“For if a man comes into your assembly with a gold ring and dressed in fine clothes, and there also comes in a poor man in dirty clothes, and you pay special attention to the one who is wearing the fine clothes, and say, "You sit here in a good place," and you say to the poor man, "You stand over there, or sit down by my footstool," have you not made distinctions among yourselves, and become judges with evil motives?”
(James 2:2-4, NASB).
Have you ever been in a local Church where when you observe the place, you see the young around the young, married couples around married couples, the elderly around the elderly, the rich hanging around the rich, and the poor hanging around the poor, etc.? What’s more is that after being in this Church for a short while, you will notice a certain prominent group of people, particularly a family who have a strong influence within the congregation. They are the ones running the show in that local Church. After being in this congregation for awhile, you notice you don’t fit in with any of the groups there. And because you don’t conform to the way things are in that Church, you feel alienated and left out in the cold. You also notice that preferential treatment is given towards those in the congregation who are either wealthy or are popular.
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