The Resurrection and the Life
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Welcome & Opening Prayer
Welcome & Opening Prayer
Thank for joining
Turn to John 11… PG. # in PEW BIBLE??
Open in Prayer.
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Introduction 🎤
Introduction 🎤
IF YOU’VE EVER DONE SOMETHING REALLY HARD in LIFE…
GREATER the CHALLENGE,, the GREATER the VICTORY…
DON’T FEEL REALLY ACCOMPLISHED BY EASY THINGS
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Sports Team—HUGE HOLE W/ MAJOR COMEBACK = MORE MEMORABLE…
Story: FEW YEARS AGO—COUDY FOOTBALL DOWN 4ish TOUCHDOWNS W/ 7 MINUTES LEFT…
FRIEND LEFT GAME
🏆DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN—MOMENTUM SHIFT, WON GAME. 🏆
**DON’T REMEMBER MANY GAMES,, BUT REMEMBER THAT ONE**
SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE—GREATER VICTORY.
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Focus: SAME is TRUE W/ GOD… the HARDER the SITUATION—THE GREATER GLORY HE RECEIVES…
Theology Point: NOTHING = HARD in GOD’S EYES— ALL THINGS POSSIBLE W/ CREATOR of ALL...
… BUT in OUR EYES “IMPOSSIBLE THINGS” = MORE PRAISEWORTHY!
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C.C. SOMETIMES— GOD WILL ALLOW HARD THINGS— TO SHOW OFF…
SOMETIMES DARKNESS = SIMPLY OPPORTUNITY to MANIFEST LIGHT… 🔦
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Focus: THIS = EXACTLY WHAT WE’RE GOING to SEE in OUR TEXT, TODAY…
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Transition ➡ B4 WE BEGIN… SET the STAGE
Context Recap 📍
Context Recap 📍
Setting: 🗺️JESUS & DISCIPLES = ON EAST SIDE of JORDAN RIVER… 🗺️
JESUS ESCAPED JEWS HANDS in JERUSALEM—THREATENED to STONE— “JESUS, & FATHER = ONE” (JN. 10:30)
Problem: JEWS ACCUSED HIM of BLASPHEMY—MAKING HIMSELF GOD
=> WHICH is BLASPHEMOUS UNLESS IT’S TRUE…
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Transition ➡ THERE, ACROSS the JORDAN,, JESUS RECEIVES SOME NEWS…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 1-4
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Passage Exposition: John 11:1-44 🔍
Passage Exposition: John 11:1-44 🔍
1. Setting: Lazarus’ Sickness & The Purpose (v1-4) 🤒
1. Setting: Lazarus’ Sickness & The Purpose (v1-4) 🤒
1 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
3 So the sisters sent to him, saying, “Lord, he whom you love is ill.”
4 But when Jesus heard it he said, “This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
News from Bethany: 🏡SMALL VILLAGE, 2 MILES EAST of JERUSALEM (REF. PALM SUNDAY)🏡
Special Family: Lazarus, Mary, and Martha
The News: LAZARUS = SICK
Faith: CERTAINLY—JESUS COULD HEAL LAZARUS, HE’D HEALED SICK PEOPLE COUNLESS TIMES…
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Good News: JESUS RESPONDS—SICKNESS ISN’T to DEATH—IT’S for the GLORY of GOD & HIS SON
**OPPORTUNITY for THEM to REVEAL THEIR GLORY**
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C.C.: HOW OFTEN DO WE HATE OUR PROBLEMS...FAILING to SEE THEM as OPPORTUNITIES for GOD?
Quote, Hymn, “Through It All”: “If I’d never had a problem… I wouldn’t know that He could solve them...”
Illustration?: APPRECIATE DR @ CHECKUPS— REALLY APPRECIATE DR WHEN YOU’RE SICK, HURTING
Relate: EASIER to FEEL THIS WAY W/ OTHER PEOPLE—
— SEEING GOD’S HAND in OTHERS’ LIVES
Insight: Without a problem, you don’t need a miracle. 💎
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Text/Conclusion: LAZARUS’ DEATH = OPPORTUNITY
… for JESUS to REVEAL HIMSELF & HIS GLORY…
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Transition ➡ WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 5-6
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2. The Intentional Delay (v5-6) ⏳
2. The Intentional Delay (v5-6) ⏳
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6 So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
Tension Builds:
JESUS LOVES FAMILY from BETHANY
HEARS LAZARUS is SICK
DELIBERATELY WAITS for 2 MORE DAYS
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Shocking: LAST THING YOU DO in an EMERGENCY is WAIT! RIGHT??
