Linked in a Common Brotherhood

[Thompson, Darryl]

Linked in a Common Brotherhood 

     But in every nation he that feareth him, and worketh righteousness,
is accepted with him. Acts 10:35.  

     Jesus taught that the religion of the Bible does not consist in
selfish exclusiveness, in personal enjoyment, but in the doing of loving
deeds, in bringing the greatest good to others, in genuine goodness. . .
. His life was free from all pride and ostentation. . . . Although He
was the Creator of all worlds He yet testified of Himself while on earth
that "the foxes have holes, and the birds of the air have nests; but the
Son of man hath not where to lay his head" (Matt. 8:20). . . .  

     Jesus was the Majesty of heaven, the King of glory, and yet in His
human life He was patient, kind, courteous, benevolent, full of love for
little children, and full of pity and compassion for the tempted, the
tried, and the oppressed. Of Himself He said, "The Spirit of the Lord is
upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor;
he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the
captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set a liberty them
that are bruised,...." (Luke 4:18, 19).  

     Coming to earth to fulfill so gracious a mission, He was yet
homeless, and often hungry and athirst. The men of His own nation hunted
Him with craft and intrigue, with jealousy and hatred. . . .  

     He died a most shameful death, and made a full and complete
sacrifice, in order that no one might perish, but that all might come to
repentance. He made an atonement for every repenting, believing soul, in
order that all might find in Him a sin bearer. If those who believe in
Him will but practice His words, which are spirit and life; if they will
follow His example, and become a precious light to the world, they will
do that for the world which no human philosophy can accomplish. The
lessons of Christ lay a foundation for a religion in which there is no
caste--where Jew and Gentile, free and bond, are linked in a common
brotherhood, equal before God, because they are all branches of the
living Vine. They believe in Christ as their personal Saviour.  

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