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of Nazareth, your wills must die; they must become as God’s will.
He wants to melt you over and to cleanse you from every defilement.
There is a great work to be done for you before you can be filled with
the power of God. I beseech you to draw nigh to Him, that you may
realize His rich blessing before this meeting closes
Christ’s Relation to Nationality
Christ recognized no distinction of nationality or rank or creed.
The scribes and Pharisees desired to make a local and a national benefit
of all the gifts of heaven and to exclude the rest of God’s family in
the world. But Christ came to break down every wall of partition. He
came to show that His gift of mercy and love is as unconfined as the
air, the light, or the showers of rain that refresh the earth.
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The life of Christ established a religion in which there is no caste,
a religion by which Jew and Gentile, free and bond, are linked in
a common brotherhood, equal before God. No question of policy
influenced His movements. He made no difference between neighbors
and strangers, friends and enemies. That which appealed to His heart
was a soul thirsting for the waters of life.
He passed no human being by as worthless, but sought to apply the
healing remedy to every soul. In whatever company He found Himself,
He presented a lesson appropriate to the time and the circumstances.
Every neglect or insult shown by men to their fellow men only made
Him more conscious of their need of His divine-human sympathy.
He sought to inspire with hope the roughest and most unpromising,
setting before them the assurance that they might become blameless
and harmless, attaining such a character as would make them the
children of God
As the children of God are one in Christ, how does Jesus look
upon caste, upon society distinctions, upon the division of man from
his fellow-man, because of color, race, position, wealth, birth, or
attainments? The secret of unity is found in the equality of believers
in Christ
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Testimonies for the Church 9:179-182
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Testimonies for the Church 9:190, 191
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The Review and Herald, December 22, 1891