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 I told you last week a little bit about my grandmother and her legacy of faith.

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 On Wednesday, it was a privilege of mine to preside over the graveside portion of her funeral service.

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 And as is my routine in situations like this, as many of you have witnessed me do in the past,

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 I like to read from this particular passage in John 11

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 and challenge those who are gathered in that moment to focus briefly on what comes after death.

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 Burials in particular, they have a way of forcing us to consider our own mortality.

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 We stood in West Virginia, in Logan County, West Virginia, on Wednesday in the middle of a graveyard

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 and we looked around, thousands and thousands of graves all around us on this hillside in the mountains.

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 And you can't stand there in that moment with a hole in the ground in front of you about to bury someone

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 and not be confronted with the fact that your day is coming.

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 It may have been my grandmother in that box that was buried this week,

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 but each of us are going to have our turn.

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 And we stand there, we look around and we see how death reigns in this life

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 and we can't help but ask certain questions.

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 Is this really all there is?

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 Is this it?

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 We live, we do the best we can, we try to leave a better world than what we came into,

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 which never actually happens, but we try.

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 And then we just die and that's it?

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 Is this really all that there is?

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 Is there any part of us that lives on?

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 And if there is, what is the nature of that existence?

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 That's what moments like that force us to think about and to ask.

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 How does any of this affect the way that we should live now?

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 Is another question that we might ask.

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 These are all important questions.

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 I actually believe that the Bible gives us answers to those questions

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 that are not only intellectually credible,

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 but are actually existentially satisfying, joyful, and hopeful.

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 Unfortunately, it often takes the passing of someone that we love or know

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 for us to think about death and what may come after it.

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 Even as Christians, we have resurrection and life at the very heart of our belief system,

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 of our entire worldview, of all that we believe.

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 At the very heart of it is resurrection and life,

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 and yet we don't often talk about the hope of resurrection,

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 at least not as often as you might think we would.

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 Perhaps even the extent of your thoughts of resurrection and life

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 are limited to moments like that.

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 Maybe funerals, maybe the annual Easter service.

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 But beyond that, we do our best to put it out of our minds, don't we?

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 I want to challenge you to not do that now.

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 That just for a few minutes this morning,

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 that you would consider these things with me.

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 There are promises in this text that Jesus makes

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 that can bring unimaginable hope to those who are trying to sort this out,

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 that are trying to sort out what death is like

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 and if anything actually comes after.

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 There's also fresh encouragement here for believers

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 who are moving ever closer to that day.

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 There's joy to those who are burdened by life,

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 suffering in a fallen world in which we live.

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 So this text, it gives us hope,

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 it gives us encouragement,

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 it gives us joy.

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 And my prayer is that as we work through it together,

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 that the Spirit of God would bring an abundant supply

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 of all three of those things, okay?

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 So that's why we're doing this this morning.

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 First thing I want you to see is a tragic circumstance.

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 A tragic circumstance.

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 Look with me again at verse 17.

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 Now when Jesus came,

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 he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

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 Bethany was near Jerusalem about two miles off

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 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary

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 to console them concerning their brother.

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 Have you ever heard of auto-resuscitation?

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 Those of you who are in the medical community

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 certainly know if you like to watch murder mysteries,

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 you probably know about this as well.

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 Auto-resuscitation is a medical term

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 that refers to a patient who within a few minutes

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 after being declared dead due to cardiac arrest,

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 suddenly shows signs of life.

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 It's a rare phenomenon.

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 It doesn't happen very often,

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 but when it does happen, it's unique.

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 And it would cause you to think

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 that though this person was dead,

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 now they have suddenly been brought back to life.

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 When in reality, they were never truly dead.

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 They're on the line of death,

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 but their reviving is not really the result of a death.

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 But it's just that they haven't died all the way.

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 And unfortunately, when this happens,

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 even this auto-resuscitation,

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 typically the patients that experience this

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 don't live beyond that moment for very long.

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 There's another name that this phenomenon is referred to.

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 It's called the Lazarus effect.

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 And it's called that based on the story

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 that we read in John chapter 11.

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 But what happens to these patients

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 who experience this phenomenon

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 and what happened to Lazarus in John chapter 11

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 are not at all the same.

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 What we find in John 11

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 is that by the time Jesus arrived in Bethany

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 where Lazarus and his sisters lived,

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 Lazarus had been dead and entombed for four days.

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 We're not talking about a few minutes after CPR has ended

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 and now suddenly there's signs of life.

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 We're talking about dead, wrapped, buried for four days.

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 His was not a pseudo death.

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 It was an actual death.

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 In fact, Jesus is, if you read earlier in the passage,

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 you'll find that Jesus' delay in coming to Bethany,

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 even after he knew that Lazarus was sick,

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 was for this very purpose.

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 It was to emphasize the fact

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 that Lazarus was actually dead,

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 which is further confirmed by the fact

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 that many of the Jews who had traveled from Jerusalem

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 to comfort Lazarus' sisters, Martha and Mary.

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 So you can imagine with me

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 exactly the way that this works now with our own families.

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 The Jews, they didn't embalm their dead,

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 which would be the reason for a very quick burial

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 or an entombment of Lazarus' body.

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 But for days following that, friends, family, loved ones,

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 sometimes maybe even professional mourners,

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 they make their way to Martha and Mary

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 and they grieve with them over the death of their brother,

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 just like you've experienced before.

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 For days, sometimes weeks,

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 we experience this process of grief.

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 Well, that's exactly what they're going through.

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 And when Jesus arrived,

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 he found his dear friends, many others,

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 mourning as every other family does.

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 They lose a loved one.

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 That's why we say this was a tragic circumstance,

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 a grieving circumstance.

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 The truth is that death is always a tragedy, always.

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 It's always a tragedy that must be mourned

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 by those who understand why it happens.

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 It doesn't matter what the circumstances are

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 surrounding a person's death.

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 It's not the circumstances themselves

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 that dictate the level of tragedy that exists in death.

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 It is the death itself that is tragic.

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 Even when it's expected or even painless,

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 it's still tragic.

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 And the reason for that is that death

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 is an aberration of God's good design in creation.

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 We think of death as a natural part of life.

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 But according to the scripture,

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 death is the most unnatural part of life.

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 And to understand that,

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 we go all the way back to the beginning.

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 Adam and Eve were created to live.

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 They were created to not only live a quantity of life,

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 they were created to live a quality of life.

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 They were to enjoy intimate fellowship

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 with their creator.

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 They were to bear his image.

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 They were to rule over his creation.

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 They were created for life.

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 But God made it clear to them

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 that disobedience would result in death.

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 We find it in Genesis chapter two.

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 The Lord God took the man

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 and put him in the garden of Eden

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 to work it and keep it.

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 And the Lord God commanded the man saying,

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 you may surely eat of every tree in the garden,

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 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil,

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 you shall not eat.

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 For in the day that you eat of it,

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 you shall surely die.

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 We're introduced to death through disobedience.

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 It wasn't that the tree in the midst of the garden

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 had a poisonous fruit.

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 That is not what it was.

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 Everything that God created was good.

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 Very good, he says at the end of creation.

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 It's not that there was a defect in the creation.

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 It was a problem simply because God said,

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 don't eat of this one.

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 Because when you eat of this one,

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 you will be in disobedience to me.

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 And if you disobey,

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 that is the moment that you will be introduced to death.

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 That's our introduction to death.

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 They weren't created for that.

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 It came as a result of their sin.

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 And as a result of Adam and Eve's sin,

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 the Bible tells us that the good world

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 that God created was plunged into fallenness,

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 a state in which death instead of life now reigns.

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 Think about it.

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 There's wonderful beauty in creation,

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 but even the cycles of the seasons

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 are representative of the fact that death reigns.

