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Bible
Lesson: Marks Of Godly Character Versus Marks Of Non-Christian
Character: Compassion Versus Pitilessness.
Bible
Texts:
Compassion:
Luke 10:30-37 NLT (Parable of the Good Samaritan)
30
Jesus replied with a story: “A Jewish man was traveling from
Jerusalem down to Jericho, and he was attacked by bandits. They
stripped him of his clothes, beat him up, and left him half dead
beside the road.
31
“By chance a priest came along. But when he saw the man lying
there, he crossed to the other side of the road and passed him by.
32
A Temple assistant walked over and looked at him lying there, but he
also passed by on the other side.
33
“Then a despised Samaritan came along, and when he saw the man, he
felt compassion for him.
34
Going over to him, the Samaritan soothed his wounds with olive oil
and wine and bandaged them. Then he put the man on his own donkey and
took him to an inn, where he took care of him.
35
The next day he handed the innkeeper two silver coins, telling him,
‘Take care of this man. If his bill runs higher than this, I’ll
pay you the next time I’m here.’
36
“Now which of these three would you say was a neighbor to the man
who was attacked by bandits?” Jesus asked.
37
The man replied, “The one who showed him mercy.”
Then
Jesus said, “Yes, now go and do the same.”
Pitilessness:
Psalm
69:20 NLT
Their
insults have broken my heart, and I am in despair. If only one person
would show some pity; if only one would turn and comfort me.
The
Word, Compassion:
Exodus
33:19 NLT
The
Lord replied, “I will make all My goodness pass before you, and I
will call out My name, Yahweh, before you. For I will show mercy to
anyone I choose, and I will show compassion to anyone I choose.
Psalm
103:1-5 CEB
1
Let my whole being bless The Lord! Let everything inside me bless His
holy name!
2
Let my whole being bless The Lord and never forget all His good
deeds:
3
how God forgives all your sins, heals all your sickness,
4
saves your life from the pit, crowns you with faithful love and
compassion,
5
and satisfies you with plenty of good things so that your youth is
made fresh like an eagle’s.
Psalm
103:13 NLT
The
Lord is like A Father to His children, tender and compassionate to
those who fear Him.
Psalm
116:5 GNT
The
Lord is merciful and good; our God is compassionate.
Psalm
119:77 Voice
Shower
me with Your compassion so that I may live because I find great joy
in Your law.
Psalm
119:156 GNT
But
your compassion, Lord, is great; show your mercy and save me!
Psalm
145:9 NLT
The
Lord is good to everyone. He showers compassion on all His creation.
Isaiah 30:18 NLT (Blessings for The Lord’s
People)
18
So The Lord must wait for you to come to Him so He can show you His
love and compassion. For The Lord is a faithful God. Blessed are
those who wait for His help.
Isaiah
49:10 MSG
Nobody
hungry, nobody thirsty, shade from the sun, shelter from the wind,
For The Compassionate One guides them, takes them to the best
springs.
Isaiah
49:13 NLT
Sing
for joy, O heavens! Rejoice, O earth! Burst into song, O mountains!
For The Lord has comforted His people and will have compassion on
them in their suffering.
Isaiah
51:1 NLT
Have
mercy on me, O God, because of your unfailing love. Because of your
great compassion, blot out the stain of my sins.
Isaiah
54:10 MSG
For
even if the mountains walk away and the hills fall to pieces, My love
won’t walk away from you, My covenant commitment of peace won’t
fall apart.” The God who has compassion on you says so.
Isaiah
63:7 MSG
I’ll
make a list of God’s gracious dealings, all the things God has done
that need praising, All the generous bounties of God His great
goodness to the family of Israel—Compassion lavished love
extravagant.
Lamentations
3:32 NLT
Though
He brings grief, He also shows compassion because of the greatness of
His unfailing love.
Matthew
9:35-38 KJV
35
And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their
synagogues, and preaching The Gospel of the kingdom, and healing
every sickness and every disease among the people.
36
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion on them,
because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no
shepherd.
37
Then saith He unto His disciples, The harvest truly is plenteous, but
the laborers are few;
38
Pray ye therefore The Lord Of The Harvest, that He will send forth
laborers into His harvest.
Matthew
14:13-21 KJV
13
When Jesus heard of it (Beheading of John The Baptist), He departed
thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had
heard thereof, they followed Him on foot out of the cities.
14
And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with
compassion toward them, and He healed their sick.
