“My Dead Son”: God’s Compassion, According To Luke 15:11-32 And Its Application to Christians Today
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2016
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Luke’s Jesus is full of compassion and tender-loving kindness, always having
concern for the poor, orphan, sinners and the outcasts. He is full of sensitivity. God
is compassion and love. However, where is the compassion in our communities,
homes, politics, schools, legal system, traditions and many others?
Luke was not only trying to demonstrate Jesus’ messiahship; he was also trying to
capture the character and attitude of Jesus so that the reader could come to believe in
him. The evangelist, therefore, showed that Jesus associated himself with all kinds
of people, rich and poor, socially accepted people and socially outcasts, religious
people and sinners. It is evident that Luke’s Jesus, however, favours the poor and
those people on the fringes of the society. There is no doubt that, this characteristic
of Jesus gives hope, reassurance and life to the down trodden, those who have
useless their lives, to those who feel that they have lost contact with society, to those
who are racked by guilt, and useful to all Christians in general.
If we are truly images of God, there is need for us to change our thoughts. I think
that compassion does not necessarily need rationalization. It is a call, a vocation to
all.
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Dead, Son, God, Christian, Luke 15:11-32