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SERMON
Jesus said, “Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God; believe also in me” Jn 14:1
Jesus used these words a few hours before his death to instruct his disciples in how not to be troubled in death.
He does not ask you to stop grieving.
He doesn’t ask the impossible.
Jesus is fully human, so He knows what we are going through.
At the same time, He is also aware of the power of the resurrection.
And yet, though He knows this He still shed tears at the death of his friend Lazarus.
Nevertheless, He urges us: “Let not your hearts be troubled...”
How is this possible?
Why Should We Not Be Anxious, Worried, When Faced with Death?
Well, there are three truths Jesus gave to His the disciples and to you, for comfort at a moment like this.
I.
Because God is Really Here for You to Believe In
Jesus said, “Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God...”—
God, who created us and everything that exists, who is the Almighty, who numbers the hairs of your heads, who clothes the lilies of the field, who knows when a sparrow falls to earth.
He loves you more than all the things He created.
He loves you so much that He gave his only Son to suffer the penalty for your sin, for my sin, and for Lynn’s.
All the things we have done wrong, all those things that we should not have said, and all those things we have left undone, God forgives because of Jesus’ sacrifice upon the cross.
God who made and loves you this much is really here for you at a time like this.
He also made and loves Lynn in exactly the same way.
The second truth Jesus gives to comfort us at a moment like this is,
II.
Because Christ is a Real Savior for You to Believe In.
Not only did Jesus say, “Let not your hearts be troubled.
Believe in God...”,
He goes on to say, “Believe also in me”.
One day Jesus’ good friend Lazarus died.
Jesus visited the sisters of Lazarus.
His calm assurance to them was:
“I am the resurrection and the life.
Whoever believes in me will live, even if he dies.
And whoever lives and believes in me will never perish.
Do you believe this?” John 11:25-26 (EHV)
When Jesus was crucified He said, ‘It is finished,’ then he bowed his head and gave up his spirit” (John 19:30).
Jesus said, “Believe also in me.”
Believe that the death of Jesus paid for all sins of all time.
St. John writes:
“But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin” (1 Jn 1:7).
On Easter Sunday the message of the angel was:
“Do not be afraid, for I know that you seek Jesus who was crucified.
He is not here, for he has risen, as he said.
Come, see the place where he lay” (Mt 28:5–6).
Lynn believed Christ gave him life, life to the full, in his resurrection.
And though he was not an active church goer, he never stopped believing in this Jesus all though his life.
The last truth Jesus gives to comfort us on a day like today:
III.
Because There Really is a Place Prepared For You to Believe In.
Then Jesus said, “In my Father’s house are many rooms.
If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place for you?” (Jn 14:2.
It’s foolish to think we fully understand this picture, but know this Word of promise comes from the One who is the way, the truth, and the life.
We give thanks for Lynn’s earthly life and his Christian witness.
We rejoice in the gift of eternal life God granted him, and the crown of righteousness he will wear for all eternity.
This is such an incredible testimony of God love and grace.
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that Day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing” (2 Tim 4:8).
Finally, our Lord Jesus promises He will never leave those who confess Him as Lord.
He will be with us to do the following for us:
To strengthen our faith—so that we are not troubled by things we cannot understand, but will trust in almighty God, who made us his children through faith in Christ.
“But to all who did receive him, who believed in his name, he gave the right to become children of God” (Jn 1:12).
To strengthen our hope.
As we continue to listen to his words of truth and life.
Jesus is the one who has us in his plan, in his arms, in his love.
“And I am sure of this, that he who began a good work in you will bring it to completion at the day of Jesus Christ” (Phil 1:6).
To strengthen our love—to care for one another as Christ cares for us, to help us.
“And we have seen and testify that the Father has sent his Son to be the Savior of the world. . .
We love because he first loved us” (1 Jn 4:14, 19).
Dear Family, this is how Jesus comforts us and all his children.
“And this is the confidence that we have toward him, that if we ask anything according to his will he hears us” (1 Jn 5:14).
May we now, and at our last hour, trust in the comfort Christ has promised!
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
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