Paul has said all that he has said so that he can get to this point. The great mystery of the cross is this: now everyone has an opportunity to be saved. Salvation isn't just for Jews anymore! It all comes down to the fact that Jesus loved all of us enough to give up His life. So then, what should we do in response? Paul suggests that we love one another the way that Jesus loved us! We can't be worried about what race or social status other people come from! Jesus gave His life for them! Do you want to be like Jesus? Then you have to love those people. Who are those people? I think you know. Everyone has people that they find hard to love. But that's the point isn't it? Do you really think that it was easy for God to love is when all we've ever done is spit in His face?
Paul shares with us one of His prayers for the believers:
"Father, out of Your honorable and glorious riches, strengthen Your people. Fill their souls with the power of Your Spirit so that through faith the Liberating King will reside in their hearts. May love be the rich soil where their lives take root. May it be the bedrock where their lives are founded so that together with all of Your people they will have the power to understand that the love of the Liberator is infinitely long, wide, high, and deep, surpassing everything anyone previously experienced. God, may Your fullness flood through their entire beings."
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