Christ’s Compassion

Compassion bowels of mercy. To the Greek Poets, the bowels were regarded as the seat of the more violent passions such as love and anger, but to the Hebrews it means the seat of tender affections and kindness. In a manuscript of 5 B.C it meant “for pity’s sake.” In our modern day, it means the heart or seat of emotions or compassion. Being able to put yourself in the place of another. Mark 6:34

I: Paul and the Church of Cornith. Cornith 2 6:12
1. They had found room in Paul’s heart.
2. They had made no room for Paul.
3. The church suffered because their hearts were not enlarged.

II: Jesus saw the Multitude:
1. Jesus looked upon them with eyes of compassion.
2. The natural eye saw a hungry multitude and an empty purse.
3. Jesus saw the Physical and Spiritual needs.
4. What he saw moved him to action.

III: He was Moved.
1. Jesus saw them like sheep without a shepherd. “A good shepherd gives his life for his sheep.”
2. He saw them as a harvest ready for the gathering “Pray ye therefore.”

IV: Without Compassion.
1. Christian service becomes like the rattle of pots and pans.
2. Compassion helps us to be kind and patient.
3. Without compassion, we become jealous and full of pride.
4. Without compassion, we become rude and insist upon our own rights.

Jesus took what he had and set out to meet the needs of the multitude.