The Turning Point Of The Gospel
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It's one thing to feel sorry for the circumstances of others. It's another thing to be so moved by love that you'll do something about it. That's what it means to have compassion for someone or a group. It's the characteristic of God that compelled Him to have mercy on His people.
We often find it difficult to have compassion for others, however. Perhaps we just don't care enough, or perhaps we find ourselves passing judgment, relegating them to the bed of their own making.
In the story of The Prodigal Son, we have three characters by which to view ourselves. Unfortunately, we may not like which character we most resemble. It's in this story, though, that we see the compassionate love of the Father and the value He places on all of us. From there, we are commissioned to have the same compassion towards the world around us.
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