{"id":2296,"date":"2020-06-28T06:28:59","date_gmt":"2020-06-28T14:28:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2296"},"modified":"2020-06-28T06:28:59","modified_gmt":"2020-06-28T14:28:59","slug":"devotion-james-21-all-from-adam-and-noah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/?p=2296","title":{"rendered":"Devotion James 2:1 All From Adam and Noah"},"content":{"rendered":"

James 2:1<\/b>\u00a0– My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

Matthew 28:19-20<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,\u00a0baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,<\/span>\u00a020\u00a0and teaching\u00a0them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you\u00a0always, to the very end of the age.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Acts 15:9<\/b>\u00a0– He did not discriminate between us and them, for He purified their hearts by faith.<\/p>\n

Heroism is not an act that is done, it is a quality of character that pre-exists and rises at the right time.<\/p>\n

On FB I saw a post about two men who are heroic young black men.\u00a0\u00a0This did not surprise me.\u00a0\u00a0This happens every day.\u00a0\u00a0I know and have known many adult \u201cboy scouts\u201d and \u201cgirl scouts\u201d from every race and culture.\u00a0\u00a0People of all colors do wonderful acts of kindness and bravery every day. This should not surprise us.<\/p>\n

A few days ago I was taking the old truck out and it stalled on busy Western Ave., just before an intersection. It just cut off. There was no power. It seemed liked something shorted out. The truck is a big old 3\/4 ton beast with big tires and a camper shell on it. The tow truck was immediately called. There were frustrated people honking and going around me. All of a sudden there was a young man, not so different from either of those two young men, who had run across traffic to ask me if he could help by pushing the truck. I told him that I wouldn’t ask him to try it by himself because the truck is so heavy.\u00a0\u00a0So he said he would get a couple friends to help and he ran off. Very shortly he was back with a couple friends. Before they started I told the young man that I would normally want to thank them with some money for helping but he smiled a big smile and he said something like “Oh, no worries man!” They then pushed me across an intersection so that I was parked safely next to the curb. I gave them the few dollars I had on me and wished I could have given them more. I so appreciated the help!<\/p>\n

The thing is, the young man didn’t help me for the money.\u00a0\u00a0No, he helped me because it was in his heart to do. I am so grateful to him. Now what he looked like should not matter, but I will mention it only in light of the current hysteria around race. He was a young black man. When he had suddenly appeared at my window I was at first startled, not because of his race but because he had some deep scabs on one side of his face. He had been hurt. He could have fallen off his skateboard, or he could have gotten beaten up. His severe healing wounds startled me. He being black did not surprise me. Almost all the black men I know I truly admire and love. Good men, with good hearts who will jump in to help a stranger. Just like men of any other color. Because they are just like men of any other color. I don’t like mentioning that he was Black but I do because of what is currently going on. Family, most of us try to be kind to each other (but we all have varying days of success with that).\u00a0\u00a0And, by the way, a young lady of color (actually a neighbor girl) had offered to push the truck. I was floored that this teenage girl would offer to help. She actually stayed close by to make sure I would be okay. Both of these young people just wanted to help. I appreciate them both and am grateful for their kindness.<\/div>\n
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The angels of God are messengers, or representatives of Him.\u00a0 Apostles were likewise delegates, or messengers of God.\u00a0 They work for God.\u00a0 I think that this young man, his friends, and the young girl all were used to express God\u2019s care and love for me.\u00a0 They were not angels, but very much were used of God as angels and apostles are.\u00a0 Yes, the young man was black, the friends that he got to help were white, and the young lady was hispanic.\u00a0 That is who God sent to help me.\u00a0 Not surprising to me.\u00a0 Most of us are more alike than different.\u00a0 Cultures are different, and important, but they are small differences between us.\u00a0 The most important thing is that Jesus died for all of us.\u00a0 All of us.\u00a0 What is most important to me is what we all have in common.\u00a0 We are all God\u2019s creation.\u00a0 We all have spirit, soul and body.\u00a0 (1 Thessalonians 5:23<\/b>)\u00a0 Jesus died for all of us. (Ephesians 2:4-6<\/b>) He loves all of us.\u00a0 That is what matters to me.\u00a0\u00a0 Laws will not heal our land.\u00a0 God living in us and so loving all of us through each other is what will heal our land.\u00a0 Since I know that God living in us only happens through Jesus Christ, it is why I share the love of God for all mankind that came to save us through Jesus.\u00a0 And, it doesn\u2019t matter to me what shade of skin Jesus was, it was who He was and what He did that matters most.\u00a0 Just like these people that helped me.\u00a0 The color of their skin was inconsequential, the kindness in their hearts is what mattered to me.\u00a0 To me, I saw the Lord through these people, whatever their color, and whatever their beliefs. \u00a0I see our creator in people of all color. (I detest having to say that!\u00a0 Isn\u2019t that obvious?)\u00a0 These young people reinforced to me that God is good all the time and that He loves us.\u00a0 So thankful for them.\u00a0 Most of all, I\u2019m so thankful to God.\u00a0 Praise God who sent Jesus to die for us all!\u00a0 Praise God!\u00a0 Always, praise God!<\/div>\n

Psalm 150:6<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0Let everything that has breath praise the Lord.\u00a0 Praise the Lord!<\/p>\n

Micah 7:7<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0But as for me, I watch\u00a0in hope\u00a0for the\u00a0Lord, I wait for God my Savior; my God will hear\u00a0me.<\/p>\n

Micah 6:8<\/b>\u00a0–\u00a0He has shown You, O man, what\u00a0is\u00a0good; And what does the\u00a0Lord\u00a0require of You but to do justly, to love mercy, And to walk humbly with Your God.<\/p>\n

Numbers 6:24-26<\/b>\u00a0\u201cThe\u00a0Lord\u00a0bless you and keep you; 25\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0make His face shine on you and be gracious to you; 26\u00a0the\u00a0Lord\u00a0turn His face\u00a0toward you and give you peace.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James 2:1\u00a0– My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.\u00a0 Matthew 28:19-20\u00a0–\u00a0Therefore go and make disciples of all nations,\u00a0baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit,\u00a020\u00a0and teaching\u00a0them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1192],"tags":[82,1841,1700,101,94,1874,17,757],"class_list":["post-2296","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-devotion","tag-acts","tag-ephesians","tag-james","tag-matthew","tag-micah","tag-numbers","tag-psalm","tag-thessalonians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2296"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2297,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2296\/revisions\/2297"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.Bob4God.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}