15
And when it was evening, His disciples came to Him, saying, This is a
desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that
they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals.
16
But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat.
17
And they say unto Him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes.
18
He said, Bring them hither to Me.
19
And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the
five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, He
blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to His disciples, and the
disciples to the multitude.
20
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the
fragments that remained twelve baskets full.
21
And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women
and children.
Matthew
15:29-39 KJV
29
And Jesus departed from thence, and came nigh unto the sea of
Galilee; and went up into a mountain, and sat down there.
30
And great multitudes came unto Him, having with them those that were
lame, blind, dumb, maimed, and many others, and cast them down at
Jesus' feet; and He healed them:
31
Insomuch that the multitude wondered, when they saw the dumb to
speak, the maimed to be whole, the lame to walk, and the blind to
see: and they glorified The God Of Israel.
32
Then Jesus called His disciples unto Him, and said, I have compassion
on the multitude, because they continue with Me now three days, and
have nothing to eat: and I will not send them away fasting, lest they
faint in the way.
33
And His disciples say unto Him, Whence should we have so much bread
in the wilderness, as to fill so great a multitude?
34
And Jesus saith unto them, How many loaves have ye? And they said,
Seven, and a few little fishes
35
And He commanded the multitude to sit down on the ground.
36
And He took the seven loaves and the fishes, and gave thanks, and
brake them, and gave to His disciples, and the disciples to the
multitude.
37
And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the broken
meat that was left seven baskets full.
38
And they that did eat were four thousand men, beside women and
children.
39
And He sent away the multitude, and took ship, and came into the
coasts of Magdala.
Matthew
20:29-34 KJV
29
And as they departed from Jericho, a great multitude followed Him.
30
And, behold, two blind men sitting by the way side, when they heard
that Jesus passed by, cried out, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord,
thou Son Of David.
31
And the multitude rebuked them, because they should hold their peace:
but they cried the more, saying, Have mercy on us, O Lord, thou Son
Of David.
32
And Jesus stood still, and called them, and said, What will ye that I
shall do unto you?
33
They say unto Him, Lord, that our eyes may be opened.
34
So Jesus had compassion on them, and touched their eyes: and
immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.
Mark
6:30-34 KJV
30
And the apostles gathered themselves together unto Jesus, and told
Him all things, both what they had done, and what they had taught.
31
And He said unto them, Come ye yourselves apart into a desert place,
and rest a while: for there were many coming and going, and they had
no leisure so much as to eat.
32
And they departed into a desert place by ship privately.
33
And the people saw them departing, and many knew Him, and ran afoot
thither out of all cities, and out went them, and came together unto
Him.
34
And Jesus, when He came out, saw much people, and was moved with
compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a
shepherd: and He began to teach them many things.
Luke
15:11-32 KJV
11
And He said, A certain man had two sons:
12
And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the
portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his
living.
13
And not many days after the younger son gathered all together, and
took his journey into a far country, and there wasted his substance
with riotous living.
14
And when he had spent all, there arose a mighty famine in that land;
and he began to be in want.
15
And he went and joined himself to a citizen of that country; and he
sent him into his fields to feed swine.
16
And he would fain have filled his belly with the husks that the swine
did eat: and no man gave unto him.
17
And when he came to himself, he said, How many hired servants of my
father's have bread enough and to spare, and I perish with hunger!
18
I will arise and go to my father, and will say unto him, Father, I
have sinned against heaven, and before thee,
19
And am no more worthy to be called thy son: make me as one of thy
hired servants.
20
And he arose, and came to his father. But when he was yet a great way
off, his father saw him, and had compassion, and ran, and fell on his
neck, and kissed him.
21
And the son said unto him, Father, I have sinned against heaven, and
in thy sight, and am no more worthy to be called thy son.
22
But the father said to his servants, Bring forth the best robe, and
put it on him; and put a ring on his hand, and shoes on his feet:
23
And bring hither the fatted calf, and kill it; and let us eat, and be
merry:
24
For this my son was dead, and is alive again; he was lost, and is
found. And they began to be merry.
25
Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to
the house, he heard music and dancing.
26
And he called one of the servants, and asked what these things meant.
27
And he said unto him, Thy brother is come; and thy father hath killed
the fatted calf, because he hath received him safe and sound.
28
And he was angry, and would not go in: therefore came his father out,
and entreated him.
29
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve
thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet
thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends:
30
But as soon as this thy son was come, which hath devoured thy living
with harlots, thou hast killed for him the fatted calf.
