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The Emotional Life Of JesusVarious Verses

I. IntroductionA. Emotions are wonderful things, aren’t they? They are the music that chases

away the dullness of life. Our emotions put the spark behind our eyes and the spring beneath our steps. We are never more alive than when we feel.1. Perhaps this is why our culture is so controlled by emotions. Many of us

stagger through our day in search of the next emotional high like an addict in search of his next fix. How we feel has become the most important consideration.

2. That’s why many people are guided by their emotions. They say, “Follow your heart. Listen to your feelings and you’ll know which way to go. Let your passions drive you.”

3. In a culture which marginalizes God this has a disastrous result. Feelings are a fuel that quickly burns out, and a life lived by emotions inevitably crashes.

B. That’s why some have come to the conclusion, “Since the emotions cannot be trusted, then the mind is where it is at.” Knowledge is the goal. So, keep a stiff upper lip. Swallow those tears. Repress that anger. Be leery of any excessive joy. 1. Instead, focus on your mind. Become a spiritual tadpole. You know what

a tadpole is; it is the aquatic larva of the frog. It is a creature with a huge head, and nothing much else beside.

2. Some of us have become Christian tadpoles. Our heads are bulging with Biblical instructions, but we have no place for our emotions. We exist in the frigid waters of accuracy without carrying the torch of love.

C. Can I please remind us that God is an emotional being? He can be grieved (Eph. 4:30), and become angry (Heb. 3:10; Ps. 95:10), and is capable of great zeal (Isa. 9:7), deep love (John 3:16), and abounding joy (Luke 15:7). The reason we have emotions in the first place is because we are created in the image of God. We reveal the divine nature when we express emotions rightly. 1. How do you do that? Jesus, the very image of God, expressed emotions

with perfection. We cannot read the gospel accounts without seeing that Jesus had emotions. He lived with tremendous passion. The Bible describes more than 20 different emotions Jesus felt and expressed.

2. He becomes our model then, not only for the truths which fill our minds, but for the passions that ignite our hearts.

3. When you examine the gospels you find a full colored picture of the emotional life of Jesus. As we are flesh and blood, He shared the same with all of its emotional attachments (Heb. 2:14). We could look at the different emotions Jesus expressed: His compassion, love, joy, anger, sorrow, and grief. However, I think it will be more profitable and practical to consider what caused those powerful emotions in Jesus. What kind of things was He passionate about? The gospels provide us with several

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things which ignited the passion of Jesus, which in turn, should warm our spirits as well.

II. What Jesus Was Passionate AboutA. Those In Physical Distress. For example, did you know in the gospel

record, the thing which most often aroused an emotional response in the heart of Jesus was seeing people in physical distress? Oh yes, He saw the sin behind it, and He had a spiritual reason for relieving it, but Jesus was pained to see people in physical distress. 1. This Disabled & Diseased. It is surprising that He who came to deal with the

sins of men would be so moved by their suffering. He could have easily said, “I’m here to deal with a spiritual problem, so take your lame, blind and deaf elsewhere.” a. And yet, Jesus’ stomach literally tied up in knots when he saw people

physically suffering. That’s what the “compassion” means. When the multitudes came out to Jesus carrying their lame and blind, and filled with all kinds of diseases, it broke Jesus’ heart to see people in such physical distress. “He was moved with compassion for them and healed their sick” (Matt. 14:14).

b. While others saw the physically disabled as curiosities to talk about or spectacles to avoid (John 9). Jesus was moved with compassion to touch the leper, talk to the blind, befriend the lame, and handle the diseased. The physically disabled and diseased were not disruptions to Jesus’ schedule or misfits to be avoided. They were the objects of His passionate concern. You hear it in the English word, don’t you? “Compassion” – feeling with the person in need. Jesus’ passions were stirred by those in physical distress.

c. That should make a difference in the way we visit someone in the hospital, or care for someone in the home, or talk to someone who is disabled, or pray for someone who is sick.

2. The Hungry. So sensitive was Jesus to people’s physical needs He even became concerned about people getting hungry. On a number of occasions the crowds came to hear Jesus speak, and He taught late into the day. But, He wasn’t so self-consumed that He thought, “I’ve done my bit, good luck on getting home.” Rather, He said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat” (Mark 8:2). I bring this up to illustrate how in tune Jesus was with the physical suffering of people. The pains in the flesh of others wounded Him just as deeply.

