reading tonight from Revelation chapter 21, Revelation 21, read
together, the first eight verses.
Let's hear God's word. For those online, the words will
come up and screen. revelation 21:1, 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.
And I John saw the holy city. New Jerusalem coming down from
God out of Heaven prepared as a bride adorned for her husband
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, 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 Pian for the former things are passed away 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 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. He that overcometh shall inherit
all things and I will be his God and he shall be my son, but the
fearful and unbelieving and the Abominable and murderers and
whoremongers and Sorcerers and idolaters and all liars shall
have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and
brimstone, which is the second death, a man, we know the Lord
and stomp of the soon approved and blessing this reading
official. In precious and infallible word.
I texted Nate is taken from revelation 21:4. and I want us
to think of the words, Neither sorrow.
You see, this is the third message on the subject, the no
mores of heaven. And here's another thing that is
definitely not find in heaven, neither sorrow, not literally
means no more sorrow. And I ask myself the question as
I looked at those two words, why is there no more sorrow in
heaven? And they was thinking, of
course, of the fact that we live In a beautiful world, a world
that has fallen into and instead of sending a string and yet this
world is a very beautiful place. Let's think of the most
beautiful places in the world that you could visit.
Here's the top of the list. The Giant's Causeway in North
Andhra sure there's no greater place than the Northbound from
coast and the young people are looking forward in the month of
August to go in there. Think of the fairy pools and the
Isle of Skye and Scotland, we're going to revisit the Scotland.
Good Adela Sky. Visit the fairy.
Put what about the Grand Canyon and National Park in the United
States of America? What about Milford saying in New
Zealand? What about the Amazon rainforest
that brother? Bill Woods is experienced and
Pastor? Victor Maxwell mentioned here,
last Sunday evening What about the pyramids in Giza?
Wonderful Construction in the land of one of it.
The Taj Mahal in India. What about Mount few high?
In Japan or Machu Picchu in Peru, where the Victorian Falls
and Zimbabwe in Africa What about all Jerusalem in the land
of Israel. I've been there blown away as I
thought of that ancient silly. What about Antelope Canyon in
the USA? You see, you can visit any of
these places. And I want to tell you all of
them, they are spectacular. They are breathtaking.
When you would be, there you be thinking of your friends, you've
been looking for the Postcard, wish you were here.
Now any of these one places and all of them combined they He'll
into the Shadow. The parent and significance.
In comparing to the glories of Heaven.
What is heaven real? Ali.
I was sitting and they we study in the bedroom for her rules
house. Me.
And I was thinking last date of the death and burial of our dear
friend geum's low. I was thinking of him at 11:20,
because that's the very moment. He Dade Centre de we taxed to
the family. One week and have them tonight
and, you know, was thinking of GM's law could send us a
message, maybe a postcard. If he could get a message out of
Glory, what would it be? Well, surely it would be this.
I wish you were here. I wish you could see this.
This is beyond our wildest dream in imagination.
You see the Bible says in First Corinthians, and in Chapter 2
and in the verse name, listen to the word of God.
This is what it says but as it is written eye hath, Not Seen
Nor Ear, heard neither hath indented into the heart of man,
the things which God hath prepared for them, not love
them. Heaven is a place of no Wars, no
more say no more death, no more sorrow.
And one of the reasons it's beautiful and spectacular.
So different from Earth. Is there's no more sorrow.
That's what we're going to think about, right?
Have 20 minutes, the reality of Sorrow has been removed.
That's the first point when it says, neither sorrow learned.
This the reality of Sorrow has been removed.
There's 101. Sorry. 100 references in the
Bible to the word sorrow. That's a lot.
What is sorrow? The Bible definition, is this.
It means an on easiness or peeing of mind which is produced
by the loss of something good. Produced by a frustrated hope.
Produced by the loss of Happiness produced by the
ability to grave. Now, that's a very good working.
Definition of what sorrow is and every time it's used in, the
Babel 108 references from the first reference Genesis, 3:16 to
the last reference Revelation 21, and for that's the main
thing that we should be thinking about.
And uneasiness or peeing of mind which is produced by the laws of
something good. Produced by a frustrated, hope
produced by the loss of happiness or produced by the
ability to grave You see why? Is there a hundred need
references to sorrow in the Bible if that's the true meaning
and concept and experience of Sorrow, then why is it mentioned
108 times? I already told you the first
reference is Genesis 3 and verse 16, listen to these words.
And unto the woman, he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow
and thy conception in sorrow. Shalt thou bring forth children,
and thy sorrow shall be to thy. And they desire shall be to thy
husband and he shall rule over thee and unto Adam.