31
And he said unto him, Son, thou art ever with me, and all that I have
is thine.
32
It was meet that we should make merry, and be glad: for this thy
brother was dead, and is alive again; and was lost, and is found.
Romans
9:15 NLT
For
God said to Moses, “I will show mercy to anyone I choose, and I
will show compassion to anyone I choose.”
II Corinthians 1:3,4 CEB (God’s comfort in
trouble)
3
May the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ be blessed! He is The
Compassionate Father and God Of All comfort.
4
He’s the one who comforts us in all our trouble so that we can
comfort other people who are in every kind of trouble. We offer the
same comfort that we ourselves received from God.
Philippians
2:1-3 GNT
1
Your life in Christ makes you strong, and His love comforts you. You
have fellowship with The Spirit, and you have kindness and compassion
for one another.
2
I urge you, then, to make me completely happy by having the same
thoughts, sharing the same love, and being one in soul and mind.
3
Don't do anything from selfish ambition or from a cheap desire to
boast, but be humble toward one another, always considering others
better than yourselves.
Colossians
3:12 GNT
You
are the people of God; He loved you and chose you for His own. So
then, you must clothe yourselves with compassion, kindness, humility,
gentleness, and patience.
James
5:11 GNT
We
call them happy because they endured. You have heard of Job's
patience, and you know how The Lord provided for him in the end. For
The Lord is full of mercy and compassion.
The
Word, Pitilessness:
Job
24:9 NLT
“The
wicked snatch a widow’s child from her breast, taking the baby as
security for a loan.
Psalm
35:15 KJV
But
in Mine adversity they rejoiced, and gathered themselves together:
yea, the subjects gathered themselves together against Me, and I knew
it not; they did tear Me, and ceased not:
Psalm
69:21 KJV
They
gave Me also gall for My meat; and in My thirst they gave Me vinegar
to drink.
Proverbs
17:11 KJV
An
evil man seeketh only rebellion: therefore a cruel messenger shall be
sent against him.
Proverbs
28:3 KJV
A
poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which
leaveth no food.
Isaiah
13:18 NLT
The
attacking armies will shoot down the young men with arrows. They will
have no mercy on helpless babies and will show no compassion for
children.”
Matthew 18:21-35 NLT (Parable of the Unforgiving
Debtor)
21
Then Peter came to him and asked, “Lord, how often should I forgive
someone who sins against me? Seven times?”
22
“No, not seven times,” Jesus replied, “but seventy times seven!
23
“Therefore, the Kingdom of Heaven can be compared to a king who
decided to bring his accounts up to date with servants who had
borrowed money from him.
24
In the process, one of his debtors was brought in who owed him
millions of dollars.
25
He couldn’t pay, so his master ordered that he be sold—along with
his wife, his children, and everything he owned—to pay the debt.
26
“But the man fell down before his master and begged him, ‘Please,
be patient with me, and I will pay it all.’
27
Then his master was filled with pity for him, and he released him and
forgave his debt.
28
“But when the man left the king, he went to a fellow servant who
owed him a few thousand dollars. He grabbed him by the throat and
demanded instant payment.
29
“His fellow servant fell down before him and begged for a little
more time. ‘Be patient with me, and I will pay it,’ he pleaded.
30
But his creditor wouldn’t wait. He had the man arrested and put in
prison until the debt could be paid in full.
31
“When some of the other servants saw this, they were very upset.
They went to the king and told him everything that had happened.
32
Then the king called in the man he had forgiven and said, ‘You evil
servant! I forgave you that tremendous debt because you pleaded with
me.
33
Shouldn’t you have mercy on your fellow servant, just as I had
mercy on you?’
34
Then the angry king sent the man to prison to be tortured until he
had paid his entire debt.
35
“That’s what My heavenly Father will do to you if you refuse to
forgive your brothers and sisters from your heart.”
Luke
10:30-32 KJV
30
And Jesus answering said, A certain man went down from Jerusalem to
Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment,
and wounded him, and departed, leaving him half dead.
31
And by chance there came down a certain priest that way: and when he
saw him, he passed by on the other side.
32
And likewise a Levite, when he was at the place, came and looked on
him, and passed by on the other side.
Prayer:
John
13:34,35 kJV
34
A new commandment I give unto you, That ye love one another; as I
have loved you, that ye also love one another.
35
By this shall all men know that ye are My disciples, if ye have love
one to another.