3. The Grieving. The depth of Jesus’ emotional response is seen toward those who were grieving. a. On one occasion Jesus and His disciples entered the village of Nain and

encountered a funeral procession for a young man who was the only son of a widow woman. The text says, “When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep”” (Luke 7:13). And he raised the boy up and gave him back to his mother. Her tears over the past, her fears about the future, Jesus felt within Himself and He determined to do something about it.


b. Later He found Himself at the graveside of a friend, Lazarus, and surrounded by His grieving friends Mary and Martha, and the emotion of the moment resonated in His heart and, “He groaned in the spirit and was troubled” (John 11:33), at how death had invaded God’s good world and, “Jesus wept” and the people said, “See how He loved Him” (John 11:35-36).

4. What was Jesus passionate about? The gospel record is clear. Jesus felt deeply with those who suffered physical and emotional distress. It wasn’t just their pain. It became His pain. And it became His passion to help them relieve it. Those who are called by His name must follow in His steps.

B. Those Who Are Spiritually Seeking. Secondly, Jesus was passionate about those who were spiritually seeking. When Jesus saw a person, He didn’t just see a man or a woman, a boy or a girl, a person who was rich or poor, sick or healthy—He saw a soul, eternally ruined by sin. He was so passionate about changing the condition of that soul that He left the glories of heaven to do it. He came to “seek and save that which was lost” (Luke 19:10). 1. Passionate Preaching. So when Jesus looked out on a crowd He didn’t see

consumers to be exploited or crowds to be avoided. He saw people eternally lost without direction. Mark 6:34 says, “34 When Jesus came out saw a great multitude and was moved with compassion for them, because they were like sheep not having a shepherd.” So what did He begin to do? “So He began to teach them many things” (Mark 6:34). Jesus’ teaching was never arid or cold because He cared about people’s souls. He raised His voice and He called for their attention, “Listen!” (“He who has ears, let Him hear!”) Because Jesus was passionate that people know the only truth that could save their souls. a. Yes, emotion has a rightful place in the preaching and teaching of the

gospel. That’s why Paul’s pen and tongue often blazed with passionate concern as He begged and pleaded for people to accept the truth.

b. I’ve always liked Martin Lloyd Jones definition of preaching. He wrote, “Preaching is logic on fire. It is eloquent reason.” Preaching is Biblical truth coming through a person who is on fire. As Jeremiah said, “Your word was in my heart like a burning fire Shut up in my bones; I was weary of holding it back, And I could not” (Jeremiah 20:9).

c. I sometimes think this is what is missing in our evangelistic efforts. We have the truths down well enough, but people don’t get the sense that we are passionately concerned about their souls and deeply devoted to our God. If there was ever a message that deserves to be presented with some passion, it is the gospel. Do you have a passionate desire to share what you know about Jesus, with people you deeply care about?

2. Passionate Worship. Jesus was not only concerned that people have a passion for knowing the truth of God, but that they might be equally passionate about their worship of God. a. Jesus told the woman of Samaria that the time had come for “true

worshipers to worship the Father in spirit and truth; for the Father was


seeking such to worship Him” (John 4:23). God desires a heart and mind fully engaged in worship.

b. In fact, Jesus reserved His most passionate criticisms for the scribes and Pharisees whose worship was incredibly precise, but only skin deep—it didn’t emanate from the heart and change their lives. So with thunder like force Jesus pronounces eight different woes upon the shallowness of their worship in Matthew 23.

c. And perhaps most famously Jesus cleared the money changers out the temple grounds with whip and threat, because they were turning God’s house of prayer into a den for thieves. And when the disciples saw this emotional outburst they said, “Zeal for God’s house of worship has eaten Him up” (John 2:17, edited). The disciples could see that Jesus had a passion for people being able to worship God honestly, truthfully, from the heart.

