SCRIPTURE CORNER

LOVE OF THE COUNTRY FOR THE LOVE OF GOD

And when he drew near, seeing the city, he wept over it. Luke 19, 41.

To the Greeks and to the barbarians to the wise and to the unwise, I am a debtor; Rom 1, 14

Render therefore to Caesars the things that are Caesars, and to God, the things that are God's. Matt 22, 21

For there is no distinction of the Jew and the Greek: for the same is Lord over all, rich unto all that call upon him. Rom 10, 12

This is meritorious to love the country of our birth, but with God and for God, any form of nationalism though must to be avoided.