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Good Samaritan
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is practical self-sacrifice for the good of others wherever we may be,
whatever our profession, we are not Christians.
Christ asks us to be one with Him for the saving of humanity.
“Freely ye have received,” He says, “freely give.”
Matthew 10:8
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Many err and feel their shame and folly. They are hungry for encour-
agement. They look on their mistakes until they are driven almost
to desperation. If we are Christians, when we see human beings in
distress, whether through affliction, or through sin, we shall never
say, This does not concern me.
The story of the good Samaritan and the character of Jesus reveal
the true significance of the law and what is meant by loving our
neighbor as ourselves. And when the children of God manifest
love toward all men, they also are witnessing to the character of the
statutes of heaven. “If we love one another, God dwelleth in us, and
His love is perfected in us.”
1 John 4:12
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