Compassion and Justice for the Poor

Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Lev 19:9-15 KJV 

9 And when ye reap the harvest of your land, thou shalt not wholly reap the corners of thy field, neither shalt thou gather the gleanings of thy harvest. 10 And thou shalt not glean thy vineyard, neither shalt thou gather [every] grape of thy vineyard; thou shalt leave them for the poor and stranger: I [am] the LORD your God. 11 Ye shall not steal, neither deal falsely, neither lie one to another. 12 And ye shall not swear by my name falsely, neither shalt thou profane the name of thy God: I [am] the LORD. 13 Thou shalt not defraud thy neighbour, neither rob [him]: the wages of him that is hired shall not abide with thee all night until the morning. 14 Thou shalt not curse the deaf, nor put a stumblingblock before the blind, but shalt fear thy God: I [am] the LORD. 15 Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: [but] in righteousness shalt thou judge thy neighbour.

OBSERVATION QUESTIONS
1) The Lord's moral and ceremonial laws continue with these verses in Chapter 19. What did the Lord our God tell His people not to do, concerning their gleanings (harvesting)? Why? (v.9-10)
2) What else did the Lord tell His people to do, and not to do, toward their neighbors? (v.11-15) 

APPLICATION QUESTIONS 
3) Who do you consider your neighbors to be? Why?
4) Has the Lord ever given you a burden (compassion) for people that you may never meet? If so, please describe one such instance.

LIFE LESSONS
5) Our "neighbor" may be people who live in our vicinity, or in other parts of the world.
6) Our Lord loves all the people of the world, no matter their ethnicity, or station in life. 
7) When the Lord grows His love in our hearts, it is for all with whom He brings into our lives and gives us the compassion to help.