A Prophetic Glimpse of the Cries of Christ Part 2
Evangelist Stacey Lunsford
Scripture References:
Psalm 22 – Key Verse 1
The Artful Skill Of Crying From A Bilblical Perspective - Part 2
You see David’s cries were a prophetic glimpse of the cries of Christ. For a biblical definition of crying; please go with me to Hebrews 5:7, where Jesus taught me a lesson on the artful skill of crying unto God and where HE is teaching me how to brood over His word in prayer, in the midst of an agonizing, a painful and a chaotic situation.
Hebrews 5:7-8 (KJV), Who in the days of his flesh, when he had offered up prayers and supplications with strong crying and tears unto him that was able to save him from death, and was heard…(answered prayer), Right here, God began to show me through Jesus experience in the Garden of Gethsemane and the biblical formula needed to overcome the agonizing, painful, chaotic situation…and it’s found in Matthew 26:36-46, when Jesus offered up prayers and supplications with strong tears….in the garden of Gethsemane.
Gethsemane means olive press. It was a lush garden east of the city near the slopes of the Mt. Olives where Jesus often resorted for peace and quiet…
Are you being pressed today? Do you understand the purpose of the pressure? Where do you go for peace and quiet? Who do you turn to? Are you willing to do like Jesus did in Matthew 26:39, when he went a little farther, fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
Are you willing to go in a little farther into the garden of Gethsemane, where the average person gives up and quits because of the agonizing pressure, the chaotic situation? Are you willing to fall on your face and lay prostrate before the Lord?
Are you willing to turn your pressure into praise today? Are you willing to go into the Garden of Gethsemane for somebody else today? Are you ready to die to self today?
Are you willing to stand in intercessory prayer for the Body of Christ? Those that are lost, those that are hurting, those that are broken, those that are looking for love in all of the wrong places?
Are you willing to respond to the agonizing cries of this world?...the 21st Century sinners that are waiting for the 21st Century Ambassadors of Christ to arise and awake from their slumber!
- Do you hear the cries of accusation?
Genesis 4:10 - Cain what have you done to your brother?
- Do you hear the cries of remorse?
Hebrews 12:7 - Esau crying after he sold his birthright
- Do you hear the cries of pretense?
Judges 14:15-16 - Samson’s wife wept for 7 days after betraying him
- Do you hear the cries of sorrow?
2 Samuel 18:33 - David grieving over his beloved Absalom
- Do you hear the cries of disobedience?
Psalm 119:136 - Rivers of waters run down mine eyes, because they keep not thy law.
- Do you hear the cries of Jesus in Luke 23:46 when they cast lots for His Clothes? Then said Jesus, Father, forgive them; for they know not what they do. And they parted his raiment, and cast lots.
- Do you hear the cries of pain?
Hebrew 5:7 - Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane; are you willing to go in a little further?
- Do you hear the cries in heaven?
No you don’t because in Revelation 21:1-7, God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes…
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Matthew 26:36-42, Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane, and saith unto the disciples, Sit ye here, while I go and pray yonder. And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy. Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.
And he went a little farther, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying,
O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt. And he cometh unto the disciples, and findeth them asleep, and saith unto Peter, What, could ye not watch with me one hour?
1 And I saw a new heaven and a new earth: for the first heaven and the first earth were passed away; and there was no more sea.
2 And I John saw the holy city, new Jerusalem, coming down from God out of heaven, prepared as a bride adorned for her husband.
3 And I heard a great voice out of heaven saying, Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and he will dwell with them, and they shall be his people, and God himself shall be with them, and be their God.
4 And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes; and there shall be no more death, neither sorrow, nor crying, neither shall there be any more pain: for the former things are passed away.
5 And he that sat upon the throne said, Behold, I make all things new. And he said unto me, Write: for these words are true and faithful.
6 And he said unto me, It is done. I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
7 He that overcometh shall inherit all things; and I will be his God, and he shall be my son.
Revelation 21:1-7
Garden Of Gethsemanet
