Do Not Recuscitate

John 11:1–14 NLT

A man named Lazarus was sick. He lived in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on the Lord’s feet and wiped them with her hair. Her brother, Lazarus, was sick. So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.” But when Jesus heard about it he said, “Lazarus’s sickness will not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of God so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.” So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, he stayed where he was for the next two days. Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.” But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there again?” Jesus replied, “There are twelve hours of daylight every day. During the day people can walk safely. They can see because they have the light of this world. But at night there is danger of stumbling because they have no light.” Then he said, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.” The disciples said, “Lord, if he is sleeping, he will soon get better!” They thought Jesus meant Lazarus was simply sleeping, but Jesus meant Lazarus had died. So he told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

Does God ever say no when we ask for healing?

Does Milton need to be healed?

Does Milton need to be healed?

How many people did Jesus put in Jeopardy?

How many people did Jesus put in Jeopardy?

they’re gonna kill you

What do you think they were thinking?

Jesus just let Lazarus die

would he protect them?

JP: something bothered me about the text

nobody told Jesus Lazarus was dead

CLAIM: Jesus knew Lazarus was gonna die

Jesus knew Lazarus was gonna die

Me: it’s a jump cut

CLAIM: Jesus never intended to heal Lazarus

How does that make you feel?

look at v4

Jesus says the sickness is going to be a tool for God’s glory

CLAIM: God can get the glory out of sickness and death

CLAIM: Sometimes things we love have to die