ABOUT COMPASSION & FORGIVENESS (2)

1. Compassion

a) Compassion is one of the characteristics that stands out when we read the four gospels about the life of Jesus while on this earth.  We struggle to understand how Jesus could be both 100% God and 100% man (hypostatic union) but we can identify with His humanity.

b) We read about times when Jesus was obviously very tired and wore down from traveling around from place to place with His disciples and often having large crowds follow Him.  And yet, He unwavering shows an amazing compassion for the lost, for the sick, and for the entire world.  

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

2. About Compassion And Forgiveness

Matthew 18:21-22 
Then Peter came up and said to him, “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him?  As many as seven times?” Jesus said to him, “I do not say to you seven times, but seventy-seven times.

Mark 6:34 
When he went ashore he saw a great crowd, and  he had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. And he began to teach them many things.

Romans 8:1  
There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus.

Romans 12:20 
To the contrary,  “If your enemy is hungry, feed him; if he is thirsty, give him something to drink; for by so doing you will heap burning coals on his head.”