...need of you : for she hath been a succourer of many, and of myself also. b Phil. ii. 29 ; 3 John 5, 6. the will of my Father , the same is my brother, and sister, and mother. That ye receive her — Entertain her, and treat her with aifection ; in the Lord— For...

...ye believe not that I am He, ye shall die in your sins," ' answered Grosvcnor. ' " Whosoever doeth the will of my Father, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother," ' was Monkhood's rejoinder. ' " lie that bclicveth not is condemned already," ' returned...

...them but once before, and there it was made necessary by the remarks to which he replied. "Whoso doeth the will of my Father, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." Here for the first time, as a spontaneous appellation, he calls them his brethren. The...

...the apostle, 'he is not ashamed to call them brethren.' And the Saviour himself says that' whosoever shall do the will of my Father, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother.' With what ecstasy of joy should we be filled at the thought of the honor of having Him...

...and kindness, He asked, " Who is my mother, and who are my brothers ? I tell you that whosoever will do the will of my Father, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother " (Markiii. 35). Now " whosoever " is a wide, full, searching word, and will find out the...

...Behold my mother and my brethren," said he stretching forth his hand towards his disciples ; a whosoever shall do the will of my father, the same is my brother and my sister." The simple people did not understand him thus, and one day a woman, passing by him, exclaimed,...

...all-embracing k I Cor. xi. ii. relation. "As many as have been baptised into Christ have put on Christ ; there is neither Greek nor Jew, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female ; they are all one in Christ Jesus '." The influence of it extends...

...know I loved my mother." " Yes," said the angel sorrowfully ; " but Christ has said, ' He that doeth the will of my Father, the same is my brother and sister and mother.' You do not love, as you do your mother, those fellow-pilgrims who belong not to your own...

...into the family of Abraham. " As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ. There is neither Greek nor Jew, there is neither bond nor free, there is neither male nor female, for ye are all one in Christ Jesus. And if ye be Christ's, then are...

...single day for their exclusive benefit. He sought to bless them by blessing the world. "He that doeth the will of my Father, the same is my brother, and sister, and mother." Though a descendant of Abraham His sympathies were not restricted by Jewish nationality....