Jesus Christ
Jesus of Nazareth, the Messiah, the incarnate Son of God
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Suffering
Suffering in Scripture is not explained away but inhabited — by Job, by the psalms of lament, by the prophets, by the Suffering Servant of Isaiah 53, and finally by Christ on the cross. The Bible holds suffering together with the character of God without simplifying either. Every mature biblical response teaches the sufferer to speak honestly and to wait.
Anger
Anger in Scripture appears both as righteous indignation against sin and injustice — God's wrath, Jesus in the Temple — and as an emotion that "slayeth the silly one" (Job 5:2). Paul tells believers to "be ye angry, and sin not" (Ephesians 4:26), guarding anger with speed, target, and duration. Scripture does not condemn anger as such but refuses to let it govern the day.
Forgiveness
Forgiveness in Scripture is both God's pardon of us at the cross and the continuing pardon we extend to others as a consequence of it. The Lord's Prayer binds these together, and the parable of the unforgiving servant (Matthew 18) warns what happens when we separate them. Forgiveness names the wrong, does not minimise the cost, and releases the debt.
Temptation
Temptation in Scripture is the pull toward what the flesh, the world, or the devil present as good but that would draw us from God. Jesus was tempted in all points (Hebrews 4:15); he met each temptation with Scripture. The biblical pattern for resisting is neither willpower nor withdrawal but watchfulness, prayer, and — sometimes — flight (Joseph, 2 Timothy 2:22).
Loneliness
Loneliness in Scripture is the cry of the isolated, the widow, the outcast, and the misunderstood — from Hagar in the wilderness to David in the caves to Elijah after Carmel to Paul in the Mamertine. The Bible does not promise the removal of loneliness but the presence of the God who sees (El Roi, Genesis 16:13). The solitary are set in families (Psalm 68:6), and the Lord stands with those whom others forsake.