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9/5/19
The Last Word Brought Down to Earth -
ME:
An Imperfect Heroine
Very grateful for Eric Schlottman and his message last week on Spiritual Warfare
As he taught us, that God’s Word is reliable and trustworthy
and it is the Sword of the Spirit used against the enemy and his schemes
So let’s arm ourselves this morning
Open your Bibles to John chapter 11
As you turn there, I want to remind you again about Dr. Merkle’s seminar on elders this Saturday
Dr. Merkle has spoken internationally on the topic of elders, deacons, and church leadership
He has written multiple books, it was the focus of his Ph.D. studies
and we are very fortunate to have him come here
Saturday, 6-8pm will be his seminar with opportunities for questions and answers
then next Sunday, he will be preaching on eldership as well
Hopefully you are at now
A couple weeks ago when I went on vacation I finally watched the newest Avengers movie
Avengers: End Game
For those who are fans you already know that Avengers is part of what is called the Marvel Universe
Which is a series of movies, End Game was movie 21
Marvel is unparalleled in terms of a movie franchise
and the success of Marvel is proof of the fact that...
Our world loves heroes
People who are like us in most ways, but have powers that make them greater than us
and having these people come to our rescue, to save us, to always have the Last word over the bad guy
In this morning we are introduced to two unlikely and imperfect heroines
Martha and Mary
Martha demonstrates great faith
and Mary demonstrates a tender heart
But, because these heroines are imperfect, they are unable to be the ultimate hero our world needs
We also see a perfect hero, Jesus
Our perfect hero demonstrates that He is the hero we need
Because He shows that He has the last word over the greatest villain, death
So lets pray together this morning as we prepare to look at our hero in this morning.
follow along with me as we see Jesus called by Mary and Martha in vs. 1-16.
WE:
Jesus is Called by Mary and Martha ()
The Apostle John, who is credited with writing the Gospel of John
began a relatively lengthy string of thoughts known as the Johannine Discourse
It began all the way back in
Right after the man born blind had been cast out and Jesus sought Him out
Immediately following that was we looked at two weeks ago
where Jesus taught that He is the Good Shepherd, we are the sheep
and we are to know the Shepherd, believe the Shepherd, and follow the Shepherd
and John continues his line of thinking into what we just read
Where, in vs. 1, we are introduced to three important individuals for this section of His gospel
First, is Lazarus, and his introduction doesn’t sound promising
He is introduced as the man who was ill
Then we are introduced to his sisters, Mary and Martha
Vs. 2 tells us a little more about Mary, she is the one who anoints Jesus with oil and wipes his feet with her hair in chapter 12
These three people know Jesus pretty well
The sisters call for Jesus, revealing that Lazarus’ illness is pretty serious
The sisters call for Jesus, revealing that Lazarus’ illness is pretty serious
But Jesus responds by saying the illness won’t lead to death
Which doesn’t add up because in vs. 14 which we just read, Jesus then tells His disciples plainly, ‘Lazarus has died.”
And in vs. 5 it says Jesus loved these three
This is agape love, the highest of loves
So Jesus loves Lazarus, Martha, and Mary with a godly love
Martha and Mary sent a cry for help to Jesus
And what’s it say in vs. 6?
When Jesus heard about Lazarus, He left immediately to help him!
we’re reminded of Jesus’s love for him
No, instead He waited, two more days
we aren’t told what He was doing during those two days
then it s
maybe He was really busy or had some important matters to tend to
then again, maybe not
either way, He waited
why in the world did Jesus wait?
was it unloving for Jesus to wait?
It’s easy for us to say no because it’s the “right answer”
But if that is our brother who is sick and Jesus is waiting two days, we would probably start to feel like it is unloving for Him to wait
and that is the key, our feelings
just because we feel a certain way, does not make it true
we can’t always trust our feelings, they are flawed
we must allow truth to shape our emotions, we should not allow our emotions to determine truth
so even if it may feel unloving that Jesus waited, He had a purpose for His delay
He clued us in to His reason for waiting in vs. 4
Lazarus’ illness, Jesus says, is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified in it.
and if you remember a similar statement back in Chapter 9, vs. 3
Jesus told His disciples that the man born blind was not blind because of his sin or his parents sin,
but that the works of God might be displayed in him.
There are birth defects, illnesses, and deaths happening in our world today
Marriages and families are falling apart, work is hard to come by, we have bills that just keep coming
Why is Jesus waiting?
He could come and take all these things away?
Because God can be glorified in all of this
it is for our sake
it is for our sake, so that we may believe
and just like Lazarus, Martha, and Mary
God loves us
Not only is the illness for God’s glory
but Jesus also reveals to His disciples in vs. 15, for their sake, He is glad He wasn’t there
again, why?
If He were there, He could have saved Lazarus
but Jesus says, it is so that we may believe.
So Jesus was called by Martha and Mary
and although He waited two days, we see in our next section that He interacts with Martha first, than Mary
After these interactions, we see Jesus enter into grief
let’s see how Jesus Grieves in .
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