d. Passionate worship is missing from the lives of too many believers! Some of us are so caught up in the world that spiritual truths find no joyful resonance within us. Others are so careful to identify truth they fail to consider what it means. I believe there ought to be an “oh-ness” to our worship! Go read the Psalms, and you’ll find in excess of over 400 times the passionate groan of “Oh!” “Oh, fear the Lord; Oh love the Lord; Oh magnify the Lord. Oh worship the Lord.” Worship poured out of the totality of his being, mind, body, spirit, to such a degree it could only be intensified by the passionate groan of “Oh.”

e. Is there an “oh-ness” to your worship, or do you politely keep it on the surface and carefully reserve your emotions for movies and games? If there is not an “oh-ness” to our worship we are missing one of the unique joys of knowing God and we know little about our Lord who could roar when He spoke, and weep when He prayed.

C. Those Who Were Spiritually Wandering. Ah, Jesus was passionate about those in physical distress. He was passionate about those who were spiritually seeking. But, Jesus was also graciously tender toward those who were spiritually wandering. You could see His heart break over believers who would depart. He was not arrogantly dismissive of the lost. He cared deeply for their condition.1. Those Who Leave. Just days before His crucifixion Jesus looked over the

city of Jerusalem and saw the very people who would soon call for His crucifixion, and the text says, “He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! (Luke 19:41–42). Jesus passionately loved even those who were persistently stubborn in their rejection. a. We often remember the difficult command Jesus gave the Rich Young

Ruler, “Go sell all you have and come follow Me.” But do we remember why Jesus said that? Jesus wasn’t trying to be mean and run people off. No. The text says, “Jesus, looking at him, loved him and said…go sell…come follow” (Mark 10:21). Jesus passionately desired to see spiritual wanderers come home.

b. He is the shepherd in the parable of the lost sheep, who crossed the wilderness in search of the one sheep who had strayed. When He


found it he laid it on his shoulders and rejoiced (Luke 15:4-7). Weeping, loving, searching, rejoicing, this is the passion Jesus had for the people who spiritually wandered from the way.

2. Those Who Lead. Perhaps this is why Jesus reserved His sharpest anger toward those who lead people astray spiritually. It’s why He cleansed the Temple. It’s why He pronounced the woes. a. It’s why He said in such dramatic fashion, “It would be better to have a

millstone hung around your neck and be thrown into the deepest part of the sea, than to cause even one of the weakest of my followers to stumble” (Mark 9:42 – edited).

b. One Sabbath Jesus went to the synagogue to worship, but unfortunately others came to find fault in Him. They quickly spotted a man whose hand was withered. They knew Jesus’ passion for the physically distressed, and waited to see if Jesus would heal on the Sabbath. And the Bible says, “Jesus looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts” (Mark 3:5). They were at worship, right, but they were more concerned with their man-made laws, than they were with a person’s need—and such self-centeredness angered the Lord.

3. Oh, it’s fun to be passionate about spiritual seekers who want to learn the truth and worship God. It’s a bit messier to be concerned with the spiritual wanderer who has grown weak, rebellious, or is immature. We must be passionate about restoring them in truth and not to put unnecessary burdens upon them. But, “if anyone among you wanders from the truth, and someone turns him back, 20 let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save a soul from death and cover a multitude of sins” (James 5:19-20). That is a needed work, which needs our passion.

D. Sacrificially Obeying The Father. Jesus was passionate about those in physical distress, those who were spiritually seeking, and even those who were spiritually wandering. However, Jesus clearly experienced the strongest passion at the end of His life. This is why the events surrounding Jesus’ death are often referred to as “His Passion,” because it was a time of intense emotional suffering. 1. The Suffering. His passions pour out like a flood beginning at Gethsemane

where He told His disciples, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” (Matthew 26:38), and “he began to be troubled and deeply distressed” (Mark 14:33). And He began to pray so earnestly that “His sweat became like great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” (Luke 22:44). But then He was betrayed, beaten and crucified, where He makes the heart-breaking statements, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me!” and “I thirst!” and finally, “It is finished!” (Mark 15:34; John 19:28,30). When the mind is allowed to reflect on those events very long the agony He experienced is terrifying.

