There’s a “broken wall” concerning salvation and God’s grace.

If salvation were on the basis of merit, it would not be by grace. Grace implies God’s sovereign choice of those who cannot earn and do not deserve His salvation (Ephesians 1:4-7 and 2:8-10). God saves us completely on the basis of the work of Christ, not because of anything we are or have.

The doctrine of God’s grace, if we really believe it, forces us to relate to people on the basis of God’s plan—not on the basis of human merit or social status. A “class church” is not a church that magnifies the grace of God. When He died, Jesus broke down the wall that separated Jews and Gentiles. In His birth and life, He broke down the walls between rich and poor, young and old, educated and uneducated. It is wrong for us to build those
walls again; we cannot rebuild them if we believe in the grace of God.

Remember: “If you really keep the royal law found in Scripture, ‘Love your neighbor as yourself,’ you are doing right. But if you show favoritism, you sin and are convicted by the law as lawbreakers” (James 2:8-9, NIV).

Other references: Romans 3:23-24; Ephesians 1:7; 2:11-22; Titus 3:7.

Action assignment: Are there any walls between you and others? If so, picture those walls; then picture Christ breaking them down. Thank God for His salvation by grace through faith, and for His power to break down walls.