Jesus Wept

John 11:28-37

JESUS WEPT

-JOHN 11:30-38-

God knows our sorrows, Exodus 2:23-25; 3:7-10

God’s people today, Romans 12:15– Comfort the suffering, 2 Corinthians 1:3-7– Hard hearts refuse to comfort, Job 16:4-5– Put on a tender heart, Colossians 3:12

Over the Personal Sorrows of

Others

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JESUS WEPT

-LUKE 19:41-44-

The judgment was just, but that did not prevent His sorrow, Matt. 23:37-39

Righteous heart acknowledges just judgment, yet is sorrowful over sin and its punishment, Romans 9:1-3

Because Judgment was Coming (Jerusalem)

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JESUS WEPT

-LUKE 22:39-46-

During the trials and threats of life-endangering, life-altering times– Prayer and agony, Hebrews 5:7– Disciples slept “from sorrow”, Luke 22:45

Do trials of our faith “wear us out” or focus our attention? Hebrews 12:1-4

At Times ofGreat Distress

(Gethsemane)

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JESUS WEPT

-MARK 3:1-6-

Distress, heaviness and sorrow when hearts are hard toward Him and His merciful truth– Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, Eph. 4:29-30

OverHard Hearts

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WE SHOULD WEEP…

Over our own sins against God and others, Matthew 5:4; James 4:9; Luke 7:37-38; 2 Corinthians 7:9-10

When we see others suffering in sin, Galatians 6:1; 2 Cor. 11:28-29; 12:14-15– Compassion that tries to save and shows

mercy through forgiveness, Jude 20-23

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JESUS

-ISAIAH 53:3-5-

Bore our sins as an offering, Isaiah 53:10 Sadness of His death turned to eternal

joy, John 16:20-22

“They shall obtain joy and gladness, and sorrow and sighing shall flee away”

(Isaiah 35:10)7

Man of Sorrows