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 All right, amen, and good morning.

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 If I've yet to see you and say so to you,

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! Please take your copy of God's Word and join me in John chapter 11.

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 Our text for today is John chapter 11, verses 18 through 37.

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 Last week, as we began John 11, we saw something about the love of Jesus that is profoundly comforting,

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 although at first it can be difficult to understand.

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 Jesus loved Martha and Mary and Lazarus, and because he loved them, he waited.

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 He received word that Lazarus was sick.

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 He knew exactly what was happening in Bethany.

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 He possessed both the authority and the power to prevent Lazarus from dying,

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 and yet, rather than immediately traveling to Bethany or just speaking a word where he was,

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 Jesus remained where he was for two more days.

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 And the point John forces us to confront is that the delay of Jesus was not a contradiction of his love.

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 Somehow, mysteriously but unmistakably, the delay was an expression of his love.

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 Jesus loved them, so the text tells us.

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 He waited.

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 Because the love of Christ is aimed at something greater than our immediate comfort.

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 Christ loves us too much merely to arrange our circumstances according to our preferences.

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 He intends instead to reveal his glory, strengthen our faith, loosen our grip on this dying world,

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 and teach us to trust him when we cannot understand what he is doing.

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 By the time Jesus arrives near Bethany, Lazarus has been in the tomb four days.

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 From the perspective of Mary and Martha, Jesus appears to have arrived too late.

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 Lazarus' sickness has run its course.

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 The funeral has already taken place.

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 The stone rolled over the entrance.

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 The mourners have gathered.

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 Lazarus is most assuredly dead.

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 And yet, as we said at the conclusion of the sermon last week,

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 Jesus is never late.

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 He may not operate according to our timetable.

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 He may not intervene at the moment we would have chosen.

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 He may allow circumstances to deteriorate until every human possibility has disappeared.

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 But he is never late.

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 Because the Son of God does not merely react to circumstances.

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 He governs them.

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 Rules over all things.

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 And now, beginning in verse 18,

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 John takes us from the delay of Jesus to the arrival of Jesus.

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 And what follows is one of the most beautiful passages in all of Scripture.

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 Because in the space of only 20 verses,

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 we see both the incomparable majesty and the astonishing tenderness of our Savior.

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 And so we'll look together at verses 18 through 37.

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 I will begin reading in verse 1, however,

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 set the context,

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 and in case you weren't with us last week.

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 Before I do any of that,

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 let me lead us in a prayer for our benefit.

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 Father God, thank you for your word this morning.

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 We are always in some state of frailty.

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 There are times when we feel it more than others.

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 I can humbly say before you that I'm feeling my frailty today.

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 The frailty of my preparation.

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 Certainly the frailty of my delivery.

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 And all of us, if we're honest,

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 are frail in our hearing and understanding.

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 We're easily distracted.

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 Lots on our minds.

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 Exhaustion often sets in on Sunday morning.

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 So we ask that you'd help us to be attentive this day.

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 Take up your word together that we would rightly see Christ in it.

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 We would behold him as we should.

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 That our affections would be turned and set on him.

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 We would see ourselves in the text.

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 And see our need of this great Savior.

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 The Lord Jesus Christ.

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 It's in his name that we pray.

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 Amen.

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 John 11, beginning in verse 1.

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 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany,

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 the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment

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 and wiped his feet with her hair,

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 whose brother, Lazarus, was ill.

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 The sister sent to him, saying,

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 Lord, he whom you love is ill.

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 But when Jesus heard it, he said,

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 This illness does not lead to death.

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 It is for the glory of God,

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 so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

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 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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 So when he heard that Lazarus was ill,

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 he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

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 But after this, he said to the disciples,

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 Let us go to Judea again.

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 The disciples said to him,

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 Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you,

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 and are you going there again?

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 Jesus answered,

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 Are there not twelve hours in the day?

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 If anyone walks in the day,

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 he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world.

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 But if anyone walks in the night,

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 he stumbles because the light is not in him.

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 After saying these things, he said to them,

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 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep,

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 but I go to awaken him.

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 The disciples said to him,

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 Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.

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 Now Jesus had spoken of his death,

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 but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.

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 Then Jesus told them plainly,

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 Lazarus has died.

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 And for your sake, I am glad I was not there,

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 so that you may believe.

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 But let us go to him.

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 So Thomas called the twin,

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 said to his fellow disciples,

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 Let us also go that we may die with him.

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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,

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 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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 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 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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 Martha said to him,

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 I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me,

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 though he die,

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 yet shall he live.

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 And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 She said to him,

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 Yes, Lord,

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 I believe that you are the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 who is coming into the world.

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 When she had said this,

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 she went and called her sister Mary,

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 saying in private,

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 The teacher is here and is calling for you.

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 And when she heard it,

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 she rose quickly and went to him.

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 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village,

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 but was still in the place where Martha had met him.

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 When the Jews who were with her in the house,

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 consoling her,

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 saw Mary rise quickly and go out,

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 they followed her,

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 supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there.

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 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him,

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 she fell at his feet,

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 saying to him,

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 Lord,

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 if you had been here,

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 my brother would not have died.

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 When Jesus saw her weeping,

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 and the Jews who had come with her also weeping,

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 he was deeply moved in his spirit

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 and greatly troubled.

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 And he said,

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 Where have you laid him?

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 They said to him,

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 Lord,

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 come and see.

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 Jesus wept.

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 So the Jews said,

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 See how he loved him?

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 But some of them said,

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 Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man

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 also have kept this man from dying?

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 All right.

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 I have three points for us this morning

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 to consider this text.

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 The first,

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 Jesus' arrival.

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 We'll look at a considerable bit of the text

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 at this point.

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 Notice that he goes to Bethany,

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 this town that Lazarus is from,

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 and it's near Jerusalem,

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 about two miles off.

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 And the nearness to Jerusalem

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 highlights the danger

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 that concerned the disciples

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 earlier in the chapter.

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 Previously,

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 Jesus has worked in Judea,

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 in Jerusalem.

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 He's healed a blind man,

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 and they are seeking his death.

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 The presumption of the disciples

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 is that they're going with him

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 to his death

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 as he arrives in this place

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 to teach them something

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 of the resurrection.

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 And we note as he arrives there,

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 in the previous verse,

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 it's already been four days

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 that Lazarus has been in the tomb.

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 And many of the Jews,

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 verse 19 tells us,

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 had come to Martha and Mary

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 to console them,

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 to comfort them

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 concerning their brother.

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 Because of the nearness to Jerusalem,

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 many of the Jews are able to come

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 and to mourn with Martha and Mary.

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 Two things are notable here.

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 First,

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 the family of Lazarus

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 possesses some level of prominence

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 evidenced by this many visiting

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 to mourn his death.

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 We don't know a lot about this family,

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 but they must have had

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 some degree of prominence

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 and by later evidence

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 that they had some financial means

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 because Mary anoints Jesus' feet

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 with expensive ointment,

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 something she couldn't have afforded

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 otherwise.

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 We will note later in the chapter

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 that this miracle

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 is the final inciting incident

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 that would lead to Jesus' crucifixion.

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 John chapter 11

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 and verse 53.

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 This news goes out.

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 It's carried back to the Pharisees,

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 John tells us,

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 and verse 53 says,

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 so from that day on,

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 they made plans

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 to put him to death.

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 Jesus knows exactly

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 what he's doing.

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 He's going to raise Lazarus

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 from the dead

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 to teach something

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 of the resurrection

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 and that this incident

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 will forward,

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 press on God's plan

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 for his crucifixion.

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 Secondly,

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 I've noted before

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 that John uses the phrase

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 the Jews

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 in various forms

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 throughout his gospel

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 and that he most regularly

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 uses the phrase

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 to refer to the Jewish leaders

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 who are antagonistic

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 toward Jesus.

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 But in this case,

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 we have no reason

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 to believe

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 that is what he means.

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 This is one of those instances

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 where he likely

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 doesn't mean that

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 because some of these Jews

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 go and report

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 to the Pharisees

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 who are particularly

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 antagonistic

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 toward him.

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 The text seems

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 to communicate

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 that these are

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 well-meaning people

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 who know this family

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 and that they are grieved

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 alongside them

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 for their loss.

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 So they're gathered there

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 in Bethany

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 some days later

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 comforting Martha

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 and Mary

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 and grieving the loss

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 of this man.

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 Lazarus.

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 And then verse 20

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 tells us that

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 Martha hears

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 that Jesus is coming,

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 that he's on the road

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 and so she gets up.

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 Mary stays behind

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 but she gets up

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 and she goes

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 to meet him.

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 There's no need

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 to read anything

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 into this private meeting

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 or the one

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 that Jesus will attempt

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 to have with Mary

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 and there is speculation

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 concerning this.

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 But we ought to assume

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 that Martha

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 merely wants a moment

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 alone with Jesus

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 before having to return

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 and serve as the hostess

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 to the crowd

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 at her house.

