Tuesday, March 10
Grace Received, Grace Extended
Acts 11:1-18; Ephesians 2:1-10
Peter faced criticism for eating with "those people"—the outsiders, the unclean, the unworthy. Yet God's response was clear: "What I have made clean, do not call common." This challenges our tendency to create hierarchies of sin and worthiness. Who are "those people" in your life—the ones you've written off as too far gone, too different, or too sinful? The same grace that reached you in your brokenness is powerful enough to transform anyone. Salvation is God's gift, not our achievement to distribute selectively. When we truly grasp the magnitude of grace we've received, we cannot withhold it from others. May we never forget we were once outsiders too, brought near by the blood of Christ.
Acts 11:1-18; Ephesians 2:1-10
Peter faced criticism for eating with "those people"—the outsiders, the unclean, the unworthy. Yet God's response was clear: "What I have made clean, do not call common." This challenges our tendency to create hierarchies of sin and worthiness. Who are "those people" in your life—the ones you've written off as too far gone, too different, or too sinful? The same grace that reached you in your brokenness is powerful enough to transform anyone. Salvation is God's gift, not our achievement to distribute selectively. When we truly grasp the magnitude of grace we've received, we cannot withhold it from others. May we never forget we were once outsiders too, brought near by the blood of Christ.
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