II Corinthians 7:10 For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death.

 

(What is the absolutely, perfect godliness ever seen in a person? Is it not when the LORD, himself, came to this world:)

 

I Timothy 3:16a And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh,

 

(godly sorrow – Since Jesus is perfect godliness, what can we learn of godly sorrow from Jesus?)

 

Isaiah 53:3a He is despised and rejected of men; a man of sorrows, and acquainted with grief:

 

(Jesus knew that Jerusalem would soon reject him, and their sufferings that would follow:)

 

Luke 19:41 And when he was come near, he beheld the city, and wept over it,

 

(When Jesus felt the deep grief and sorrow of Mary and Martha for their brother:)

 

John 11:35 Jesus wept.

 

(Jesus experienced great sorrow in the garden of Gethsemane:)

 

Matthew 26:37 And he took with him Peter and the two sons of Zebedee, and began to be sorrowful and very heavy.

  38 Then saith he unto them, My soul is exceeding sorrowful, even unto death: tarry ye here, and watch with me.

  39 And he went a little further, 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.

 

Hebrews 5:7 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 in that he feared;

 

(Jesus’ greatest sorrows were when he was crucified for our sins:)

 

Isaiah 53:3 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.

  4a Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows:

  10a Yet it pleased the LORD to bruise him; he hath put him to grief:

 

(Jesus’ sorrow on the cross was also prophesied by David and Jeremiah:)

 

Psalms 18:4a The sorrows of death compassed me,

  5a The sorrows of hell compassed me about:

 

Lamentations 1:12a Is it nothing to you, all ye that pass by? behold, and see if there be any sorrow like unto my sorrow, which is done unto me,

  21a They have heard that I sigh: there is none to comfort me:

 

(This is the ultimate godly sorrow!)

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