Sunday School Lessor
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suffers as a Christian, let him
not be ashamed, but under that
name let him glorify God."
To travel under the name of
another Is to assume his Iden
tity. If we are to assume the
name of Christ, If we would
be called Christian, then we
must assume the Identity and
character of our namesake. To
be a Christian means to be
come like Jesus Christ, to take
on his perception of life, his
relationships with other people.
his employment. Martin Luther
put it simply: Each of us is to
be a little Christ to our neigh
bor.
What does this statement
mean? It means that Just as
the clown helped the water boy
shoulder his load, so we are to
help others In every possible
way. This help may be given
through organizational chan
nels such as the United Fund,
or we may express our kind
ness and give assistance In a
more direct way.
Being a Christ to our neigh
bor may also mean that, like
the clown in Parable, we will '
step Into the line of fire, identi
fying with the neglected and
the oppressed. It may mean
taking up the causes of the
American Indian, the Mexican
laborer, the unemployed Ameri
can Negro, the innocent victims
of war. To be a Christ to our
neighbor means we will inter
'ere wherever men make pup
pets of other men.
Sharing Christ's Suffering
Now, whoever tires to live
under the name of Christ is
sure to get his share of suffer
ing. A book entitled Dying We |
Live is made up of the final
messages of various persons
facing death under the Nazis.
One example is Paul Schneid
er, a Lutheran pastor, who was
convinced that he must con
tinue to preach the gospel.
When he saw the lie being used
as a political force, he called
it by its name. Though he had
already been imprisoned once
in 1937, he refused to leave his
country. The Nazis tortured and
finally killed him.
Bernhard Lichtenberg, Rom
an Catholic dean of St. Hed
wig's Cathedral in Berlin, was
taken to prison because h?
asked his people to pray for
the Jews. "No one ever saw
him raise his hand in the Hit
ler salute. When he was asked
how he felt toward the Fuhrer,
he replied to the Gestapo com
missioner: 'I have only one
Fuhrer, Jesus Christ."*
Other Kinds of Saffertnr
Fortunately, in this country
we have never had to with
stand such social, political, and
religious adversity. But the
sneer at the club or the office
is almost harder to meet than
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