God loves everyone, but allows us to choose whether to seek Him, or not. Don't threaten them; remember, you both have the same Master in heaven, and he has no favorites. For God has no favorites. He will judge or reward you according to what you do.
So you must live in reverent fear of him during your time as "foreigners in the land. Session 8. God promised to give Abraham a son. Session 9. Have you ever been in a relationship where nothing you did was ever good enough? Session We all know that feeling of walking into a gym for the first time. When we make the decision to follow Jesus, we start a lifelong journey.
But this is not a trip we make on our own. When we ask Jesus into NewSpring Church. Session 2 Does God play favorites? From Galatians: An Day Devotional. Read Galatians Peter was literally called the Rock in which the foundation of the church was set Matthew Many people who are Catholic assert that Peter was the first Pope.
James, although martyred early one, occupied a leadership role in an early fledgling church. And John wrote a great deal of the books we have in the New Testament and also served in leadership positions in the Early Church.
This is not to say that the other disciples did not do so, but we have little record of what became of them after the Gospel accounts. We have to rely mostly on tradition. Jesus did not spend time with the inner circle more because he loved them more. No, he loved all his followers equally. But he needed to spend extra time to prepare them for their next roles. James : "But if you show partiality, you are committing sin and are convicted by the law as transgressors. Leviticus : "You shall do no injustice in court.
You shall not be partial to the poor or defer to the great, but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
Romans : "For God shows no partiality. Deuteronomy : "For the Lord your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who is not partial and takes no bribe. But we see countless examples of shattered lives because of favoritism. All we have to do is look at the patriarchs.
Because Abraham showed clear favoritism toward Isaac, since Sarah had given birth to Isaac as opposed to Hagar a servant of Sarah giving birth to Ishmael, the descendants of Ishmael and Israel have had intense tension between themselves for millennia. Because Isaac and Rebekah decided to choose favorites between Jacob and Esau, the two nations that came of these two brothers went to war. Because Jacob showed special favor to his son Joseph, Joseph's brothers sold him into slavery.
Thankfully Joseph didn't hold this against them Genesis But we can only imagine the hurt Joseph went through in his time of slavery and imprisonment, all because Jacob had not learned the harsh lesson of favoritism his father had inflicted on him. Favoritism divides nations, rips apart families, and causes rifts of hurt that only God can mend.
I saw it for the 25 years I attended church. Some people always had everything handed to them, good looks, good job, loving family, money enough for 10 lifetimes, and nothing bad ever happened to them. Then there were others who suffered nothing but one misfortune after another. Even in the Bible he played favorites. If this had been some commoner, that poor guy would have been executed without a second thought, as would the woman he had been with.
I have struggled, clawed, and barely managed to survive this life. I am alone, suffer from constant depression and horrible loneliness. I have numerous medical conditions none of which I did anything to cause, all are genetic or congenital and what little I do have is no thanks to God. I had to fight for every bit of it.
If God really does love all of us, how about he give me a few crumbs. And for the record, I have no desire or intent to harm myself. Psalm 73 could be a helpful passage for you. Elijah felt similarly as well. Also Job. Paul despise life at one time 2 Cor 1 or 2.
You want to please the Lord, then believe what He says over what you feel is true. You have what you need to provide for your life. I understand it may be difficult at first.
Grab a friend to walk this journey with you. Keep pressing in. Either the Bible is true, or God is a liar. Hold on to it being true, and it will come alive in every aspect of your life. God kill Saul and Johnathan for far less than David did which was adultery and murder. Saul tried showing compassion to his enemies but your God is so egotistical in killing the enemy and his people.
Greg, Thank you for your response. In response, God favored his descendants, the Israelites. What did the Israelites do to deserve such affection? Oftentimes they did things that repulsed God. But, God kept His favor on them for His love of Abraham. The opposite is true sometimes. A people can do such wickedness that God brings judgment on an entire city. Sodom and Gommorrah are completely destroyed. Jericho is similar. This is not meant to be a proof of any kind.
Faith can not always be justified. It is choice some are willing to take. We human? When you got your own universe you can make your own standard! Dear Lyn, Thank you for your thoughts. Glad to have found this post. I think I have surpassed the space of sadness or anger and am now content with my perspective of I do feel that God has his favorites.
I just think you have to learn how to live your own life because it will never really be answered why he does. It really does. Thanks for sharing. Our belief in His goodness is not by judging every circumstance that comes at us, but a deep seated belief that is secured by the residing presence of God in us. I know that it appears at times that God is playing favorites, but I also know that there is nobody God loves more than He loves you. He loves your hair. He loves your smile. He loves your devotion to Him.
He is particularly fond of you. I pray that all of us becoming completely convinced of this. To be honest, I personally feel that God does play favorites but after a logical conversation in my mind I was confused. Well here is my thought in this — If he plays favorites then I believe he is not eligible for the post of the god. I used to think about that why is that kid having Ferrari and I am here?
Why I cannot have the luxurious life? And many other things? But at the same time I have seen people who are living with one time food in the table or sometimes without it. Someone really is happy without one leg or one hand.
Later I found out that every problem in our life is an opportunity to come out from the comfort zone that we are living in. You cannot achieve great things just lying on the bed and thinking. You have to get up and do something every day.
Your life is given by the god so he will give you enough strength to come across any problem in your life. Miracle will happen someday and you will find your peace but for that you have to believe in him that he will not let me down at any stage of my life.
You have to create a trust with him every day and he will be there for you when you need him the most. Pls correct me if I am wrong I am just 29 and I have experienced some of the things.
Thanks, Mohit. Dear Mohit, I think you address the major issue we have when we feel God is playing favorites and that is our jealousy of what other people have or better yet, what we think other people have. True peace comes from contentment in the Lord.
As we spend time with Him and see how much He loves us, we stop think about whether He has His favorites and just enjoy His love of us. I have to agree with a lot of what Ken said. You get to the point when you realize that God has abandoned you.. There are two different discussions, does God play favorites and why does God allow evil in the world.
You assume in your comment that God wanted Kate Steinle to be shot. Most of us are some mix of good and bad decisions.
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