Jesus’s Feelings and Our Feelings
I’ve been studying the Bible’s teaching on emotions, especially the emotions of fear and anxiety. As part of that study, I’ve been reading B. B. Warfield’s book, The Emotional Life of Christ.
Warfield’s understanding of Jesus’s emotional life should give great comfort to all of us. Jesus, the perfect God-man felt deeply—including experiencing deeply distressing and troubling emotions. This truth can rescue us from the false guilt, shame, and condemnation that we sometime experience because of the lie that faith eradicates troubling emotions.
Even more, the emotional life of Christ—His inner emotional turmoil, helps us to more richly apply the truth of Hebrews 4:15-16.
“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. 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.”
What does Warfield say about Christ’s experience of sinless dread, fear, and anxiety?
Anticipatory Anguish, Inner Dread, and Angst: Luke 12:50
Commenting on Luke 12:50, Warfield speaks of the anticipatory anguish and angst
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