The Debrief: We Are Emotional

Let's go deeper into what it means to be created emotional.

 In this episode of The Debrief, Lindsey and Lewis drill down into the different emotional instincts each of us have, and think more about how we might align our emotions with God’s heart.

Here's the original message this discussion is based on. Also, you can read the short BB Warfield book that Lewis referenced here.

If you want to go deeper still...
Below are a list of verses from the New Testament that describe Jesus’ emotional life. Alone or with others, take time to read them aloud in context, marvelling and giving thanks to God for Christ’s emotionally perfect humanity.

Compassion
Matthew 9:36 – “When he saw the crowds he had compassion for them…”
Matthew 14:14 – “He had compassion on them and healed their sick.”
Matthew 15:32 – “I have compassion on the crowd…”
Matthew 20:34 – “And Jesus in pity touched their eyes…”
Mark 1:41 – “Moved with pity, he stretched out his hand…”
Mark 6:34 – “He had compassion on them, because they were like sheep…”
Mark 8:2 – “I have compassion on the crowd…”
Luke 7:13 – “And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her…

Love
Mark 10:21 – “Jesus, looking at him, loved him…”
John 11:5 – “Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.”
John 13:1 – “Having loved his own… he loved them to the end.”
Ephesians 5:2 – “Christ loved us and gave himself up for us…”
Galatians 2:20 – “the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me.”
Revelation 1:5 – “To him who loves us and has freed us…”

Sorrow / Grief / Trouble
Matthew 26:37–38 – “My soul is very sorrowful, even to death.”
Mark 14:33–34 – “greatly distressed and troubled… very sorrowful.”
Luke 19:41 – “And when he drew near and saw the city, he wept over it.”
John 11:33 – “deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.”
John 11:35 – “Jesus wept.”
John 12:27 – “Now is my soul troubled.”
John 13:21 – “Jesus was troubled in his spirit…”
Hebrews 5:7 – “with loud cries and tears…”

Anger / Indignation / Zeal
Mark 3:5 – “He looked around at them with anger…”
Mark 10:14 – “he was indignant and said to them…”
John 2:15–17 – “He made a whip of cords… drove them all out…”
John 2:17 – “Zeal for your house will consume me.”

Distress / Agony
Luke 12:50 – “How great is my distress until it is accomplished!”
Luke 22:44 – “Being in an agony he prayed more earnestly…”
Hebrews 12:2 – “who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross…”

Joy
Luke 10:21 – “Jesus rejoiced in the Holy Spirit…”
Hebrews 12:2 – “for the joy that was set before him…”

Amazement / Marveling
Matthew 8:10 – “When Jesus heard this, he marvelled…”
Mark 6:6 – “And he marvelled because of their unbelief.”