THE BOWEL OF COMPASSION
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1 JOHN 3:17
(NIV)
17) if anyone has material
possessions and sees his
brother in need but has no
pity on him, how can the love
of GOD be in him
THE SHUTTET UP HIS
BOWELS OF COMPASSION
And shutteth up his bowel
of compassion from him,
hardens his heart, turns away
his eyes, and shuts his hand;
has no tenderness in him for,
nor sympathy with his
distressed brethren
BOWELL OF COMPASSION
The bowel of compassion
represent the heat, the seat
of mercy, piety and
compassion
COMPASSION:
The internal organs, including
the heart of pity mercy and
caring
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1 JOHN 3:17
17) But whoso has this
world’s goods, and sees his
brother have need, and shuts
up his bowels of compassion
from him, how dwells the
love of god in him?
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GODS LOVE: Is expressed by
sincerely helping persons in
need, that is by sharing out
earthly possession with them
THEY SHUTS UP THE BOWEL
OF COMPASSION
Is to refuse to give of our
food, clothing, housing or
money to help others in real
need is to close our heart to
them
*Love has compassion and
gives to meet the needs of
people
*A believer must show
himself by action ,by turning
his attention to the most
direct evidence of
compassion toward the
needy
THE BOWEL OF
COMPASSION
For if bound for our
neighbors, how much are we
bound to help them in need
with our goods and
substance,
To open our heart to him and
help him willingly and
cheerfully
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1 JOHN 4:20
CHAPTER REFERENCE
1:4:12
no man has seen GOD at any
time if we love one another,
GOD dwells in us, and his
love is perfect in us
1 JOHN 2:4
He that said, I know him,
and keep not his
commandments, is a liar and
the truth is not in him
1 JOHN 2:9-11
But if any one keep his
words, the love of GOD has
been truly perfected in him,
by this we know that we are
in him
1 JOHN 3:23
And this is his
commandment, that we
should believe on the name
of his Son JESUS CHRIST, and
love one another, as he gave
us commandments
MATHEW 22: 36-37
36) Teacher, which
commandment is the
greatest in the law
37) JESUS said unto him,
thou shalt love the the LORD
thy GOD with all thy heart,
and with all thy soul, and
with all thy mind
38) This is the first and great
commandments
39) And the second is like
unto it, thou shalt love thy
neighbor as thyself
40) On these two
commandments hang all the
Law and the prophets
JOHN 13:24
A new commandment I give
unto you, that ye love one
another as i have love you,
that ye also love one another
JOHN 15:17
This is my commandment to
you love one another
ROMANS 13:8
Be indebted to no one,
except to one another in
love, for he who loves his
neighbor has fulfilled the law
GALATIANS 5:14
For the whole law is fulfilled
in one word, even in this; you
shall love your neighbor as
thyself.
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20) If a man say, I love GOD
and hateth his brother, he is
a liar; for he that loveth not
his brother whom he hath
seen, how can he love GOD
whom he hath not seen?
21) And this commandment
have we from him, that he
who loveth GOD love his
brother also.
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As he showed that the love
of our neighbor cannot be
separated from the love with
GOD loves us because this
last gives rise to the other.
*So he denies that the other
kind of love with which we
love GOD, can be separated
from the love of our
neighbor; of which it follows,
that they who say they
worship GOD, and yet do not
regard their neighbors lies
shamelessly
*We cannot hate our
neighbor and love GOD, that
is, because he that cannot
love his brother whom he
sees, how can he love GOD
whom he cannot see
ONE WHO LOVES GOD LOVES
HIS BROTHER
And this commandment
have we from him, that he
who loves GOD loves his
brother also
Why GOD cannot be hated
and our neighbor loved, but
to love GOD and our
neighbor.
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EXODUS 22:22
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22) Ye shalt not afflict any
widow, or fatherless child
23)If thou afflict them in any
wise, and they cry at all unto
me, I will surely hear their cry
24) And my wrath shall wax
hot, and I will kill you with
the sword; and your wives
shall be widows and your
children fatherless.
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You shall not afflict any
widow and if they are weak
protect the widow or
fatherless child, who have no
friends, husband or father
you must be on their side
and protect them and defend
them
*If thou afflict them in any
wise, in any way or by any
means whatever; their
minds, by accusations, insult
false imprisonment by
holding their substance
belonging to them, or
cheating and defrauding
them, taking what they have,
and they cry at all to me, in
prayers I will surely hear their
cry; I will take notice of their
cries and return an answer
to them by appearing on
their side and avenging their
injuries
*For GOD is the FATHER of
the fatherless and the
husband of the widows.
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DEUTERONOMY 15:7-8
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7) If there be among you a
poor man of one of thy
brethren within any of thy
gate in the land which the
LORD thy GOD giveth thee
thou shalt not, harden thine
heart, nor shut thine hand
from thy poor brother
8) But thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto him, and
shalt surely lend him
sufficiently for his need, in
that which he wanteth
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THE SHOW OF MERCY
/COMPASSION FOR THE
POOR
If there be among you a poor
man-thou shalt not harden
thine heart but to give in a
liberal spirit of charity and
kindness, which will secure
their divine blessing
*But thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto him, and
gave him generously and
freely.
