Yet we see many who bear the name ‘Christian’ who show little compassion and many who are not ‘Christian’ as exemplary models of what Christ taught. So by their fruits we know them (Matthew 7:16) and not everyone who professes to be Christian shall be saved (Matthew 25:31-46).As part of the sign of Jesus' presence and the conclusion of the present system of things, Jesus foretold....
Matthew 24:10-14.....
"Then, too, many will be stumbled and will betray one another and will hate one another. 11 Many false prophets will arise and mislead many; 12 and because of the increasing of lawlessness, the love of the greater number will grow cold. 13 But the one who has endured to the end will be saved. 14 And this good news of the Kingdom will be preached in all the inhabited earth for a witness to all the nations, and then the end will come."
We are seeing a great shift away from love and compassion in this world, which seems to be diminishing with each passing decade.....because 'increasing lawlessness' makes people lose trust and withdraw into themselves. Where there is no trust, there can be no love.
When I was young the people who lived in our neighborhood were all part of a close knit community. We knew each other, helped each other, supported each other through hard times....welcomed our neighbors and their children into our homes....but now we live in a neighborhood where nobody knows anyone. Everyone just keeps to themselves....orbiting in their own little world.
According to Jesus it was going to happen, and it was going to require "endurance" on our part to live in such a loveless world. How can we show people love and compassion?...by sharing the "good news of God's Kingdom".....giving them hope of something better to come. The Bible says that humans cannot fix this mess...this world is broken beyond our capacity to repair it.
I believe that only God can restore the love that we have lost, by giving us back what we lost in Eden.
Revelation 21:2-4 is the end result....
"2 And I saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down out of heaven from God, made ready as a bride adorned for her husband. 3 And I heard a loud voice from the throne, saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is among men, and He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people, and God Himself will be among them, 4 and He will wipe away every tear from their eyes; and there will no longer be any death; there will no longer be any mourning, or crying, or pain; the first things have passed away.”
If we have Divine love in our hearts for God and humanity we will see the good in all people and experience the love from others, even strangers (Luke 10:25-37).