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 And it is only of God's grace

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 that life continues to be reproduced

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 even through the death

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 that will come in a few moments

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 through the fall season and into winter.

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 God graciously brings life again.

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 But isn't that just a reminder?

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 Death reigns here.

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 Things die.

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 People die.

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 And there's nothing we can do to stop it.

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 Death exists because of sin.

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 And we all die because we're all sinners.

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 There's two aspects of this that the Bible talks about.

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 Two aspects of the reason that sin brings death.

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 First, death continues in this life and in this world

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 because of Adam's original sin.

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 All of humanity is guilty in Adam

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 so that by our very nature,

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 we rebel against God.

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 It's not just our behavior

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 that needs to be redeemed or modified.

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 It is our very nature

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 that has to be redeemed by God for life.

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 This is what the book of Romans tells us.

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 Romans chapter five.

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 Sin came into the world through one man

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 and death through sin.

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 So death has spread to all men because all sin.

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 It goes on to say,

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 because of one man's trespass,

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 that being Adam,

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 death reigned through that one man.

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 Again, he says,

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 one trespass led to condemnation for all men.

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 And again,

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 by the one man's disobedience,

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 the many were made sinners.

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 So there's this one dynamic

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 where the Bible talks about sin and death,

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 death continuing to reign

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 because of Adam's original sin.

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 But that's not the only way that it talks about it.

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 Second, death continues because sin continues.

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 Though we're all guilty in Adam,

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 each of us bears his or own personal guilt.

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 Because we are sinners in Adam,

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 we all continue in sin of our own volition,

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 of our own choice.

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 Romans three.

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 All have sinned.

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 Every person.

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 All have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.

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 Do you see this?

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 Death reigns because of Adam.

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 Death also reigns because of you.

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 Because of me.

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 Sin always brings it.

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 Death is a tragedy because,

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 that must be mourned

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 because it is the result of our sin against God.

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 It's not just a biological process.

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 It's the ultimate consequence of our sinfulness.

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 It's also our greatest enemy.

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 None of us can overcome it.

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 No matter how clean we eat,

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 no matter how often we exercise,

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 no matter how morally we live,

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 we cannot defeat death.

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 It's inevitable.

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 And it's inevitable

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 because it is God's judgment

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 against sinful creatures.

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 So as Jesus comes to Bethany,

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 as he sees Mary and Martha

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 and those of the Jews from Jerusalem

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 who are mourning the loss of Lazarus,

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 their friend and their brother,

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 the mourning on one hand

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 comes from the fact that they lost someone

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 that they love,

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 but there is a deeper kind of mourning

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 that acknowledges that death reigns

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 and we can't defeat it.

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 So Jesus comes upon this tragic circumstance

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 in Bethany,

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 but it was for this very tragedy

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 that he came into the world to begin with,

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 which brings us to our next point.

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 We see a tragic circumstance,

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 but then second,

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 we see a hopeful exchange,

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 a hopeful exchange.

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 Look at verse 20.

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 20.

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 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming,

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 she went and met him,

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 but Mary remained seated in the house.

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 Martha said to Jesus,

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 Lord, if you had been here,

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 my brother would not have died,

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 but even now I know

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 that whatever you ask from God,

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 God will give you.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 your brother will rise again.

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 And Martha said,

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 I know that he will rise again

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 in the resurrection on the last day.

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 This is a hopeful exchange, isn't it?

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 Lazarus and Martha and Mary,

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 they were dear friends of the Lord Jesus.

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 Martha wastes no time getting to Jesus

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 when she finds that he is nearby.

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 And what is evident in her exchange with Jesus

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 is that she was full of faith.

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 And as a result of her faith,

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 she was given tremendous hope.

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 She found amazing hope

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 in Jesus Christ.

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 Look just a little closer

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 at what she said in verse 21.

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 Martha said to Jesus,

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 Lord, if you'd been here,

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 my brother would not have died.

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 But even now I know

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 that whatever you ask from God,

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 God will give you.

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 You know, living in a text-dominant society

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 has its pros and its cons.

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 And one of the cons is

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 it is so hard sometimes

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 to discern tone

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 and mood

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 and intention

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 when somebody sends you a text message

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 or an email

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 or a letter, right?

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 Sometimes you may be able

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 to make certain assumptions

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 that are generally accurate,

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 but how many of you

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 have ever gotten yourself in a mess

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 because you made certain assumptions

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 about somebody's motives

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 or tones in a text message

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 that weren't true,

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 but it's just hard to figure that out.

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 I think that's what has happened

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 in some places

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 with this particular text.

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 We read on the page

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 what Martha says.

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 We're not told a lot about her tone

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 or the motive behind it.

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 And I think what that has produced

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 in some places

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 is some assumptions

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 that are unhelpful.

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 Some suppose that

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 Martha was rebuking the Lord here,

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 that she believed Jesus

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 should have been there

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 to prevent Lazarus' death.

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 And by not being there,

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 that there was an injustice in Jesus,

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 that there was a problem

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 with his care

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 and his friendship to them,

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 and that as she runs to Jesus

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 when he's nearby,

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 they take this statement

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 by Martha as a complaint,

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 as a rebuke.

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 Lord, if you had been here,

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 this would not have happened to me.

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 We read it with that kind of tone.

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 I'm not persuaded

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 that that's actually

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 what Martha intends

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 to communicate here.

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 I don't think that's

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 what she was doing at all.

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 I don't think she was

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 rebuking the Lord.

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 I think she was finding comfort

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 in the Lord in this moment.

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 I think she was expressing her faith

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 in what Christ would have done

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 had he been in Bethany

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 at the time of Lazarus' death.

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 No doubt she had seen Jesus heal

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 miraculously many, many times before.

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 She knew who he was.

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 She knew what he was capable of.

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 And I think in this moment

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 as she runs to him for comfort,

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 she acknowledges in this moment

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 that Jesus, I know that if you'd been here,

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 he wouldn't be dead.

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 You would have healed him

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 because you're the Christ.

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 You're the son of God.

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 You have the power over sickness.

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 I know you would have done this.

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 I think that's probably

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 what she's saying here.

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 And I think that's further indicated

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 in her second statement.

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 But even though you weren't here then,

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 you're here now,

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 and I know that since you're here now,

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 you're gonna pray

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 and God's gonna do something good here.

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 He's gonna bring something good about this

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 because that's what you do, Jesus.

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 You bring good things.

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 This is a sign of faith.

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 This is comfort.

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 This is hope.

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 Though she was hurting,

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 she knew that Jesus would bring something good

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 through her trial.

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 I don't think she had any idea

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 of what he would do.

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 I don't think she has resurrection in mind here.

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 I think that's pretty clear.

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 But she did believe that he would do something.

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 And how Jesus responded to her

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 was so unbelievable

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 that she completely missed it.

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 Look at verse 23,

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 what Jesus says.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 your brother will rise again.

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 And notice how she responds.

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 She misses it.

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 Notice how she responds.

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 By the way,

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 we probably would have missed it too.

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 She said,

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 yeah, Lord,

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 I know there's a great resurrection

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 coming on the last day

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 and he's gonna be raised then.

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 That's not what Jesus has in mind.

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 Jesus knew what he was there to do.

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 He was there to bring Lazarus back to life

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 in that moment,

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 in front of those people.

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 And in this exchange,

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 as Martha trustingly confessed her hope in Christ,

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 Jesus gave her a hope that she had not even,

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 up to that point,

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 imagined.

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 A physical resurrection

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 was not anywhere on Martha's radar here.

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 But that's what Jesus promised.

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 It's amazing, isn't it?

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 Jesus always brings hope to our distress.

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 And the hope that he brings

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 is often greater than what we ever expect

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 or anticipate or imagine

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 so that when that offer is pronounced,

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 often we miss it.

