Happy Mourners 2

1Thursday, October 29, 2009



• Luke 10:21


• Luke 10:21• John 2:13-17; Mark 3:5


• Luke 10:21• John 2:13-17; Mark 3:5 • Luke 4:2


“A man of sorrows and acquainted with grief” (Isaiah 53:2-5, 7).

• Luke 10:21• John 2:13-17; Mark 3:5 • Luke 4:2• John 4:7; 19:28






• Matthew 26:37-38


• Matthew 26:37-38 • Mark 14:37


• Matthew 26:37-38 • Mark 14:37• Luke 22:44



• Dread of physical suffering


What forced these tears from his eyes?• Dread of physical suffering• Dread of death (Hebrews 2:9, 15)





• Dread of shame (Hebrews 12:2)


What forced these tears from his eyes?• Dread of shame (Hebrews 12:2)• Dread of spiritual contamination

(2 Corinthians 5:21;Galatians 3:13).



• Dread of separation (Matthew 27:46).



Take the hurt and stricken look in the eyes . . .







Multiply it by infinity and then stand at Golgotha . . .



One of the great functions of the cross is to open man’s eyes to the indescribable horror of sin (cf. Romans 7:13).



What put Him there?

Only a dead soul can see Jesus being crucified on the cross without mourning because it was necessary for Him to have to die.



Thought Question: How much mourning have we done over our sins?

Psalm 38:18; Isaiah 6:5; Joel 2:12-13; Luke 18:13; Matthew 26:75; 1 Kings 16:31



My eyes were wet?


When is the last time

My eyes were wet? I thought of the cross

when I sinned?



“Be afflicted, and mourn, and weep: let your laughter be turned to mourning, and your joy to heaviness” (James 4:8-10).



When Jesus came to Golgotha, they hanged Him on a tree;



They drove great nails through hands and feet, and made a Calvary.




They crowned Him with a crown of thorns, red were His wounds and deep,




They crowned Him with a crown of thorns, red were His wounds and deep,

For those were crude and cruel days, and human flesh was cheap.



When Jesus came to Jacksonville, they simply passed Him by,



They never hurt a hair on Him, they only let Him die.




For men had grown more tender, and they would not give Him pain,




For men had grown more tender, and they would not give Him pain,

They only just passed down the street, and left him in the rain.



“Blessed are they that can mourn.”



Some people worry about hardening of



The capacity of a sensitive conscience, to mourn, to feel pain, is a clear indication of life and health.

• Exodus 7:13-14, 22; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Mark 6:52; 8:17; John 12:40



Suppose there were a car wreck . . .





If we can commit a sin—knowingly violate God’s law—without pain of conscience,

then something is wrong (cf. Matthew 13:5-7).



The Belgian Catholic missionary Damien de Veuster went as a missionary to the lepers of Molokai. For thirteen years . . .



“I see no harm in it.”

• Ephesians 4:18-19; cf. 1 Timothy 4:2



“What makes me behave like I do?”

• Psalm 51:3; 1 John 3:20



• Saul


Two outstanding sinners in the Old Testament . . .

• Saul • David



• Saul (1 Samuel 19:1-24; 23:1-28)


Both Sinned and sinned deeply

• Saul (1 Samuel 19:1-24; 23:1-28)• David (2 Samuel 11)



• Saul (1 Samuel 15:24, 30; 26:21).


Both confessed

• Saul (1 Samuel 15:24, 30; 26:21). • David (2 Samuel 12:13; 19:20; 24:10,

17; 1 Chronicles 21:8; Psalm 41:4).



• Saul confessed when he was in a tight corner.


Both mourned.

• Saul confessed when he was in a tight corner.

• David (Psalm 51:1).



• Saul: sorrow of the world (1 Samuel 31:1-6)


Both illustrate 2 Corinthians 7:10

• Saul: sorrow of the world (1 Samuel 31:1-6)

• David: godly sorrow (Psalm 32:1)



• Peter


Two outstanding sinners in the New Testament …

• Peter• Judas



Judas

• Cried the world’s tears (Matthew 27:3-10).



• Jesus could hardly wait till He got to the door of His tomb before He spoke of restoring Peter’s faith (cf. Mark 16:7).


Peter (Matthew 27:69-75; Luke 22:61)

• Jesus could hardly wait till He got to the door of His tomb before He spoke of restoring Peter’s faith (cf. Mark 16:7).

• John 21; Acts 2



“The Lord hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted” (Isaiah 61:1; Luke 4:18).



No one can say, “Thanks be to God, through Jesus Christ our Savior” until he has first said

• “O wretched man that I am” (Romans 7:24-25, Paul describing his condition under the Old Law).



• “repent” (Matthew 3:2).


The very first word of John the Baptist was

• “repent” (Matthew 3:2). • Repentance brings “seasons

of refreshing” (Acts 3:19).



Closing Thought:

We should never sympathize with ourselves when we are in sin.






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