Emotions
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· 5 viewsScripture portrays both human beings and God as having emotions. Human emotions and sentiments are of importance to the life of faith. Human feelings can be positive or negative and are subject to change and misinterpretation.
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Emotions shown by God
Emotions shown by God
Love
Love
It was not because you were more in number than any other people that the Lord set his love on you and chose you, for you were the fewest of all peoples, but it is because the Lord loves you and is keeping the oath that he swore to your fathers, that the Lord has brought you out with a mighty hand and redeemed you from the house of slavery, from the hand of Pharaoh king of Egypt.
See also Is 43:4; Je 31:3; Ho 11:1; Mk 10:21; Jn 13:1; Jn 17:23; 1 Jn 4:8; 1 Jn 4:10; 1 Jn 4:19
Compassion
Compassion
As a father shows compassion to his children,
so the Lord shows compassion to those who fear him.
See also Ex 33:19; Dt 13:17; Jdg 2:18; Ps 116:5; Mt 9:36; Mt 14:14; Mt 15:32; Mt 20:34
Joy and delight
Joy and delight
I will rejoice in doing them good, and I will plant them in this land in faithfulness, with all my heart and all my soul.
See also Dt 30:9; Is 62:4; Lk 15:32
Anger
Anger
and my wrath will burn, and I will kill you with the sword, and your wives shall become widows and your children fatherless.
See also Dt 6:14–15; Jos 7:1; Je 7:20; Eze 5:13; Mt 21:12–13
Human emotions experienced by God’s people
Human emotions experienced by God’s people
Joy
Joy
And the ransomed of the Lord shall return
and come to Zion with singing;
everlasting joy shall be upon their heads;
they shall obtain gladness and joy,
and sorrow and sighing shall flee away.
See also 1 Sa 2:1; Ps 4:7; Ps 28:7; Ps 30:11–12; Lk 1:47; Ac 16:25
Love for God and one another
Love for God and one another
I love the Lord, because he has heard
my voice and my pleas for mercy.
See also Ps 18:1; Jn 21:17; 1 Jn 4:11–12
Sorrow and pain
Sorrow and pain
I am weary with my moaning;
every night I flood my bed with tears;
I drench my couch with my weeping.
My eye wastes away because of grief;
it grows weak because of all my foes.
See also 1 Sa 1:7–8; 1 Sa 1:10; 2 Sa 18:33; 1 Ki 19:3–4; Ps 88:15; Ps 119:28; Ps 137:1; Je 15:18; Mic 7:1; Jn 11:19; Jn 11:31; Jn 11:33; Ro 9:2–3
Fear
Fear
And he said, “I am the God of your father, the God of Abraham, the God of Isaac, and the God of Jacob.” And Moses hid his face, for he was afraid to look at God.
See also Ge 18:15; Jos 9:24; Is 35:4; Is 41:10; Mt 8:26; Mt 28:8
God’s people are to feel for one another
God’s people are to feel for one another
It is right for me to feel this way about you all, because I hold you in my heart, for you are all partakers with me of grace, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the gospel. For God is my witness, how I yearn for you all with the affection of Christ Jesus.
See also Ex 22:21; Ex 23:9; 1 Co 12:25–26; 2 Co 6:11–13; 2 Co 7:2–3; 2 Co 11:29
Believers are to control their emotions
Believers are to control their emotions
But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law.
See also Pr 25:28; Eph 4:26; Eph 5:18; Col 3:8; 1 Ti 2:8; Jas 1:19–20
Emotions are changeable
Emotions are changeable
Even in laughter the heart may ache,
and the end of joy may be grief.
The wicked may feel an unwarranted sense of security
The wicked may feel an unwarranted sense of security
“Woe to those who are at ease in Zion,
and to those who feel secure on the mountain of Samaria,
the notable men of the first of the nations,
to whom the house of Israel comes!
See also Da 8:25; Da 11:21; Da 11:24; Zec 1:15