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 What comfort this would have been to Martha

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 if she had realized in that moment

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 what Jesus was actually saying.

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 No, you will be reunited with Lazarus today.

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 It's amazing, isn't it?

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 It's hopeful.

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 In the context of giving us hope

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 in the face of death,

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 the fact is that many people just believe

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 that Jesus' offer is just too good to be true.

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 We often think that skeptics of Christianity

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 and of our faith

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 always have a whole list of reasons

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 as to why they don't believe.

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 And honestly, that's just not always the case.

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 It's not often the case

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 as much as we might think.

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 I'm convinced that there are many people

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 who just have a hard time believing

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 that something so good could be true.

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 Why?

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 We're immersed in a world where death reigns,

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 where suffering rules,

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 where life is hard,

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 where good news is scarce.

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 And to come across this kind of news,

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 this kind of hopefulness,

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 is hard to believe.

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 Jesus always comes through on his promises, doesn't he?

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 With him alone, there actually is real hope for you.

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 There's real hope,

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 lasting hope for life.

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 But let's think for just a moment

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 about how Martha responded to Jesus' promise.

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 Again, she missed what he meant to say.

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 She would understand it soon enough.

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 But she did acknowledge a theological truth

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 that I think is good for us to remember.

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 Immediate resurrection was not on her mind,

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 but she did believe that there would be a future resurrection

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 in which the souls of believers

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 that have gone on to be with the Lord

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 will be reunited with a body

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 and will be transformed to a glorified body.

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 This was rabbinic teaching.

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 This was common beliefs among the Jews at the time.

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 But it was also what Jesus taught.

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 Think about this from John chapter 5.

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 Jesus says,

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 Now let's pause for just a second.

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 Jesus is speaking of life and resurrection and death here

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 in a spiritual sense.

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 In verse 25, when he says,

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 An hour is coming and is now here

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 when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God

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 and will live.

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 He's speaking about spiritual death,

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 that in our sins, as Ephesians 1 says,

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 that we are dead in our trespasses and sin.

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 We're in bondage to sin.

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 We're not dying.

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 We're dead.

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 Jesus is alluding to that here in this passage

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 and he says that it's even here now

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 that as he preaches his gospel,

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 he is bringing dead people to life,

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 spiritually speaking.

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 But then he goes on in the passage

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 and he moves on to a different kind of resurrection.

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 He continues,

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 And he has given him authority to execute judgment

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 because he's the Son of Man.

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 Do not marvel at this.

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 For an hour is coming.

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 Notice he doesn't say at this point and is now here

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 because he's speaking of something different now.

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 He says that an hour is coming

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 when all who are in the tombs

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 will hear his voice and come out.

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 Those who have done good to the resurrection of life,

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 those who have done evil

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 to the resurrection of judgment.

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 This was Jesus' teaching too.

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 This is what Martha is referring to.

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 The Bible teaches that one day,

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 all of us,

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 believers and non-believers alike,

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 will be raised from the dead.

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 Our souls will be reunited with a body

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 and we will stand before God in judgment.

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 Those who do not repent and trust Christ

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 will be cast into eternal hell.

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 You can read about that

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 in Revelation chapter 20 verses 13 through 15.

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 But those whom Jesus has saved will be transformed,

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 given a body that will never die again,

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 and they will forever be with the Lord.

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 You can read about that in 1 Corinthians chapter 15.

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 But think about it as a promise from Jesus in John chapter 6.

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 And this is the will of him who sent me,

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 that I should lose nothing of all that he has given me,

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 but I will raise them up on the last day.

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 Now I told you at the beginning,

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 this passage, it contains hope

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 for those who are trying to sort out the reality of death

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 and the possibility of life thereafter.

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 But it also brings encouragement and joy

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 to those of us who have already received Christ

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 as Lord and Savior.

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 Think about what this means.

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 Jesus promises with an amazing hope in John chapter 6

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 that he will not lose any of us,

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 that no amount of sin in your life,

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 no amount of fallenness in you

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 will ever cause Jesus to say,

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 you know what, I think I'm gonna lose that one

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 because they just haven't met the mark

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 the way that I want them to meet the mark.

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 That will never happen.

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 He will never accidentally leave you behind.

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 He says, all that the Father has given me,

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 I won't lose any of them,

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 but I will, on the last day,

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 raise them up to an embodied eternity with me.

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 This is an amazing hope that we cling to

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 when we acknowledge that death reigns around us.

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 The Christian worldview looks through the pages

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 of the scripture and says,

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 oh, but Jesus has paid the price for my death

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 and he will raise me up

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 and he will not leave me behind.

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 What a glorious hope that is.

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 For it not to be true

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 would mean that either Jesus is incapable of doing it,

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 which we know is not true,

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 because he himself conquered death

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 and his own resurrection.

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 So we know he's capable.

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 He has power over death.

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 Or it means that he is unwilling.

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 But he's the one who came to us.

00:27:24.519 --> 00:27:25.759
 He's the one who promises

00:27:25.759 --> 00:27:28.279
 not to leave one believer behind

00:27:28.279 --> 00:27:29.259
 that belongs to him.

00:27:30.519 --> 00:27:32.900
 Scripture proves that both of those statements

00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.819
 are untrue.

00:27:33.819 --> 00:27:35.579
 Jesus is capable.

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:37.299
 And he is willing.

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:40.480
 And we cling to that in hope, don't we?

00:27:41.639 --> 00:27:43.159
 It's a hopeful exchange.

00:27:44.259 --> 00:27:45.939
 A wonderful hope that Martha believed

00:27:45.939 --> 00:27:46.899
 was true for her brother,

00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.579
 but Jesus had an even greater promise

00:27:50.579 --> 00:27:52.279
 for her to hear,

00:27:52.960 --> 00:27:55.899
 which brings us to the final point of the sermon.

00:27:57.099 --> 00:27:58.439
 A glorious promise.

00:27:59.539 --> 00:28:00.859
 We've seen a tragic circumstance,

00:28:00.859 --> 00:28:02.859
 a hopeful exchange,

00:28:03.639 --> 00:28:05.339
 now a glorious promise.

00:28:05.419 --> 00:28:05.979
 Verse 25.

00:28:06.679 --> 00:28:07.839
 Jesus responds to her.

00:28:08.299 --> 00:28:08.779
 He says,

00:28:09.619 --> 00:28:09.919
 Martha,

00:28:11.119 --> 00:28:13.799
 I am the resurrection and the life.

00:28:15.879 --> 00:28:17.579
 Whoever believes in me,

00:28:17.659 --> 00:28:18.539
 though he die,

00:28:18.659 --> 00:28:19.939
 yet he shall live.

00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:21.959
 There is life beyond this.

00:28:22.679 --> 00:28:24.619
 And everyone who lives and believes in me

00:28:24.619 --> 00:28:25.439
 shall never die.

00:28:25.819 --> 00:28:27.759
 Do you believe this?

00:28:28.699 --> 00:28:29.379
 And she said,

00:28:29.439 --> 00:28:29.979
 yes, Lord.

00:28:30.859 --> 00:28:32.439
 I believe that you're the Christ,

00:28:32.539 --> 00:28:33.319
 the Son of God,

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:35.779
 who is coming into the world.

00:28:37.939 --> 00:28:40.059
 Jesus responded that he would not merely

00:28:40.059 --> 00:28:41.579
 bring about a resurrection,

00:28:42.579 --> 00:28:44.299
 but that he himself

00:28:44.299 --> 00:28:49.119
 is resurrection and life.

00:28:50.419 --> 00:28:51.559
 He is God,

00:28:52.219 --> 00:28:53.399
 the creator.

