Splagchnizomai

IT DOESN’T STOP THERE! HE TAKES HIM TO A HOTEL WHERE HE CAN CONTINUE MEDICAL CARE. HE SPENDS THE NIGHT WITH HIM TO KEEP HIM SAFE. HE NOT ONLY PAYS FOR EVERYTHING, BUT MAKES ARRANGEMENTS TO REIMBURSE THE HOTEL FOR ALL EXPENSES.

COMPASSION KNOWS NO BOUNDARIES AND RENDERS NO COST TOO GREAT TO INVEST INTO ANOTHER PERSON TO SHOW THEM THE LOVE OF GOD AND THE SACRIFICIAL REDEMPTION OF JESUS CHRIST. WE MUST ALLOW THE HOLY SPIRIT TO WORK WITHIN US TO BECOME LOVING AND COMPASSIONATE IN THE WAY JESUS SHOWED US.

IF WE DON’T SEEK HOLINESS OR MAKE THE CHOICE TO PURSUE RIGHTEOUSNESS, WE WILL BE NOTHING BUT AN ABRASIVE NOISE AND USELESS TO THE WORLD.

1 CORINTHIANS 13:1-3, TELLS US THAT IF WE DO NOT LOVE WITH COMPASSION, WE ARE SIMPLY A NOISY GONG AND CLASHING CYMBALS. WE WILL BECOME NOTHING AND WILL HAVE GAINED NOTHING. WE MUST STAY CONNECTED TO CHRIST IN AN INTIMATE RELATIONSHIP THAT IS EMPOWERED AND MADE FRUITFUL THROUGH THE INDWELLING HOLY SPIRIT.

“SPLAGCHNIZOMAI” IS HOLY COMPASSION. IT IS THE STRENGTH BEHIND 1 CORINTHIANS 13:4-7, 13, “LOVE IS PATIENT AND KIND. LOVE IS NOT JEALOUS OR BOASTFUL OR PROUD OR RUDE. IT DOES NOT DEMAND ITS OWN WAY. IT IS NOT IRRITABLE, AND IT KEEPS NO RECORD OF BEING WRONGED. IT DOES NOT REJOICE ABOUT INJUSTICE BUT REJOICES WHENEVER THE TRUTH WINS OUT. LOVE NEVER GIVES UP, NEVER LOSES FAITH, IS ALWAYS HOPEFUL, AND ENDURES THROUGH EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE…THREE THINGS WILL LAST FOREVER—FAITH, HOPE, AND LOVE—AND THE GREATEST OF THESE IS LOVE.”

IF YOU’RE NOT THERE YET….GET STARTED. IF YOU ARE ON YOUR WAY, KEEP GOING AND DIG DEEPER. IF YOU ARE SPOT-ON, BULLS-EYE, NOT ONLY STAY THE COURSE, BUT DISCIPLE AND MENTOR TO BRING SOMEONE ALONG WITH YOU.

WE MUST LOVE WITH COMPASSION! WE MUST LIVE JUST LIKE JESUS. WE MUST PURSUE SANCTIFICATION! THAT IS WHY I WILL LEAVE YOU WITH THE COMMAND OF JESUS AND HIS CONCLUSION TO THE PARABLE OF THE “GOOD SAMARITAN.”

HE SAID IN LUKE 10:37, “GO AND DO LIKEWISE.” LET US GO AND “SPLAGCHNIZOMAI” AND LIVE IN HOLY COMPASSION TO ADVANCE THE KINGDOM OF GOD!