Compassion is a Christian characteristic. Without it, we would be heartless. Nothing would bother our conscience and we would be capable of the most vilest offenses against our neighbors. The Lord Jesus Christ had the following to say concerning compassion in Matthew 9:36, "But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd." Here compassion means to have pity and sympathy. It has the idea of putting oneself in another’s position. Without this trait, cruelty will be the logical conclusion.
In our day and age, the received faith is Darwinian evolution. This faith is characterized by its impersonal nature. It is atheistic to the core. If there is no God, then there is no right or wrong and man can get by with the worse atrocities known to man. Darwinian evolution is summed up in the idea of survival of the fittest. There is no place for the weak and defenseless. They are expendable and disposable. Unsuspecting Christians do not realize that they are supporting Darwinian evolution, when they claim abortion to save the life of the mother. Obviously, the unborn baby is unable to defend itself against grown adults. This supposed abortion exception is nothing more than survival of the fittest veiled in a high sounding moral ground. It does nothing to defend the weak and defenseless.
One thing that galls me is a man that will hit and beat a woman. As I preach it, the man should take me on! I am more his size and would give him a better go for his money. It is the act of a coward to pick on and beat up someone who cannot adequately defend themselves. God’s law was designed with the weak and defenseless in mind. It is an equalizer against those who would seek to take advantage of the less fortunate. It is the direct opposite of the survival of the fittest. In fact, it could be termed the survival of the weakest. This is God’s world and life can only be taken upon His terms, not upon man’s.
Application
On September 23, 2004, the Florida State Supreme Court struck down a law protecting a disabled woman named Terri Schiavo. Her adulterous husband has been attempting for years to see her die by starvation. What crime had this woman committed to deserve the death penalty? Just like abortion, the innocent are put to death without a trial. It came as no surprise that the Supreme Court unanimously decided against life. They are steeped in Darwinian evolution and the eugenics of Margaret Sanger and NAZI Germany. I am thankful that for such individuals, the lake of fire is awaiting them. They are getting away with nothing. God will see that justice prevails and these individuals suffer throughout all eternity for their lack of compassion on those less fortunate than themselves.
God’s law is clear in this matter. Exodus 22:22-24 reads, "Ye shall not afflict any widow, or fatherless child. 23If thou afflict them in any wise, and they cry at all unto me, I will surely hear their cry; 24And my wrath shall wax hot, and I will kill you with the sword; and your wives shall be widows, and your children fatherless." Afflicting is the opposite of consideration and compassion. A synonym for afflict is harm. Obviously, a widow or orphan is weak and defenseless. God’s law affords them special protection. If any oppress them and they cry out to the Lord, the Lord will ensure that vengeance is carried out on the offending party. God will not show favoritism to any, not even Supreme Court Justices. There is only one Supreme Court.
The individual in question had been brain damaged but was able to breathe on our own. She was the equivalent of someone who is severely mentally retarded. Her adulterous husband simply did not want to take care of her. She was a nuisance to him. He wanted to be rid of her. His actions have spoken much louder than his words. He is living with another woman and has had two bastards with her. He could care less about a woman whom he vowed to love in sickness and health. He is a liar and untrustworthy to be her guardian. He is only concerned with himself. He is selfish and irresponsible.
We are only getting what we deserve, however. The church has almost completely done away with proclaiming God’s law. How do they then define compassion? By what standard? James did not have the New Testament as we do today, when he wrote in James 1:27, "Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is this, To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep himself unspotted from the world." I wonder where James got such an idea? Did he just make it up out of his own mind? Did he just happen to believe that God’s law is still applicable in New Testament times? It is clear to the intellectually honest that James was restating Exodus 22:22-24 in the New Testament. What a concept.
The prophet Isaiah applies this covenant lawsuit against Israel in Isaiah 1:17, "Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge the fatherless, plead for the widow." Judge the fatherless here means to plead and defend the cause of the orphan. We are to take up the cause of the weak and defenseless and to defend them because they are unable to do it themselves. This is compassion and consideration, synonyms for love. Love can only be defined by God’s law. Leviticus 19:18 says, "Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself: I am the LORD." Now you cannot use the argument that there was no love in the Old Testament because this verse comes from there.
The Lord Jesus obviously thought there was love in the Old Testament law because He summarizes the greatest commandments in Matthew 22:36-40, "Master, which is the great commandment in the law? 37Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind. 38This is the first and great commandment. 39And the second is like unto it, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. 40On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets." Here the Lord Jesus sums up love. Love is applying God’s law to everyday situations. One of those situations is defending the weak and defenseless such as Terri Schiavo’s case.
Everyone on the other side is very clearly showing their callousness. How many of these justices have even bothered to go visit this woman to see what her real condition? Her life and rights mean little to men who had their minds made up even before they heard this case. This is because all people are guided by their presuppositions. These men’s presuppositions are Darwinian evolution. This allows them to show just how insensitive men can be.
Paul wrote of such in Ephesians 4:17-19, "This I say therefore, and testify in the Lord, that ye henceforth walk not as other Gentiles walk, in the vanity of their mind, 18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: 19Who being past feeling have given themselves over unto lasciviousness, to work all uncleanness with greediness." The Amplified Bible sums up Darwinian evolution in verse 19 clearly, "In their spiritual apathy they have become callous and past feeling and reckless and have abandoned themselves (a prey) to unbridled sensuality, eager and greedy to indulge in every form of impurity (that their depraved desires may suggest and demand)." Here it is right out in the open. These Supreme Court Justices have no compassion or sympathy for the weak and defenseless. They are cruel and unmerciful.
Conclusion
It must be always be kept in mind that beliefs have consequences. People act upon their beliefs. These Supreme Court Justices are atheists. They are Darwinian evolutionists come out of the closet. They are in broad daylight. All their rhetoric is just noise designed to deflect their atheism. They are arguing over separation of powers, not over whether this innocent woman deserves the death penalty by starvation. As always, sinners miss the point. This is because all sinners are stupid.
They do not fully realize the consequences of their actions and even if you tried to tell them, they would ignore you. They have set themselves up as God. They determine what is right and wrong, not God’s law. One thing is clear, when sinners are applying their version of reality, you are going to die. Proverbs 8:36 sums up the entire matter, "But he that sinneth against me wrongeth his own soul: all they that hate me love death." By their decision, the Florida State Supreme Court Justices to a man affirm their religious faith; death.
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