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John 11
Why does John give detail about who Lazarus was and where he was from?
John presumes his readers will know who Mary and Martha are.
Mark 14:
Parenthetically, this opening verse gives us great insight in the importance of reading the Bible in its entirety.
There are many ways scripture will help interpret scriptu
This Lazarus is mentioned here and in .
Bethany is on the east side of the Mount of Olives.
Lazarus is the same name as Eleazar and it means “God is my help.”
John presupposes that his readers have heard about Mary from perhaps oral traditions.
He tells her story in .
Couple of things to observe from this:
Christians and Jews are in steady contact with each other.
We are to meet together to strengthen and encourage each other.
The story of Mary was a beautiful example of Christian witness.
It was heard and discussed among the early Christians.
Notice there is no request to come heal him.
The reference LORD is an acknowledgment of Jesus as their Master and they are His disciples - It is not as we would do as a confession of His Deity.
The appeal is for not one that they loved but for one that Jesus loved.
Have you ever pleaded to Jesus saying, “Lord, the one You love is sick.”
The word for love here is PHILEOS which means an interpersonal association.
Other examples of this translation in the NT are:
John 16:27
John
John 21:15-17
1 Corinthians
Titus
Even those whom Jesus loves are subject to suffering, sickness, and even so as we see later, death.
I think Jesus wants us to trust Him with whatever we face.
“This sickness will not end in death.”
It is imperative that we make a quick reminder that those in Christ will have victory over death with the gift of eternal life.
“God’s Glory” the Glory of God.
How is the Glory of God portrayed in the Bible?
Notice how the Glory of God is portrayed in the Bible: “The Glory of God is some event or happening that reveals the Person or Power of God.”
In the Old Testament, the glory of God was manifested in some visible form - like a shining light.
Jesus knew that God would be honored; that the Glory of God would be manifested and advanced.
I think it is important to recognize that God is not glorifying in the sickness and death, that would be inconsistent with Who He is.
Rather, the outcome of Lazarus having to go through the sickness and death would be that which God is glorified.
Jesus could have been seen that He was hardened toward what was going on in Bethany or it didn’t matter.
John is portraying the truth of what Jesus felt about His friends.
This “loved” is AGAPE as compared to PHILEOS in verse 3.
Martha could be mentioned first here because perhaps she was the eldest.
In spite of this unconditional love for this family, Jesus stayed.
Was this true love that made Jesus stay for 2 more days?
He loved them: He had great affection and unconditional love for them.
He loved them enough to give them something better.
He love them: He longed to perform a miracle on their behalf - He had already healed the sick, raised the nearly dead, but He had yet to raise the buried dead.
God has great intentions, even when we think they are delayed.
Isaiah
Have you ever felt like that, the the Lord has forgotten you?
God’s time is always better than my time.
Spurgeon writes: “Sometimes true love may think fit to make us wait.
It may be the truest love on God’s part to let us lie sick and not come immediately to us to make us well.
Yes, the truest love may demand that the sickness should turn to death, for out of death He may bring the greater glory.”
Our Lord does not act according to our human scales.
The Bible reminds us that we humans do not see what the Lord sees:
Our God sees the end as we well as the beginning.
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