{"id":118,"date":"2019-04-27T17:45:53","date_gmt":"2019-04-27T22:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/?p=118"},"modified":"2019-04-27T17:45:53","modified_gmt":"2019-04-27T22:45:53","slug":"the-sin-of-partiality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/?p=118","title":{"rendered":"The Sin of Partiality"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Racism\nhas been a popular topic in our media over the last few years. \nWhether or not you believe it is as big an issue as some claim makes\nno difference, but it is a part of a much bigger problem that has\nplagued mankind since time began. Partiality, or showing one type of\nperson favor over another, cannot be a part of the Christian’s life. \nIt takes many forms; racism, favor toward the rich, praising the\nathletic over the scholastic and so on and so forth but regardless it\nis still a sin. Those who are caught in it will often try to justify\ntheir actions, often using stereotypes or the actions of only one\nperson to say that group deserves it. The Christian on the other\nhand should treat all types of people the same, with love and\nrespect. This is not to say that we accept any sins that they commit\nbut we do our best to see them as God sees them, as individuals that\nneed to be saved and we must therefore want to. Let us look more\ndeeply as to why partiality is such a bad thing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. It\n\tis not how God feels: <\/strong>If there\n\tis one thing that makes God the perfect judge is that He has no\n\tsince of partiality. When it came to punishment in the Old\n\tTestament, even those close to Him did not escape His wrath. Look\n\tat Moses when he smote the rock instead of speaking to it (Numbers\n\t20:8-12). Despite his being able to speak with God face to face,\n\tthis did not allow him exemption from punishment. David was the\n\tsame way. He was known as a man after God’s heart but after his sin\n\twith Bathsheba he too was punished. God does not allow sin at all. \n\tThen we look at passages like Colossians 3:11. In the kingdom of\n\tGod, our race and our wealth does not distinguish us in God’s sight.\n\t We all can achieve heaven and will face the same judgment.\n\t<\/li>
  2. It\n\twill hinder us in our work for Christ: <\/strong>Imagine\n\tback to the time before any of us were Christians. Now think if no\n\tone taught you the gospel because of your background. Just because\n\tyou were white, grew up a Catholic or maybe grew up poor, no one\n\tthought you worthy for the kingdom of God. Even if they did teach\n\tit would only be because God told them to. Would you be very\n\treceptive of the gospel then?\n\t<\/li>
  3. It\n\tmakes us sinners: <\/strong>In James 2,\n\tthe writer goes into great detail about this sin. He says that even\n\tif we keep everything else but stumble in this point, we violate the\n\tlaw. Granted, he makes a blanket statement and covers all sin but\n\tthis would definitely fit as well.\n\t<\/li>
  4. It\n\tcauses us to feel no love: <\/strong>Many\n\tpeople who feel partial toward others still view themselves as\n\tloving. Let us think about this for just a moment. We are told to\n\tlove our neighbors as ourselves and this includes all men. What\n\tdoes love entail? It means we look past the outward appearance, past\n\tthe background to who the person actually is. Even if that person\n\tis a horrible individual we are still to love them (Luke 6:35). \n\tLove also means doing what is best for them, even if it personally\n\tcosts us and they are ungrateful. After hearing this description,\n\thow does this fit with partiality? The truth is, it does not. We\n\tcannot be loving and partial at the same time.\n<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    \tPartiality\nis a awful thing. We must remember that God made every single person\nwho walks on this earth, the bad and the good. Let us also not\nforget that Jesus died for every one of them, bad and good. If\neveryone is worth Jesus’s death in the eyes of God, then they should\nbe worth our love and attention as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Racism has been a popular topic in our media over the last few years. Whether or not you believe it is as big an issue as some claim makes no difference, but it is a part of a much bigger problem that has plagued mankind since time began. Partiality, or showing one type of person […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions\/119"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wmadisonchurch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}