Lesson 4 May 4 "For God shows no partiality." That's the strong affirmation of Romans 

. Not only that, it's what we want in the authority figures whom we interact from day to day an absence of partiality. We expect our civil judges to rule impartiality in accordance with established laws of the land. We expect our police officers to impartially enforce the rule of law as they protect the innocent and apprehend the guilty. We expect our teachers to instruct, correct, and nurture the maturation process of our children without partiality. We have these expectations because we find favoritism and prejudice hard to deal with at best, grossly offensive at worst.  In the first half Romans 2, Paul not only establishes that our Creator does not show partially, he also challenges the foolish human tendency to condemn in others the very things we tolerate in ourselves.* How have you seen that phenomenon manifest itself in the lives others? * How have you seen the same phenomenon manifest itself in your own life?  * How might the phenomenon have been manifesting itself in the life of the saints in first-century Rome...?

140511 God Shows No Partiality

*** GOD-SHAPED ***  ** Obedience of Faith ** * A Textual Study of the Letter of Paul to the Romans *  2nd and 3rd Qt 2014  Lesson 1 (April 6)  Romans 1:1-15  (To Bring About the Obedience of Faith)  Lesson 2 (April 13)  Romans 1:16-17  (I Am Not Ashamed of the Gospel)  Lesson 3 (April 27)  Romans 1:18-32  (The Wrath of Cod is Revealed)  Lesson 4 (May 4)  Romans 2:1-11  (You Have No Excuse, O Man)  Lesson 5 (May 11)  Romans 2:11-29  (God Shows No Partiality)  Lesson 6 (May 18)  Romans 3:1-20  (Then What Advantage Has the Jew)  Lesson 7 (May 25)  Romans 3:21-31  (Justified by His Grace as a Gift)  Lesson 8 (June 1)  Romans 4:1-25  (Abraham, Who is the Father of Us All)  Lesson 9 (June 8)  Romans 5:1-11  (Peace with God Through Jesus Christ)  Lesson 10 (June 15) Romans 5:12-21  (The Free Gift is Not Like the Trespass)  Lesson 11 (June 22)  Romans 6:1-23  (Dead to Sin and Alive to God in Christ)  Lesson 12 (June 29)  Romans 7:1-25  (The New Way of the Spirit)  Lesson 13 (July 13)  Romans 8:1-17  (Led by the Spirit of Life)  Lesson 14 (July 20)  Romans 8:18-39  (The Glory that is to be Revealed to Us)  Lesson 15 (July 27)  Romans 9:1-33  (Is There Injustice on God's Part)  Lesson 16 (August 3)  Romans 10:1-21  (No Distinction Between Jew and Greek)