Partiality

Deuteronomy 1:17-19 – Do not show partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be afraid of anyone, for judgment belongs to God. Bring me any case too hard for you, and I will hear it.” And at that time I told you everything you were to do. Then, as the Lord our God commanded us, we set out from Horeb and went toward the hill country of the Amorites through all that vast and dreadful wilderness that you have seen, and so we reached Kadesh Barnea.

Acts 10:34-35 – Then Peter began to speak: “I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts from every nation the one who fears him and does what is right.

James 2:1 – My brothers and sisters, believers in our glorious Lord Jesus Christ must not show favoritism.

Jeremiah 2:2,6 – “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem: “This is what the Lord says: “‘I remember the devotion of your youth, how as a bride you loved me and followed me through the wilderness, through a land not sown…They did not ask, ‘Where is the Lord, who brought us up out of Egypt and led us through the barren wilderness, through a land of deserts and ravines, a land of drought and utter darkness, a land where no one travels and no one lives?’

Application:

• ·         God does not favor individuals because of their station in life, their nationality or their material possessions.
• ·         God does not show favoritism—nor should believers.
• ·         The Hebrew for devotion refers to the most intimate degree of loyalty, love and faithfulness that can exist between two people or between an individual and the Lord.
• ·         The Lord, Israel’s Redeemer, freed His people from Egyptian bondage so that they might serve Him alone.

All Scripture verses taken from NIV