15th October 2026

Compassion For Others

"This commandment we have from Him:

that he who loves God must love his brother also"

1 John 4:21

Reading: Luke 15:4-24.

1 John 4:7-21.

If you would know the measure of your love for God, just observe your love for your fellowman. Our compassion for others is an accurate gauge of our devotion to God.

Some time ago, with some friends, I went through a museum in London. Among other things, we saw a collection of instruments of torture which were employed by religious people to force other people to believe as they did. History is largely the record of man’s inhumanity to man. The History of the Lord Jesus, is one of love and compassion.

May we love others as Christ has loved us, for a compassionate heart is the clearest evidence of a life devoted to God.

Prayer: Lord God, fill my heart that I may love with the compassion of Jesus. In His name, I pray. Amen.