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Have you seen the Glory of God?
There is probably no more vivid story of what salvation looks like in scripture than this text we have just read.
We have many texts and many explanations of what salvation is.
We know terminology like, if you believe in Jesus you will be saved or Jesus died and paid the debt so that you can be forgiven and go to heaven.
These are things you MUST know and you MUST believe, that is if you want to be part of Christ’s people and if you want to call yourself a Christian.
But, have you ever stepped back and wondered, what does it look like to be saved?
Just what happens to someone when they are saved?
The picture in this text is probably the most vivid picture you are going to get of that here on this earth.
We do not have time to take it all in tonight.
There are weeks worth of messages in each verse of this text.
However, let’s take a look at God’s Glory in saving and while we do it keep in mind this question, am I in a tomb?
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If you know that story you know that right before this is the shortest sentence and verse in the Bible.
Jesus wept (John 11:35, ESV) It says Jesus wept not when he head about Lazarus dying but when he saw them crying.
The people there assumed that he was crying because he was sad that Lazarus died.
But lets think about that for a moment, was Jesus moved because Lazarus died?
The word for moved is embrimaomai (Em bree mow mia) which means “insist sternly, state with firmness”1 So the roots of this word are not in empathy (Jesus having sadness).
They are about rebuke.
Jesus is very upset by what he is seeing.
The author tells us he was “deeply” moved.
He had this stern face and he had tears before he even gets to the tomb.
Why this stern face before he gets to the tomb?
I think the answer is in verse 37.
They said (the people are talking about why Jesus was crying) “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man also have kept this man from dying?”(Jn 11:37, ESV).
Jesus is not moved by death, Jesus is master of death, remember the leaders daughter?
When everyone was saying she was dead what did Jesus say?
Jesus said, “she is not dead but sleeping” (Mark 5:39, ESV).
Earlier Jesus has already told the disciples that Lazarus died: he told them “… Lazarus has died, and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe” (Jn 11:14–15, ESV).
So Jesus with this stern face comes to this tomb.
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The tomb was probably a cave in the side of a hill or mountain.
That’s what the Greek words used for tomb in this case indicates.
(stop and illustrate the situation).
Jesus says remove this stone.
In essence Jesus is saying, take away the thing between me and Lazarus.
But Martha, she stands for all of us in this picture, says Lord if we take that away we are going to be uncomfortable.
If you are a Christian you do this.
The Lord says, get that thing out of that persons life that is between them and and me.
The Lord says go tell them about sin, to tell them about me (Jesus) and what do we say?
But Lord, that will be uncomfortable.
We don’t wanna tell people about their tomb; why don’t we want to tell them, because we don't love them enough.
No, we don’t love the glory of God enough because look what Jesus says next.
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Jesus looks at Martha, He looks at you, and says with that thing in the way is you CANNOT see my glory.
You cannot see the glory of God.
Notice, it doesn’t matter if you are the one in the tomb or the one called to move the stone you cannot see the glory of God unless you pull back that stone.
As long at the stone is over the door of of your tomb, or your friends tomb, or you families tomb m, you will never see the glory of God.
It does not mean that the Glory is not there.
God does not need you to do anything in order for him to be Glorious!
But you won’t see it, you won’t taste it, you won’t be able to enjoy it, if that stone is there.
My friends you want to see the Glory of God!
It is the best most beautiful thing in the universe and you should be willing to go through any discomfort to get at it.
Your life is incomplete until you have seen it!
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I want you to notice something here.
Who moves the stone?
Did Lazarus get up and move it?
No, he is dead.
Who moved the stone?
Other people; “They” took away the stone.
That’s what I am doing right now.
I am pulling back that stone.
That is what Derick is here for, that is what Pastor Randy does, we pull back stones.
That is what you are supposed to be doing.
It is not a comfortable job.
Remember the video we just watched?
Wouldn’t it be nice to be up here and tell about how much money God will give you.
Or how good of a person you are.
Those are people that say they are stone pullers, but they are not.
Look at what Jesus did.
Jesus didn’t say, “Oh Martha be a dear and open the tomb for me, if you believe in me you can have anything you want.”
NO! Jesus said, if you want to see the glory of God you pull that stone back.
Pull it back an uncover all the uncomfortable truths.
Pull it back and uncover this sin.
Shine a light were no one wants it shined.
Who wants to smell someone that has been dead for 4 days?
Believe me you do not want to.
Most people vomit the moment they smell something like that.
But, Jesus said pull back that stone, you might vomit, but if you don’t pull this stone back, you won’t see the glory of God and the Glory of God is that important.
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Jesus then prays.
Not for himself, and not for the dead guy, but for those people who are around him.
Pay close attention to why Jesus is praying.
He is praying so, “that they might believe”.
He is praying because those people around him, many of them, are all in their own spiritual tombs.
They look like they are alive but they really aren’t.
Matter of fact Lazarus, the dead guy, has more life than they do.
Why is Lazarus more alive?
He Believes!
Jesus tells us that he prayed so they “would believe.”
He knows Lazarus believes, he know Lazarus is dead so that God’s Glory will be shown in in him.
He prayed so you would believe, let that sink in.
Jesus is saying that this whole story is happen so they, what?
So that you would believe.
Remember that question I asked you to remember from before, am I in a tomb, now is the time to think about that.
Are you not pulling back stones and showing the glory of God because you are in a tomb yourself?
Is there something between you and Christ?
Friends, relationships, video games, what is it?
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