When there are people who come asking for help , how pedulikah us ? Fewer and fewer people are willing to lend a hand to help others . Never mind the strangers , people were reluctant to be helped close . A thousand and one reasons can be adduced . There were immediately suspicious , there is a feeling of inadequacy, some are straight people have the heart to evict a plea for help because they feel disturbed . Even to share a little time to listen to the complaints of someone else already feels like a waste of time .
Energy assistance is the same , it feels heavy sweating for others . There are neighbors who want to move ? Lock the door and pretend not at home so do not have to come bother . We were not surprised anymore when people can bear to see such force against his own brother . If the close is so , do not expect people who are not known to get a little help . In short , a sense of compassion had been reduced , even among believers who actually do not have the right to turn a blind eye because of the love of Christ that flows should make a heart filled with compassion .
If yesterday we 've seen the figure of soldiers adherence , today I want to highlight the other side of the story of the centurion of Capernaum the Lord Jesus . Why would he come all the way over to the Lord Jesus ? The reason is clearly written in the Bible . "Lord , my servant is lying at home paralyzed and in terrible anguish . " Matthew 8 : 6
Officers went to Capernaum the Lord Jesus not because he himself is sick , but he is driven by a sense of compassion for the suffering servant is lying paralyzed due to illness . If you look at his position as host , of course he could have dismissed the servants and slaves looking for a new, more healthy . Is not his position as the host has the right to make it ? But the Roman centurion did not do that . He just rushed in the middle of his living as a soldier to go to meet the Lord Jesus .
Note , though when he showed compassion alone is already quite good , it does not stop there . He chose to do something , he chose to do some action . Encounter with Jesus Christ brings real results with miraculous healing on slave descent . More than that , the officers also managed to make the Lord Jesus marveled at the faith who believe that Jesus Christ could heal only through words alone without the need to go see the servant .
Matthew 8 : 9-10 - " For I am a man under authority, with soldiers under me . If I said to one of the soldiers : Go ! , Then he goes , and to another one : Come , 'and he comes , -and to my servant, Do this,' and he does it . " When Jesus heard it, he marveled, and said to those who follow hIM : " I tell you the truth of this faith I have not encountered in anyone in Israel . " attitude of compassion followed by an action by a Roman centurion 's very good for us make an example . his heart was filled with compassion turns . And more importantly , her loving heart is accompanied by a real act .
In Proverbs , Solomon said : " Who is insulting his neighbor sins , but blessed are those who have mercy on those who suffer . " Proverbs 14 : 21
Remember that the Lord will take into account all the compassion that we show to our neighbors , no matter how small . Jesus Christ himself said : " ... I say to you , inasmuch as you did it to one of my brothers and KU the least of these , you did it to Me. " Matthew 25 : 40
Additionally , as the disciples of Jesus Christ , we must not imitate or adopt the attitude of His heart ? The Lord Jesus has shown how careful His attitude directly during His ministry on earth . Repeated many times in so many occasions LORD JESUS showed tenderness of compassion at the sight of human suffering , for example, in Matthew 9:36 , 14:14, 15:32, 18:27, 20:24 and so on .
That's the Gospel of Matthew . You will find many more in the other Gospels . If the Lord Jesus be so , who are we to feel they have the right not to empathize and sympathize with others?
How can we bear to close my eyes and mind to share a bit of what we 've got to relieve the suffering of others ?
What we often encounter precisely the opposite manner to what the centurion of Capernaum . It would be very easy for us to find a boss / employer betindak rude , abusive and degrading subordinates , those who refuse to help even have the heart to laugh at the suffering of others .
Instead we will be hard to find people driven by compassion and downs helping people in need . Therefore, it is what is indicated by the officers of Capernaum This should remind us to have compassion regardless of position , status , or level of confidence / other social strata .
Therefore , the Lord would not have put the compassion that is so great to us sinners ? " For I will be merciful to their iniquities, and no longer remember their sins . " Hebrews 8 : 12
In addition , help each other also means that we fulfill the law of Christ . Galatians 6 : 2 - " Bertolong - tolonganlah bear one another's burdens And so fulfill the law of Christ . "
As God loves us , let us also love our neighbors , without exception , whoever they are , not just stop the self-pity but go on with a real action .
What can you do today ? Who can you help ? How can you help them ? Alirkanlah love of Christ through your compassion for others .
Christ have mercy which does not stop in compassion but also with real deeds , AMIN .
Bless the LORD JESUS .
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