This document discusses the problem of showing partiality or favoritism in church. It describes a scenario from the book of James where a rich man is given a good seat in church while a poor man is told to stand in a lesser area. The document argues that Christianity teaches equality, and that in God's eyes, all people are equally sinful and in need of salvation, so no one should be shown partial favoritism over others. It encourages treating all people with equality and fairness as brothers and sisters in Christ.

2. YOURSEAT,
JESUS’SEAT

3. 1 My brothers, do not show favoritism as
you hold on to the faith in our glorious
Lord Jesus Christ.
2 For example, a man comes into your
meeting wearing a gold ring and dressed
in fine clothes, and a poor man dressed in
dirty clothes also comes in.
JAMES 2:1-7

4. 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. 5 Listen, my dear brothers: Didn’t God choose
the poor in this world to be rich in faith and
heirs of the kingdom that He has promised to
those who love Him?
6 Yet you dishonored that poor man. Don’t the
rich oppress you and drag you into the courts?
JAMES 2:1-7

6. 7 Don’t they blaspheme the noble name
that was pronounced over you at your
baptism?
JAMES 2:1-7

7. SEAT
IS
VERY
IMPORTANT

8. INTHE
WORLDIT
DETERMINES
YOURSTATUS

9. SEAT
INTHEBIBLE
REPRESENTS
GLORYAND
CONTROL

10. INFCC
ALLOFUS
AREEQUAL

11. CHRISTIANITYIS
FOREQUALS

12. GETTINGWHAT
YOUPAYFOR

13. DISTINCTIONS
ARE EVIL

14. When in the movies,
it's perfectly okay to pay for your seat.
But it's not okay to do this
inside the church.

15. You should be seated
wherever you want to be seated.
All people should be treated equal.
There should not be partiality like this.

16. Christianity
Vs.
Religion

17. Religion - you get what you earn.
Christianity - you get what Jesus earns.
It's grace.

18. Their problem is that the church is
behaving in a worldly way.

19. WHO HAS
THE BEST SEAT?

20. WHO
SITSIN
YOURLIFE?

21. The church is in the world but belongs to
the kingdom. These are God’s
people, Jesus’ people.

22. The problem is that sometimes the
church thinks in a way that is more
worldly and less like Jesus’ kingdom.

23. The Problem: PARTIALITY

24. Prosperity Theology
vs.
Poverty Theology

25. Prosperity Theology: Rich people are
good, bad, poor people are bad
Poverty Theology: poor people are
good, rich people are bad.

26. The Bible says everybody’s bad.
It’s equal.

27. ONLYONEISGOOD
ANDTHATIS
JESUS

28. FAVORITISM
REFERSTO
PEOPLEAND
RELATIONSHIPS

29. 1 My brothers and sisters, believers in our
glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show
favoritism.
JACOB is favorite of Rebekkah
ESAU favorite of Isaac
JAMES 2:1

30. If you have favorites then you
are ruining the lives of both.

31. PARTIALITY
ISYOUR OPINION
AND IDEAS OR
INCLINATIONS
OR ISSUES

32. 2 Suppose a man comes into your
meeting wearing a gold ring and fine
clothes, and a poor man in filthy old
clothes also comes in.
JAMES 2:2

33. THEPROBLEM
WITHBOTHSIDES
ISPARTIALITY

34. 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

35. 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.

36. THREETRUTHSTO
CONSIDERIN
ELIMINATING
PARTIALITY

37. Accordingtothe
Bible,everyoneis
equallymadein
theimageand
likenessofGod.

38. 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

39. Everyperson
isvery
important

40. All people are
equally fallen and sinful.

41. Bible says that all have sinned and fallen
short of the glory of God.
ROMANS 3:23

42. So, people like you are no better than
people unlike you. We’re all sinners.
We’re all fallen. And we’re equal.

43. Everyoneis
alsoa
candidatefor
salvation

44. Greatest equalizer of life is death.

45. For the wages of sin is death, but the gift
of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our
Lord.
ROMANS 6:23

46. 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.

47. Horribly things happen when parents
start playing favorites.

48. Don’t let your preferences become your
prejudices.

49. CHRISTIANITYIS
THEONLYRELIGION
OFEQUALITY

50. 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’s
a Father and he loves all of his kids
equal, and he doesn’t have
favorites, and he doesn’t have
prejudices and preferences.

51. GOD’S
PRESCRIPTIONFOR
PARTIALITY

52. God is a Father,
who has no favorites.

53. 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.

54. WHOISSITINGIN
YOURLIFE?

55. WHOIS
CONTROLLING
YOURLIFE?

56. WHO’S
THE
KING?

57. 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.

58. FAITHWORKS CHRISTIAN CHURCH GLOBAL
Presented By:
Ptr. Richard Nillo
FCC Main San Mateo Rizal, PH
6:30 PM Evening Service
April 10, 2016
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