911 & AMBULANCE.
Illustration: WIFE & I WERE EXPECTING—NOT WANTING to CATCH BABY, LET’S GO EARLY…
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EMERGENCIES DEMAND ACTION
LOVE DEMANDS INTERVENTION…
YET JESUS WAITS…
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Transition ➡ AFTER 2 DAYS… THINGS START to PROGRESS…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 7-10
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3. The Return to Danger (v7-10) 🚶♂️
3. The Return to Danger (v7-10) 🚶♂️
7 Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
8 The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”
9 Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
Recap: REMEMBER, JESUS’ LIFE UNDER THREAT NEAR JERUSALEM
Disciples Conclude: “NUTS” for GOING BACK— JEWS TRIED to STONE HIM
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(V9-10) Jesus responds: ENIGMATIC STATEMENT ABOUT LIGHT & DARKNESS…
Some Scholars Conclude: REFERENCE to JESUS’ LIFE & DEATH
JESUS = LIGHT of the WORLD
HIS LIFE = 12 HOURS of DAY
BUT @ APPOINTED TIME—DARKNESS COMES W/ CRUCIFIXION…
Conclusion: NO NEED to FEAR— HIS “HOUR” WOULD COME @ FATHER’S TIMING…
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Transition ➡ JESUS WILL MAKE CLEAR WHY THEY MUST GO…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 11-16
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4. Plain Speech (v11-16) 💀
4. Plain Speech (v11-16) 💀
11 After saying these things, he said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”
12 The disciples said to him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.”
13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
14 Then Jesus told them plainly, “Lazarus has died,
15 and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”
16 So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”
Funny Exchange: DISCIPLES WHO NEVER GET IT…
The Euphemism: "Lazarus has FALLEN ASLEEP." 😴
The Reality: "Lazarus has DIED."
Theology Note: JESUS WASN’T INFORMED of LAZARUS’ DEATH— BUT SUPERNATURALLY KNOWS THIS to BE TRUE…
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(V15) Conclusion: JESUS = GLAD,, BECAUSE THIS MIRACLE WILL IMPACT DISCIPLES FAITH.
(V16) THOMAS CONCLUDES—LET’S GO DIE.
JEWS, STONING…
RESOLUTE FOLLOWING JESUS…
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Transition ➡ JESUS & CO HEAD to BETHANY…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 17-19
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5. Setting2: Jesus Arrives in Bethany (v17-19) ⚰️
5. Setting2: Jesus Arrives in Bethany (v17-19) ⚰️
17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.
18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,
19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.
Notice the tension building…
JESUS HEARS—LAZARUS is SICK
WAITS 2 DAYS
BEGINS TRAVELS
4 DAYS HAVE PASSED...
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Feels like eternity!!
Exhort: PEOPLE DON’T LIKE WAITING…
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(V19) Arrival in Bethany— TIME of GREAT MOURNING
Background: Mourning Rites in Ancient Judaism
Background: Mourning Rites in Ancient Judaism
ONE WEEK—FAMILIES STAYED HOME
PROFESSIONAL MOURNERS WERE HIRED
**MANY CAME CONSOLING MARTHA & MARY** — FAMILY of PROMINENCE
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Transition ➡ INTO this DARK, HOPELESS, GRIEF-STRICKEN TIME… STEPS the LORD JESUS…
WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 20-22
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6. Rising Action: The "If Only" Complaint (v20-22) 🗣️
6. Rising Action: The "If Only" Complaint (v20-22) 🗣️
20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house.
21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.
22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
MARTHA—EVER-BUSY SISTER—RUNS to JESUS W/ CRY: "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died."
**TIMEFRAME = HARD to NAIL PERFECTLY… NEVERTHELESS, SHE THINKS JESUS COULD’VE SPARED LAZARUS**
Faith: STILL an ELEMENT of TRUST—JESUS RECEIVES WHAT HE ASKS…
WHAT SHE’S THINKING? WE DON’T KNOW.
