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Are We Our Brother’s Keeper? |
America witnessed its share of Good Samaritans during and after the recent World Trade Center disaster. They are to be commended for their call to duty and sacrifice, some even giving up their lives in the process. Like the original Good Samaritan, their examples should remind us of God's love for mankind, which transcends even such outstanding examples of human love and sacrifice.
God calls us to a way of life exemplified by Him and His Son, Jesus of Nazareth. "For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us" (Romans 5:7-8).
You and I can come
to understand and apply the kind of love and sacrifice Jesus made for all
humanity. The Bible describes it as being our brother's keeper,
one
who unfailingly "keeps" his brother or sister. Such constancy is
more than an immediate and unplanned sacrifice for others, commendable as
that is. To be your brother's keeper means to consider your neighbor's needs
at all times, whether he is present or not.
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