
 was acknowledging

00:19:16.579 --> 00:19:17.259
 the fact,

00:19:18.019 --> 00:19:18.779
 the undisputed

00:19:18.779 --> 00:19:19.000
 fact,

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 that the

00:19:19.299 --> 00:19:20.099
 vast majority

00:19:20.099 --> 00:19:20.799
 of the early

00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:21.659
 Christians were

00:19:21.659 --> 00:19:23.039
 relatively poor.

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 I mean,

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 the vast

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 majority

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 of people

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 in society

00:19:26.079 --> 00:19:26.679
 back then

00:19:26.679 --> 00:19:27.299
 were poor

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 and that

00:19:28.579 --> 00:19:29.099
 was true

00:19:29.099 --> 00:19:29.500
 in the

00:19:29.500 --> 00:19:30.039
 church as

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 well.

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 Some

00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:32.119
 well-educated

00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:32.779
 pagans

00:19:32.779 --> 00:19:34.519
 mocked the

00:19:34.519 --> 00:19:35.240
 early Christians

00:19:35.240 --> 00:19:35.619
 for this

00:19:35.619 --> 00:19:36.259
 very reason.

00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:36.639
 They said,

00:19:36.879 --> 00:19:37.379
 how could

00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.839
 Christianity

00:19:37.839 --> 00:19:38.740
 be the

00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.500
 true religion

00:19:39.500 --> 00:19:40.159
 if it

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 appeals to

00:19:40.759 --> 00:19:41.200
 so many

00:19:41.200 --> 00:19:41.720
 people who

00:19:41.720 --> 00:19:42.500
 lack formal

00:19:42.500 --> 00:19:43.419
 education like

00:19:43.419 --> 00:19:44.599
 slaves and

00:19:44.599 --> 00:19:45.359
 women and

00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:45.740
 children?

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 But James

00:19:47.799 --> 00:19:48.720
 wasn't ashamed

00:19:48.720 --> 00:19:49.679
 of that fact.

00:19:50.339 --> 00:19:50.740
 James says,

00:19:50.799 --> 00:19:51.579
 God himself

00:19:51.579 --> 00:19:52.319
 has delighted

00:19:52.319 --> 00:19:53.519
 to bestow

00:19:53.519 --> 00:19:54.839
 spiritual riches

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 and everlasting

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 honor upon

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 people who

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 the world

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 despises and

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 dishonors upon

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 everyone who

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 loves the

00:20:01.519 --> 00:20:01.879
 Lord.

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 And the

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 apostle Paul

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 said the same

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 sort of thing

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 in 1 Corinthians

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 1.

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 He says,

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 not many of

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 you,

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 remember he

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 says,

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 not many of

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 you are

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 wise according

00:20:11.379 --> 00:20:11.859
 to worldly

00:20:11.859 --> 00:20:12.339
 standards.

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 Not many

00:20:12.819 --> 00:20:13.439
 were powerful.

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.119
 Not many

00:20:14.119 --> 00:20:14.659
 were of noble

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 birth.

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 But God

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 chose what

00:20:16.359 --> 00:20:16.879
 is foolish

00:20:16.879 --> 00:20:17.439
 in the world

00:20:17.439 --> 00:20:17.960
 to shame

00:20:17.960 --> 00:20:18.599
 the wise.

00:20:19.099 --> 00:20:19.639
 God chose

00:20:19.639 --> 00:20:20.220
 what is weak

00:20:20.220 --> 00:20:20.579
 in the world

00:20:20.579 --> 00:20:21.079
 to shame

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:21.619
 the strong.

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 God chose

00:20:22.519 --> 00:20:23.139
 what is low

00:20:23.139 --> 00:20:23.899
 and despised

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 in the world

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 even things

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 that are not

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 to bring to

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 nothing things

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 that are.

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 So that no

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 human being

00:20:29.699 --> 00:20:30.480
 might boast

00:20:30.480 --> 00:20:31.759
 in the presence

00:20:31.759 --> 00:20:32.299
 of God.

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 You see,

00:20:35.879 --> 00:20:36.659
 all the qualities

00:20:36.659 --> 00:20:38.740
 that might

00:20:38.740 --> 00:20:40.199
 attract us,

00:20:40.359 --> 00:20:40.779
 that we might

00:20:40.779 --> 00:20:41.319
 be tempted

00:20:41.319 --> 00:20:42.599
 to pay

00:20:42.599 --> 00:20:43.179
 attention to

00:20:43.179 --> 00:20:43.539
 people for

00:20:43.539 --> 00:20:43.960
 the wrong

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 reasons,

00:20:44.339 --> 00:20:44.859
 being wealthy,

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.619
 being powerful,

00:20:45.779 --> 00:20:46.359
 being popular,

00:20:46.500 --> 00:20:47.059
 being athletic,

00:20:47.220 --> 00:20:47.799
 being beautiful,

00:20:47.939 --> 00:20:48.439
 being smart,

00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:49.119
 being suave,

00:20:49.379 --> 00:20:50.199
 none of those

00:20:50.200 --> 00:20:50.840
 qualities will

00:20:50.840 --> 00:20:51.580
 get anybody

00:20:51.580 --> 00:20:52.319
 any closer

00:20:52.319 --> 00:20:52.860
 to entering

00:20:52.860 --> 00:20:53.279
 the kingdom

00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:53.840
 of God.

00:20:55.279 --> 00:20:55.960
 The only

00:20:55.960 --> 00:20:56.460
 way to get

00:20:56.460 --> 00:20:58.100
 in is to

00:20:58.100 --> 00:20:59.000
 humble ourselves

00:20:59.000 --> 00:21:00.160
 and to

00:21:00.160 --> 00:21:00.940
 recognize our

00:21:00.940 --> 00:21:02.180
 spiritual poverty,

00:21:02.279 --> 00:21:02.819
 our desperate

00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:03.680
 need for God

00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.360
 and his mercy.

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 That's why

00:21:07.019 --> 00:21:07.299
 Jesus'

00:21:07.440 --> 00:21:07.900
 Beatitudes

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.860
 begin with

00:21:08.860 --> 00:21:09.240
 the word,

00:21:09.340 --> 00:21:09.900
 blessed are

00:21:09.900 --> 00:21:10.420
 the poor

00:21:10.420 --> 00:21:11.220
 in spirit,

00:21:12.180 --> 00:21:12.799
 for theirs

00:21:12.799 --> 00:21:13.380
 is the kingdom

00:21:13.380 --> 00:21:14.180
 of heaven.

00:21:16.500 --> 00:21:17.140
 James says,

00:21:17.220 --> 00:21:17.940
 if God delights

00:21:17.940 --> 00:21:18.640
 to honor the

00:21:18.640 --> 00:21:18.900
 poor,

00:21:19.039 --> 00:21:20.059
 so should we.

00:21:20.200 --> 00:21:22.620
 So,

00:21:23.059 --> 00:21:23.539
 favoritism is

00:21:23.539 --> 00:21:24.059
 contrary to

00:21:24.059 --> 00:21:24.480
 the character

00:21:24.480 --> 00:21:24.960
 of God.

00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.559
 That's the

00:21:26.559 --> 00:21:27.140
 first reason

00:21:27.140 --> 00:21:27.880
 why faith

00:21:27.880 --> 00:21:28.519
 and favoritism

00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:29.220
 can't be

00:21:29.220 --> 00:21:30.140
 mixed together

00:21:30.140 --> 00:21:30.740
 or combined.

