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If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, "Love your neighbor as yourself," you are doing right. But if you show favoritism...
...Mercy triumphs over judgment.
James 2:88-9, 13 NIV
Monday morning and back to the gym!
James is hammering away at favouritism. Great that you're loving others. Doing what's right.
But.
Even in doing that are you showing your biases?
In your heart.
James keeps pushing me to think about my motivation and to test it.
And all the while it's that last line that not only dictates how to live, but also what saves me.
It's Mercy.
Grace.
Mercy triumphed in God's dealings with me.
And so it needs to be in my reading of this chapter, and in the way I try to live.
Grace.
That is the thing that removes favouritism.
Demolishes differences.
Gives freedom.
So don't hang on to things God has forgiven you for
Mercy triumphs
When you don't feel good enough
Mercy triumphs
Start there today.
Then with the people in my life today...
Mercy triumphs
#mercytriumphs
#mercy>judgement
#grace
#james
#james2
#Godsgym

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