Compassion and Sympathy

1. Christ set an example of. Lu 19:41,42.

2. Exhortation to. Ro 12:15; 1Pe 3:8.

3. Exercise towards

a. The afflicted. Job 6:14; Heb 13:3.

b. The chastened. Isa 22:4; Jer 9:1.

c. Enemies. Ps 35:13.

d. The poor. Pr 19:17.

e. The weak. 2Co 11:29; Ga 6:2.

f. Saints. 1Co 12:25,26.

4. Inseparable from love to God. 1Jo 3:17; Joh 4:20.

5. Motives to

a. The compassion of God. Mt 13:27,33.

b. The sense of our infirmities. Heb 5:2.

6. The wicked made to feel, for saints. Ps 106:46.

7. Promise to those who show. Pr 19:17; Mt 10:42.

8. Illustrated. Lu 10:33; 15:20.

9. Exemplified

a. Pharaoh’s daughter. Ex 2:6.

b. Shobi, &c. 2Sa 17:27-29.

c. Elijah. 1Ki 17:18,19.

d. Nehemiah. Ne 1:4.

e. Job’s friends. Job 2:11.

g. David. Ps 35:13,14.

h. Jews. Joh 11:19.

i. Paul. 1Co 9:22.