MAN'S JUDGMENT IS BIASED ONLY GOD IS ALWAYS JUST

Proclamation:

“As they stretched him out to flog him, Paul said, ‘Is it legal for you to flog a Roman citizen who hasn’t even been found guilty?’”  Acts 22:25 (NIV)

Explanation:

These words were written by Luke, the physician, under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God.  Luke, a frequent traveling companion of the apostle Paul, recorded that after Paul was arrested he spoke to the crowd in their native language. (Acts 22:1-2)  He told them his story including that he was born a Jew, educated by Greek scholars, and was a zealous persecutor of the followers of Christ until his conversion on the road to Damascus. (Acts 22:3-20)  Things were going well until he said that the Lord sent him to preach to the Gentiles and then the crowd turned on him. (Acts 22:21-24)  As the soldiers were about to flog him, Paul told them that he was a Roman citizen.  They were alarmed and concerned because they knew that Roman citizens were to be treated differently as prisoners than other people. (Acts 22:25-29)

Application:

With The Lord God there is no respect of persons. (Acts 10:34, Romans 2:11, and Ephesians 6:9)  He doses not play favorites.  Position, title, rank, or riches do not matter to God, for He sees the heart of man. (Jeremiah 11:20 and 20:12)  We tend to judge people by what they have.  Today, the law appears to be applied differently to the rich and famous than it is to the average people and the poor people.  As believers we are to love all of our brothers and sisters, (John 13:34, 15:12, and 15:17) and our enemies, (Matthew 5:44, Luke 6:27, and Luke 6:35) and we are not to judge anyone. (Matthew 7:1 and Luke 6:37)  We are not to use a double standard for how we treat people.  We should speak to, treat, and respect the CEO and the janitor, the rich and the poor, believers and non-believers in the same manner.