Jesus wept for the City

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,

Luke 19:41-44

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."

Luke 19:41-44

They had Moses and the Prophets

Abraham said to him, 'They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. ‘

Luke 16:29

He wept over their false religion

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)

He wept over their false religion

Only lip service

" If you love Me, keep My commandments.

John 14:15

What does the Lord see in our City

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

What does the Lord see in our City

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

What does the Lord see in our City

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

What does the Lord see in our City

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?

He wept over their Cold hearted Discipleship.

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

He wept over their Cold hearted Discipleship.

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."

He wept over their Cold hearted Discipleship.

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

He wept over their Cold hearted Discipleship.

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

He wept over their Cold hearted Discipleship.

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

He wept over their Cold hearted Discipleship.

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

He wept over lost souls.

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.

He wept over lost souls.

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

He wept over lost souls.

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

What about you?