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John 11:21-
John 11:38-
John 11:1-
PRAYER
There is so much packed in this text about who Jesus is and how he images God to us.
Where he takes the intangible character of God and plays it out for us.
You should know off the top that many do not believe that this event happened and the reason they do not believe that this event happened is because events like this do not happen!
to be clear....
As Christians, we do not argue that these kinds of events don’t happen.
We argue that the reason this event is so amazing, is because these kinds of events don’t happen!
And that is why it stands out.
v. 6 seems odd in context.
Why would Jesus, who evidently loves Lazarus wait 2 days?
That is why the resurrection of Jesus stands out and ought to grab our attention!
They are not regular occurring events!
They are signs; John says—point to Jesus as the chosen one of God.
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And through Jesus interaction and through this miracle we see a sign, a glimpse of how God often works in our lives.
And we see
We have a situation where in this story we have a family, a family that is close to Jesus; a family he was familiar with.
A family that we know from other Gospel is a place where he could slip off his sandals and and relax, humanly speaking....be himself.
And now they are in need and reach out to him.
Lazarus is sick and needs healing.
When Jesus hears this, we read one of the most confusing texts in the NT.
John 11:
He goes about his business for two more days and then tells his disciples they are heading to Judea, where Bethany is.
They are not pumped and question if it is a good idea since the last time he was their the religious leaders tried to kill him.
But we see throughout this text that Jesus is never surpized.
We witness a God in Control
I. GOD IN CONTROL (v.4,
9-11, 15, 23, 41-43)
when He hears of Lazarus’s death (v.4)
when His disciples question whether or not going to Judea is a good idea (vv.9-11)
when He hears that Lazarus has been dead for 4 days (v.23)
when He brings the situation before God in prayer (vv.
41-43)
But you get a sense that as uncertain as each situation seems, Jesus is in control; as chaotic as each chapter seems to the disciples, to Mary and Martha, that Jesus has read the book!
He has seen this story in it entirety.
If you’ve every broken the golden rule of watching ahead in a Netflix series, before your spouse, you know that tension, of you knowing the end, knowing how things pan out, while they riddle you with questions.
How many people watched the series Lost, when it was on?
or Stranger Things.
This is a question you and I ask often; isn’t it.
OK, there are two series that have you after every episode saying, what in the world is going on?
How can this possibly work out in any logical fashion.
Right?
What is the upside down, why does 11 love eggos so much?
all important questions to be answered!!
In reality....you and I are always the ones who have not seen the end of the story, have no idea what is going on.
And find peace and rest when we come to the author of the story, who was and is happy to enter into it even now.
And we might say, I have no idea what he is doing with my life!
I have no idea where he is taking me; it is scary and confusing.
Perfect candidate to be a part to this story.
The disciples NEVER knew what was going on?
The were always riddling Jesus with questions about why he was doing things a certain way.
Jesus, are we going to take Jerusalem now?
Jesus these teachings of your are strange; how can we possibly live them out?
Jesus there is no fish what are we going to do?
Jesus the storm, don’t you care?
It’s no wonder the gospels tell us that Jesus would often go off by himself to pray!!
If that is pop culture reference is lost on you, i apologize.
Like Mary and Martha we are continually looking to Jesus as the image of the invisible God and therefore the Author of all creation to tell us where this is going.
Asking the whys and the hows?
In v. 21
Jesus, You delayed.
Why would you do that?
Wait, God loves me, then why is he delaying??
If we are honest with ourselves, that is not just a question for stories like these that happened along time ago, made by 2 dimensional characters that we cannot relate to.
This is a question you and I ask often; isn’t it?
Wait, God loves me, then why is he delaying??
I have been walking in this mess for a long time.
Where is he?
I watched a loved one die?
I watched my marriage dissolved?
My parents divorce?
My father walk through alcoholism?
I didn’t promotion?
It is different for all of us.
But we have that question with big and small stuff.
PAUSE
Here, we have a family that know their stuff.
They have welcomed Jesus in to their home.
We have a family that know their stuff.
They have welcomed Jesus in to their home.
They are theologically orthodox!
So not only are they good friends, but this is a good home.
These people love Jesus and recognize that He is the log awaited Messiah.
Aren’t these the kind of people Jesus helps?
Why did you delay?
PAUSE
What I love bout this text is that it poses the question of where God was and why?
In 1981, the American Rabbi Harold Kushner published a book that attempted to deal with this problem.
The response of scripture would be that
If God is good, why is there so much evil in the world.
Why Do Bad Things Happen to Good People (the title of his book)
the title of his book
He proposed that God is either good and not all-powerful, or he is all powerful- but not good.
His answer to the philosophical problem was that
“God does his best and is with people in their suffering, but is not fully able to prevent it.”
Rabbi Kushner
He imagined, in light of the difficulties we face that we worship a God who likes us, wants what is best for us, but just can’t get to everything!!
Like Bruce Almighty trying to answer everybody but it is just impossible.
Too many emails....too many tragedy’s.
What’s a God to do?
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