Revelation 5:4-5 KJV
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
The thought occurred to me today that we must weep before we can hear the words "weep not."
The Bible says that in the New Jerusalem God shall wipe away all tears. There must be tears before there can be tears to wipe away.
Perhaps there ought to be more tears shed among the Christians. And there might be, if we took the time to seriously ponder the spiritual condition of our world today.
Sure there is reason to rejoice in Jesus Christ and we should rejoice!
But there is equal reason to mourn and grieve and weep.
Lost souls are perishing
Unbelievers are multiplying
Paganism and idolatry are rising and
God's name is being mocked
Christians are worldly
Churches are compromising
Pastors are building their own universes
The apostle wept because no man was found worthy to open and read the book. Isn't that true in our own day too? What grace God bestows upon us that we even have a Bible! But what a disgrace that there is no one really worthy to open and read it.
Weep Christian, weep! Mourn over the days in which we live.
And only then will God say to us weep not.
And I wept much, because no man was found worthy to open and to read the book, neither to look thereon.
And one of the elders saith unto me, Weep not: behold, the Lion of the tribe of Juda, the Root of David, hath prevailed to open the book, and to loose the seven seals thereof.
The thought occurred to me today that we must weep before we can hear the words "weep not."
The Bible says that in the New Jerusalem God shall wipe away all tears. There must be tears before there can be tears to wipe away.
Perhaps there ought to be more tears shed among the Christians. And there might be, if we took the time to seriously ponder the spiritual condition of our world today.
Sure there is reason to rejoice in Jesus Christ and we should rejoice!
But there is equal reason to mourn and grieve and weep.
Lost souls are perishing
Unbelievers are multiplying
Paganism and idolatry are rising and
God's name is being mocked
Christians are worldly
Churches are compromising
Pastors are building their own universes
The apostle wept because no man was found worthy to open and read the book. Isn't that true in our own day too? What grace God bestows upon us that we even have a Bible! But what a disgrace that there is no one really worthy to open and read it.
Weep Christian, weep! Mourn over the days in which we live.
And only then will God say to us weep not.
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