"For there is no partiality with God."
Romans 2:11 (NKJV)
Have you ever seen the different magazines or even television shows the talk about celebrities and the lives they live? Many people are fascinated by celebrities who seem to live in a different world than the rest of us do, they seem to live a life that most people never experience. Celebrities often have people who help them with the food they eat, the clothes they wear, and who tell them how to do things to live the celebrity lifestyle. It can be hard to imagine these celebrities working at some regular job or doing some everyday task because they seem to be in some different category than the rest of the world.
Some Christians have developed a celebrity type mentality when it comes to spiritual leaders thinking that they are not like other Christians. One misconception that people have is that spiritual leaders are in some elite class of Christians and that is wrong. Spiritual leaders are no more a Christian than anyone else, they simply have a different position and task in the Body of Christ. Another misconception that people have is that spiritual leaders have some special deal with God and things in the Bible work differently for them than for the average Christian. People often seem to think that some things will work for spiritual leaders but not for anyone else.
Romans 2 tells us that there is no partiality with God, He shows no favoritism and no one gets a special deal with Him. God's Word applies the same to every believer and what God has done for one He will do for another. Salvation works the same for every Christian as does being led by the Holy Spirit, getting answers to prayer, possessing the promises of God by faith, and so on. If we have the idea that God will not work in our life the way He will for someone else we have been deceived because with God no one receives special, celebrity treatment; God's Word will work the same for everyone!
Romans 2:11 (NKJV)
Have you ever seen the different magazines or even television shows the talk about celebrities and the lives they live? Many people are fascinated by celebrities who seem to live in a different world than the rest of us do, they seem to live a life that most people never experience. Celebrities often have people who help them with the food they eat, the clothes they wear, and who tell them how to do things to live the celebrity lifestyle. It can be hard to imagine these celebrities working at some regular job or doing some everyday task because they seem to be in some different category than the rest of the world.
Some Christians have developed a celebrity type mentality when it comes to spiritual leaders thinking that they are not like other Christians. One misconception that people have is that spiritual leaders are in some elite class of Christians and that is wrong. Spiritual leaders are no more a Christian than anyone else, they simply have a different position and task in the Body of Christ. Another misconception that people have is that spiritual leaders have some special deal with God and things in the Bible work differently for them than for the average Christian. People often seem to think that some things will work for spiritual leaders but not for anyone else.
Romans 2 tells us that there is no partiality with God, He shows no favoritism and no one gets a special deal with Him. God's Word applies the same to every believer and what God has done for one He will do for another. Salvation works the same for every Christian as does being led by the Holy Spirit, getting answers to prayer, possessing the promises of God by faith, and so on. If we have the idea that God will not work in our life the way He will for someone else we have been deceived because with God no one receives special, celebrity treatment; God's Word will work the same for everyone!
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