JESUS KNOWS ! !
Touched with our feelings:
Heb 4:14-16 (NIV)
14 Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has gone through the heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess.
15 For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are-- yet was without sin.
16 Let us then approach the throne of grace with confidence, so that we may receive mercy and find grace to help us in our time of need.
Heb 4:15 (KJV)
15 For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the FEELING of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin.
JESUS is our HIGH PRIEST :) Check out THIS scripture about HIGH PRIESTS:
Heb 5:1-10 (NIV)
1 Every high priest is selected from among men and is appointed to represent them in matters related to God, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sins.
2 HE IS ABLE TO DEAL GENTLY WITH THOSE WHO ARE IGNORANT AND ARE GOING ASTRAY, SINCE HE HIMSELF IS SUBJECT TO WEAKNESS.
3 This is why he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins (the EARTHLY priests), as well as for the sins of the people.
4 No one takes this honor upon himself; he must be called by God, just as Aaron was.
5 SO CHRIST ALSO DID NOT TAKE UPON HIMSELF THE GLORY OF BECOMING A HIGH PRIEST. But God said to him, "You are my Son; today I have become your Father."
6 AND HE SAYS IN ANOTHER PLACE, "YOU ARE A PRIEST FOREVER, IN THE ORDER OF MELCHIZEDEK."
7 During the days of Jesus' life on earth, he offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the one who could save him from death, and he was heard because of his reverent submission.
8 Although he was a son, he learned obedience from what he suffered
9 and, once made perfect, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who obey him
10 and was designated by God to be high priest in the order of Melchizedek.
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JESUS was made a HIGH PRIEST by Father God - the Bible says the HIGH PRIESTS were to be chosen from among men so that they can have COMPASSION for us and KNOW and UNDERSTAND our feelings ! !
JESUS KNOWS :)
Jesus was born as a man and lived as a man and FELT as a man . . . what could he have POSSIBLY experienced??
BABY - As a baby, Jesus would have felt the warmth of His mothers love - he would also have experienced wet diapers, waking up in the dark, being overlooked from time to time (as mother and father were about their daily chores.
CHILD - As a child, Jesus would have experienced some of the GREATEST of JOYS as well as some of the WORST of PAINS. JOY because he was loved by his mother and had brothers and sisters . . . PAIN because there was a day that mommy and daddy put him DOWN and said WALK TO ME (this is one of the most frightening experiences for natural AND spiritual children - to have had the constant contact with a warm parent only to have that parent SEPARATE from him . . make HIM walk for HIMSELF.
TEENAGER - As a teen, Jesus would have the JOY of discovering Himself through the scriptures . . . and He would have the PAIN of seeing his earthly father die - JESUS KNOWS ! !
MAN - As a man, Jesus from age 20 -30 would have had the JOY of hard work and accomplishment, the TEMPTATIONS that men endure (without giving in), and the PAIN of seeing all of the PAIN in people’s lives in this fallen world.
SAVIOR - As our Savior, Jesus had the JOY of TEACHING us and HELPING us to understand and KNOW Father God .. and He experienced the PAIN of being DESERTED by His followers and REJECTED by men - JESUS KNOWS.
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JESUS KNOWS your pain .. He KNOWS your struggles .. consider THIS scripture about my Jesus:
Matt 12:20-21 (KJV)
20 A bruised reed shall he not break, and smoking flax shall he not quench, till he send forth judgment unto victory.
21 And in his name shall the Gentiles trust.
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ONE FINAL LOOK at Jesus:
Luke 7:11-16 (NIV)
11 Soon afterward, JESUS went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a large crowd went along with him.
12 As he approached the town gate, a dead person was being carried out-- the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her.
13 When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, "Don't cry."
14 Then he went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. He said, "Young man, I say to you, get up!"
15 The dead man sat up and began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother.
16 They were all filled with awe and praised God. "A great prophet has appeared among us," they said. "GOD HAS COME TO HELP HIS PEOPLE."