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