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Sermon Outline - Christ Weeping over Jerusalem, Luke ch.19 v.41
Date | 06/06/2004 |
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Time | 17:30 |
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Preacher | Rev. Maurice Roberts, Inverness |
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Sermon Title | Christ Weeping over Jerusalem |
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Text | Luke ch.19 v.41
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Sermon ID | 862 |
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Introduction
- What a scene!
- What a moment!
- What a prophecy!
IF WE ARE CHRIST-LIKE WE SHALL WEEP OVER THE SAD STATE OF GRACELESS MEN
- Christ not weeping for himself/his disciples.
- But for "the city" = Jerusalem.
- I give reasons for this spectacle:
- They had had a privileged history.
- They had Bibles and a place to worship.
- They had had great preachers.
- They had a Saviour offered to them.
BUT - now they had rejected God.
- As a consequence, God was soon to punish:
- v.43: "the days shall come".
- "enemies, trench", even with the ground..."
OBSERVE: Christ saw the judgement to come on them.
- Those who are spiritual see what is to come on every unbeliever:
- All his happiness will come to an end.
- He will have to face God at last.
- No words can express the sinner's eternal misery (See Christ's words).
APPLICATION: O friends, let us learn from this great Saviour how to think of lost sinners!
SEE HOW FULL OF LOVE AND PITY CHRIST IS TOWARDS THOSE WHO ARE UNSAVED
- "he wept over it": not just the destruction of walls, houses and Temple - but men.
- Christ, as the God-Man here shows what the attitude of God is towards lost souls in this life - these tears show the love of God:
- God delights in the salvation of sinners and not in their death. So Ezekiel makes clear.
- God is sincere in all His promises of life and forgiveness - He means them and He gives them to us all: "Come...rest".
- These promises are well-meant both to those who believe them and those who do not. Illustration: a man who offers a gift.
- These tears were real expressions of love to all sinners - they move us to see how ready He is to welcome all who come.
APPLICATION: Now you know how welcome you are.
- We admit there are mysteries here:election - the eternal decree"no man can come..."a limited atonement. But yet - "Whosoever will."
ILLUSTRATION: Bunyan's "Come and Welcome".
APPLICATION: If men persist, it is because they will not come. O the folly of it!
THESE TEARS ARE A POWERFUL ARGUMENT TO EVERY SINNER TO COME TO CHRIST
- They demonstrate that He is ready to be your Saviour: "Let me suffer for you".
Illustration: a hen and her brood.
- These tears answer every doubt:
- "I am too sinful".
- "I am not elected".
- "I have no warrant to come".
- "He may not want me".
- See how He is yearning over the lost. "Why will ye die?"
- ILLUSTRATION: a "sick" man in bed - advice from his doctor!
- APPLICATION: Do you still harden your heart?
CONCLUSION
Final warnings.
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