Ashech

james refered this is the royal commandment because it proceeded from the mouth of the King of kings and Lord of lords. it is more royal law than the mosaic because it instructs love for God and love for our neighbours whereas mosiac law is more generally for detering of sin. favoritism does not perfect our love for our neigbours but inclines towards selfish gain rather than sacrificial which we might give without gaining.

showing favor to certain type of people by their outlook only, made us a judge. by own judgement we accept those we usually like, such as the rich or the elites. our judgements are usually selfish. this is very evil because we prejudge not according the heart but by appearances before God.

to me being religious is not playing church or indulging more knowledge of spiritual things. it is life practice in pleasing the very heart of God. to tame the tongue in order not to hurt others into suffering of sin but to bless them. to give to or care for the needy shows love of God to them and at the same time, we are practising a part of the great commandment 'to love thy neighbours as thyself'. if we love ourselves of abling to receive the mercy of God in times of need, then we ought to give mercy to those who are in need. God is merciful to those who show mercy.

in church we say we welcome everyone. if i checked myself i found myself inwardly had favoritism. my gesture did not seem to welcome people who had body smell that were disgusting such as those who smoked or always bodily not cleaned. (may God has mercy on me). because that would effect those who were sitting nearby in church service hours. i also disliked those abused the love of other saints and taking advangtages of their generousity. my church i attend, consists mostly with elderly ones, there are people who are stroke victims. we allow those suffering of mental sickness to join our fellowships too. maybe God want to impress, this church has this kind of grace to love others.

In trails, easy matters we do but hard things we need God. we need wisdom to solve problems. when we are out of wit, it is good to seek The Provider Of Wisdom. in verse 5 God promises us wisdom. yet He is generous to give wisdom to us graciously that meet the standard of approval in solving our problems. the condition for us is not to doubt Him. trails humble us to make our faith strong.

Trails make us to suffer. The pressure on us depends on our individual understanding of the purposes of trials and the strength of endurance. In trials, God shows out our defects in our lives which ought to be changed. At the beginning, I might brood over the sufferings and tried to solve them. When I was at the wit end, then I would commit them to the Lord, yet with doubts. As time passed I considered those trials that I had passed through, I found out those I had doubted God caused me more pain. So we cannot afford to have one mind wanted to focus on God and another dwells in the doubts. Henceforth through expriences I know trials help to draw me nearer to God and also restore me by getting off the defects in my life. As I count on God's way of helping me out of my own many sufferings, certainly my mind has to single out to God again to help me in the next trial because whenever there is a trail there His loving heart is with me. Knowing God's way of allowing trails in my life, so he is sanctifying me with His love makes me trust Him the more with patience.

people blame God because :- 1) they do not know why evil preys on them 2) they assume God is the creator of evil (whereas evil was created by His creation, the fallen ones). 3) they do not really know this loving God. 4) they dislike God allows evil to exist in their lifetime. i do believe God loves everyone, and he will not tempt anyone with evil. that is to say, to make anyone separate from Him. it is not God desire that man should live with evil but it was the first created Man who wanted mankind to know what was evil by eating the prohibited fruit. therefore God allows evil to exist so that mankind will generally find out how evil will make their hearts sinful. also how evil will effects their lifestyle and joy. consequently mankind will still need to trust Him to help them from evil.

How about Christian who does charity work and worships God always, but just have hatred and unforgiveness against until death? Do you think this believer in Christ who just has this sinning, is able to enter the New Jerusalem?