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Thursday, October 29, 2009 1

• 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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