The Heart of Christ
Jesus described His own heart with two words: gentle and lowly. Those words matter if you have ever felt too broken or too ashamed to approach God. Drawing from Matthew 11, Hosea 11, and Hebrews 4, these sermons show that God's holiness does not drive Him to disgust; it fuels His relentless compassion. He touched the untouchable leper and refuses to snuff out a faintly burning wick. His heart has not gone cold toward you. Come and find rest in the One who died to keep you.
Jesus chose only two words to describe His own core: gentle and lowly. That self-description invites the ashamed, the broken, and the barely flickering to come close rather than hide.
Sin may be sewage to God, but His response to His most wayward people is not disgust. His heart recoils at the thought of giving them up, and He refuses to let go of those who come to Him.
When suffering drags on and God feels distant, it can look like His heart has gone cold. Jesus not only feels your pain from heaven, He bore the cross to guarantee a future without it.