Because He Felt Compassion
Luke 7:11-16
May 20, 2018
A common view of the God of the Old Testament
Is that He is angry and vindictive and vengeful and cruel.
That view is somewhat understandable if you take stories like:
• The Great Flood – where God wiped out all of humanity save 8
• Sodom and Gomorrah – where God reigned fire upon those cities
• God at Sinai – where He is seen in fire and smoke and an earthquake
• God during the conquest – where He commands the annihilation of Gentiles
• Even the Exile of Israel – where they were subjected to many horrors
And people have taken those stories and concluded that
God is distant and angry and cruel and harsh.
But that is not at all the entire picture of who God is.
When God announced His presence before Moses, He said:
Exodus 34:6-7a “Then the LORD passed by in front of him and proclaimed, “The LORD, the LORD God, compassionate and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in lovingkindness and truth; who keeps lovingkindness for thousands, who forgives iniquity, transgression and sin;”
Probably the most famous account comes in:
Psalms 103:8-11 “The LORD is compassionate and gracious, Slow to anger and abounding in lovingkindness. He will not always strive with us, Nor will He keep His anger forever. He has not dealt with us according to our sins, Nor rewarded us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, So great is His lovingkindness toward those who fear Him.”
While God is most certainly holy and just and
One who will not leave the guilty unpunished,
That does not mean that He lacks compassion and mercy.
In fact compassion is one of the main attitudes
God continuously commanded for His people.
Psalms 82:1-4 “God takes His stand in His own congregation; He judges in the midst of the rulers. How long will you judge unjustly And show partiality to the wicked? Selah. Vindicate the weak and fatherless; Do justice to the afflicted and destitute. Rescue the weak and needy; Deliver them out of the hand of the wicked.”
Isaiah 1:16-17 “Wash yourselves, make yourselves clean; Remove the evil of your deeds from My sight. Cease to do evil, Learn to do good; Seek justice, Reprove the ruthless, Defend the orphan, Plead for the widow.”
Isaiah 58:6-7 “Is this not the fast which I choose, To loosen the bonds of wickedness, To undo the bands of the yoke, And to let the oppressed go free And break every yoke? “Is it not to divide your bread with the hungry And bring the homeless poor into the house; When you see the naked, to cover him; And not to hide yourself from your own flesh?”
Jeremiah 7:5-7 “For if you truly amend your ways and your deeds, if you truly practice justice between a man and his neighbor, if you do not oppress the alien, the orphan, or the widow, and do not shed innocent blood in this place, nor walk after other gods to your own ruin, then I will let you dwell in this place, in the land that I gave to your fathers forever and ever.”
Micah 6:6-8 “With what shall I come to the LORD And bow myself before the God on high? Shall I come to Him with burnt offerings, With yearling calves? Does the LORD take delight in thousands of rams, In ten thousand rivers of oil? Shall I present my firstborn for my rebellious acts, The fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? He has told you, O man, what is good; And what does the LORD require of you But to do justice, to love kindness, And to walk humbly with your God?”
God’s compassion and His desire for compassion should be evident
Even when you read of Him in the Old Testament.
But without a doubt God’s greatest revelation of His nature
And His character came in the form of Jesus.
John 1:16-18 “For of His fullness we have all received, and grace upon grace. For the Law was given through Moses; grace and truth were realized through Jesus Christ. No one has seen God at any time; the only begotten God who is in the bosom of the Father, He has explained Him.”
That is to say, “If you really want to know what God is like, then look at Jesus. Jesus reveals God to us.”
Colossians 1:15 “He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation.”
When God wanted to give His greatest self-revelation
He came in the form of a Savior.
And you probably recognize by now that
LUKE HAS BEEN CONTINUALLY HIGHLIGHTING THAT.
You cannot read Luke’s gospel without picking up on the fact that
JESUS IS CONCERNED ABOUT the lowly, the down-trodden,
the outcast, and the rejected.