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Transition ➡ WE’LL SEE JESUS’ RESPONSE…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 23-27
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7. I AM the Resurrection (v23-27) 👑
7. I AM the Resurrection (v23-27) 👑
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
Clarifier: MARTHA APPARENTLY WAS NOT EXPECTING RESURRECTION…
“YOUR BROTHER WILL RISE” = INTERPRETED as END-TIME RESURRECTION…
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Background on Resurrection Beliefs:
Background on Resurrection Beliefs:
Growing Belief in Judaism: END-TIME RESURRECTION of ALL the JUST.
Greek Worldview: COMMON @ TIME — IMMORTAL SOUL— NO DESIRE for RESURRECTION BODY
Gospels: SADUCCEES DIDN’T BELIEVE,, PHARISEES DID…
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Conclusion: MARTHA BELIEVES— LAZARUS WILL RISE— WAY DOWN the ROAD— NOT HELPFUL RIGHT NOW.
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(v25) Jesus’ Responds: I AM the RESURRECTION & LIFE
Theology Point: RESURRECTION = NOT JUST a DATE—BUT a PERSON.
JESUS’ FAMOUS “I AM STATEMENTS”
JESUS’ FAMOUS “I AM STATEMENTS”
Background: WHEN JESUS SAYS “I AM” HE’S HEARKENING BACK to REVELATION of GOD’S NAME to MOSES
“GREAT I AM”
JESUS = “I AM” — HE is the HOPE of RESURRECTION & LIFE — HE is GOD INCARNATE…
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FUTURE RESURRECTION HINGES UPON JESUS CHRIST.
AS GOD—HE = SOURCE of LIFE .…
“BY HIM ALL THINGS WERE CREATED...”
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Theology Point: GOD = SOURCE of LIFE ITSELF…
Apologetic: NATURALISTIC WORLDVIEW CAN’T EXPLAIN ORIGIN of LIFE from NON-LIFE…
… HOW DOES the INANIMATE BECOME ANIMATE?? IT’S a MIRACLE.
SCRIPTURE TEACHES: BREATH of GOD
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Conclusion: NATURAL LIFE & ETERNAL, RESURRECTION LIFE = BOUND UP W/ JESUS CHRIST.
THE DYING ONE... WILL LIVE
THE LIVING ONE... WILL NOT DIE.
Quote, Scholar, “Believing in Jesus is the means by which people are joined to his resurrection life.
To believe in Jesus is to be plugged into the life that guarantees resurrection.
To believe in Jesus is to be united to the one who has life in himself, the one whom death cannot keep down.”
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(v26b-27) CHARGE to MARTHA—DO YOU BELIEVE?
SHE BELIEVES — JESUS’ PERSON,, LORD, CHRIST, SON of GOD…
DO WE?
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Transition ➡ GRIEVING SISTER STILL TRUSTS in JESUS…
WHAT WILL SHE DO NEXT?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 28-32
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8. Mary’s Response (v28-32) 💧
8. Mary’s Response (v28-32) 💧
28 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
29 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha had met him.
31 When the Jews who were with her in the house, consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.
32 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet, saying to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
Martha summons Mary: DO YOU SEE WHAT SHE SAYS??
“LORD IF YOU’D BEEN HERE...”
SAME EXACT THING as MARTHA
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Imagine: NARRATIVE RUNNING THROUGH THEIR HOUSEHOLD… “IF ONLY… IF ONLY… IF ONLY…”
LOOKING @ PAST W/ GRIEF
INSTEAD of @ FUTURE W/ FAITH…
JESUS WASN’T THERE WHEN LAZARUS DIED...
… BUT HE WAS THERE NOW…
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Transition ➡ WHAT WILL HE DO NEXT?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS 33-36
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9. Rising Action: Jesus’ Wept (v33-36)
9. Rising Action: Jesus’ Wept (v33-36)
33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.
