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The impartiality of God’s love in 1 Peter 1 video discussion

The lectionary epistle for Easter 3 in Year A is 1 Peter 1.17–23. In this section, Peter begins by reflecting on the significant of the impartiality of God’s love—he is not like a king who shows favouritism to some, by lifting their bowed face to look at him, but treats all equally—as Peter discovered in Acts 10.34 “I know that God does not show favouritism” using a word cognate word to the key term here.

The magnitude of what God has done for us in Jesus then leads him to explore the seriousness of our response to God’s grace. (For some reason, the AI video editor clipped out my pronouncing the key term ἀπροσωπολήμπτως! Apologies!).

My article on “impartiality” as the heart of the gospel is here.

The gospel reading is Luke 24.13–35, the encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus.

The video discussion is here,

and the written commentary is here.