00:28:54.399 --> 00:28:55.899
 His very essence

00:28:55.899 --> 00:28:58.099
 is resurrection and life.

00:28:58.099 --> 00:29:00.500
 And any hope of experiencing

00:29:00.500 --> 00:29:02.059
 either one of those things

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:04.259
 can be found only

00:29:04.259 --> 00:29:05.480
 in him.

00:29:07.899 --> 00:29:09.539
 The ESV study Bible

00:29:09.539 --> 00:29:11.219
 has a really helpful note here.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.379
 It says,

00:29:12.740 --> 00:29:14.079
 resurrection from the dead

00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:16.240
 and genuine eternal life

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.379
 and fellowship with God

00:29:17.379 --> 00:29:20.559
 are so closely tied to Jesus

00:29:20.559 --> 00:29:23.579
 that they are embodied in him

00:29:23.579 --> 00:29:25.399
 and can be found

00:29:25.399 --> 00:29:27.919
 only in relationship

00:29:27.919 --> 00:29:29.799
 to him.

00:29:32.259 --> 00:29:32.740
 Now,

00:29:32.779 --> 00:29:33.679
 the primary issue

00:29:33.679 --> 00:29:35.099
 that we're considering this morning

00:29:35.099 --> 00:29:35.940
 concerns whether

00:29:35.940 --> 00:29:38.579
 death is the ultimate end

00:29:38.579 --> 00:29:41.200
 or if there is something else

00:29:41.200 --> 00:29:41.879
 that follows.

00:29:42.539 --> 00:29:43.940
 It's the primary idea

00:29:43.940 --> 00:29:44.639
 that we're considering

00:29:44.639 --> 00:29:45.319
 from the beginning.

00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:48.339
 Is there any real hope

00:29:48.339 --> 00:29:49.439
 of life after death?

00:29:50.480 --> 00:29:52.179
 And Jesus answers that here

00:29:52.179 --> 00:29:53.659
 with a resounding yes.

00:29:54.439 --> 00:29:55.539
 Yes, there is.

00:29:56.679 --> 00:29:58.599
 And I want you to think carefully

00:29:58.599 --> 00:30:00.879
 about the promise that he makes.

00:30:01.439 --> 00:30:02.099
 Verse 25.

00:30:03.299 --> 00:30:04.859
 Whoever believes in me,

00:30:05.659 --> 00:30:07.099
 though he die,

00:30:08.480 --> 00:30:09.559
 yet shall he live.

00:30:09.559 --> 00:30:11.919
 And everyone who lives

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.879
 and believes in me

00:30:12.879 --> 00:30:16.359
 shall never die.

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:19.200
 So after declaring

00:30:19.200 --> 00:30:20.220
 that he is,

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:21.379
 in his very essence,

00:30:21.980 --> 00:30:24.299
 the power of resurrection

00:30:24.299 --> 00:30:25.079
 and life,

00:30:25.639 --> 00:30:27.039
 that he is the giver of it,

00:30:27.079 --> 00:30:28.440
 that he has power over it,

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:31.059
 he promises that

00:30:31.059 --> 00:30:32.799
 all who believe in him,

00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:36.619
 even though they will face death

00:30:36.619 --> 00:30:37.359
 in this life,

00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:40.179
 will receive the life

00:30:40.179 --> 00:30:42.139
 that he offers.

00:30:44.379 --> 00:30:45.419
 Glorious promise.

00:30:47.939 --> 00:30:49.459
 Is there life after death?

00:30:50.299 --> 00:30:50.859
 Yes.

00:30:51.699 --> 00:30:53.119
 How can you receive it?

00:30:53.679 --> 00:30:54.379
 Jesus says,

00:30:55.119 --> 00:30:57.079
 by trusting me for it.

00:30:58.619 --> 00:30:59.459
 But still,

00:30:59.559 --> 00:31:00.459
 we need to clarify

00:31:00.459 --> 00:31:01.679
 what this belief is

00:31:01.679 --> 00:31:02.559
 and what it isn't.

00:31:04.299 --> 00:31:06.459
 The faith that Jesus speaks of here,

00:31:06.460 --> 00:31:08.180
 it's not merely

00:31:08.180 --> 00:31:10.319
 an intellectual acknowledgement

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:13.000
 of a set of facts about him.

00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:15.900
 That's not what he means by belief.

00:31:16.259 --> 00:31:17.480
 The best word

00:31:17.480 --> 00:31:19.019
 in our modern English

00:31:19.019 --> 00:31:20.360
 to use to understand

00:31:20.360 --> 00:31:21.319
 this kind of belief

00:31:21.319 --> 00:31:22.860
 is trust.

00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:24.100
 Trust.

00:31:25.539 --> 00:31:28.759
 The one who believes in Christ

00:31:28.759 --> 00:31:29.960
 trusts

00:31:29.960 --> 00:31:32.980
 that God will accept him,

00:31:33.039 --> 00:31:35.240
 not based on personal righteousness,

00:31:35.240 --> 00:31:37.019
 not based on our own goodness,

00:31:37.460 --> 00:31:38.880
 not based on our own morality,

00:31:39.200 --> 00:31:40.160
 or of our goodness

00:31:40.160 --> 00:31:41.440
 outweighing our badness,

00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:42.920
 or of us crossing

00:31:42.920 --> 00:31:44.759
 the grading curve

00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:45.740
 so that those who are

00:31:45.740 --> 00:31:46.779
 more wicked than us

00:31:46.779 --> 00:31:47.559
 maybe will suffer,

00:31:47.900 --> 00:31:49.059
 but since we kind of

00:31:49.059 --> 00:31:49.859
 passed the mark,

00:31:50.019 --> 00:31:50.920
 we will be accepted.

00:31:51.339 --> 00:31:52.339
 Trusting Christ

00:31:52.339 --> 00:31:53.339
 is to acknowledge

00:31:53.339 --> 00:31:54.819
 that God will not accept me

00:31:54.819 --> 00:31:55.579
 because of anything

00:31:55.579 --> 00:31:57.079
 that may be good in me.

00:31:57.640 --> 00:31:59.220
 That God accepts me,

00:31:59.920 --> 00:32:00.759
 justifies me,

00:32:00.759 --> 00:32:02.759
 based on Christ's

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:04.619
 perfect righteousness.

00:32:05.279 --> 00:32:06.640
 That on the cross,

00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.759
 he takes my sin

00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:10.519
 in order that by faith,

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:12.720
 he may impute his righteousness

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:15.500
 into me and onto me.

00:32:16.220 --> 00:32:17.839
 That we are not justified

00:32:17.839 --> 00:32:18.779
 by our works,

00:32:18.940 --> 00:32:21.180
 we are justified by his works

00:32:21.180 --> 00:32:22.599
 through faith.

00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:27.299
 Trusting Jesus is to face death.

00:32:27.299 --> 00:32:29.220
 Trusting entirely

00:32:29.220 --> 00:32:31.779
 that Jesus has power over life

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:33.180
 and that he will indeed

00:32:33.180 --> 00:32:34.899
 grant you that life

00:32:34.899 --> 00:32:36.139
 if you have come to him

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:37.980
 in repentance and faith.

00:32:38.480 --> 00:32:40.539
 It is to trust Christ enough

00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:42.919
 that you turn away from sin

00:32:42.919 --> 00:32:43.919
 to obedience

00:32:43.919 --> 00:32:45.319
 and that you abandon

00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.079
 all other influences,

00:32:47.379 --> 00:32:48.859
 religious or secular,

00:32:49.240 --> 00:32:51.779
 in order to cling to him alone

00:32:51.779 --> 00:32:53.259
 by faith.

00:32:53.259 --> 00:32:55.200
 That's the belief

00:32:55.200 --> 00:32:57.200
 that he means to indicate here.

