Jesus wept.
In Bible college guys always joke about preaching from this verse. It is one of the two shortest verses in the Bible, the other being, Rejoice always. When I was in college I had my fair share of poking a little fun at this verse. Then i started thinking how i actually could preach this verse.
We all seem to view Jesus as this Germanic looking, red head, with moosey, teased hair. He walks all around the desert, gliding as he goes, acting like a guru from Jackie Chan. This view is of course wrong.
Jesus was very God and very man. He had the wisdom of God with all the emotions and feelings of a human. This verse is used for jokes but look at its context! Jesus is crying because a good friend of His just died. I've never had a close personal friend die, but I have helped people who have. It is an extremely tough experience.
We worship a Christ that weeps when things happen to us. He knows what it is like to lose a close friend. He sees crowds and is moved with compassion! When you are alone and crying you can be comforted knowing that even Jesus cried when He was on this earth. Christ knows how to comfort us because He has been there before.
p.s. If you want a true view of Christ check out Revelation xix.11-16
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