34 And he said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
36 So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
DISTRESS of the PEOPLE = IMPACTING to JESUS
DEEPLY MOVED
GREATLY TROUBLED
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Scholars have various explanations…
**SEEMS JESUS = UPSET W/ WHOLE SITUATION —
— as RESULT of a SIN-STAINED, FALLEN WORLD**
Contrast: PRESENT EXPERIENCE W/ “VERY GOOD” INITIAL CREATION
GRIEVING PEOPLE ISN’T FINAL PLAN— ONE DAY TEARS WIPED AWAY
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IN MEANTIME—LIVING IN-BETWEEN, WORLD = FILLED W/ SORROWS—
CHRIST ENTERED INTO THAT SORROW — HE HIMSELF WEPT!😭
IN HUMANITY, HE UNDERSTOOD OUR PAIN & SUFFERING…
CHRIST KNEW:
BEING SAD/ANGRY
BEING HUNGRY, TIRED, WEAK
BEING BETRAYED/CRUSED
BEING HATED...
JESUS CHRIST,, GOD W/ US— KNOWS OUR PAIN, HE EXPERIENCED IT!
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Transition ➡ KNOWING JESUS COULD’VE DONE SOMETHING—
— THOSE AROUND HAD an “IF ONLY” COMMENT TOO...
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 37
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10. More Tension: The Crowd’s Pondering (v37)
10. More Tension: The Crowd’s Pondering (v37)
37 But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”
JESUS—MIRACLE-WORKER— COULDN’T HE HAVE PREVENTED THIS??
CERTAINLY HEALING BLINDNESS = HARDER than HEALING SICKNESS...RIGHT??
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EVERYONE’S FOCUS: “TOO LATE”
JESUS “COULD” .… TURNED INTO HE “COULD HAVE”
COULD HAVE KEPT LAZARUS FROM DYING… BUT DIDN’T…
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Transition ➡ HOW WILL JESUS RESPOND?
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 38-39
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11. Rising Action: The Stench of Death (v38-39) 🤢
11. Rising Action: The Stench of Death (v38-39) 🤢
38 Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, by this time there will be an odor, for he has been dead four days.”
JESUS,, AT TOMB— ASKS for STONE to BE REMOVED.…
MARTHA RESPONDS “HE STINKETH”
**NOTE: SISTER of the “DEAD MAN”
LAZARUS GOES from “CERTAIN MAN” (V1) TO “DEAD MAN” (V39)
Totally Dead: AFTER 4 DAYS in WARM CLIMATE,,
BODY ALREADY DECOMPOSING…
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Background: SIGNIFICANCE of 4 DAYS…
JESUS WAITED— to ENSURE LAZARUS WAS “DEAD-DEAD”
Background: SOME BELIEVED—SPIRIT HOVERED OVER BODY for RESUSCITATION for 3 DAYS…
JESUS WAITS TILL ALL HOPE is GONE— NO NATURAL EXPLANATION
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FLESH WAS DECAYING...
FAITH WAS WANING…
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Transition ➡ BUT the STORY WASN’T OVER…
LOOK W/ ME @ VS. 40-44
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10. The Miraculous Life (v40-44) 🎺
10. The Miraculous Life (v40-44) 🎺
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?”
41 So they took away the stone. And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42 I knew that you always hear me, but I said this on account of the people standing around, that they may believe that you sent me.”
43 When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out.”
44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
LAZARUS’ DEATH = FOR REVELATION of GOD’S GLORY in HIS SON…
JESUS CALLS to LAZARUS & LAZARUS LEAVES the TOMB BEHIND
**REMEMBER,, LAZARUS WAS DEAD-DEAD & HE HEARD the VOICE of CHRIST & AROSE**
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A ROTTING, DECAYING CORPSE BECOMES “THE MAN WHO HAD DIED”
=> DEADNESS ISN’T NORMALLY PAST-TENSE & NO LONGER APPLICABLE
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DEATH = INESCAPABLE… UNTIL “THE RESSURECTION” STEPS ONTO the SCENE
**IT’S ONE THING to MAKE the LAME WALK AGAIN
****IT’S an ENTIRELY DIFFERENT LEVEL to MAKE the DEAD WALK AGAIN…
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Takeaway: JESUS DIDN’T KEEP LAZARUS from DYING— HE KEPT HIM FROM STAYING DEAD… 🔓
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Transition ➡ SOMETHING ONLY JESUS CAN DO…
TOMB IS NEVER the END of the STORY W/ JESUS CHRIST…
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Gospel Invitation 📣
Gospel Invitation 📣
WE THINK THIS STORY = INCREDIBLE… BUT LET’S REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED a SHORT WHILE LATER…
JESUS BROUGHT HIMSELF BACK from the DEAD!
18 No one takes it from me, but I lay it down of my own accord. I have authority to lay it [HIS LIFE] down, and I have authority to take it up again. This charge I have received from my Father.”
HE is THE RESURRECTION & LIFE — HOW CAN YOU KILL the ONE CALLED “the RESURRECTION”
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SCRIPTURE STATES: CHRIST = FIRST-FRUITS of RESURRECTION
=> THIS HOPE = FOR ALL WHO BELIEVE
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JEWISH BELIEF in END-TIME RESURRECTION = PARTIALLY RIGHT. BUT SPLIT INTO TWO
CHRIST
& THEN THOSE THAT ARE HIS.
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IT IS ONLY in CHRIST THAT WE CAN HAVE HOPE…
THE DYING BELIEVER WILL LIVE
THE LIVING BELIEVER WILL NOT DIE.
DEATH = WAGES & RESULT of SIN
=> CHRIST PAID FOR US
RESURRECTION PROVES HIS SACRIFICE WAS ACCEPTED
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THROUGH PERSONAL TRUST in CHRIST—WE CAN BE SAVED & RECONCILED to GOD…
JESUS TOLD MARTHA:
25 “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,
26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
BALL NOW in OUR COURT— DO WE BELIEVE?
HE is LORD
HE is MESSIAH/SAVIOR
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End of Time: GREAT DAY of RESURRECTION
SOME RAISED to ETERNAL LIFE
SOME RAISED to ETERNAL DEATH
DIFFERENCE is JESUS CHRIST
ETERNAL DESTINY HINGES UPON WHAT YOU DO W/ JESUS
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NONE of US CAN EARN OUR WAY to HEAVEN—GOOD NEWS,, HEAVEN CAME DOWN.
PUT YOUR TRUST in CHRIST, BELIEVE IN HIM for SALVATION
Invitation: Talk to me after service…
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Transition ➡ And now, for the BELIEVER,, what’s this PASSAGE TEACHING US?
SIMPLE TERMS—AS JESUS HIMSELF SAID…
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Application 🛠️
Application 🛠️
Passage Idea: Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life.
HE = the SOURCE… of LIFE & ETERNAL LIFE
NO OTHER WAY BUT JESUS CHRIST…
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2 AMAZING THINGS WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS from this Passage:
2 AMAZING THINGS WE LEARN ABOUT JESUS from this Passage:
1. A SAVIOR WHO CARES 🛐
HE LOVED LAZARUS & FAMILY
HE UNDERSTANDS GRIEF/FRUSTRATION/ANGER in FALLEN WORLD
HE ENTERS INTO OUR PAIN—UNDERSTANDS WHAT SUFFERING IS LIKE…
WEEPING OUTSIDE the TOMB of a FRIEND—KNOWING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN!
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2. IN CHRIST,, DEATH DOESN'T HAVE the FINAL WORD 📢
RESURRECTION SUNDAY = DAY WE REMEMBER,, CHRIST TRIUMPHED OVER DEATH.
IN CHRIST— WE HAVE HOPE of FINAL RESURRECTION
WE CAN ALWAYS HOPE…
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=> CHRIST is ALL-POWERFUL,, LAZARUS WAS DEAD 4 DAYS… TOO FAR GONE…
NOTHING it TOO HARD for GOD
IT’S NEVER BEEN TOO LONG if IT’S GOD’S TIMING ⏳
NO ONE is TOO DEAD,, IF CHRIST PURPOSES RESURRECTION…
EVEN in MOST HOPELESS TIMES—RESURRECTION BRINGS HOPE
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Conclusion:
Conclusion:
WE MIGHT NOT BE SPARED from EVERY TRIAL…
JESUS DIDN’T KEEP LAZARUS FROM DYING…
HE KEPT HIM FROM STAYING DEAD…
Same way: MIGHT NOT BE SPARED from EVERY PROBLEM— BUT END of the STORY = FILLED W/ HOPE…
ONE DAY: ETERNAL LIFE,, BLESSED NEW CREATION…
IN CHRIST WE HAVE HOPE...AMEN?
!! Close in Prayer !!
