Now as He drew near, He saw the city and wept over it,
saying, " If you had known, even you, especially in this your
day, the things that make for your peace! But now they are
hidden from your eyes. For days will come upon you when
your enemies will build an embankment around you,
surround you and close you in on every side,
and level you, and your children within you, to the ground;
and they will not leave in you one stone upon another,
because you did not know the time of your visitation."
They had Moses and the Prophets
Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let
them hear them. ‘
Luke 16:29
They failed to understand the O.T. message concerning
Christ (Jn 5:30-47)
They crucified Christ, which means they missed the ONE
they were looking for. (1 Cor 5:7)
Only lip service
" If you love Me, keep My commandments.
John 14:15
Self-righteousness and not HIS righteousness
Brethren, my heart's desire and prayer to God for Israel is
that they may be saved. For I bear them witness that they
have a zeal for God, but not according to knowledge. For
they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and seeking to
establish their own righteousness, have not submitted to the
righteousness of God.
Romans 10:1-3
A few of our greatest needs today
1. Proclaim the true Gospel message of Christ
Therefore I testify to you this day that I am innocent of the
blood of all men. For I have not shunned to declare to you
the whole counsel of God.
Acts 20:26-27
A few of our greatest needs today
2. Encourage our own brethren to faithfulness
And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and
good works,
Hebrews 10:24
Jesus had given them the details about discipleship.
It’s terms
Then He said to them all, " If anyone desires to come after
Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and
follow Me. For whoever desires to save his life will lose it,
but whoever loses his life for My sake will save it. For what
profit is it to a man if he gains the whole world, and is
himself destroyed or lost?
Jesus had given them the details about discipleship.
It’s terms
For whoever is ashamed of Me and My words, of him the Son
of Man will be ashamed when He comes in His own glory,
and in His Father's, and of the holy angels.
Luke 9:23-26
Jesus had given them the details about discipleship.
It’s tests
Now it happened as they journeyed on the road, that
someone said to Him, " Lord, I will follow You wherever You
go.“ And Jesus said to him, " Foxes have holes and birds of
the air have nests, but the Son of Man has nowhere to lay His
head.“ Then He said to another, " Follow Me.“ But he said, "
Lord, let me first go and bury my father."
Jesus had given them the details about discipleship.
It’s tests
Jesus said to him, " Let the dead bury their own dead, but
you go and preach the kingdom of God.“ And another also
said, " Lord, I will follow You, but let me first go and bid
them farewell who are at my house.“ But Jesus said to him, "
No one, having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is
fit for the kingdom of God.“ Luke 9:57-62
What type of discipleship does the Lord see in our city?
Division among His professed followers
" I do not pray for these alone, but also for those who will
believe in Me through their word; 21 that they all may be
one, as You, Father, are in Me, and I in You; that they also
may be one in Us, that the world may believe that You sent
Me. John 17:20-21
What type of discipleship does the Lord see in our city?
The idea of sacrificial living is overlooked
I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that
you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to
God, which is your reasonable service.
Romans 12:1
What did Jesus see when he looked at people?
Their spiritual condition
But when He saw the multitudes, He was moved with
compassion for them, because they were weary and
scattered, like sheep having no shepherd.
Matthew 9:36
What did Jesus see when he looked at people?
Christ wept for the impending judgment upon the people.
and to give you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord
Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels, 8 in
flaming fire taking vengeance on those who do not know
God, and on those who do not obey the gospel of our Lord
Jesus Christ.
What did Jesus see when he looked at people?
Christ wept for the impending judgment upon the people.
These shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the
presence of the Lord and from the glory of His power,
2 Thessalonians 1:7-9
1. Jesus wept because of sin. It’s past, present and future
work.
2. Some will not weep till its too late.
"The harvest is past, The summer is ended, And we are not
saved!“
Jeremiah 8:20