The Call of
Every Christian
Compassion
Luke 10:25-37
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
25And
behold, a lawyer
stood up to put him to
the test, saying,
"Teacher, what shall I do
to inherit eternal life?"
26He said to him, "What
is written in the Law?
How do you read it?"
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
27And
he answered, "You
shall love the Lord your
God with all your heart
and with all your soul
and with all your
strength and with all
your mind, and your
neighbor as yourself."
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
28And
he said to him,
"You have answered
correctly; do this, and
29
you will live." But he,
desiring to justify
himself, said to Jesus,
"And who is my
neighbor?" "
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
30Jesus
replied, "A man
was going down from
Jerusalem to Jericho,
and he fell among
robbers, who stripped
him and beat him and
departed, leaving him
half dead.
Luke
10:25-37
(ESV)
31
Now by chance a priest
was going down that road,
and when he saw him he
passed by on the other
32
side. So likewise a
Levite, when he came to
the place and saw him,
passed by on the other
side.
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
33But
a Samaritan,
as he journeyed,
came to where he
was, and when he
saw him, he had
compassion.
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
34He
went to him and
bound up his wounds,
pouring on oil and wine.
Then he set him on his
own animal and brought
him to an inn and took
care of him.
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
35And
the next day he took
out two denarii and gave
them to the innkeeper,
saying, 'Take care of him,
and whatever more you
spend, I will repay you
when I come back.'
Luke 10:25-37 (ESV)
36Which
of these three, do
you think, proved to be a
neighbor to the man who
fell among the robbers?"
37He said, "The one who
showed him mercy." And
Jesus said to him, "You go,
and do likewise."
4 Observations
about
Compassion
1) Compassion cannot exist
in the presence of SELFISH
motives (verses 25 & 29)
25And behold, a lawyer
stood up
to put him to the test,
saying, "Teacher, what
shall I do to inherit
eternal life?"
1) Compassion cannot exist
in the presence of SELFISH
motives (verses 25 & 29)
" 29But he,
desiring to justify
himself, said to
Jesus, "And who is my
neighbor?" "
1) Compassion cannot exist
in the presence of SELFISH
motives (verses 25 & 29)
A) Be Honest with YOURSELF
Jeremiah 17:9 (ESV)
“The heart is deceitful
above all things, and
desperately sick; who can
understand it?”
1) Compassion cannot exist
in the presence of SELFISH
motives (verses 25 & 29)
A) Be Honest with YOURSELF
Psalm 4:4 - Be angry, and do
not sin; ponder in your own
hearts on your beds, and be
silent. Selah
1) Compassion cannot exist
in the presence of SELFISH
motives (verses 25 & 29)
B) Be Honest with OTHERS
I hope I shall always possess
firmness and virtue enough to
maintain what I consider the
most enviable of all titles, the
character of an honest man.
-- George Washington
1) Compassion cannot exist
in the presence of SELFISH
motives (verses 25 & 29)
C) Be Honest with GOD
Psalm 139:23-24 (ESV)
Search me, O God, and know my
heart! Try me and know my
thoughts! And see if there be any
grievous way in me, and lead me
in the way everlasting!
2) Compassion will be
ABSENT when apathy is
present (verses 31-32)
31Now
by chance a priest was
going down that road, and
when he saw him he passed by
on the other side. 32So likewise
a Levite, when he came to the
place and saw him, passed by
on the other side.
2) Compassion will be
ABSENT when apathy is
present (verses 31-32)
A) Apathy is easy to ACT upon
Science may have found a
cure for most evils; but it has
found no remedy for the
worst of them all - the
apathy of human beings.
Helen Keller
2) Compassion will be
ABSENT when apathy is
present (verses 31-32)
B) Apathy is easy to JUSTIFY
Apathy is usually the
majority opinion
2) Compassion will be
ABSENT when apathy is
present (verses 31-32)
C) Apathy looks nothing
like JESUS
Matthew 9:36; 14:14; 15:32
Mark 6:34; Mark 8:2
Luke 7:13
Jesus is COMPASSIONATE
3) Compassion moves us to
look on others with GOD'S
love (verses 33-35)
33But
a Samaritan, as he
journeyed, came to where he was,
and when he saw him, he had
compassion. 34He went to him and
bound up his wounds, pouring on
oil and wine. Then he set him on
his own animal and brought him
to an inn and took care of him.
3) Compassion moves us to
look on others with GOD'S
love (verses 33-35)
35And
the next day he took out
two denarii and gave them to the
innkeeper, saying, 'Take care of
him, and whatever more you
spend, I will repay you when I
come back.'
3) Compassion moves us to
look on others with GOD'S
love (verses 33-35)
A) Compassion BLINDS us to
prejudices
3) Compassion moves us to
look on others with GOD'S
love (verses 33-35)
A) Compassion BLINDS us to prejudices
B) Compassion MOVES us
emotionally
3) Compassion moves us to
look on others with GOD'S
love (verses 33-35)
A) Compassion BLINDS us to prejudices
B) Compassion MOVES us emotionally
C) Compassion DRIVES us
physically
3) Compassion moves us to
look on others with GOD'S
love (verses 33-35)
A) Compassion BLINDS us to prejudices
B) Compassion MOVES us emotionally
C) Compassion DRIVES us physically
D) Compassion PUSHES
us financially
4) Compassion is a CHOICE
to love others (vss 36-37)
36Which
of these three, do you
think, proved to be a neighbor
to the man who fell among
37
the robbers?" He said, "The
one who showed him mercy."
And Jesus said to him, "You
go, and do likewise."
4) Compassion is a CHOICE
to love others (vss 36-37)
A) Compassion without action
is APATHY with good intentions
James 2:15-17 (ESV) If a brother or
sister is poorly clothed and lacking in
daily food, and one of you says to
them, "Go in peace, be warmed and
filled," without giving them the things
needed for the body, what good is
that? So also faith by itself, if it does
not have works, is dead.
4) Compassion is a CHOICE
to love others (vss 36-37)
B) Compassion is one of the
clearest ways the lost world
will see Jesus Christ
Christ has No Body
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Christ has no body but yours,
No hands, no feet on earth
but yours,
Yours are the eyes with which
he looks
Compassion on this world,
Christ has No Body
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Yours are the feet with which he
walks to do good,
Yours are the hands, with which
he blesses all the world.
Yours are the hands, yours are
the feet,
Yours are the eyes, you are his
body.
Christ has No Body
Teresa of Avila (1515-1582)
Christ has no body now but
yours,
No hands, no feet on earth but
yours,
Yours are the eyes with which
he looks compassion on this
world.
Christ has no body now on
earth but yours.