Partiality
Verse 1
What is partiality?
Why does faith in Christ preclude partiality? Galations 3: 26-28
Verse 2
What example of partiality does James give?
What’s the problem with this? Distorted sense of reality.
God’s chosen poor
Verse 5
How does God view the rich and poor?
Why the seeming preference for the poor?
How can they lead others to God? Clear dependence on God. No self-sufficiency.
What did Jesus say about this? Matthew 25:31-46
The Royal Law
Verse 8
What is this “royal law”? Why “royal”? It is the law of the New Covenant given by the King of Kings (sermon on the mount) Matthew 22:37-40
Why is partiality a sin against the royal law of love?
Verse 12
What else is required of us?
How does this relate to partiality?
Dead Faith
Verse 14
What is the central message of James? Verses 14, 17, 18, 20, 26
How would you describe the faith here? Intellectual, dead, incomplete
Verse 17
What did Jesus say about faith and works? Matthew 7:21
Verse 19
Is belief in one God enough? Deuteronomy 6:4 #1814-1815 A plant that is continually stripped of its leaves will die. So it is with faith apart from charity
Verse 20
What is the challenge made here?
Living Faith
Verses 21, 25
What two examples of “living faith” does James give? Abraham (Israelite) and Rahab (Gentile)
Verse 21
How was Abraham’s faith made complete?
Verse 23
Abraham was called “the friend of God”. When are we considered JEsus’ friends? John 15:14
Verse 25
How was Rahab’s faith made complete? Hebrews 11:31
Verse 26
Explain the analogy
This Restless Pilgrim 