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 If you've ever

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 been to a funeral

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 or participated

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 in the loss

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 of a near and dear one,

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 you've either

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 or you've watched

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 somebody else

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 have to host people

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 even in the midst

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 of your own grief.

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 So she steals away,

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 I think,

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 all that's happening here.

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 She wants a moment

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 with Jesus

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 before he arrives

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 with all of the other mourners.

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 Now,

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 before we get into

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 the details

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 of the rest

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 of the text

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 and this conversation

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 that they have,

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 I genuinely believe

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 that we'll be well served

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 by looking

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 at its literary structure.

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 I received a text

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 this week

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 that said

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 chiasms are important.

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 Don't let people bully you

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 into not pointing them out.

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 We have read

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 the text together.

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 I sure hope

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 you have a copy

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 of it sitting

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 in front of you.

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 If you don't,

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 the bulletin you were handed

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 has all of the text

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 found in it

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 and I would assume

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 that two phrases,

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 if you're paying attention

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 at all,

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 rightly,

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 two phrases

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 leapt off the page

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 at you.

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 The first,

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 these are the two

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 I'm assuming,

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 the first,

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 Jesus says,

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life

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 in verse 25.

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 That leapt off.

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 I tried to read it

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 with some measure

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 of emphasis

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 as I read the text

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 to you.

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 The other,

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 I'm assuming,

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 is verse 35.

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 It states simply,

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 Jesus wept.

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 These are not

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 unimportant phrases.

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 So don't hear me say

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 they're unimportant.

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 They are significant

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 phrases in this text.

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 But neither of them

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 are the chiastic

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 center

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 of the text.

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 We're going to talk

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 about chiasms.

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 If you are new here,

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 chiasm is a literary

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 structure found

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 all throughout literature.

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 It is found a lot

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 in the Bible.

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 And I've been arguing

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 in our study of John

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 that John uses

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 chiasms quite often

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 to draw our attention

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 to particular parts

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 of text.

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 It's a mnemonic device

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 meant to help people

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 remember stories.

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 Early church,

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 many of these stories

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 would have just been spoken.

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 So it's being used

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 in that way.

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 But even as we have

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 the written text

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 in front of us,

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 it's meant to help us

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 draw some emphasis,

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 give us a lens

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 by which we look at

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 the rest of the text.

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 So the word chiasm

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 comes from the Greek

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 letter for X,

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 chi.

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 And what it says to us,

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 and I always plot it out

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 and sometimes I do for you

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 in your bulletin,

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 is that the first part

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 of the text

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 corresponds to the last

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 part of the text

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 and so on.

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 So it feeds into a center,

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 a cross point,

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 so to speak.

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 So let me take a few moments

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 and show you

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 the chiastic structure

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 of this text.

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 I think it's really

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 going to help us see

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 what John's communicating here.

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 So notice first,

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 verse 18 and 19,

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 which corresponds

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 to verse 36 and 37.

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 You could underline

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 these things

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 in your bulletin

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 if you would like.

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 Notice that

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 Jesus travels to Bethany

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 near Jerusalem

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 and the Jews,

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 many Jews,

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 come to Mary and Martha

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 to console them

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 in verse 18 and 19.

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 And then you see

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 this speaking of the Jews

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 at the end,

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 verse 36 and 37.

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 So the Jews said,

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 but some of them said,

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 verse 37.

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 The next step in on this,

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 right, corresponding,

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 is verses 20 through 24,

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 corresponding with verses 28

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 through 35.

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 Bigger passages, right?

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 Notice the main thing

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 going on here

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 is Martha coming to Jesus

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 and then Mary,

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 along with the other mourners,

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 coming to Jesus.

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 Note the similarity

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 in their words.

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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

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 have died.

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 Mary in the same way.

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 Verse 32,

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 Lord, if you had been here,

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 my brother would not

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 have died.

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 Some significantly

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 different things

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 happening

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 with Martha

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 and with

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 Mary.

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 But these two things

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 correspond

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 to one another.

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 Then the next step in,

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 verse 25 and 26,

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 corresponds to verse 27.

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 Verse 25 says,

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 Jesus said to her,

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 and then verse 27,

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 she said to him.

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 And at the center

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 of all of this structure,

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 I will argue to you,

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 is the question

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 that Jesus asks.

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 Do you believe this?

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 I'm going to show you

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 how the two things

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 fold on top of each other

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 and lay as we go on.

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 But notice at the center

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 of this,

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 do you

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 believe this?

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 What is he referring to?

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 His statement

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 that he has made,

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me,

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 though he die,

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 yet shall he live.

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 And everyone who lives

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 and believes in me

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 shall never

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 die.

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 Do

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 you

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 believe this?

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 And then her response,

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 yes, Lord,

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 I believe that you

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 are the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 who is coming

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 into the world.

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 So,

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 if we pick that up

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 as a lens,

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 I hope

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 it will help us

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 think the way

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 we should be

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 interpreting

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 Jesus' words

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 and then

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 his response

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 to the grieving

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 later on.

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 Now,

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 verse 21,

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 Martha

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 said

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 to Jesus.

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 Remember,

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 she is eager

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 to go meet with him,

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 to have this private

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 moment with him,

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 and she begins

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 with the word,

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 Lord.

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 Lord,

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 if you had

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 been here,

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 my brother

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 would not

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 have died,

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 but even now

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 I know

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 that whatever

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 you ask

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 from God,

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 God will give you.

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 Note the faith

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 of Martha.

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 She begins

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 with Lord,

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 and then

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 adds to the request,

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 the same request

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 that Mary makes,

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 she adds to that,

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 but even now

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 I know

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 that you can

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 raise Lazarus

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 from the dead,

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 is what is implied

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 in this statement.

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 And so,

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 Jesus

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 says to her,

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 in a measure

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 of ambiguity,

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 your brother

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 will

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 rise again.

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 And she

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 responds

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 with some

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 confusion,

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 I know

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 that he

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 will rise

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 again

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 in the

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 resurrection

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 on the

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 last day.

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 Now,

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 Martha,

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 because of

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 this declaration,

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 is showing

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 herself to be

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 of the

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 Pharisee

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 camp.

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 Theologically,

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 she believes

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 in the

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 resurrection.

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 There was

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 two major

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 groups in

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 this day,

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 the Pharisees

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 and the

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 Sadducees,

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 and they

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 had many

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 other

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 differences,

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 but the

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 primary

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 theological

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 debate that

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 they had

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 was whether

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 or not

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 there

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 would

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 be

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 a

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 resurrection.

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 In the

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 last day,

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 there would

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 be a

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 resurrection

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 from the

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 dead.

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 The

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 Pharisees

00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.099
 were more

00:20:06.099 --> 00:20:07.079
 conservative.

00:20:07.639 --> 00:20:07.939
 They were

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 the Bible

00:20:08.720 --> 00:20:09.419
 people of

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 the day.

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 The

00:20:10.000 --> 00:20:10.460
 Sadducees

00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:11.399
 tended not

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 to be.

00:20:12.859 --> 00:20:13.139
 And they

00:20:13.139 --> 00:20:13.339
 would have

00:20:13.339 --> 00:20:13.759
 taken up

00:20:13.759 --> 00:20:14.099
 a text

00:20:14.099 --> 00:20:14.619
 like Daniel

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 12,

00:20:15.119 --> 00:20:15.399
 too,

00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:16.279
 which says,

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 and many

00:20:16.659 --> 00:20:17.079
 of those

00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:17.599
 who sleep

00:20:17.599 --> 00:20:17.819
 in the

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:18.139
 dust of

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 the earth

00:20:18.500 --> 00:20:19.379
 shall

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 awake,

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 some to

00:20:20.740 --> 00:20:21.119
 everlasting

00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:21.619
 life,

00:20:21.819 --> 00:20:22.240
 and some

00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:23.079
 to shame

00:20:23.079 --> 00:20:24.319
 and everlasting

00:20:24.319 --> 00:20:25.679
 contempt.

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 And believe

00:20:26.720 --> 00:20:26.900
 it.

00:20:27.580 --> 00:20:28.120
 And believe

00:20:28.120 --> 00:20:28.600
 that there

00:20:28.600 --> 00:20:29.200
 will in

00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:30.220
 fact be

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 a resurrection

00:20:31.600 --> 00:20:33.039
 on the

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 last day.

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 So Martha's

00:20:35.580 --> 00:20:36.640
 saying to

00:20:36.640 --> 00:20:37.019
 Jesus,

00:20:37.180 --> 00:20:37.640
 as he says,

00:20:37.700 --> 00:20:38.080
 your brother

00:20:38.080 --> 00:20:38.779
 will rise

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 again.

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 She's saying,

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 I know,

00:20:41.180 --> 00:20:41.660
 I know

00:20:41.660 --> 00:20:42.779
 someday he

00:20:42.779 --> 00:20:44.600
 will rise

00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.640
 again.

