GREAT DIFFERENCE; NO DIFFERENCE
By Joel Finck
Scripture Reading: Exodus
11:7; Romans 10:12
A popular slogan says,
"The ground is level at the foot of the cross." This is a
catchy way of saying what Paul proclaims in Romans 10:12, "For
there is no difference between the Jew and the Greek: for the same
Lord over all is rich unto all that call upon him." What a
blessing that all can come to Christ in simple faith regardless of
national or racial origin, but there are many who do not realize
that things were not always this way.
When God called Abram out
of Ur of the Chaldees to become the father of His chosen people
Israel, He made a great difference between Jew and Gentile. This
distinction is illustrated in Exodus 11:7. "But against any of
the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man
or beast: that ye may know how that the LORD doth put a difference
between the Egyptians and Israel." When the Lord does
something, He is very thorough! He maintained the dis- tinction
between Israel and the Egyptians right down to keeping the dogs from
barking at the Jews or their animals. This difference was maintained
all the way through Israel's history, including the time of Christ
and His apostles. When speaking to the woman at the well, the Lord
affirmed that "salvation is of the Jews" (John 4:22). When
sending out the twelve apostles, Christ "commanded them saying,
Go not into the way of the Gentiles, and into any city of the
Samaritans enter ye not: But go rather to the lost sheep of the
house of Israel" (Matthew 10:5, 6).
With the raising up of
the Apostle Paul, however, God erased these distinctions and now
offers salvation to all on the same basis: faith in the death,
burial and resurrection of Christ (I Corinthians 15:1-4).
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Believing
Christ DIED, that’s HISTORY.
Believing
Christ DIED for YOU SINS and Rose again that’s SALVATION.
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Romans 1:16, Romans 10:9-10 and 1. Corinthians 15:1-4
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