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Jesus said, man cannot live on bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth

of God. You're listening to Daily Truth. Jesus, I believe the scripture teaches that

Jesus, even in his incarnation, even in his earthly ministry, was a happy person. Now, I am aware of the scriptures

that say that he was acquainted with grief and a man of sorrows. So certainly Jesus experienced

sorrow, but even in relation to Jesus' sorrow, it was not sorrow about himself. Jesus wasn't disappointed with himself. He wasn't

frustrated with his own deficiencies or his own lack because he has no lack. Even in his earthly

ministry, he is the sinless son of God. And so his frustration, his sorrows that Isaiah speak of in Isaiah chapter 53,

the sorrow of Christ is ultimately in relation to his love for his own triune self, his love

for his father. And the fact that the people, this fallen world that surrounds him, are in rebellion to the Father.

Jesus is often grieved or troubled in spirit, but even in his troubledness, it is in relation

to the unbelief of his disciples, the unbelief of the crowds who he's preaching to. So Jesus' disappointment is ultimately in relation

to others. And even in the midst of this disappointment, as the scripture says elsewhere,

the apostle Paul says that we as Christians, when we are shaped more and more into the image of

Christ, we are still sorrowful at this time in this life, and yet in the midst of sorrow,

always rejoicing. Rejoicing because even in the midst of sorrowful circumstances,

sorrowful surroundings, sorrowful situations, we have this rejoicing in the end game, in the ultimate reality that we trust and hope for

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