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Is there really anything more intense than discussions of life and death?
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Entice: Is there really anything more intense than discussions of life and death?
Particularly when it’s right now.
Someone we love is dying or has died.
Engage: How would you feel if your brother, Jesus' good friend had died?
And, it seemed like Jesus dis not really do what was in His power to help?
Any one of us would react like the mourning sisters we meet today.
one of us would react like these mourning sisters.
Expand: This story eloquently lays out all of the drama and all of the trauma of what it means to be human, fallen, and all too mortal.
We easily see ourselves in this plot-line...
Like the Characters in this passage we are Cynical
• Thomas=Resignation (Let's go die with Him.)
• Sisters=Accusation (If you had been here..?)
• Crowd=Insinuation.
(He loved him…he abandoned him)
Like the Characters in this passage we become Emotional
• Mary & Martha are devastated and filled with questions.
• Jesus is provoked and perturbed.
(angry enough to snort like a horse) Because the sisters were surrounded by insincere individuals who were looking to exploit the situation to get to Jesus.
exploit the situation to get to Jesus.
▾ Like the Characters in this passage we make it Personal.
• For Mary & Martha: this is between us and Jesus.
• For Jesus: This is between Me and death.
Jesus un-tombs and un-binds us liberating us from our captivity to death.
Explain: Your eternal life hinges upon your responses to Jesus
Explain: Your eternal life hinges upon your responses to Jesus…
He makes...
he makes...
A definite declaration…
▾ Body of Sermon:
▾ A clear //definite declaration// Statement…
I am
definite declaration…
the resurrection and the life.
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Then He asks
I am the resurrection and the life.
A provocative question...
A provocative question….
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▾ A provocative question….
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Do you believe?
• Do you believe?
He Makes
An empowering Promise
▾ An empowering Promise…
Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?
• Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?
Finally, He Issues
A bold command…
Like a mad man He stands on the precipice.
He is finally able to control His indignation, He gathers His dignified strength and utters a command that for any other would be a mark of insanity.
▾ A bold command…
Lazarus come forth!!
• Lazarus come forth!!
Lazarus hopping out of that tomb in his bound legs and blinded eyes is a reminder to all of us…At the word of Jesus we have life and liberation.
We are all, each one of us bound and tied until, at the word of I am, at the word of death’s Master, at the word of Resurrection!
we are freed.
▾ Come out!:
We can be resurrected…Because HE is resurrection!
You are not going to heaven because you are immortal.
You are not going to heaven because of your good looks, your fortune, your zip-code, your genetic finger-print.
You will not live forever because God feels sorry for you or misses you or is curious about you.
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You and I find our life in Jesus.
God in flesh enfolds us in His own eternal life and carries us through the grave and death in His own victory.
So, have you thought through your responses?
How will you respond to His declaration of His ability to give you life?
How will you answer His question?
Will you accept His promise?
And most importantly
Can you hear Him calling your name?
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