families, not into nationalities, but a division into Christian and non-Christian. We are, of course, divided now—by Calvary. Either we have responded to the love of the God-Man who died on the cross for us, or we have rejected Him. The two thieves represent us all. One repented, and one continued to revile. We sometimes talk glibly of “the Fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man.” God is the Creator of all men but not the Father of all. Jesus said in John 8:42, 44: “… If God
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