KNOT!!!

The following is a ‘Background check’ on the 12 Apostles:

All of them have now taken the battery of tests and we have run them through our computers.

It is the opinion of this research facility that:
1. Nominees are lacking in background, educational and vocational aptitude for the type of enterprise you are undertaking.
2. They do not have the team concept.
3. Simon Peter is emotionally unstable and given to fits of temper.
4. Andrew has no leadership skills at all.
5. James and John (brothers), place personal interest above company loyalty.
6. Thomas demonstrates a questioning attitude that would tend to undermine morale.
7. Matthew has been blacklisted by the Jerusalem Better Business Bureau.
8. James the son of Alpheus and Thaddeus has radical thinking and registered high manic-depressive scores.

One of the candidates shows great potential. He is a man of ability and resourcefulness who meets people well and has a keen business mind. He has contacts in high places and is highly motivated, ambitious and responsible.

We recommend Judas Iscariot as your best pick for an Apostle based on these findings.

For the other, open positions, we would recommend that you continue your search for persons with experience and proven capability.

End Report:

If a rich man entered our church service and a poor man followed, who would you be more excited to see? Now, in your heart, be honest with yourselves. If you saw them drive up to the church in a Jaguar or Mercedes Benz, have on a shiny suit and jewelry, would you think to yourself, "Wouldn’t it be great if he would pick our church to attend?"

Do we befriend the popular people at Church before others; ask for their friendship on Facebook based on their leader standings within the church; go to a specific church because that’s where (insert famous person here) goes to church; or join a small group because it will look good on your Christian resume? There’s more but you get the idea. Sometimes, we look at people by what they have and how they can help us and that is worldly.

James tells us in Chapter 2:1 that we are not to show favoritism. That means that we are not to look at one person over another because of what they have or how they can benefit us. In our society today, we like to think of ourselves as open-minded and fair. We pride ourselves in believing that we look past externals and avoid making personal judgments of others. Unfortunately, this is not usually true, even in the church.

Let me tell you a secret: Paul loves to do Macramé (no, it’s not a dance), its art with rope, twine or cord. Its decorative Knots arranged for functionality. An example of Macramé is a Hammock…made with a series of knots and rope. If one knot within the design of this hammock is wrong, out of place or not tied correctly, the design is imperfect. If you lay on the hammock with the bad knot many things can happen…the hammock could be uncomfortable; hard to lie in or even fail as you lay down in it.

When you play favorites and set other people lower than your friends or even family...

Your “KNOT” is wrong, out of place and KNOT tied correctly!

Read James 2:1-13 – It’s “Knot” a waste of time!