Tear up or Stand Up?
Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died." When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. And he said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept.
John 11:32-35 (ESV)
Jesus wept. The God of all creation, the King of the universe, cried. There is no motivation given for this other than the context of this passage.
"The word (wept) is different from that used to express weeping in Joh 11:33; but this latter is used of our Lord in Luke 19:41. The present word means not the cry of lamentation, nor the wail of excessive grief, but the calm shedding of tears." (Archdeacon Watkins.)
Sin causes tremendous unnecessary, self-inflicted pain. But, unfortunately, people seem to love sin and endure God, rather than loving God and seeing evil for what it is, and when you live apart from God, pain is your constant companion.
Isaiah calls Jesus a man of sorrows who is acquainted with grief. Indeed, Jesus, the creator of all people, lived among them and experienced the worst of the worst.
I think that Jesus always saw things for what they could be, yet, because of His love for us, He experienced what they were. When what you are is less than what you could be, and the things keeping you from what you could be are your personal choices, those in the know are sad. Jesus was a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, and on this occasion, He showed His suffering.
Is my life causing Jesus to tear up or stand up (like Stephen)?
For now, the choices are mine.
John 11:32-35 (ESV)
Jesus wept. The God of all creation, the King of the universe, cried. There is no motivation given for this other than the context of this passage.
"The word (wept) is different from that used to express weeping in Joh 11:33; but this latter is used of our Lord in Luke 19:41. The present word means not the cry of lamentation, nor the wail of excessive grief, but the calm shedding of tears." (Archdeacon Watkins.)
Sin causes tremendous unnecessary, self-inflicted pain. But, unfortunately, people seem to love sin and endure God, rather than loving God and seeing evil for what it is, and when you live apart from God, pain is your constant companion.
Isaiah calls Jesus a man of sorrows who is acquainted with grief. Indeed, Jesus, the creator of all people, lived among them and experienced the worst of the worst.
I think that Jesus always saw things for what they could be, yet, because of His love for us, He experienced what they were. When what you are is less than what you could be, and the things keeping you from what you could be are your personal choices, those in the know are sad. Jesus was a man of sorrows, acquainted with grief, and on this occasion, He showed His suffering.
Is my life causing Jesus to tear up or stand up (like Stephen)?
For now, the choices are mine.
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