Not Judging by External Appearances, Part 1 (TMF:1981)

Monday, November 14, 2022
Peace to Live By: Not Judging by External Appearances, Part 1 (TMF:1981) - Daniel Litton
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       Again, James says, “If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors” (ESV). Going roundabout back to what we were talking about last week, it is how we treat those who we perceive have wealth within the church versus those we perceive do not. Now in American church-life, we really may not know who has the wealth and who does not as the lines have become even more blurred in recent times. That is, the rich don’t always let everyone know they are rich. A person can look like he’s a normal, average individual and yet be very rich. Likewise, a person can spend more than should to appear to be wealthy when in fact they are really not. The point is, though, is that we are not supposed to be judging on these external appearances, showing favor to those whom we think are rich.