On December 1,
1955, 42-year-old Rosa Parks boarded a city bus in Montgomery, Alabama. Rosa sat in a seat just behind the first ten
rows which were reserved for whites.
Soon all ten rows were filled and Rosa was asked to move to the back of
the bus to give her seat up for a white man.
This was normal custom for the time, but this day Rosa refused. She stood her ground and was eventually
arrested for her actions.
Rosa’s story is a
source of encouragement for those who have been wronged and desire to stand up
for what is right. But her story also
speaks of our focus this coming Sunday: discrimination. We in the church may not discriminate to the
effect of the Jim Crow laws of the 50s and 60s, but James makes it clear that favoritism,
preferential treatment, partiality, and discrimination have no place in the
church.
What are some
common ways we discriminate against others in the church? How can we combat our tendency to show
favoritism? Is partiality a sin?
May we hear God as
He speaks to us this week through His Word in James.
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