In fact, when He revealed His purpose in coming, He stated it like this:
Luke 4:16-21 “And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read. And the book of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. And He opened the book and found the place where it was written, “THE SPIRIT OF THE LORD IS UPON ME, BECAUSE HE ANOINTED ME TO PREACH THE GOSPEL TO THE POOR. HE HAS SENT ME TO PROCLAIM RELEASE TO THE CAPTIVES, AND RECOVERY OF SIGHT TO THE BLIND, TO SET FREE THOSE WHO ARE OPPRESSED, TO PROCLAIM THE FAVORABLE YEAR OF THE LORD.” And He closed the book, gave it back to the attendant and sat down; and the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on Him. And He began to say to them, “Today this Scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing.”
Jesus declared Himself a compassionate Savior
For all who are broken and rejected.
By no we’ve seen that they are the central figures of Luke’s gospel.
But equally important to Luke is to reveal to us that
Jesus didn’t just stop at concern, He also delivered them.
It wasn’t sympathy without substance.
It wasn’t empathy without action.
THE PITY OF JESUS ALWAYS BROUGHT THE POWER OF JESUS
AND THAT IS EVIDENT AGAIN IN OUR TEXT THIS MORNING.
(Jesus is compassionate)
In the flow of Luke’s gospel we see that he is currently
Giving us the context and back story to the coming conversation
Between Jesus and the disciples of John the Baptist.
After revealing the story of the Centurion’s slave and the story of this widow’s son, Luke goes on to say:
Luke 7:18-19 “The disciples of John reported to him about all these things. Summoning two of his disciples, John sent them to the Lord, saying, “Are You the Expected One, or do we look for someone else?”
The point of course being that it was the spreading of these two miracles that caused John to send his disciples to Jesus.
• John was imprisoned
• John was a little confused by his circumstances
• John’s confusion had even caused him to wonder about Jesus
• But these miracles Jesus was working pushed John to find out
That is the purpose of recording them, but beyond that these miracles still have value and are worth our time to study.
Last week we saw how Jesus healed the Centurion’s slave even from a distance and we saw how great the authority of Jesus is.
• By hearing the Centurion’s testimony we received a great explanation of what manner of authority Jesus has.
• He can simply command things to occur and they must occur, even things like the reversal of sickness or paralysis.
• The Centurion understood what no one in Israel had yet grasped and this man’s great faith caused Jesus to marvel.
We saw that story last week.
This morning we move forward to a story about a grieving widow
In it we see confirmed for us the great compassion of our God.
Let’s break it down into 4 points this morning.
#1 A CRYING MOTHER
Luke 7:11-12
Here we read that “Soon afterwards he went to a city called Nain;”
• I think the KJV actually says “the next day”.
• Either way, it was right on the heels of healing the centurion’s slave.
It was only a couple of miles from Capernaum to “Nain”
And we have no doubt why Jesus was heading there.
He was going to preach the gospel in the synagogue like He was accustomed to doing.
Luke 4:16 “And He came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up; and as was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath, and stood up to read.”
Preaching in the synagogue was “His custom”
And we also see that not only where His disciples following Him, but He was also “accompanied by a large crowd.”
Needless to say, Jesus was “trending”.
• No one ever spoke with the kind of authority He spoke with…
• No one ever had the kind of power that He demonstrated…
• No one else offered salvation like He offered it…
What else are you to do?
So it’s definitely worth the trip to go with Him to hear His next sermon
And to see His next round of validating miracles.
But as the Jesus crowd is approaching Nain,
Instantly they are met by a different crowd.
(12) “Now as He approached the gate of the city, a dead man was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow; and a sizeable crowd from the city was with her.”
Well here we have our second crowd.
• Only this one isn’t following a Preacher, this crowd is following a dead man.
• It is a funeral procession.
Obviously someone in the crowd, possibly even Jesus,
Inquired as to who had died and the particulars were given.
• This was a young man who had died.
• And to make matters worse he was “the only son of his mother, and she was a widow”
The simple picture is that of being absolutely alone.
Widows had a tough time in Bible times.
It wasn’t like they could live off their husband’s social security or retirement.
They were often times left with nothing, and with no advocate.
That is why we read of such awful occurrences as their houses being devoured.