00:32:57.379 --> 00:32:58.519
 It's not just saying,

00:32:58.859 --> 00:33:00.039
 yes, he lived,

00:33:00.240 --> 00:33:00.819
 he died,

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.579
 he rose,

00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:02.519
 he did the things.

00:33:02.700 --> 00:33:04.019
 It's not just to acknowledge

00:33:04.019 --> 00:33:05.299
 a set of facts about him.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:07.859
 It's about trusting him wholly

00:33:07.859 --> 00:33:09.759
 for this life

00:33:09.759 --> 00:33:10.859
 and resurrection.

00:33:11.799 --> 00:33:12.460
 And he promises

00:33:12.460 --> 00:33:13.819
 that whoever will do that,

00:33:14.140 --> 00:33:15.879
 whoever trusts him

00:33:15.879 --> 00:33:17.119
 for eternal life

00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:18.640
 will receive it.

00:33:19.259 --> 00:33:20.539
 Will receive it.

00:33:20.539 --> 00:33:23.500
 But how can we be so sure?

00:33:25.220 --> 00:33:27.139
 How can we be so sure

00:33:27.139 --> 00:33:28.720
 as to trust him?

00:33:30.799 --> 00:33:33.159
 We don't trust the promise

00:33:33.159 --> 00:33:35.960
 because Jesus raised Lazarus

00:33:35.960 --> 00:33:36.500
 from the dead.

00:33:37.379 --> 00:33:38.720
 That's an amazing miracle.

00:33:38.879 --> 00:33:39.899
 If you just keep reading,

00:33:40.000 --> 00:33:40.779
 maybe this afternoon

00:33:40.779 --> 00:33:42.220
 through John chapter 11,

00:33:42.279 --> 00:33:43.680
 you'll see exactly how that happened

00:33:43.680 --> 00:33:44.539
 and how it unfolded.

00:33:44.559 --> 00:33:45.279
 It's amazing.

00:33:46.220 --> 00:33:46.899
 It's an amazing miracle.

00:33:47.159 --> 00:33:48.680
 We don't trust this promise

00:33:48.680 --> 00:33:50.440
 because he raised Lazarus

00:33:50.440 --> 00:33:50.860
 from the dead.

00:33:50.920 --> 00:33:51.519
 That's not why.

00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:54.340
 We trust this promise

00:33:54.340 --> 00:33:56.880
 because Jesus himself

00:33:56.880 --> 00:33:57.820
 rose from the dead.

00:33:59.420 --> 00:34:00.460
 That's the proof of it.

00:34:01.500 --> 00:34:02.620
 That's the power

00:34:02.620 --> 00:34:04.420
 of it.

00:34:06.900 --> 00:34:08.440
 The miracle with Lazarus

00:34:08.440 --> 00:34:09.099
 was amazing.

00:34:09.860 --> 00:34:11.380
 But it was a means

00:34:11.380 --> 00:34:13.700
 to a more excellent end.

00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:17.119
 Jesus raising Lazarus

00:34:17.119 --> 00:34:18.419
 was a foretaste

00:34:18.419 --> 00:34:20.759
 of his own resurrection

00:34:20.759 --> 00:34:23.599
 and of our future resurrection

00:34:23.599 --> 00:34:24.439
 through him.

00:34:26.039 --> 00:34:27.179
 Our hope is not

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:28.019
 in what he did

00:34:28.019 --> 00:34:29.339
 for somebody else,

00:34:29.339 --> 00:34:31.139
 but it's in the fact

00:34:31.139 --> 00:34:32.179
 that he proved himself

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.239
 to be the resurrection

00:34:33.239 --> 00:34:34.119
 and the life

00:34:34.119 --> 00:34:35.639
 when he rose from the dead

00:34:35.639 --> 00:34:37.139
 three days after his crucifixion.

00:34:38.819 --> 00:34:39.859
 His resurrection

00:34:39.859 --> 00:34:42.299
 makes all the difference.

00:34:42.300 --> 00:34:44.880
 How can we trust

00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:45.380
 that he actually

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:46.539
 has power over death?

00:34:47.380 --> 00:34:48.300
 Because death

00:34:48.300 --> 00:34:49.180
 could not hold him.

00:34:50.140 --> 00:34:50.980
 It's Peter's answer

00:34:50.980 --> 00:34:51.780
 in Acts chapter 2.

00:34:52.340 --> 00:34:53.480
 It had no claim on him.

00:34:53.680 --> 00:34:54.260
 Why did it have

00:34:54.260 --> 00:34:54.920
 no claim on him

00:34:54.920 --> 00:34:55.600
 when it has a claim

00:34:55.600 --> 00:34:56.340
 on everybody else?

00:34:56.460 --> 00:34:57.720
 Because he's the sinless

00:34:57.720 --> 00:34:58.420
 son of God.

00:34:59.760 --> 00:35:01.440
 He was not in Adam

00:35:01.440 --> 00:35:02.500
 as we are in Adam.

00:35:02.680 --> 00:35:03.600
 That's the significance

00:35:03.600 --> 00:35:05.019
 of our Christmas celebration.

00:35:05.420 --> 00:35:06.600
 That in the incarnation,

00:35:07.120 --> 00:35:08.780
 he is the son of God.

00:35:08.780 --> 00:35:10.480
 God, a miracle

00:35:10.480 --> 00:35:11.700
 by the Holy Spirit,

00:35:11.800 --> 00:35:12.380
 his incarnation

00:35:12.380 --> 00:35:14.019
 coming into the Virgin Mary.

00:35:15.200 --> 00:35:16.380
 He is not in Adam

00:35:16.380 --> 00:35:17.280
 as we are in Adam

00:35:17.280 --> 00:35:18.460
 and yet he is fully human.

00:35:20.800 --> 00:35:21.720
 He's sinless.

00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:24.160
 Death has no claim on him.

00:35:25.060 --> 00:35:26.580
 So he's not bound by it.

00:35:27.620 --> 00:35:28.880
 We are bound by it.

00:35:29.580 --> 00:35:30.700
 Which means if we're dead

00:35:30.700 --> 00:35:31.280
 in our sins,

00:35:31.400 --> 00:35:32.060
 we need something

00:35:32.060 --> 00:35:32.980
 that is alive

00:35:32.980 --> 00:35:34.180
 or better someone

00:35:34.180 --> 00:35:35.040
 who is alive

00:35:35.039 --> 00:35:37.119
 to raise us.

00:35:37.739 --> 00:35:38.519
 And there's only one

00:35:38.519 --> 00:35:39.259
 who fits the bill.

00:35:40.219 --> 00:35:41.420
 And it's not Lazarus.

00:35:42.420 --> 00:35:43.199
 It's Jesus.

00:35:45.000 --> 00:35:46.259
 As the song says,

00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:47.440
 because he lives,

00:35:48.440 --> 00:35:49.840
 I can face tomorrow.

00:35:50.639 --> 00:35:51.980
 Because he lives,

00:35:53.019 --> 00:35:53.980
 all fear is gone.

00:35:55.099 --> 00:35:56.119
 Because I know

00:35:56.119 --> 00:35:57.019
 he holds the future

00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:58.679
 and life's worth the living.

00:35:59.199 --> 00:36:00.000
 Because I know

00:36:00.000 --> 00:36:03.099
 that he lives.

00:36:03.099 --> 00:36:04.860
 But let me show you

00:36:04.860 --> 00:36:05.460
 from the scripture

00:36:05.460 --> 00:36:07.819
 how our resurrection

00:36:07.819 --> 00:36:09.239
 is guaranteed by his.

00:36:10.420 --> 00:36:11.779
 Paul tells us plainly

00:36:11.779 --> 00:36:12.920
 in 1 Corinthians 15

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.579
 and verse 20.

