These four men wanted to see their paralytic friend walk. These four men were willing to go beyond the concern for themselves and into concern for others. The Bible doesn't give us their names. So, I decided that we'll give them names. First of all, I believe that one of them was named Brother Compassion , because he stopped long enough to hurt with this man.
Compassion is a willingness to hurt with someone.
To suffer with someone. A man was standing by a river in Northern Virginia about 200 years ago. He wanted to cross the river. But there were no bridges, no rafts, no fairies, and no jet skis. There were a few men on horses that were riding by the crossing the river.