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.360
 In verses

00:21:31.360 --> 00:21:32.000
 6 to 7,

00:21:32.059 --> 00:21:32.380
 he gives us

00:21:32.380 --> 00:21:32.759
 a second

00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.080
 reason.

00:21:33.200 --> 00:21:33.420
 He says,

00:21:33.500 --> 00:21:34.120
 favoritism is

00:21:34.120 --> 00:21:35.059
 practically foolish.

00:21:36.319 --> 00:21:36.840
 James is

00:21:36.840 --> 00:21:37.340
 speaking to his

00:21:37.340 --> 00:21:37.519
 people.

00:21:37.600 --> 00:21:37.799
 He says,

00:21:37.880 --> 00:21:38.319
 think about

00:21:38.319 --> 00:21:38.700
 the people

00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:38.980
 who are

00:21:38.980 --> 00:21:39.500
 causing you

00:21:39.500 --> 00:21:39.799
 trouble,

00:21:40.680 --> 00:21:41.660
 dragging you

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.140
 into court,

00:21:42.299 --> 00:21:42.960
 persecuting you

00:21:42.960 --> 00:21:43.340
 for being

00:21:43.340 --> 00:21:43.819
 Christians.

00:21:44.180 --> 00:21:44.840
 It's not the

00:21:44.840 --> 00:21:45.319
 poor who are

00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.759
 causing you

00:21:45.759 --> 00:21:46.019
 trouble.

00:21:46.120 --> 00:21:46.660
 By and large,

00:21:46.700 --> 00:21:46.960
 it's the

00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:47.240
 rich.

00:21:48.220 --> 00:21:48.440
 Now,

00:21:48.500 --> 00:21:48.920
 once again,

00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:49.500
 James is not

00:21:49.500 --> 00:21:50.140
 saying that

00:21:50.140 --> 00:21:50.859
 all rich

00:21:50.859 --> 00:21:51.279
 people are

00:21:51.279 --> 00:21:51.500
 evil,

00:21:51.559 --> 00:21:52.039
 he's painting

00:21:52.039 --> 00:21:52.579
 with broad

00:21:52.579 --> 00:21:53.200
 brush strokes.

00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:55.180
 But he's

00:21:55.180 --> 00:21:55.359
 saying,

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:55.720
 think,

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:57.359
 why are you

00:21:57.359 --> 00:21:58.240
 paying special

00:21:58.240 --> 00:21:59.119
 attention and

00:21:59.119 --> 00:21:59.960
 giving special

00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.619
 honors to

00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.279
 people who are

00:22:01.279 --> 00:22:01.980
 treating you so

00:22:01.980 --> 00:22:02.359
 badly?

00:22:02.920 --> 00:22:04.059
 They are not on

00:22:04.059 --> 00:22:04.779
 your side.

00:22:05.140 --> 00:22:05.920
 You won't be able

00:22:05.920 --> 00:22:06.819
 to satisfy them

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.480
 no matter how

00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:08.140
 nice of a seat

00:22:08.140 --> 00:22:08.779
 you give them.

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:08.819
 God.

00:22:10.879 --> 00:22:11.339
 Now,

00:22:11.399 --> 00:22:11.859
 we should not

00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.619
 mistreat our

00:22:12.619 --> 00:22:13.099
 enemies.

00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:14.879
 Jesus taught

00:22:14.879 --> 00:22:15.359
 us to love

00:22:15.359 --> 00:22:15.879
 our enemies,

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:17.220
 to do good

00:22:17.220 --> 00:22:17.700
 to those who

00:22:17.700 --> 00:22:18.079
 hate us,

00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.639
 to pray for

00:22:18.639 --> 00:22:19.019
 those who

00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:19.879
 persecute us,

00:22:20.599 --> 00:22:21.099
 and to

00:22:21.099 --> 00:22:21.660
 persevere in

00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:22.119
 doing those

00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:22.559
 things.

00:22:24.180 --> 00:22:24.399
 You know,

00:22:24.420 --> 00:22:24.980
 it's possible

00:22:24.980 --> 00:22:25.460
 to become

00:22:25.460 --> 00:22:26.339
 excessively

00:22:26.339 --> 00:22:27.319
 focused on

00:22:27.319 --> 00:22:27.980
 trying to

00:22:27.980 --> 00:22:29.720
 please hostile

00:22:29.720 --> 00:22:31.240
 or unreasonably

00:22:31.240 --> 00:22:32.240
 demanding people

00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:33.279
 who may never

00:22:33.279 --> 00:22:33.960
 like us,

00:22:34.299 --> 00:22:34.980
 respect us,

00:22:34.980 --> 00:22:35.720
 or appreciate

00:22:35.720 --> 00:22:36.339
 us in the

00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.660
 end.

00:22:36.660 --> 00:22:38.779
 And the

00:22:38.779 --> 00:22:39.360
 problem with

00:22:39.360 --> 00:22:40.500
 that is in

00:22:40.500 --> 00:22:41.259
 the process of

00:22:41.259 --> 00:22:41.680
 trying to

00:22:41.680 --> 00:22:42.360
 please other

00:22:42.360 --> 00:22:42.820
 people who

00:22:42.820 --> 00:22:43.259
 we're really

00:22:43.259 --> 00:22:44.160
 being intimidated

00:22:44.160 --> 00:22:45.460
 by, we're

00:22:45.460 --> 00:22:45.900
 not actually

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:46.300
 doing it out

00:22:46.300 --> 00:22:46.740
 of love,

00:22:46.800 --> 00:22:47.240
 we're doing it

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:47.840
 primarily out

00:22:47.840 --> 00:22:48.720
 of intimidation,

00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:50.700
 we neglect

00:22:50.700 --> 00:22:51.440
 other people

00:22:51.440 --> 00:22:52.360
 who won't

00:22:52.360 --> 00:22:53.019
 demand our

00:22:53.019 --> 00:22:53.420
 attention,

00:22:54.180 --> 00:22:54.540
 but who

00:22:54.540 --> 00:22:54.980
 would greatly

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.700
 benefit from

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:55.920
 it.

00:22:57.980 --> 00:22:58.740
 So James

00:22:58.740 --> 00:22:59.560
 warns us that

00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:00.800
 favoritism is

00:23:00.800 --> 00:23:03.000
 practically foolish.

00:23:04.180 --> 00:23:04.880
 It's contrary

00:23:04.880 --> 00:23:05.300
 to the character

00:23:05.300 --> 00:23:05.720
 of God,

00:23:05.800 --> 00:23:06.279
 it's practically

00:23:06.279 --> 00:23:06.620
 foolish,

00:23:06.660 --> 00:23:07.220
 and third,

00:23:07.380 --> 00:23:08.180
 it's a violation

00:23:08.180 --> 00:23:09.019
 of God's

00:23:09.019 --> 00:23:09.340
 law.

00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.580
 Verses 8 to

00:23:10.580 --> 00:23:10.960
 11,

00:23:11.360 --> 00:23:11.880
 Jesus taught

00:23:11.880 --> 00:23:12.279
 us that at

00:23:12.279 --> 00:23:12.660
 the heart

00:23:12.660 --> 00:23:13.180
 of God's

00:23:13.180 --> 00:23:13.820
 law is

00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:14.420
 his command

00:23:14.420 --> 00:23:15.019
 to love.

