Partiality, Part 2

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Tony Evans

Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 3 May 2023

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Dr. Tony Evans says that people who build their life around status and wealth are in for an unpleasant surprise in heaven. In this message, He'll talk about a problem in our churches that would be a lot easier to solve if people were willing to admit it exists. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/222/29

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0:00.0	If you want to know how irreplaceable you are, stick your finger in a bucket of water
0:05.5	and see what didn't really buy.
0:07.3	Dr. Tony Evans says if we think we're superior to others, we're using the wrong standard.
0:12.9	A life wrapped up in itself is a very small package.
0:18.1	This is the alternative with Dr. Tony Evans, author, speaker, senior pastor of Oakleaf Bible
0:24.3	Fellowship in Dallas, Texas, and president of the Urban Alternative.
0:30.4	Jesus Christ said the second greatest commandment is to love your neighbor as yourself.
0:35.4	Today, Dr. Evans takes a look at personal pride and why not loving your neighbor has no
0:40.5	place in God's kingdom.
0:42.2	Let's join him in the second chapter of James as he explores the issue of partiality.
0:47.2	What is this sin of partiality, prejudice or discrimination?
0:55.7	It is the sin of illegitimately elevating yourself over others, making up rules on your
1:04.4	own that makes you think you are better.
1:08.7	Conversely, it is demeaning, discriminating or dismissing people based on an illegitimate
1:16.7	criteria.
1:19.8	It is where you abandon a biblical standard in order to fulfill a personal or cultural
1:27.2	expectation.
1:30.6	Now to be certain, the Bible is not against all prejudices.
1:35.9	The Bible is not against all discrimination.
1:39.1	The Bible is not against all partiality.
1:43.2	We are supposed to discriminate between good and evil, righteousness and unrighteousness,
1:50.7	we are supposed to discriminate between light and darkness, we are supposed to discriminate
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