Bible Questions Answered:
“...I heard some one say “emotional
hearers,” what are those?”
Pat/ London, England United Kingdom
Bible Answer:
Bible Texts:
Emotion:
An affective state of
consciousness in which joy, sorrow, fear, hate, or the like, is
experienced, as distinguished from cognitive and volitional states of
consciousness.
(Dictionary.Com)
People ruled by their emotions, rather
than by cognitive (The mental processes of reasoning and knowing.)
abilities.
Thus our Lord said...
Emotional Hearers
Mark 4:1-8 KJV
1 And He began again to teach by the
sea side: and there was gathered unto Him a great multitude, so that
He entered into a ship, and sat in the sea; and the whole multitude
was by the sea on the land.
2 And He taught them many things by
parables, and said unto them in His doctrine,
3 Hearken; Behold, there went out a
sower to sow:
4 And it came to pass, as he sowed,
some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured
it up.
5 And some fell on stony
ground, where it had not much earth; and immediately it sprang up,
because it had no depth of earth:
6 But when the sun was up, it
was scorched; and because it had no root, it withered away.
7 And some fell among thorns, and
the thorns grew up, and choked it, and it yielded no fruit.
8 And other fell on good ground, and
did yield fruit that sprang up and increased; and brought forth, some
thirty, and some sixty, and some an hundred.
Other Examples:
On the shores of Galilee, Jesus had spent the day teaching and
healing the multitudes, and it was getting to be late.
Because the multitudes would not go back home, He gave His disciples
orders to depart to the other side of the lake, and here is one
reason why...
John 6:3,15 KJV
3 And Jesus
went up into a mountain, and there He sat with His disciples.
15 When Jesus
therefore perceived that they would come and take Him by force, to
make Him a king, He departed again into a mountain Himself alone.
Emotional
Hearers
Matthew 8:19,20
NLT
19 Then one of the teachers of
religious law said to Him, “Teacher, I will follow you wherever you
go.”
20 But Jesus replied, “Foxes have
dens to live in, and birds have nests, but
The Son Of Man has no place even to
lay His head.”
“Pastor, wasn't this wonderful,
the eagerness of this man?”
No. Our Lord's
response, shows that He was “not,” pleased! Jesus had
not come to incite "fans for the kingdom" (Emotional Hearers),
He had come to call disciples who would be willing to live and die
for the kingdom of God.
Living for The
Lord, involves a lot more for someone than just being a cheering fan
of The Lord!
Living for The
Lord, means making Him The Master of their life.
Living for The
Lord, means making Him The Lord of their home.
Living for The
Lord, means taking Him, with them everyday without exception, on the
job.
Living for The
Lord, means taking Him, and honoring Him, at all their social
gatherings
Living for The
Lord, means willingness to bear the cross of death to self, and
taking the path of life in The Lord.
Emotional
Hearers
Mark 10:17-22
KJV (The Rich Young Ruler)
17 And when He was
gone forth into the way, there came one running, and kneeled
to Him, and asked Him, Good Master, what shall I do that I
may inherit eternal life?
18 And Jesus said
unto him, Why callest thou me good? there is none good but one, that
is, God.
19 Thou knowest the
commandments, Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do
not bear false witness, Defraud not, Honor thy father and mother.
20 And he answered
and said unto Him, Master, all these have I observed from my youth.
21 Then Jesus
beholding him loved him, and said unto him, One thing thou lackest:
Go thy way,
sell whatsoever thou hast, and give to the poor, and thou shalt have
treasure in heaven: and
Come, take
up the cross, and follow Me.
22 And he was sad
at that saying, and went away grieved: for he had great possessions.
The rich young
ruler had much “enthusiasm,” but he had “not,” counted the
cost of following
The Lord Jesus.
Emotional
Hearers
Luke 11:27 KJV
And it came to pass, as He spake
these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and
said unto Him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps
which thou hast sucked.
OK,
Jesus, are you onboard with this acclamation?
Mary,
isn't she most blessed, and holy, worthy to be worshipped??
Co-redemptrix, what say ye?
No,
Jesus was “not,” onboard with this saying!
Jesus
alone is Savior!
Isaiah 42:8 KJV
I am The Lord: that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.
I am The Lord: that is My name: and My glory will I not give to another, neither My praise to graven images.
Acts
4:10-12 KJV
10 Be it known
unto you all, and to all the people of Israel, that by the name of
Jesus
Christ Of Nazareth, whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the
dead...
11 This is
The Stone which was set at nought of you builders, which is
become
The Head Of
The Corner.
12 Neither
is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name
under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.
John 14:6 KJV
Jesus saith unto him, I am
The Way, The Truth, and The Life: no man cometh unto
The Father, but by Me.
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This womans
response was an emotional response!
“Really, what did
Jesus say?”
Luke 11:27,28
KJV
27 And it came to pass, as He spake
these things, a certain woman of the company lifted up her voice, and
said unto Him, Blessed is the womb that bare thee, and the paps which
thou hast sucked.
28 But He (Jesus) said, Yea
rather, blessed are they that hear The Word Of God, and keep it.
Emotional
Hearers
Galatians 4:15
NLT
15 Where is that joyful and grateful
spirit you felt then? I am sure you would have taken out your own
eyes and given them to me if it had been possible.
At the beginning
the Galatians enthusiasm knew no bounds.
16 Have I now become your enemy
because I am telling you The Truth?
17 Those false teachers are so
eager to win your favor, but their intentions are not good. They are
trying to shut you off from me so that you will pay attention only to
them.
18 If someone is eager to do good
things for you, that’s all right; but let them do it all the time,
not just when I’m with you.
19 Oh, my dear children! I feel
as if I’m going through labor pains for you again, and they will
continue until Christ is fully developed in your lives.
The
Galatians had begun with great enthusiasm, but Judaizing
teachers had crept in to separate the Galatians from the apostle
Paul, and his Christ centered teachings.
The Apostle said
“Oh,
my dear children! I feel as if I’m going through labor pains for
you again, and they will continue until
Christ is fully developed in your lives.”
The
Galatians, needed to grow from just enthusiasm to spiritual maturity.
So,
where does this find us today, dear follower of Jesus Christ?
Are
you a fan, or are you a disciple? Someone counting well, the cost of
faithfully following The Lord Jesus Christ, yes even by a cross to
follow Him?
Mark
10:21 KJV
"...come,
take up the cross, and follow Me.
