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Heaven Calls Them Blessed Blessed are They that Mourn (Part 3) “Jesus Wept, the Sympathising Tear)
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Psalms 67:1 RSV
“May God be gracious to us and bless us and make his face to shine upon us, Selah”
Matthew 5:4
Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.
Romans 12:15
Rejoice with them that do rejoice, and weep with them that weep.
John 11:32-35
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. 33When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, 34And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. 35Jesus wept.
Isaiah 63:9
In all their affliction he was afflicted, and the angel of his presence saved them: in his love and in his pity he redeemed them; and he bare them, and carried them all the days of old.
JESUS WEPT IN THE GARDEN OF GETHSEMANE NOT FOR HIMSELF BUT FOR SINNERS! WHEN HUMAN SYMPATHY FAILED GOD SEND AN ANGEL TO STRENGTHEN HIM.
Matthew 26:40-41 NKJV
“Then He came to the disciples and found them sleeping, and said to Peter, “What! Could you not watch with Me one hour? Watch and pray, lest you enter into temptation. The spirit indeed is willing, but the flesh is weak.”
Luke 22:41-44
And he was withdrawn from them about a stone's cast, and kneeled down, and prayed, 42Saying, Father, if thou be willing, remove this cup from me: nevertheless not my will, but thine, be done. 43And there appeared an angel unto him from heaven, strengthening him. 44And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.
Job 2:11
Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.
Galatians 6:1-2
Brethren, if a man be overtaken in a fault, ye which are spiritual, restore such an one in the spirit of meekness; considering thyself, lest thou also be tempted. 2Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.