Quiet Time Notes

Notes from my daily Quiet Times with God

Mind of Christ - Helping People (part I)

June 26th, 2011
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We must gain the mind of Christ in regard to helping people

Romans 15:1-3 - We who are strong ought to bear with the failings of the weak and not to please ourselves

His baptism and temptation prepared the way for helping people.

• Luke 3:21-23 - When all the people were being baptized, Jesus was baptized too
• ~Luke 4:1-13 - We was tempted with the same sin we are tempted with

Two primary factors motivated Jesus to help people:

1. He possessed a great desire to work for and please God.

• John 9:4 - While I am in the world, I am the light of the world.
• John 5:30 - I seek not to please myself but him who sent me

2. He possessed a great compassion and love for people:

Compassion: Sympathetic conscious of another’s distress, together with desire to alleviate it, pity coupled with an urgent desire to aid or to spare.

Examples:

• Mark 1:40-42 - Filled with compassion, Jesus cured the man with Leprosy
  
• John 19:25-27 - Make connections for people to be taken care of

Key Phrase: He possessed a great compassion and love for people