1. This is my Bible.
It is God speaking to me.
I am who it says I am.
I can do what it says I can do.
I can have what it says I can have.
So I open my heart today to hear
God speak a word to me that will
change my life forever.

3. PARTIALITY
CHECK
James 2:1-13
Good Works Series Part 2

4. We look at what
people HAVE and
how they can
HELP us

5. favoritism/partiality
(verb) Greek „diakrino‟ –
to
separate, distinguish, di
scern, judge, decide

6. favoritism/partiality
(noun) „proskilis‟ –
inclination toward

7. I. God was IMPARTIAL
when He chose to save you.

8. Deuteronomy 10:17-18
The Lord you God is supreme over all
gods and over all powers. He is great
and mighty, and He is to be obeyed. HE
DOES NOT SHOW PARTIALITY and He ,
does not accept bribes. He makes sure
that orphans and widows are treated
fairly; He loves the foreigners who live
with our people, and gives them food
and clothes.

9. Acts 10:34
Peter: I now realize that it is
true that God treats everyone
the same.

10. Romans 2:11
For God judges everyone by the
same standard…

11. II. Partiality is SIN.

12. James 2:8-9
Treating one person as MORE
IMPORTANT than another

13. James 2:13
Not showing mercy will make
you FEAR the judgment day

14. III. Do NOTHING out of
partiality.

15. We are not to
DISCRIMINATE.

16. We are not to be a RACIST.

17. We are not to put others
down based on
SEX, SOCIAL status or
economics.

18. LOOK AT EVERYONE
THROUGH THE EYES OF
CHRIST!

19. Memory Verse:
Romans 10:12
“GOD IS THE SAME LORD
OF ALL AND RICHLY
BLESSES ALL WHO CALL
TO HIM.”

20. Reflection
• Are you guilty of this?
How?
• What good works will you
do to change this attitude?