2. The Reason for the Suffering. And we begin to cry out, “Why?” It wasn’t because He was guilty (He was sinless). It wasn’t because He was powerless (He had twelve legions of angels at His command). It was


because He had a passion that was more important than His own comfort! He had an intense passion to obey His Father. a. You hear it in the garden when He prayed, “O My Father, if this cup

cannot pass away from Me unless I drink it, Your will be done.” (Matthew 26:42). Jesus was so passionate about doing the will of the Father He willingly sacrificed all that He had.

b. Earlier He said, “My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour.” (John 12:27).

c. When you see the tears and sweat in the Garden and the blood on the cross, don’t just think about the pain, see His passion. Jesus was so passionate about obeying His Father He willingly sacrificed everything else to do it!

3. Oh, that we would capture such a passion for obeying our Heavenly Father. Where we gladly leave behind our pleasures, our comforts, our will, and seek first God’s rule over our lives; to live solely for His glory. This is the greatest of all passions! It is the fuel for every worthwhile endeavor. To be driven by the will of God is the highest aim of man. Does this describe you? That’s what it means to follow Jesus.a. Our Must! It’s captured by a single word that appears often in the

gospels, “must.” Jesus said, “I must preach the gospel; I must do the works of Him who sent Me; I must suffer; I must go; I must bring…” The Father’s will became what He must do! There was a must-ness to Jesus’ life. Unfortunately, there is a mustiness to many of our spiritual lives. And we need to develop the passion to make God’s will our must! Not our maybe! Not our sometime! Not our someday! But our must!

b. Our Food! On another occasion Jesus told His disciples, “My food is to do the will of Him who sent Me, and to finish His work” (John 4:34). He was saying, “More important to Me than food is to do My Father’s will and finish His work.” I’d call that a passion! When our desire to do the will of God comes upon us more regularly and more intensely than our desire for food, then we have come to know the passion of Jesus.

E. We’ve talked about our passions and our emotional experiences. We’ve seen how we must not separate the heart from the mind; the emotions from the will. God made them both, and we only work properly when both are fully engaged. How can we do that? Two thoughts:

III. The Relationship Between The Mind & The EmotionsA. The Mind Should Control Our Emotions. In every generation there are

people who exalt emotional, religious experience over a careful understanding of Scripture. For them it is more important to feel a thing, than to know a thing; To be moved emotionally than informed mentally. They’ve put the powerful horse of emotions at the head of the cart. 1. I believe that is where we are at in some places. People are more

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relationships, than knowing the will of God. Hearing the voice of God from His revealed Word is relegated to second place behind the expressions of our emotions.

2. But can I remind you of the mistake that some of the Jews made in Paul’s time? Paul said in Romans 10:1, “Brethren, my heart’s desire and prayer to God for Israel is that they may be saved.” That’s passion for spiritual seekers, but they were not listening. Do you know why? He goes on, “I bear them witness that they have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge.” (Romans 10:1–2). They were blind to the truth because emotions were driving the cart!

3. Listen, our emotions are easily twisted by sin and corrupted by worldliness if they are not first submitted to the word of God. a. You take for example the young lady who left the Lord’s people to

worship with a man-made church and she says, “It just feels right.” And you lovingly reason with her from the Bible that they don’t teach the gospel message of salvation; they worship in ways God has not taught; they do things God has not authorized. And God’s word falls on deaf ears because emotions are driving the cart.

b. Or, you have a married man who says he’s fallen in love with another woman, and he says, “I can’t help myself. I love her! I must leave my wife and abandon my children, and marry this other woman.” What do you tell that man? You say, “God calls that adultery. You are not a helpless victim of your emotions. Put that woman out of your mind and do right.”

4. You see, our minds informed by God’s truth, is to be the censor of our emotions. I hope you can tell I’m very much in favor of using our emotions, but please understand that our emotions will always lead us to ruin unless they are submitted to and controlled by the mind which is set on God’s word.

B. The Mind Should Stimulate Our Emotions. But here is the exciting thing, the mind not only controls the emotions it also stimulates them! 1. Let me give you one example. One Sunday morning two disciples,

completely unaware of Jesus’ resurrection, walked the seven mile road to Emmaus. Jesus joined them on their walk and explained to them from the Scriptures that the Messiah had to suffer before entering into His glory, and he began at Moses and all the Prophets and explained to them how the Scriptures talked about Him. Later when the two disciples reflected on that Bible study they said, “Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?” (Luke 24:32). Their hearts burned. They were clearly emotionally moved. But what kindled the burning of their hearts? It was Jesus teaching out of Scripture.