Luke 20:46-47 “Beware of the scribes, who like to walk around in long robes, and love respectful greetings in the market places, and chief seats in the synagogues and places of honor at banquets, who devour widows’ houses, and for appearance’s sake offer long prayers. These will receive greater condemnation.”
Or why we read about a widow having to plead for legal protection.
Luke 18:1-3 “Now He was telling them a parable to show that at all times they ought to pray and not to lose heart, saying, “In a certain city there was a judge who did not fear God and did not respect man. “There was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘ Give me legal protection from my opponent.’”
This was an all-too common occurrence.
They were left to fend for themselves
And were often times taken advantage of.
This is why Paul would say that true godly widows where those who trusted God.
1 Timothy 5:5 “Now she who is a widow indeed and who has been left alone, has fixed her hope on God and continues in entreaties and prayers night and day.”
That’s not hard to understand
When you grasp their severe social disadvantages.
Their one support was that if they had children
Then they could be cared for by their children.
Paul even wrote to Timothy
1 Timothy 5:3-4 “Honor widows who are widows indeed; but if any widow has children or grandchildren, they must first learn to practice piety in regard to their own family and to make some return to their parents; for this is acceptable in the sight of God.”
Paul would go on to say on that same note:
1 Timothy 5:8 “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever.”
Well, this woman may have had a devoted son, but she doesn’t any more.
• And now she is feeling the grief of losing a husband,
• The grief of losing a son,
• And no doubt the worries of what life holds for her now.
This is not how she planned for life to go.
And the fact that the funeral is being attended by “a sizeable crowd”
Should tell you that her plight was on the minds and hearts
Of a great deal of her friends as well.
People felt bad for this woman.
A Crying Widow
#2 A COMPASSIONATE SAVIOR
Luke 7:13
Now certainly at this point we are NOT SURPRISED
To find that Jesus is demonstrating compassion.
He does it all the time.
What makes this scenario a little unique is that
Everything that happens here is instigated by Jesus
And not by the people.
Most of the time when a miracle occurred
• It was typically because someone approached Jesus with a problem.
• They would then expound that problem to Him and ask Him to help.
• His help would typically then be contingent upon the faith of the one asking.
• If they expressed faith that they believed He could do it, then He would validate their faith by granting the miracle.
But this scenario is different.
• This widow did not ask Him to help.
• No one in the crowd is said to have asked for help.
• There is no record of anyone in the crowd exhibiting faith.
• In short, no one is asking for or expecting anything from Jesus.
Everything that happens here only happens because Jesus initiates it.
And that is what makes it beautiful.
“When the Lord saw her, He felt compassion for her”
Compassion is defined as: “Pity, inclining one to help or be merciful.”
The Greek word here translates, SPLANCHNIZOMAI (splangkh-nid-zom-ahee)
Splanchna is the “bowels” and so it means to be “moved deeply on the inside”
It was the same word used of this man:
Mark 9:21-22 “And He asked his father, “How long has this been happening to him?” And he said, “From childhood. “It has often thrown him both into the fire and into the water to destroy him. But if You can do anything, take pity on us and help us!”
This was a father who had helplessly watched a demon
Throw his son into the fire and the water.
And the feeling he felt for his son was the same feeling
Mark says that Jesus felt for this selfish crowd.
It is also the same word that Luke uses of how the father felt about the prodigal son.
Luke 15:20 “So he got up and came to his father. But while he was still a long way off, his father saw him and felt compassion for him, and ran and embraced him and kissed him.”
Does that give better insight into the feeling Jesus had for this woman?
It was the same feeling a father has when his child is hurting.
It was the same feeling a father has when his lost son is found.
Jesus hurt deeply in His gut for this woman.
What happens here
• Is NOT because people won’t leave Jesus alone.
• Is NOT because He is just trying to get the crowd off His back.
• Is NOT some sense of duty to maintain a proper ministry.
We’ve all had moments like that in our life.
We like to call it compassion but what it really is
Is a desire to satisfy people to move them along
And to get them to quit bothering us.
We have many benevolence requests that come through our church, and we help a whole lot of them.
