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Believe in Whom not belief in What.
Recap from last week.
Lazarus was sick.
Jesus told them that the sickness would not end in death.
Jesus told them that it would serve to glorify God.
He can do all of this, because Jesus is sovereign.
Sovereign over Lazarus, Mary, Martha, and His own situation.
Now, Lazarus is dead, and the disciples think that Jesus going back to Judea is a bad idea.
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They are no doubt questioning Jesus’s ability to deliver on His promises.
One of His promises seems to have already hit a road block.
But Jesus insists that they go.
Keeping in mind Jesus’s promises in verse 4.
Jesus has waited 2 more days where he was and by the time he arrives, Lazarus has been in the tomb for 4 days.
Dead even longer.
At this point they are coming to the end of the grieving process where life will soon get back to normal.
However, those who are there to comfort Mary and Martha are still there.
o comfort Mary and Martha are still there
Look, in verse 18-19.
First off, Bethany, where they live is near Jerusalem.
I think John mentions this for two reasons.
Jesus is in the hotbed of hatred towards him.
The people in Jerusalem were the ones seeking to stone him a few chapters ago.
Jerusalem housed all the religious leaders.
The Pharisees, the Sadducees, the scribes, all who hated Jesus.
This is precisely why the disciples didn’t want to go to this area.
They knew where Lazarus’s home was and the knew the animosity that existed there towards Jesus and anyone associated with Jesus.
Thomas is full expecting for Jesus to be killed and he is convinced that he will die with him and He isn’t too happy about it.
Isn’t it interesting that these men, who don’t want to die with Jesus, will one day stand strong and be killed willingly for Jesus through martyrdom.
According to tradition:
What changed in them?
Andrew- Crucified on an X shaped cross in Greece.
Bartholomew- Flayed to death by a whip in Asia Minor
James Son of Zebedee- Thrown off a wall- didn’t die so they beat him to death with clubs.
James the Lesser- Beheaded in Palestine
John- Died in exile on the isle of Patmos.
Jude- Crucified by magi in Persia
Matthew- impaled by spears in Ethiopia
Matthias- Stoned and beheaded
Peter- Crucified upside down by Nero
Philip Hung by Iron hooks upside down
Simon- Crucified in Persia
Thomas- Stabbed to death with a spear in India.
What changed in them?
I think we are about to find out.
They are going to come to understand who Jesus is and he is the one who will release them from any fear of death.
But for right now they are afraid and for good reason.
And Jesus isn’t going to help matters with this whole Lazarus thing he is about to do.
John moves this forward for us. the fact that many of the Jews from Jerusalem had come to mourn the loss of Lazarus.
This is important for many reasons.
There will be witnesses as to what will happen next.
Mary and Martha are there yes, but even more so there will be many who will testify to this miracle.
These witnesses will go into Jerusalem spreading the word about this miracle.
This is why John mentions this particular detail.
Many Jews coming would suggest that this family was well-known.
Lazarus’s death would have most certainly have been known by most people
So when Jesus does what he is going to do, this news will spread and it will spread fast.
Chapter 11 serves as a hinging point within the book of John.
Everything that happens here and and will serve to usher Jesus closer and closer to His death.
Obviously, Jesus is the one they’ve been waiting for.
What’s interesting here is that Martha surrounded by people who are seeking to console them and comfort her, at hearing Jesus was coming goes to him.
I don’t want to spiritualize this too much, but Martha knows who can truly comfort her.
Example:Me seeking to bring comfort.
Martha goes to Jesus seeking comfort and she will find it there.
But Mary stays in the house.
We aren’t told why.
Maybe she’s angry.
Maybe she is still in mourning.
By tradition, we know that people in mourning would often sit as people would come to visit them.
Maybe she doesn’t figure Jesus can do any good now.
The possibilities are endless.
One thing we do know about Mary is this.
She loves Jesus, and she will come and come quickly when he calls for her in verse 28.
This is her denouncing her faith in the one she previously worshipped and anointed.
she does love Jesus and she will come and come quickly when he calls for her in verse 28.
But while she stays, Remember Martha is making her way towards Christ.
This isn’t Martha rebuking Jesus.
She isn’t fussing at Jesus.
Verse 21 should be understood in light of two realities.
Martha Is grieving.
Death is a hurtful thing.
It brings about emotions that we really aren’t sure how to deal with.
Last week, we spoke of the awkwardness of death.
Martha is feeling the weight of that.
We all have or will feel the weight of this.
Whether it be the death of a grandparent, a parent, a spouse, a brother, a sister, a child, when death happens, it hurts.
This is a lady who loves Jesus and knows she loves Him, going to him in grief.
Martha still believes.
She believes that Jesus is who He says he is.
In the middle of her grief she knows that.
Specifically, she believed that if Jesus would have been here, he would have been able to heal Lazarus.
Listen to what she says:
Some have taken this to highlight the supreme faith of Martha that she believes that Jesus can raise Lazarus from the dead or that she is expecting Jesus to do this.
I don’t think thats the case for a few reasons:
She’s grieving.
If she is confident Jesus will raise Lazarus, why has she welcomed the crowd of mourners?
If she knew Jesus could raise him from the dead, why is she grieving?
She wouldn’t grieving if this what something she was expecting
She had seen people be healed by Jesus, but death was a different animal.
Just look at the language of the previous verse and the verses following.
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