Today on Summit Life with J.D. Greer.

How you treat the poor or how forgiving you are or how accepting you are is the indicator light of whether you

understand the gospel. You want to know if you understand the gospel really? It's shown in your generosity of spirit

toward people around you,

whether that means accepting those who are different,

receiving those with trouble past,

or sharing resources with those who do not have. Welcome to Summit Life with Pastor JD Greer.

As always, I'm your host Molly Bitevich.

Today we're jumping back into James Chapter 2

as Pastor JD unpacks a section of scripture

that talks about what a serious error it is when we show partiality

to anyone, especially in the church.

If we are to truly fulfill Jesus' command to love our neighbors as we love ourselves, we must be willing to see others as he sees them.

People made in the image of God, worthy to be treated with dignity and shown mercy.

And that goes for everyone, whether rich or poor, regardless of

race or skin color or what talents they can offer to the church. God loves us all and we ought

to mirror that love to others.

If you miss the first half of this teaching from yesterday,

you can listen online at JDGrier.com.

Right now let's rejoin Pastor J.D.

for the second part of his message titled People Who Don't Belong in Church.

The gospel is that before God we were all poor, blind, wretched because of our sin, children of wrath, sons and daughters

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