Jesus Traits: BFF
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1 Corinthians 2:1-2 (MSG)
1 Corinthians 2:1-2 MSG
You'll remember, friends, that when I first came to you to let you in on God's master stroke, I didn't try to impress you with polished speeches and the latest philosophy. I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did—Jesus crucified. I deliberately kept it plain and simple: first Jesus and who he is; then Jesus and what he did-Jesus crucified.
Matthew 1:21 (NIV)
Matthew 1:21 NIV
She will give birth to a son, and you are to give him the name Jesus, because he will save his people from their sins."
Matthew 1:23 (NIV)
Matthew 1:23 NIV
"The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel" (which means "God with us").
John 1:14 (NIV)
John 1:14 NIV
The Word became flesh and made his dwelling among us. We have seen his glory, the glory of the one and only Son, who came from the Father, full of grace and truth.
Hebrews 2:17-18 (MSG)
Hebrews 2:17-18 MSG
That's why he had to enter into every detail of human life. Then, when he came before God as high priest to get rid of the people's sins, he would have already experienced it all himself-all the pain, all the testing-and would be able to help where help was needed.
If I am going to sympathize...
...with someone, my level of comfort can only be to the degree that I have experienced myself.
Jesus Traits
The person who has already gone through this (similar situation or trial) can sympathize and encourage so much more effectively than one who has not.
1. Jesus Understands Relationships
Mark 6:3 NIV
Isn't this the carpenter? Isn't this Mary's son and the brother of James, Joseph, Judas and Simon? Aren't his sisters here with us?" And they took offense at him.
1. Jesus Understands Relationships
Mark 3:21 NIV
When his family heard about this, they went to take charge of him, for they said, "He is out of his mind."
2. Jesus Understands Life
Hebrews 4:15 NIV
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin.
Jesus Traits
If you really believe that He understands - you are going to talk to Him more often - and allow Him to be up close and personal with you - through this thing called life.
3. Jesus Understands Pain
Isaiah 53:3 NIV
He was despised and rejected by mankind, a man of suffering, and familiar with pain. Like one from whom people hide their faces he was despised, and we held him in low esteem.
Jesus Traits
Jesus knows exactly how you feel this morning because He has experienced it.
3. Jesus Understands Pain
Isaiah 53:5 NIV
But he was pierced for our transgressions, he was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was on him, and by his wounds we are healed.
Proverbs 18:24 (NIV)
Proverbs 18:24 NIV
One who has unreliable friends soon comes to ruin, but there is a friend who sticks closer than a brother.
John 15:15 (NIV)
John 15:15 NIV
I no longer call you servants, because a servant does not know his master's business. Instead, I have called you friends, for everything that I learned from my Father I have made known to you.
Trust Him with your life.
James 2:23 NIV
And the scripture was fulfilled that says, "Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness," and he was called God's friend.
Talk to Him
Hebrews 4:16 NIV
Let us then approach God's throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.