As Jesus was preaching throughout Galilee, a leper came and kneeled before Him, and asked to be healed. In Mark 1:41 it reads "Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him and said to him, I am willing; be cleansed." Without compassion it is impossible to please your Heavenly Father. But never let it overrule honesty, integrity or holiness. He is a just God! You must speak truth all the time, even when it seems you are being unkind. Sometimes Abba wants to show someone something through a lesson, but you are asked to tell an untruth to save that person from being punished...Don't do it! If you try to save one from receiving the correction they need, the judgement that was prepared for them will befall you!Compassion doesn't require you to overlook others sin against their spouse, their children, their church, their neighbor or the company they work with; You cannot play "God"! Compassion doesn't require you to tell a lie to help them plead their case...But... compassion can require you to be silent, or take the blame for another's wrong...That's what He He did; When He died for us! Three things I believe He wants from us, RELENTLESS PURSUIT of HIM...RELENTLESS WORSHIP to HIM ...RELENTLESS PASSION for HIM.
Exodus 34:6 And the Lord passed before him and proclaimed, "The Lord, the Lord God, merciful and gracious, longsuffering , and abounding in goodness and truth... In this verse IS the disposition of Messiah. The early church used this important verse to judge prophecy and conduct in the church atmosphere. There were three elders who were in charge of hearing and deciding if what was said and done in that time was in the disposition of Messiah. In this very shaky and explosive time we are living in (exciting & wonderful time I might add) it would serve us well if we would write this verse on the tablet of our heart and in every circumstance, situation we find ourselves apply it rightly and justly. By doing this, we, as the body of Christ, will start looking like the "church" the public has never seen!!!
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