WHAT CAUSED JESUS TO REJOICE? (34)
by Zach Terry
Scripture: Luke 10:1-24
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Title: What Caused Jesus to Rejoice? (34)
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 10:1-24
INTRODUCTION: I will often stress the importance of a text I am preaching by mentioning that it is in 3 of the four gospels, or at times, all 4. That is not the case today - this particular story is only mentioned in Luke's account. That fact has baffled theologians for centuries.
I'm thankful that the Holy Spirit inspired Luke to record this account because this is the only opportunity we have to see a unique aspect of Jesus' heart - His rejoicing. In fact, this is the only time in all the Bible when we are able to witness the REJOICING JESUS.
What made Jesus rejoice?
You see, through His incarnation - Jesus was familiar with the gambit of human emotions.
Isaiah 53 tells us he was a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. He understood being hated and rejected; he knew the pain of betrayal. Depictions of Jesus in Art tend to emphasize his emotional pain and grief.
But the writer to the Hebrews tells us there was another aspect of Jesus's emotion - we are told that He was anointed with the oil of joy.
That should be expected - Isaiah 62:5 tells us that God the Father rejoices over Jerusalem as a Groom rejoices over a Bride.
David tells us in Psalm 16:11 (ESV) 11 ...in your presence, there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
So it shouldn't surprise us that Jesus experienced great Joy. But what may surprise you is the source of that joy. What moved Jesus to rejoice? Today's text answers that question.
CONTEXT: The advance of the ministry of Christ is not entirely unlike what we are witnessing among the various Presidential candidates. Samaria is Iowa without the freezing temps. Last week we saw, Jesus has just lost Iowa.
- It began as a very "Grass Roots" effort - in the rural towns and villages of Galilee. That work has been powerful and meaningful, but in some ways off the grid, under the radar. Reme ...
Series: Luke
Author: Zach Terry
Text: Luke 10:1-24
INTRODUCTION: I will often stress the importance of a text I am preaching by mentioning that it is in 3 of the four gospels, or at times, all 4. That is not the case today - this particular story is only mentioned in Luke's account. That fact has baffled theologians for centuries.
I'm thankful that the Holy Spirit inspired Luke to record this account because this is the only opportunity we have to see a unique aspect of Jesus' heart - His rejoicing. In fact, this is the only time in all the Bible when we are able to witness the REJOICING JESUS.
What made Jesus rejoice?
You see, through His incarnation - Jesus was familiar with the gambit of human emotions.
Isaiah 53 tells us he was a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief. He understood being hated and rejected; he knew the pain of betrayal. Depictions of Jesus in Art tend to emphasize his emotional pain and grief.
But the writer to the Hebrews tells us there was another aspect of Jesus's emotion - we are told that He was anointed with the oil of joy.
That should be expected - Isaiah 62:5 tells us that God the Father rejoices over Jerusalem as a Groom rejoices over a Bride.
David tells us in Psalm 16:11 (ESV) 11 ...in your presence, there is fullness of joy; at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.
So it shouldn't surprise us that Jesus experienced great Joy. But what may surprise you is the source of that joy. What moved Jesus to rejoice? Today's text answers that question.
CONTEXT: The advance of the ministry of Christ is not entirely unlike what we are witnessing among the various Presidential candidates. Samaria is Iowa without the freezing temps. Last week we saw, Jesus has just lost Iowa.
- It began as a very "Grass Roots" effort - in the rural towns and villages of Galilee. That work has been powerful and meaningful, but in some ways off the grid, under the radar. Reme ...
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