30th July 2006- True Compassion

True Compassion

What is true Compassion? Are we loving each other correctly and genuinely?

From 1st Corinthians 13,
Love is
1. Patient
2. Kind
3. Humble
4. Without envy
5. Non self-seeking
6. Slow to anger
7. Non-calculative
8. Forgiving
9. Trusting
10. Persevering (esp. to those non-christians we need to reach out to)

1st Corinthians 13:4-12
4 Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud. 5 It is not rude, it is not self-seeking, it is not easily angered, it keeps no record of wrongs. 6 Love does not delight in evil but rejoices with the truth. 7 It always protects, always trusts, always hopes, always perseveres.
8 Love never fails. But where there are prophecies, they will cease; where there are tongues, they will be stilled; where there is knowledge, it will pass away. 9 For we know in part and we prophesy in part, 10 but when perfection comes, the imperfect disappears. 11 When I was a child, I talked like a child, I thought like a child, I reasoned like a child. When I became a man, I put childish ways behind me. 12 Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known. 13 And now these three remain: faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love.
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Therefore, lets show the grace and compassion of the Lord to those around us, by using the above conditions as a benchmark to check ourselves regularly!