2. Noting sets the heart on fire like fresh understandings of truth (whether in private or public). It is when the mind is enlightened that the heart begins to burn. And I pray that your heart has burned today as you’ve seen Jesus fully expressing His emotional passion under the control of His Father’s will. I pray that burning will lead you to walk with Him.


The Passion of JesusTopical Research

Scripture Meaning Category36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. (Matthew 9:36)

CompassionPeople w/o leadership Spiritual Need

32 Now Jesus called His disciples to Himself and said, “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. And I do not want to send them away hungry, lest they faint on the way.” (Matthew 15:32)

CompassionPeople physically

hungryPhysical Need

34 So Jesus had compassion and touched their eyes. And immediately their eyes received sight, and they followed Him. (Matthew 20:34)

CompassionPeople physically

blindPhysical Need

3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. (John 11:3–5)

Love for friends Relationship

9 “As the Father loved Me, I also have loved you; abide in My love. 10 If you keep My commandments, you will abide in My love, just as I have kept My Father’s commandments and abide in His love. 11 “These things I have spoken to you, that My joy may remain in you, and that your joy may be full. (John 15:9–11)

LoveFor Father / Keep commandments

JoyFrom Jesus & full

33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.” 35 Jesus wept. (John 11:33–35)

Groaned (Anger) over death

Wept

Spiritual NeedSin’s incursion

Physical NeedGrieving people


5 And when He had looked around at them with anger, being grieved by the hardness of their hearts, He said to the man, “Stretch out your hand.” And he stretched it out, and his hand was restored as whole as the other. (Mark 3:5)

AngerOver hard hearts Spiritual Hardness

15 When He had made a whip of cords, He drove them all out of the temple, with the sheep and the oxen, and poured out the changers’ money and overturned the tables. 16 And He said to those who sold doves, “Take these things away! Do not make My Father’s house a house of merchandise!” 17 Then His disciples remembered that it was written, “Zeal for Your house has eaten Me up.” (John 2:15–17)

AngerCorrupting worship Spiritual Hardness

32 Indeed the hour is coming, yes, has now come, that you will be scattered, each to his own, and will leave Me alone. And yet I am not alone, because the Father is with Me. 33 These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace. In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.” (John 16:32–33)

Peace

3 He is despised and rejected by men, A Man of sorrows and acquainted with grief. And we hid, as it were, our faces from Him; He was despised, and we did not esteem Him. (Isaiah 53:3)4 Surely He has borne our griefs And carried our sorrows; Yet we esteemed Him stricken, Smitten by God, and afflicted. (Isaiah 53:4)

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17 Therefore, in all things He had to be made like His brethren, that He might be a merciful and faithful High Priest in things pertaining to God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. (Hebrews 2:17)41 Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it, 42 saying, “If you had known, even you, especially in this your day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are hidden from your eyes. 43 For days will come upon you when your enemies will build an embankment around you, surround you and close you in on every side, 44 and level you, and your children within you, to the ground; and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not know the time of your visitation.” (Luke 19:41–44)

Wept over hard hearts Spiritual Hardness

7 who, in the days of His flesh, when He had offered up prayers and supplications, with vehement cries and tears to Him who was able to save Him from death, and was heard because of His godly fear, (Hebrews 5:7)

Wept over death Sacrificial Obedience

2 looking unto Jesus, the author and finisher of our faith, who for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God. (Hebrews 12:2)

JoyOver glory / shame

5 And when he has found it, he lays it on his shoulders, rejoicing. 6 And when he comes home, he calls together his friends and neighbors, saying

JoyOver lost – saved

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to them, ‘Rejoice with me, for I have found my sheep which was lost!’ (Luke 15:5–6)20 Nevertheless do not rejoice in this, that the spirits are subject to you, but rather rejoice because your names are written in heaven.” 21 In that hour Jesus rejoiced in the Spirit and said, “I thank You, Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that You have hidden these things from the wise and prudent and revealed them to babes. Even so, Father, for so it seemed good in Your sight. (Luke 10:20–21)

