Pleasing God, Making Disciples of Jesus Christ

The Tears of Jesus: A Revelation of His Humanity

Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. 36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” John 11:32-36

A. He displayed human characteristics

1. Physical: Luke 2:52

2. Emotional

Mark 5:24 – The emotion of compassion

Mark 5:35-36 – The emotion of sensitivity

Mark 5:38-40 – The emotion of anger

3. Spiritual

Matthew 4:1 – Lead by the Spirit

Matthew 4:4 – Conduct warfare by the Spirit

Luke 10:21 – Worship by the Spirit

Philippians 3:3

B. He willingly expressed human emotion

1. To those of His own: John 11:3l 33-35, Phil. 1:8, 1 Thess. 2:7-8

2. To the public: John 11:35-36

C. He entered in the human experience of suffering

1. With us in our pain: Isaiah 53:3, Hebrews 4:15

2. For us in salvation’s work

Luke 22:39-44 – Agony in the Garden: Prayer

Matthew 27:46 – Agony on the Cross: Abandonment