00:36:14.480 --> 00:36:14.960
 But in fact,

00:36:15.059 --> 00:36:16.059
 Christ has been raised

00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.679
 from the dead.

00:36:17.639 --> 00:36:18.759
 The first fruits of those

00:36:18.759 --> 00:36:19.699
 who have fallen asleep.

00:36:20.380 --> 00:36:21.319
 For as by one man

00:36:21.319 --> 00:36:22.079
 came death,

00:36:22.159 --> 00:36:22.639
 that's Adam,

00:36:23.400 --> 00:36:24.119
 by a man

00:36:24.119 --> 00:36:24.900
 has come also

00:36:24.900 --> 00:36:26.039
 the resurrection of the dead.

00:36:27.059 --> 00:36:27.940
 For as in Adam

00:36:27.940 --> 00:36:28.619
 all die,

00:36:28.739 --> 00:36:29.799
 so also in Christ

00:36:29.799 --> 00:36:31.119
 shall all be made alive.

00:36:31.119 --> 00:36:33.380
 but each in his own order.

00:36:34.500 --> 00:36:35.539
 Christ the first fruits,

00:36:35.659 --> 00:36:36.319
 then at his coming

00:36:36.319 --> 00:36:37.460
 those who belong to Christ,

00:36:37.579 --> 00:36:38.739
 then comes the end

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.380
 when he delivers

00:36:39.380 --> 00:36:39.920
 the kingdom

00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:41.019
 to God the Father

00:36:41.019 --> 00:36:42.179
 after destroying

00:36:42.179 --> 00:36:42.960
 every rule

00:36:42.960 --> 00:36:43.819
 and every authority

00:36:43.819 --> 00:36:44.400
 and power.

00:36:44.980 --> 00:36:45.739
 For he must reign

00:36:45.739 --> 00:36:46.440
 until he has put

00:36:46.440 --> 00:36:47.159
 all his enemies

00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:48.079
 under his feet.

00:36:48.500 --> 00:36:49.440
 And the last enemy

00:36:49.440 --> 00:36:50.159
 to be destroyed,

00:36:50.259 --> 00:36:50.679
 he says,

00:36:51.179 --> 00:36:51.819
 is death.

00:36:52.859 --> 00:36:53.679
 And then later

00:36:53.679 --> 00:36:54.259
 in the chapter

00:36:54.259 --> 00:36:54.880
 he says,

00:36:55.779 --> 00:36:58.219
 death is swallowed up

00:36:58.219 --> 00:36:58.679
 in victory.

00:36:58.679 --> 00:37:01.319
 Death,

00:37:01.419 --> 00:37:02.339
 where is your victory?

00:37:02.559 --> 00:37:02.859
 Death,

00:37:02.940 --> 00:37:04.119
 where is your sting?

00:37:04.480 --> 00:37:05.500
 The sting of death

00:37:05.500 --> 00:37:06.119
 is sin.

00:37:06.799 --> 00:37:07.799
 The power of sin

00:37:07.799 --> 00:37:08.440
 is the law.

00:37:09.079 --> 00:37:10.319
 But thanks be to God,

00:37:10.399 --> 00:37:11.039
 Paul writes,

00:37:11.519 --> 00:37:12.839
 who gives us the victory

00:37:12.839 --> 00:37:13.539
 through

00:37:13.539 --> 00:37:16.119
 our Lord Jesus Christ.

00:37:16.779 --> 00:37:17.779
 And on what basis

00:37:17.779 --> 00:37:18.480
 does he provide

00:37:18.480 --> 00:37:19.079
 that victory?

00:37:19.819 --> 00:37:21.039
 His own resurrection

00:37:21.039 --> 00:37:21.899
 from the dead.

00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:24.039
 But notice,

00:37:24.759 --> 00:37:25.379
 finally,

00:37:25.599 --> 00:37:26.980
 Jesus' last statement

00:37:26.980 --> 00:37:27.719
 to Martha.

00:37:29.240 --> 00:37:30.420
 In verse 26

00:37:30.420 --> 00:37:31.179
 of John 11,

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.800
 after he makes

00:37:32.800 --> 00:37:33.300
 this promise,

00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:34.480
 notice what he says.

00:37:36.800 --> 00:37:39.900
 Do you believe this?

00:37:40.820 --> 00:37:41.920
 Do you believe this?

00:37:44.539 --> 00:37:46.039
 The faith that brings

00:37:46.039 --> 00:37:46.639
 salvation

00:37:46.639 --> 00:37:47.740
 and resurrection

00:37:47.740 --> 00:37:49.119
 and eternal life

00:37:49.119 --> 00:37:52.420
 is personal faith.

00:37:53.099 --> 00:37:54.059
 Personal faith.

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:56.559
 That doesn't mean

00:37:56.559 --> 00:37:57.400
 that we all get

00:37:57.400 --> 00:37:57.980
 to believe

00:37:57.980 --> 00:37:58.759
 what we want

00:37:58.759 --> 00:37:59.219
 to believe

00:37:59.219 --> 00:38:00.380
 based on our own preferences.

00:38:00.559 --> 00:38:00.940
 That's not what

00:38:00.940 --> 00:38:01.460
 that means.

00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:04.420
 It means that we all

00:38:04.420 --> 00:38:05.900
 must place

00:38:05.900 --> 00:38:06.679
 personal,

00:38:08.099 --> 00:38:09.400
 individual trust

00:38:09.400 --> 00:38:11.059
 in Jesus'

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:12.360
 death and resurrection

00:38:12.360 --> 00:38:13.079
 to receive

00:38:13.079 --> 00:38:13.679
 the salvation

00:38:13.679 --> 00:38:14.239
 that he offers.

00:38:15.219 --> 00:38:16.320
 You must

00:38:16.320 --> 00:38:17.659
 do that

00:38:17.659 --> 00:38:20.199
 or you will not

00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:21.699
 be saved.

00:38:21.699 --> 00:38:24.239
 no one

00:38:24.239 --> 00:38:24.839
 is saved

00:38:24.839 --> 00:38:25.299
 on account

00:38:25.299 --> 00:38:25.739
 of someone

00:38:25.739 --> 00:38:26.500
 else's faith.

00:38:27.439 --> 00:38:28.199
 No one

00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:28.939
 is redeemed

00:38:28.939 --> 00:38:30.059
 because they

00:38:30.059 --> 00:38:30.759
 were in close

00:38:30.759 --> 00:38:31.460
 proximity

00:38:31.460 --> 00:38:32.480
 to a community

00:38:32.480 --> 00:38:33.099
 of believers.

00:38:34.379 --> 00:38:35.519
 So that salvation

00:38:35.519 --> 00:38:36.419
 does not come

00:38:36.419 --> 00:38:37.319
 through our

00:38:37.319 --> 00:38:38.960
 membership in a church.

00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:39.759
 It doesn't come

00:38:39.759 --> 00:38:40.259
 through our

00:38:40.259 --> 00:38:41.259
 goodness.

00:38:41.500 --> 00:38:42.079
 It doesn't come

00:38:42.079 --> 00:38:43.460
 through belonging

00:38:43.460 --> 00:38:44.399
 to a heritage

00:38:44.399 --> 00:38:45.879
 of a family

00:38:45.879 --> 00:38:46.739
 of Christians.

00:38:47.659 --> 00:38:48.480
 None of that

00:38:48.480 --> 00:38:49.000
 does anything

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.559
 for you

00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:50.900
 except keeps

00:38:50.900 --> 00:38:51.360
 the gospel

00:38:51.360 --> 00:38:52.000
 in front of you

00:38:52.000 --> 00:38:52.340
 perhaps.

00:38:53.340 --> 00:38:54.019
 But you're not

00:38:54.019 --> 00:38:54.759
 saved by it.

