Honor or Dishonor? – James 2: 6a

The Tomb of the Unknown Soldier is guarded by men who dedicate their lives to honoring those who have passed on in the service of their country.

But you have dishonored the poor.

Sometimes there is as much in what the Bible doesn’t say as what it does say. John has divided the world up into three groups, but he only mentions two. One group is “the rich,” the second group is “the poor.” The third group is everyone else, those who discriminate between the rich and the poor.

This third group of people are those that James is writing to. James refers to them as his “brothers and sisters.” Since all those who believe in Jesus are brothers and sisters in Christ (Mark 3:35) James is talking to us as well.

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