He said, because there was hearkened unto the voice of thy
wife and has eaten of the tree of which I commanded thee saying
Thou shalt not eat of it. Cursed is the ground for thy
sake, in sorrow, shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life.
You see this sorrow? This multiplication of Sorrow to
the woman in childbirth and there's two mentions of Sorrow
here Genesis, 3:16 Genesis 3:17, the very first mention of foot
and the second mention of it is in connection with sin, you see.
Sorrow is the result of sin. It was part of God's punishment
to to Adam and Eve. They both a dead spiritually.
They both had become Sinners by Nature.
ER, there were also nice Sinners by practice, and, and as a
result of their fallen to a state of sin and mystery God
said to the woman, your sorrow will be multiplied.
In childbirth, and some of you have given birth to Children,
the women folk know the p, and of childbirth, and not only
that, Experienced a time of peeing and anguish, and, and
crying age. But to Adam, the growing was to
be cursed and he was to eat his bread by the sweat of his bride.
And he would have sorrow, even in the labor or off the grind.
And to me, that's a messenger. Sorrow has come into our world
due to sin and the fall into sin.
This biblical, meaning the supplies in the world, because
of sin all the sorrow in the world, from the first mention of
Sorrow to the last. As for a rich, variety of
reasons, can be all Trias back to this ultimate cause to the
fall into sin, you see a New Journey of Life.
Everyone of us Center Center is going to know when experience
sorrow. Man, that is born of woman is of
few days and full of trouble as the Sparks Fly upward and not
trouble will bring sorrow Into the Heart of Mine.
It will be produced by a loss of something good.
They'll be a frustrated, hope along the way.
They'll be a loss of Happiness. They'll be, they experience of
grief that will bring sorrow to your heart and Main turn over
there. To John's gospel.
Look with me for a few minutes at John chapter 16.
Lord Jesus. Speaking to his disciples.
He's already said to them, verse 17, then some of his disciples
among themselves. What is this that he saith unto
us a little while and ye shall not see me.
And again, a little while you shall see me.
And because I go to the father, and, and they said, therefore
what is this that he saith the little while.
We cannot tell what he said. You see, here's the eve of the
crucifixion and the Lord. Jesus knows their fears and dice
And he is reformed them in a little while you'll not seeming.
There, wonder what on Earth is happening?
Where's he going on? And then again a little while
you will see me she was going to go away somewhere and he's going
to come back again. What does this all mean?
And they're questioning and here's the the sorrow not of
sin, but here's the sorrow of science.
A little while, you will not see me as a reference to his death
and crucifixion on the cross. And then a little while you
shall see me, I believe is a reference to his resurrection.
And if you look with me at verse 20, we have our John 16 verse
20, verily, verily. I say unto you, that ye shall
weep and lament. But the world shall rejoice and
ye shall be sorrowful. But your sorrow shall be turned
into Joy. Ye shall weep and lament ye
shall be sorrowful. But your sorrow shall be turned
into Joy. Here in the Journey of Life
Judas in the disciples entered into the deep valley of peeing,
and woo, and anguish. cruel man, were going to Crucify their
lord. They were going to put him to
death. I trust, you've never seen The
Passion of Christ. I have no desire to, I wouldn't
recommend it. It wouldn't Advocate it, but in
our mind of tried to imagine what brutality and what bharathi
was meted out to Christ and the horrible death of crucifixion,
and I have no doubt that to witness that as the disciples
dead, it would have filled our hearts and Minds with immense
sorrow that they have murdered our Lord to put him to death.
And you think of the impact of the Physical sufferings of
Christ under sorrow that have brought into the hearts and
minds of the disciples. He says, ye shall be sorrowful.
That means filled with sorrow and crais.
Remember is the Man of Sorrows, is I have 53, he is acquainted
with grief. He says, if we use the words of
Lamentations 1 and 12 is an often to you, all you either
pass by beholding, see if there be any sorrow Lake on the my
sorrow which is done unto me for with the Lord have the flicked,
it vein, and the day of his Fierce anger, not only the
sorrow of since, but, but think of the sorrow of the see, if you
are, you think of him and get salmony when he prayed?
And the Bible tells us, he sweated as it were great.
Drops of blood, you think of the sorrow of Christ and cabasa the
Judgment Hall where he's unjustly trade, where he's
beaten, where he's accused for he scourged, Where they plot the
crown of thorns and crush it on to his lovely bride.
And then come from the hair to the sorrow of global growth.
And there they put him to death that horrible death of
crucifixion and he's saying to them without our the world will
rejoice. But ye shall be sorrowful.
