Holy Responsibilities

“Love ye therefore the stranger: for ye were strangers in the land of Egypt. Thou shalt fear the LORD thy God; him shalt thou serve, and to him shalt thou cleave” (Deut. 10:19-20).

He cares for the fatherless and loveth the stranger; for this reason they were to love the stranger. Yet far greater is our knowledge of our Lord Jesus Christ, “who loveth us and hath washed us from our sins in His own blood and made us priests and kings unto God His Father.” And this carries with it a higher obligation to serve Him, to love Him and to walk in obedience, than Israel`s obligation.

"Well then, let us ever bear in mind--yea, let us have it deep, deep down in our hearts, that according to our privileges are our obligations. Let us not refuse the wholesome word `obligation,` as though it had a legal ring about it. Far from it! It would be utterly impossible to conceive any thing further removed from all thought of legality than the obligations which flow out of the Christian`s position. It is a very serious mistake to be continually raising the cry of  "Legal! Legal!" whenever the holy responsibilities of our position are pressed upon us".

A.G. / C.H.M.