The Character of Christ - COMPASSION FOR ALL

Read Mark 3:1-6.

"...looking around at them with anger, [and] grieved at their hardness of heart..." (v. 5)

Jesus felt both anger and a sort of pity for the Pharisees. I think He was angry at Satan and the evil he had brought to these men, but felt compassion for the men who were plotting against Him. He “hated the sin but loved the sinners."
I need to live in this way. I find myself angry at the president but not praying for him. I need more compassion for all the people of the world--not just my little section of it!

(9/14/98)