Peace of Mind- Mental Health Conference

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K'dee Elsen Crews

Peace be Still

When I say Jesus, a lot of times people start thinking, oh, we're going to talk about his death and resurrection.

And I hear a lot of people sometimes say, you know, if you're a Christian, how can you struggle with mental health?

You know, don't you believe in Jesus' death and resurrection?

And how many people do you know, we talked about pastors and church leaders who have attempted and completed suicide.

They knew about Jesus' death and resurrection.

Are you saying, Katie, that his death and resurrection isn't enough?

The Bible tells us that that's not the only thing that we need to be focusing on.

You notice here in Luke chapter 9, it says that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and on the third day be raised.

Often we focus on the latter half of this verse, that he should be killed and be raised.

It says that the Son of Man maybe will suffer.

Seeing who's paying attention here, right?

It says that he must suffer and be rejected.

So I want you to think about death and resurrection is important, but does anyone know that the Gospels cover 33 and a half years of his life prior to that?

There must be something important in his life that we're not talking about, right?

We talk about his death and resurrection, again important, But what about his life?

What is in Jesus' life that can help us understand this mental health great controversy and the role that he plays?

But first he must suffer many things and be rejected by this generation.

And I like how he adds, it says, but first.

Like it's important that he first suffer.

And we see this throughout the Bible, even prophecies.

We think about prophecies of Jesus as, oh, he's gonna come to be born, and he's gonna come to die.

But there's also prophecies in the Bible that talk about his suffering.

You notice in Psalms 22, 14 to 18 says, this is talking about Jesus, I'm poured out like water and all of my bones are out of joint.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd and my tongue sticks to the roof of my mouth.

They divide my garments among them and cast lots for my clothing.

This is talking about the deep anguish that Jesus was 1 day going to suffer.

So you wonder why is it so important that Jesus must suffer?

Yeah, this idea that we have a Savior that's relatable?

So you notice here, and Dee covered some of these verses in his presentation about talking about the vulnerability of Christ.

But you see in Hebrews, Hebrews emphasizes a lot actually.

But he says, for the suffering of death, crowned with glory and honor.

I don't know about you, but most of us when we think about death is not crowned with glory and honor, that he, by the grace of God, might taste death for everyone.

Therefore, in all things, he had to be made like his brethren.

It doesn't say maybe suffer, maybe made like his brethren.

It said he had to be made like his brethren.

And I love, I absolutely love Hebrews 4.15.

It says that we do not have a high priest who cannot sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are yet without sin.

And I like the way Paul writes this because he's not saying we have a high priest who can.

He's almost assuming, kind of like yesterday's verse also, he's assuming as if you believe that you don't have a God that can sympathize.

He says, for a weak who cannot sympathize, kind of some double negatives, because he's trying to emphasize the point of you think you don't have a God that can, but I'm telling you that you do.

Somebody that can sympathize with our weaknesses, but was in all points tempted as we are yet without sin.

I want everyone to turn with me to their Bibles, to Isaiah 53.

We're turning to a prophecy about the Messiah.

There's a fascinating YouTube video about some Jews who had read this for the first time and began to weep because they never knew that there was a suffering Messiah.

And the thing is, as we read this, I want you to start thinking about what my sister said over there, the idea that we have a Savior that is relatable.

So I want, as we read about Jesus's experience, I want you to think about your own personal experience and how you can relate to Jesus.

Do I have anyone that can read for us in a love and enthusiasm?

It says, he is despised and rejected by men.

I don't know if you caught that, that it's in the present.

He is despised, not was, but is despised and rejected by men.

A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.

And we hid as it were our faces from him.

He was despised and we did not esteem him.

Again, start thinking about how this might relate to you personally.

I know when I read this at a time in my life, I resonated with the part where it said, we hid, as it were, our faces from him.

I mentioned yesterday I went to public school.

And this verse to me stuck out to me because in public school, very large public schools, often you're walking and you're about to say hi, and that person turns their face, and they pretend like they don't even see you.

So the questions here are, have you ever felt rejected by someone?

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