Jesus showed compassion by going to people. He stepped into their streets, entered their homes, and walked into their pain. He met them where they lived. He did not demand that Israel rewrite its laws to make His mission easier, and He never asked Rome to open its borders. His compassion was action, not political pressure. It flowed from His own sacrifice, not from forcing others to carry the cost. When He said, “Freely you have received; freely give” (Matthew 10:8), He was commanding personal obedience, not national surrender.
This is why the common claim of the liberal left — “If you were a real Christian, you would accept every illegal immigrant; Jesus welcomed everyone” — collapses under the weight of Scripture. Jesus welcomed people, yes. But He did not bring entire populations into Israel and reshape the nation around them. He went to them. He met their needs where they were. His compassion traveled outward, not inward in a way that would destabilize the community around Him. He healed the sick in their towns. He fed the hungry in their fields. He restored the broken in their own homes. This is real compassion: choosing to carry the burden yourself rather than demanding others pay for your convictions.
The disciples followed the same pattern. They left their homes. They crossed borders. They went into other nations with the message of Christ. They brought truth into the world — they did not drag the world into Israel. Their compassion had direction. It moved forward with purpose. It did not require the laws or identity of their homeland to be rewritten.
This same truth exposes what is happening in America today. The legal changes in certain cities are not accidental. They are happening because large numbers of people are arriving without the desire to become American. When that desire is absent, laws shift. School calendars change. City ordinances adjust. Civic structures bend. The legal identity of the city moves toward the expectations of those who came with no intention of joining the American way of life. Laws become the result, not the cause — the natural outcome of people who want America’s benefits without America’s identity. Scripture states the principle plainly: “A little leaven leavens the whole lump” (Galatians 5:9). Influence grows. Influence spreads. Influence transforms whatever it enters.
But compassion and truth are not enemies. A nation can care without surrendering. A Christian can love without losing wisdom. Jesus proved this. He showed mercy without weakening the mission God gave Him. He reached people without demanding others carry His load. His compassion was not a political agenda — it was a personal calling.
So the question is not, “How should America change?”
The real question is, What would Jesus do?
Jesus would go.
Jesus would act.
Jesus would serve.
Jesus would meet people where they are — not demand others sacrifice everything to meet Him.
“True compassion is not forcing a nation to change — true compassion is what you are willing to do to reach people where they are.”