Romans: Rooted in Jesus - You're Welcome

God shows no partiality, Romans 2:11. There is no partiality with Him, Ephesians 6:9. In Scripture, the word partiality is an idiom expressed as accepting face. The simple idea is that we show favoritism to some people based on our preconceived perspectives. Another word is prejudice, which etymologically means to pre-judge someone. We do this with social status, as with the French Revolution, or ethnicities as with the Nazi regime. But we express multiple other prejudices as a people group.

As we will see in the next section of Romans, the church had significant partiality within the community, centered around ethnicity, culture, and conscience. In our text, Paul applies the gospel with precision to expose the sinful root issues, the heart issues that divided the church. Not only is partiality contrary to our common humanity, love itself, and all considerations of grace, it is the opposite of God! Join us as we worship our Holy God, who shows no partiality, Acts 10:34.

Tim Locke