There is nothing you can to do make God love you more! There is nothing you can do to make God love you less! His love is Unconditional, Impartial, Everlasting, Infinite, Perfect! ¹ Impartial is the word for today. It’s the concept which the Word of God addresses and yet one in which the world constantly struggles to achieve. Prejudice and impartial behavior are headline news almost daily in our nation. It doesn’t have to be. Just look at your heavenly Father and emulate Him.

James 2:1 (KJV)
¹ My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons.

Our Unbiased and Impartial Heavenly Father

• The scriptures testify to God’s impartiality.

Romans 2:11 (KJV)
¹¹ For there is no respect of persons with God.

Ephesians 6:9 (KJV)
⁹ And, ye masters, do the same things unto them, forbearing threatening: knowing that your Master also is in heaven; neither is there respect of persons with him.

Colossians 3:25 (KJV)
²⁵ But he that doeth wrong shall receive for the wrong which he hath done: and there is no respect of persons.

• Romans 2:11, Ephesians 6:9, and Colossians 3:25 all translate the word ‘respect’ from the same Greek word found in James 2:1.
• Many other verses show God’s unbiased attitude.

Deuteronomy 10:17 (KJV)
¹⁷ For the Lord your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:

2 Chronicles 19:7 (KJV)
⁷ Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the Lord our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.

Job 34:19 (KJV)
¹⁹ How much less to him that accepteth not the persons of princes, Nor regardeth the rich more than the poor? For they all are the work of his hands.

Luke 20:21 (KJV)
²¹ And they asked him, saying, Master, we know that thou sayest and teachest rightly, neither acceptest thou the person of any, but teachest the way of God truly:

Galatians 2:6 (KJV)
⁶ But of these who seemed to be somewhat, (whatsoever they were, it maketh no matter to me: God accepteth no man’s person:) for they who seemed to be somewhat in conference added nothing to me:

1 Peter 1:17 (KJV)
¹⁷ And if ye call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according to every man’s work, pass the time of your sojourning here in fear:

• It’s all over the Bible, Old Testament to New.
• God has been addressing the issue of prejudice for thousands of years.
• Prejudice wants to persecute the differences among men.
• God is the Creator of variety.
• He made man in shades and sizes.
• He made them male and female.

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Genesis 1:27 (KJV)
²⁷ So God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them.

• Right from the beginning God introduced difference.
• Men go about uniformity the wrong way.
• They try to achieve it in the wrong realm.
• Potpourri, blessed assortment, reigns in the earth.
• It’s supposed to.
• All flowers are not the same flowers.
• All mountains are not the same height.
• All men are not the same color.
• In the Spirit, the realm where love is king, there is likeness.
• In that sphere, we are all one in Christ.
• In that domain, the domain of ‘in Christ’, this Jesus bunch are all brothers.
• Galatians 3:27-28 explains this sameness.

Galatians 3:27–28 (KJV)
²⁷ For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. ²⁸ There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.

• In Christ, there is neither race, social class, nor gender distinctions.
• Service is the great separator.
• Jesus said those who want distinction must become the servants of all.

Mark 9:35 (KJV)
³⁵ And he sat down, and called the twelve, and saith unto them, If any man desire to be first, the same shall be last of all, and servant of all.

• Men who do not understand, continue to flood the earth with prejudice.
• The bad behavior permeates from days of old.
• It is an old acquaintance of civilization with God its constant enemy.

Various Translations of ‘Respect of Persons’

• The phrase ‘with respect of persons’ is translated in other versions as
  • ‘show no partiality’ in the Revised Standard Version;
  • ‘do not hold your faith…with an attitude of personal favoritism’ in the New American Standard;
  • ‘never treat people in different ways according to their outward appearance’ in the Good News Bible.
• Whether prejudice, partiality, attitude of personal favoritism, or treating people different according to their outward appearance, the concept is the same.
• God is not prejudiced and in order to walk closely with Him, you can’t be either.

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Call to Action:

The scriptures are clear. Believers are to be imitators of God. Following the admonition in Ephesians 5 is the only way to rid your walk and this planet of the stinky sin of prejudice.

Ephesians 5:1–2 (RSV)
¹ Therefore be imitators of God, as beloved children. ² And walk in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us, a fragrant offering and sacrifice to God.

Question: What are your thoughts on this volatile subject? Please share them in them in the comments section below.

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