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.519
 First,

00:23:17.600 --> 00:23:17.900
 to love

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.460
 God with

00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.759
 all our

00:23:18.759 --> 00:23:19.340
 heart and

00:23:19.340 --> 00:23:19.940
 soul and

00:23:19.940 --> 00:23:20.540
 mind and

00:23:20.540 --> 00:23:20.980
 strength.

00:23:22.300 --> 00:23:22.840
 James referred

00:23:22.840 --> 00:23:23.460
 to that command

00:23:23.460 --> 00:23:24.680
 already in

00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:25.600
 verse 5 and

00:23:25.600 --> 00:23:26.180
 in chapter 1

00:23:26.180 --> 00:23:26.860
 verse 12,

00:23:28.060 --> 00:23:29.000
 but here he

00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:29.519
 quotes the

00:23:29.519 --> 00:23:30.560
 second part

00:23:30.560 --> 00:23:31.060
 of that

00:23:31.060 --> 00:23:31.500
 command,

00:23:32.140 --> 00:23:32.980
 love your

00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:34.259
 neighbor as

00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:35.000
 yourself.

00:23:35.000 --> 00:23:35.079
 love.

00:23:37.079 --> 00:23:37.240
 And he

00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:38.220
 says favoritism

00:23:38.220 --> 00:23:39.160
 transgresses

00:23:39.160 --> 00:23:39.799
 that very

00:23:39.799 --> 00:23:40.460
 command to

00:23:40.460 --> 00:23:40.900
 love that

00:23:40.900 --> 00:23:41.319
 is at the

00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:41.819
 heart of

00:23:41.819 --> 00:23:42.940
 God's law.

00:23:44.720 --> 00:23:45.819
 And it's

00:23:45.819 --> 00:23:46.420
 not just a

00:23:46.420 --> 00:23:47.220
 minor issue

00:23:47.220 --> 00:23:48.160
 that can be

00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:49.140
 simply overlooked.

00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.180
 Verse 10,

00:23:51.240 --> 00:23:51.640
 James says,

00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:52.320
 God's moral

00:23:52.320 --> 00:23:53.360
 law is not

00:23:53.360 --> 00:23:53.860
 just a bunch

00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.360
 of separate

00:23:54.360 --> 00:23:55.100
 and disconnected

00:23:55.100 --> 00:23:55.820
 commands that

00:23:55.820 --> 00:23:56.300
 we can pick

00:23:56.300 --> 00:23:56.700
 and choose

00:23:56.700 --> 00:23:57.220
 which ones

00:23:57.220 --> 00:23:57.700
 we like.

00:23:58.440 --> 00:23:59.180
 God's moral

00:23:59.180 --> 00:23:59.780
 law is a

00:23:59.780 --> 00:24:00.740
 unified whole

00:24:00.740 --> 00:24:02.160
 because it's

00:24:02.160 --> 00:24:02.720
 an expression

00:24:02.720 --> 00:24:03.560
 of God's

00:24:03.560 --> 00:24:04.680
 own steadfast

00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:05.660
 and undivided

00:24:05.660 --> 00:24:06.120
 character.

00:24:06.800 --> 00:24:07.420
 It's like a

00:24:07.420 --> 00:24:08.140
 pane of glass.

00:24:08.980 --> 00:24:09.780
 If you break

00:24:09.780 --> 00:24:10.340
 one part of

00:24:10.340 --> 00:24:10.480
 it,

00:24:11.280 --> 00:24:11.800
 you've broken

00:24:11.800 --> 00:24:12.060
 it.

00:24:14.120 --> 00:24:14.780
 You've broken

00:24:14.780 --> 00:24:15.380
 the whole thing.

00:24:17.120 --> 00:24:18.060
 One commentator

00:24:18.060 --> 00:24:18.259
 said,

00:24:18.259 --> 00:24:18.640
 we cannot

00:24:18.640 --> 00:24:19.480
 excuse the

00:24:19.480 --> 00:24:19.779
 sin of

00:24:19.779 --> 00:24:20.379
 favoritism

00:24:20.379 --> 00:24:21.140
 by pointing

00:24:21.140 --> 00:24:21.440
 to the

00:24:21.440 --> 00:24:21.819
 rest of

00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.079
 the good

00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:22.339
 that we

00:24:22.339 --> 00:24:22.680
 do

00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:23.900
 because sin

00:24:23.900 --> 00:24:24.359
 is not

00:24:24.359 --> 00:24:24.700
 simply

00:24:24.700 --> 00:24:25.160
 balanced

00:24:25.160 --> 00:24:25.500
 against

00:24:25.500 --> 00:24:25.879
 good.

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:26.359
 It must

00:24:26.359 --> 00:24:27.099
 be confessed

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:28.640
 and forgiven.

00:24:30.259 --> 00:24:31.119
 So favoritism

00:24:31.119 --> 00:24:31.579
 is contrary

00:24:31.579 --> 00:24:32.019
 to God's

00:24:32.019 --> 00:24:32.379
 character.

00:24:32.539 --> 00:24:32.640
 It's

00:24:32.640 --> 00:24:33.019
 practically

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.379
 foolish

00:24:33.379 --> 00:24:33.680
 and it

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:34.099
 violates

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.440
 God's

00:24:34.440 --> 00:24:34.599
 law.

00:24:34.740 --> 00:24:35.000
 That's

00:24:35.000 --> 00:24:35.579
 why James

00:24:35.579 --> 00:24:35.920
 says it

00:24:35.920 --> 00:24:36.379
 must not

00:24:36.379 --> 00:24:36.920
 be combined

00:24:36.920 --> 00:24:37.379
 with faith

00:24:37.379 --> 00:24:37.619
 in the

00:24:37.619 --> 00:24:38.019
 Lord Jesus

00:24:38.019 --> 00:24:38.379
 Christ.

00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:38.740
 So we've

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.119
 seen what

00:24:39.119 --> 00:24:39.660
 favoritism

00:24:39.660 --> 00:24:40.000
 is,

00:24:40.359 --> 00:24:40.640
 why it

00:24:40.640 --> 00:24:41.200
 can't

00:24:41.200 --> 00:24:41.660
 and must

00:24:41.660 --> 00:24:42.059
 not be

00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.480
 combined

00:24:42.480 --> 00:24:42.980
 with faith

00:24:42.980 --> 00:24:43.200
 in the

00:24:43.200 --> 00:24:43.619
 Lord Jesus,

00:24:43.759 --> 00:24:44.140
 but what

00:24:44.140 --> 00:24:44.839
 is the

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.579
 alternative?

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:47.299
 Verses 12

00:24:48.259 --> 00:24:49.559
 James

00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:50.019
 concludes

00:24:50.019 --> 00:24:50.680
 by pointing

00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.680
 us to

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:51.819
 the

00:24:51.819 --> 00:24:52.200
 Christian

00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:52.819
 alternative.

