"Have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?" (James 2:4).
"Distinctions" here means "differences" or "divisions". The idea is that the church is noting their differences (i.e. rich vs poor). These differences are distinctions that God himself does not make and thus they are futile. At Grace River, we have learned to read "good" as "beneficial" and "evil" as "detrimental". In this verse, then, we find that difference-finding or judging based on externals is detrimental. It is the result of faulty reasoning. We are not capable on our own of determining a person's present and future value especially by simply looking at externals like the way that they are dressed. God judges the heart!
Today, let's continue to practice looking past what we see to find what God sees.
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