Blessing All Nations

GracePointe Church of Christ in Elizabethtown, PA

Paul makes a claim that we all believe, but few rarely practice. The Gospel is for all people, even the ones we would rather not accept. For Galatia, that meant the Gentiles were accepted like the Jews, without the pre-existing condition of circumcision. As we think about our cultural and social context, we know that the Gospel is for all and finds them as they are, offering grace to those who accept the message of Jesus. When we decide that Jesus loves a certain type of person over another type of person, then we are beginning the descent into the same disease the Jews had - they aren’t good enough for Christ, and Christ cannot accept them. All sinners are cursed, and Jesus became that curse so that all the cursed might have the hope of Life in the Spirit - let’s be a conduit and not a barrier.