Daily Devotional: 6/28/2018 - FAVORITISM

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"I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism but accepts every nation the one who fears him and does what is right." Acts 10:34-35

The one great thing about God is he shows no favoritism, unlike what the devotional title says. He accepts all people, it does not matter the color of you skin, what your gender is, what your age is, whether your poor or rich, or even where your started from. Jesus lived this kind of lifestyle. He healed people that were deemed untouchable by cultural standards. He talked with women, the poor, the rich, the young, and the old. He stepped out of cultural norms on a number of occasions. As long as you showed faith and feared the Lord you were good in his eyes. He saw the best in everyone. God created us all to be different, but to be equal at the same time. We come from the cut out of him image (Genesis 1:27). Galatians 3:26-29 says, "So in Christ Jesus you are all children of God through faith, for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free, nor is there male and female, for you are all one Christ Jesus. If you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham's seed, and heirs according to his promise." We are all one in Christ, is blood was shed for all of us. We are all children of God. We are all saved by grace and faith. Romans 2:11 says, "For God shows no partiality." Partiality is defined as unfair bias in favor of one thing or person compared with another; favoritism. God shows no bias towards anyone. He loves us all unconditionally, he sees no difference is any of us. He wants us all to be our best. He will leave the 99 in order to save 1 (Matthew 18:12), and it does not matter who it is. Romans 3:22-24 says, "This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and all are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus." There is no difference between Jew and Gentile, the same way there is no difference between White and Back, or Asian and Hispanic. We are all the same, we are all children of God. We have all sinned and all have and will fall short of the glory. All sin is the same and no sin is greater or lesser in the eyes of God. We are all "justified freely by grace". James 2:9 says, "But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers." Just as God does not show favoritism we should be doing the same God created us all equal and he loves us all equal, he wants us to do the same. He wants us to love our neighbor as we love our self (Mark 12:31). We are called to love our neighbor and everyone is our neighbor. John 13:16 says, "Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him." Status is an earthly thing. In the eyes of God and in the Kingdom of God we are all the same, we are all on the same level. All God wants from us is to "fear" (love) him. He does not care who you are, you are a child of God. He wants us to do right and live like him. He sent the perfect example to live by and that is our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. We have to act like and reflect the image of Jesus. He wants us to glorify his name. Jesus's blood redeems all, he grants salvation to everyone who believes first the "Jew then the Gentile" (Romans 1:16). Just like our parents there is no favoritism between the kids, the same is with God. They love us all unconditionally. We are called to make disciples of all nations.

"Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19

Lord, thank you for your love, for your grace, and for your mercy. Thank you for creating us all to be equal. You created us from the cut out of your perfect image. You show no favoritism, we are all same in your eyes. We are all your children. Give us the strength and wisdom to show no favoritism to each other, and treat each other they way you treat us with love, grace, and mercy. I pray all this in your son's name, Amen.

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