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ABORTION RITES - Jesus is Savior

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with them to do min<strong>is</strong>try work. Yet, <strong>Jesus</strong>, through h<strong>is</strong> love andinclusiveness, repeatedly lifted women’s social status to a level on parwith men. He met with the Samaritan woman, a social outcast, whoin turn preached the Gospel to her community. He taught Mary theway a rabbi taught male pupils, “which also sat at <strong>Jesus</strong>’ feet, andheard h<strong>is</strong> word” and when her s<strong>is</strong>ter complained, he responded“Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken awayfrom her.” 34While <strong>Jesus</strong> walked on earth, he cared for the social outcast,the downtrodden, the oppressed­ the person without a voice. Hereached out to women and identified with their suffering. In oneexample, <strong>Jesus</strong> d<strong>is</strong>regarded the convention not to come in contactwith dead bodies when he touched an open bier and healed the deadson of the widow of Nain; 35 her well being was more important to34Luke 10:38­42.35Luke 7:11­15.59

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