00:24:54.559 --> 00:24:55.279
 Now I

00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:55.660
 think

00:24:55.660 --> 00:24:56.879
 that many

00:24:56.879 --> 00:24:57.220
 of us

00:24:57.220 --> 00:24:58.079
 might expect

00:24:58.079 --> 00:24:58.839
 James to

00:24:58.839 --> 00:24:59.299
 say

00:24:59.299 --> 00:25:00.279
 something

00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:00.819
 like

00:25:00.819 --> 00:25:01.640
 instead

00:25:01.640 --> 00:25:02.319
 of showing

00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:03.339
 favoritism

00:25:03.339 --> 00:25:04.200
 show

00:25:04.200 --> 00:25:05.119
 fairness

00:25:05.119 --> 00:25:07.619
 by treating

00:25:07.619 --> 00:25:08.099
 everyone

00:25:08.099 --> 00:25:08.599
 equally.

00:25:10.160 --> 00:25:10.299
 Now

00:25:10.299 --> 00:25:10.720
 fairness

00:25:10.720 --> 00:25:11.480
 and equality

00:25:11.480 --> 00:25:12.180
 are good

00:25:12.180 --> 00:25:12.799
 ideals

00:25:12.799 --> 00:25:13.460
 to pursue.

00:25:14.599 --> 00:25:14.759
 The

00:25:14.759 --> 00:25:15.140
 Apostle

00:25:15.140 --> 00:25:15.480
 Paul

00:25:15.480 --> 00:25:16.140
 2 Corinthians

00:25:16.140 --> 00:25:16.500
 8,

00:25:16.579 --> 00:25:16.900
 13,

00:25:17.000 --> 00:25:17.500
 and 14

00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:18.160
 appealed

00:25:18.160 --> 00:25:18.800
 to this

00:25:18.800 --> 00:25:19.100
 very

00:25:19.100 --> 00:25:19.540
 principle

00:25:19.540 --> 00:25:19.860
 of

00:25:19.860 --> 00:25:20.259
 fairness.

00:25:20.460 --> 00:25:20.720
 He says

00:25:20.720 --> 00:25:20.960
 as a

00:25:20.960 --> 00:25:21.180
 matter

00:25:21.180 --> 00:25:21.400
 of

00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:21.860
 fairness

00:25:21.860 --> 00:25:22.500
 your

00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:23.160
 abundance

00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:23.800
 at the

00:25:23.800 --> 00:25:24.100
 present

00:25:24.100 --> 00:25:24.460
 time

00:25:24.460 --> 00:25:24.660
 should

00:25:24.660 --> 00:25:24.960
 supply

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.360
 their

00:25:25.360 --> 00:25:25.840
 need

00:25:25.840 --> 00:25:26.580
 so that

00:25:26.580 --> 00:25:26.880
 their

00:25:26.880 --> 00:25:27.460
 abundance

00:25:27.460 --> 00:25:28.080
 may in

00:25:28.080 --> 00:25:28.259
 turn

00:25:28.259 --> 00:25:28.580
 supply

00:25:28.580 --> 00:25:28.940
 your

00:25:28.940 --> 00:25:29.300
 need

00:25:29.300 --> 00:25:29.660
 that

00:25:29.660 --> 00:25:29.900
 there

00:25:29.900 --> 00:25:30.140
 may

00:25:30.140 --> 00:25:30.400
 be

00:25:30.400 --> 00:25:31.120
 fairness.

00:25:32.800 --> 00:25:33.420
 So

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:33.740
 fairness

00:25:33.740 --> 00:25:34.220
 and equality

00:25:34.220 --> 00:25:34.820
 is a

00:25:34.820 --> 00:25:35.460
 good ideal

00:25:35.460 --> 00:25:35.940
 to pursue

00:25:35.940 --> 00:25:36.580
 but it

00:25:36.580 --> 00:25:37.040
 actually

00:25:37.040 --> 00:25:37.500
 doesn't

00:25:37.500 --> 00:25:38.080
 go deep

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.500
 enough

00:25:38.500 --> 00:25:39.040
 all by

00:25:39.040 --> 00:25:39.560
 itself.

00:25:40.920 --> 00:25:41.240
 The

00:25:41.240 --> 00:25:41.560
 principle

00:25:41.560 --> 00:25:42.019
 of fairness

00:25:42.019 --> 00:25:42.600
 is right

00:25:42.600 --> 00:25:43.080
 and helpful

00:25:43.080 --> 00:25:43.700
 but in

00:25:43.700 --> 00:25:44.300
 this fallen

00:25:44.300 --> 00:25:45.080
 and complicated

00:25:45.080 --> 00:25:45.640
 world

00:25:45.640 --> 00:25:46.400
 it's not

00:25:46.400 --> 00:25:46.800
 always

00:25:46.800 --> 00:25:47.220
 clear

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.680
 how to

00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:48.020
 apply

00:25:48.020 --> 00:25:48.480
 that.

00:25:49.259 --> 00:25:49.440
 And so

00:25:49.440 --> 00:25:50.120
 James appeals

00:25:50.120 --> 00:25:50.400
 to an

00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:50.620
 even

00:25:50.620 --> 00:25:52.240
 more deeply

00:25:52.240 --> 00:25:52.900
 Christian

00:25:52.900 --> 00:25:53.720
 principle

00:25:53.720 --> 00:25:54.520
 that's at

00:25:54.520 --> 00:25:54.980
 the heart

00:25:54.980 --> 00:25:55.300
 of the

00:25:55.300 --> 00:25:55.700
 gospel.

00:25:57.400 --> 00:25:57.780
 Mercy.

00:25:59.780 --> 00:26:00.580
 Instead of

00:26:00.580 --> 00:26:01.140
 simply calling

00:26:01.140 --> 00:26:01.600
 us to show

00:26:01.600 --> 00:26:02.040
 fairness

00:26:02.040 --> 00:26:02.520
 instead of

00:26:02.520 --> 00:26:02.759
 showing

00:26:02.759 --> 00:26:03.400
 partiality

00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:04.000
 James calls

00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.280
 us to

00:26:04.280 --> 00:26:04.560
 show

00:26:04.560 --> 00:26:05.360
 mercy

00:26:05.360 --> 00:26:06.920
 as God

00:26:06.920 --> 00:26:07.320
 has shown

00:26:07.320 --> 00:26:07.620
 mercy

00:26:07.620 --> 00:26:08.280
 to us.

00:26:09.400 --> 00:26:09.580
 Now

00:26:09.580 --> 00:26:10.200
 verses 12

00:26:10.200 --> 00:26:10.660
 and 13

00:26:10.660 --> 00:26:11.080
 are a bit

00:26:11.080 --> 00:26:11.580
 cryptic

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:12.139
 they're

00:26:12.139 --> 00:26:12.740
 short

00:26:12.740 --> 00:26:13.839
 and pithy

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.139
 but there

00:26:14.139 --> 00:26:14.439
 are a couple

00:26:14.439 --> 00:26:14.799
 of key

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.159
 phrases

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.519
 that can

00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.839
 help us

00:26:15.839 --> 00:26:16.299
 understand

00:26:16.299 --> 00:26:16.759
 his point

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:17.599
 especially

00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:18.480
 the phrase

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.919
 the law

00:26:18.919 --> 00:26:19.519
 of liberty

00:26:19.519 --> 00:26:20.119
 in verse

00:26:20.119 --> 00:26:20.639
 12.

00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:23.399
 So speak

00:26:23.399 --> 00:26:24.179
 and so act

00:26:24.179 --> 00:26:24.639
 as those

00:26:24.639 --> 00:26:24.939
 who are to

00:26:24.939 --> 00:26:25.399
 be judged

00:26:25.399 --> 00:26:25.899
 under the

00:26:25.899 --> 00:26:26.519
 law of

00:26:26.519 --> 00:26:26.859
 liberty.

