"There are two kinds of people in the world: those who believe there are two kinds of people and those who don't."—Robert Benchley
"There are two kinds of people, those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there."—Indira Gandhi
We're really good at putting ourselves and others into categories; black versus white, good versus evil, Republican versus Democrat, Beatles lovers versus Elvis lovers—you get the point. Pitting ourselves against one another will always lead to disastrous results. We all know how "us versus them" thinking based on false assumptions and stereotypes can drive a wedge between people that can lead to anything from ridicule to outright warfare. We humans aren't very good at this kind of categorizing because our knowledge and perception are so limited.
But God has no such limitations, and the story of Scripture is the story about how God is distinct from humans, but also a story about how God makes distinctions between those humans based on their responses to God. God warns us about making judgments about others (Matthew 7:1-5), but it's clear that God judges us based on the criteria of faithfulness to God and God's way in the world. So you could say that from God's perspective, there are two kinds of people in the world: those who have faith, and those who don't.
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