"all" saved by grace

Tuesday March 28th Ephesians 2: 4 But because of his great love for us, God, who is rich in mercy, 5 made us alive with Christ even when we were dead in transgressions—it is by grace you have been saved. The “us” God has great love for and saved by grace is not just the “you and me” us, it is the “all” of us. One of the real tragedies during times of military conflict is the loss of the “all” feeling in the word us. When the young man tried to get Jesus to define who the neighbor was, Jesus told him the story of the Good Samaritan and asked who acted like a neighbor. It is not about who they are, it is about who we are. When we find ourselves defining “us” in the narrow sense, it is because our hearts can only conceive of love in a narrow sense. God loves all creation, all cosmos, all children. The reality is that God deals will all of God’s children with grace. Our job is to not narrow the focus.