Lisa Jones wrote on Mar 22
nd, 2011 at 1:12pm:
Yadda .. you previously mentioned this verse from the Holy Bible:
"God is no respecter of persons"
Could you kindly explain what this actually means?
Does it mean God considers some people to be higher than others based on something like sex or race .. for instance?
Or does it mean that in the eyes of God we are all the same .. we are all equal?
Romans 2:11
For there is no respect of persons with God.
IMO,
When we come to judgement,
Galatians 6:7
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
8 For he that soweth to his flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting.
God will judge the guilty, as guilty, and the righteous as righteous.
God will not excuse wilful wickedness in anyone.
He cannot, and remain holy.
Psalms 5:4
For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness:
neither shall evil dwell with thee.
5 The foolish shall not stand in thy sight: thou hatest all workers of iniquity.
6 Thou shalt destroy them that speak leasing: the LORD will abhor the bloody and deceitful man.
Just like darkness and light cannot dwell together.
Neither can God, dwell with the wicked.
It is an impossibility.
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"God is no respecter of persons"e.g.
Leviticus 19:15
Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor,
nor honour the person of the mighty:
but in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.
What about people who
have been wicked, but now truly repent their foolishness ???
God offers those people forgiveness,
and, mercy.
God has the power to heal us, to purge away the stain of our sins,
if we repent.
Psalms 34:18
The LORD is nigh unto them that are of a broken heart; and saveth such as be of a contrite spirit.
Psalms 51:17
The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit: a broken and a contrite heart, O God, thou wilt not despise.
Isaiah 55:6
Seek ye the LORD while he may be found, call ye upon him while he is near:
7 Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.
Isaiah 57:15
For thus saith the high and lofty One that inhabiteth eternity, whose name is Holy; I dwell in the high and holy place, with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit, to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones.
16 For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
Isaiah 66:2
...to this man will I look, even to him that is poor and of a contrite spirit, and trembleth at my word.
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Jeremiah 17:10
I the LORD search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.
Psalms 11:4
The LORD is in his holy temple, the LORD'S throne is in heaven: his eyes behold, his eyelids try, the children of men.
5 The LORD trieth the righteous: but the wicked and him that loveth violence his soul hateth.
Psalms 146:8
The LORD openeth the eyes of the blind: the LORD raiseth them that are bowed down:
the LORD loveth the righteous: