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NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS
LORD’S DAY, JANUARY 17
Acts10:34-43
1 Peter 1:17-25
“And if ye call on the Father,
who without respect of persons judgeth
according to every man’s work…”
NO RESPECTER OF PERSONS
God created all men for His glory. Man’s chief end is to glorify God. Since the fall of man, that purpose has not been achievable to man. Unless the Lord regenerates one through the power of His Holy Spirit, no man can come to glorify Him as Lord. God has chosen some (out of all the corrupted ones) to bring honour to His name. This election is unconditional. From every nation, individuals are chosen without any conditions set, for all have sinned and are disqualified. This regeneration will bring the person to believe and trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
From every nation: Peter now realised that God’s Great Commission to go and teach all nations was not only for the Jews who were scattered, but for elect gentiles too. They shall fear God and be clothed with the Lord’s righteousness, for they are also part of the family of God. Read Hosea 1:10.
For whosoever believes: The way to become a child of the living God is to believe. “But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: Which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God” (John 1:12-13). It is only through believing the name of the Lord Jesus Christ. He, the sinless Son of God, alone went to the cross and shed His blood for the remission of man’s sins.
Peter systematically presented the account of the life of Jesus of Nazareth. It was important to know who the biblical Christ is for believing in the Christ who is not taught in the Scriptures is tantamount to being deceived and still being under God’s condemnation. The whole gospel was presented to them, which involved the life, death, resurrection and the return of Christ to judge the living and the dead.
In the Lord, there is no racial discrimination. There must not be any “second-class Christians” in churches.
THOUGHT: Am I reaching out to souls without discrimination?
PRAYER: Father, let me love the souls of men as Thou lovest them.