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310. “Feed My Lambs”: Jesus’ Last Great Teaching, beautiful thoughts!

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This beautiful article has changed my thoughts on priorities of helping and feeding the poor.  I have condensed it somewhat, to make it not quite so long, and I have highlighted certain parts.  I hope you enjoy it. SCRIPTURE STUDY “Feed My Lambs”: Jesus’ Last Great Teaching By Robert A. Rees  · December 15, 2014, in Meridian Magazine *The phraseology in this paper is taken, variously, from the King James, New English, and New International versions of John. In his 2014 General Conference address, “Are We Not All Beggars,” Elder Jeffrey R. Holland reminds us that in announcing the focus of his ministry, Jesus proclaimed, “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and … set at liberty them that are bruised” (Luke 4:18). Elder Holland says, “Jesus’s first and foremost messianic duty would be to bless the poor, includ...