Jesus Christ in His Homeland #221205

Dear Christian friends, it makes no difference from what part of the world we may come, or from what nation or what tribe, there is one name that binds us all together, and that is the name of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. In His name to-night I greet you. Coming as I do from the same land that gave Him birth, the same mountains and hills and valleys that greeted His eyes when He was incarnated into this world greeted mine when I was born into this world. So I do not simply speak to you as one who has traveled in Palestine as a tourist or explorer, or who has lived there a few years as a missionary, but as one of the people of the country; for that is the hole of the pit out of which I was dug, and the rock out of which I was hewn. For I was born in the city of Jerusalem, brought up in the city of Jerusalem, and I know the whole country of Palestine even from Dan unto Beersheba, from this side of Jordan to the other side of Jordan, and I bring to you from Palestine, that Holy Land, a message of peace.<br><br>Any home you may enter, any person you may meet on the roadside, we do n't simply say, "Good morning, how do you do?"