*But thou shalt open thine
hand wide unto him, and
shalt surely lend him
sufficiently for his need, in
that which he wanted.
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DEUTERONOMY 24:14
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14) Thou shalt not oppress a
hired servant that is poor and
needy, whether he be of thy
brethren, or of thy strangers
that are in thy land within thy
gate.
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Thou shall not oppress a
hired servant that is poor
and needy
A master must not defraud
the laborer of his hire, or
withhold it wage wrongfully
to subject the poor man with
his family to suffering and
injustice be avoided
That poor and needy,
cannot bear the lest
oppression of this kind, nor
to have his wage detained
whether thy brethren or
foreigner.
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PROVERBS 14:31
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31) he that oppresseth the
poor reproacheth his Maker;
nut he that honoreth hath
mercy on the poor.
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HE THAT OPPRESSED THE
POOR: that useth him hardly,
as that withhold from him
that is due to him and not
having mercy and
compassion reproach his
maker GOD
*But he that honor him
hath mercy on the poor; he
that is desirous of honoring
GOD, and glorify him, will
give his substance to the
poor, having compassion on
him in his state of poverty
*He will relieve him; and in
so doing he honor GOD
whose image the poor man
bears and who command the
believer to do so
*Him that have mercy and
compassion on the poor
honors the maker.
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PROVERBS 19:17
RELATED CHAPTERS
MATHEW 7:2
With what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you
again
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17) He that hath pity upon
the poor lendeth unto the
LORD; and that which he
hath given will he pay him
again.
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HE THAT HATH PITY UPON
THE POOR LENDETH UNTO
THE LORD
*He that hath pity unto the
poor lendeth unto the LORD,
a man whose heart is full of
compassion to the poor, and
whose hands distributes to
the necessities, from a true
principle of love and
generosity to men, with a
view to glorify GOD, and not
from selfish principle
*Such a man’s gift is a loan
to GOD and that he hath
given will, he pay him again,
either in this life, in things
and spiritual, blessing his
prosperity, granting large
measure of grace and giving
him peace and his abiding
presence.
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PROVERBS 21:13
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13) Whoso stoppeth his ears
at the cry of the poor, he also
shall cry himself, but shall not
be heard.
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WHOSOEVER STOP HIS EARS
AT THE CRY OF THE POOR
When they the poor cry out
by reason of oppression for
want of bread or of weak for
want of protection, when in
distress, with most pressing
impunity, and yet refuse to
hear him out ; or if he does,
will not relieve him, which is
all one as if he heard him not,
or denied him a hearing
He also shall cry himself unto
GOD but shall not be heard;
a deaf ear will be turned to
him, the same measure he
has measured shall be
measured to him again; no
mercy shall be shown to an
unmerciful man by GOD
MATTHEW 5:7
Blessed are the merciful; for
they shall obtain mercy
JAMES 2:13
13) For he shall have
judgment without mercy,
that hath showered no
mercy, and mercy rejoiceth
against judgment.
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AMOS 4:1
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1)Hear this word, ye kine of
Bashan, that are in the
mountain of Samaria, which
oppress the poor, which
crush the needy, which say to
their masters, bring and let
us drink.
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ZECHARIAH 7:9
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9) Thus speaketh the LORD
of hosts, saying, execute true
judgment, and show mercy
and compassions every man
to his brother.
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EXECUTE TRUE JUDGMENT
Always put GOD in mind that
judgment and mercy were
more acceptable to GOD
than fasting or any external
performance
God requires the present
judges, to give judgment
without hatred, bias,
partiality or bribery to give
true judgment/sentence
SHOW MERCY AND
COMPASSION
Be kind and compassionate
to such as need; wrong none
if you could; do good to all ,
to people in need you can
with tenderness and most
abundant pity, with a heart
that feels their distresses,
that is the duty of any
believer.
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MALACHI 3:5
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5) And I will come near to
you to judgment; and I will
be a swift witness against the
sorcerers and against the
adulterers, and against false
swearers, and against those
that oppress the hireling in
his wage, the widow, and the
fatherless, and that turn
aside the stranger from his
right, and fear not me, saith
the LORD of host.
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MATHEW 9:36
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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
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JESUS MISSION IS TO
DEMONSTRATE GOD’S
COMPASSION
All men are to have
compassion for other men, as
he saw hunger, pain and
suffering, JESUS had
Compassion on the multitude
for the spiritual and physical
needs on :
RELIGIOUS BURDEN:
Religious lay down burden
after burden, demand after
demand upon them with
endless rituals, ceremonies
and rules
Religion that misled them
and did not lead to GOD
*The crowd were harassed
and distressed, for they were
deceived by their leaders,
teachers, preachers and
priest, which makes them to
live in error, a road that leads
to an empty destiny.
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