From Background Notes [BN] for August 11th & 12th
written by Pastor Bob Brown:
The weeping Jesus is the priestly Jesus, fully attuned to the painful condition of the mourners and Lazarus, and willing to feel the deep agony that death imposes on their existence. Unlike the Stoics of his time, Jesus does not exhibit “a hardened senselessness” but…
The weeping Jesus is the priestly Jesus, fully attuned to the painful condition of the mourners and Lazarus, and willing to feel the deep agony that death imposes on their existence. Unlike the Stoics of his time, Jesus does not exhibit “a hardened senselessness” but…
… “took our emotions into himself, so
that by his power we may subdue whatever is sinful in them.” Adam Clarke notes,
“An expression of pure and deep human sympathy, infinitely exalted by its being
that of God manifest in the flesh.” [BN, 3]
Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm
Join us this week in Study, Worship, Praise and Celebration at Chicago First Church of the Nazarene:
* Saturday 6:00pm
* Sunday 8:30am & 11:00am, 5:30pm
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