He Gets Us....And So Much More! | Matthew 21:18

[00:00:00] Real Truth Daily. This is Daily Truths with Dave Ahlman

[00:00:08] Hi everybody, welcome back to Daily Truths. I got to tell you something funny. Yesterday

[00:00:11] my wife made a presentation for her work called Classical Conversations. That's who she works

[00:00:16] for. So she was making this presentation and I thought, well, I've never heard it so I'm

[00:00:21] going to go and listen to her. And so the whole time she was talking, I guess I was

[00:00:27] so into what she was saying. I was going, hmm, hmm. And every time I was doing that,

[00:00:33] the ladies who were in the room would go, my wife said that I do the same thing when I

[00:00:41] watch movies in a theater. Hmm. Oh, kind of annoying. We all have weird mannerisms and

[00:00:50] quirks, right? That's what makes us human. In the book of Matthew chapter 21 and this

[00:00:59] is what it says about our Savior Jesus that indeed he was human. This is what it says

[00:01:07] in that scripture in the morning. This is verse 18 in the morning as he was returning

[00:01:12] to the city, he became hungry. Remember, this was a couple days after Palm Sunday.

[00:01:18] This went to Bethany. Now he returns to the city. He's got more ministry to do and he's

[00:01:23] hungry. Hmm. He gets us, right? He's a human being. He was and continues to be a human

[00:01:33] being. And now the Bible says in an incredible fashion that he fills all things. He gets

[00:01:40] us. This is what the book of Hebrews chapter four says about our Savior. We do not have

[00:01:44] a high priest who is unable to sympathize with us in our weaknesses. Yet we have one who is

[00:01:51] tempted in every way just as we are. He gets us. He gets our humanity because he was and

[00:01:59] is human. Sometimes we're thirsty. So was he. He said that on the cross. Sometimes

[00:02:06] we're tired. So was he. He fell asleep on the boat. Sometimes we're tempted. So

[00:02:13] was he in the wilderness in Matthew chapter four. He was tempted after 40 days and the

[00:02:17] first one was turn these rocks into bread because he fasted for 40 days. Sometimes we're

[00:02:22] under pressure. So was he in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was facing such pressure knowing

[00:02:29] indeed what was going to happen the next day that he sweat drops of blood. Our Savior

[00:02:35] Jesus gets us. He knows everything we've been through and he's faced everything we

[00:02:42] faced. But there's a difference. He gets us. But so much more than that. He died for us.

[00:02:50] Listen to what Hebrews chapter four says. I just quoted it. I want to quote it again.

[00:02:54] We do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with us on our weaknesses. But

[00:02:58] we have one who is tempted in every way just as we are yet was without sin. He's

[00:03:05] faced everything we faced. He's been tempted in every way. But the difference between

[00:03:10] him and us is he's perfect and we are not. And as the perfect one who needed to

[00:03:16] sacrifice himself on the cross as the holy perfect sacrifice that's exactly what

[00:03:22] he did. And when we fall short of the standard of God's word, when we don't

[00:03:27] measure up the expectations that God gives us in the Ten Commandments, Jesus

[00:03:31] as the holy sacrifice went to the cross and died for that. So he gets us.

[00:03:37] And so much more than that. He died for our sin so that our sin could be taken away.

[00:03:43] Therefore, when we fail, knowing indeed that he gets us and so much more than

[00:03:47] that, listen to what Hebrews chapter four says about our Savior. We do not have

[00:03:52] a high priest who is unable to sympathize with us and our weaknesses. Yet

[00:03:56] we have one who is tempted in every way just as we are and yet was

[00:04:02] without sin. Listen to this. Therefore, we can approach the throne of

[00:04:06] grace to find mercy and receive grace to help us in our time of need.

[00:04:13] When we're human and we are when we fail and we do and temptation comes and

[00:04:19] we succumb and we will, we know where to go. We know who to call on.

[00:04:26] We know that our Lord Jesus who is tempted in every way just as we are

[00:04:30] yet died for our sins as a perfect holy sacrifice. When we ask him to

[00:04:34] forgive our sins for the sake of what he's done, he will do that.

[00:04:39] That's wonderful. That's incredible.

[00:04:42] This is why we're going to heaven.

[00:04:44] This is why we have a relationship with God.

[00:04:46] This is why our sin is forgiven.

[00:04:48] This is why we're reconciled to the Father all because of what Jesus has done.

[00:04:53] My friends, he gets us and so much more.

[00:04:59] Thanks be to God, the Jesus who was and is human fully gets us.

[00:05:06] And because he gets us, he delivers us from the guilt, power, punishment of our sin.

[00:05:15] He gets us and so much more.

[00:05:20] Have a great day in the Lord Jesus Christ.

[00:05:22] And that is today's Daily Truth.

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