Let us consider John 11 v 35 , and those words ,'Jesus wept'.just recently a neighbour who had suddenly taken ill died. When I heard this from his daughter , I wept, and when Jesus stood outside the tomb of Lazarus He wept, he burst out into tears. Jesus is the Son of God, that means that he is truly God and truly man, he was not just manifesting his humanity,but he was also manifesting his deity . God has emotions, He loves,he is angry, he is merciful,compassionate,etc.His anger is never out of control , all of His emotions are not in anyway tainted by sin, for God is holy. When you read the ministry of Jesus ,you see God reflected in those things he did, He is touched with the feelings of our infirmities .We are told God is love 1 John 4 v 16, we are talking about the God of the the whole bible,old and new covenant ,some misguided people make a difference, there is no difference. In the old , time after time, he showed love, mercy and compassion.Yes he judged people and nations ,as He will judge all the unsaved in a coming day, but millions will be saved from judgement,for the God of love provided a way of escape through His Son Jesus death on the cross. The Christ who stood outside Lazarus tomb, is the Christ who even now reaches out to all,to come to Him and be saved.
'Jesus loves me this I know
for the bible tells me so.'
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