In Israel, there was a division between Jews and Gentiles. This division caused animosity among the two groups. However, Paul explains that Jesus has brought peace between the two groups. He has taken both Jew and Gentile and joined them in one body, the church. The hostility has ceased, and they now work side by side, not as Jew or Gentile, but as Christians. The wonderful thing about the church is that Christians come in all different shapes and sizes. We all have different backgrounds and circumstances, but we all share faith in Christ. All divisions are put to the side when one is a part of the church. Both the man raised in the church and the man who has been to prison can be a part of the church with the same footing. Paul reminds us to not look at our differences, but to our common faith in Christ. Do you look at the outside of a person, or do you look at the heart which has professed faith in Christ?
