Emotional Jesus – Week 4 | Joy

When the person who wronged you gets welcomed back with a party, fairness feels betrayed. This sermon sits with that sting — the Pharisees’ anger at Jesus for eating with tax collectors, the older brother’s simmering resentment, and the real ache we all feel when mercy seems to bypass justice. It names the particular moment when forgiveness feels like an insult to what’s been lost. The message traces Jesus’ story of the two sons and leans into the surprising joy that drives him — a joy that runs toward the broken, forgives extravagantly, and even embraces shame on behalf of others. You’ll hear how that joy explains the cross, challenges our appetite for retribution, and offers a different way to live when fairness won’t be served. Stay with it to see how God’s reckless welcome rearranges where you stand and what mercy might require of you.