JoyOver salvation

JoyGod revealing truths

to humble

Spiritual Need

15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.” (John 11:15)

JoyGrowth of faith Spiritual Need

40 Now a leper came to Him, imploring Him, kneeling down to Him and saying to Him, “If You are willing, You can make me clean.” 41 Then Jesus, moved with compassion, stretched out His hand and touched him, and said to him, “I am willing; be cleansed.” (Mark 1:40–41)

CompassionHeal physical leper Physical Need

13 When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” (Luke 7:13)

CompassionFor widow whose son

diedPhysical Need

Grieving2 “I have compassion on the multitude, because they have now continued with Me three days and have nothing to eat. (Mark 8:2)

CompassionFor physical hunger Physical Need

36 But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with compassion for them, because they were weary and scattered, like sheep having no shepherd. (Matthew 9:36)

CompassionFor those who lack godly leadership

Spiritual Need

13 When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. 14 And when Jesus went out He saw a great multitude; and He was moved with compassion for them, and healed their sick. (Matthew 14:13–14)

CompassionFor physically sick Physical Need

14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)

AngerThe weak were

dismissedSpiritual Hardness

21 When Jesus had said these things, He was troubled in spirit, and testified and said, “Most assuredly, I say to you, one of you will betray Me.” (John 13:21)

TroubledOver betrayal Spiritual Hardness

38 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch with Me.” (Matthew 26:38)

SorrowfulOver His sacrifice Sacrificial Obedience

33 And He took Peter, James, and John with Him, and He began to be troubled and deeply distressed. 34 Then He said to them, “My soul is exceedingly sorrowful, even to death. Stay here and watch.” (Mark 14:33–34)

SorrowfulOver His sacrifice Sacrificial Obedience

44 And being in agony, He prayed more earnestly. Then His sweat became like great drops of blood

Agony / sorrowful Sacrificial Obedience


falling down to the ground. (Luke 22:44)15 Then He said to them, “With fervent desire I have desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer; (Luke 22:15)

Fervent desire to eat Passover Sacrificial Obedience

21 Then Jesus, looking at him, loved him, and said to him, “One thing you lack: Go your way, sell whatever you have and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven; and come, take up the cross, and follow Me.” (Mark 10:21)

Love for RYR Spiritual Need

12 But He sighed deeply in His spirit, and said, “Why does this generation seek a sign? Assuredly, I say to you, no sign shall be given to this generation.” (Mark 8:12)

Anger / sighHard hearts Spiritual Hardness

17 Then Jesus answered and said, “O faithless and perverse generation, how long shall I be with you? How long shall I bear with you? Bring him here to Me.” (Matthew 17:17)

Anger / Frustration hard hearts Spiritual Hardness

21 So He said to them, “How is it you do not understand?” (Mark 8:21)

Anger / Frustration hard hearts Spiritual Hardness

14 But when Jesus saw it, He was greatly displeased and said to them, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not forbid them; for of such is the kingdom of God. (Mark 10:14)

Anger / Frustration rejecting the weak Spiritual Hardness

50 But I have a baptism to be baptized with, and how distressed I am till it is accomplished! (Luke 12:50)

Troubled over His sacrifice Sacrificial Obedience

27 “Now My soul is troubled, and what shall I say? ‘Father, save Me from this hour’? But for this purpose I came to this hour. (John 12:27)

Troubled over His sacrifice Sacrificial Obedience

21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day. (Matthew 16:21)10 And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations. (Mark 13:10)49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?” (Luke 2:49)43 but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.” (Luke 4:43)33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem. (Luke 13:33)5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.” (Luke 19:5)7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ” (Luke 24:7)24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.” (John 4:24)The Emotional Life Of Jesus 11 Tim Jennings

4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work. (John 9:4)16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd. (John 10:16)

33 times the word “must” is used as an energetic imperative to do the will of God. (See Logos export below)

32 Then they brought to Him one who was deaf and had an impediment in his speech, and they begged Him to put His hand on him. 33 And He took him aside from the multitude, and put His fingers in his ears, and He spat and touched his tongue. 34 Then, looking up to heaven, He sighed, and said to him, “Ephphatha,” that is, “Be opened.” 35 Immediately his ears were opened, and the impediment of his tongue was loosed, and he spoke plainly. (Mark 7:32–35)

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The New King James Version 34 results in 33 verses

Matt 16:21 From that time Jesus began to show to His disciples that He must go to Jerusalem, and suffer many things from the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.

