Unto the Least

A young lady named Sally, relates an experience she had in a seminaryclass, given by her teacher, Dr. Smith. She says that Dr. Smithwas knownfor his elaborate object lessons.One particular day, Sally walked into the seminary and knew they were infor a fun day.On the wall was a big target and on a nearby table were many darts. Dr.Smithtold the students to draw a picture of someone that they disliked orsomeone who had made them angry, and he would allow them to throw darts atthe person's picture.Sally's friend drew a picture of who had stolen her boyfriend. Anotherfriend drew a picture of his little brother. Sally drew a picture of a former friend, putting a great deal of detail into her drawing, evendrawing pimples on the face. Sally was pleased with the overall effect shehad achieved.The class lined up and began throwing darts. Some of the students threwtheir darts with such force that their targets were ripping apart. Sally looked forward to her turn,and was filled with disappointment when Dr. Smith, because of time limits, asked the students to return to their seats. As Sally sat thinking about how angry she was because she didn't have a chance to throw any darts at her target. Dr. Smith began removing the target from the wall. Underneath the target was a picture of Jesus. A hush fell over the room as each student viewed the mangled picture of Jesus; holes and jagged marks covered His face and His eyes were pierced. Dr. Smith said only these words.... "In as much as ye have done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto Me." Matthew 25:40.


I thought this was a great object lesson, and it reminded me of Galatians 5:14-15:
"For all the law is fulfilled in one word, even in this; Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.
But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another."

The only commandment given in Scripture greater than that to love one another is to love God. Christ went as far as to say that love for the brethren is the mark of a true disciple! I suppose that means I will have to moderate the ranting against my fellow man on my blog. Hmmm.....