It is good to remember that we all come to God the same way, and that is by His matchless grace. As believers, we have nothing to boast of in ourselves. We are all simply sinners saved by grace. As the above verse says, we are saved by grace through faith, and this is not from ourselves, it is God's gift. We cannot even boast of having the faith to believe, that also is a gift of God!
Here are some beautiful thoughts on this subject from today's devotional by John B Marchbanks in Comfort Of The Scriptures.
Comfort of the Scriptures
Wednesday, January 28, 2015
“I am a companion of all them that fear Thee, and of them that keep Thy precepts” (Psa. 119:63).
“Ye are all the children of God by faith in Christ Jesus. For as many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female: for ye are all one in Christ Jesus.” “As the body is one, and hath many members, and all the members of that one body, being many, are one body: so also is Christ. For by one Spirit are we all baptized into one body, whether we be Jews or Gentiles, whether we be bond or free; and have been all made to drink into one Spirit.” It is the height of folly to suppose that because one belongs to a certain group or denomination, he is more accepted before God than one who belongs to some other group. Every true believer in Christ has been saved by the grace of God alone, and we are alike “accepted in the Beloved: in whom we have redemption through His blood.” Therefore we are to “minister ... one to another,” “to love one another,” to “bear ... one another’s burdens,” and to “follow after the things which make for peace, and things wherewith one may edify another.” “Look not every man on his own things, but every man also on the things of others.”
We love all those who love the Lord,
Though different they may be,
For they are His, redeemed by blood,
And loved as well as we.
Though different they may be,
For they are His, redeemed by blood,
And loved as well as we.
References: Gal. 3:26-28; 1 Cor. 12:12-13; Eph. 1:6-7; 1 Peter 4:10; 1 John 4:11; Gal. 6:2; Rom. 14:19; Phil. 2:4.
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