So God allows human suffering, but NOT because He is uncaring (1 Peter 5:7) or uninterested in our problems (Philippians 4:6), NOT because He is unable to respond to our suffering (Luke 1:37), and NOT because the suffering is some punishment for sin (John 9:1-3).We should not act as if God is obligated to respond in some specific way to our suffering or the suffering of others – Jesus healed some, but not all He raised Lazarus from the dead, but did not do this for everyone who died while He lived on the earth.Why does human suffering exist? – it is a consequence for sin because we no longer have access to the tree of life (Genesis 3:22-24) it is not the punishment for sin (John 9:1-3).The Lord had a specific purpose for Lazarus’ suffering being handled this way (v.Jesus had the power to heal Lazarus and end his suffering, even without being present – He had healed others (John 4:49-50 5:5-9 9:6-7) He would raise Lazarus from the dead.5) so His two-day delay in coming was not out of a lack of concern for any of them (v. 1-3), not yet dead – Lazarus was described as “ he whom You love” (v. Word was sent to Jesus that Lazarus was sick (v.Jesus displayed emotion, but was not controlled by emotions – after He wept, He immediately did what He came to do it is appropriate to display emotions but they must be controlled and not hinder us from serving the Lord.However, we must learn to control our emotions (1 Peter 5:8) – sorrow can turn into excessive sorrow (2 Corinthians 2:6-8) too much rejoicing can lead to one forgetting God (Ecclesiastes 7:2-3) we are to be angry, but not sin (Ephesians 4:26).Emotions are part of being human – we have them because we were made in God’s image (Genesis 1:27) Jesus displayed emotion on other occasions (Matthew 20:34 John 2:13-16) God Himself displays emotion (Hebrews 3:7-11) so it is not surprising that either we or Jesus would do this.Jesus was going to raise Lazarus from the dead, but before that was an emotional scene (v. The context is about Jesus’ response to the death of Lazarus, a personal friend. This verse is the shortest verse in the English Bible, yet there is a lot to be learned from these two words.

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