Friday, May 1, 2015

Jesus Wept

Jesus wept. - John 11:35 (NKJVS)

The scripture tells us that Jesus wept when He saw the tomb of Lazarus. He saw the consequence of the treason committed by Adam and Eve at the garden of Eden. He saw the fall of mankind like no one could and He knew He was born to die at the cross for the forgiveness of all our sins and transgressions. He knew death is an enemy to God and that man was created to live forever and to enjoy God's blessings all the days of his life.

Jesus wept because He knew death shall be put under His feet. The scripture tells us that Jesus waited another two days after He was informed of the death of Lazarus. The scripture also tells us that Jesus told His disciples that Lazarus was sleeping and that He was going to "wake him up" and later told His disciples that Lazarus was dead when His disciples answered Him that they should let Lazarus sleep longer. Jesus most probably would have cried because of the unbelief of those at the funeral.

It was doubt in God's goodness that the children of Israel believed the report of the majority of the spies who were sent to spy out the land which God has said He has already given to them. It is a land flowing with milk and honey. Yet the children of Israel chose to believe there were giants in the promised land. They chose to believe they were like grasshoppers in the eyes of the giants. They chose to believe they shall not cross Jordan river into the promised land. They simply doubted God. And doubted God at His word.

If only they knew the giants were afraid of them because of the miralces God had performed to bring the children of Israel out of Egypt. If only they knew they could eat those giant like bread. For that was exactly what Joshua and Caleb had reported. The giants were bread to them and that they were more than able to take over the land. The children of Israel would have crossed Jordan river into the promised land and taken control over the land had they listened to the loving God!

I believe Jesus was primarily weeping at Lazarus' tomb because of the unbelieve of those presented there.

Today, the Holy Spirit can only be grieved by the unbelief of those who have witnessed the goodness of God and their choice of rejecting the gift of salvation.

When Jesus went to the cross to die for all our sins, He accomplished the will of the Father and had divinely given us His righteousness. The work at the cross is completely completed! The divine exchange had taken place: our sin for His righteousness! We are the righteousness of God in Christ because of the work of Jesus at the cross.

The work of salvation cannot be reversed! Likewise, the blessings of God cannot be reversed! We are either eternally saved or we are not. There is no two way about it. And if we are saved by the precious blood of Jesus, we can expect to reign in this life. For if by the one man's offense death reigned through the one, much more those who receive abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness will reign in life through the One, Jesus Christ.) - Romans 5:17 (NKJVS)

Keep believing God is god and see His miraculous power working for us mightily! Hallelujah.