Friday, November 13, 2020

All the Saints

 

“We always thank God, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,

when we pray for you, since we heard of your faith in

Christ Jesus and of the love that you have for all the saints,”

Colossians 1:3-4

 

Do you have love for all the saints?

It’s easy to answer yes but always a little tougher to actually mean it.

Among all the saints are some people who hold different views than you...

Do you have love for all the saints?

Among all the saints are some people who come from a different culture...

Do you have love for all the saints?

Among all the saints are some people who may have hurt or offended you...

Do you have love for those saints?

In answering this question it is helpful to consider Jesus.

In particular these words: “...while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.”

You were in the group of ‘yet sinners’ but are now part of ‘all the saints’.

How did that happen?

Must have been amazing grace!

So, after that grace applied to your life let me ask you one last time –

Do you have love for all the saints?

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