Day 11
Jesus wept.
The shortest verse of the Bible, yet it holds so much complexity, meaning, and emotion in just two simple words.
This isn’t the only time we see Jesus in tears. In Luke’s Gospel, we find Jesus weeping as He enters Jerusalem before His trial and death, anticipating the destruction of the Temple. Both times He cries regarding the suffering and tragedy of this world – that death is still a cruel reality. Yet, He and His followers believe death will be vanquished once and for all once Christ comes again.. Christ has started the defeat over death, but that final victory will come.
Until that time, we can take solace and comfort knowing God stands and weeps with all of us in solidarity during those times of hardship and suffering. That’s what the incarnation shows us.
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10 replies on “Abide Bible – Day 11 in The Gospel of John”
Spiritually uplifting and beautiful. Thank you for everything you have done!!
This lesson made me look deep into the how Jesus felt not just about Lazarus but about all those He loves. Hard to believe someone who is human but not human could have such feelings and not ashamed to show them.
I am so enjoying ‘living in’ the Bible scenes using your ‘Picture It’ method. I believe that Jesus is the same yesterday, today and forever which allows us to relive these biblical stories and gain such biblical understanding. Thank you!
Please send me Day 10 as I did not receive it.
Thinking of Jesus weeping for me touches my heart and my mind. As we go through this study of John, I realize how closely the mind and heart work. So often I think that GOD cannot be aware of me in my situation, then HE brings me forth out of despair. Thank you, GOD, for this teacher and these lessons.
My mom passed away just about 2 weeks ago. It is hard to put into words the joy and peace I felt knowing that Jesus demonstrated His power over death. And that my mom will be raised at His soon return.
I did enjoy this and am grateful that Jesus understands our sorrows and deep groanings. I was also impacted by the relating of Lazerus resurrection to Jesus ‘ and our own. I do wish that the accompanying music to these videos was not so loud as I relax and open myself up.
It’s really something to think of Jesus crying. It makes Him more human.
I would enjoy these studies so much more if you wouldn’t play the music so loud. I know I’ve said it before, but I really hope that you will realize how distracting this music is, it is louder than Dr. Collins voice.
remarkable – after 12 days I am finding that I am more focussed when I am reading The Word. I am grateful that I am able to see and absorb more words on the page. This deepens my understanding and makes me ‘feel’ closer to God.
The verses covering this scene weren’t portrayed in this reading, but did you notice that when Martha tells the approaching Jesus about her brother (v. 21) and then Mary comes to Jesus to report the same thing (v. 32), they both use exactly the same words? Yet Jesus reacts differently to both. We need to have the same relationship that Mary had with our Savior. I pray I can do that.
Jesus wept on the death of Lazarus it give me an understading tha He groans for us when we were on hardship, and He had power to every situation, even the death listens to Him, He commanded Lazarus to raise up. He said to Mary Hd is the ressuraction and the life