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Brotherly Love, March 20
Be kindly affectioned one to another with brotherly love; in honour
preferring one another.
Romans 12:10
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When the Holy Spirit moves upon human minds, all petty complaints and
accusations between man and his fellow man will be put away. The bright
beams of the Sun of righteousness will shine into the chambers of the mind
and heart. In our worship of God there will be no distinction between rich
and poor, white and black. All prejudice will be melted away. When we
approach God, it will be as one brotherhood. We are pilgrims and strangers,
bound for a better country, even a heavenly. There all pride, all accusation,
all self-deception, will forever have an end. Every mask will be laid aside,
and we shall “see him as he is” (
1 John 3:2
). There our songs will catch
the inspiring theme, and praise and thanksgiving will go up to God.—
The
Review and Herald, October 24, 1899
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The Lord Jesus came to our world to save men and women of all nation-
alities.... Jesus came to shed light over the whole world. At the beginning
of His ministry He declared His mission: “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 at liberty them that are bruised, to
preach the acceptable year of the Lord” (
Luke 4:18, 19
)....
The Lord’s eye is upon all His creatures; He loves them all, and makes
no difference between white and black, except that He has a special tender
pity for those who are called to bear a greater burden than others. Those who
love God and believe on Christ as their Redeemer, while they must meet the
trials and the difficulties that lie in their path, should yet with a cheerful spirit
accept their life as it is, considering that God above regards these things, and
for all that the world neglects to bestow, He will Himself make up to them in
the best of favors.—
Selected Messages 2:487, 488
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