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 And in my

00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.480
 imagination,

00:20:47.620 --> 00:20:48.000
 she might have

00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.620
 gone on to

00:20:48.620 --> 00:20:49.000
 say,

00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:49.840
 but does that

00:20:49.840 --> 00:20:50.560
 give me hope

00:20:50.560 --> 00:20:51.299
 now?

00:20:51.980 --> 00:20:52.640
 Is that

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 something I

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 ought to

00:20:53.500 --> 00:20:54.080
 hang on to

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 now?

00:20:54.799 --> 00:20:55.420
 I'm feeling

00:20:55.420 --> 00:20:55.940
 the grief

00:20:55.940 --> 00:20:56.300
 of his

00:20:56.300 --> 00:20:56.740
 loss

00:20:56.740 --> 00:20:58.060
 now,

00:20:58.779 --> 00:20:59.080
 but Jesus

00:20:59.080 --> 00:20:59.800
 gets right

00:20:59.800 --> 00:21:00.600
 in front

00:21:00.600 --> 00:21:01.060
 of her

00:21:01.060 --> 00:21:02.000
 and says,

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 I am

00:21:03.940 --> 00:21:04.640
 the resurrection

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:06.140
 and the

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 life.

00:21:07.900 --> 00:21:08.080
 Now,

00:21:08.100 --> 00:21:08.600
 this is the

00:21:08.600 --> 00:21:09.500
 fifth of

00:21:09.500 --> 00:21:09.759
 Jesus'

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 I am

00:21:11.220 --> 00:21:12.060
 statements,

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 right?

00:21:12.460 --> 00:21:12.960
 Connecting

00:21:12.960 --> 00:21:13.640
 himself to

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.860
 the Godhead.

00:21:15.600 --> 00:21:16.100
 This chapter

00:21:16.100 --> 00:21:16.680
 is not the

00:21:16.680 --> 00:21:17.340
 first we have

00:21:17.340 --> 00:21:18.240
 heard Jesus

00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.340
 speak of

00:21:19.340 --> 00:21:19.840
 resurrection.

00:21:20.840 --> 00:21:21.340
 In chapter

00:21:21.340 --> 00:21:21.980
 five,

00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:22.400
 he has

00:21:22.400 --> 00:21:22.779
 stated that

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 he,

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 along with

00:21:24.019 --> 00:21:24.759
 the father,

00:21:25.420 --> 00:21:26.539
 raised the

00:21:26.539 --> 00:21:26.820
 dead.

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 Just of a

00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:27.720
 little

00:21:27.720 --> 00:21:28.180
 interesting

00:21:28.180 --> 00:21:28.740
 note,

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 there is

00:21:29.140 --> 00:21:29.640
 also a

00:21:29.640 --> 00:21:30.000
 chiastic

00:21:30.000 --> 00:21:30.440
 structure

00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:31.080
 between

00:21:31.080 --> 00:21:31.779
 chapter

00:21:31.779 --> 00:21:32.539
 five and

00:21:32.539 --> 00:21:32.779
 all the

00:21:32.779 --> 00:21:33.240
 way to

00:21:33.240 --> 00:21:34.019
 chapter

00:21:34.019 --> 00:21:34.400
 11.

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 And you

00:21:34.700 --> 00:21:35.140
 can guess

00:21:35.140 --> 00:21:35.400
 chapter

00:21:35.400 --> 00:21:35.860
 five and

00:21:35.860 --> 00:21:36.060
 chapter

00:21:36.060 --> 00:21:36.620
 11 do

00:21:36.620 --> 00:21:37.039
 in fact

00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:37.680
 correspond

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.940
 with each

00:21:38.940 --> 00:21:39.220
 other.

00:21:40.140 --> 00:21:40.400
 In chapter

00:21:40.400 --> 00:21:40.840
 five,

00:21:40.920 --> 00:21:41.140
 he has

00:21:41.140 --> 00:21:41.380
 said,

00:21:41.460 --> 00:21:41.660
 in verse

00:21:41.660 --> 00:21:42.220
 21,

00:21:42.800 --> 00:21:43.039
 for as

00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:43.539
 the father

00:21:43.539 --> 00:21:44.120
 raises the

00:21:44.120 --> 00:21:44.400
 dead and

00:21:44.400 --> 00:21:44.779
 gives them

00:21:44.779 --> 00:21:45.060
 life,

00:21:45.300 --> 00:21:46.000
 so also

00:21:46.000 --> 00:21:46.720
 the son

00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:47.440
 gives life

00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:48.100
 to whom

00:21:48.100 --> 00:21:49.220
 he will.

00:21:50.240 --> 00:21:50.480
 In the

00:21:50.480 --> 00:21:51.160
 verse 25

00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:51.920
 and following,

00:21:51.920 --> 00:21:52.200
 truly,

00:21:52.200 --> 00:21:52.220
 truly,

00:21:52.220 --> 00:21:52.400
 truly,

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:52.759
 I say

00:21:52.759 --> 00:21:53.000
 to you,

00:21:53.080 --> 00:21:53.380
 an hour

00:21:53.380 --> 00:21:53.860
 is coming

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.740
 and is

00:21:54.740 --> 00:21:55.440
 now here

00:21:55.440 --> 00:21:56.279
 when the

00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:56.700
 dead will

00:21:56.700 --> 00:21:57.259
 hear the

00:21:57.259 --> 00:21:57.980
 voice of

00:21:57.980 --> 00:21:58.259
 the son

00:21:58.259 --> 00:21:58.740
 of God

00:21:58.740 --> 00:21:59.460
 and those

00:21:59.460 --> 00:21:59.980
 who hear

00:21:59.980 --> 00:22:00.740
 will live.

00:22:01.140 --> 00:22:01.480
 For as the

00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:02.019
 father has

00:22:02.019 --> 00:22:02.640
 life in

00:22:02.640 --> 00:22:03.100
 himself,

00:22:03.440 --> 00:22:04.000
 so he has

00:22:04.000 --> 00:22:04.600
 granted the

00:22:04.600 --> 00:22:05.420
 son also

00:22:05.420 --> 00:22:06.019
 to have

00:22:06.019 --> 00:22:06.680
 life in

00:22:06.680 --> 00:22:07.160
 himself.

00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:08.240
 He has

00:22:08.240 --> 00:22:08.539
 given him

00:22:08.539 --> 00:22:09.160
 authority to

00:22:09.160 --> 00:22:09.500
 execute

00:22:09.500 --> 00:22:09.920
 judgment

00:22:09.920 --> 00:22:10.420
 because he

00:22:10.420 --> 00:22:10.759
 is the

00:22:10.759 --> 00:22:11.060
 son of

00:22:11.060 --> 00:22:11.340
 man.

00:22:11.960 --> 00:22:12.259
 Do not

00:22:12.259 --> 00:22:12.860
 marvel at

00:22:12.860 --> 00:22:13.039
 this,

00:22:13.100 --> 00:22:13.500
 for an hour

00:22:13.500 --> 00:22:13.960
 is coming

00:22:13.960 --> 00:22:14.580
 when all

00:22:14.580 --> 00:22:15.039
 who are in

00:22:15.039 --> 00:22:15.560
 the tombs

00:22:15.560 --> 00:22:15.960
 will hear

00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:16.519
 his voice

00:22:16.519 --> 00:22:17.600
 and come

00:22:17.600 --> 00:22:17.940
 out,

00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:18.560
 those who

00:22:18.560 --> 00:22:18.940
 have done

00:22:18.940 --> 00:22:19.480
 good to the

00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:19.839
 resurrection

00:22:19.839 --> 00:22:20.500
 of life

00:22:20.500 --> 00:22:20.880
 and those

00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:21.059
 who have

00:22:21.059 --> 00:22:21.680
 done evil

00:22:21.680 --> 00:22:22.279
 to the

00:22:22.279 --> 00:22:22.680
 resurrection

00:22:22.680 --> 00:22:24.039
 of judgment.

00:22:25.360 --> 00:22:25.819
 So Jesus

00:22:25.819 --> 00:22:26.140
 has said

00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:27.140
 already and

00:22:27.140 --> 00:22:28.160
 not long

00:22:28.160 --> 00:22:29.460
 ago that

00:22:29.460 --> 00:22:30.059
 he has

00:22:30.059 --> 00:22:31.160
 the authority

00:22:31.160 --> 00:22:32.660
 over life

00:22:32.660 --> 00:22:33.799
 and death

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.380
 and the

00:22:34.380 --> 00:22:34.860
 resurrection.

00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.839
 Here he is

00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:37.500
 drawing Martha

00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.799
 to see that

00:22:38.799 --> 00:22:39.480
 a belief in

00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:40.339
 resurrection is

00:22:40.339 --> 00:22:40.900
 not some

00:22:40.900 --> 00:22:42.180
 abstract thing

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.700
 to believe

00:22:42.700 --> 00:22:42.940
 in,

00:22:43.539 --> 00:22:44.299
 but that the

00:22:44.299 --> 00:22:45.279
 very one

00:22:45.279 --> 00:22:46.160
 who provides

00:22:46.160 --> 00:22:46.620
 it is

00:22:46.620 --> 00:22:47.279
 standing

00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:48.180
 right.

