If Jesus wept over Jerusalem, when He beheld a cloud of wrath
gathering over it - why, Oh, why, should not we weep? I repeat it, why should not we weep
to behold the mouths of the grave and of hell preparing to open and to engulf so many.
Instead of repressing our tears, should we not rather say with the prophet Jeremiah,
"Oh, that my head were waters, and mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep
day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people?" And if sinners will
despise, and sin on, we can only resolve with Jeremiah again, "But if ye will not
hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride, and mine eyes shall weep sore
and run down with tears." Who of us, or who that has ever read the writings and
history of Jeremiah the prophet, would charge him with weak-mindedness? We are the
followers of "The Man of Sorrows." Like Him, we are "acquainted with
grief."
From Christ's own lips we learn that, "unless you are born again, you cannot see or
enter the kingdom of heaven." (John 3:3,5). And, had He added, you shall never, in
that case, see or enter hell, perhaps our eyes could remain dry. But, alas! Exclusion from
heaven implies incarceration in hell, - "the fire that never shall be quenched, - the
worm that never dieth, - the weeping, and wailing, and gnashing of teeth in outer
darkness; - and the horrors of everlasting punishment, - eternal damnation, - the fire
prepared for the devil and his angels". Did Christ over sinners weep, and shall our
cheeks be dry? Let floods of penitential grief burst forth from every eye. The Son of God
in tears. The wondering angels see; be thou astonished, Oh, my soul, He shed those tears
for thee! He wept that we might weep; each sin demands a tear; in heaven alone no sin is
found, and there's no weeping there.
Ah! Poor sinner! We have the weeping part now, but YOUR weeping time is coming, but with
this difference, ours is limited to time, yours has an eternity appended. The promise to
us is, that God shall wipe away all tears from our eyes in heaven. (Rev. 7:17). Neither
sorrow, nor cause of sorrow, nor tears nor cause of tears, for the days of our mourning
shall be ended in heaven. But, alas for you who may drop into hell - for sorrow and the
cause of sorrow, tears and the cause of tears, must coexist with your eternity; your
mourning and the cause of mourning shall never, never end. Why, then, should we not weep
over you, in view of your sad future? Why should we not weep, seeing there is yet hope of
your salvation that you may begin and weep as freely for yourselves, as we do for you?
There is hope, and we weep. No wonder tears are wiped away in heaven, when hope for the
willfully damned is gone, and gone forever! Hearken, all of you, to what Jesus says on
this subject: "Woe unto you that laugh now; for ye shall mourn and weep." But He
had just said to His disciples, "Blessed are ye that weep now; for ye shall
laugh." So, then, this is our weeping time. Yours is to come. May it be now, also!
Reference Used - "Showers of Blessing" by James Caughey
From: A Revival Source Center