JAMES 2:1-13 NASB 1992

REAL FAITH PRODUCES GENUINE LOVE

JAMES 2:1

TO BE IMPARTIAL WE ARE LIKE GOD

ROMANS 2:11 - 11 For God does not show favoritism.

EPHESIANS 6:9 And masters, treat your slaves in the same way. Do not threaten them, since you know that he who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and there is no favoritism with him.

COLOSSIANS 3:25 Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for their wrongs, and there is no favoritism

JAMES 2:1 IN GREEK TRANSLATION – MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS, DO YOU WITH YOUR ACTS OF FAVORITISM REALLY BELIEVE IN OUR GLORIOUS LORD JESSUS CHRIST?

JAMES 2:2-4

1 Samuel 16:7 But the Lord said to Samuel, “Do not consider his appearance or his height, for I have rejected him. The Lord does not look at the things people look at. People look at the outward appearance, but the Lord looks at the heart.”

JAMES 2:5-7

F.B. MEYER – “THE RICH MAN MAY TRUST HIM; BUT THE POOR MAN MUST…THE POOR MAN HAS NO FORTRESS IN WHICH TO HIDE, EXCEPT THE TWO STRONG ARMS OF GOD.”

F.B. MEYER – “THERE IS NOTHING THAT MEN DREAD MORE THAN POVERTY. THEY WILL BREAK EVERY COMMANDMENT…RATHER THAN BE POOR. BUT IT IS GOD’S CHOSEN LOT. HE HAD ONE OPPORTUNITY ONLY OF LIVING OUR LIFE, AND HE CHOSE TO BE BORN OF PARENTS TOO POOR TO PRESENT MORE THAN TWO DOVES AT HIS PRESENTATION IN THE TEMPLE.”

JAMES 2:8-9

JOHN 15:12- LOVE EACH OTHER AS I HAVE LOVED YOU.

JAMES 2:10-12

JAMES 2:12

ONE OF THE BASIC RIGHTS WE GIVE UP WHEN WE BECOME A BELIEVER IS THE RIGHT TO SPEAK WHAT WE WANT TO SPEAK

John 13:35 - By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”

JAMES 2:13

EXODUS 34:6 NIV – THE LORD, THE LORD, THE COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS GOD, SLOW TO ANGER, ABOUNDING IN LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS

DEUTERONOMY 4:31 NRSV – BECAUSE THE LORD YOUR GOD IS A MERCIFUL GOD

PSALM 103:8,13 – THE LORD IS COMPASSIONATE AND GRACIOUS, SLOW TO ANGER, ABOUNDING IN LOVE….AS A FATHER HAS COMPASSION ON HIS CHILDREN, SO THE LORD HAS COMPASSION ON THOSE WHO FEAR HIM.

MERCIFUL ACTIONS ARE EVIDENCE OF OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH CHRIST.

LET SCRIPTURE BE YOUR STANDARD!

LET LOVE BE YOUR LAW!

LET MERCY BE YOUR MESSAGE! JAMES 2:1-13 NASB 1992