JUST A MINUTE PLEASE 🙏!(THE PREACHER'S CORNER) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ AND CHRIST JESUS WEPT AND WEEPS FOR US STILL! (JN.11:35 and ISA.53:3) ➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖➖ Brethren, there are hard practical christian facts we need to know about our relationship with God. As usual, I am not left out. I am talking to myself as I talk to you. Now, Jn. 11:35 is the shortest verse in the Bible. Jesus wept, isn't it? What about this; He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief: and we hid as it were our faces from him; he was despised, and we esteemed him not. (Isa 53: 3) God's emotions look closest to ours when we look at Christ Jesus. Christ Jesus being God in human form, cried just as other people (Philippians 2:6–11). When Lazarus died, "Jesus wept," even though He knew that He would raise him from the dead (John 11:34–44). Christ Jesus' life on the earth shows us the empathy of God the Father. In fact, Christ Jesus told His disciples this truth: "Whoever has seen me has seen the Father" (John 14:9). How many of us have taken time to wonder why God will cry? Forget the excuses given in Jn. 11 by idlers. Our lack of absolute trust in Him, TRUST THAT IS ABSOLUTELY STRONG ENOUGH FOR US TO KEEP US FROM "DELIBERATELY" DOING THINGS THAT HURT HIM,[EVEN IF IT MEANS TO DIE], AFTER HIS GREAT SACRIFICE FOR US! God has emotions too, after all He breathed His Life into us . He desires an untainted relationship with us. Especially in the most seemingly impossible of all times. INSTEAD, WE CAST OUR BLAMES ON HIM WHEN THINGS TURN SOUR, EVEN YELL AT HIM AS THE CAUSE OF OUR MISFORTUNES, WHEN WE OUGHT TO, AND SHOULD BE BLAMING OURSELVES. I REPEAT, GOD HAS EMOTIONS TOO. But, 99.9% of the time, after yelling at Him, He chose to yet LOVE US, instead of becoming angry, because HIS VERY ESSENCE IS LOVE... THE REASON WHY THEOLOGY IS ACTUALLY AN INSULT ON GOD'S PERSON, (ESPECIALLY THOSE THAT WANTS TO KNOW THE COLOUR OF HIS PANTIES) I foresee us having a part two of this, so I will take it slowly. 👉 FIRST AND FOREMOST, WE DO KNOW THAT GOD DESIRES A PERSONAL RELATIONSHIP WITH HIM; Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for THY PLEASURE they are and were CREATED. (Rev 4: 11) Before we go to Eden's Garden, take a look at prophet Isaiah in Chapter 6. He forgot his relationship with God... for chapter 1-5, when he feels like it, he goes out proclaim God's Word and return to relax in the comfort of King Uzziah's palace. But that wasn't what God wanted with him and for him, thus Uzziah had to leave the scene for ISAIAH TO COME TO SELF REALIZATION;{Isa.6:1-13}; In the year that king Uzziah died I saw also the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and his train filled the temple. (Isa 6: 1) Then said I, Woe is me! for I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts. (Isa 6: 5) 7. And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged. 8. Also I heard the voice of the Lord, saying, Whom shall I send, and who will go for us? Then said I, Here am I; send me. 9. And he said, Go, and tell this people, Hear ye indeed, but understand not; and see ye indeed, but perceive not. (Isa 6: 7-9) I hope we understand this. Isaiah thought his relationship with God as His prophet was okay, but it wasn't. JUST LIKE SOME OF US TODAY... GOD WANTED MORE, BUT WE AREN'T WILLING TO. AND WHEN THINGS DON'T GO THE WAY WE WISH, WE NEVER YELL AT OURSELVES, BUT WE YELL AT GOD FOR FAILING US. Isaiah was fortunate, not everyone has that grace(I consider myself to be fortunate too when I think of this). God loved Isaiah so much that HE HAD TO REMOVE THE BARRIER... KING UZZIAH, TO ALLOW HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH ISAIAH TO THRIVE. This is why I tell us always that politics and state affairs can NO LONGER thrive together. The current political terrain is no longer healthy for a consecrated believer. What we owe them is our prayers not participation, you will compromise as a matter of fact. We don't have many Daniels and Josephs today,and even if we do,they can't get there without soiling their garment of praise. But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself. (Dan 1: 8) 7. And it came to pass after these things, that his master's wife cast her eyes upon Joseph; and she said, Lie with me. 8. But he refused, and said unto his master's wife, Behold, my master wotteth not what is with me in the house, and he hath committed all that he hath to my hand; 9. There is none greater in this house than I; neither hath he kept back any thing from me but thee, because thou art his wife: how then can I do this great wickedness, and sin against God? (Gen 39: 7-9) And she caught him by his garment, saying, Lie with me: and he left his garment in her hand, and fled, and got him out. (Gen 39: 12) All what I have said so far is about our SELF-REALIZATION, WHOM WE ARE IN CHRIST JESUS. ARE WE SERIOUS ENOUGH WITH THAT SELF-REALIZATION TO JUMP OVER EVERY SNARE THAT THE DEVIL WILL CERTAINLY THROW ON OUR PATHS? When we lose the knowledge of Whom we are with God, we lose our position with God. At that point, anything can happen, and if it does happen, please don't YELL AT GOD. He has emotions. If He chooses to be angry, we can't survive it, and if He chooses to continue in His Love for, He will flog us through chastisement. I am a living testimony of this, believe it or not. Like I said, it seems we have to take this gradually for a better comprehension. We shall be back. There's more to say, by His Grace and Mercy 🙇🙏!