“For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” (Romans 6:23, ESV)

28/01/2024 – Evening Service: The emotional life of our Lord Jesus Christ

Bible Readings:

Hebrews 5:1-14

Mark 1:40-45

Luke 7:11-17

Matthew 20:29-34

Sermon Outline:

Isaiah 53:1–3 (NKJV)

1 Who has believed our report?

And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?

2 For He shall grow up before Him as a tender plant,

And as a root out of dry ground.

He has no form or comeliness;

And when we see Him,

There is no beauty that we should desire Him.

3 He is despised and rejected by men,

A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him;

He was despised, and we did not esteem Him.

John 11:35 (NKJV)

35 Jesus wept.

John 15:11 (NKJV)

11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full.

Luke 10:21 (NKJV)

21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight.

Luke 19:41–42 (NKJV)

41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes.

I Some basic understanding of the emotional constitution of our Lord Jesus

II Some leading emotions of our Lord Jesus – Compassion

Matthew 9:35 (NKJV)

35 Then Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.

Matthew 14:14 (NKJV)

14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick.

Matthew 15:32 (NKJV)

32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.”


Mark 1:41 (NKJV)

41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.”

Luke 7:13 (NKJV)

13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.”

Matthew 20:34 (NKJV)

34 So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him.


Hebrews 5:2 (NKJV)

2 He can have compassion on those who are ignorant and going astray, since he himself is also subject to weakness.

Hebrews 4:15 (NKJV)

15 For we do not have a High Priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are, yet without sin.


1 Peter 3:8 (NKJV)

8 Finally, all of you be of one mind, having compassion for one another; love as brothers, be tenderhearted, be courteous;

Jude 22 (NKJV)

22 And on some have compassion, making a distinction;


Benjamin B. Warfield – The Emotional Life of our Lord