In this series we examine the emotions Jesus Christ felt when He was on earth, limited to a time in history, a geographical place, and a human body that needed water, food and sleep. We will examine how He managed His emotions; and why His emotional experiences enable Him to understand everything you and I feel. He is our help in time of trouble.

Remember:

Your emotions are God-given, you are entitled to them.

Your emotions are personal. No one can tell you how you should feel.

Your emotions must be managed or they will control you.

You are not responsible for someone else’s emotions.

In this session we will examine Jesus’ spurned love.

Definitions

Grieved- mentally distressed; often alone; spurned love

Love = a profoundly tender affection for another person; a feeling of warm personal attachment

Spurned = disdainful rejection; contemptuous treatment.

Have you ever loved someone who did not love you in return?

Have you ever loved someone who rejected your love disdainfully and treated you with contempt?

Jesus knows exactly what that feels like! He understands and cares.

Loving someone who spurns His love

Mark 3:¹And he entered again into the synagogue; and there was a man there which had a withered hand.

²And they watched him, whether he would heal him on the sabbath day; that they might accuse him.

³And he saith unto the man which had the withered hand, Stand forth.

⁴And he saith unto them, Is it lawful to do good on the sabbath days, or to do evil? to save life, or to kill? But they held their peace.

⁵And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.

⁶And the Pharisees went forth, and straightway took counsel with the Herodians against him, how they might destroy him.

The situation

It is the Sabbath and Jesus is in the synagogue – appropriate place for Jews to be

There is a man with a withered hand            – evidence of a fallen creation, no longer good

They watched Him to see what He would do    –tradition was more important than compassion

Jesus first looked on each of them with anger

Jesus was grieved for the hardness of their hearts

Jesus healed the man’s withered hand – He continued His mission

The Pharisees took counsel with the Herodians to destroy Jesus

Notice there is also anger here but we will focus on anger in another session. For now let’s consider that emotions are not often standalone but usually mixed with other emotions. Let’s just focus on the spurned love.

First let’s note the word ‘again’. In chapter 2 the Pharisees accused Jesus of allowing His disciples to unlawfully pluck corn from the cornfield on the Sabbath day and Jesus informed the Pharisees ²⁷And he said unto them, The sabbath was made for man, and not man for the sabbath: ²⁸Therefore the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.

What does ‘Lord of the sabbath’ mean to you?

Why would they not receive His love?

What do His emotions mean to you in your situation?

What do His words mean to you in your situation?

What do His actions mean to you in your situation?

Can you see Jesus as completely understanding how you feel?

Let us not forget how long Jesus loved the Jews.

Written 10 century BC Psalm 95: ⁷ For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. Today if ye will hear his voice,

⁸Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

⁹When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

¹⁰Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

How did Jesus express and show His love?

John 3:¹⁴ And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up:

¹⁵That whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life.

¹⁶For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life.

¹⁷For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved.

¹⁸He that believeth on him is not condemned: but he that believeth not is condemned already, because he hath not believed in the name of the only begotten Son of God.

Remember this admonishment when you encounter your love to be spurned

Hebrews 3:⁷ Wherefore (as the Holy Ghost saith, Today if ye will hear his voice,

⁸Harden not your hearts, as in the provocation, in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

⁹When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my works forty years.

¹⁰Wherefore I was grieved with that generation, and said, They do alway err in their heart; and they have not known my ways.

¹¹So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)

Jesus is our great High Priest

Hebrews 4:¹⁴ Seeing then that we have a great high priest, that is passed into the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold fast our profession.

¹⁵For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.

¹⁶Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

Where is our great High Priest?  in Heaven, He passed to there

Who is our great High Priest? Jesus, the Son of God

What is special about our great High Priest?

He can be moved with the feeling of our infirmities

He was tempted like we are but did not sin!

Our High Priest sits on a throne of grace not judgement!

Our High Priest invites us to come boldly for grace and mercy

Grace is God giving us what we do not deserve

Mercy is God not giving us what we do deserve

Isn’t Jesus a great High Priest?

Hebrews 12:¹ Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses, let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which doth so easily beset us, and let us run with patience the race that is set before us,

² Looking unto Jesus the author and finisher of our faith; who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising the shame, and is set down at the right hand of the throne of God

Dearly Beloved,

Run with your eyes on Jesus alone!

Run in faith that Jesus loves you with an everlasting, unconditional love; has uniquely designed and created only one you; has a good plan for your life; runs with you; and will      accomplish His purposes for you and through you!

Run in His alone!

Run being yoked to Emmanuel!with your eyes on the prize!

Run with your focus on His mission: to conform you to the image of Jesus Christ!

Run with the desire to finish strong!

Run with the desire to finish with your lamp burning!

Run with the expectation of being in His physical presence when together you cross your finish line!

Run to His glory alone!

Run and keep on running!

Coach Patti