May 07, 2023 | Will Murphy
Passage: Matthew 9:35-10:1
Com = with; Pati = to suffer; Compassion = to suffer with another
Compassion moves us to action.
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and he had compassion on them and healed their sick. Mt 14:14
When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Mt 9:36–38
And he called to him his twelve disciples and gave them authority over unclean spirits, to cast them out, and to heal every disease and every affliction. Mt 10:1
Compassion carries a cost.
Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore, pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” Mt 9:37–38
Whoever does not bear his own cross and come after me cannot be my disciple. For which of you, desiring to build a tower, does not first sit down and count the cost, whether he has enough to complete it? Luke 14:27-28
Compassion is also meant for you.
“For the mountains may depart and the hills be removed, but my steadfast love shall not depart from you, and my covenant of peace shall not be removed,” says the Lord, who has compassion on you.” Isaiah 54:10 ESV
As a father shows compassion to his children, So the LORD shows compassion to those who fear him. For He knows our frame; He remembers that we are dust Psalm 103:13-14
For while we were still weak, at the right time Christ died for the ungodly. For one will scarcely die for a righteous person—though perhaps for a good person one would dare even to die—but God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Romans 5:6-8
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