God and one day death will no longer separate us from one another Until His Second Coming death is defeated but not destroyed Until that day it serves His glory Jesus said This sickness will not end in death No ID: 604568
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Death no longer separates us from
God and
one day death will no longer separate us from one another.
Until
His Second
Coming, death
is defeated, but not
destroyed. Until that day, it serves His glory.
“Jesus said, ‘This sickness will not end in death. No,
it is for God’s glory
so that God’s Son may be
glorified through it
.’
”
(
Jn
11:3-4)Slide3
How do we understand
His love
in this time when death is defeated but not destroyed?
“
Jesus
loved
Martha
, her sister and Lazarus.”
(v5
)
“Then
the Jews said, “See how he
loved
him!”
But
some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
(v36-37)Slide4
I. Martha:
The Doer / “Hands
”
Martha
said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died
.” (v21
)
Martha asks:
Now what will we do?Slide5
Jesus Responds:
Who I Am Will Be All You Need
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
(v25-26
)
Jesus’ love promises:
power and purposeSlide6
II. Mary:
The Feeler / “Heart”
“Mary
fell at his feet and said,
‘Lord
, if you had been here, my brother would not have died
.’
When
Jesus saw her
weeping . . .” (v32-33)Mary asks: Why are you letting me feel this way?Slide7
Jesus Responds:
I Feel What You Feel & See What You See
When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was
deeply moved
in spirit and
troubled
. “
Where have you laid him?” he asked.
“
Come and see, Lord,” they replied.
Jesus
wept.
(v33-35)
Jesus’ love promises:
presence & passionSlide8
III. The Jews:
The Unbelievers / “Head”
“Then
the Jews said, “See how he loved him!”
But
some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
(v36-37)
The Jews ask:
How can your love & life be true?Slide9
Jesus Responds:
Trust Me Now & See For Yourselves
J
esus
, once more
deeply moved
, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance.
“
Take away the stone,” he said.
“
But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
Then
Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that
if you
believed [trusted]
,
you would see
the glory
[love] of
God
?”
So
they took away the stone.
(v38-41)
Jesus’ love promises
:
immediate
action!Slide10
So
they
took away the stone
.
Then
Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
I
knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
(v41-44)