~ God Is Impartial ~
While God
does have His chosen people He does not play favorites.
No Difference In Our Nature
~ “But
now the righteousness of God apart from the law is revealed, being witnessed by
the Law and the Prophets, even the righteousness of God, through faith in Jesus
Christ, to all and on all who believe. For
there is no difference; for all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God,
being justified freely by His grace through the redemption that is in Christ
Jesus, whom God set forth as a propitiation by His blood, through faith, to
demonstrate His righteousness, because in His forbearance God had passed over
the sins that were previously committed, to demonstrate at the present time His
righteousness, that He might be just and the justifier of the one who has faith
in Jesus” (Romans 3:21-26).
No Difference In Grace Available
~ “For
Moses writes about the righteousness which is of the law, ‘The man who does
those things shall live by them.’ But
the righteousness of faith speaks in this way, ‘Do not say in your heart, “Who
will ascend into heaven?”’ (that is, to bring Christ down from above) or, ‘“Who
will descend into the abyss?”’ (that
is, to bring Christ up from the dead).
But what does it say? ‘The word
is near you, in your mouth and in your heart’ (that is, the word of faith which
we preach): that if you confess with your
mouth the Lord Jesus and believe in your heart that God has raised Him from the
dead, you will be saved. For with
the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is
made unto salvation. For the Scripture
says, ‘Whoever believes on Him will not be put to shame.’ For
there is no distinction between Jew and Greek, for the same Lord over all is
rich to all who call upon Him. For
‘whoever calls on the name of the Lord
shall be saved’” (Romans
10:5-13).
~ Robert Lloyd Russell, ABUNDANT LIFE NOW
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