Knowing Jesus: The God who know the End from the Begining.

Introduction

Yes it is true that God loves everyone, hence He demonstrated this by Giving up His Son for the remission of our sin that we might be reconciled with God our Heavenly Father.

Unfortunately not everyone love Him. But for those who do He demonstrates His commitment towards them by sticking with them in trouble or through the darkest moments.

Better still is the fact that God does not react to our needs, He is proactive because He formed us and knows the end even before it all begins.

Primary Text

John 11:1–6 NKJV

Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.

Jesus relationship with Lazarus family

He loved them and they loved Him

Mary didn’t think it as anything to give Him a befitting offering even in the midst of criticism.

John 12:3 NKJV

Then Mary took a pound of very costly oil of spikenard, anointed the feet of Jesus, and wiped His feet with her hair. And the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil.

They were called friends of Jesus, just as you are too .

John 15:14 NKJV

You are My friends if you do whatever I command you.

He is not a fair weather Friend

Psalm 9:9–10 NKJV

The Lord also will be a refuge for the oppressed, A refuge in times of trouble. And those who know Your name will put their trust in You; For You, Lord, have not forsaken those who seek You.

Psalm 23:4 NLT

Even when I walk through the darkest valley, I will not be afraid, for you are close beside me. Your rod and your staff protect and comfort me.

Romans 8:28 NKJV

And we know that all things work together for good to those who love God, to those who are the called according to His purpose.

He’s always on time! and not reactive but proactive.

Even though we are required to ask, nevertheless the situation never catches the Lord unaware.

So, the question should never be “God why? but God What? This is why he said we should not be anxious about anything.....

Philippians 4:6–7 NLT

Don’t worry about anything; instead, pray about everything. Tell God what you need, and thank him for all he has done. Then you will experience God’s peace, which exceeds anything we can understand. His peace will guard your hearts and minds as you live in Christ Jesus.

Matthew 6:8 NKJV

“Therefore do not be like them. For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.

Psalm 139:13–16 NLT

You made all the delicate, inner parts of my body and knit me together in my mother’s womb. Thank you for making me so wonderfully complex! Your workmanship is marvelous—how well I know it. You watched me as I was being formed in utter seclusion, as I was woven together in the dark of the womb. You saw me before I was born. Every day of my life was recorded in your book. Every moment was laid out before a single day had passed.

Conclusion

Romans 8:31–32 NKJV

What then shall we say to these things? If God is for us, who can be against us? He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how shall He not with Him also freely give us all things?