Terms
- Compassion: Literally means “to suffer with” and signifies the ability to place oneself into the situation of another, feeling their pain and having a tender, sympathetic desire to help those in physical or spiritual distress.
- Truth: The complete, authoritative revelation of God’s Word—the Gospel—which has the power to purify souls and set those held captive by sin free.
- Biblical love is an active disposition of the mind and will that seek the highest good and best spiritual interest of others.
Summary
- Point 1: Truth without compassion is hollow and drives souls away.
- Point 2: Love/Compassion without Truth is a destructive compromise.
- Point 3: Case study: Jesus, the outcasts, and the Pharisees
Scriptures Referenced
1 Peter 3:8
Ephesians 4:15
1 Peter 3:15
John 8:31–32
Acts 20:26–27
Matthew 9:11–13