NO PARTIALITY
Romans 2:11
For there is no partiality with God.
Personal Challenge
We live in a day of extremes. Our world has become divided by the great purveyor of division and we have bought in to this lie, hook, line, and sinker. It is not only in the world, but is deeply enmeshed is our churches as well because we who profess to be Christians have brought it there. Democrat versus Republican. Mask verse no mask. Vaccinated verses anti-vaccinated. Pews versus no pews. What have we done. We rally our forces and often use the same scriptures to justify our positions. We make terse statements to justify our stand, hurting those on the other side, all the while proclaiming that it was not our intention to hurt anyone. God does not show partiality. He loves us all equally. The Church throughout history has suffered many divisions and yet still stands. Both Jesus and Paul knew this would happen because they prayed for unity. We cannot be unified if we continue to choose to be aligned with a side and jeer at the person on the other side. If we are truly followers of Christ, then we will love each other as He loved us. Lord, have mercy! Lord, have mercy on us sinners! Lord, have mercy on your broken church! Lord, have mercy!
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