There is a time to weep!Ecc.3:1 Says, there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven.Ecc.3:4 says, there is a time to weep and a time to laugh…I believe at the dead of a friend it is always a time to weep!A. At the time when Jesus’ friend Lazarus died!1. His family members wept!2. Many family friends wept with them!3. Jesus wept too!4. We know family members and friends wept because they had lost a love one! They all wept because they miss the company and fellowship of Lazarus bodily present!5. But I know Jesus wept for a different reason! a. Jesus knew he was going to get his friend come out from the dead! b. To him his friend Lazarus was not dead. Lazarus was only sleeping! c. Jesus wept because people do not believe he is the Christ! d. Anyone refuse to believe Jesus is the Christ will die in their sins! We know what will happen when people died in their sins!B. Sadly to say today we are here to weep for the dead of a brother in the Lord!1. I know each one has a different reason to weep! I know if Jesus were physically here he will weep too!2. As for me I weep because I lost the bodily present of a brother in the Lord! According to what says in the Bible actually this is a joyful time for our brother in the Lord! Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on. (This mean die as a member of the church of Christ which is the body of Christ! Ro.16:16, Col.1:18) Yes, says the Spirit: They will rest from their labor, for their deeds will follow them. Revelation 14:13 4. I weep because I will miss brother Hue’s bodily present at the church and as a neighbor! 5. I weep because I see many of his family members and friends do not follow Jesus and worship God the same way in the same church with him! Because I know all these people will miss him in eternity! Because I know different religions and different churches offer different kinds of eternity! I know because I know each church and each religion has a different set of criteria for its candidate!6. I weep for these people because I know to be with God like brother Hue we all have to be as perfect as the heavenly father is perfect! Matthew 5:48 I know this is humanly impossible! That is why Jesus came to earth to die on the cross to provide us a way to the way to be as perfect as our heavenly Father is perfect! And that is to become a member of the church he promised to build and wear his name. Ro.16:16 I know this is physical humanly impossible! But Jesus offer a way to be as perfect as the Father is perfect!12. I weep because I know it is humanly impossible for anyone in the world to meet this one qualification! Jesus had offered a way for all people in this world to be as perfect as the heavenly Father is perfect!: This was Jesus prayer recorded in John 1713. I weep because many of his family members and friends refuse to follow Jesus the same way and worship God in the same church with him while he was living. And I know even after his dead, they will still refuse to continue walking their different path into eternity! They will miss him forever!14. At the time like this, Jesus will weep too if he is physically here to witness this! ! They will miss him forever! This alone worthy of weeping! 11. I weep for these people because I know the Bible says there is only one God, one teaching one way of going be with God in eternity! The Bible says there is only one church, wh Jn 11:36 Then the Jews said, "See how he loved him!" (NIV)Mt 5:48 Be perfect, therefore, as your heavenly Father is perfect. (NIV)Mt 5:48 Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect. (KJV) Lk 23:42 And he said, Jesus, remember me when thou comest in thy kingdom.Lk 23:43 And he said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, to-day shalt thou b e with me in Paradise. (ASV) Lk 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. (ASV) Lk 16:23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (ASV) Lk 16:22 And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and that he was carried away by the angels into Abraham's bosom: and the rich man also died, and was buried. (ASV) Lk 16:23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom. (ASV) Lk 16:24 And he cried and said, Father Abraham, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. (KJV) Lk 16:25 But Abraham said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime receivedst thy good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and thou art tormented. (KJV) Lk 16:26 And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from hence to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from thence. (KJV) Lk 16:27 Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that thou wouldest send him to my father's house: (KJV) Lk 16:28 For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment. (KJV) Lk 16:29 Abraham saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. (KJV)Lk 16:30 And he said, Nay, father Abraham: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent. (KJV)Lk 16:31 And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.Jn 17:20 "My prayer is not for them alone. I pray also for those who will believe in me through their message, (NIV)Jn 17:21 that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also be in us so that the world may believe that you have sent me. (NIV)Gal 3:26 You are all sons of God through faith in Christ Jesus, (NIV) Gal 3:27 for all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ. (NIV) Ro 12:5 so in Christ we who are many form one body, and each member longs to all the others. (NIV) Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church; he is the beginning and the firstborn from among the dead, so that in everything he might have the supremacy. (NIV)Col 1:18 And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence. (KJV)
Video: English Cantonese – Recorded 7/7/13
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