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Welcome to Day 2123 of\xa0Wisdom-Trek, and thank you for joining me. This is Guthrie Chamberlain, Your Guide to Wisdom James \u2013 Wisdom is Faith in Action 5 \u2013 Partiality and Prejudice \u2013 Daily Wisdom Putnam Church Message \u2013 10/03/2021 James: Wisdom is Faith In Action \u2013 Partiality and Prejudice We are continuing our series today on the Proverbs of the New Testament, better known as the book of James. \xa0Last week we focused on Listening and Doing Good. Today we will cover some hot topics in our society, but they are even more important within the church.\xa0 Our focus is on Partiality and Prejudice. \xa0Join me on page 1882 in the pew bibles as I read the Scripture for today. I would recommend keeping this passage open as we go throughout the message today: James 2:1-13 My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious\xa0Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.\xa02\xa0Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in.\xa03\xa0If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, \u201cHere\u2019s a good seat for you,\u201d but say to the poor man, \u201cYou stand there\u201d or \u201cSit on the floor by my feet,\u201d\xa04\xa0have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges\xa0with evil thoughts? 5\xa0Listen, my dear brothers and sisters:\xa0Has not God chosen those who are poor in the eyes of the world\xa0to be rich in faith\xa0and to inherit the kingdom\xa0he promised those who love him?\xa06\xa0But you have dishonored the poor.\xa0Is it not the rich who are exploiting you? Are they not the ones who are dragging you into court?\xa07\xa0Are they not the ones who are blaspheming the noble name of him to whom you belong? 8\xa0If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, \u201cLove your neighbor as yourself,\u201d[a]\xa0you are doing right.\xa09\xa0But if you show favoritism,\xa0you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers.\xa010\xa0For whoever keeps the whole law and yet stumbles\xa0at just one point is guilty of breaking all of it.\xa011\xa0For he who said, \u201cYou shall not commit adultery,\u201d[b]\xa0also said, \u201cYou shall not murder.\u201d[c]\xa0If you do not commit adultery but do commit murder, you have become a lawbreaker. 12\xa0Speak and act as those who are going to be judged\xa0by the law that gives freedom,\xa013\xa0because judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful.\xa0Mercy triumphs over judgment. \xa0 In many of our Christian lives, we wrestle against a form of Christianity obsessed with externals. Too many believers draw quick conclusions about people based merely on their first impressions\u2014 almost as if they had forgotten what we are told in 1 Samuel 16:7, But the\xa0Lord\xa0said to Samuel, \u201cDon\u2019t judge by his appearance or height, for I have rejected him. The\xa0Lord\xa0doesn\u2019t see things the way you see them. People judge by outward appearance, but...