BBD 03.18.10 How Much are you Worth? (New)
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03.18.10
How Much are you Worth?
.glory, honor, and peace to everyone who works what is good, to the Jew
first and also to the Greek. For there is no partiality with God. - Romans
2:10-11.
My brethren, do not hold the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of
glory, with partiality. For if there should come into your assembly a man
with gold rings, in fine apparel, and there should also come in a poor man
in filthy clothes, and you pay attention to the one wearing the fine clothes
and say to him, "You sit here in a good place," and say to the poor man,
"You stand there," or, "Sit here at my footstool," have you not shown
partiality among yourselves, and become judges with evil thoughts? - James
2:1-4.
If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, "You shall
love your neighbor as yourself," you do well; but if you show partiality,
you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors. - James
2:8-9.
In a scene from the modern west men in a four wheel drive vehicle are
hunting down executive chairs. That's right, chairs! There are chairs
rolling everywhere. There are small chairs and large chairs. The scene ends
with the hunters roping and hauling in one of the larger chairs. The scene
is from an executive employment service TV ad which claims they only have
listings for 100k+ people and for companies that only want 100k+ people. In
other words, if on your resume your salary history indicates you make less
than $100,000 per year do not apply to that executive employment service.
They do not want you. Go away little chairs. You are beneath the level that
they consider being of importance.
For billions of people in this world their lifetime earnings will not add up
to $100,000. Billions more do not earn and never have earned $100,000 per
year. I am definitely in that category. Does that mean that those of us who
have never reached the 100k+ level of earnings per year are somehow less
valuable, of less worth than those who earn more? Perhaps in the eyes and
value system of one executive employment service and of people whose goal in
life is to make more and more money we are worth less. However, in God's
value system every human being is of the same worth, whether we are rich or
poor: "For there is no partiality with God (Romans 2:11)."
Does the spiritual fact that God is impartial mean that there will never be
favoritism in the church? No, if you have attended church for a year or more
it is likely that you have observed favoritism. In every church that I have
attended or pastored there have been instances of favoritism. Does this make
it right? Of course not! There were instances of favoritism in the early
church as seen in Acts chapter six with Jewish widows receiving better
treatment than Greek widows. The church moved to correct that mistreatment
and favoritism. It is the example that we need to follow. If you are
personally involved in favoritism you need to try to change. If you see
others involved in favoritism you need to try to help them see their need to
change and help in that process.
The elimination of favoritism from the church and the world will never be
completely accomplished as long as the world is the world as we know it now,
the flesh is still the flesh, and the devil is still roaring seeking whom he
may devour. However, each of us can pray; and we can seek to eliminate
favoritism in our lives, in the church, and in the world around us. Our goal
in regard to impartiality should be the goal expressed by our Lord in the
model prayer, "Your kingdom come. Your will be done on earth as it is in
heaven (Matthew 6:10)."
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