As we talked last week, if we have true saving
faith, then there’s no place for boasting. If there’s no place for boasting,
then there isn’t any place for superiority either.
Paul points out in Romans that faith eliminates
human prejudice, like between the Jews and Gentiles. God is God of both. He
justifies both by the same faith.
Romans 3: 29-30 Or is God the God of Jews only? Is he not the God of
Gentiles too? Yes, of Gentiles too, since there is only one God, who will
justify the circumcised by faith and the uncircumcised through that same faith.
The Jews thought they were better. They worked hard
to prove it, too. Superiority divides, but faith unites. Faith stops
discrimination. God saves all sinners the same way, by grace through faith in
Jesus. No believer is more God’s child than any other believer.
Are any of my sisters’ biological children more of
a grandchild to my parents than my children? No! They may have come first (and
biologically), but they aren’t better. My parents love all of them the same. How
much more does God love each of His children the same?!!
Where do you and I think we are better or worse
than someone else?
Or who do you and I think is beyond receiving God’s
justification?
Is there someone you and I would be upset to see in
Heaven?
We were all guilty before God, yet God pronounced
you and me not guilty, if we’ve placed our faith in Jesus!
Romans 3:22 This righteousness is given through faith in Jesus Christ
to all who believe. There is no difference between Jew and Gentile.
Alice
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