Guilty Like Others

James 2

1-My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory.

10-For whoever keeps the whole law but fails in one point has become accountable for all of it. 

How often do we build up stereotypes about who needs the gospel, who will get it, who won’t get it from me, and who is too far out from it to have it ever mean anything? We see the guy with all the tattoos on him, including his face, with piercings everywhere, that has his girlfriend all over him, and he looks like he can kill you and might if you talk to him, or we see the homeless person that smells and has nothing, but we assume its a scam because we have seen and heard of so many scammers that we no longer trust any of them. How often do we act as if these people don’t need the gospel, or aren’t worthy of it? Well the fact is, they aren’t worthy of it. BUT NEITHER ARE YOU!!! You are a sinner. You have fallen short of the glory of God- Romans 3:23. Guess what, if you break one part of the Law, you have broken it all, that includes intentions and thoughts also. God demands HOLINESS, not for you to be better than another Christian or some other sinner. He does not grade as a class, just off your individual performance. But you failed, you needed a Savior because you were going to end up in hell, eternal punishment, because of what you did. You failed time and time again, God provided an offer of forgiveness and it would mean that no matter what you did, you were saved. YOU STILL MESSED UP TIME AND TIME AGAIN! Yet, God forgave you instead of just being just and sending you to hell after one mistake, He has such a great compassion and mercy on us, we don’t even comprehend it, we take it for granted every day. Family, we must appreciate what God has done for us. We were unworthy, we did not deserve his sacrifice, but He provided it for us. So next time we see that person caught up in drugs, or sexual sin, or that smells or talks funny, instead of feeling like you are better than them, realize that you have been forgiven of so much, you were in their position, empty, lost, needing a Savior, and you received it, why shouldn’t they? Why should you not be the vessel used to pour out God’s love and tell of His forgiveness, bringing Him glory? We are all in need of a Savior and have been forgiven of a debt that we could not pay, we were completely undeserving of being forgiven. Let’s not act like we are better than anyone else because they have a similar debt and need the same Savior we did.

We all have the same core needs

Blessings