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.879
 What law

00:26:27.879 --> 00:26:28.579
 is James

00:26:28.579 --> 00:26:29.199
 referring to

00:26:29.199 --> 00:26:29.519
 there you

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:30.159
 might ask?

00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.720
 Now notice

00:26:31.720 --> 00:26:32.240
 in verses

00:26:32.240 --> 00:26:32.699
 9 through

00:26:32.699 --> 00:26:33.139
 11

00:26:33.139 --> 00:26:34.519
 James referred

00:26:34.519 --> 00:26:35.019
 to the

00:26:35.019 --> 00:26:35.379
 law.

00:26:36.399 --> 00:26:36.939
 Plain and

00:26:36.939 --> 00:26:37.179
 simple.

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.279
 And in

00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:38.819
 that context

00:26:38.819 --> 00:26:39.339
 he's quoting

00:26:39.339 --> 00:26:39.659
 from the

00:26:39.659 --> 00:26:40.199
 Old Testament

00:26:40.199 --> 00:26:41.559
 referring to

00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:42.019
 the moral

00:26:42.019 --> 00:26:42.980
 law of

00:26:42.980 --> 00:26:43.399
 God

00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.740
 recorded

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.019
 in the

00:26:45.019 --> 00:26:45.480
 Old Testament.

00:26:46.799 --> 00:26:47.159
 And he

00:26:47.159 --> 00:26:47.700
 says there

00:26:47.700 --> 00:26:48.220
 if we

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.740
 transgress

00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.279
 even one

00:26:49.279 --> 00:26:49.639
 command

00:26:49.639 --> 00:26:50.720
 we've

00:26:50.720 --> 00:26:51.099
 violated

00:26:51.099 --> 00:26:51.419
 the whole

00:26:51.419 --> 00:26:51.759
 thing.

00:26:53.639 --> 00:26:54.359
 And so

00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:54.679
 the Old

00:26:54.679 --> 00:26:54.940
 Testament

00:26:54.940 --> 00:26:55.639
 law by

00:26:55.639 --> 00:26:55.940
 itself

00:26:55.940 --> 00:26:56.539
 convicts

00:26:56.539 --> 00:26:56.799
 us of

00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:57.159
 sin

00:26:57.159 --> 00:26:59.039
 but all

00:26:59.039 --> 00:26:59.639
 by itself

00:26:59.639 --> 00:27:00.019
 it does

00:27:00.019 --> 00:27:00.339
 not

00:27:00.339 --> 00:27:01.159
 liberate

00:27:01.159 --> 00:27:01.619
 us

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.299
 from

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.259
 sin.

00:27:04.419 --> 00:27:05.299
 But then

00:27:05.299 --> 00:27:05.639
 in verse

00:27:05.639 --> 00:27:06.159
 12

00:27:06.159 --> 00:27:07.419
 he says

00:27:07.419 --> 00:27:08.859
 so speak

00:27:08.859 --> 00:27:09.579
 and so

00:27:09.579 --> 00:27:10.000
 act

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.700
 as those

00:27:10.700 --> 00:27:10.960
 who are

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.160
 to be

00:27:11.160 --> 00:27:11.720
 judged

00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:12.880
 under

00:27:12.880 --> 00:27:13.920
 the

00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.100
 law

00:27:14.100 --> 00:27:14.259
 of

00:27:14.259 --> 00:27:14.600
 liberty.

00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:15.980
 It could

00:27:15.980 --> 00:27:16.400
 even be

00:27:16.400 --> 00:27:16.900
 translated

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.559
 the

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:18.220
 liberating

00:27:18.220 --> 00:27:18.880
 law.

00:27:20.079 --> 00:27:20.380
 You see

00:27:20.380 --> 00:27:20.740
 the law

00:27:20.740 --> 00:27:21.160
 of liberty

00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.559
 seems to

00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:21.960
 be something

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.460
 different

00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.019
 or at least

00:27:23.019 --> 00:27:23.360
 something

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.980
 additional

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.460
 to the

00:27:24.460 --> 00:27:25.019
 Old Testament

00:27:25.019 --> 00:27:25.299
 law.

00:27:25.360 --> 00:27:25.600
 It's not

00:27:25.600 --> 00:27:26.019
 just the

00:27:26.019 --> 00:27:26.400
 Old Testament

00:27:26.400 --> 00:27:26.799
 law.

00:27:27.860 --> 00:27:28.480
 And if we

00:27:28.480 --> 00:27:28.920
 look back

00:27:28.920 --> 00:27:29.279
 at chapter

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:29.840
 1 verse

00:27:29.840 --> 00:27:30.759
 25 where

00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:31.400
 James already

00:27:31.400 --> 00:27:31.940
 used this

00:27:31.940 --> 00:27:32.440
 phrase

00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:34.660
 he uses

00:27:34.660 --> 00:27:35.100
 the phrase

00:27:35.100 --> 00:27:35.840
 the perfect

00:27:35.840 --> 00:27:37.160
 or completed

00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:38.059
 or fulfilled

00:27:38.059 --> 00:27:38.680
 law

00:27:38.680 --> 00:27:39.380
 the law

00:27:39.380 --> 00:27:40.000
 of liberty.

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:41.640
 What is

00:27:41.640 --> 00:27:41.880
 this

00:27:41.880 --> 00:27:42.580
 perfect

00:27:42.580 --> 00:27:43.299
 completed

00:27:43.299 --> 00:27:43.700
 law

00:27:43.700 --> 00:27:44.140
 the

00:27:44.140 --> 00:27:44.660
 liberating

00:27:44.660 --> 00:27:45.039
 law?

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.160
 Well it's

00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:47.580
 what James

00:27:47.580 --> 00:27:47.960
 has already

00:27:47.960 --> 00:27:48.620
 talked about

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.360
 as the

00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.880
 word

00:27:49.880 --> 00:27:50.759
 of truth.

00:27:51.420 --> 00:27:51.660
 The

00:27:51.660 --> 00:27:52.480
 implanted

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:52.980
 word

00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.700
 of God

00:27:53.700 --> 00:27:54.259
 that is

00:27:54.259 --> 00:27:54.980
 able to

00:27:54.980 --> 00:27:55.460
 save

00:27:55.460 --> 00:27:55.860
 our

00:27:55.860 --> 00:27:56.360
 souls.

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:56.600
 The

00:27:56.600 --> 00:27:57.340
 law

00:27:57.340 --> 00:27:57.860
 of God

00:27:57.860 --> 00:27:58.180
 that has

00:27:58.180 --> 00:27:58.360
 been

00:27:58.360 --> 00:27:59.019
 fulfilled

00:27:59.019 --> 00:27:59.779
 by

00:27:59.779 --> 00:28:00.420
 and in

00:28:00.420 --> 00:28:00.779
 the

00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.160
 person

00:28:01.160 --> 00:28:01.420
 of

00:28:01.420 --> 00:28:01.820
 Jesus

00:28:01.820 --> 00:28:02.560
 Christ

00:28:02.560 --> 00:28:02.960
 the

00:28:02.960 --> 00:28:03.460
 glorious

00:28:03.460 --> 00:28:04.220
 Lord.

