TEARS

No one loves tears or enjoys crying! Did you know that one day God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes?

We are living in a world today that is familiar with tears, and we experience again and again what it means to shed tears. As human beings, each one of us experience what it means to be "in tears" - for one reason or another! We cry for many and varios reasons:loss of a loved one, loss of a job, a friendshop, loss of money, posessions,etc., but mostly because of sin. Immediately after Adam & Eve sinned, this sin nature was passed on to all mankind, and with it tears and death.There is no one in this world that has not experienced sin, and seen death. Even our Lord Jesus Christ, in His human body wept, suffered and died.

We surely do remember the verse in Scripture that says, "Jesus wept" (John 11:35). Why did He weep? His dear friend Lazarus had died! And the home of Mary and Martha, where He often visited was in sadness: they were in tears! And Jesus also wept. In the book of Hebrews we also read the following: "During the days of Jesus' life on earth, He offered up prayers and petitions with loud cries and tears to the One Who could save Him from death, and He was heard because of His reverent submission." (Hebrews 5:7)

In fact this portion of Scripture is much more profound than just fear of death. We must try & fathom the depth of the truth, that the cause of death is sin. In other words, our Lord suffered when He was tempted to sin, to disobey God. In the same book of Hebrews we also read that it is for this reason He (Jesus) suffered... "in bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for Whom and through WHom everything exists, should make the Author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Look at verse 18 of Hebrews 2:10-18.."Because He Himself suffered when He was tempted, He was able to help those who are being temped." Take a moment to read all sixteen verses.

The word "tempt" should be understood as a test or trial. In the same book of Hebrews, in chapter twelve we read how our Lord was put through testing and how He triumphed over death on a shameful cross. Here in Aruba and the Antilles, yes, and around the world should be, and are exhorted to consider the hostility that our Lord suffered at the hand of sinners, was for us, and not to lose courage in the battle over death and sin. The will of our Heavenly Father is to encourage each and every one of us through His love shed abroad in our hearts, through the Holy Spirit given to us as a seal of our redemption.

Remember dear ones in Christ, that soon, and very soon our Lord will come and He will wipe away all our tears. There will be no more death, no more mourning or crying, or the suffering of pain and sorrow: for the old order of things has passed away! Praise His name forever! Read Revelation 21:1-8.

God willing, in our next blog we will write a little more about the topic "tears" - so until another time. Remember to share with us your thoughts, questions and trials, and together we can search the Scriptures for an answer. So until...