Jesus Cried

[walkin2e]

"Jesus wept". (John 11 v 35).

Those two words speak volumes to my heart.

Aren't you glad He cried?


walkin2e

 

[knownbeforetime]

By itself, it does speak volumes. But context makes all the difference. John 11 says that Jesus became troubled when he saw Mary and her friends weeping. I think Jesus wept because they had totally accepted Lazarus' death and that after all the Jesus' preaching, they still thought death was the end.

That's my take on the situation...

 

[CrazyforYeshua]

I agree with knownbeforetime, but I also love to see the compassion He had, and the mercy He still has.

 

[billytk1]

people think i am nuts, while attending funurals i do not cry, i wear a smile, they ask me how i can be so cold hearted? but i try to explain thaty when they wake up, we wil be with then, if God chooses it to be so, and that this is just a formality that we all must go trough, it is not a good bye, just a see ya later, they got picked for the advanced recon duty, and toi be honest, while i do not wish to die, i am envyous of the ones that have been chosen....

 

[knownbeforetime]

Reps to Billy!

On a second read-through of John 11, I think Jesus wept because it was getting close to His time and still nobody really understood what was going on. Jesus said, "I am the ressurection and the life." and still they weep!

 

[SteelDisciple]

Plus Jesus Wept is the name of a great christian hardcore metal band

 

[Godslilgurlalways]

I feel it does speak it two or thee different ways

1) Show how he had/has a love for them

2)That he understood but yet they didn't see the light of what was going to happen

3) They loved him but yet wept not thanking him for all he has done, wepting instead of worshiping praising God


Now when I go to funnerals sometimes I cry and sometmes I don't if I am close to person I cry b/c I know it will be a while before I see them again and it hurts knowing that when you go in the store next time or when you go to a family reunion the whole family isn't their naturally. I wish and pray never to die or course but if I was to I would hope they people wouldn't cry I would hope they would rejoice for the many years that I have lived, knowing that I am okay and that I am not crying, that they know if they accept the Lord or already has that they will see me again shortly and it's better to rejoice in my life which would make me happier than for them to have sorrow in my death. Remember we are souls with bodies not bodies with souls, and remember while my flesh /body might be dead I am still alove just sleeping

 

[christandisrael]

It shows how much he cared.

 

[SteelDisciple]

Jesus had more emotion than most fundi Christians i've talked to who only seem to have two emotions. 1) Crying because their sorry. And 2) Crying because their happy.

 

[Gukkor]

I think He cried because He was human, and experienced human emotion as much as any of us. And yes, that does speak volumes.

 

[BrokenGhost]

Jesus had more emotion than most fundi Christians i've talked to who only seem to have two emotions. 1) Crying because their sorry. And 2) Crying because their happy.

Thats was more than just a little rude

 

[SteelDisciple]

Thats was more than just a little rude

Not rude.
an observation from personal experience.

 

[Runna800]

yo dis spoke volumes to me too.i mean it just reminded me that jesus was in tha body of a man ya know.

 

[prophecystudent]

Somehow I don't believe he wept because the others didn't believe in eternal life.

They did, as witnessed by her statement that they would see Lazarus again at the resurrection.

He wept because of the sorrow he felt for the other's pain at Lazarus' death.

Christ wept on at least one other occasion, that being when He wept over the fate of Jerusalem, and Israel, because of their refusal to believe in Him. They systematically rejected Him and His miracles, and would be required to pay the penalty.

Being human, Christ experienced all the joy, sadness, hunger, pain, suffering that we all suffer. Otherwise He could not have satisfied the requirement of being human and God at the same time, and being the perfect sacrifice for our sins.

Fred

 

[Daniels]

Jesus Cried

It shows His humanity.

 

[christandisrael]

As a father.