Disciples with Compassion
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Illustration: Kitty Genovese Murder. 37 witnesses either saw or heard Her murder.
TEXT: Matthew 14:13-20
TITLE: Disciples With Compassion
Problems arising
Problems arising
verse 15 … buy food for themselves
Ex: Sanctification sold separately
Matthew 9:36 “When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.”
They are harassed by satan , They are helpless (need to learn of the armor of God), They need direction (Christ as the good shepherd).
Hungary
Hungary
John 6:35 “Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life; whoever comes to me shall not hunger, and whoever believes in me shall never thirst.”
The masses are hungry, We need to give them the bread of life
Pervasive Apathy
Pervasive Apathy
verse 15 … send the crowds away...
first of all, what audacity they have!!!
a. From lots of labor
a. From lots of labor
Verse 15 … and the day is now over
Galatians 6:9 “And let us not grow weary of doing good, for in due season we will reap, if we do not give up.”
b. Thinking someone else will take care of it
b. Thinking someone else will take care of it
Verse 15… buy food for themselves
Ex: My Mom telling my Dad, “YOU GOT LEGS!”
Someone else will take care of it
“Don’t look around a wonder who is going to change the world, say God make it me!” Jerry Falwell Sr.
c. Selfishness
c. Selfishness
We live in a Post-Modern Society that says the way in which you find fulfillment is in doing what makes you happy.
2 Timothy 3:1-2 “But understand this, that in the last days there will come times of difficulty. For people will be lovers of self, lovers of money, proud, arrogant, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy,”
Matthew 16:24 “Then Jesus told his disciples, “If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me.”
Being Men of Compassion
Being Men of Compassion
Verse 17 ...You feed them
Getting in to the water (Iraq story)
People don’t care how much you know, until they know how much you care
Christ as our example
Christ as our example
Just heard bad news and his heart was still to reach the people and care for them
Philippians 2:6-7 “who, though he was in the form of God, did not count equality with God a thing to be grasped, but emptied himself, by taking the form of a servant, being born in the likeness of men.”
“is Christ not our example?”
Leaving a legacy
Leaving a legacy
Acts 9: 36 “Now there was in Joppa a disciple named Tabitha, which, translated, means Dorcas. She was full of good works and acts of charity.”
What People will remember HOW you treated them!
Bring People (and their problems) to God
Bring People (and their problems) to God
verse 18 bring them here to me
What a tremendous picture of Prayer
Energy levels
Resources
abilities
notice Jesus multiplying the food and not the disciples. The disciples were probably wondering how?
they brought what little they had
Radio commercial advertising for Foster parents. Doesn’t have to be much, all they need is the basics! Bread and fish were the basic Hebrew meal!
John Sumang’s Example in my life
Balance:
Balance:
Acts 6:4 “But we will devote ourselves to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
“without compassion there won’t be any tables to wait on or people to minister to!”