Our paragraph topic is: (Jesus has compassion on the crowd) Part 1.
The word spread and all came to see. The lame came to see. The crippled hobbled to see. The blind tapped their way to know. The diseased were brought that they may feel whole again. The deaf came to hear that they may know the truth. All came to see Christ because the word spread and brought them to him. And he sat on a mountain side and waited for them to come. For the crowds gathered from parts of the towns and villages and districts and all parts of the country. And Christ waited for them to come.
And he cured them all. He made the blind see, the lame walk, the cripple were straightened, the deaf heard, the diseased were cured, the possessed freed from their evils. For all came and all were cured. And for three days they remained with him. For three days they sat with him and heard his words. For three days they knew him as they had not known him before. For they were the lowly. They were the downtrodden. They were the outcast of society, the ones that were spurned and looked down upon as society passed them by. They were the beggars. They were the sick. They were the ones in the market place that smelled of order. They were the forgotten of society. And Christ called them. Christ healed them. Christ forgave them. Christ restored them.
And as he sat on the mountainside watching over them, he felt compassion. He had cast out all the demons. He had removed sickness. He had told blindness to leave. He had removed deafness from all who could not hear. He had cleansed the people and he had compassion upon them for they were like lost children not knowing what to do. They were hungry and without food and Christ wanted to feed them. Then Jesus called together his disciples ,and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, for they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way."
Christ had compassion on them. He had feelings for them that they be fed. Christ would not will that they leave without having food and he wanted to feed them. He wanted to give them the bread of life that they do not faint, that they will remember, that they would know that he was the Messiah. Christ wants to do the same today. He wants to feed you. He wants to love you. He wants to protect you against the evil in the world. He wants to heal you of sickness and disease. He wants to open your eyes. He wants to straighten your legs that you may walk upright. But the world distracts us. The world consumes us. The world calls us. The world tells us that it will provide for us. The world tells us it will protect us. The world tells us it will care for us, it will provide for all our needs, it will fulfill all our passions. And yet the world is death.
The world is death to our bodies. The world is death to our souls. The world is death to who we are. All must die. Even the world must die. But we continue to believe in the world and not in the creator of the world. Christ calls us. The word, just as it did in ancient times, calls us today. Many will heed the call. Many will be deaf to the call. Thank you Father for not letting go of my hand when I was in darkness. Thank you Father for not allowing me to die without knowing you. Thank you Father for bringing me back from the clutches of death and restoring me to life. Thank you Father for giving me new life in the Holy Spirit who watches over me everyday, guides me through the traps of the world, and counsels me with its wisdom. Thank you Father for your grace. Who do you give your praises and thanks?
Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in!
The word spread and all came to see. The lame came to see. The crippled hobbled to see. The blind tapped their way to know. The diseased were brought that they may feel whole again. The deaf came to hear that they may know the truth. All came to see Christ because the word spread and brought them to him. And he sat on a mountain side and waited for them to come. For the crowds gathered from parts of the towns and villages and districts and all parts of the country. And Christ waited for them to come.
And he cured them all. He made the blind see, the lame walk, the cripple were straightened, the deaf heard, the diseased were cured, the possessed freed from their evils. For all came and all were cured. And for three days they remained with him. For three days they sat with him and heard his words. For three days they knew him as they had not known him before. For they were the lowly. They were the downtrodden. They were the outcast of society, the ones that were spurned and looked down upon as society passed them by. They were the beggars. They were the sick. They were the ones in the market place that smelled of order. They were the forgotten of society. And Christ called them. Christ healed them. Christ forgave them. Christ restored them.
And as he sat on the mountainside watching over them, he felt compassion. He had cast out all the demons. He had removed sickness. He had told blindness to leave. He had removed deafness from all who could not hear. He had cleansed the people and he had compassion upon them for they were like lost children not knowing what to do. They were hungry and without food and Christ wanted to feed them. Then Jesus called together his disciples ,and said, "I have compassion on the crowd, for they have now been with me three days, and have nothing to eat; and I am unwilling to send them away fasting, lest they faint on the way."
Christ had compassion on them. He had feelings for them that they be fed. Christ would not will that they leave without having food and he wanted to feed them. He wanted to give them the bread of life that they do not faint, that they will remember, that they would know that he was the Messiah. Christ wants to do the same today. He wants to feed you. He wants to love you. He wants to protect you against the evil in the world. He wants to heal you of sickness and disease. He wants to open your eyes. He wants to straighten your legs that you may walk upright. But the world distracts us. The world consumes us. The world calls us. The world tells us that it will provide for us. The world tells us it will protect us. The world tells us it will care for us, it will provide for all our needs, it will fulfill all our passions. And yet the world is death.
The world is death to our bodies. The world is death to our souls. The world is death to who we are. All must die. Even the world must die. But we continue to believe in the world and not in the creator of the world. Christ calls us. The word, just as it did in ancient times, calls us today. Many will heed the call. Many will be deaf to the call. Thank you Father for not letting go of my hand when I was in darkness. Thank you Father for not allowing me to die without knowing you. Thank you Father for bringing me back from the clutches of death and restoring me to life. Thank you Father for giving me new life in the Holy Spirit who watches over me everyday, guides me through the traps of the world, and counsels me with its wisdom. Thank you Father for your grace. Who do you give your praises and thanks?
Read the Highlighted New Testament Bible and lift the scales from your eyes that you may see, that you may know, that you may find the truth of who you are in Christ. Read it as though you would read a good book, from cover to cover, and see for yourself. Do not study it in parts reading one passage and then skipping to another, but read it for understanding. Read it for knowledge. Read it for faith. Read it that your eyes may be opened, that your ears may hear, that your heart may be filled with the light of Christ. The Holy Spirit awaits you. Christ seeks to know you. Open the door and let him in!
