Luke
7:11-15 Now it happened, the day after, that He went into a city called
Nain; and many of His disciples went with Him, and a large crowd. And when He
came near the gate of the city, behold, a dead man was being carried out, the
only son of his mother; and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the city
was with her. When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” Then He came and touched the open
coffin, and those who carried him stood still. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” So he who was dead
sat up and began to speak. And He presented him to his mother. NKJV
The very loud cry from many people today around the
world is where is God? It seems as if we are now beginning to anticipate that
the next day will reveal some act of terrorism and violence that will make the
previous one seem mild. The human heart appears to have no limit or boundary as
to what low level of depravity it will stoop to. People ask constantly what
kind of God would sit back and watch young children being massacred and not
intervene and stop such acts? The answer to these questions are easy for those
of us who know the love, mercy, and compassion of our God Jesus Christ, but to
the still unbelieving masses it remains a mystery. Simply said Jesus Christ is
God and He is infinite compassion.
I just this morning listened to the first part of
the testimony of Pablo Montez on the radio broadcast entitled “Unshackled” (it
can be found @ Oneplace.com) and he spoke about at least 3 different times
where his life should have been lost but instead he survived those times and it
was due solely to the compassion, love, and mercy from Jesus Christ who he had
yet to surrender his life to. Our Lord Jesus Christ demonstrated His great love
to us human beings that while we were still sinners He died for us to remove
our sin, free us from sin, and reconcile us to our Heavenly Father. It was our
Lord’s compassion that preserved the life of Pablo Montez and gave him time to
come to Him in repentance and faith. The Lord Jesus does not show partiality or
favoritism to any human being over another. We all are alike each one born in
sin and choose to go in our sinful rebellion against the One True God Jesus
Christ. It is by His mercies that any of us are not consumed. It is mercy and
compassion that wakes us each morning giving us breath in our lungs and causing
our physical hearts to keep beating.
Psalms
86:5 For You, Lord, are good, and ready to forgive, And abundant in
mercy to all those who call upon You. NKJV
It is only by our inherited sin nature from our
first parents Adam and Eve that we witness the world of woe, hate, violence,
and destruction. Our Lord Jesus has accomplished through His sinless life, His
death on the cross, His burial, and His resurrection from the dead victory over
that inherited sin nature for everyone that comes to Him broken, contrite, and
turning away from their own sin to trust Him only and completely. This is the
greatest act of compassion the world has ever known. He is now through those
that He has redeemed (the born again ones, His ambassadors) going through the
world even as the world remains in hate, violence, and destruction plucking
individual souls from the fire through His gospel.
Psalms
86:15 But You, O Lord, are a God full of compassion, and gracious,
Longsuffering and abundant in mercy and truth. NKJV
In this 7th Chapter of Luke’s gospel we
see a picture of our Lord plucking an individual soul from the fire of sin,
death, and destruction. First, as our Lord came into a city called Nain (this
is a city in Palestine) He saw a young man who was dead being carried out of
the city to be buried and He looked at the boy’s Mother weeping for her son and
our Lord’s very inner man yearned and ached for this Mother. And the Scripture
said, “When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, ‘Do not weep.’” This is the same inner yearning that
compels redeemed men and women today to give out gospel tracts, give personal
testimonies as did Pablo Montez, pray for people in their family and outside of
their family for years if need be, and to bear up against mockery, ridicule,
and even physical violence as we stand in spiritual warfare daily against satan
and his wicked demons in high places contending and doing battle for the souls
of lost people. We pray without ceasing longing to see our Lord work His grace
out in their hearts and transfer them from spiritual death into spiritual life
in Him.
2
Corinthians 5:11 Knowing, therefore, the terror of the Lord, we persuade men;
but we are well known to God, and I also trust are well known in your
consciences. NKJV
When our Lord said to the Mother, “Do not weep” it was because He alone is the
resurrection and the life and He knew He was going to raise this young man from
the dead. Our Lord is still the resurrection and the life as He sits at the
right hand of the Father in Heaven on His Throne of grace with His gospel that
is like fire and like a hammer breaking the hardest rock of human hearts into pieces
and bringing in His resurrection life that makes a new creation where old
things pass away and He makes all things brand new. Our Lord saw this Mother’s
grief and despair and looked on her with compassion and so does our Lord still
today hear the prayers of His sons and daughters as we cry out for those we
love in prayer desiring to see their hearts regenerated by His grace through
faith. For there can be no greater sense of grief, loss, and despair of soul
than that of a Mother who loses a child, but just as agonizing as the grief of
this Mother and any Mother has over the loss of a child our Lord is troubled in
seeing lost humanity continue to reject and resist His offer of grace and it
moves Him with compassion to continue to offer His grace of freedom and
deliverance.
Psalms
145:8 The LORD is gracious and full of compassion, Slow to anger and
great in mercy. NKJV
He expresses His heart through the heart of the
Apostle Paul when he wrote, “I tell the truth in Christ, I am not lying, my
conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Spirit, that I have great sorrow
and continual grief in my heart. For I could wish that I myself were accursed
from Christ for my brethren, my countrymen according to the flesh, who are
Israelites” and so is the heart of all of Christ’s slaves who love Him and
desire to see others saved from their sins. He spoke words of resurrection life
to this young man as His gospel does today makes alive those who were dead in
their trespasses and sins, for this is the compassion of our Lord Jesus Christ.
And so will our Lord present every resurrected soul to His Father and our
Father blameless without spot or wrinkle in that Last Day. As the apostle Paul again
wrote, “Now may the God of peace Himself sanctify you completely; and may your
whole spirit, soul, and body be preserved blameless at the coming of our Lord
Jesus Christ.”
Isaiah
63:7-9 I will mention the loving-kindnesses of the LORD And the praises
of the LORD, According to all that the LORD has bestowed on us, And the great
goodness toward the house of Israel, Which He has bestowed on them according to
His mercies, According to the multitude of His loving-kindnesses. For He said, “Surely
they are My people, Children who will not lie.” So He became
their Savior. In all their affliction He was afflicted, And the Angel of His
Presence saved them; In His love and in His pity He redeemed them; And He bore
them and carried them All the days of old. NKJV
“His (Jesus) is a loving, tender hand, full of
sympathy and compassion.”
D. L. Moody 1837-1899
“Christians, you who are vessels of election - were
by nature as wicked as others - but God had compassion on you and plucked you as brands out of the fire!
He stopped you in your course of sinning - when you were marching to hell! He
turned you back to Him by sincere repentance. Oh, here is the banner of love
displayed over you!” Thomas Watson 1620-1686
If
you do not know the Lord Jesus Christ and His amazing healing power, pray this
from your heart to the Lord Jesus Christ (you speaking directly to Him), Dear
Lord Jesus, I confess to You that I am a sinner and I need Your forgiveness. I
believe You shed Your Blood and died for my sins. I believe that You rose from
the dead proving that You alone are God. I repent of my sins. I want to turn
from my sins. I ask You Dear Lord Jesus to come into my heart and take control
of my life. I want You to be my Lord, Savior, and my God. Amen...
Sincerely in Christ,
Clifford D. Tate, Sr.
Author of “Silent Assassins of the Soul - Are you
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