Tag: the least of these
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Neighbors
Luke 10:29 “And who is my neighbor?” Throughout the Scriptures, Christians are called to live out their faith in relationships. For example, the Bible is filled with commands that some have called “the one anothers.” Some examples: “Love one another.” “Be devoted to one another in brotherly love.” “Give preference to one another in honor.”…
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Loving God’s Name
Hebrews 6:10 “For God is not unjust so as to overlook your work and the love that you have shown for His name in serving the saints.” Do you love God? How do you know? Is it that you have a warm fuzzy feeling whenever you think about Him? Is it because you are swept up in a…
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Identifying “the Least of These”
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” That God views things far differently than we do is strikingly apparent in the verse above. Here Jesus makes reference to “the least of these my brothers.” Interestingly,…
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The Family of God
John 19:24-27 “So the soldiers did these things, but standing by the cross of Jesus were his mother and his mother’s sister, Mary the wife of Clopas, and Mary Magdalene. When Jesus saw his mother and the disciple whom he loved standing nearby, he said to his mother, ‘Woman, behold, your son!’ Then he said…
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Holy Recognition
John 20:15-16 “Jesus said to her, ‘Woman, why are you weeping? Whom are you seeking?’ Supposing him to be the gardener, she said to him, ‘Sir, if you have carried him away, tell me where you have laid him, and I will take him away.’ Jesus said to her, ‘Mary.’ She turned and said to…
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Sheep or Goat?
Matthew 25:40 “And the King will answer them, ‘Truly, I say to you, as you did it to one of the least of these my brothers, you did it to me.’” Jesus spoke often about the future to his disciples. In Matthew 25, He gives the account of “the sheep and the goats,” metaphors for…
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