Grace for your spirit
And recognizing the grace that had been given to me, James, and Cephas and John, who were reputed to be pillars, gave to me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, so that we might go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised. Galatians 2:9
Most people tend to socialize the with a church that fits them. We like our assemblies filled with people who are pretty much like us, economically, socially and ethnically. James warned us to avoid showing favoritism and being prejudiced against those who are different that us. However, when we are more like the world than we are like Jesus, we can be in trouble. The apostles were all Jews and there was a resistance to reaching the Gentile world with the gospel of Jesus. Note here, that the apostles had to recognize the grace had been extended to the Gentiles and to Gentile teachers, and then they supported. Their right hand of fellowship helped catapult the truth into a lost world. Is there any group of people that we have judged and minimized to the point of avoiding? It is time to reach out our right hand of fellowship, to open doors, not close them
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit
Philippians 4:23
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