The Apostle Paul talks a lot about love…how we are loved by
Christ, how we should love Christ, how we should love like Christ…
James gets right down to the nitty gritty of how we need to treat
each other as Christians.
James 2:1 2 My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the
Lord of glory, with respect of persons.
Don’t favor one person over another. Christ is our Savior and loves
everyone the same. This theme is echoed in many other places in the Bible.
Romans 2:1111 For there is no respect of persons with God.
James 2:8 -9 8 If
ye fulfil the royal law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy
neighbour as thyself, ye do well:
9 But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit
sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors.
1 Timothy 5:21 21 I charge thee before God, and the Lord Jesus Christ, and the
elect angels, that thou observe these things without preferring one before
another, doing nothing by partiality.
Galatians 3:27-28 27 For
as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. 28 There
is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male
nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.
Deuteronomy 10:17 17 For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords,
a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh
reward:
Love your neighbor as yourself and treat each
person with love and respect.
Paul Brow
Haven of Rest
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