God’s kingdom is quite expansive. He is more generous than we’d like to admit. In
Matthew 13:47, fishermen cast a dragnet into the sea and “gathered some of every kind” into the net.

Although there was a separation at the end, it is crucial to note that an opportunity is given to “every kind.” Even my kind. The kind others may not care about. Others may despise them. The misfits. All are given an opportunity in the Kingdom.

Of course, at the end, there will be a day when God separates the wicked from the just. But this dragnet theology of mercy gives me an opportunity to be part of the Kingdom. To develop a relationship of love and obedience to the King.
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