SCRIPTURE:
He brought this Good News of peace to you Gentiles who were far
away from him, and peace to the Jews who were near. Now all of us can come to
the Father through the same Holy Spirit because of what Christ has done for us.
So now you Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You
are citizens along with all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s
family. Together, we are his house, built on the foundation of the apostles and
the prophets. And the cornerstone is Christ Jesus himself. We are carefully
joined together in him, becoming a holy temple for the Lord. Through him you Gentiles
are also being made part of this dwelling where God lives by his Spirit.
Ephesians
2:17-22 (NLT)
KEY
VERSE:
So now you
Gentiles are no longer strangers and foreigners. You are citizens along with
all of God’s holy people. You are members of God’s family. (v. 19)
THOUGHTS:
One
of the hot button topics in America today is that of strangers and foreigners
being among us. There are passionate people on both sides of the question and
neither is willing to give in or listen to the other. Those who have been
Christians a long time sometimes forget that we once had no claim or right to
the world of God’s grace that we now live in. We feel as though we have a right
or that we deserve to be here. But we must never forget that to be a part of
God’s family is His gift to us through the atoning blood of Jesus Christ. Just
as He has accepted us into His world, we must accept others into our lives and
our churches – with love.
PRAYER:
Forever
Father, I fall to my knees today and thank You for Your boundless and
incredible love. Why You would take “a sinner such as I” and make me a part of
Your forever family I will never understand… but I am grateful that You did.
Your love and holiness are beyond my comprehension. Just as You have been
accepting and compassionate to me, help me to be like You to those “strangers
and foreigners” in my world. This I pray in the name of Jesus, the Way, the
Truth, and the Life. Amen
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