{"id":507724,"date":"2019-12-20T03:43:24","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T09:43:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/54.163.82.222\/?p=507724"},"modified":"2019-12-20T03:43:24","modified_gmt":"2019-12-20T09:43:24","slug":"the-compassion-of-christ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gwenshamblinbooks.com\/?p=507724","title":{"rendered":"The Compassion of Christ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus was popular and surrounded by crowds of people everywhere, and instead of recoiling or distancing himself, he behaved quite the opposite. If Jesus lived today, you would not see him traveling in protective vehicles with a security squad. Knowing that he was led by God and represented the will and behavior of The Father\u2026note that Jesus embraced the crowd and its needs. But Jesus did not see just the crowds, he addressed the individual. Jesus started the day in prayer and then prayed as he healed the sick. He was calling upon The Compassionate Father to look down on this one poor, destitute person, and Jesus knew that God would tenderly heal the needy.<br \/>\nCompassion is first extended at home, then to the brethren and then to the poor. Giving and extending what we have to the poor is God\u2019s delight. <em>\u201cHe who is kind to the poor lends to the LORD, and he will reward him for what he has done.\u201d Proverbs 19:17<\/em> Christ spent time with the rich and the poor, the educated and the uneducated, for the poor in spirit are in all walks of life.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For more on this topic, see <a href=\"http:\/\/weighdown.com\">History of the Love of God, Volume II<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jesus was popular and surrounded by crowds of people everywhere, and instead of recoiling or distancing himself, he behaved quite the opposite. If Jesus lived today, you would not see him traveling in protective vehicles with a security squad. 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