00:22:48.180 --> 00:22:49.580
 in front

00:22:49.580 --> 00:22:49.840
 of her.

00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.000
 That's what

00:22:51.000 --> 00:22:51.320
 he's doing.

00:22:51.420 --> 00:22:51.620
 He says,

00:22:51.860 --> 00:22:53.340
 I am the

00:22:53.340 --> 00:22:53.740
 resurrection

00:22:53.740 --> 00:22:54.960
 and the

00:22:54.960 --> 00:22:55.299
 life.

00:22:55.700 --> 00:22:56.180
 I have the

00:22:56.180 --> 00:22:56.539
 power to

00:22:56.539 --> 00:22:57.100
 execute it.

00:22:57.140 --> 00:22:57.340
 It is

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.759
 found in

00:22:58.759 --> 00:23:00.259
 me.

00:23:01.620 --> 00:23:01.960
 Christians

00:23:01.960 --> 00:23:02.340
 do not

00:23:02.340 --> 00:23:03.039
 just believe

00:23:03.039 --> 00:23:03.440
 in what

00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:03.820
 has been

00:23:03.820 --> 00:23:05.160
 promised by

00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.160
 faith in

00:23:06.160 --> 00:23:06.600
 Christ,

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.340
 but in

00:23:08.340 --> 00:23:09.560
 Christ

00:23:09.560 --> 00:23:11.420
 himself.

00:23:13.160 --> 00:23:13.779
 Not just

00:23:13.779 --> 00:23:13.960
 what is

00:23:13.960 --> 00:23:14.500
 promised,

00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:16.080
 but in

00:23:16.080 --> 00:23:16.920
 Christ

00:23:16.920 --> 00:23:17.759
 himself.

00:23:18.180 --> 00:23:18.860
 here we

00:23:18.860 --> 00:23:19.299
 say again

00:23:19.299 --> 00:23:19.680
 and again

00:23:19.680 --> 00:23:20.320
 in presentations

00:23:20.320 --> 00:23:20.700
 of the

00:23:20.700 --> 00:23:21.180
 gospel that

00:23:21.180 --> 00:23:21.580
 we are to

00:23:21.580 --> 00:23:22.100
 repent,

00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:22.500
 that is,

00:23:22.600 --> 00:23:23.259
 turn from

00:23:23.259 --> 00:23:23.759
 our sin,

00:23:24.120 --> 00:23:25.140
 recognize that

00:23:25.140 --> 00:23:25.580
 it is an

00:23:25.580 --> 00:23:26.340
 offense against

00:23:26.340 --> 00:23:26.680
 the holy

00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:27.080
 God.

00:23:27.799 --> 00:23:28.440
 The word

00:23:28.440 --> 00:23:29.100
 repent means

00:23:29.100 --> 00:23:29.600
 literally to

00:23:29.600 --> 00:23:30.279
 change your

00:23:30.279 --> 00:23:30.840
 mind,

00:23:31.180 --> 00:23:32.000
 to not see

00:23:32.000 --> 00:23:32.580
 this as a

00:23:32.580 --> 00:23:33.140
 path we

00:23:33.140 --> 00:23:33.460
 ought to

00:23:33.460 --> 00:23:33.740
 pursue,

00:23:33.860 --> 00:23:34.060
 but to

00:23:34.060 --> 00:23:34.360
 see it as

00:23:34.360 --> 00:23:34.779
 a path

00:23:34.779 --> 00:23:35.360
 that should

00:23:35.360 --> 00:23:36.320
 be rejected,

00:23:36.740 --> 00:23:37.259
 discarded,

00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:37.860
 because it

00:23:37.860 --> 00:23:38.580
 is offensive

00:23:38.580 --> 00:23:39.519
 to God,

00:23:39.960 --> 00:23:40.299
 and to

00:23:40.299 --> 00:23:41.560
 turn by

00:23:41.560 --> 00:23:42.299
 faith in

00:23:42.299 --> 00:23:43.100
 Christ to

00:23:43.100 --> 00:23:43.460
 his

00:23:43.460 --> 00:23:44.740
 person

00:23:44.740 --> 00:23:46.240
 and his

00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:46.620
 work,

00:23:47.259 --> 00:23:48.079
 to who

00:23:48.079 --> 00:23:48.759
 he is

00:23:48.759 --> 00:23:50.039
 himself,

00:23:50.640 --> 00:23:51.620
 and to

00:23:51.620 --> 00:23:52.059
 all that

00:23:52.059 --> 00:23:52.660
 he has

00:23:52.660 --> 00:23:53.420
 accomplished

00:23:53.420 --> 00:23:54.500
 on our

00:23:54.500 --> 00:23:55.059
 behalf.

00:23:55.299 --> 00:23:55.779
 Both of

00:23:55.779 --> 00:23:56.339
 those are

00:23:56.339 --> 00:23:57.539
 very key

00:23:57.539 --> 00:23:59.099
 to understand.

00:23:59.460 --> 00:23:59.799
 So Jesus

00:23:59.799 --> 00:24:00.039
 says,

00:24:00.220 --> 00:24:01.500
 I am the

00:24:01.500 --> 00:24:01.960
 resurrection

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:03.940
 and the

00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:04.180
 life.

00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.819
 There is no

00:24:04.819 --> 00:24:05.799
 resurrection nor

00:24:05.799 --> 00:24:06.519
 eternal life

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.359
 outside of

00:24:08.359 --> 00:24:08.799
 the Lord

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:10.619
 Jesus Christ.

00:24:12.200 --> 00:24:12.659
 He does

00:24:12.659 --> 00:24:13.500
 this similarly

00:24:13.500 --> 00:24:14.319
 in other

00:24:14.319 --> 00:24:14.879
 places,

00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:15.500
 like in

00:24:15.500 --> 00:24:15.919
 John chapter

00:24:15.919 --> 00:24:16.440
 6.

00:24:17.319 --> 00:24:17.740
 He talks

00:24:17.740 --> 00:24:18.799
 about food

00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.639
 that doesn't

00:24:19.639 --> 00:24:20.180
 perish.

00:24:20.359 --> 00:24:21.000
 Verse 27,

00:24:21.159 --> 00:24:21.619
 do not work

00:24:21.619 --> 00:24:22.099
 for the food

00:24:22.099 --> 00:24:22.680
 that perishes,

00:24:22.799 --> 00:24:23.180
 but for the

00:24:23.180 --> 00:24:23.759
 food that

00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:24.519
 endures to

00:24:24.519 --> 00:24:25.379
 eternal life,

00:24:25.899 --> 00:24:26.440
 which the

00:24:26.440 --> 00:24:27.099
 Son of Man

00:24:27.099 --> 00:24:27.899
 will give

00:24:27.899 --> 00:24:28.240
 you,

00:24:28.460 --> 00:24:28.919
 for on

00:24:28.919 --> 00:24:29.480
 him God

00:24:29.480 --> 00:24:30.119
 the Father

00:24:30.119 --> 00:24:31.319
 has set

00:24:31.319 --> 00:24:31.859
 his seal.

00:24:32.440 --> 00:24:33.319
 So Jesus

00:24:33.319 --> 00:24:34.180
 will give

00:24:34.180 --> 00:24:34.700
 us the

00:24:34.700 --> 00:24:35.539
 sustenance

00:24:35.539 --> 00:24:36.399
 that endures

00:24:36.399 --> 00:24:36.839
 to eternal

00:24:36.839 --> 00:24:37.559
 life.

00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:38.099
 And then he

00:24:38.099 --> 00:24:38.359
 says in

00:24:38.359 --> 00:24:39.059
 verse 35,

00:24:39.619 --> 00:24:40.719
 I am

00:24:40.719 --> 00:24:41.500
 the bread

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.579
 of life.

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.839
 It's me.

00:24:44.299 --> 00:24:44.699
 I will

00:24:44.699 --> 00:24:45.039
 give you

00:24:45.039 --> 00:24:46.119
 myself.

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 Whoever

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 comes to

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 me shall

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 not hunger

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 and whoever

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 believes in

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 me shall

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 never thirst.

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 That's what

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 Jesus is

00:24:55.159 --> 00:24:56.339
 doing for

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 Martha,

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 whom he

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 loves.

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 She's

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 looking to

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 this abstract

00:25:01.799 --> 00:25:02.819
 future reality

00:25:02.819 --> 00:25:03.679
 that,

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 yeah,

00:25:04.139 --> 00:25:04.339
 yeah,

00:25:04.500 --> 00:25:04.779
 Jesus,

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 I know

00:25:05.899 --> 00:25:06.740
 Lazarus will

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 be raised

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 in that

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 final day

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 and he's

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 saying,

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 no,

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 I'm

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 standing

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 right in

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 front of

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 you right

00:25:10.859 --> 00:25:11.159
 now.