00:28:04.220 --> 00:28:06.279
 the

00:28:06.279 --> 00:28:06.600
 law

00:28:06.600 --> 00:28:06.980
 of God

00:28:06.980 --> 00:28:07.180
 that's

00:28:07.180 --> 00:28:07.339
 now

00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.720
 written

00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:08.200
 on our

00:28:08.200 --> 00:28:08.640
 hearts

00:28:08.640 --> 00:28:10.319
 under

00:28:10.319 --> 00:28:10.500
 the

00:28:10.500 --> 00:28:10.680
 new

00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:11.059
 covenant

00:28:11.059 --> 00:28:13.059
 under

00:28:13.059 --> 00:28:13.319
 which

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.600
 God

00:28:13.600 --> 00:28:13.779
 has

00:28:13.779 --> 00:28:14.140
 promised

00:28:14.140 --> 00:28:14.360
 to

00:28:14.360 --> 00:28:14.640
 forgive

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:14.920
 our

00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.380
 sins

00:28:15.380 --> 00:28:15.940
 and

00:28:15.940 --> 00:28:16.360
 remember

00:28:16.360 --> 00:28:16.620
 our

00:28:16.620 --> 00:28:17.120
 wickedness

00:28:17.120 --> 00:28:17.319
 no

00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:17.559
 more.

