Can Jesus Really Sympathize with My Specific Struggles?

The last few years have witnessed a series of Super Bowl ads about Jesus under the slogan “He Gets Us.” The ads themselves have left much to be desired. But the slogan at least is true. The Bible assures us that “we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin” (Hebrews 4:15). In fact, it was for precisely this reason that “he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might