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“POUR It all!”
Intro:
There comes a time in our lives when we have to.......
“Live UP” and in faith believe that when we POUR, we are POURING without wasting......
And when I talk about POURING......I am specifically speaking about SERVING.
(pause)
And so.....
.....with the various favor of God we should be responsible in assisting each other with whatever level of gifting God has given to us.
(pause)
“Living UP” in our serving says....
I am going to use what I have been blessed with by God to impact the lives of those around me to the best of my ability!
(pause)
And in today’s text we see how this idea of Serving through “Living UP” is revealed to us in the characters of this biblical narrative in John’s Gospel.....
(pause)
Look at it now....
Freedom....
This word “Served” in the GK means .....
....to minister or render assistance
…to help or to care for
(pause)
Now....
.....when the bible mentions the “they” in this verse.
“they gave him dinner”
.....we don’t get the sense that it was a personal relationship between Jesus and the preparers of the meal.
…it just seems to be mentioned as we move towards the main characters in the family of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus.
(slight pause)
And....
....while I don’t want to minimze their actions I do want to highlight the fact that,
Martha was found SERVING!
(pause)
And so the first question I have is....
What causes martha to want to Serve Jesus?
.....to minister or to render assistance
....to help or to care for
Jesus in this way?
(pause)
Was it.....
Because of.....
Who Jesus is...........Jesus has proven he is the Resurrection!
What Jesus has done.........A Gratitude for his raising her brother Lazarus!
Who she is............Having a heart to honor and glorify Jesus Christ
(pause)
And while we really don’t know the totality of her reasoning.......
......What I do believe through Mary’s actions is that “Serving” says a lot about who we are!
It speaks towards how we see Jesus
It shows our level of appreciation toward God’s actions in our lives
It breaks down our Character in Christ
(pause and optional expound)
And I just believe.....
.....there must be some part of our story that says to the people who are observing our lives....
“We were found..........helping somebody at least once or twice in our lives!”
(pause)
Freedom....
.....after I looked at Martha, then I took a peak at Lazarus.
(slight pause)
and the text says,
“But Lazarus was one of those who sat at the table with Him.”
(pause)
And so what I wanted to know is....
“Lazarus........
.......after all Jesus has done for you.....
…please explain to me how Martha is Serving, but you are found Sitting!
Martha is in the scripture helping, or offering assistance.....
and....
Lazarus is in scripture with his feet kicked up in the air........
(pause)
Freedom can I ask you a question......
Who has Jesus done more for in the bible, than Lazarus?
He healed the blind...
He healed the lame.....
He liberated adulterers...
He spoke up for the unspoken.....
But......
.....who else in scripture can say,
“My life was OVER.......
......until Jesus showed up!”
(pause)
Lazarus.......
......don’t you do this!
........don’t you just sit there like Jesus hasn’t given you another chance at LIFE!
Lazarus......
........you got to “LIVE UP” better than this!
(pause and expound)
And Freedom......
......I don’t know all your business
.......but I know enough to know that God has done too much for each of you to choose “SITTING over SERVING!”
(pause - preach baker)
Freedom....
I tried to make sense out of Lazarus’s sitting......
And so I said to myself,
“Maybe.....
......something was wrong with him!”
(slight pause)
But......
.......no that can’t be it
.......because I can not imagine a Resurrection without a Healing!
(slight pause)
.....you don’t come OUT of the grave
......just to be SICK!
No..no..no...
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