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YOUR SEAT,
JESUS’SEAT
1 My brothers, do not show favoritism asyou hold on to the faith in our gloriousLord Jesus Christ.2 For example, a man comes into yourmeeting wearing a gold ring and dressedin fine clothes, and a poor man dressed indirty clothes also comes in.
JAMES 2:1-7
3 If you look with favor on the man wearing the fine clothes and 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,” 4 haven’t you discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
JAMES 2:1-7
5 Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choosethe poor in this world to be rich in faith andheirs of the kingdom that He has promised tothose who love Him?6 Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t therich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
JAMES 2:1-7
7 Don’t they blaspheme the noble name that was pronounced over you at your baptism?
JAMES 2:1-7
SEAT
IS
VERY
IMPORTANT
IN THE
WORLD IT
DETERMINES
YOUR STATUS
SEAT
IN THE BIBLE
REPRESENTS
GLORY AND
CONTROL
IN FCC
ALL OF US
ARE EQUAL
CHRISTIANITY IS
FOR EQUALS
GETTING WHAT
YOU PAY FOR
DISTINCTIONS
ARE EVIL
When in the movies, it's perfectly okay to pay for your seat.
But it's not okay to do this
inside the church.
You should be seated wherever you want to be seated.
All people should be treated equal.
There should not be partiality like this.
Christianity
Vs.
Religion
Religion - you get what you earn.
Christianity - you get what Jesus earns.It's grace.
Their problem is that the church is behaving in a worldly way.
WHO HAS
THE BEST SEAT?
WHO
SITS IN
YOUR LIFE?
The church is in the world but belongs to the kingdom. These are God’s
people, Jesus’ people.
The problem is that sometimes the church thinks in a way that is more
worldly and less like Jesus’ kingdom.
The Problem: PARTIALITY
Prosperity Theologyvs.
Poverty Theology
Prosperity Theology: Rich people are good, bad, poor people are bad
Poverty Theology: poor people are good, rich people are bad.
The Bible says everybody’s bad. It’s equal.
ONLY ONE IS GOOD
AND THAT IS
JESUS
FAVORITISM
REFERS TO
PEOPLE AND
RELATIONSHIPS
1 My brothers and sisters, believers in ourglorious Lord Jesus Christ must not showfavoritism.
JACOB is favorite of RebekkahESAU favorite of Isaac
JAMES 2:1
If you have favorites then you are ruining the lives of both.
PARTIALITY
IS YOUR OPINION
AND IDEAS OR
INCLINATIONS
OR ISSUES
2 Suppose a man comes into yourmeeting wearing a gold ring and fineclothes, and a poor man in filthy oldclothes also comes in.
JAMES 2:2
THE PROBLEM
WITH BOTH SIDES
IS PARTIALITY
15 “You must not act unjustly when deciding a case. Do not be partial to the poor or give preference to the rich; judge your neighbor fairly.
LEVITICUS 19:15
What he’s saying is this: Don’t show partiality to the rich and don’t show
partiality to the poor. Treat everyone fairly, rightly, justly.
THREE TRUTHS TO
CONSIDER IN
ELIMINATING
PARTIALITY
According to the
Bible, everyone is
equally made in
the image and
likeness of God.
So God created man in His own image; He created him in the image of God; He created them male and female.
GENESIS 1:27
Every person
is very
important
All people are equally fallen and sinful.
Bible says that all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.
ROMANS 3:23
So, people like you are no better than people unlike you. We’re all sinners.
We’re all fallen. And we’re equal.
Everyone is
also a
candidate for
salvation
Greatest equalizer of life is death.
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
ROMANS 6:23
Those who belong to Jesus are equally saved, equally loved, equally
forgiven. Horribly things happen when parents
start playing favorites. Don’t let your preferences become your
prejudices.
Horribly things happen when parentsstart playing favorites.
Don’t let your preferences become your prejudices.
CHRISTIANITY IS
THE ONLY RELIGION
OF EQUALITY
Biblical thinking that we’re equally made by God, we’re equally fallen into sin, and we’re equally loved, and saved, and forgiven by God, and that God’sa Father and he loves all of his kids
equal, and he doesn’t have favorites, and he doesn’t have
prejudices and preferences.
GOD’S
PRESCRIPTION FOR
PARTIALITY
God is a Father, who has no favorites.
HIS seat alone is the seat that matters, that you and I shouldn’t be
particularly concerned about our seat, even in this life. And we
shouldn’t be arguing that people like us should get a better seat.
WHO IS SITING IN
YOUR LIFE?
WHO IS
CONTROLLING
YOUR LIFE?
WHO’S
THE
KING?
James' commentary: JAMES 2:8-9 8 Indeed, if you keep the royal law
prescribed in the Scripture, Love your neighbor as yourself, you are doing well. 9 But if you show favoritism, you commit
sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors.
FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Ptr. Richard NilloFCC Main San Mateo Rizal, PH
6:30 PM Evening ServiceApril 10, 2016
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