Jesus can be a hardbutt

Shallow inspection of his character will never do. Time to examine the heart of Christ.

Jesus correcting opponents:

1. Often did it quite publicly and humiliatingly. (Matthew 15:1-20)
2. Straight-up calling false teachers wrong. (Luke 11:37-53)
3. Name-calling, sometimes semi-racistly. (Matthew 7:6, Matthew 7:15, Matthew 23:33, Luke 13:32)
4. Compared people. (Matthew 8:5-13)
5. Called BS on seemingly good excuses. (Matthew 8:18-22)
6. Had an outright physical tamper tantrum. (Matthew 21:12-13)

Jesus correcting his elect:

1. His authority was important to him and at times needed to let others know. He calls his gosh darn mom "woman." (John 2:3-5)
2. Compared people. (Luke 10:41-42, John 21:22)
3. Used people's deaths to preach his agenda. Dude's mad cold. (Luke 13:1-5)
4. Embarrassment and condescension. (Matthew 18:1-5)

So would these actions be necessarily applicable to us? Not to disappoint Word of Faith adherents, but I think "no."

Here is a holy God among sinners that all deserve to be teared limb-from-limb for their constant disobedience. But instead, he delivers relatively light rebukes. And take note at how customized each one is; our God is so loving and personal. In contrast, as laypeople, our duty is to expunge the huge planks in our eyes as we gently restore our fellow sinning kindred. LORD, we worship you for your faithful mercies and discipline!