Recently I heard this phrase and it really impacted me. Compassion is not just feeling sorry for the unsaved, but it is seeing the sinning and dying world and pulling the lost from the fire. That is real compassion ...in action.
Webster's 1828 dictionary definition:
COMPAS'SION, noun
1. A sensation of sorrow excited by the distress or misfortunes of another; pity. Compassion is a mixed passion, compounded of love and sorrow; at least some portion of love generally attends the pain or regret, or is excited by it.
He, being full of compassion, forgave their iniquity. Psalm 78.
Finally, be ye all of one mind, having compassion one of another, love as brethren, be pitiful, be courteous: 1 Peter 3:8
And of some have compassion, making a difference: And others save with fear, pulling them out of the fire; hating even the garment spotted by the flesh. Jude 1:22-23
Do we have compassion (love for the lost and sorrow for their condition)? Are we putting it in action?
It is my prayer that God will continue to work in my heart concerning missions and that he will help me do my part. God has commanded us to reach our generation. Will there be someone from every nation and tongue around the throne someday in Heaven from our time? Or will we be ashamed because billions of souls that we should have reached are lost?
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Have a blessed day!
In Christ,
Victoria
