DOES JESUS CARE?

Pastor Rick Jackson

 

In 1901 Frank Graeff (lyrics) and Joseph Hall {music) published the song Does Jesus Care? And it has been a blessing to untold numbers of people since that time. The first verse asks:

 

Does Jesus care when my heart is pained

Too deeply for mirth or song,

As the burdens press, and the cares distress,

And the way grows weary and long?

 

I. JESUS CARES ABOUT OUR PHYSICAL INFIRMITIES [Mk. 1:39-45]

 

1. The Leper Realized it was NOT a Question of Ability [v. 39-40]

 

2. The Lord Responded with Compassion [v. 41]

 

3. The Lord Ruled Compassion Overrides Convenience [v. 42-45]

 

II. JESUS CARES ABOUT OUR SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE [Mk. 6:30-45]

 

1.  The Compassion of Christ Motivated Him [v. 30-34a, 2 Corinthians 5:14]

For the love of Christ constraineth us; because we thus judge, that if one died for all, then were all dead:

2. The Compassion of Christ Moved Him to Teach Truth [v. 34b-35, Ephesians 4:15]

-But speaking the truth in love, may grow up into him in all things, which is the head, even Christ:

 

3.  The Compassion of Christ Manifested Orderliness [v. 36-46, 1 Cor. 14:40]

Let all things be done decently and in order.

 

III. JESUS CARES ABOUT OUR FUTURE NEEDS [Mk. 8:1-21]

 

1. Christ has Compassion on Our Future Needs [v. 1-9]

 

2. Christ has Contempt for Hypocrisy [v. 10-13]

 

3. Christ has Concern for Our Dullness [v. 14-21, Ephesians 5:17]

-Wherefore be ye not unwise, but understanding what the will of the Lord is.

 

Does Jesus Care? The refrain (chorus) of the song says:

Oh, yes, He cares, I know He cares,

His heart is touched with my grief;

When the days are weary, the long nights dreary,

I know my Savior cares.

 

The simple answer is in another line from a song says, “Jesus loves me this I know-for the Bible tells me so!”