Compassionate Encounters: Jesus and Human Heartache
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"Jesus sees the pain of the world. He sees heartache all around him. We'll start with the soldier in chapter 7, verse 1. When Jesus had finished saying all of this, which is the passage we saw last week, to the people who were listening, he entered Capernaum. And there a centurion's servant, whom his master valued highly, was sick and about to die." [00:35:41] (28 seconds)
"There's no husband or son to provide. In that culture, it's very difficult for a woman to support herself. And so adding to her grief is also a fear and concern about her own future. Jesus sees the heartache. And then later in the third story, down in verse 36, we read this from the prostitute." [00:38:33] (23 seconds)
"Jesus encounters all three of these people in chapter 7 in their desperation. And collectively, they create quite a picture of the pain of the world. Jesus sees heartache. He sees it in the Roman centurion, the heart sick about a dying servant, in the widow who's grieving the loss of her only son, and she's alone and possibly destitute. And he sees it in a prostitute, heart sick over her own lot in life." [00:41:33] (29 seconds)
"And Jesus sees it all. What does Jesus feel in these stories? What does Jesus feel when he sees such heartache? What really stands out is that he feels compassion. His compassion in these stories really is just a striking thing that just stands out against many of the attitudes of his day. He cares for everyone. And in so doing, he reveals, the concern of the father." [00:46:23] (31 seconds)
"It breaks Jesus' heart to see her in such grief. He notes the details. It's a widow. It's her only son. His heart goes out to her. He tends to her tears. Now that Greek word for his heart went out is interesting. It actually, if you break it down to its origin, it has kind of quite a visceral image. It was used in sacrifice." [00:47:58] (22 seconds)
"Jesus tells us another story later about the prodigal son and when the father whose son has left home but is coming back. It says when his father saw him a long way off, his heart has left his chest toward the son. And all depicting the really intense compassion of God. I'm really glad God feels that way that I hear." [00:49:06] (26 seconds)
"Each of the stories demonstrates the powerful authority of Jesus. When you read the Gospels, it's like watching a superhero movie in which you're constantly discovering new superpowers that the main character has. Like, wow, he can calm a storm. Wow, he can multiply food. He can walk on water. He can heal lepers. This is amazing. What can't he do?" [00:51:25] (26 seconds)
"These are clear demonstrations throughout the gospel of the authority of Jesus. He has power and authority. He has power over sickness and death and sin. There's a Greek word, everyone say, sozo. Like S -O -Z -O. Sozo. Okay, so that's the same word it can mean to heal or to save. Those are the same word, to heal and to save. The Savior and the healer. That's one concept." [00:56:26] (33 seconds)
"The ultimate resurrection word in which Jesus is raised, in which he promises resurrection for believers, is not being raised to mortal life, which would perish again, but being raised to perfect bodies and everything's whole and into eternal life. So in these stories who is sort of resuscitated, they still face pain and heartache again and loss of loved ones. They are still mortal." [00:59:29] (25 seconds)
"That's why we long for Christ's return. That's why we long for heaven. We're not there yet. We long for the dead to be raised. And the broken to be made whole. We long for it. That's why the early Christians prayed to speed the coming of the Lord. We long for it. Jesus sees heartache. Jesus feels compassion. Jesus can do anything. Some now. A whole lot later." [01:01:52] (27 seconds)
"Jesus shows no favoritism based on wealth or power. In fact, he has a soft place in his heart for the poor. And actually, Jesus is seeking out sinners. Just in Luke 5, he says, hey, it's not the health that need a doctor, but the sick. So Jesus looks past all these traditional ways of sorting people. He looks into the heart. And he looks for faith, for repentance, for love, for a sincere longing for God." [01:02:50] (33 seconds)
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"There's no husband or son to provide. In that culture, it's very difficult for a woman to support herself. And so adding to her grief is also a fear and concern about her own future. Jesus sees the heartache. And then later in the third story, down in verse 36, we read this from the prostitute." [00:38:33] (23 seconds)
"Jesus encounters all three of these people in chapter 7 in their desperation. And collectively, they create quite a picture of the pain of the world. Jesus sees heartache. He sees it in the Roman centurion, the heart sick about a dying servant, in the widow who's grieving the loss of her only son, and she's alone and possibly destitute. And he sees it in a prostitute, heart sick over her own lot in life." [00:41:33] (29 seconds)
"And Jesus sees it all. What does Jesus feel in these stories? What does Jesus feel when he sees such heartache? What really stands out is that he feels compassion. His compassion in these stories really is just a striking thing that just stands out against many of the attitudes of his day. He cares for everyone. And in so doing, he reveals, the concern of the father." [00:46:23] (31 seconds)
"It breaks Jesus' heart to see her in such grief. He notes the details. It's a widow. It's her only son. His heart goes out to her. He tends to her tears. Now that Greek word for his heart went out is interesting. It actually, if you break it down to its origin, it has kind of quite a visceral image. It was used in sacrifice." [00:47:58] (22 seconds)
"Jesus tells us another story later about the prodigal son and when the father whose son has left home but is coming back. It says when his father saw him a long way off, his heart has left his chest toward the son. And all depicting the really intense compassion of God. I'm really glad God feels that way that I hear." [00:49:06] (26 seconds)
"Each of the stories demonstrates the powerful authority of Jesus. When you read the Gospels, it's like watching a superhero movie in which you're constantly discovering new superpowers that the main character has. Like, wow, he can calm a storm. Wow, he can multiply food. He can walk on water. He can heal lepers. This is amazing. What can't he do?" [00:51:25] (26 seconds)
"These are clear demonstrations throughout the gospel of the authority of Jesus. He has power and authority. He has power over sickness and death and sin. There's a Greek word, everyone say, sozo. Like S -O -Z -O. Sozo. Okay, so that's the same word it can mean to heal or to save. Those are the same word, to heal and to save. The Savior and the healer. That's one concept." [00:56:26] (33 seconds)
"The ultimate resurrection word in which Jesus is raised, in which he promises resurrection for believers, is not being raised to mortal life, which would perish again, but being raised to perfect bodies and everything's whole and into eternal life. So in these stories who is sort of resuscitated, they still face pain and heartache again and loss of loved ones. They are still mortal." [00:59:29] (25 seconds)
"That's why we long for Christ's return. That's why we long for heaven. We're not there yet. We long for the dead to be raised. And the broken to be made whole. We long for it. That's why the early Christians prayed to speed the coming of the Lord. We long for it. Jesus sees heartache. Jesus feels compassion. Jesus can do anything. Some now. A whole lot later." [01:01:52] (27 seconds)
"Jesus shows no favoritism based on wealth or power. In fact, he has a soft place in his heart for the poor. And actually, Jesus is seeking out sinners. Just in Luke 5, he says, hey, it's not the health that need a doctor, but the sick. So Jesus looks past all these traditional ways of sorting people. He looks into the heart. And he looks for faith, for repentance, for love, for a sincere longing for God." [01:02:50] (33 seconds)
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