00:38:56.139 --> 00:38:57.039
 Each person

00:38:57.039 --> 00:38:57.960
 must personally

00:38:57.960 --> 00:38:59.340
 repent of their

00:38:59.340 --> 00:38:59.799
 sins

00:38:59.799 --> 00:39:01.599
 and confess

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.799
 their faith

00:39:02.799 --> 00:39:03.340
 in Jesus

00:39:03.340 --> 00:39:03.940
 as Lord

00:39:03.940 --> 00:39:04.440
 and Savior.

00:39:06.440 --> 00:39:07.139
 You must

00:39:07.139 --> 00:39:07.539
 do that

00:39:07.539 --> 00:39:07.880
 if you are

00:39:07.880 --> 00:39:08.360
 to be saved.

00:39:09.099 --> 00:39:09.820
 If you are

00:39:09.820 --> 00:39:10.360
 to have this

00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:10.679
 life.

00:39:11.579 --> 00:39:12.219
 You must

00:39:12.219 --> 00:39:12.699
 come to him

00:39:12.699 --> 00:39:13.059
 for it.

00:39:14.019 --> 00:39:14.920
 It's a glorious

00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:15.860
 promise that Jesus

00:39:15.860 --> 00:39:16.779
 makes in the text

00:39:16.780 --> 00:39:17.640
 but it must

00:39:17.640 --> 00:39:18.400
 be actively

00:39:18.400 --> 00:39:19.600
 and personally

00:39:19.600 --> 00:39:20.740
 received by faith.

00:39:21.900 --> 00:39:22.320
 And let me

00:39:22.320 --> 00:39:22.820
 just show you

00:39:22.820 --> 00:39:23.700
 how to do that

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 in case you're

00:39:24.260 --> 00:39:24.519
 wondering.

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 Flip over

00:39:26.380 --> 00:39:26.840
 just quickly

00:39:26.840 --> 00:39:27.340
 in your Bible

00:39:27.340 --> 00:39:27.900
 to Romans

00:39:27.900 --> 00:39:28.600
 chapter 10.

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 It'll be

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 just a few

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 pages over

00:39:35.280 --> 00:39:35.760
 from where you

00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:36.560
 are in John 11.

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 Look at

00:39:38.120 --> 00:39:39.160
 Romans chapter 10

00:39:39.160 --> 00:39:41.940
 and verse 9.

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 The scripture

00:39:46.280 --> 00:39:47.139
 says if you

00:39:47.139 --> 00:39:47.860
 confess

00:39:47.860 --> 00:39:48.880
 with your

00:39:48.880 --> 00:39:49.460
 mouth

00:39:49.460 --> 00:39:51.320
 that Jesus

00:39:51.320 --> 00:39:52.039
 is Lord

00:39:52.039 --> 00:39:53.700
 and believe

00:39:53.700 --> 00:39:54.519
 in your heart

00:39:54.519 --> 00:39:55.039
 that God

00:39:55.039 --> 00:39:55.639
 raised him

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:56.320
 from the dead

00:39:56.320 --> 00:39:57.920
 you will

00:39:57.920 --> 00:39:58.500
 be saved.

00:39:59.539 --> 00:40:00.119
 For with

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 the heart

00:40:00.619 --> 00:40:01.599
 one believes

00:40:01.599 --> 00:40:02.280
 and is

00:40:02.280 --> 00:40:03.159
 justified

00:40:03.159 --> 00:40:04.380
 justified

00:40:04.380 --> 00:40:05.139
 by faith

00:40:05.139 --> 00:40:05.860
 not works

00:40:05.860 --> 00:40:06.559
 declared

00:40:06.559 --> 00:40:07.159
 righteous

00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:08.039
 because we

00:40:08.039 --> 00:40:08.599
 believe

00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:09.519
 genuinely

00:40:09.519 --> 00:40:11.079
 in the heart

00:40:11.079 --> 00:40:12.579
 and with

00:40:12.579 --> 00:40:13.420
 the mouth

00:40:13.420 --> 00:40:15.099
 one confesses

00:40:15.099 --> 00:40:15.920
 Christ

00:40:15.920 --> 00:40:17.079
 and is

00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:17.519
 saved.

00:40:18.259 --> 00:40:18.619
 For the

00:40:18.619 --> 00:40:19.400
 scripture says

00:40:19.400 --> 00:40:20.259
 everyone who

00:40:20.259 --> 00:40:21.119
 believes in him

00:40:21.119 --> 00:40:21.980
 will not be

00:40:21.980 --> 00:40:22.599
 put to shame.

00:40:22.719 --> 00:40:23.279
 That's a

00:40:23.279 --> 00:40:24.539
 view ahead

00:40:24.539 --> 00:40:25.159
 to a future

00:40:25.159 --> 00:40:25.599
 judgment.

00:40:26.239 --> 00:40:26.659
 You will not

00:40:26.659 --> 00:40:27.139
 be ashamed

00:40:27.139 --> 00:40:27.739
 in the judgment

00:40:27.739 --> 00:40:28.679
 if you believe

00:40:28.679 --> 00:40:29.159
 Christ.

00:40:29.619 --> 00:40:29.880
 For there's

00:40:29.880 --> 00:40:30.659
 no distinction

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.259
 verse 12

00:40:31.259 --> 00:40:32.219
 between Jew

00:40:32.219 --> 00:40:32.659
 and Greek

00:40:32.659 --> 00:40:33.299
 for the same

00:40:33.299 --> 00:40:33.960
 Lord is Lord

00:40:33.960 --> 00:40:34.259
 of all

00:40:34.259 --> 00:40:34.920
 bestowing his

00:40:34.920 --> 00:40:35.599
 riches on all

00:40:35.599 --> 00:40:36.500
 who call on him.

00:40:36.559 --> 00:40:36.920
 In other words

00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.159
 you don't get

00:40:38.159 --> 00:40:39.199
 there a different

00:40:39.199 --> 00:40:40.480
 way based on

00:40:40.480 --> 00:40:41.079
 your culture

00:40:41.079 --> 00:40:41.599
 or your

00:40:41.599 --> 00:40:42.000
 background.

00:40:42.920 --> 00:40:43.360
 That just

00:40:43.360 --> 00:40:43.840
 because you

00:40:43.840 --> 00:40:44.380
 belong to a

00:40:44.380 --> 00:40:45.059
 different demographic

00:40:45.059 --> 00:40:45.579
 or a different

00:40:45.579 --> 00:40:46.119
 culture of a

00:40:46.119 --> 00:40:46.699
 different upbringing

00:40:46.699 --> 00:40:47.480
 that you can

00:40:47.480 --> 00:40:48.219
 get to God

00:40:48.219 --> 00:40:48.840
 a different way.

00:40:48.940 --> 00:40:49.440
 No he says

00:40:49.440 --> 00:40:49.940
 no it doesn't

00:40:49.940 --> 00:40:50.340
 matter if you're

00:40:50.340 --> 00:40:50.860
 Jew or Greek

00:40:50.860 --> 00:40:51.900
 or whatever.

00:40:52.320 --> 00:40:52.820
 He says

00:40:52.820 --> 00:40:53.199
 there's one

00:40:53.199 --> 00:40:53.559
 Lord.

00:40:54.079 --> 00:40:54.460
 It's all

00:40:54.460 --> 00:40:55.139
 through Christ

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:55.619
 and then he

00:40:55.619 --> 00:40:56.380
 closes it off

00:40:56.380 --> 00:40:57.000
 in verse 13

00:40:57.000 --> 00:40:57.480
 and he says

00:40:57.480 --> 00:40:58.219
 for everyone

00:40:58.219 --> 00:40:59.559
 who calls

00:40:59.559 --> 00:41:00.099
 on the name

00:41:00.099 --> 00:41:00.659
 of the Lord

00:41:00.659 --> 00:41:01.840
 will be saved.