You'll see my sorrow because remember, he's the man of
Sorrows and acquainted with grief and the Lord Jesus is
saying. But after that, Your sorrow will
be turned into Joy. You see what's he doing?
He's preparing his disciples for the overwhelming Sorrows of
human life. These next few hours that has
harassed as unjust trial. The beating the mockery, the
scourging, the putting to death, the we world was going to come
crashing die, their hopes and dreams will be shattered the
promised Messiah. Oh, he's now you dead.
And how often is that not a picture of life?
You're we hopes and dreams have been shattered.
Your we world has come crashing Dane.
What do you? Hang your hopes on tonight.
Alexander wait said, thus we often hang heavy weights and the
thinnest of wires, do we not hang our hopes and fragile
things on certain things, transitory things.
We hang our hopes and health, we hang our hoops and wealth.
We hang our hopes and family. We hang our hopes on a few good
meets. We hang our hopes on our homes,
but that's not the real and the proper foundation for Hanging
her hope so, because that's not the real foundation for lasting
Joy. It's totally inadequate.
Jesus said, but your sorrow shall be turned into joy and a
little way you'll still see me and what was not seeing of
Christ. The second time, it was the
doctrine of the Resurrection. One for his death, in a little
while you're not see me, but another little while you will
see me, it's the doctrine of the Resurrection.
And you see, we will have sorrows in this Fallen World and
when our loved ones are taken and death comes unexpected and
were plunged into a state of grief and sorrow on the sting of
grief comes. What would you do?
Could I remind you to expect bereavement and when death
takes, please still be a range of emotions.
One of those emotions as numbness.
That's a common feeling and the early stages there.
So mistake, denial, and disbelief and confusion shock
sadness, anger guilt and despair, we may not even be
prepared for the intense duration of these emotions, your
mood can change all of a sudden you're happy and joyful and the
next you're down. Cask and you're depressed.
That's all normal. That's all hell.
Say, there's there's nothing on scriptural.
There's nothing on spiritual about feeling sorrow, why?
Because Jesus was the Man of Sorrows and acquainted with
grief. Another thing we should do when
we experience bereavement as Have time out for herself.
You'll never stop missing. Your loved one.
You will find it hard to accept. a major loss has come and that
grieving outward is expression of Outlaws, and when you grieve,
you'll experience, Physical difficulty.
Your experience grief psychologically, you know the
experts they talk about four stages of grief, accepting
losses, real to experiencing the pain of grief 3, adjusting to
life, without your loved one for putting energy into a new life
for or something new to maximize their memory.
But I've added a fifth and was this The grief of God's people
is different from the world. You see you over there and first
Thessalonians and 1st Thessalonians, chapter 4 and
verse 13. Paul says this, but I would not
have you to be ignorant Brethren concerning them, which is, which
are asleep that ye sorrow not even as others which have no
hope. Do not sorrow like those who
have no hope. Remember the hoop and Christ,
remember the hope of the Gospel, it's not ungodly to grieve, but
in these stages of grief, let's remember the grief of God's
people as different from the world.
Let me tell you this little story, Campbell Morgan Wells,
preacher Congregational Church when he was 30, there was the
loss of a little daughter in the family.
His wife was heartbroken and so was he 40 years later?
He's preaching. On the subject of Crash, raising
Jairus daughter. He mentioned the loss of his
little girl, despite prayer the little girl wasn't healed.
And he said this, she has been with him and his heart and mind
for all these 40 years. And he said as we measure time
here, I have mr. Every day.
And what has sustained me these 40 years?
Only believe the strength of my redeemer, the security of his
resurrection. The sweetness of reunions to
come I believed not. He wrote in his diary six months
after the little girl died. He was 31 at the time.
Psalm 23 verse 6. Surely goodness and mercy shall
follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the
house of the Lord forever. And then he wrote after that
verse their new accidents with him, we are all under the
father's government. He felt the strength of that
loss every day for 40 years. And yet he also felt the new,
the sustaining grace of God as he believed in the Redeemer.
The resurrection of the day of reunions, he godly man or not
immune from sorrow, the Lord Jesus was not immune from sorry,
that's why they called him the Man of Sorrows and acquainted
with grief. And you need to fill your mind
with who Christ is and what he's done.
This Resurrection has returned the restoration of all things
and you haven't under your Earth.
There's the sorrow of the word of God, but there's also the
sorrow of the world, a sorrow because of sin, a sorrow that is
where Lee, hi. Many people are too, worldly to
repent. I heard a pretty young woman she
was troubled a bitter said and salvation.