00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:17.860
 You see

00:28:17.860 --> 00:28:18.319
 when James

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:18.799
 talks about

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.299
 the law

00:28:19.299 --> 00:28:19.880
 of liberty

00:28:19.880 --> 00:28:20.299
 the

00:28:20.299 --> 00:28:20.860
 liberating

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:21.180
 law

00:28:21.180 --> 00:28:21.440
 he's

00:28:21.440 --> 00:28:21.720
 talking

00:28:21.720 --> 00:28:21.940
 about

00:28:21.940 --> 00:28:22.140
 what

00:28:22.140 --> 00:28:22.539
 Christ

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:22.980
 has

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.640
 accomplished

00:28:23.640 --> 00:28:25.100
 to

00:28:25.100 --> 00:28:25.620
 liberate

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:25.799
 us

00:28:25.799 --> 00:28:26.240
 and to

00:28:26.240 --> 00:28:26.660
 write

00:28:26.660 --> 00:28:27.120
 and

00:28:27.120 --> 00:28:27.779
 not to

00:28:27.779 --> 00:28:28.079
 liberate

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.220
 us

00:28:28.220 --> 00:28:28.460
 so we

00:28:28.460 --> 00:28:28.660
 can

00:28:28.660 --> 00:28:29.500
 do

00:28:29.500 --> 00:28:29.779
 whatever

00:28:29.779 --> 00:28:30.000
 we

00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:30.200
 want

00:28:30.200 --> 00:28:30.559
 by being

00:28:30.559 --> 00:28:30.940
 selfish

00:28:30.940 --> 00:28:31.339
 but no

00:28:31.339 --> 00:28:31.539
 to

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:31.839
 liberate

00:28:31.839 --> 00:28:31.980
 us

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:32.240
 so that

00:28:32.240 --> 00:28:32.579
 God's

00:28:32.579 --> 00:28:32.759
 law

00:28:32.759 --> 00:28:33.039
 would be

00:28:33.039 --> 00:28:33.259
 written

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.640
 on our

00:28:33.640 --> 00:28:34.019
 hearts

00:28:34.019 --> 00:28:34.779
 and

00:28:34.779 --> 00:28:35.319
 by the

00:28:35.319 --> 00:28:35.680
 power

00:28:35.680 --> 00:28:35.920
 of the

00:28:35.920 --> 00:28:36.140
 Holy

00:28:36.140 --> 00:28:36.579
 Spirit

00:28:36.579 --> 00:28:37.379
 we'd be

00:28:37.379 --> 00:28:37.859
 empowered

00:28:37.859 --> 00:28:38.440
 to carry

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 to love

00:28:39.339 --> 00:28:40.599
 and to

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 show mercy

00:28:41.259 --> 00:28:42.099
 as God

00:28:42.099 --> 00:28:42.460
 has shown

00:28:42.460 --> 00:28:42.759
 mercy

00:28:42.759 --> 00:28:43.420
 to us

00:28:43.420 --> 00:28:45.960
 you see

00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:46.359
 in Jesus

00:28:46.359 --> 00:28:46.720
 Christ

00:28:46.720 --> 00:28:47.259
 we receive

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:47.759
 mercy

00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:48.059
 that

00:28:48.059 --> 00:28:48.799
 triumphs

00:28:48.799 --> 00:28:49.220
 over

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.900
 judgment

00:28:49.900 --> 00:28:52.660
 what

00:28:52.660 --> 00:28:52.799
 does

00:28:52.799 --> 00:28:52.940
 the

00:28:52.940 --> 00:28:53.379
 cross

00:28:53.379 --> 00:28:54.200
 mean

00:28:54.200 --> 00:28:55.099
 why

00:28:55.099 --> 00:28:55.279
 did

00:28:55.279 --> 00:28:55.519
 Jesus

00:28:55.519 --> 00:28:56.019
 die

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.379
 on

00:28:56.379 --> 00:28:56.519
 the

00:28:56.519 --> 00:28:56.980
 cross

00:28:56.980 --> 00:28:58.519
 so

00:28:58.519 --> 00:28:58.700
 that

00:28:58.700 --> 00:28:59.019
 he

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.200
 would

00:28:59.200 --> 00:28:59.819
 take

00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.039
 the

00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:00.400
 judgment

00:29:00.400 --> 00:29:00.640
 that

00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:00.839
 we

00:29:00.839 --> 00:29:01.200
 deserve

00:29:01.200 --> 00:29:01.420
 for

00:29:01.420 --> 00:29:01.720
 our

00:29:01.720 --> 00:29:02.160
 sins

00:29:02.160 --> 00:29:03.320
 and pour

00:29:03.320 --> 00:29:03.759
 out

00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:04.200
 upon

00:29:04.200 --> 00:29:04.640
 us

00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:05.779
 mercy

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:07.400
 peace

00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:08.240
 and

00:29:08.240 --> 00:29:08.700
 forgiveness

00:29:08.700 --> 00:29:11.100
 and James

00:29:11.100 --> 00:29:11.580
 calls us

00:29:11.580 --> 00:29:12.180
 to delight

00:29:12.180 --> 00:29:13.040
 in extending

00:29:13.040 --> 00:29:13.860
 that same

00:29:13.860 --> 00:29:14.779
 triumphant

00:29:14.779 --> 00:29:15.560
 mercy

00:29:15.560 --> 00:29:18.080
 to others

00:29:18.080 --> 00:29:20.900
 even in

00:29:20.900 --> 00:29:21.400
 sacrificial

00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:21.980
 ways

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:23.480
 but to

00:29:23.480 --> 00:29:23.740
 extend

00:29:23.740 --> 00:29:24.279
 that same

00:29:24.279 --> 00:29:24.759
 mercy

00:29:24.759 --> 00:29:25.759
 that we

00:29:25.759 --> 00:29:26.080
 ourselves

00:29:26.080 --> 00:29:26.259
 have

00:29:26.259 --> 00:29:26.860
 received

00:29:26.860 --> 00:29:28.360
 from God

00:29:28.360 --> 00:29:28.519
 in

00:29:28.519 --> 00:29:28.940
 Christ

00:29:28.940 --> 00:29:32.140
 now

00:29:32.140 --> 00:29:32.420
 there is

00:29:32.420 --> 00:29:32.759
 a strong

00:29:32.759 --> 00:29:33.019
 warning

00:29:33.019 --> 00:29:33.380
 in verse

00:29:33.380 --> 00:29:33.900
 13

00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.480
 verse

00:29:34.480 --> 00:29:35.039
 the first

00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:35.279
 half

00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:35.460
 of the

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:35.700
 verse

00:29:35.700 --> 00:29:36.039
 if we're

00:29:36.039 --> 00:29:36.740
 merciless

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.380
 toward

00:29:37.380 --> 00:29:37.720
 others

00:29:37.720 --> 00:29:37.940
 if we

00:29:37.940 --> 00:29:38.400
 show no

00:29:38.400 --> 00:29:38.740
 mercy

00:29:38.740 --> 00:29:39.039
 toward

00:29:39.039 --> 00:29:39.380
 others

00:29:39.380 --> 00:29:40.180
 we can't

00:29:40.180 --> 00:29:40.620
 expect to

00:29:40.620 --> 00:29:40.880
 receive

00:29:40.880 --> 00:29:41.160
 mercy

00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:41.620
 from God

00:29:41.620 --> 00:29:41.860
 in the

00:29:41.860 --> 00:29:42.039
 end

00:29:42.039 --> 00:29:42.259
 because

00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.539
 that's

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:42.820
 a sign

00:29:42.820 --> 00:29:43.059
 that we

00:29:43.059 --> 00:29:43.400
 haven't

00:29:43.400 --> 00:29:43.799
 truly

00:29:43.799 --> 00:29:44.200
 received

00:29:44.200 --> 00:29:44.460
 mercy

00:29:44.460 --> 00:29:44.660
 from

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:44.980
 God

00:29:44.980 --> 00:29:47.299
 but

00:29:47.299 --> 00:29:47.559
 James

00:29:47.559 --> 00:29:49.660
 points

00:29:49.660 --> 00:29:49.900
 us

00:29:49.900 --> 00:29:50.240
 here

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.600
 to the

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.180
 liberating

00:29:52.180 --> 00:29:52.519
 work

00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:52.980
 of Jesus

00:29:52.980 --> 00:29:53.539
 Christ

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:54.600
 he has

00:29:54.600 --> 00:29:55.160
 liberated

00:29:55.160 --> 00:29:55.460
 us

00:29:55.460 --> 00:29:56.120
 from sin

00:29:56.120 --> 00:29:56.900
 from bondage

00:29:56.900 --> 00:29:57.440
 to sin

00:29:57.440 --> 00:29:59.180
 our

00:29:59.180 --> 00:29:59.559
 judge

00:29:59.559 --> 00:30:00.080
 is now

00:30:00.080 --> 00:30:00.340
 our

00:30:00.340 --> 00:30:00.700
 savior

00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:00.960
 we've

00:30:00.960 --> 00:30:01.100
 been

00:30:01.100 --> 00:30:01.440
 brought

00:30:01.440 --> 00:30:01.720
 into

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:01.920
 the

00:30:01.920 --> 00:30:02.180
 kingdom

00:30:02.180 --> 00:30:02.519
 of the

00:30:02.519 --> 00:30:02.740
 Lord

00:30:02.740 --> 00:30:03.039
 Jesus

00:30:03.039 --> 00:30:03.559
 Christ

00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:04.320
 that's

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:04.539
 what he

00:30:04.539 --> 00:30:04.759
 says

00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:04.900
 in

00:30:04.900 --> 00:30:05.080
 verse

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:05.299
 one

00:30:05.299 --> 00:30:05.600
 of this

00:30:05.600 --> 00:30:06.059
 chapter

00:30:06.059 --> 00:30:07.299
