Change your mind 4

Intro

what emotion are you most often described as having?

why?

Jesus is most often described as having compassion- what is it?

Raising the Widows’ Son- Luke 7

a horrible circumstance

Jesus is doing a lot of healing and the crowds are following around him as he goes

what does Jesus compassion look like? Is it an emotion?

Jesus sees this circumstance that only he can make better and bring hope and life to

splanxnizomai- he is moved from his guts

because of this, because of his compassion, God is glorified

The Good Samaritan- Luke 10

in a question about living

who is my neighbor is asked but the answer is to be a neighbor yourself

the Samaritan has compassion, same word used to describe Jesus previously and many times elsewhere

if you want to live, to have life and to spread it as God has called us to do, we have to have real compassion

to look beyond our sleves and our comforts

that one person that we are to reach at a time needs more than just your sympathy

more than just a nice thought

they need you to have compassion and...

Application

everytime Jesus has compassion, he has compassion and...

people need more than simply to be thought or spoken about kindly

just like we talked about faith on Thursday, it is dead and meaningless if there is no action

compassion and sympathy are related but not equal

one makes me feel better, the other makes a difference in someone elses life

sympathy is in my nature, compassion is Jesus example