Title: Tears of Jesus
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Jesus' tears (Luke 19:41-44)
Blood, sweat and tears are the three most noble liquids that God has given to mankind. Blood is life. Blood is a symbol of courage. We create a new history by shedding blood. If you are prepared to shed your blood, a new history will surely be created. Sweat is a symbol of hard work. Sweat can bring valuable success. Tears are a symbol of sincerity and love. Where the river of tears flows, there is emotion and love and sharing occur. All the great things in life are crystals of human blood, sweat and tears. You can never achieve great things without shedding blood, sweat and tears. Sometimes you should be able to thank those who made you cry tears of blood. If I hadn't shed tears of blood then, such an amazing thing could not have happened.
The Lord shed blood, sweat, and tears to accomplish our salvation. If He had not shed blood, sweat, and tears, man's salvation would not have been accomplished. Today, we are going to share the tears of Jesus and think about the tears we will shed.
In today's text, it is recorded that Jesus wept while looking at the city of Jerusalem. How many times did Jesus cry in his 33-year life? We cannot know because the answer is not found in the Bible. However, since Jesus was a human being, he must have shed tears at times like us, even when he grew up and became an adult. There are three verses in the Bible related to the tears of Jesus. You must have shed many tears during that period, let alone before your public life. Nevertheless, it is recorded only once in each of the Gospels of John and Luke, and indirectly once in the book of Hebrews.
Therefore, we should not be ashamed to weep. When you are sad, in a crisis, or in a moment of heart-breaking emotion, you must shed the emotions that overwhelm you and shed tears like a river. Whoever sows with tears will surely reap the sheaf with joy. You promised.
There are many kinds of tears. Tears of emotion, tears of gratitude, tears of sorrow, tears of joy, tears of wrath, tears of penance, tears of pain, tears of loneliness, tears of compassion, tears of emotion, etc...
Looking forward to the destruction of Jerusalem, Jesus shed tears of sorrow. The Lord even rebuked the tearless people and the tearless generation by saying, “Even if you mourn, you do not beat your heart.
A saint must become a person of tears. There should always be tears of gratitude and emotion for Christ. Spurgeon said, "With dry eyes you cannot enter heaven." It means that the saints must have many tears. The tears of the saints are precious and blessed, but what kind of tears should we shed in particular?
First, there must be tears of repentance.
David said in Psalm 6:8, "Depart from me, all you who do evil. The LORD has heard my cry." God is a God who hears the cries of the saints. God loves those who repent with tears, and He uses such people preciously. Those who are honorably used before God are not those who do not commit sins, but those who have thoroughly repented of their sins with tears. People are busy making excuses for their transgressions and sins. rationalize it. Who is responsible for shifting the blame? Without tears of repentance, there is no change, no renewal, and no recovery.
George Mueller, famous for caring for and praying for orphans, confessed that one day he saw himself die while praying. He confessed that he had seen himself die for his hobbies and for his tastes, his personality, his rebuke and praise, and from then on he had completely obeyed God.
Although David committed a terrible crime, he was forgiven through thorough repentance and began a great work.
Second, there must be tears of the joy of being saved.
Third, there must be tears of compassion and compassion for others.
Modern people live in absolute loneliness. What we really need in this day and age are tears to share our love and our hearts together. We Christians should have the leadership of crying together. There are people who are lonely and weeping in every church and at any time. They are heart-broken and aching people, with rivers of tears. Those tears are sometimes visible, but usually they are shed in secret. Just by weeping together, he is already a leader and a good Christian. Just by shedding tears together, a channel for the gospel can be spread, and the door of the gospel can be opened.
Although he has already passed away, Professor Jang Young-hee called the tears she shed for others 'the jewel hidden in the heart'. It is not correct to have a view of life like that, you can eat what is mine and you have nothing to share and nothing to receive. Jeremiah not only imprisoned himself in the yard of the demonstrators, imprisoned him in a crypt where no light enters, and put him in a deep mud pit from which he could not escape, but he also prayed in tears, pleading for mercy before God because he loved the people who threatened him. God heard this prayer and promised to bring the Israelites back from Babylon after 70 years. Jeremiah's tears and prayer brought the people back. Calvin said, "Prayer and tears are our weapons." Hoover said, "A country with many praying saints is stronger than a country with an atomic bomb." Christian tears have the amazing power to move the heavenly throne.
A Christian should have tears of repentance, tears of the joy of being saved, and tears of compassion for others every day. The earnest prayer of tears is to evoke an amazing work in individuals and families, society and the nation, and the church. We believe that the prayers of tears of the saints who love God and love their neighbors will bear fruit with answers and blessings.