Matt 17:10 And His disciples asked Him, saying, “Why then do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Matt 18:7 Woe to the world because of offenses! For offenses must come, but woe to that man by whom the offense comes!

Matt 24:6 And you will hear of wars and rumors of wars. See that you are not troubled; for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet.

Matt 26:54 How then could the Scriptures be fulfilled, that it must happen thus?”

Mark 2:22 And no one puts new wine into old wineskins; or else the new wine bursts the wineskins, the wine is spilled, and the wineskins are ruined. But new wine must be put into new wineskins.”


Mark 8:31 And He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again.

Mark 9:11 And they asked Him, saying, “Why do the scribes say that Elijah must come first?”

Mark 9:12 Then He answered and told them, “Indeed, Elijah is coming first and restores all things. And how is it written concerning the Son of Man, that He must suffer many things and be treated with contempt?

Mark 13:7 But when you hear of wars and rumors of wars, do not be troubled; for such things must happen, but the end is not yet.

Mark 13:10 And the gospel must first be preached to all the nations.

Mark 14:49 I was daily with you in the temple teaching, and you did not seize Me. But the Scriptures must be fulfilled.”

Luke 2:49 And He said to them, “Why did you seek Me? Did you not know that I must be about My Father’s business?”

Luke 4:43 but He said to them, “I must preach the kingdom of God to the other cities also, because for this purpose I have been sent.”

Luke 5:38 But new wine must be put into new wineskins, and both are preserved.

Luke 9:22 saying, “The Son of Man must suffer many things, and be rejected by the elders and chief priests and scribes, and be killed, and be raised the third day.”

Luke 13:33 Nevertheless I must journey today, tomorrow, and the day following; for it cannot be that a prophet should perish outside of Jerusalem.

Luke 14:18 But they all with one accord began to make excuses. The first said to him, ‘I have bought a piece of ground, and I must go and see it. I ask you to have me excused.’

Luke 17:25 But first He must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

Luke 19:5 And when Jesus came to the place, He looked up and saw him, and said to him, “Zacchaeus, make haste and come down, for today I must stay at your house.”

Luke 21:9 But when you hear of wars and commotions, do not be terrified; for these things must come to pass first, but the end will not come immediately.”

Luke 22:7 Then came the Day of Unleavened Bread, when the Passover must be killed.


Luke 22:37 For I say to you that this which is written must still be accomplished in Me: ‘And He was numbered with the transgressors.’ For the things concerning Me have an end.”

Luke 24:7 saying, ‘The Son of Man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.’ ”

Luke 24:44 Then He said to them, “These are the words which I spoke to you while I was still with you, that all things must be fulfilled which were written in the Law of Moses and the Prophets and the Psalms concerning Me.”

John 3:7 Do not marvel that I said to you, ‘You must be born again.’

John 3:14 And as Moses lifted up the serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of Man be lifted up,

John 3:30 He must increase, but I must decrease.

John 4:24 God is Spirit, and those who worship Him must worship in spirit and truth.”

John 9:4 I must work the works of Him who sent Me while it is day; the night is coming when no one can work.

John 10:16 And other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they will hear My voice; and there will be one flock and one shepherd.

John 12:34 The people answered Him, “We have heard from the law that the Christ remains forever; and how can You say, ‘The Son of Man must be lifted up’? Who is this Son of Man?”

John 20:9 For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.

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Oh – In The Psalms (See also “O” found over 340 times often with the same effect as “Oh.”)

The New King James Version 52 results in 52 verses

Ps 6:4 Return, O LORD, deliver me! Oh, save me for Your mercies’ sake!

Ps 7:9 Oh, let the wickedness of the wicked come to an end, But establish the just; For the righteous God tests the hearts and minds.


