BEWARE OF BEING A SNOB!
Beware Of Being A Snob!
James 2:1-12
Miles Seaborn
Introduction: We are waging a battle over the inspiration and authority of the Word of God. It is a good thing to defend the truth of God's Word with a spirit of love, but we must never forget our lives and ministries are the best defense.
D.L. Moody said, "Every Bible should be bound in shoe leather."
"Lev. 19:18 - "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself."
THE PROBLEM OF DISCRIMINATION The problem of discrimination. The physician of the soul, as of the- body, must be capable of doing three things. He must be able to diagnose the malady, to prescribe the remedy, and to effect a cure. As Dr. James puts the stethoscope to the heart of this first-century assembly, he discovers that it is suffering from hardening of the spiritual artery. The symptom: partial paralysis.
Now some think James begins a new section in chapter 2. 1 think not. Rather, I see it as a continuation, because there is a very close relationship between receiving the Word and respect of persons. In our study yesterday in chapter ,; verses 19-27, we discovered that James asks and answers a question, "Does the Word work?" James says, "Yes it does, if it is welcomed. It produces a clear-cut product. It, and it alone, can control your tongue. It, and it alone, will give you a concern for people in need; the manifestation of unconditional love. It, and it alone, will keep you clean in the midst of a cesspool society."
But what happens when a Christian fails to welcome the word?
James says it will produce an acute case of spiritual snobbery of partiality, of spiritual pride of discrimination.
We have a problem!
Snob pg. 2
We have a problem here. If I were to ask you to write on a 3" x 5" card right now what discrimination involves, you would probably write two or three items, none of which you are guilty. But you would totally bypass the fact that discrimination takes a legion of forms. You can have economic discriminati ...
James 2:1-12
Miles Seaborn
Introduction: We are waging a battle over the inspiration and authority of the Word of God. It is a good thing to defend the truth of God's Word with a spirit of love, but we must never forget our lives and ministries are the best defense.
D.L. Moody said, "Every Bible should be bound in shoe leather."
"Lev. 19:18 - "Thou shall love thy neighbor as thyself."
THE PROBLEM OF DISCRIMINATION The problem of discrimination. The physician of the soul, as of the- body, must be capable of doing three things. He must be able to diagnose the malady, to prescribe the remedy, and to effect a cure. As Dr. James puts the stethoscope to the heart of this first-century assembly, he discovers that it is suffering from hardening of the spiritual artery. The symptom: partial paralysis.
Now some think James begins a new section in chapter 2. 1 think not. Rather, I see it as a continuation, because there is a very close relationship between receiving the Word and respect of persons. In our study yesterday in chapter ,; verses 19-27, we discovered that James asks and answers a question, "Does the Word work?" James says, "Yes it does, if it is welcomed. It produces a clear-cut product. It, and it alone, can control your tongue. It, and it alone, will give you a concern for people in need; the manifestation of unconditional love. It, and it alone, will keep you clean in the midst of a cesspool society."
But what happens when a Christian fails to welcome the word?
James says it will produce an acute case of spiritual snobbery of partiality, of spiritual pride of discrimination.
We have a problem!
Snob pg. 2
We have a problem here. If I were to ask you to write on a 3" x 5" card right now what discrimination involves, you would probably write two or three items, none of which you are guilty. But you would totally bypass the fact that discrimination takes a legion of forms. You can have economic discriminati ...
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