On Favoritism

My dear brothers and sisters, how can you claim to have faith in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ if you favor some people over others? (James 2.1 NLT). So simple and direct. If we are followers of Christ, we should not show favoritism to the rich over the poor, or to the poor over the rich; to businessmen over the working-class or the working class over businessmen, etc. Every person is equally as valuable as the next because they are a person. I suspect that sometimes it is a real struggle not to do this and we need to check our hearts and actions so that we don't do it. We honor God when we treat every person as God created them: equal.