Weeping Jesus

1. What is the significance of the fourth day after death? (v.17)

2. Why did many Jews come to visit Lazarus’ family after the funeral instead of before or at the funeral? (v.19)

3. How different were the two sisters in characters? (v.20, Luke 10:38-42)

4. What did Martha mean when she said to Jesus “if you had been here, my brother would not have died”?

5. Why did Jesus come to Martha and Mary after Lazarus’ death?

6. What kind of faith did Martha have in regards to resurrection? (v.24)

7. How did Jesus correct Martha’s faith of resurrection? (v.25)

8. How did Jesus respond to Martha and Mary differently?

9. 1) What does it mean that Jesus was troubled and deeply moved in spirit in v.33?

    2) Why was Jesus troubled and deeply moved?

         (1)                                 (2)                               (3)

    3) How should people respond to those who are in mourning? (Romans 12:15)

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    4) In Luke 10:30-35,

        (1) Who took on pity and took action to help when he saw a half dead victim?

        (2) Who did not have pity on the victim and just simply passed by?

    5) (1) Why did Jesus come down from the glorious heaven to the earth with human flesh? (Exodus 3:7-8, Romans 7:24)

        (2) What kind of feeling did he have when he came down?

    6) When you see the unsaved, what is your thought about him/her? 

    7) What kind of feeling should we have?

    8) Do you have such mourning when you see the unsaved?

    9) Why don’t we have that kind of mourning?

   10) How can we change our hearts?

Life application:

1. Do I have compassion towards the unsaved people including my family members?
2. Why don’t I mourn and weep for them?
3. How can I change my heart towards them?
4. What shall I do for them?

Prayer:

Thank you, our heavenly Father. You are the compassionate God. In stead of judging me, You have sent Jesus Your Son to me out of Your compassion. Thank you, Jesus! You took pity on me and rescued me from the bondage of sin into the kingdom of heaven by Your sacrificial death on the cross. I became a child of God through Jesus. Change my heart into Your likeness, so that when I see the unsaved, I may pray for the salvation of their souls out of compassion and reach out to them with Good News of the Gospel. I pray in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen!