Passion for Compassion
Reading: Luke 10:25-37
“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth” (1 Jn 3:17,18)
The penultimate principle is —
6. The Love Principle
“If I give all I possess to the poor ... but have not love, I gain nothing” (1 Cor 13:3).
The Apostle Paul comes down bang on charity without love. It is good to examine our motive behind a good deed. Is it out of fear of hell or is it to be in the eye of the paparazi or is it to out do someone or is it to make a social contribution or do we do it as our job? Jesus was moved with compassion before He fed people miraculously.
It is easy to do good to our enemies without love. Jesus put His finger in our problem when He said, “ LOVE your enemies, do good to them ... THEN your reward will be great” (Lk 6:35). Love stoops down to any good work because “Love is kind” (1 Cor 13:4).
Jonah prayed, “I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity” (Jonah 4:2,3). It was this divine love that saved the 1,20,000 kids of Nineveh. How God loves!
Jesus did not rush to the death house “to show His face” and slip away. “Jesus wept” and people could see His love (Jn 11:34,36). In the parable of the Good Samaritan the emphasis was on love. It stemmed from the “Love your neighbour as yourself” conversation. It was a Samaritan who loved him and helped him recover. More than a sense of duty we need a love-sick heart (Lk 10:27).
That love is bedfellow to good deeds is seen in Hebrews: “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds” (10:24). It is easy to give away our money for the poor. But to fight this social evil with love is what pleases God.
A wise physician said, “I’ve been practicing medicine for 30 years and have prescribed many things. But in the long run I’ve learned that the best medicine for human beings is Care and Love.” Someone asked, “If it doesn’t work?” He smiled and answered, “Increase the dose!”
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, 8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
Passion for Compassion
Reading: Luke 10:25-37
“If anyone has material possessions and sees his brother in need but has no pity on him, how can the love of God be in him?
Dear children, let us not love with words or tongue but with actions and in truth” (1 Jn 3:17,18)
The penultimate principle is —
6. The Love Principle
“If I give all I possess to the poor ... but have not love, I gain nothing” (1 Cor 13:3).
The Apostle Paul comes down bang on charity without love. It is good to examine our motive behind a good deed. Is it out of fear of hell or is it to be in the eye of the paparazi or is it to out do someone or is it to make a social contribution or do we do it as our job? Jesus was moved with compassion before He fed people miraculously.
It is easy to do good to our enemies without love. Jesus put His finger in our problem when He said, “ LOVE your enemies, do good to them ... THEN your reward will be great” (Lk 6:35). Love stoops down to any good work because “Love is kind” (1 Cor 13:4).
Jonah prayed, “I knew that you are a gracious and compassionate God, slow to anger and abounding in love, a God who relents from sending calamity” (Jonah 4:2,3). It was this divine love that saved the 1,20,000 kids of Nineveh. How God loves!
Jesus did not rush to the death house “to show His face” and slip away. “Jesus wept” and people could see His love (Jn 11:34,36). In the parable of the Good Samaritan the emphasis was on love. It stemmed from the “Love your neighbour as yourself” conversation. It was a Samaritan who loved him and helped him recover. More than a sense of duty we need a love-sick heart (Lk 10:27).
That love is bedfellow to good deeds is seen in Hebrews: “Let us consider how we may spur one another on toward love and good deeds” (10:24). It is easy to give away our money for the poor. But to fight this social evil with love is what pleases God.
A wise physician said, “I’ve been practicing medicine for 30 years and have prescribed many things. But in the long run I’ve learned that the best medicine for human beings is Care and Love.” Someone asked, “If it doesn’t work?” He smiled and answered, “Increase the dose!”
Dr. Lilian Stanley
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91 9843511943
lilianstanley@gmail.com
Blessing Youth Mission
13 Church Colony
Vellore 632006, India
+91-416-2242943, +91-416-2248943
hq@bymonline.org
www.bymonline.org
Click here for more options
To buy books written by Dr. Lilian Stanley, kindly reach to us in the follwing address
Blessing Literature Centre
21/11 West Coovam River Road,
Chintadripet,
Chennai 600 002, India.
+91-44-28450411, Mob:8806270699
blc@bymonline.org
