Who Is The Duty Of Mankind?

“A kind gesture can reach a wound that only compassion can heal”. This quote by Steve Maraboli may be hard to understand, but the Holocaust texts: Night by Elie Wiesel, “A Three Year Old Saves His Mother” by Peter Gorog and “Jakob's Story” by Jakob Blankitny are great examples of where compassion is necessary to fight the despair in heartbreaking situations. In each work, compassion shows up from unexpected sources, helps motivate people to survive, and creates greater unification.

In the Christian community, every single person plays an important role in making the community as safe and caring as possible. One of the most vital beliefs of a Christian is that we are all equal, so we when we are called to serve and help each other, we should obey. This call, although we may hear it at different times and see it in different ways, the call comes to everyone. We may have different understanding of the call, or we may even conflicting ideas of how to answer this call, but in the end, every single idea is important.

“You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, and with all your soul, and with all your mind.’ This is the greatest and first commandment. And a second is like it: ‘You shall love your neighbor as yourself.’ On these two commandments hang all the law and the prophets.”

Compassion is a feeling of deep sympathy and sorrow for another who is stricken by misfortune, accompanied by a strong desire to alleviate the suffering (Dictionary.com). In the Annex you can see that many people are very compassionate towards each other. One example of this is when Peter’s cat gets lost and cannot be found. You’d expect for him to get told to suck it up and that it’s just a cat, and they’ve more important things to worry about. Instead of this you see that they try to find his cat and calm him down, which I think is very compassionate of them to think of Peter and how much he loves his cat instead of telling him to suck it up.

Example 2: God wants us to have a heart of compassion for others. Compassion involves feeling, but it involves so much more. If we only feel, then we are sympathetic. If our sympathy motivates us to act, then it becomes compassion. True compassion feels and it acts. Notice that compassion begins with feeling. Without feeling, there is no compassion. Feeling is not enough, but it is a place to begin. If we do not weep for those who are hurting, how can we minister to them? We must be about the Savior’s preoccupation with people. I believe that if we serve hurting people, encourage those in despair, help those in need, and hurt with those in pain, we will have not only enriched their lives but have done exactly what God would want us to do. People don’t go where the action is; people go where the love is. I have worked in the geriatric nursing field my entire adult life and the most important impact on the lives that I touch is my ability to be compassionate. I find that when a spouse or children

Of all of the tasks one can do, by far the noblest act is sharing one’s self to others and living in service. Though it is daunting at times, ultimately, serving others, whether through simple acts of kindness, participating in charities, or actively assisting to create a better future, is something I am willing and currently doing. In addition, both my current actions and the mindset I have behind my actions (both religious and secular) lay the foundation of a lifetime of service.

Grace is the gift that God freely gave when we were the most undeserving of it (Acts 15:11, NLT). Since Jesus Christ is the gift of grace that God gave, all mankind must do to receive salvation is to believe and have faith in Jesus (John 17:3, John 6:29, and Acts 4:12, NLT). There is a lot of debate in the world today about fixing the world’s problems, how and who should do it. Just like the task that God gave in early Genesis, people are responsible to taking care of the problems that we make. But the real question is how. The answer not only transforms oneself but also society. Hebrews 12:14 and 15 (NLT) states, “Work at living in peace with everyone, and work at living a holy life, for those who are not holy will not see the Lord. Look after each other so that none of you fails to receive the grace of God” (NLT) and 1 John 4:12 says, “…But if we love each other, God lives in us, and his love is brought to full expression in us” (NLT). These verses show that when we love others not only does God shine through us but also, we can do no harm in loving each other, “love for God does not come at the expense of love for one’s fellow human being” (Hiles and Smith,

Compassion has little to no boundries. In almost every great story there is a specific character or a group of characters that help the protagonist because they feel bad for them. Compassion is the most important aspect of a functioning society; therefore, Elie Wiesel’s Night, 12 Angry Men by Reginald Rose, and the generosity of spirit shown by the average citizen after the recent shooting in Las Vegas are all perfect examples.

Society neglects the ability for humans to see actual truths and purpose in their lives, which makes it easy for them to think about themselves and only want to fulfill their own personal desires. These personal desires are contrary to the teachings of Jesus, which includes loving your neighbor, compassion for others, and the desire to serve. Humans in the words of Pedro Arrupe must, “live not for themselves but for God and his Christ Following the teachings of Jesus” (Arrupe 1). Doing this makes one

The other person was selfless by seeing other people in worse conditions than himself and stepping aside, even though he had wounds that could be fatal. Both of these scenarios describe why the world would be a better place if more people had compassion. An example of a situation without compassion is when Atticus is asking questions to a girl who has been abused by her father and lived a horrible life. “Suddenly Mayella became articulate.

The Christian worldview holds that one is to honor God by serving others. The scriptures in the Bible teach Christians to act out of kindness, to give unto others, and to treat others as they would like to be treated. Acts 20:35 “In everything I did, I showed you that by this kind of hard work we must help the weak, remembering the words the Lord Jesus himself said: ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive’”

In a world that does not know the Gospel anymore, we must indulge in it, and love our fellow community though they may not share similar values, but find balancing in still remaining in our own values. Though many of times we find ourselves in opposition of the majority of the world, we must exude Christ love onto others as He does to us unconditionally. The author addresses ways in which we are able to live out our faith and still find a place within our community though they may not share similar values.

Brueggemann writes that Jesus’ compassion is not a simple emotional reaction, but it is a public criticism of society. Jesus challenged the imperial consciousness and demanded more from society through his teachings and parables. Compassion knows that hurt and injustice are not acceptable for a society and should not be viewed as social norms. However, ancient empires weren't built by compassionate rulers, they were set up and built on inequality and the maltreatment of certain people. As a contrast, Jesus and the alternative consciousness embodied grace and empathy as a basis for society, which Brueggemann believes to be a strength that allowed him to bring radical transformation during and after his time. The power to grieve the death of

Jesus loves and cares for the poor and sick, he praises those who help the poor and condemns those who do not show compassion to those in need. Throughout the New Testament, there are many stories of Jesus showing empathy towards the poor. In the miracle story of the feeding of the five thousand, the disciples tell Jesus to send the multitudes away to go and buy food. Jesus replied: “They don’t need to go away.

Jewish and Christian teachings which call us to respond to God's love by loving our neighbors as ourselves;