00:41:02.900 --> 00:41:03.780
 How can I

00:41:03.780 --> 00:41:04.559
 actually trust

00:41:04.559 --> 00:41:05.019
 Christ?

00:41:06.360 --> 00:41:06.880
 Believe in

00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:07.400
 your heart.

00:41:07.740 --> 00:41:08.079
 Repent of

00:41:08.079 --> 00:41:08.500
 your sin.

00:41:08.760 --> 00:41:09.679
 Confess him

00:41:09.679 --> 00:41:10.639
 as Lord

00:41:10.639 --> 00:41:11.259
 and Savior

00:41:11.259 --> 00:41:11.639
 and the

00:41:11.639 --> 00:41:12.440
 promise is

00:41:12.440 --> 00:41:12.940
 that if you

00:41:12.940 --> 00:41:13.359
 do that

00:41:13.359 --> 00:41:15.019
 you will

00:41:15.019 --> 00:41:15.980
 show that

00:41:15.980 --> 00:41:16.639
 he has

00:41:16.639 --> 00:41:18.099
 saved you.

00:41:18.799 --> 00:41:19.739
 He's redeemed

00:41:19.739 --> 00:41:20.239
 you and he's

00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:21.219
 transformed you.

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:22.579
 It's a work

00:41:22.579 --> 00:41:23.399
 of his grace

00:41:23.399 --> 00:41:24.779
 made evident

00:41:24.779 --> 00:41:26.619
 in your

00:41:26.619 --> 00:41:27.460
 real and

00:41:27.460 --> 00:41:27.940
 personal

00:41:27.940 --> 00:41:29.460
 faith.

00:41:30.500 --> 00:41:31.199
 Let's bring

00:41:31.199 --> 00:41:31.519
 it to a

00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:31.819
 close.

00:41:34.460 --> 00:41:35.319
 Death is a

00:41:35.319 --> 00:41:36.339
 reality that

00:41:36.339 --> 00:41:36.719
 none of us

00:41:36.719 --> 00:41:37.319
 can escape.

00:41:37.659 --> 00:41:38.039
 We've got

00:41:38.039 --> 00:41:38.359
 that.

00:41:38.360 --> 00:41:41.200
 But there

00:41:41.200 --> 00:41:41.640
 is real

00:41:41.640 --> 00:41:42.240
 hope in

00:41:42.240 --> 00:41:42.500
 Jesus

00:41:42.500 --> 00:41:43.059
 Christ.

00:41:44.760 --> 00:41:45.380
 As we

00:41:45.380 --> 00:41:45.880
 say often

00:41:45.880 --> 00:41:46.360
 he lived

00:41:46.360 --> 00:41:46.880
 the life

00:41:46.880 --> 00:41:47.460
 that we

00:41:47.460 --> 00:41:47.920
 were meant

00:41:47.920 --> 00:41:48.460
 to live

00:41:48.460 --> 00:41:50.160
 and died

00:41:50.160 --> 00:41:50.579
 the death

00:41:50.579 --> 00:41:50.880
 that we

00:41:50.880 --> 00:41:51.420
 deserve to

00:41:51.420 --> 00:41:51.780
 die.

00:41:52.800 --> 00:41:53.400
 And he

00:41:53.400 --> 00:41:53.660
 did it

00:41:53.660 --> 00:41:53.880
 out of

00:41:53.880 --> 00:41:54.480
 love for

00:41:54.480 --> 00:41:54.780
 sinners

00:41:54.780 --> 00:41:55.240
 like you

00:41:55.240 --> 00:41:55.559
 and me.

00:41:56.360 --> 00:41:57.000
 He's the

00:41:57.000 --> 00:41:57.480
 resurrection

00:41:57.480 --> 00:41:57.880
 and the

00:41:57.880 --> 00:41:58.260
 life.

00:41:59.280 --> 00:41:59.900
 He's a

00:41:59.900 --> 00:42:00.599
 sure hope

00:42:00.599 --> 00:42:02.099
 for those

00:42:02.099 --> 00:42:02.519
 of you who

00:42:02.519 --> 00:42:03.260
 remain lost

00:42:03.260 --> 00:42:03.579
 in your

00:42:03.579 --> 00:42:04.039
 sin that

00:42:04.039 --> 00:42:04.380
 you're trying

00:42:04.380 --> 00:42:04.780
 to sort

00:42:04.780 --> 00:42:05.220
 all of this

00:42:05.220 --> 00:42:05.599
 out.

00:42:06.599 --> 00:42:07.420
 He is your

00:42:07.420 --> 00:42:08.019
 only hope.

00:42:08.360 --> 00:42:08.800
 hope.

00:42:09.460 --> 00:42:10.200
 And it's

00:42:10.200 --> 00:42:10.620
 a blessed

00:42:10.620 --> 00:42:11.039
 hope.

00:42:12.640 --> 00:42:13.280
 But it's

00:42:13.280 --> 00:42:13.680
 also an

00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:14.079
 incredible

00:42:14.079 --> 00:42:15.500
 joy and

00:42:15.500 --> 00:42:16.099
 encouragement

00:42:16.099 --> 00:42:16.980
 for those

00:42:16.980 --> 00:42:17.539
 of you who

00:42:17.539 --> 00:42:18.599
 have been

00:42:18.599 --> 00:42:19.120
 saved.

00:42:20.400 --> 00:42:21.320
 Maybe you're

00:42:21.320 --> 00:42:22.260
 burdened by

00:42:22.260 --> 00:42:24.480
 death or

00:42:24.480 --> 00:42:25.460
 suffering or

00:42:25.460 --> 00:42:25.860
 whatever's

00:42:25.860 --> 00:42:26.559
 around you.

00:42:28.200 --> 00:42:29.140
 Paul says

00:42:29.140 --> 00:42:29.480
 to the

00:42:29.480 --> 00:42:30.120
 Thessalonians

00:42:30.120 --> 00:42:30.720
 that we are

00:42:30.720 --> 00:42:31.720
 to take

00:42:31.720 --> 00:42:32.420
 these truths

00:42:32.420 --> 00:42:33.099
 of resurrection

00:42:33.099 --> 00:42:34.039
 and we are

00:42:34.039 --> 00:42:34.820
 to encourage

00:42:34.820 --> 00:42:35.640
 one another

00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:36.739
 with such

00:42:36.739 --> 00:42:37.219
 things.

00:42:38.500 --> 00:42:39.199
 Take courage

00:42:39.199 --> 00:42:39.719
 in this

00:42:39.719 --> 00:42:40.900
 and enjoy

00:42:40.900 --> 00:42:42.420
 whoever

00:42:42.420 --> 00:42:43.099
 trusts in

00:42:43.099 --> 00:42:44.139
 him though

00:42:44.139 --> 00:42:44.679
 he die

00:42:44.679 --> 00:42:46.359
 yet shall

00:42:46.359 --> 00:42:46.739
 he live.

00:42:48.639 --> 00:42:49.359
 Do you

00:42:49.359 --> 00:42:49.980
 believe this?

00:42:51.739 --> 00:42:52.519
 Will you

00:42:52.519 --> 00:42:53.139
 believe this?

00:42:53.900 --> 00:42:54.539
 He invites

00:42:54.539 --> 00:42:54.859
 you to

00:42:54.859 --> 00:42:56.799
 and he will

00:42:56.799 --> 00:42:57.259
 forgive you

00:42:57.259 --> 00:42:57.639
 and give you

00:42:57.639 --> 00:42:58.219
 that life

00:42:58.219 --> 00:42:59.199
 today.

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 take

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