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INTRO—
[[REMINDER: Austin preaching next Sunday, so…the following Wednesday (10/27) will be a ‘catch up’ week.]]
[Ch.
10: The Beauty of the Heart of Christ]
Question: What do we want for our kids—for the next generation—to whom we pass the torch?
To be safe…To have a good job…To enjoy life…To love…(to love well…)
As far as all this goes, Jonathan Edwards frames his answer like this: “Children ought to love the Lord Jesus Christ above all things in the world.”
(Ortlund, p.95)
He could say this on the basis of Matthew 10.37 “The one who loves a father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; the one who loves a son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me.”
To encourage the kids to love Jesus above all, he share this encouragement with them...
“There is no love so great and so wonderful as that which is in the heart of Christ.
He is one that delights in mercy; he is ready to pity those that are in suffering and sorrowful circumstances; one that delights in the happiness of his creatures.
The love and grace that Christ has manifested does as much exceed all that which is in this world as the sun is brighter than a candle.
Parents are often full of kindness towards their children, but that is no kindness like Jesus Christ’s.”
(Ortlund, p. 96)
Indeed, Jesus’ heart is beautiful (Matthew 11.29)!
This beauty is quite excellently displayed...
Through His Compassion.
(John 11.33-38 [44])
[Ch.
11: The Emotional Life of Christ]
Jesus was often “deeply moved” by the circumstances of those around him...
Matthew 20.34 “Moved with compassion, Jesus touched their eyes.
Immediately they could see, and they followed him.”
Mark 1.41 “Moved with compassion, Jesus reached out his hand and touched him.
“I am willing,” he told him.
“Be made clean.””
Matthew 9.36 “When he saw the crowds, he felt compassion for them, because they were distressed and dejected, like sheep without a shepherd.”
John 11.33 “When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was deeply moved in his spirit and troubled.”
“Splanchnizo”… the seat of the emotions; the gut/bowels; to be stirred in the gut/bowels.
Jesus’ emotions stirred (sympathy) is awesome because…[BB Warfield (1851-1921; Presbyterian minister (1876-1879); Princeton theologian (1887-1921)) notes.]
We see that his heart is perfectly, consistently moved with compassion (not like our too often indifferent, cold heartedness).
We see the depth of his emotions toward us…and for us!
Through His Kindness.
(Matthew 11.16-19)
[Ch.
12: A Tender Friend]
Jesus is the instigator and perfect sustainer of lasting (everlasting), deep friendship.
He goes further than many (most?) of us would dare to go to begin/be a friend...
Matthew 11.19 “The Son of Man came eating and drinking, and they say, ‘Look, a glutton and a drunkard, a friend of tax collectors and sinners!’
Yet wisdom is vindicated by her deeds.””
Ok, so along with Ortlund, let’s dismiss the objection to this beautiful truth, quickly: “That Jesus is friend to sinners is only contemptible to those who feel themselves not to be in that category.”
(p.
114)
On the other hand, Jesus being a friend to sinners means:
He enjoys rather than refuses our presence.
(p.
115)
We can feel welcome and accepted around Jesus. (p.114)
**Remembering that HE is THE KING! (p.
119; Richard Sibbes (1577-1635), Anglican, pastored churches in Cambridge & London (1616-1633)).
We are included in what Jesus is doing.
(John 15.15 “15 I do not call you servants anymore, because a servant doesn’t know what his master is doing.
I have called you friends, because I have made known to you everything I have heard from my Father.” )
Such GREAT Kindness!!!
CONCL—
Dane Ortlund: “He walks with us through every moment.
He knows the pain of being betrayed by a friend, but he will never betray us.
He will not even so much as coolly welcome us.
That is not who he is.
That is not his heart.”
(p.
120)
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