1. THE EVILS OF FAVORISTISM James 2:1-13

2. I. FAVORITISM IS WHEN WE TREAT SOME PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY James 2:1-4 My brothers, hold your faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ without showing favoritism. For suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring, dressed in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in dirty clothes also comes in. If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes so that you say, "Sit here in a good place," and yet you say to the poor man, "Stand over there," or, "Sit here on the floor by my footstool," haven't you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? HCSB

3. II. FAVORITISM SHOWS YOU ARE A JUDGE WITH EVIL THOUGHTS James 2:4 haven't you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? HCSB

4. III. FAVORITISM DISHONORS THOSE WHOM GOD HAS CHOSEN James 2:5-6 Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him? Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don't the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? HCSB

5. IV. FAVORITISM DOES NOT WORK James 2:5-7 Listen, my dear brothers: Didn't God choose the poor in this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to those who love Him? Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don't the rich oppress you and drag you into the courts? Don't they blaspheme the noble name that you bear? HCSB

6. V. FAVORITISM IS DISOBEYING GOD’S 2 ND GREATEST COMMANDMENT James 2:8-9 If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. HCSB Favoritism is a sin!

7. VI. FAVORITISM BRINGS JUDGMENT James 2:9-11 But if you show favoritism, you commit sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. For whoever keeps the entire law, yet fails in one point, is guilty of breaking it all. For He who said, Do not commit adultery, also said, Do not murder. So if you do not commit adultery, but you do murder, you are a lawbreaker. HCSB

8. VI. LET US LOVE ALL OUR NEIGHBORS James 2:8 If you really carry out the royal law prescribed in Scripture, You shall love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. HCSB

9. Please come forward when we sing the Hymn and the Pastor will meet you there. Please come forward To receive Christ as your Personal Lord and Savior or to commit yourself to be a witness for Christ or to have the Pastor pray with you or to rededicate your life to Christ or to become a member of this Church