Read: Romans 3:19-31

There is no difference; for
all have sinned and fall
short of the glory of God.
-Romans 3:22-23

It’s heartbreaking to realize that the majority of
people in our world are spiritually lost and without
Christ. Among them are the lovely and unlovely, the
caring and uncaring, the eloquent and the crude. As we
witness for Christ, we may wrongly assume that people
with social graces are closer to God’s kingdom.

However, pleasant people need Christ just as much as
unpleasant ones because no one has a spiritual advantage
when it comes to salvation. Paul explained why in
Romans 3: “There is no difference; for all have sinned
and fall short of the glory of God….Therefore we
conclude that a man is justified by faith apart from the
deed of the law” (vv.22-23,28).

Yes, salvation is God’s free gift to sinners. And
since all of us are sinners, the only “contribution” we
make toward our salvation is the sin from which we need
to be saved! Oswald Chambers said that the only way a
person can be born again is to renounce all good. He
wrote, “Any coward among us will give up wrong things,
but will he give up right things?” We cannot rely on
our own natural goodness.

We need to share with all kinds of people the
salvation Christ offers, for as the apostle Paul said,
“There is no difference.”
-Joanie E. Yoder

Give me a passion for souls, dear Lord,
A passion to save the lost;
O that Thy love were by all adored,
And welcomed at any cost. -Tovey

YOU CAN NEVER SPEAK TO THE WRONG PERSON
ABOUT CHRIST.

OUR DAILY BREAD, Copyright 1999 by Radio Bible Class,
Grand Rapids,Michigan. Used by permission.