00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:12.059
 I am

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 the

00:25:12.659 --> 00:25:13.119
 resurrection

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 and the

00:25:14.619 --> 00:25:15.039
 life.

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 I'd

00:25:16.960 --> 00:25:17.559
 suggest to

00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:17.799
 you that

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 Martha has

00:25:18.579 --> 00:25:19.339
 faith and

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 Jesus is

00:25:19.939 --> 00:25:21.079
 bolstering her

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:22.599
 faith with

00:25:22.599 --> 00:25:23.119
 this statement.

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 He goes on

00:25:23.879 --> 00:25:24.259
 to say,

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 whoever believes

00:25:25.980 --> 00:25:27.480
 in me,

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 though he

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 die,

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 yet shall

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 he live.

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 And everyone

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.240
 who lives

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 and believes

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 in me

00:25:33.179 --> 00:25:34.740
 shall never

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 die.

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 He plays

00:25:36.279 --> 00:25:36.740
 with this

00:25:36.740 --> 00:25:37.500
 language.

00:25:37.819 --> 00:25:38.059
 Whoever

00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.980
 believes in

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:39.440
 me,

00:25:39.880 --> 00:25:40.080
 who has

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.759
 taken me

00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:41.200
 up,

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 we will

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 go through

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 an earthly

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 death,

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 but we

00:25:44.160 --> 00:25:44.799
 will live

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 spiritually

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 forever.

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 And the

00:25:47.100 --> 00:25:47.319
 one who

00:25:47.319 --> 00:25:47.840
 lives

00:25:47.840 --> 00:25:48.360
 spiritually

00:25:48.360 --> 00:25:49.360
 even now

00:25:49.360 --> 00:25:50.880
 will never

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 die

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 spiritually.

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 And then

00:25:55.199 --> 00:25:55.480
 he asks

00:25:55.480 --> 00:25:56.119
 the question,

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 do you

00:25:58.519 --> 00:26:00.480
 believe this?

00:26:02.019 --> 00:26:02.480
 Do you

00:26:02.480 --> 00:26:03.240
 believe this?

00:26:04.439 --> 00:26:04.659
 There should

00:26:04.659 --> 00:26:05.139
 be no

00:26:05.139 --> 00:26:08.359
 question to

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 us why

00:26:09.039 --> 00:26:09.859
 John might

00:26:09.859 --> 00:26:10.699
 structure this

00:26:10.699 --> 00:26:12.240
 text in

00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:12.779
 this way.

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 You've

00:26:14.059 --> 00:26:14.279
 heard me

00:26:14.279 --> 00:26:14.599
 say,

00:26:14.779 --> 00:26:15.319
 John chapter

00:26:15.319 --> 00:26:15.799
 20,

00:26:16.000 --> 00:26:16.419
 verse 30

00:26:16.419 --> 00:26:16.899
 and 31,

00:26:17.139 --> 00:26:17.759
 why did

00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:18.459
 John write

00:26:18.459 --> 00:26:19.279
 this gospel

00:26:19.279 --> 00:26:19.679
 account?

00:26:20.859 --> 00:26:21.259
 He says

00:26:21.259 --> 00:26:21.480
 there,

00:26:21.579 --> 00:26:21.959
 now Jesus

00:26:21.959 --> 00:26:22.419
 did many

00:26:22.419 --> 00:26:23.119
 other signs

00:26:23.119 --> 00:26:23.379
 in the

00:26:23.379 --> 00:26:23.639
 presence

00:26:23.639 --> 00:26:23.879
 of the

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.279
 disciples,

00:26:24.579 --> 00:26:25.419
 which are

00:26:25.419 --> 00:26:25.839
 not written

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.139
 in this

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 book.

00:26:27.619 --> 00:26:28.000
 But some

00:26:28.000 --> 00:26:28.299
 are,

00:26:28.459 --> 00:26:28.759
 are they

00:26:28.759 --> 00:26:29.019
 not?

00:26:29.419 --> 00:26:29.719
 Here in

00:26:29.719 --> 00:26:30.479
 John chapter

00:26:30.479 --> 00:26:30.899
 11,

00:26:31.399 --> 00:26:32.279
 we are about

00:26:32.279 --> 00:26:32.939
 to see

00:26:32.939 --> 00:26:34.219
 Jesus do

00:26:34.219 --> 00:26:35.000
 this work,

00:26:35.119 --> 00:26:36.159
 this sign

00:26:36.159 --> 00:26:36.739
 raising

00:26:36.739 --> 00:26:37.779
 Lazarus

00:26:37.779 --> 00:26:38.799
 from the

00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:39.159
 dead.

00:26:40.099 --> 00:26:40.679
 Verse 31,

00:26:40.939 --> 00:26:41.359
 John 20

00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:41.579
 says,

00:26:41.699 --> 00:26:42.339
 but these

00:26:42.339 --> 00:26:42.979
 are written

00:26:42.979 --> 00:26:44.459
 that you

00:26:44.459 --> 00:26:45.399
 may believe

00:26:45.399 --> 00:26:46.179
 that Jesus

00:26:46.179 --> 00:26:46.859
 is the

00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:47.339
 Christ,

00:26:47.559 --> 00:26:48.019
 the Son

00:26:48.019 --> 00:26:48.500
 of God,

00:26:49.179 --> 00:26:49.459
 and that

00:26:49.459 --> 00:26:50.219
 by believing

00:26:50.219 --> 00:26:51.199
 you may

00:26:51.199 --> 00:26:52.799
 have life.

00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:54.039
 in his

00:26:54.039 --> 00:26:54.379
 name.

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.000
 Well,

00:26:56.039 --> 00:26:56.479
 I want us

00:26:56.479 --> 00:26:56.759
 to be the

00:26:56.759 --> 00:26:57.000
 kind of

00:26:57.000 --> 00:26:57.359
 people that

00:26:57.359 --> 00:26:57.679
 when we

00:26:57.679 --> 00:26:58.399
 read in

00:26:58.399 --> 00:26:58.939
 John chapter

00:26:58.939 --> 00:26:59.339
 11,

00:26:59.799 --> 00:27:00.599
 this statement

00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:01.039
 of our

00:27:01.039 --> 00:27:01.399
 Lord,

00:27:02.479 --> 00:27:03.059
 do you

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:03.939
 believe this,

00:27:05.099 --> 00:27:05.459
 that our

00:27:05.459 --> 00:27:06.019
 minds are

00:27:06.019 --> 00:27:06.559
 triggered?

00:27:07.239 --> 00:27:07.759
 John chapter

00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:08.179
 20,

00:27:08.500 --> 00:27:08.699
 right?

00:27:08.799 --> 00:27:09.179
 That's why

00:27:09.179 --> 00:27:10.519
 John wrote

00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:10.979
 this.

00:27:11.459 --> 00:27:11.879
 Look at

00:27:11.879 --> 00:27:12.339
 what he's

00:27:12.339 --> 00:27:12.879
 doing as

00:27:12.879 --> 00:27:14.019
 he constructs

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.659
 this text

00:27:14.659 --> 00:27:15.959
 under the

00:27:15.959 --> 00:27:16.379
 power of

00:27:16.379 --> 00:27:16.879
 the Spirit

00:27:16.879 --> 00:27:18.279
 to ask

00:27:18.279 --> 00:27:19.139
 the question

00:27:19.139 --> 00:27:20.099
 of us

00:27:20.099 --> 00:27:21.319
 today.

00:27:22.399 --> 00:27:23.180
 Jesus is

00:27:23.180 --> 00:27:24.180
 the

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.579
 resurrection

00:27:24.579 --> 00:27:25.700
 and the

00:27:25.700 --> 00:27:26.059
 life.

00:27:26.759 --> 00:27:28.240
 Do you

00:27:28.240 --> 00:27:30.099
 believe this?

00:27:31.500 --> 00:27:32.019
 And she

00:27:32.019 --> 00:27:32.599
 responds,

00:27:32.799 --> 00:27:33.119
 yes,

00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:33.539
 Lord,

00:27:33.980 --> 00:27:34.940
 I believe

00:27:34.940 --> 00:27:35.240
 that you

00:27:35.240 --> 00:27:35.500
 are the

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:35.940
 Christ,

00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:36.859
 the Son

00:27:36.859 --> 00:27:37.339
 of God,

00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:38.480
 who is

00:27:38.480 --> 00:27:38.819
 coming

00:27:38.819 --> 00:27:40.180
 into the

00:27:40.180 --> 00:27:40.460
 world.

00:27:42.480 --> 00:27:42.680
 Now,

00:27:42.720 --> 00:27:43.200
 notice with me

00:27:43.200 --> 00:27:43.619
 second,

00:27:43.819 --> 00:27:44.200
 so this is

00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:44.519
 Jesus'

00:27:44.700 --> 00:27:45.279
 arrival,

00:27:45.759 --> 00:27:46.079
 notice

00:27:46.079 --> 00:27:46.819
 secondly,

00:27:48.439 --> 00:27:48.699
 Jesus'

00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:50.419
 anger,

00:27:51.839 --> 00:27:52.720
 verses 28

00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:54.500
 through 33.

