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THE GOSPEL OF JOHN

III. The Opposition to the Son of God (5:1–12:50)

A. At The Feast In Jerusalem (

Jn

5:1-47)

B. During The Passover (

Jn

6:1-71)

C. During The Feast Of Tabernacles

(

Jn

7:1

– 10:21)

D.

During The Feast Of Dedication (

Jn

10:22-42)

E.

Because Of The Death And Resurrection Of Lazarus (

Jn

11:1-57)Slide2

1. The Report of Lazarus’ Illness

(

11:1-16)

2. The Return of Jesus to

Bethany

(

11:17-37)

3.

The Raising of Lazarus

(11:38-44)

a. Jesus’ Preparation (vv. 38-39a)

b. Martha’s Doubting (vv. 39b-40

)

c

. Jesus’

Prayer

(vv. 41-42

)

d

. Jesus’ Command (v. 43)

Read

Jn

11:43

. Slide3

~ Jesus

cried out so forcibly in

order that

everyone in the crowd

might

be

aware

of the fact that

the dead

would

respond

to His call!

~ It was His voice, the expression of His omnipotent will, which caused the dead man to come to life and to obey the command.

~ The voice of Jesus is potent and

lifegiving

!

~

Jn

5:25

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Christ’s power is more clearly seen by the fact that He did not touch the body with His hand but only called out, using His voice.

~ We are reminded of the centurion whose faith the Lord commended in

Lk

7:7

.

~

Here,

Christ points to us the secret and wonderful efficacy of His Word.

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~

So in the raising of Lazarus Christ shows us a visible sign of His spiritual grace which we daily experience through the perception of faith and the knowledge and application of His Word, for Christ shows that His voice brings life

.

e. Lazarus’ Resurrection (v. 44

)

Read

Jn

11:44

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There

was no question that a dead man had come back to life

.

~

John takes pains to refer to the cloth

around

Lazarus’ face and to the strips

of

linen, to indicate to us that Lazarus

came

out of the tomb just as he had

been

laid in it

.

~ Therefore,

Jesus promptly gave the

order

,

“Unbind him, and let him go.

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To

emphasize the wonder of the

miracle

, all that remained was for the Jews to touch with their hands the divine deed which they had seen with their eyes.

~ Christ

could have shaken off the

grave

clothes which bound Lazarus,

or

made them disappear

.

~

But Christ wants to use the hands of

the

spectators as His witnesses

.

~ Recall Thomas in

Jn

20:27.Slide8

Readers

cannot help but compare the resurrection of

Jesus (

Jn

20:7).

~

Lazarus was called to a restoration of

mortal life, and, therefore,

needed to

be

released from the

graveclothes

that

bound him

.

~

Jesus rose with what Paul calls

“a

spiritual

body”

(1Cor 15), leaving the

graveclothes

behind, materializing in

closed

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~

Though His resurrected body bore the

marks

of His five wounds and was

capable

of eating and of being

touched

,

it was raised with the

power

of endless life, the

firstfruits

of

the resurrection at the end

.

~ THOSE WHO HEAR JESUS’ SHOUT ON THE LAST DAY WILL PARTICIPATE IN HIS RESURRECTION. Slide10

Unwrap Session

Jesus

was and is the giver of life

.

~

He brings a second birth to those who

are

dead in sin.

~

But His gift of forgiveness and the

indwelling

Spirit do not create instant,

perfect

Christians.

~

We enter Christ’s kingdom with many

of

the old wraps still around us

.

~

Old habits and sinful behaviors,

painful

memories – all these require

gentle

, loving removal.

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~

Like

graveclothes

, we no longer need

them

.

~

We need fellow Christians and

Christ’s

power to unwrap us

.

~

Who can you help “unwrap”

?

~

The power He had just used to return

Lazarus

to the living could have easily

disintegrated

or loosed the wraps

without

help.

~

But Jesus involved those around him

in

the happy labor of unwrapping

Lazarus

.