She was troubled about her soul. She wanted to be see if she was
18. She was attending a Gospel
Mission and one particular night midweek, she was talking to the
preacher and he said about coming and Friday night
mentioned, the young people and those that were taking part and
she said well she would think about it but she wanted to go to
a particular dance and she talked to that preacher about
getting saved and Yet, she mentioned over.
Don't want to go to the dance and the Freddy nature, like a
money obtained, and surely, God wouldn't cut me off.
He, he warned her about putting off the day of salvation, he
stressed to her behold. Now is the accepted time.
Now, is the day of salvation today, if you will hear his
voice Harden, not your heart, he says books, not thyself of
Tomorrow new month wanted a report.
But no matter what he said, she decided Friday night.
I'm going to the dance. She was a beautiful young lady
Carefree. She danced the night away.
Should a good time. Jade.
But eventually she left the Dance Floor, she felt unwell.
Where's the stress? She was thinking, somebody
spiked my drink that. I take some pills that some of
these government wasn't supposed to into headed for the port.
She felt sick and she thought if she got a breath of fresh air
and her friends as she headed to the door, heard a crash, there
was a clatter, she fell in to the broom cupboard number of
buckets, a bucket of water was spelled And she failed into that
bucket. She took a massive heart attack.
You think of her last words to the preacher?
Surely God would not cut me off. And yet it is obtained.
Having spoke to the preacher about her sin, the bitter soul
of a getting saved. While there were sorrow in her
heart for her life state, it wasn't a sorrow under repentance
unto life. Listen to the word of God over
there and second Corinthians chapter 7 and in the verse 9, we
read these words written under the pen of the Apostle, Paul by
the Holy Spirit and I Rejoice not that ye were made, sorry,
but the sorrow to repentance for you were made.
Sorry, after goodly manner that ye might receive damage by us.
And nothing sorrow to repentance, there's the sorrow
of The Sinner. I want to move on very quickly,
the river of Sorrow. Has been removed, not only the
reality of Sorrow. But the root of Sorrow has been
removed. For the sorrow stem from well
obvious, isn't it? Stems from death?
Death. Comes we grieve with sorrow.
But in heaven there's no more death.
We've preached a not you can listen to the sermon, it stems
from disappointment, something you believe is going to happen.
Something you believe, even to be the will of God, your prayed
about it, you believe in your heart is going to happen and
then it doesn't work out and you're disappointed.
You experience sorrow. What about stemming from
disillusionment? When something doesn't work, I
hate giving him become better. And you can become angry and you
can turn against God, not turn to him, you can turn against
Jesus Christ, and many people do that.
Here's John 16 in these disciples were confused.
Why? Because it didn't believe that
Jesus Christ was the promised Messiah.
They didn't think that Jesus Christ would come as promised
Messiah to bleed into died in the tree in a little while.
You will not see me. You see, they believed in a
glorious promised Messiah, King of kings and Lord of lords.
Read the land of Israel of the Romans, but they didn't
understand a bit of suffering Messiah.
They hadn't read their Bible, Isaiah 53.
Verse 5 says, he was wounded for our transgressions.
He was bruised for our iniquities.
The chastisement of our peace was upon him, and with his
stripes We are hated. Who is the, hey, who's the has
asked? The rabbi will tell you the land
of Israel, but it's not. It's a reference to a person.
It's the reference to Christ, but the disciples didn't
understand that. And that's why they became so
disillusioned and despair that it stems from their poverty.
We're living in a fallen world, the whole of creation.
You're well, aware groom's at this moment and time waiting the
return of Christ over there in Romans chapter 8 and verse 20
and in 22. We read these words.
For the creature was made subject to vanity, not
willingly, but by reason of him have subjected the seamen hope
because the creature itself also shall be delivered from the
bondage of corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the children
of God for. We know that the whole creation
groaneth and travaileth in pain together until my the whole of
creation is groaning and straining waiting for the
Redemption of the body. We're waiting for the return of
Christ we did. For the day of Resurrection.
You and I still live in a fallen world were subject to death
disease, disaster droit. Or subject to dearth.
And because we are subject to this we can become sorrowful.
Here's the route. Here's the stand that brings and
Bridge the sorrow and yet the rid of sorrow and Heaven is
removed. It also stems from despair when
we see evil, triumphs Wicked Man, Prosper, Wicked being
elevated in positions of power. I've seen the wicked and great
power spreading himself like a Green Bay Tree.
The psalmist said when the ungodly prevails and the
righteous suffer, the righteous experience sorrow, they're sad
in their heart but listen to me carefully.