00:27:55.859 --> 00:27:56.079
 Now,

00:27:56.079 --> 00:27:56.519
 why would I

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.019
 draw your

00:27:57.019 --> 00:27:57.619
 attention to

00:27:57.619 --> 00:27:58.179
 this portion

00:27:58.179 --> 00:27:58.679
 of text

00:27:58.679 --> 00:27:59.480
 by titling

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.799
 it,

00:28:00.819 --> 00:28:01.059
 Jesus'

00:28:01.339 --> 00:28:01.779
 anger?

00:28:02.539 --> 00:28:02.779
 I hope

00:28:02.779 --> 00:28:03.139
 that was a

00:28:03.139 --> 00:28:03.379
 little bit

00:28:03.379 --> 00:28:03.939
 shocking to

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:04.159
 you.

00:28:05.299 --> 00:28:05.819
 Because of

00:28:05.819 --> 00:28:06.519
 the phrase,

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.379
 he was

00:28:07.379 --> 00:28:08.599
 deeply moved

00:28:08.599 --> 00:28:09.059
 in his

00:28:09.059 --> 00:28:10.759
 spirit and

00:28:10.759 --> 00:28:11.279
 greatly

00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:12.639
 troubled.

00:28:13.740 --> 00:28:13.960
 Now,

00:28:13.980 --> 00:28:14.159
 you may

00:28:14.159 --> 00:28:14.500
 have in

00:28:14.500 --> 00:28:14.980
 your Bible

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.699
 a footnote

00:28:15.700 --> 00:28:16.180
 following

00:28:16.180 --> 00:28:16.700
 the first

00:28:16.700 --> 00:28:17.059
 part of

00:28:17.059 --> 00:28:17.799
 that phrase

00:28:17.799 --> 00:28:19.000
 that reads,

00:28:19.940 --> 00:28:20.860
 or was

00:28:20.860 --> 00:28:22.299
 indignant.

00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:23.559
 So it

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.059
 could read,

00:28:25.019 --> 00:28:25.559
 he was

00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.400
 indignant

00:28:26.400 --> 00:28:28.059
 and greatly

00:28:28.059 --> 00:28:29.539
 troubled.

00:28:30.759 --> 00:28:31.340
 So what

00:28:31.340 --> 00:28:31.559
 are we

00:28:31.559 --> 00:28:32.660
 meant to

00:28:32.660 --> 00:28:33.080
 make of

00:28:33.080 --> 00:28:33.460
 this?

00:28:34.380 --> 00:28:35.180
 I use

00:28:35.180 --> 00:28:35.400
 the word

00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:35.779
 anger

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.660
 first because

00:28:36.660 --> 00:28:37.380
 of its

00:28:37.380 --> 00:28:38.319
 alliteration

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:38.759
 with my

00:28:38.759 --> 00:28:39.279
 other points.

00:28:40.080 --> 00:28:40.680
 Helpful

00:28:40.680 --> 00:28:41.140
 sometimes,

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.559
 and I like

00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:41.900
 to do it

00:28:41.900 --> 00:28:42.340
 when I

00:28:42.340 --> 00:28:42.700
 can.

00:28:42.900 --> 00:28:43.100
 But,

00:28:43.460 --> 00:28:43.920
 more

00:28:43.920 --> 00:28:44.519
 importantly,

00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:45.200
 because I

00:28:45.200 --> 00:28:45.720
 think it

00:28:45.720 --> 00:28:46.420
 gets at

00:28:46.420 --> 00:28:47.039
 what John

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:47.639
 is showing

00:28:47.639 --> 00:28:49.359
 us here.

00:28:50.619 --> 00:28:51.220
 This

00:28:51.220 --> 00:28:51.539
 Greek

00:28:51.539 --> 00:28:51.960
 root,

00:28:52.539 --> 00:28:53.160
 this is a

00:28:53.160 --> 00:28:53.960
 single word,

00:28:54.639 --> 00:28:55.180
 is used

00:28:55.180 --> 00:28:56.259
 only twice

00:28:56.259 --> 00:28:56.759
 in this

00:28:56.759 --> 00:28:57.480
 chapter and

00:28:57.480 --> 00:28:58.339
 four other

00:28:58.339 --> 00:28:59.379
 places in

00:28:59.379 --> 00:29:00.839
 the Gospels.

00:29:01.500 --> 00:29:02.319
 In those

00:29:02.319 --> 00:29:02.839
 places,

00:29:03.500 --> 00:29:04.039
 it's

00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:04.660
 translated,

00:29:05.779 --> 00:29:06.700
 sternly

00:29:06.700 --> 00:29:07.420
 warned,

00:29:08.879 --> 00:29:09.279
 or in the

00:29:09.279 --> 00:29:09.619
 case of

00:29:09.619 --> 00:29:09.900
 Mark,

00:29:09.960 --> 00:29:10.660
 chapter 14

00:29:10.660 --> 00:29:11.040
 and verse

00:29:11.040 --> 00:29:11.680
 5,

00:29:12.820 --> 00:29:13.000
 the

00:29:13.000 --> 00:29:13.420
 disciples,

00:29:13.620 --> 00:29:13.920
 a record

00:29:13.920 --> 00:29:14.720
 of Mary

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.500
 anointing

00:29:15.500 --> 00:29:16.240
 Jesus

00:29:16.240 --> 00:29:17.180
 with the

00:29:17.180 --> 00:29:17.620
 ointment.

00:29:18.840 --> 00:29:19.100
 There are

00:29:19.100 --> 00:29:19.759
 14, 5,

00:29:19.840 --> 00:29:19.940
 it says,

00:29:20.019 --> 00:29:20.320
 for this

00:29:20.320 --> 00:29:20.680
 ointment

00:29:20.680 --> 00:29:20.940
 could have

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:21.440
 been sold

00:29:21.440 --> 00:29:21.980
 for more

00:29:21.980 --> 00:29:22.519
 than these

00:29:22.519 --> 00:29:22.820
 hundred

00:29:22.820 --> 00:29:23.300
 denarii

00:29:23.300 --> 00:29:23.660
 and given

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.080
 to the

00:29:24.080 --> 00:29:24.480
 poor,

00:29:24.740 --> 00:29:26.240
 and they

00:29:26.240 --> 00:29:27.560
 scolded

00:29:27.560 --> 00:29:28.040
 her.

00:29:28.620 --> 00:29:29.040
 That's the

00:29:29.040 --> 00:29:30.940
 same verb

00:29:30.940 --> 00:29:31.840
 root

00:29:31.840 --> 00:29:32.920
 found

00:29:32.920 --> 00:29:34.080
 there.

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:35.879
 This is

00:29:35.879 --> 00:29:36.819
 not a

00:29:36.819 --> 00:29:38.500
 soft

00:29:38.500 --> 00:29:39.419
 word.

00:29:39.980 --> 00:29:40.319
 I think

00:29:40.319 --> 00:29:40.659
 deeply

00:29:40.659 --> 00:29:41.199
 moved is

00:29:41.199 --> 00:29:42.139
 a fair

00:29:42.139 --> 00:29:42.679
 translation,

00:29:42.879 --> 00:29:43.139
 but it's

00:29:43.139 --> 00:29:43.679
 deeply moved

00:29:43.679 --> 00:29:44.079
 in a

00:29:44.079 --> 00:29:44.679
 particular

00:29:44.679 --> 00:29:45.799
 way.

00:29:46.879 --> 00:29:47.419
 Deeply

00:29:47.419 --> 00:29:47.879
 moved,

00:29:48.599 --> 00:29:49.359
 indignant,

00:29:50.079 --> 00:29:51.139
 angered in

00:29:51.139 --> 00:29:52.460
 his spirit

00:29:52.460 --> 00:29:53.480
 inside of

00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:53.859
 him,

00:29:54.519 --> 00:29:55.259
 and,

00:29:55.259 --> 00:29:56.480
 John adds,

00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.539
 greatly

00:29:57.539 --> 00:29:58.980
 troubled.

00:30:00.980 --> 00:30:01.159
 Now,

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.839
 I think

00:30:01.839 --> 00:30:03.059
 what translators

00:30:03.059 --> 00:30:03.619
 are trying to

00:30:03.619 --> 00:30:04.119
 do is

00:30:04.119 --> 00:30:04.819
 they're trying

00:30:04.819 --> 00:30:05.679
 to connect

00:30:05.679 --> 00:30:06.339
 to this

00:30:06.339 --> 00:30:07.000
 idea of

00:30:07.000 --> 00:30:07.599
 Jesus

00:30:07.599 --> 00:30:08.099
 weeping.

