From Human Condemnation to Divine Compassionنموونە

Imagine that you are an expert of the Scriptures, so much so that you can give the synthesis of the law and the prophets in such a clear and forceful way that Jesus himself agrees with you. Everything that Moses and the prophets wrote is summarized in that we need to love God and our neighbor as ourselves with all our being. However, although we agree on this, we cannot agree on what the God we love is like or who is the neighbor we should love.

Human condemnation is based on the fact that he must love his neighbor but hate his enemy. Therefore, the law doctor's question was not small: Which neighbor should I love? In such a way that he would have a patriotic license to hate anyone who was not his neighbor or neighbor. If you've wondered why religious leaders bless weapons that will kill their neighbors, you can understand the dimension of this question. In other words, whom can I condemn and hate without remorse as part of my righteous crusade? I want a divine license to kill the human being who attacked me or the one who represents the opposite of what I believe.

Divine compassion changes the equation; our duty is to love as God loves. He makes it rain on everyone, and He is willing to reconcile everyone to Him. He dies for it. It is not about knowing who to love to have license to condemn the rest, it is about loving the one who needs it; the rest is failed love.

That reckless, foolish jew who dared to walk in a place where there was a good chance of getting badly wounded, is similar to us when we become victims of our pride and end up badly injured. Jesus does not condemn the person, but the sin of seeking evil for us or for others.

In the story Jesus told, the priest and the Levite failed at the opportunity to give love. At the same time, the Samaritan saw the "enemy" as his friend, moved by the clarity of knowledge and commitment that compassion fosters.

The path to condemnation is easier. You have to unleash a comfortable story that justifies your hatred or indifference. But compassion leads us to understand what forgiveness and restoration mean and what is worth the effort. In the face of pain, there may be the choice of hatred and condemnation, but God always calls us to choose compassion and restoration. When we are hurt or feeling defeated, let us not fail in our attempt to love and accept ourselves as God loves us, because there is healing there.