No Favorites

Notice with me the emphasis found in these verses of Scripture:

• Acts 10:34 “Then Peter began to speak: ‘I now realize how true it is that God does not show favoritism....’”
• Romans 2:11, “For God does not show favoritism.”
• Ephesians 6:9, “...There is no favoritism with him.”
• Colossians 3:25, “The Lord treats everyone the same.”
• 1 Peter 1:17, “Anyone who does wrong will be repaid for his wrong, and there is no favoritism.”

Do you get the point?
 
Many people have the misguided idea that:

• The rich person is of far greater worth than is a poor person.
• The young person is of far greater worth than is an older person.
• The healthy person is of far greater worth than is an unhealthy person.
• The educated person is of far greater worth than is an uneducated person.
• The attractive person is of far greater worth than is an unattractive person.
• The person of this particular color or race is of far greater worth than is a person of that particular color or race.

God doesn’t buy into that argument. Hebrews 10:10 teaches us that He paid one price “once for all” FOR ALL -- His only begotten Son Jesus!
 
Back in 1997 I went to Romania to minister. One of the many things that stands out in
my mind from the trip is the number of street children that I saw in Bucharest. I under-
stand that there are literally thousands of these kids on the streets at any one time. I particularly remember seeing two of them, probably seven or eight years old, begging from a busy sidewalk in the heart of the business district. They were very dirty. They were begging with one hand and each one eating an equally dirty apple with the other hand. It is therefore no wonder that such kids are diseased, and lice ridden. It is a proven fact that they have been abused both physically and sexually, even by the local police. They are looked on as being worthless; as being nothing more than human trash. 
 
What would one of those children be worth? Interestingly enough, God paid the same price to purchase one of those street children in Romania as He paid for you and me; as He paid for Billy Graham.
 
Have you ever wondered if anyone cares if you live or die; if anyone really gives a rip?

• Maybe you feel as if your clothes are not good enough.
• Maybe you are feeling too old to be of any use to anyone anymore.
• Maybe you are feeling rejected and unloved by family and friends; and
  
• Maybe you are wondering if your life even matters anymore!  

Have I just described you? If so, listen closely. God looks over the banister of heaven today and He sees something in you that you may not even see in yourself. 

• He is purposefully directing this message to you. 
• He is wanting to speak to your heart. 
• He wants you to know that SLIDE 26: when “God … gave His one and only Son to

die on that old rugged cross,” He was doing that for you – yes, you!

The Redeemed Team