Friday, February 28, 2020

but everyone is your neighbour

Throughout February, I shared quotes and verses with the theme of love. Here is a closing thought:

“We instinctively tend to limit for whom we exert ourselves. We do it for people like us, and for people whom we like. Jesus will have none of that. By depicting a Samaritan helping a Jew, Jesus could not have found a more forceful way to say that anyone at all in need - regardless of race, politics, class, and religion - is your neighbour. Not everyone is your brother or sister in faith, but everyone is your neighbour, and you must love your neighbour.”  Timothy Keller, Generous Justice: How God's Grace Makes Us Just