Acts 10:34-35 … The non-partiality of God (12/10/16)
“God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who respects Him and does what is Right is acceptable to Him.” ~ Luke (Acts 10:34-35)
Initially, it is important to remember the obvious (yet oft-forgotten) Truth that any god who is partial – i.e. any god who gives preferential treatment to one portion of his/her “subjects” over all the rest – is a god who is patently unworthy of our respect, much less our worship …
Of course, as Luke points out in this passage, the heavenly Father of Jesus Christ does not have this problem. Quite to the contrary, He is a God whose Love is perfect (Matthew 5:48), a God whose mercy is perfect (Luke 6:36), a God whose forgiveness is perfect (Matthew 8:21-22), and a God whose approach to sin knows nothing of partiality or punishment – much less any semblance of Hell or damnation (1 John 4:18).
Indeed, even the words “in every nation” allude to the same, reflecting as they do the seventy “nations” that encompass all of humanity mentioned in Genesis 10.
Finally, please note as well that all who respect God and Do what is Right (a redundancy, of course, as the only way to Respect a Loving God is to do what is Right – and the only way to Do what is Right is to extend others that same, perfect Love) are accepted as is … And note that there is no mention of what happens to those who do not show this requisite respect. Indeed, this is quite appropriate for a verse speaking of a God who “shows no partiality”, as this verse is positively phrased; reflecting a godhead who is positively Loving towards those who choose to Love. As such, it can be implied here as well that anyone who feels rejected by God is actually experiencing a rejection of their own Soul by their own ego (due to a chosen absence of Love in their own chosen deeds) – not a rejection of a supposedly judgmental god showing partiality against the same.
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