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Human Jesus Day 47
Jesus has strong human emotions. We find a full range in the life of Jesus. He is moved deeply to see people in their need. "When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them."1 He became hungry in the wilderness after an extended period without any food. "And he fasted forty days and forty nights, and afterward he was hungry."2 On the cross he cries out because his thirst was so great. "After this, Jesus, knowing that all was now finished, said (to fulfill the Scripture), cried 'I thirst.'"3 Jesus had other human characteristics. He suffered immensely on the cross "being in agony he prayed more earnestly; and his sweat became like great drops of blood falling down upon the ground."4 Christ was in human agony and not immune from pain at that agonizing moment.
Like any other youngster, Jesus grew up and developed physically and mentally. "And the child grew and became strong, filled with wisdom; and the favor of God was upon him."5 Again Luke records, "Jesus increased in wisdom and in stature, and in favor with God and man."6 But even as a child, Jesus was aware of his destiny. He wandered away from his parents in order to listen to the holy men in the Temple. We are told that "when they saw him they were astonished; and his mother said to him, 'Son, why have you treated us so? Behold, your father and I have been looking for you anxiously.'"7 Mary and Joseph naturally showed great concern for his well-being.
1Matthew 9.36 2Matthew 4.2 3John 19.28 4Luke 22.44 5Luke 2.40 6Luke 2.52 7Luke 2.48
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