Jesus Wept

Tidbits from Ted
Written By Ted Blumberg

John 11:35, "Jesus wept." ~ (NASB)

Have you ever WEPT? Or maybe GRIEVED deeply? One thing is for certain, it is Spiritual to WEEP! If Jesus did it, so should we, but why did He WEEP?

Most believe are wrongly what the Jews said in the next verse as THE reason.

John 11:36, "So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him!” ~ (NASB)

Jesus did love Lazarus, yet this isn't why Jesus WEPT. He had foretold OF His friend's DEATH. If He knew Lazarus would die and then be raised, why would Jesus cry?

John 11:4, "But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” ~ (NASB)

Still, they did NOT LISTEN to Him when He kept telling them what was going to happen with Lazarus. First He told the disciples who think they are all going to their DEATH instead of the Lazarus' RESURRECTION. Then He tells Martha, then Mary, but they both do not get it. After He turned to the tomb, Jesus knows this is the point where EVERYTHING CHANGES. Many jews and pharisees were opposed to Him. This is why He WEEPS.

He knows the Cross will now be imminent after Lazarus' RESURRECTIONS and therefore so is the CONDEMNATION, OR JUDGEMENT, of the pharisees who wrongly JUDGE Him, and so Jesus WEPT because of their LOST SOULS. Jesus already knew Lazarus was coming to LIFE and the pharisees were going to HELL.

We need to take great comfort that we serve a God who has WEPT over those who HATE Him. Are we a people, like Jesus, who over the LOST have WEPT?

9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” - John 11:9-10 (NASB)

This is the key to understanding why Jesus WEPT. Who sees by the light and who sees by the night? Believers should see by the light and do not see by night.

Are you one who can be counted as seeing by the light? Let's be a people, who like Jesus, who has prayed for the lost and has WEPT as Jesus WEPT.

Ted Blumberg

Pastor Ted Blumberg first accepted Jesus as his personal Savior on January 6th, 1975 at a James Robinson crusade. For a number of years, he was involved in his local church and began learning the basics of the Bible.  

But it wasn't until 1989 that he embraced the call to ministry on his life. (The same year he married his wife, Jenny.) At this time, they fully committed to answering the call on their life by moving to Dallas, TX and attending Christ for the Nations Institute together. Pastor Ted received a degree in Practical Theology in 1992. He accepted his first pastoring job in Melbourne, FL in 1994 at Freedom Christian Center where he served as the Associate Pastor for several years. He also served as Pastor of Family Ministries at a local church in East Tennessee. 

Since then, Pastor Ted has continued to serve God's people in many ways such as marriage counseling, mentoring and teaching the Word of God every chance he gets. Recently, Pastor Ted answered God's latest calling by writing down the principles he's been taught and publishing his first book, The Principles of God, Vol. 1.

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