“THE KINGDOM OF HEAVEN IS NOT GIVEN ON THE BASIS OF RACE, EARNED MERITS, THE MILITARY ZEAL, AND THE PROWESS OF ZEALOTS, OR THE WEALTH OF A ZACCHAEUS. IT IS GIVEN TO THE POOR, THE DESPISED PUBLICANS, THE PROSTITUTES, THOSE WHO ARE SO ‘POOR’ THEY KNOW THEY CAN OFFER NOTHING AND DO NOT TRY. THEY CRY FOR MERCY, AND THEY ALONE ARE HEARD.”
CARSON D. A.