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James 2:1-4
My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism. Suppose a man comes into your meeting wearing a gold ring and fine clothes, and a poor man in filthy old clothes also comes in. If you show special attention to the man wearing fine clothes and say, “Here’s a good seat for you,” but say to the poor man, “You stand there” or “Sit on the floor by my feet,” have you not discriminated among yourselves and become judges with evil thoughts?
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Growing up in my family's local church, I saw a lot of favoritism and praise towards the saints and specific localities who either completed the FTTA, or have the character, lifestyle, and intelligence aligned closest to it. So, saints in my locality and some of neighboring localities try to incorporate as much FTTA aspects as they reasonably could in shaping children's and young adults' character and reputation in the LC.
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James chapter 2 is what comes to mind when I think of the full time training and its affect on localities. There's favoritism, "special attention", and lots of it. The Local Church culture morphed into a class system if there wasn't one already. Many years ago when I was a single brothers, never did I dare to think I would end up being treated differently than the other brothers in our brothers house because I had no desire for the full time training. Well, that's what happened. My experience confirmed my observation.