I’d like to say that we help them because we hurt for them in our gut
And we are just moved with compassion
And have an overwhelming desire to alleviate their pain.
But honestly, that’s just not always the case.
• Often times the help I give is really more about getting them to leave me alone.
• Often times it is more about doing it because God says to do it than it is
because I have some inner longing to help.
• Often times I don’t feel pain for them, too often I feel like they dug this hole
themselves and then brought me the shovel to dig them out.
Now that’s just me being honest.
(Are you surprised that I’m not more like Jesus than that?)
BUT HERE Jesus, under no external compulsion or request,
Is motivated in His inner being simply because He “saw her”
• He wasn’t so preoccupied with His next speaking engagement…
• He wasn’t so inflated by the large crowed already following Him…
• He wasn’t distracted by the circus of people around Him…
• He wasn’t put off by yet another need from a complete stranger…
• He didn’t turn His eyes
• He didn’t look away
• He stopped and He “saw her”
It implies that He took a moment to ponder her situation.
What must this woman be dealing with?
How severe must her grief be?
How real must her anxiety be?
How lost and confused must she be?
He took a moment to see her.
And I would say to you that all true COMPASSION STARTS HERE.
In fact, I think on the flip-side we could say that
OFTEN TIMES OUR LACK OF COMPASSION
Actually begins with a lack of seeing people.
Matthew 9:35-36 “Jesus was going through all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness. Seeing the people, He felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dispirited like sheep without a shepherd.”
There again we understand that Jesus ministry
First began with His willingness to see where people were.
And when Jesus took a moment to see this woman, “He felt compassion for her”
Aren’t you glad we serve a God who feels compassion for His people?
MIGHT I REMIND YOU that there is no logical reason why this should happen?
• He is holy, we are sinful
• He is eternal, we are mortal
• He is infinite, we are limited
• He is wisdom, we are foolish
• He is beauty, we are fallen
• He is transcendent, we are common
David offered unique perspective on this:
Psalms 39:4-6 “LORD, make me to know my end And what is the extent of my days; Let me know how transient I am. “Behold, You have made my days as handbreadths, And my lifetime as nothing in Your sight; Surely every man at his best is a mere breath. Selah.”
“Selah” means meditate on that.
Take just a second and ponder how insignificant we actually are,
Especially in comparison to the God of the universe.
He is from everlasting to everlasting.
He is the only God there has ever been or will ever be.
• Do you know how many humans have existed before you?
• Do you know how many currently exist with you?
• Do you know how many are coming after you?
So what makes you expect that you’d ever receive any kind of special attention from the God of heaven and earth?
And yet, we have it.
He sees us, He knows us
Jesus said:
Matthew 10:29-31 “Are not two sparrows sold for a cent? And yet not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. “But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. “So do not fear; you are more valuable than many sparrows.”
That’s remarkable. It caused David to pray:
Psalms 8:3-4 “When I consider Your heavens, the work of Your fingers, The moon and the stars, which You have ordained; What is man that You take thought of him, And the son of man that You care for him?”
Boy there’s a good question.
When you see Jesus stop here and take the time to look at this widow and then actually feel “compassion” for her.
The only logical question to ask is “Why?”
Why would You; the Savior of the world; the holy, infinite, eternal, immortal, magnificent God; why would You take the time to care about this woman’s problems?
It really doesn’t make sense that it should bother Him.
And yet Scripture says it does.
1 Peter 5:6-7 “Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you at the proper time, casting all your anxiety on Him, because He cares for you.”
It is remarkable here that Jesus, without any external pressure,
Cares for this woman and the pain she feels.
HE CARES FOR YOU AS WELL.
Certainly He cares for those who are His.
He has great compassion for His elect.
And yet He also has compassion even toward the wicked.
• Does He not send rain on the just and the unjust?
• Has He not given to all men life and breath and length of days?
• Does He not feed the birds, the mountain goats, and the wicked among men?
GOD IS FULL OF COMPASSION ON HIS CREATION AND ESPECIALLY UPON THOSE WHOM HE HAS CALLED TO HIMSELF.
And Scripture reveals that if you are in a difficult situation then God cares.