00:30:08.179 --> 00:30:08.439
 How does

00:30:08.439 --> 00:30:08.879
 all of

00:30:08.879 --> 00:30:09.539
 this come

00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.039
 together?

00:30:10.419 --> 00:30:11.139
 He doesn't

00:30:11.139 --> 00:30:11.919
 say things

00:30:11.919 --> 00:30:12.899
 loudly.

00:30:13.539 --> 00:30:14.099
 There's not

00:30:14.099 --> 00:30:15.000
 rebuke that's

00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:16.359
 following here.

00:30:16.839 --> 00:30:17.219
 They're trying

00:30:17.219 --> 00:30:17.539
 to help us

00:30:17.539 --> 00:30:17.959
 wrap our

00:30:17.959 --> 00:30:18.579
 minds around

00:30:18.579 --> 00:30:18.879
 what's

00:30:18.879 --> 00:30:19.239
 happening,

00:30:19.379 --> 00:30:19.699
 but I

00:30:19.699 --> 00:30:20.239
 think it

00:30:20.239 --> 00:30:20.799
 comes up

00:30:20.799 --> 00:30:21.119
 short.

00:30:21.239 --> 00:30:21.619
 I'm thankful

00:30:21.619 --> 00:30:22.039
 for the

00:30:22.039 --> 00:30:22.459
 footnote,

00:30:22.579 --> 00:30:22.799
 at least

00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:23.299
 in my

00:30:23.299 --> 00:30:24.379
 Bible,

00:30:24.559 --> 00:30:25.219
 that says

00:30:25.219 --> 00:30:25.859
 was

00:30:25.859 --> 00:30:27.679
 indignant.

00:30:29.979 --> 00:30:30.619
 Additionally,

00:30:31.939 --> 00:30:33.019
 recall our

00:30:33.019 --> 00:30:33.819
 literary

00:30:33.819 --> 00:30:34.759
 structure,

00:30:35.079 --> 00:30:35.460
 and how

00:30:35.460 --> 00:30:36.059
 it's supposed

00:30:36.059 --> 00:30:36.559
 to help

00:30:36.559 --> 00:30:37.379
 us think

00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.879
 of the

00:30:38.879 --> 00:30:40.579
 rest of

00:30:40.579 --> 00:30:41.220
 the text.

00:30:42.900 --> 00:30:43.680
 Do you

00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:43.960
 remember,

00:30:44.160 --> 00:30:44.319
 right?

00:30:44.680 --> 00:30:45.480
 Do you

00:30:45.480 --> 00:30:46.779
 believe

00:30:46.779 --> 00:30:48.079
 this?

00:30:49.000 --> 00:30:49.279
 And we

00:30:49.279 --> 00:30:49.680
 have this

00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:50.400
 correspondence

00:30:50.400 --> 00:30:51.019
 between

00:30:51.019 --> 00:30:52.079
 Martha,

00:30:53.160 --> 00:30:53.900
 who comes,

00:30:54.579 --> 00:30:55.180
 expresses a

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.960
 great measure

00:30:55.960 --> 00:30:57.619
 of faith,

00:30:57.619 --> 00:30:58.459
 Jesus,

00:30:58.459 --> 00:30:59.119
 asks the

00:30:59.119 --> 00:30:59.659
 question,

00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:01.339
 and then

00:31:01.339 --> 00:31:02.939
 Mary,

00:31:03.419 --> 00:31:04.699
 who is

00:31:04.699 --> 00:31:05.239
 delayed,

00:31:05.679 --> 00:31:06.099
 Jesus has

00:31:06.099 --> 00:31:06.879
 to request

00:31:06.879 --> 00:31:07.299
 that she

00:31:07.299 --> 00:31:07.799
 come to

00:31:07.799 --> 00:31:08.039
 him,

00:31:08.159 --> 00:31:09.339
 verse 28,

00:31:09.679 --> 00:31:09.839
 right?

00:31:10.199 --> 00:31:10.639
 Martha goes

00:31:10.639 --> 00:31:11.059
 back,

00:31:11.399 --> 00:31:11.839
 says to

00:31:11.839 --> 00:31:12.019
 Mary,

00:31:12.079 --> 00:31:12.479
 the teacher

00:31:12.479 --> 00:31:13.019
 is here

00:31:13.019 --> 00:31:13.439
 and is

00:31:13.439 --> 00:31:14.639
 calling for

00:31:14.639 --> 00:31:14.959
 you.

00:31:16.119 --> 00:31:16.599
 She gets

00:31:16.599 --> 00:31:17.119
 up quickly,

00:31:17.599 --> 00:31:18.519
 she goes,

00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:19.939
 the mourners

00:31:19.939 --> 00:31:20.419
 follow,

00:31:21.059 --> 00:31:21.559
 and when she

00:31:21.559 --> 00:31:22.159
 arrives to him,

00:31:22.219 --> 00:31:22.819
 she says the

00:31:22.819 --> 00:31:23.919
 exact same

00:31:23.919 --> 00:31:25.139
 thing that

00:31:25.139 --> 00:31:25.759
 Martha

00:31:25.759 --> 00:31:27.019
 said.

00:31:27.939 --> 00:31:28.480
 Lord,

00:31:28.559 --> 00:31:28.899
 if you had

00:31:28.899 --> 00:31:29.559
 been here,

00:31:29.639 --> 00:31:30.299
 my brother

00:31:30.299 --> 00:31:31.279
 would not

00:31:31.279 --> 00:31:33.220
 have died.

00:31:34.099 --> 00:31:34.439
 And then

00:31:34.439 --> 00:31:35.099
 John tells us

00:31:35.099 --> 00:31:35.859
 in verse 33,

00:31:36.079 --> 00:31:37.059
 there's no more

00:31:37.059 --> 00:31:38.359
 talking at this

00:31:38.359 --> 00:31:38.700
 point.

00:31:38.899 --> 00:31:39.379
 When Jesus

00:31:39.379 --> 00:31:40.419
 saw her

00:31:40.419 --> 00:31:40.980
 weeping,

00:31:41.419 --> 00:31:42.339
 and the Jews

00:31:42.339 --> 00:31:42.839
 who had come

00:31:42.839 --> 00:31:43.500
 with her also

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.099
 weeping,

00:31:44.659 --> 00:31:45.099
 he was

00:31:45.099 --> 00:31:46.720
 deeply moved

00:31:46.720 --> 00:31:47.519
 in his spirit

00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:48.859
 and greatly

00:31:48.859 --> 00:31:50.419
 troubled.

00:31:50.420 --> 00:31:52.500
 I think

00:31:52.500 --> 00:31:52.880
 what John

00:31:52.880 --> 00:31:53.380
 is communicating

00:31:53.380 --> 00:31:53.920
 to us,

00:31:53.960 --> 00:31:54.539
 you see on

00:31:54.539 --> 00:31:55.060
 the one

00:31:55.060 --> 00:31:55.660
 side of

00:31:55.660 --> 00:31:56.019
 the literary

00:31:56.019 --> 00:31:56.600
 structure,

00:31:57.300 --> 00:31:57.759
 belief,

00:31:58.180 --> 00:31:58.480
 and on

00:31:58.480 --> 00:31:59.340
 the other

00:31:59.340 --> 00:32:00.039
 side,

00:32:01.259 --> 00:32:01.880
 unbelief.

00:32:03.060 --> 00:32:03.759
 Not just

00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:04.779
 grief,

00:32:04.940 --> 00:32:05.580
 but grief

00:32:05.580 --> 00:32:06.140
 without

00:32:06.140 --> 00:32:07.380
 hope.

00:32:09.400 --> 00:32:09.880
 So,

00:32:10.140 --> 00:32:11.279
 what is it

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.640
 that Jesus

00:32:11.640 --> 00:32:13.019
 is angry

00:32:13.019 --> 00:32:13.880
 at?

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.060
 D.A.

00:32:16.100 --> 00:32:16.420
 Carson

00:32:16.420 --> 00:32:17.400
 writes this,

00:32:17.560 --> 00:32:17.779
 quote,

00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:18.400
 some think

00:32:18.400 --> 00:32:18.860
 that Jesus

00:32:18.860 --> 00:32:19.539
 is moved

00:32:19.539 --> 00:32:19.940
 by their

00:32:19.940 --> 00:32:20.340
 grief,

00:32:20.420 --> 00:32:20.940
 and is

00:32:20.940 --> 00:32:21.860
 consequently

00:32:21.860 --> 00:32:22.880
 angry with

00:32:22.880 --> 00:32:23.720
 the sin,

00:32:24.539 --> 00:32:24.840
 sickness,

00:32:25.080 --> 00:32:25.580
 and death

00:32:25.580 --> 00:32:25.900
 in this

00:32:25.900 --> 00:32:26.539
 fallen world

00:32:26.539 --> 00:32:27.200
 that wreaks

00:32:27.200 --> 00:32:27.940
 so much

00:32:27.940 --> 00:32:28.400
 havoc

00:32:28.400 --> 00:32:29.680
 and generates

00:32:29.680 --> 00:32:30.759
 so much

00:32:30.759 --> 00:32:31.120
 sorrow.

