Mensa Otabil - God Is Impartial (10/28/2025)
This week, we are looking at things that will help us become the people God wants us to be. We’ve examined the fact that God has a high calling for us, and we’ve also looked at the fact that God has given us what we need to live that life. Today, we are going to explore a very important concept: that God shows no partiality (Acts 10: 34). Then Peter opened his mouth and said, «In truth, I perceive that God shows no partiality.» It’s a very sober realization for Peter. Why? Because Peter is a Jew, and the Jews felt they had a corner on God’s grace; they are God’s people.
On the day of Pentecost in the New Testament, when the Holy Spirit came, He came to the upper room, and all the people who received the Holy Spirit were Jews. Now, Peter goes to the home of a Gentile, an outsider, and he preaches the Word of God, and they receive the Holy Spirit in a similar manner as they did on the day of Pentecost. So, he came to the conclusion that if God will give Gentiles the same Holy Spirit as the Jews received on the day of Pentecost, then God shows no partiality. It’s a very sobering thought for him because he has grown up thinking they are the chosen people, unique, and that their experiences cannot be appropriated or enjoyed by others.
But God showed Peter that He shows no partiality. That truth that Peter found is still true today: God shows no partiality. We need to drill down that concept in our minds because sometimes we live our lives thinking that some people are more favored than others-that God gave them more than He gave us. Have you noticed, when you look around the world, that the people who end up doing so much often come from backgrounds with no advantage? Some came from orphanages, some from poverty, and some from dysfunctional families.
Some of the richest people came from very poor backgrounds, and some people who end up leading nations came from very distraught backgrounds. Yet, they got there. Why? Because where you start in life is not as important as where you’re going. God shows no partiality; even what you think is a disadvantage is working out for His good.
So, God does not have favorite children. He doesn’t have some people He listens to and others He doesn’t. He doesn’t have some people He favors and others He doesn’t. He doesn’t have some whose sins He’ll forgive and others whose sins He will not forgive. God has no favorites. When you read the Bible, you notice that even the heroes of faith, the people God chooses, when they make mistakes, God treats them just like everybody else. He doesn’t cover the sins of Moses, doesn’t cover the sins of David, doesn’t cover Samson’s sins. He deals with everybody on equal measure. Why? Because God shows no partiality. What He can do with one, He can do with another.
The door He opens for one, He can open for another. Many times we exclude ourselves because we think, «Oh, I’m not God’s favorite. Life has not been good to me. I’m not favored. I come from a bad family.» We sometimes say it as a joke, but it’s a mindset that imprisons us. One of the biggest mistakes you can ever make in life is to let somebody’s success loom so large before you that you feel very insignificant. «Oh, if this guy can do this, then who am I? I can’t do anything like that.» We think God has favored them.
These days, people use the phrase, «God has graced them,» and others say, «We are not grace mates.» Who said that? We are all grace- made because God’s grace is the same for all people. People apply themselves differently and get different results, but as for God, He’ll give us all favor, all grace, and all opportunity. What you do with it will determine the outcome of your life. God shows no partiality and has no favorites, anywhere, in any country, continent, or class of people. If you can trust Him at any time, He will show you His favor.
Let us pray. Say with me: «Heavenly Father, Your goodness towards me is the same as that of all Your children. I am blessed beyond measure. In Jesus' name, amen and amen.»