Matthew 9:35-36 New American Bible (Revised Edition) (NABRE)
The Compassion of Jesus. 35 Jesus went around to all the towns and villages, teaching in their synagogues, proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom, and curing every disease and illness. 36 At the sight of the crowds, his heart was moved with pity for them because they were troubled and abandoned, like sheep without a shepherd.
Reflect on the Trinity and the Incarnation - why did Jesus come?
Reflect on the Trinity and the Incarnation - why did Jesus come?
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From God’s Heart ❤️ to my heart ❤️ and isn’t that the Good News we want to share?
When reading Matthew 9:35-36 before, I only saw Jesus in time and in human. But for the first time, I am thinking about the Three-in-One. It's not just Jesus looking at the masses of people and their needs, but it's God and the Holy Spirit looking through Jesus's eyes.
In the Old Testament, we hear about the compassion of God over and over. It's a concept that is part of the character of God. But here, I can imagine God, the Holy Spirit and Jesus looking out over the crowd with compassionate eyes. It's a different point of view. We are looking from the inside out.
It is so fitting to have this scripture reading after having spent the last several days in deep reflection about my sin. Somehow, God looking out through Jesus's eyes changes everything.
This notion of the Trinity discussing the need to work for redemption in the world is a fresh idea for me. I rarely reflect upon the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit in conversation.
Just never imagined what it might be like to have the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit choosing to send the Son to redeem the world.
The trinity feels great compassion and tenderness on sheep without a shepherd.
They decide that We must make the sacrifices to go and save them.
I never reflected upon this moment as the beginning of the life of Christ on earth.
I am still reflecting upon the picture of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit talking about translating their infinite compassion into action by sending the Son into the world,
I imagine myself overhearing this conversation - Overhearing this conversation energizes the compassion in me that comes from being made in the image of God- I am listen for guidance from the Trinity to translate my energized compassion into action.
"I don't remember him fussing me." "He probably didn't fuss me much."
Why did Christ come? Why the incarnation?
"We must go work redemption for all the people." All the people.
When I'm flipped, the inner tube holds me upside down. Unable to save myself.
Let us go work redemption...