BCM Retreat - John 11-12

Session 1 - John 11:1-45

Key things to hit on:

The sisters and their grief.

Jesus’ sovereign control.

Do you believe?

Jesus was proving a point that He is the resurrection.

Lazarus was DEAD.

Jesus wept - the word here is a sadness that shows anger. Like when Beckett or Baylor cry and are ticked off at the same time. It’s as if Jesus is demonstrating two things:

(1) Deep compassion for His Friends

(2) Anger at death and the fact that they stil dont know who He is.

“You won’t understand who I really am until I raise the dead. And oh by the way, I’m not even talking about Lazarus. you won’t understand until I lay my own life down and pick it back up again.”

Session 2 - John 11:45-57

Key things:

Loose him and let him go.

The religious leaders - they spoke the gospel but didn’t realize it.

The selfish proclamation of Caiaphas was actually a Sovereign prophesy about Christ.

It’s amazing how God can use the wicked as His servants.

There is power in a common enemy.

Jesus retreated to get to where He would eventually go. Ephraim - a place of double fruitfulness.

Session 3 - John 12:1-8

Extravagant Gratitude.

Her gift

Their gripping.