Care
for 'your brother' (1-4). Our caring is not to be selective - 'If the
brother does not live near you or if you do not know who he is' (2).
When Jesus says, 'Love your neighbour as yourself' (Luke 10:27), He
means much more than loving the people who live near us, the people that
we know. The 'Samaritan' didn't know 'the man who fell into the hands
of robbers' (Luke 10:30,33). 'Jews did not associate with Samaritans
(John 4:9). Jesus says, 'Love your enemies (Matthew 5:44). Love your
enemies with the love of the Lord - 'when we were God's enemies, we were
reconciled to Him through the death of His Son' (Romans 5:8,10). Don't
love the ways of those who 'live as enemies of the Cross of Christ'
(Philippians 3:18). 'Purge the evil from the midst of you' (21-22,24).
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