Read : Hebrews 2:14-18
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren. - Hebrews 2:17
When Christ became a man, He showed His willingness to be tempted, tested, hated and hurt. During His life on earth, He faced the same struggles we encounter. He had been sympathetic to man's weakness before He came, but by taking a human body He identified with us in a dramatic way. His incarnation revealed the extent to which He would go to pay for our sin and to be touched by the trials and infirmities that make life so difficult for us.
On a smaller scale, people try to empathize with the sufferings of others. A 30-year-old woman masqueraded as an elderly woman once a week for 3 years to find out how it feels to be old in America. What she learned is heartbreaking. She was robbed, insulted and frightened by a world that isn't easy on its elderly.
As touching as these examples are, they are nothing with Christ's coming into our world. No one else left so high a position to feel what mortal man feels. Jesus gave up heaven's glory and was tempted in all points as we are, yet He did not sin. He bore our sins on the cross so that He could be merciful to us.
We have One who cares. When we face temptations and trials, we can go to Jesus. He knows! - Mart De Haan
Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Feel.
Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren. - Hebrews 2:17
When Christ became a man, He showed His willingness to be tempted, tested, hated and hurt. During His life on earth, He faced the same struggles we encounter. He had been sympathetic to man's weakness before He came, but by taking a human body He identified with us in a dramatic way. His incarnation revealed the extent to which He would go to pay for our sin and to be touched by the trials and infirmities that make life so difficult for us.
On a smaller scale, people try to empathize with the sufferings of others. A 30-year-old woman masqueraded as an elderly woman once a week for 3 years to find out how it feels to be old in America. What she learned is heartbreaking. She was robbed, insulted and frightened by a world that isn't easy on its elderly.
As touching as these examples are, they are nothing with Christ's coming into our world. No one else left so high a position to feel what mortal man feels. Jesus gave up heaven's glory and was tempted in all points as we are, yet He did not sin. He bore our sins on the cross so that He could be merciful to us.
We have One who cares. When we face temptations and trials, we can go to Jesus. He knows! - Mart De Haan
Wonderful work of the Savior-
His coming to earth as a man,
Knowing our heartaches, then dying-
What comfort there is in this plan! - Branon
Earth Has No Sorrow That Heaven Cannot Feel.
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