I read this and for the life of me I can’t recall who wrote it but it punched me in the heart. I share it with you out of the importance of what this writer said and how it applies to those who profess salvation in and through faith in the redemptive sacrifice Jesus Christ made on the cross.
Christianity in this country has long since been reduced to a meaningless collection of feelings and sentiments. Those who ascribe to this false faith have come up with several euphemisms and buzzwords to make their laziness, selfishness, and indifference seem somehow noble. Of all those words, perhaps none are used more often or more inaccurately by these types than “compassion.”
They say that the whole job of a Christian is to have “compassion” for others. And it’s true that we are supposed to be compassionate, just as Christ is compassionate, but they’re not talking about that sort of compassion. They’re talking about a “compassion” that imitates the “compassion” of the Devil. A compassion that concerns itself with making sure people are happy and self-assured as they walk casually into Hell. Their compassion only wants everyone — especially themselves — to be comfortable in sin.
To encourage someone in their wickedness is the most hateful act you could ever commit because it brings the person, and yourself, closer to damnation. Permissiveness, then, is not compassion. We are all sinners, and the last thing we need is for our fellow Christians to provide us with excuses and rationalizations. True compassion does the opposite. True compassion exposes evil, stands for truth, and walks beside the sinner to help him in his search for Christ.
