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To: Tamar1973

James 2:1-4,9 -- "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? . . . but if you show partiality, you commit sin, and are convicted by the law as transgressors."


252 posted on 03/09/2005 2:44:23 PM PST by Sloth (I don't post a lot of the threads you read; I make a lot of the threads you read better.)
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To: Sloth

The key to the text you quote is the phrase "a poor man in filthy clothes." Like I said in at least one previous post, if the person can't afford, better, that is fine. But, in a church situation, where you know each other, and you KNOW the other person is NOT poor and they insist on dressing like a slob in G-d's house, it shows a lack of respect to the Holy Spirt, who is grieved by our disrespect; to the Messiah who gave His life for them and to His Father who is above all things.


286 posted on 03/09/2005 3:17:11 PM PST by Tamar1973 (The path to conservative brilliance starts at Free Republic!)
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To: Sloth

That's gotta' be the best tag line I've read on FR ever.


482 posted on 03/09/2005 11:19:52 PM PST by streetpreacher (The fires of hell burn hot and try to destroy me, I run to your will Oh God I know you’ll restore me)
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