One day, all of these routes all of these things that cause
sorrow The stem of death and disappointment, and disillusion,
they'd be all gone. Jesus said what I do now, you
know, not be so no. Hereafter there's a mystery
here. One day, they'll all be
revealed. Every question will be answered,
every secret will be uncovered and you know, the reason why.
And one day will not be living in a fallen World who've been
living with Christ, Which is far better and then you have them in
years. And one final thing, the results
of the Savior has been revealed. We were singing.
They're deliberately a wonderful savior is Jesus.
My Lord a wonderful savior to me.
What kind of save your resume as we finish.
You see, he's a sensitive savior.
You know that, the Bible says he's a man of Sorrows and
acquainted with grief. As I have 53 verse 3, The Bible
tells us that a bruised Reed and a smoking flax, he will not
quench as we amazed that he bears with us.
You see were like sheep, were prone to wander.
And yet, the Bible calls us his own sheep, and we're so slow to
learn and understand. And he graciously and patiently
bears with us as the Good Shepherd.
And the Sheep were wavered on a sheep were weak.
As we said this morning. But also were worth something to
Christ. When you read the gospels, I
retook the Taemin taem again to explain and teachers disables,
that's what he's doing. John 16 in the upper room, the
eve of the crucifixion, he told them you're going to experience
a short season of sorrow, but he's not cool toward them, he's
not being mechanical, he's not dealing the Hem with in the
clinical fashion. Legis the father, put a the
children, so the Lord, pretty of them that fear Him.
You see, he's a Shepherd heart. He's a father's our, he's a
leaders heart. A sensitive savior.
He's also the suffering savior, the Bible says who for the joy
that was set before him endured the cross.
You think again of his immense sufferings kiss Emily gabbatha
Golgotha, aren't you glad tonight?
We rest in the doctrine of the bull atonement of Christ unrest
in the doctrine of the great resurrection of Christ.
Imagine of Christ be not risen as it was not.
Paul's argument First Corinthians 15:17 but he is
risen, he has conquered death, hail degree of the devil and
sin. The suffering savior.
Is The Sovereign savior. remember he said to his
disciples as we finish, but your sorrow shall be turned into Joy.
Hi is not possible. How can a Sorrowing man smile
even in the face of trial and trouble?
Let me suggest this the glory of the tree, Galatians 6, and 14
The Cross of Christ, that's hard to turn sorrow into Joy.
You see, through the Cross of Christ, and the power of God,
and the new birth, Fearless man were turned into faithful, man.
Broken Man were turned into bold man.
Confuse me and were turned into confessional men and they
confess Christ. What about the glory of the 10?
Death has come, but death has been conquered.
He's even got to see death from an eternal perspective.
Is we're going to think of what the Lord is doing.
Not not not not from our viewpoint, but from his
Viewpoint. Once you bring, he turns the
interview, then our light Affliction works for us.
A far more exceeding and eternal weight of Glory because what is
it? It's so little and comparison to
the world to come think of the glory of the throne room,
haven't we? Mediator on the throne, I as in
the slain lamb in the midst of the throne seated with the
father and he prays for us on his merits, not ours.
I'll tell you one final thing her Tamers go on, he's an old,
sufficiency savior, the Apostle Paul says this and second
Corinthians and chapter one and in the first four, he comforted
Us in all our tribulation, that we may be able.
To comfort them which are in any trouble by the Comfort
wherewith. We ourselves are comforted of
God, He's a sufficiency of Yer and I tell you tonight, he loves
you, I tell you tonight, he died for you.
I tell you tonight, he calls out to you.
Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.
He wants you to be saved. Do you want to be see of you
desire? Are you like that young girl,
you know about your sin? You know, you've got a soul, you
know? You need to be saved.
And you, you would love to Come to Christ.
You'd love to be sieved and why not?
Come come tonight. Come nigh.
Even where you set. As we stand the sing, this
Phelan, you could call her Lord. See, if me I perish and I can
assure you this Whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord.
Shall be saved. There was a man on a mission and
Rumbo, their worst sound of the front.
And he would donate one Friday evening.
And they stood at the car and I could hear the wave na Janam.
Couldn't talk to the preacher, and he's a bit shy.
But he came back in and I stand at the door and I said, can I
help you? And he says I just want to tell
you something. What is it?
I didn't know the man's name and he said I've called in the Lord
to save me. Tonight is her singing that
close in him. Andrei.
Malcomson snag and Heaven because of the time of the day,
when he called in the Lord, he was given not Chris to call.
It was the Holy Spirit at work. It wasn't his ability in part,
it was by the power of the spirit, and the spirit as a
desire in your heart to be saved, and you come to Christ
tonight.