You’ve probably heard someone say, “There are two kinds of people in this world…” The categorizations are endless. They point out the differences that exist, contrasting the two groupings.

Male and Female
United States and Mexico
Democrats and Republicans
City folk and Country folk
Texans and everyone else

When we distinguish between two different groups, we usually point out the differences, which often comes down to “those I like and those I don’t like.”

But maybe we should focus on the similarities a bit more.

2 Corinthians 5:14  For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.

1 Peter 3:18 For Christ died for sins once for all, the righteous for the unrighteous, to bring you to God.  

“One died for all.”  “Christ died for sins once for all.”  God loves everyone and does not want anyone to die eternally.

1 Timothy 2:3–4  God our Savior … wants all men to be saved and to come to a knowledge of the truth.

We need to remember that those who are currently outside of God’s grace are people for whom Jesus dies, people whose sins were covered by His sacrifice, people God loves and wants to be part of His kingdom forever. Their debt was also paid by God our Savior.

Perhaps we should consider this classification:

“There are two kinds of people in this world – those who have been saved by grace through faith in Jesus, and those God still wants to be saved through faith in Jesus.”