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SearchThe Alpheus Twins – Common Labor is Service to God
Jesus then went over to the Alpheus twins and, standing between them, said: "My little children,
you are one of the three groups of brothers who chose to follow after me. All six of you have
done well to work in peace with your own flesh and blood, but none have done better than you.
Hard times are just ahead of us. You may not understand all that will befall you and your
brethren, but never doubt that you were once called to the work of the kingdom. For some time
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there will be no multitudes to manage, but do not become discouraged; when your lifework is
finished, I will receive you on high, where in glory you shall tell of your salvation to seraphic
hosts and to multitudes of the high Sons of God. Dedicate your lives to the enhancement of
commonplace toil. Show all men on earth and the angels of heaven how cheerfully and
courageously mortal man can, after having been called to work for a season in the special service
of God, return to the labors of former days. If, for the time being, your work in the outward
affairs of the kingdom should be completed, you should go back to your former labors with the
new enlightenment of the experience of sonship with God and with the exalted realization that, to
him who is God-knowing, there is no such thing as common labor or secular toil. To you who
have worked with me, all things have become sacred, and all earthly labor has become a service
even to God the Father. And when you hear the news of the doings of your former apostolic
associates, rejoice with them and continue your daily work as those who wait upon God and
serve while they wait. You have been my apostles, and you always shall be, and I will remember
you in the kingdom to come."