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Introduction
Last Week
Jesus got word that His friend Lazarus was sick.
Jesus stayed around the Jordan for two extra days before heading out to see Mary and Martha
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, after being buried for four days!
Now our story picks up!
John 11:45-57
John 11:
Let’s Pray
John 11:45-46
Key #1
Key #1 Many Believed
Two Types of People
Those who believe in Jesus
Those who don’t believe in Jesus
Which one are you?
Those that follow Jesus follow His commandments - and if you attend Wednesday nights you know we spent weeks looking at the 50 commandments of Jesus!
Repent, follow me, rejoice, let your light shine, honor God's law.
Be reconciled, no adultery, keep your word, go the second mile, love your enemies, be perfect.
Practice secret disciplines, lay up treasures in heaven, seek the Kingdom of God, judge not, Don't throw pearls to pigs.
Ask, seek, knock, do unto others, choose the narrow way, beware of false prophets.
Pray for laborers, be shrewd as serpents, fear God, listen to God.
Take my yoke, honor your parents, beware false teaching, deny yourself.
Do not despise children, go to those who offend you, forgive offenders.
Beware of covetousness, honor marriage.
Lead by being a servant, make church a house of prayer, pray in faith.
Bring in the poor, render unto Caesar.
Love the Lord, love your neighbor.
Await my return, Be born again,
Celebrate the Lord's supper, keep my commandments.
Watch and pray, feed my sheep.
Make disciples, receive God's power, teach disciples to obey, Demonstrater God’s Power
http://swapmeetdave.com/Bible/Commands/index.htm
Followers of Jesus follow His commands - some of us need to read the commands of Jesus again and follow them.
Some of us are not followers of Jesus - like the Jews who ran off to the Pharisees to tell them what He had done.
John 11:47-48
Key #2
Key #2
Key #1 Many Believed
Key #2 - Even the Sanhedrin believed in the miracles
This is the only time the Sanhedrin is mentioned in John.
The Sanhedrin was made of two groups numbering 71 people -
The Sadducees
They were the priests, very political, wealthy, and aristocratic negotiating with the Romans.
Jewish historian Josephus said this in The Wars of the Jews Chapter 2:8, 14 - “The behavior of the Sadducees to one another is rather rude, and their intercourse wit the equals is rough as with strangers.”
We are about to see this when the High Priest speaks.
The 2nd Group are the Pharisees
They were the scribes, the followers of the law, they followed the law to the letter
And the High Priest - Caiaphas
Caiaphas - was the High Priest for 18 years - taking over the High Priest role from his father-in-law Annas
Verse 47 - This man is doing many signs.
They did not dispute the signs.
They did not dispute the healing of the blind man or the raising of the dead
They recognized that Jesus was performing miracles
Verse 48 - If we let him continue we might lose our place and our nation.
So let’s get this straight -
Jesus turns water to wine.
Jesus heals a blind man.
Jesus brings Lazarus back from the dead
They are worried that people might follow Him, that the Romans will then come in to squash the Jews that are letting this guy do these miracles - they will lose their place and their nation.
That’s quite an indictment on Jesus
We recognize that you are doing some pretty amazing miracles, but we can’t have people following you or we might not get to keep our wealth, and our position, and our temple, and our nation.
For non-believers these things are important right
Following Jesus means you may get made fun of
Following Jesus means following His 50 commandments - some of which are pretty tough
Following Jesus means that my family may disown me
Following Jesus means that I might lose my desires and dreams
Following Jesus means that I might lose my life
If you think the cost of following Jesus may be too high
Then you are no different today than the Pharisees and Sadducees
Jesus could not be allowed to continue His ministry - they may lose all the things that make them “them”
Let’s look at the exchange with the High Priest and his response
The High Priest was the spokesman for God
John, the author, recognized a double meaning in Caiaphas’ words.
- “It’s to your advantage that one man should die for the people rather than the whole nation perish.”
The whole nation would perish in AD 70 - 40 years after the death and resurrection of Jesus
Caiaphas wanted Jesus to die to save the nation - but Jesus died to save our souls.
Not just ours but the entirety of of the scattered children of God.
Caiaphas - while the High Priest, was also the spokesman of God - even though the words he said, were condemning Jesus, they were also the words that would lead to Jesus saving us.
John saw this in the prophesy of the High priest.
John 11:53
DA Carson said the following in his commentary on John
DA Carson
"Jesus is not to be arrested in order to be tried; He is to be tried because He has already been found guilty."
- D.A. Carson The Gospel According To John
The Sanhedrin had spoken - they were going to kill Jesus
Death was the verdict, without a trial
That’s not the type of judge I want
My verdict is death, you may now present your case.
Now imagine if you will - that you have 70 people plus the High Priest - and the plotting has begun.
How long do you think it took for the church grapevine to begin working - that they were going to kill Jesus?
Remember Nicodemus the member of the Sanhedrin that secretly went to Jesus at night and during that discussion with Jesus we get .
It’s possible that Nicodemus was there that night - as a ruler of the Jews
Nicodemus is mentioned in , we are now in - just 8 chapters later and the Sanhedrin, which Nicodemus is part of now is plotting to kill Jesus and Nicodemus will be at the tomb of Jesus in
My point is that there may have been at least one Jesus sympathizer out of the 70.
The grapevine woks both ways
So look what happens.
John 11:54
The word was out - they were plotting to kill Jesus
No longer just your random threats of stoning like we have looked at the last couple of weeks.
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