Today,
reply is on the favor shown to Mary, the mother of Jesus Christ, and
behaving as a respecter of persons. There are two forms of
“respecting persons” that appear within the holy writings: 1.
judicial respect of persons is the transgression of sacred law that
sees bias, influence and partiality in carrying out tribunals,
applying sacred law to resolve conflicts and settle disputes, or in
determining outcomes and sentences of trials; and 2. social respect
of persons that sees undue favor and preference shown to someone on
the basis of such features as their formal education, their ethnic
background and national origin, their family connections, their
office and position, their reputation, their status, or their wealth.
Early Christian believers were commanded to maintain decorum,
hierarchy and order among members within the church and the larger
community by showing obedience, respect and reverence. Thus, Romans
13: 7-8 King James Version (KJV): 7 Render therefore to all their
dues: tribute to whom tribute is
due;
custom to whom custom; fear to whom fear; honour to whom honour. 8
Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth
another hath fulfilled the law. The fighter in the “Yahoo!
Answers” public forum on Religion and Spirituality who uses the ID
“Owner Of All
Cosmos&Universes” (Level 1 with no points shown, a member since
May 18, 2018) posted the following:
Luke
1:28 says that Mary is very favored, so how is God no respecter of
persons(Rom 2:11)?
THE
GOLDEN ARROW: My brethren, have not the faith of our Lord Jesus
Christ, the Lord of glory, with respect of persons. For if
there come unto your assembly a man with a gold ring, in goodly
apparel, and there come in also a poor man in vile raiment; And ye
have respect to him that weareth the gay clothing, and say unto him,
Sit thou here in a good place; and say to the poor, Stand thou there,
or sit here under my footstool: Are ye not then partial in
yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts? Hearken, my
beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in
faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that
love him? But ye have despised the poor. Do not rich men oppress
you, and draw you before the judgment seats? Do not they blaspheme
that worthy name by the which ye are called? If ye fulfil the royal
law according to the scripture, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as
thyself, ye do well: But if ye have respect to persons, ye commit
sin, and are convinced of the law as transgressors. For whosoever
shall keep the whole law, and yet offend in one point, he is
guilty of all. (James 2: 1-10, King James Version, KJV)
THE
DOUBLE DAGGER: The Virginity of Mary (01/14/2019); Chosen Through
Sacred Process (09/06/2018); Divine Law Is Demanding (04/10/2018); A
Descendant of David? (03/18/2018); The First To Help? (12/22/2017);
Will There Be Diversity? (10/22/2017); Laws Favoring the Poor?
(03/06/2017); The Respect of Persons? (10/14/2016)
“Owner
Of All Cosmos&Universes”, there are multiple differences among
created beings and living creatures, yet, GOD has authority to set
apart (sanctify) individuals to himself, and to punish or reward
according to the provisions of divine law. In the holy writings,
divinity is revealed as the Creator and Maker who has put forth all
existence, life, and duration. Divine fullness (we also say,
the Godhead; the Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit) is known through
active presence; by sacred operations and divine processes
such as forgiveness, healing, judgment, praise, prayer, thanksgiving,
sanctification, and worship; by such inseparable attributes as faith,
forbearance, holiness, lovingkindness, oneness without
sameness, personhood, and wisdom as well as by being the
embodiment of dominion, divine prerogative, eternal purpose, and
sovereign will. While the divine work of final judgment expresses
the wrath of GOD against sin, all divine judgment is carried out with
balance, impartiality, restraint, and righteousness. The spirit
substance from the makeup of GOD that resides within the living is
examined using the record of a person’s
deeds appearing within the Book of Life. Influences that would
result in errors of judgment are not indulged. Included are ethnic
and racial bias; age discrimination; caste or class distinctions
based on finances, poverty, and wealth; marital status; national
origin; prejudice based on employment and vocation (e.g., sanitation
workers); and ones sexual purity. Consider again the following that
uses language from the Bible:
1.
Deuteronomy 1: 15-18, King James Version (KJV): 15 So I took the
chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over
you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and
captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among
your tribes. 16 And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear
the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously
between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is
with him. 17 Ye shall not respect persons in judgment; but ye
shall hear the small as well as the great; ye shall not be afraid of
the face of man; for the judgment is God’s:
and the cause that is too hard for you, bring it unto me, and
I will hear it. 18 And I commanded you at that time all the things
which ye should do.
2.
Psalms 4: 3, KJV: 3 But know that the LORD hath
set apart him that is godly for himself: the LORD
will hear when I call unto him.
3.
Psalms 7: 10-11, KJV: 10 My defence is of God, which saveth
the upright in heart. 11 God judgeth the righteous, and God is angry
with the wicked every day.
4.
Ezekiel 16: 49-50, KJV: 49 Behold, this was the iniquity of thy
sister Sodom, pride, fulness of bread, and abundance of idleness was
in her and in her daughters, neither did she strengthen the hand of
the poor and needy. 50 And they were haughty, and committed
abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.
5.
Acts 10: 30-35, KJV: 30 And Cornelius said, Four days ago I was
fasting until this hour; and at the ninth hour I prayed in my house,
and, behold, a man stood before me in bright clothing, 31 And said,
Cornelius, thy prayer is heard, and thine alms are had in remembrance
in the sight of God. 32 Send therefore to Joppa, and call hither
Simon, whose surname is Peter; he is lodged in the house of one
Simon a tanner by the sea side: who, when he cometh, shall speak
unto thee. 33 Immediately therefore I sent to thee; and thou hast
well done that thou art come. Now therefore are we all here present
before God, to hear all things that are commanded thee of God. 34
Then Peter opened his mouth, and said, Of a truth I perceive
that God is no respecter of persons: 35 But in every nation he that
feareth him, and worketh righteousness, is accepted with him.
There
is far more that should be said, correctly examined, and spiritually
apprehended. (For example, 6. 1st Peter 1: 16-21, KJV:
16 Because it is written, Be ye holy; for I am holy. 17 And if ye
call on the Father, who without respect of persons judgeth according
to every man’s work, pass the
time of your sojourning here in fear: 18 Forasmuch as ye know
that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver
and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition
from your fathers; 19 But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a
lamb without blemish and without spot: 20 Who verily was
foreordained before the foundation of the world, but was manifest in
these last times for you, 21 Who by him do believe in God, that
raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and
hope might be in God.) Even so, I trust
this fragment will be useful. Be it unto you according to your
faith.
THE
BLACK PHOENIX
Washington,
DC
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