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Direct Answer The transcript suggests “no partiality” is hard to accept today because many Christians assume God has separate dealings for Jews and Gentiles, almost like “two olive trees,” while Paul teaches one standard and one people in Christ. If taken literally, church life would have to treat Jewish and Gentile believers as fully one—same status, same judgment, same salvation framework.

Support from Transcript:

• Paul’s theme is stated plainly: “For there is no partiality with God…He treats Jews and Gentiles the same. We're all the same in Christ.”
• The speaker says many modern Christians effectively deny this: “Nowadays, so many Christians think, ‘Oh, there is partiality.’…God deals with Jews differently than…Gentiles.”
• He roots “no partiality” in early apostolic teaching: Peter said in Acts 10:35, “God shows no partiality…whoever fears him and works righteousness is accepted by him.”
• He links the modern instinct to a two-peoples framework: “Today, most…evangelical churches say…there's…the church…and then there's Israel fleshly…a separate thing.”
• He insists Paul’s image allows only unity: “There’s only one olive tree…one flock…one Israel…not two olive trees.”