He is the God of all comfort.
Now, if He has chosen to leave you in your difficult situation
That does not mean that He does not care, it only means that
He is providentially using your trial for an even greater purpose.
Hebrews 12:11 “All discipline for the moment seems not to be joyful, but sorrowful; yet to those who have been trained by it, afterwards it yields the peaceful fruit of righteousness.”
And that of course falls under that magnificent promise:
Romans 8:28 “And we know that God causes all things to work together for good to those who love God, to those who are called according to His purpose.”
God may indeed be ordaining your hardship for an even greater good
Which you do not yet see,
But you can certainly rest assured that He cares for you.
HE HAS COMPASSION.
• He is a God who feels deeply for those whom He has created.
• He is a God who is moved inwardly for His people.
That is a magnificent reality for us to grasp.
A Crying Mother, A Compassionate Savior
#3 A COMMANDED RESURRECTION
Luke 7:13b-15
I put the end of verse 13 here because I feel certain that it must have come across as a strange command to this woman.
“Do not weep.”
Look, Ecclesiastes says that there is a time for weeping,
And trust me, this looks like one of those times.
The command to “not weep” can only be given
Based upon the knowledge of the One who told her to stop.
Think about that for a moment.
Do sometimes the commands of God seem strange to you?
• Commands like “do not fear”
• Commands like “rejoice always”
• Commands like “be thankful in all circumstances”
If we’re honest we’d have to say that there are times
Where it does not appear that the commands of God
Match the current situation.
This woman would be in one of those times.
However, the command proves to be absolutely relevant
Not based upon what the woman knows,
But based upon what the Savior knows.
If she knew what He knew, she’d agree that this day is no day for weeping
Perhaps if we knew what God knew
Then we’d also know that
Our day is no day for weeping or for fear or for disdain.
Well here is why He told her not to weep.
(14) “And He came up and touched the coffin; and the bearers came to a halt. And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”
That again is a sentence filled with all sorts of BIZARRE OCCURRENCES.
1) He “touched the coffin”
According to Mosaic Law, this would have made Him unclean
And therefore unable to enter the synagogue and uable to preach.
If you’ll remember (Good Samaritan) this was most likely the reason that the priest and the Levite first passed by the man who’d been beaten by robbers and left for dead. They passed him by because they didn’t want to disqualify themselves for ministry service. And yet Jesus said that only the Samaritan did it correctly because he rendered compassion.
Well Jesus is here doing exactly as the good Samaritan did.
He is risking defilement (though impossible for Him) that He might render compassion.
Of course in Jesus’ case, He cannot be defiled,
For He is about to run what is unclean straight out of town.
But He touches the coffin…very strange.
2) He stops the funeral procession “the bearers came to a halt”
Even in our culture we have learned that when someone is going to bury a loved one; that is not the time to interrupt.
• We are told to pull over to the side of the road.
• We are told to let them pass.
• You don’t bust up the order of service in a funeral.
But Jesus just did.
3) He told the dead man to do something.
“And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise!”
Now, speaking to the deceased is one thing.
• From time to time we see people say their last good-byes.
• More commonly we see people speak to their closest loved one.
But certainly no one tells the dead man to do anything,
Especially not “get up!”
And that’s what Jesus did.
He interrupted this funeral procession and told the dead man to get up.
But, because He has AUTHORITY even over death, we read:
(15) “The dead man sat up and began to speak. And Jesus gave him back to his mother.”
He didn’t just get up, He also spoke, thus proving He was actually alive.
Jesus just conquered death!
Charles Spurgeon commented on the scene this way:
“Yonder a procession descends from the city. Our spiritual eyes see death upon the pale horse coming forth from the city gate with great exultation. He has taken another captive. Upon that [coffin] behold the spoils of the dread conqueror! Mourners by their tears confess the victory of death. Like a general riding in triumph to the Roman capital, death bears his spoils to the tomb. What shall hinder him? Suddenly the procession is arrested by another: a company of disciples and much people are coming up the hill. We need not look at the company, but we may fix our eyes upon One who stands in the centre, a Man in whom lowliness was always evident, and yet majesty was never wanting. It is the living Lord, even He who only hath immortality, and in Him death has now met his destroyer. The battle is short and decisive; no blows are struck, for death has already done his utmost. With a finger the chariot of death is arrested; with a word the spoil is taken from the mighty, and the lawful captive is delivered. Death flies defeated from the gates of the city, while Tabor and Hermon, which both looked down upon the scene, rejoice in the name of the Lord.”
