Isaiah 59:14 And judgment is turned away backward, and justice stands afar off: for truth is fallen in the street, and equity cannot enter. 15 Yea, truth fails; and he that departs from evil makes himself a prey: and the Lord saw it, and it displeased him that there was no judgment.
It is an undisputed fact that throughout society this problem of favoritism is pervasive, and according to the prophet Isaiah, it constitutes one of the signs of the last days, and it is scheduled to cascade into an irreversible fact of life that will call for God’s direct intervention. In the scriptures, we are counselled never to show favoritism, especially when it comes to issues which pertain to God’s kingdom.
When administering that sound judgement which the Bible calls for, we must not manifest preference or bias. In other words, sin is to be treated as such, regardless of who may be involved. Priests and members of the clergy should not be treated for sexual crimes any differently than the pedophiles who walk our streets. No hush money payments should be allowed to cover any wrongs in those who should be brought to justice.
And when reproof is warranted by God, the laity and a person’s familiar friends or family should be treated with the same measure, as strangers and those who may not be close associates or relatives. In other words the truth must not be watered down for some, and made acute and piercing for others.
Deuteronomy 1:16 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.
May The Lord add His blessing to the study of His word. God bless!