*Treat all people with honor*

Celebrities earn more respect in society even if they live a sinful life. People treat those with great names more favorably than those without a name. Treating celebrities that come to your house or church more favorably than other people constitutes what can be called discrimination and favoritism. Favoritism and discrimination are sinful before God, and should not be done. 

You should stop treating people based on who they are in society or base on what you think they can do for you. You need to love the poor people and treat them favorably just like the way you treat those you hold in high esteem. Don’t treat the poor differently from those who are rich when they come to your house, but treat both rich and poor equally. Poor people that you despise might have more faith in God than celebrities that you honor. The poor person you despise today might become a great person tomorrow because of his faith in God. You should not honor what God despises and despise what God honors, that is why you should treat all people that come to your house or church equally without judging. 

See what the scriptures say

James 2:1-13 ESV (1)  “My brothers, show no partiality as you hold the faith in our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory. (2)  For if a man wearing a gold ring and fine clothing comes into your assembly, and a poor man in shabby clothing also comes in, (3)  and if you pay attention to the one who wears the fine clothing and says, “You sit here in a good place,” while you say to the poor man, “You stand over there,” or, “Sit down at my feet,” (4)  have you not then made distinctions among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts? (5)  Listen, my beloved brothers, has not God chosen those who are poor in the world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom, which he has promised to those who love him? (6)  But you have dishonored the poor man. Are not the rich the ones who oppress you, and the ones who drag you into court? (7)  Are they not the ones who blaspheme the honorable name by which you were called? (8)  If you really fulfill the royal law according to the Scripture, “You shall love your neighbor as yourself,” you are doing well. (9)  But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. (10)  For whoever keeps the whole law but fails at one point has become guilty of all of it. (11)  For he who said, “Do not commit adultery,” also said, “Do not murder.” If you do not commit adultery but do murder, you have become a transgressor of the law. (12)  So speak and so act as those who are to be judged under the law of liberty. (13)  For judgment is without mercy to one who has shown no mercy. Mercy triumphs over judgment.”

*Treat all people with honor*. From Simtandile Dlepuma. Stay blessed.

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