STORIES - Part 2 - Stories Of Compassion
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A STORY OF COMPASSION
There are hurting people all around us
“And just how would you define ‘neighbor’?” Jesus answered by telling a story. “There was once a man traveling from Jerusalem to
Jericho. On the way robbers attacked him.
They took his clothes, beat him up, and went off
leaving him half-dead. (Luke 10:29-31 – The Message)
Our response has everything to do with
our walk with God
Just then a religion scholar stood up with a question to test Jesus. “Teacher, what do I need to do to get eternal life?” He answered, “What’s written in God’s Law?
How do you interpret it?”
He said, “That you love the Lord your God with all your passion
and prayer and muscle and intelligence-and that you love your neighbor as well as you
do yourself.”
“Good answer!” said Jesus. “Do it and you’ll live.”
(Luke 10:25-28 – The Message)
RESPONSE 1: I can pass by like the priest
Luckily, a priest was on his way down the same road,
but when he saw him he angled across to the other side.
(Luke 10:31 – The Message)
We often choose to simply
keep our distance
RESPONSE 2: I can look down like the Levite
In the same way a Levite also came there, went over and looked at the man, but then
walked on by on the other side. (Luke 10:32 – Good News Bible)
We often choose to be curious
but uninvolved
RESPONSE 3: I can show sympathy
like the Samaritan
A Samaritan traveling the road came on him. When he saw the man’s condition, his heart went
out to him. He gave him first aid, disinfecting and bandaging
his wounds.
Then he lifted him onto his donkey, led him to an inn, and made him comfortable. In the morning he took out two silver
coins and gave them to the innkeeper, saying,
‘Take good care of him. If it costs any more, put it on my bill-I’ll pay
you on my way back.’ (Luke 10:33-35 – The Message)
We should choose to treat everyone the way
we want to be treated
Our compassion must be more than good intentions
it must be translated into practical actions
“What do you think? Which of the three became a neighbor to the man attacked by robbers?”
“The one who treated him kindly,” the religion scholar
responded. Jesus said, “Go and do the same.”
(Luke 10:36-37 – The Message)
‘Master, what are you talking about? When did we ever see
you hungry and feed you, thirsty and give you a drink? And when did we ever see you sick or in
prison and come to you?’
Then the King will say, ‘I’m telling the solemn truth: Whenever
you did one of these things to someone overlooked
or ignored, that was me- you did it to me.’
(Matthew 25:37-40 – The Message)
Our compassion has everything to do with
our walk with God
My beloved friends, let us continue to love each other since love comes from God. Everyone
who loves is born of God and experiences a relationship
with God.
The person who refuses to love doesn’t know the first thing
about God, because God is love - so you can’t know him if you
don’t love. (1 John 4:7-8 – The Message)
Oh, the suffering souls crying out for love
in a world that seldom cares
See the hungry hearts longing to be filled
with much more than our prayers
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue and you hear her crying out for help My God! What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them till you're ready to love them too
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow and the pain
they're going through
With a life full of compassion may we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them
till you're ready to love them too
All the desperate men are we reaching for the souls that are sinking down sin?
Oh, cry for the church we've lost our passion for the lost and there are billions left to win
And another 40,000
children starved to
death today would we risk all we
have to see one of them
saved?
Don't tell them Jesus loves
them till you're
ready to love them too
Till your heart breaks from their sorrow and the pain
they're going through
With a life full of compassion may we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them till you're ready to love them too
Why have we waited so long to show them Jesus lives to share salvation's song
Why have our hearts become so proud that we fail to see
to love them is to love God
And a young girl sells herself on Seventh Avenue
hear her crying out for help What will we do?
Don't tell them Jesus loves them Till you're ready to love them too
Till your heart breaks
from their sorrow and
the pain they're going
through
With a life full of compassion
may we do what we must do
Don't tell them Jesus loves them till you're ready to love them too
THE ULTIMATE QUESTION:
Who is YOUR neighbor?
Treat other people exactly as you would like to be
treated by them. (Matthew 7:12 – Phillips Translation)
Let’s Pray