(Spurgeon, Charles [The Treasury of the New Testament; Volume 1, Marshall, Morgan & Scott, Limited; London Edinburgh] pg. 717)
Jesus conquered death!
(What’s your problem?)
Beyond that, this is certainly a miraculous picture of salvation.
• We too were dead in spirit ignorant to the things of God.
• But it was Christ who breathed life into our dead souls and allowed us to hear
the words of God which bid us to leave the grave of sin and latch on to
new life.
• And not only where we granted the ability to hear the call, but also by grace we
were granted the ability to answer it.
• Life flooded in and enabled us to rise.
Ephesians 2:1-5 “And you were dead in your trespasses and sins, in which you formerly walked according to the course of this world, according to the prince of the power of the air, of the spirit that is now working in the sons of disobedience. Among them we too all formerly lived in the lusts of our flesh, indulging the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, even as the rest. But God, being rich in mercy, because of His great love with which He loved us, even when we were dead in our transgressions, made us alive together with Christ ( by grace you have been saved),”
We are all Lazarus’s.
The resurrection of this man pictures salvation.
But his resurrection also foretells the great coming resurrection.
Charles Spurgeon continued:
“This was a rehearsal upon a small scale of that which shall happen by-and-by, when those who are in their graves shall hear the voice of the Son of God and live: then shall the last enemy be destroyed. Only let death come into contact with Him who is our life, and it is compelled to relax its hold, whatever may be the spoil which it has captured. Soon shall our Lord come in His glory, and then before the gates of the New Jerusalem we shall see the miracle at the gates of Nain multiplied a myriad times.”
(ibid, pt. 717)
John 5:24-29 “Truly, truly, I say to you, he who hears My word, and believes Him who sent Me, has eternal life, and does not come into judgment, but has passed out of death into life. “Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. “For just as the Father has life in Himself, even so He gave to the Son also to have life in Himself; and He gave Him authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of Man. “Do not marvel at this; for an hour is coming, in which all who are in the tombs will hear His voice, and will come forth; those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment.”
This scene also foreshadows that one.
We have here One who is moved with compassion
And One who has the authority to satisfy it.
He cared for this widow and He had the authority to offer that care.
How comforting it is for us to know as well that
THE ONE WHO CARES FOR US CAN ALSO DELIVER US.
A Crying Mother, A Compassionate Savior, A Commanded Resurrection
#4 A COMMON RESPONSE
Luke 7:16-17
We don’t have to comment long here except to reiterate that
This has now become THE NORM.
Luke 4:36-37 “And amazement came upon them all, and they began talking with one another saying, “What is this message? For with authority and power He commands the unclean spirits and they come out.” And the report about Him was spreading into every locality in the surrounding district.”
Luke 5:8 “But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”
Luke 5:26 “They were all struck with astonishment and began glorifying God; and they were filled with fear, saying, “We have seen remarkable things today.”
This Jesus is no mere man.
He is the God-man.
And while these people are not totally accurate as to who He is.
(Some think Him merely a prophet.)
What they are certain of is that through Him, God is at work.
And as Luke will show you, all of this is used
To prompt the conversation with John the Baptist.
But this morning I simply want to leave you with that wonderful reality,
That this same God cares for you.
He is NOT a God who is only compassionate because we bother Him to the point of exhaustion.
• He helps us because He cares for us.
• He is compassionate towards His own.
• And He who is compassionate also holds the power to change our circumstance in an instant.
The only time He doesn’t is when it is more compassionate
To allow the circumstance to continue than to stop it prematurely,
For He only desires what is best for His children.
This morning simply look at that story
And rejoice in the compassion of our great God and Savior;
Jesus Christ.
