Christ is tender and kind toward us. Why?
Thomas Goodwin shows that in all His glorious holiness in heaven , Christ is not sour towards His people—distant, unconcerned. No, if anything, Christ's glorified capacious heart beats more strongly with tender compassion towards His people. And if anything, in particular—two things says Goodwin—two things stir Christ's compassion. First, our afflictions stir His compassion. Second, almost unbelievably, our sin stirs His compassion. Having experienced on earth, the utmost load of pain, rejection, and sorrow, in all points tempted as we are, Christ in heaven empathizes with our suffering. There is a man who has suffered on the throne of heaven. He understands. But more, he looks at Hebrews 5 verse 2 where we read that is part of the qualification of the high priest to have mercy on those who are out of the way—that is sinning . And says Goodwin, "you're very sins move Him to pity more than to anger, yay His pity is increased the more towards you even as the h...