Ps 14:7 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When the LORD brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

Ps 31:19 Oh, how great is Your goodness, Which You have laid up for those who fear You, Which You have prepared for those who trust in You In the presence of the sons of men!

Ps 31:23 Oh, love the LORD, all you His saints! For the LORD preserves the faithful, And fully repays the proud person.

Ps 34:3 Oh, magnify the LORD with me, And let us exalt His name together.

Ps 34:8 Oh, taste and see that the LORD is good; Blessed is the man who trusts in Him!

Ps 34:9 Oh, fear the LORD, you His saints! There is no want to those who fear Him.

Ps 36:10 Oh, continue Your lovingkindness to those who know You, And Your righteousness to the upright in heart.

Ps 43:1 Vindicate me, O God, And plead my cause against an ungodly nation; Oh, deliver me from the deceitful and unjust man!

Ps 43:3 Oh, send out Your light and Your truth! Let them lead me; Let them bring me to Your holy hill And to Your tabernacle.

Ps 47:1 Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!

Ps 53:6 Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come out of Zion! When God brings back the captivity of His people, Let Jacob rejoice and Israel be glad.

Ps 55:6 So I said, “Oh, that I had wings like a dove! I would fly away and be at rest.

Ps 60:1 O God, You have cast us off; You have broken us down; You have been displeased; Oh, restore us again!

Ps 61:7 He shall abide before God forever. Oh, prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him!

Ps 66:8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples! And make the voice of His praise to be heard,

Ps 67:4 Oh, let the nations be glad and sing for joy! For You shall judge the people righteously, And govern the nations on earth. Selah

Ps 68:32 Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth; Oh, sing praises to the Lord, Selah


Ps 73:19 Oh, how they are brought to desolation, as in a moment! They are utterly consumed with terrors.

Ps 74:19 Oh, do not deliver the life of Your turtledove to the wild beast! Do not forget the life of Your poor forever.

Ps 74:21 Oh, do not let the oppressed return ashamed! Let the poor and needy praise Your name.

Ps 79:8 Oh, do not remember former iniquities against us! Let Your tender mercies come speedily to meet us, For we have been brought very low.

Ps 81:13 “Oh, that My people would listen to Me, That Israel would walk in My ways!

Ps 86:16 Oh, turn to me, and have mercy on me! Give Your strength to Your servant, And save the son of Your maidservant.

Ps 90:14 Oh, satisfy us early with Your mercy, That we may rejoice and be glad all our days!

Ps 95:1 Oh come, let us sing to the LORD! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation.

Ps 95:6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.

Ps 96:1 Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! Sing to the LORD, all the earth.

Ps 96:9 Oh, worship the LORD in the beauty of holiness! Tremble before Him, all the earth.

Ps 98:1 Oh, sing to the LORD a new song! For He has done marvelous things; His right hand and His holy arm have gained Him the victory.

Ps 101:2 I will behave wisely in a perfect way. Oh, when will You come to me? I will walk within my house with a perfect heart.

Ps 105:1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD! Call upon His name; Make known His deeds among the peoples!

Ps 106:1 Praise the LORD! Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.

Ps 106:4 Remember me, O LORD, with the favor You have toward Your people. Oh, visit me with Your salvation,

Ps 107:1 Oh, give thanks to the LORD, for He is good! For His mercy endures forever.


Ps 107:8 Oh, that men would give thanks to the LORD for His goodness, And for His wonderful works to the children of men!




Ps 109:26 Help me, O LORD my God! Oh, save me according to Your mercy,



Ps 119:5 Oh, that my ways were directed To keep Your statutes!

Ps 119:8 I will keep Your statutes; Oh, do not forsake me utterly!

Ps 119:10 With my whole heart I have sought You; Oh, let me not wander from Your commandments!

Ps 119:97 Oh, how I love Your law! It is my meditation all the day.


Ps 136:2 Oh, give thanks to the God of gods! For His mercy endures forever.

Ps 136:3 Oh, give thanks to the Lord of lords! For His mercy endures forever:

Ps 136:26 Oh, give thanks to the God of heaven! For His mercy endures forever.

Ps 139:19 Oh, that You would slay the wicked, O God! Depart from me, therefore, you bloodthirsty men.

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