 as

00:30:07.299 --> 00:30:07.820
 believers

00:30:07.820 --> 00:30:08.340
 in the

00:30:08.340 --> 00:30:08.980
 Lord

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.680
 Jesus

00:30:09.680 --> 00:30:10.640
 Christ

00:30:10.640 --> 00:30:11.140
 the

00:30:11.140 --> 00:30:11.680
 Lord

00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:12.080
 of

00:30:12.080 --> 00:30:12.580
 glory

00:30:12.580 --> 00:30:15.100
 so

00:30:15.100 --> 00:30:15.360
 instead

00:30:15.360 --> 00:30:15.700
 of looking

00:30:15.700 --> 00:30:16.059
 at others

00:30:16.059 --> 00:30:16.580
 and thinking

00:30:16.580 --> 00:30:18.380
 what can

00:30:18.380 --> 00:30:18.660
 I hope

00:30:18.660 --> 00:30:18.960
 to get

00:30:18.960 --> 00:30:19.440
 from them

00:30:19.440 --> 00:30:20.559
 or what

00:30:20.559 --> 00:30:20.820
 do I

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:21.140
 have to

00:30:21.140 --> 00:30:21.380
 fear

00:30:21.380 --> 00:30:21.620
 from

00:30:21.620 --> 00:30:21.880
 them

00:30:21.880 --> 00:30:23.059
 we can

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.360
 look at

00:30:23.360 --> 00:30:23.500
 them

00:30:23.500 --> 00:30:23.880
 and think

00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:25.279
 how does

00:30:25.279 --> 00:30:25.600
 God

00:30:25.600 --> 00:30:25.980
 see this

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.340
 person

00:30:26.340 --> 00:30:26.759
 how can

00:30:26.759 --> 00:30:26.860
 I

00:30:26.860 --> 00:30:27.320
 extend

00:30:27.319 --> 00:30:28.019
 the

00:30:28.019 --> 00:30:28.399
 mercy

00:30:28.399 --> 00:30:28.859
 of

00:30:28.859 --> 00:30:29.299
 God

00:30:29.299 --> 00:30:29.980
 that

00:30:29.980 --> 00:30:30.279
 God

00:30:30.279 --> 00:30:30.460
 has

00:30:30.460 --> 00:30:30.659
 shown

00:30:30.659 --> 00:30:30.819
 to

00:30:30.819 --> 00:30:31.119
 me

00:30:31.119 --> 00:30:33.399
 to

00:30:33.399 --> 00:30:33.539
 my

00:30:33.539 --> 00:30:33.859
 brother

00:30:33.859 --> 00:30:34.299
 or

00:30:34.299 --> 00:30:34.639
 sister

00:30:34.639 --> 00:30:35.019
 in

00:30:35.019 --> 00:30:35.419
 Christ

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.419
 to

00:30:36.419 --> 00:30:36.579
 my

00:30:36.579 --> 00:30:36.960
 neighbor

00:30:36.960 --> 00:30:39.279
 brothers

00:30:39.279 --> 00:30:39.700
 and sisters

00:30:39.700 --> 00:30:40.099
 instead

00:30:40.099 --> 00:30:40.939
 of showing

00:30:40.939 --> 00:30:41.939
 favoritism

00:30:41.939 --> 00:30:42.919
 let us

00:30:42.919 --> 00:30:43.099
 show

00:30:43.099 --> 00:30:43.480
 mercy

00:30:43.480 --> 00:30:43.839
 because

00:30:43.839 --> 00:30:44.240
 God

00:30:44.240 --> 00:30:44.439
 has

00:30:44.439 --> 00:30:44.700
 shown

00:30:44.700 --> 00:30:44.879
 us

00:30:44.879 --> 00:30:45.299
 mercy

00:30:45.299 --> 00:30:46.119
 in

00:30:46.119 --> 00:30:46.279
 his

00:30:46.279 --> 00:30:46.460
 son

00:30:46.460 --> 00:30:46.679
 Jesus

00:30:46.679 --> 00:30:47.200
 Christ

00:30:47.200 --> 00:30:48.319
 let

00:30:48.319 --> 00:30:48.439
 us

00:30:48.439 --> 00:30:48.720
 pray

00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:53.059
 father

00:30:53.059 --> 00:30:53.299
 God

00:30:53.299 --> 00:30:53.439
 we

00:30:53.439 --> 00:30:53.700
 thank

00:30:53.700 --> 00:30:53.980
 you

00:30:53.980 --> 00:30:55.779
 for

00:30:55.779 --> 00:30:55.920
 the

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.339
 mercy

00:30:56.339 --> 00:30:57.220
 that

00:30:57.220 --> 00:30:57.339
 you

00:30:57.339 --> 00:30:57.460
 have

00:30:57.460 --> 00:30:57.700
 shown

00:30:57.700 --> 00:30:57.880
 us

00:30:57.880 --> 00:30:58.039
 in

00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:58.279
 Jesus

00:30:58.279 --> 00:30:58.720
 Christ

00:30:58.720 --> 00:30:58.980
 that

00:30:58.980 --> 00:31:00.059
 triumphed

00:31:00.059 --> 00:31:00.539
 over

00:31:00.539 --> 00:31:01.579
 judgment

00:31:01.579 --> 00:31:03.480
 that

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:03.940
 saved

00:31:03.940 --> 00:31:04.200
 us

00:31:04.200 --> 00:31:04.420
 from

00:31:04.420 --> 00:31:04.599
 the

00:31:04.599 --> 00:31:05.099
 rightful

00:31:05.099 --> 00:31:05.759
 judgment

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:06.000
 we

00:31:06.000 --> 00:31:06.500
 deserve

00:31:06.500 --> 00:31:09.279
 oh

00:31:09.279 --> 00:31:09.500
 God

00:31:09.500 --> 00:31:09.660
 would

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:09.779
 you

00:31:09.779 --> 00:31:10.200
 cleanse

00:31:10.200 --> 00:31:10.440
 our

00:31:10.440 --> 00:31:10.799
 hearts

00:31:10.799 --> 00:31:11.079
 from

00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:12.019
 favoritism

00:31:12.019 --> 00:31:12.220
 from

00:31:12.220 --> 00:31:13.000
 partiality

00:31:13.000 --> 00:31:13.200
 that

00:31:13.200 --> 00:31:14.019
 infects

00:31:14.019 --> 00:31:14.259
 our

00:31:14.259 --> 00:31:14.700
 hearts

00:31:14.700 --> 00:31:15.360
 and

00:31:15.360 --> 00:31:16.220
 manifests

00:31:16.220 --> 00:31:16.480
 in

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:16.660
 our

00:31:16.660 --> 00:31:17.200
 lives

00:31:17.200 --> 00:31:20.100
 would

00:31:20.100 --> 00:31:20.200
 you

00:31:20.200 --> 00:31:20.539
 most

00:31:20.539 --> 00:31:21.120
 of

00:31:21.120 --> 00:31:21.340
 all

00:31:21.340 --> 00:31:21.620
 fix

00:31:21.620 --> 00:31:21.799
 our

00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:22.059
 eyes

00:31:22.059 --> 00:31:22.259
 on

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.559
 you

00:31:22.559 --> 00:31:24.960
 you

00:31:24.960 --> 00:31:25.799
 Lord

00:31:25.799 --> 00:31:26.100
 would

00:31:26.100 --> 00:31:26.299
 you

00:31:26.299 --> 00:31:26.660
 be

00:31:26.660 --> 00:31:27.080
 our

00:31:27.080 --> 00:31:27.519
 vision

00:31:27.519 --> 00:31:29.100
 the

00:31:29.100 --> 00:31:29.460
 Lord

00:31:29.460 --> 00:31:29.620
 of

00:31:29.620 --> 00:31:29.779
 our

00:31:29.779 --> 00:31:30.180
 heart

00:31:30.180 --> 00:31:32.860
 as

00:31:32.860 --> 00:31:33.000
 we

00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:33.259
 fix

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:33.440
 our

00:31:33.440 --> 00:31:33.720
 eyes

00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:33.920
 on

00:31:33.920 --> 00:31:34.120
 you

00:31:34.120 --> 00:31:34.279
 as

00:31:34.279 --> 00:31:34.440
 we

00:31:34.440 --> 00:31:35.440
 grow

00:31:35.440 --> 00:31:35.620
 in

00:31:35.620 --> 00:31:35.759
 our

00:31:35.759 --> 00:31:36.019
 love

00:31:36.019 --> 00:31:36.220
 for

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.600
 you

00:31:36.600 --> 00:31:37.279
 may

00:31:37.279 --> 00:31:37.400
 we

00:31:37.400 --> 00:31:37.519
 be

00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:37.980
 empowered

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.259
 to

00:31:38.259 --> 00:31:38.640
 love

00:31:38.640 --> 00:31:38.840
 our

00:31:38.840 --> 00:31:39.160
 neighbors

00:31:39.160 --> 00:31:39.360
 as

00:31:39.360 --> 00:31:39.920
 ourselves

00:31:39.920 --> 00:31:42.160
 to

00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:42.380
 love

00:31:42.380 --> 00:31:42.519
 one

00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:42.799
 another

00:31:42.799 --> 00:31:43.000
 as

00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:43.100
 you

00:31:43.100 --> 00:31:43.240
 have

00:31:43.240 --> 00:31:43.440
 loved

00:31:43.440 --> 00:31:43.880
 us

00:31:43.880 --> 00:31:47.220
 Lord

00:31:47.220 --> 00:31:47.380
 as

00:31:47.380 --> 00:31:47.500
 we

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:47.640
 do

00:31:47.640 --> 00:31:47.880
 this

00:31:47.880 --> 00:31:48.080
 may

00:31:48.080 --> 00:31:48.260
 we

00:31:48.260 --> 00:31:48.620
 be

00:31:48.620 --> 00:31:49.380
 an

00:31:49.380 --> 00:31:49.680
 aroma

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:49.900
 of

00:31:49.900 --> 00:31:50.200
 Christ

00:31:50.200 --> 00:31:50.400
 in

00:31:50.400 --> 00:31:50.580
 this

00:31:50.580 --> 00:31:50.980
 world

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:53.140
 Lord

00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:53.320
 the

00:31:53.320 --> 00:31:53.700
 fragrance

00:31:53.700 --> 00:31:54.220
 of

00:31:54.220 --> 00:31:56.460
 mercy

00:31:56.460 --> 00:31:57.680
 righteousness

00:31:57.680 --> 00:31:58.600
 and

00:31:58.600 --> 00:31:59.020
 peace

00:31:59.020 --> 00:32:00.720
 that

00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:00.920
 come

00:32:00.920 --> 00:32:01.100
 from

00:32:01.100 --> 00:32:01.320
 you

00:32:01.320 --> 00:32:02.780
 pray

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 these

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 things

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 in

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 Jesus

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 name

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 amen