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Selected Messages Book 2
One Family by Creation and Redemption
No distinction on account of nationality, race, or caste, is recog-
nized by God. He is the Maker of all mankind. All men are of one
family by creation, and all are one through redemption. Christ came
to demolish every wall of partition, to throw open every compartment
of the temple, that every soul may have free access to God.... In Christ
there is neither Jew nor Greek, bond nor free. All are brought nigh by
His precious blood.—
Christ’s Object Lessons, 386
.
The Lord has looked with sadness upon the most pitiful of all
sights, the colored race in slavery. He desires us, in our work for them,
to remember their providential deliverance from slavery, their common
relationship to us by creation and by redemption, and their right to the
blessings of freedom.—
Testimonies for the Church 7:223
.
No Caste or Color in Bible Religion
The religion of the Bible recognizes no caste or color. It ignores
rank, wealth, worldly honor. God estimates men as men. With Him,
character decides their worth. And we are to recognize the Spirit
of Christ in whomsoever it is revealed.—
Testimonies for the Church
9:223
.
Thus Christ sought to teach the disciples the truth that in God’s
kingdom there are no territorial lines, no caste, no aristocracy; that
they must go to all nations, bearing to them the message of a Saviour’s
love.—
The Acts of the Apostles, 20
.
Impartial Love Melts Prejudice
The walls of sectarianism and caste and race will fall down when
the true missionary spirit enters the hearts of men. Prejudice is melted
away by the love of God.—
The Review and Herald, January 21, 1896
;
The Southern Work, 1966 ed., 55
.
Walls of separation have been built up between the whites and
the blacks. These walls of prejudice will tumble down of themselves
as did the walls of Jericho, when Christians obey the Word of God,
which enjoins on them supreme love to their Maker and impartial love
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to their neighbors.—
The Review and Herald, December 17, 1895
;
Republished in
The Southern Work, 1966 ed., 43
.