Deuteronomy 10:18-19 He defends the cause of the fatherless and the widow, and loves the foreigner residing among you, giving them food and clothing. (God extends His extraordinary mercy and grace, which, in real terms to us, are His compassion and unmerited favor, to the least of us, to those who may well be ignored by others. Not only does He care for the less fortunate, but He defends them and advocates for them with the same passion that He revealed by implementing His salvation plan for us. At the same time that He is impartial and righteous Judge for us, He gives us favor and becomes our Father and Bridegroom and makes us fully-recognized residents of His Kingdom.) And you are to love those who are foreigners, for you yourselves were foreigners in Egypt. (The Lord calls us to model His merciful and grace-filled example by offering kindness and generosity to those around us,
including those who are still foreign to the community and family of God.
As the Israelites were once held in Egypt, as we ourselves were once in bondage and captivity and were led to freedom through God's intervention in our lives,
those today who still remain foreigners to the Lord's salvation need for us to show them the way of escape through God's love, a love that He extends to them through us.)
