2188.-Our Neighbor by G. C. B.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Mountain View, California · Aug 21, 1907

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 33, No. 34.

2188.—Our Neighbor.

By G. C. B.

The Bible says, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself." Who is our neighbor? and how are we to know him?

That is not the real question after all. One asked Jesus that question, and he was answered by our Lord's telling him whom he was neighbor to. Read Luke 10:25-37. The Samaritan's neighbor was the soul in need. Jesus asked which of the three "proved neighbor" to him who fell among thieves. The answer was, "He that showed mercy upon him." The reply of Jesus is applicable to us, "Go, and do thou likewise." Then our neighbor is the soul in need. Our neighbor is, of course, the one who helps us. For that we should not seek. We should seek to know the ones to whom we can be neighbor.