00:32:32.560 --> 00:32:32.900
 Others

00:32:32.900 --> 00:32:33.300
 think that

00:32:33.300 --> 00:32:33.720
 the anger

00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:34.680
 is directed

00:32:34.680 --> 00:32:35.380
 at the

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.980
 unbelief

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.840
 itself.

00:32:37.860 --> 00:32:38.120
 The men

00:32:38.120 --> 00:32:38.400
 and women

00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.000
 before him

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.560
 were grieving

00:32:39.560 --> 00:32:40.500
 like pagans,

00:32:40.600 --> 00:32:41.080
 like the

00:32:41.080 --> 00:32:41.740
 rest of men

00:32:41.740 --> 00:32:42.259
 who have

00:32:42.259 --> 00:32:43.100
 no hope,

00:32:43.440 --> 00:32:44.200
 1 Thessalonians

00:32:44.200 --> 00:32:45.000
 4.13.

00:32:46.120 --> 00:32:46.600
 Profound

00:32:46.600 --> 00:32:47.080
 grief

00:32:47.080 --> 00:32:47.779
 at such

00:32:47.779 --> 00:32:48.380
 bereavement

00:32:48.380 --> 00:32:49.160
 is natural

00:32:49.160 --> 00:32:49.700
 enough.

00:32:49.700 --> 00:32:50.559
 grief

00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:50.740
 that

00:32:50.740 --> 00:32:51.480
 degenerates

00:32:51.480 --> 00:32:52.279
 to despair

00:32:52.279 --> 00:32:52.940
 that pours

00:32:52.940 --> 00:32:53.279
 out its

00:32:53.279 --> 00:32:53.680
 loss

00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:53.960
 as if

00:32:53.960 --> 00:32:54.120
 there

00:32:54.120 --> 00:32:54.460
 was

00:32:54.460 --> 00:32:54.680
 no

00:32:54.680 --> 00:32:55.279
 resurrection

00:32:55.279 --> 00:32:56.220
 is an

00:32:56.220 --> 00:32:56.640
 implicit

00:32:56.640 --> 00:32:57.200
 denial

00:32:57.200 --> 00:32:58.120
 of that

00:32:58.120 --> 00:32:59.059
 resurrection.

00:33:00.220 --> 00:33:00.480
 Those are

00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:00.720
 the two

00:33:00.720 --> 00:33:01.299
 options.

00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:03.059
 And the

00:33:03.059 --> 00:33:03.279
 D.A.

00:33:03.319 --> 00:33:03.519
 Carson

00:33:03.519 --> 00:33:03.980
 says,

00:33:04.100 --> 00:33:04.559
 perhaps

00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:05.500
 these two

00:33:05.500 --> 00:33:06.140
 interpretations

00:33:06.140 --> 00:33:07.759
 are not

00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.500
 irreconcilable.

00:33:10.700 --> 00:33:12.259
 And I

00:33:12.259 --> 00:33:13.060
 think that

00:33:13.060 --> 00:33:13.800
 this

00:33:13.800 --> 00:33:15.140
 is right.

00:33:15.960 --> 00:33:16.460
 What Jesus

00:33:16.460 --> 00:33:17.420
 feels here

00:33:17.420 --> 00:33:18.060
 is a

00:33:18.060 --> 00:33:18.940
 righteous

00:33:18.940 --> 00:33:19.720
 anger

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.540
 at

00:33:20.540 --> 00:33:21.280
 unbelief

00:33:21.280 --> 00:33:23.259
 and all

00:33:23.259 --> 00:33:24.060
 the problems

00:33:24.060 --> 00:33:24.620
 it has

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.380
 caused,

00:33:25.500 --> 00:33:26.800
 starting all

00:33:26.800 --> 00:33:27.520
 the way back

00:33:27.520 --> 00:33:28.180
 in the

00:33:28.180 --> 00:33:28.540
 garden

00:33:28.540 --> 00:33:29.860
 and still

00:33:29.860 --> 00:33:30.500
 causes

00:33:30.500 --> 00:33:31.820
 today.

00:33:31.819 --> 00:33:34.059
 perhaps

00:33:34.059 --> 00:33:35.419
 you felt

00:33:35.419 --> 00:33:36.019
 this kind

00:33:36.019 --> 00:33:36.299
 of

00:33:36.299 --> 00:33:37.279
 righteous

00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:38.799
 indignation

00:33:38.799 --> 00:33:39.519
 at the

00:33:39.519 --> 00:33:39.919
 trouble

00:33:39.919 --> 00:33:40.939
 that is

00:33:40.939 --> 00:33:41.359
 experienced

00:33:41.359 --> 00:33:41.839
 in this

00:33:41.839 --> 00:33:42.259
 world.

00:33:42.899 --> 00:33:43.419
 We see

00:33:43.419 --> 00:33:43.960
 things be

00:33:43.960 --> 00:33:44.759
 not as

00:33:44.759 --> 00:33:45.480
 they ought

00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:47.000
 to be,

00:33:47.379 --> 00:33:48.079
 brought about

00:33:48.079 --> 00:33:48.480
 by that

00:33:48.480 --> 00:33:49.099
 original

00:33:49.099 --> 00:33:49.980
 unbelief

00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.439
 in the

00:33:50.439 --> 00:33:50.720
 garden

00:33:50.720 --> 00:33:51.619
 and

00:33:51.619 --> 00:33:52.339
 perpetuated

00:33:52.339 --> 00:33:53.159
 on by

00:33:53.159 --> 00:33:55.019
 unbelief.

00:33:55.019 --> 00:33:55.420
 and we

00:33:55.420 --> 00:33:55.559
 are

00:33:55.559 --> 00:33:56.059
 grieved

00:33:56.059 --> 00:33:56.639
 by it.

00:33:58.319 --> 00:33:58.960
 Greatly

00:33:58.960 --> 00:34:00.119
 troubled,

00:34:00.799 --> 00:34:01.879
 moved

00:34:01.879 --> 00:34:02.379
 within.

00:34:03.599 --> 00:34:03.940
 You don't

00:34:03.940 --> 00:34:04.579
 feel this

00:34:04.579 --> 00:34:04.839
 at the

00:34:04.839 --> 00:34:05.220
 tragedy

00:34:05.220 --> 00:34:05.559
 of this

00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.960
 world.

00:34:06.099 --> 00:34:06.539
 I think

00:34:06.539 --> 00:34:07.319
 that you

00:34:07.319 --> 00:34:08.599
 should.

00:34:09.500 --> 00:34:09.940
 I know

00:34:09.940 --> 00:34:10.219
 that I

00:34:10.219 --> 00:34:10.539
 do.

00:34:10.739 --> 00:34:11.179
 It's so

00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.519
 often

00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.099
 expressed

00:34:12.099 --> 00:34:12.619
 in me

00:34:12.619 --> 00:34:12.880
 when I

00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:13.759
 hear the

00:34:13.759 --> 00:34:14.280
 news

00:34:14.280 --> 00:34:15.940
 come across

00:34:15.940 --> 00:34:16.780
 my table,

00:34:16.900 --> 00:34:17.539
 whether that's

00:34:17.539 --> 00:34:18.219
 out there

00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.639
 somewhere

00:34:18.639 --> 00:34:19.280
 or within

00:34:19.280 --> 00:34:19.960
 our own

00:34:19.960 --> 00:34:21.039
 congregation.

00:34:21.340 --> 00:34:21.679
 I just

00:34:21.679 --> 00:34:21.960
 go,

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:25.119
 come Lord

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.420
 Jesus.

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:27.179
 I need

00:34:27.179 --> 00:34:27.800
 the hope

00:34:27.800 --> 00:34:28.460
 of the

00:34:28.460 --> 00:34:28.880
 resurrection

00:34:28.880 --> 00:34:29.780
 in those

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.240
 times.

00:34:31.380 --> 00:34:32.179
 I need

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:33.179
 to believe

00:34:33.179 --> 00:34:34.000
 this.

00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.740
 Jesus is

00:34:35.740 --> 00:34:36.079
 the

00:34:36.079 --> 00:34:36.539
 resurrection

00:34:36.539 --> 00:34:38.380
 and the

00:34:38.380 --> 00:34:38.760
 life.

00:34:39.320 --> 00:34:40.119
 We have

00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:40.860
 hope in

00:34:40.860 --> 00:34:41.480
 this world.

00:34:41.599 --> 00:34:41.820
 We do

00:34:41.820 --> 00:34:42.420
 not grieve

00:34:42.420 --> 00:34:42.920
 as those

00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:43.400
 without

00:34:43.400 --> 00:34:44.280
 hope,

00:34:44.380 --> 00:34:45.019
 but those

00:34:45.019 --> 00:34:46.059
 with

00:34:46.059 --> 00:34:47.539
 hope.

00:34:48.460 --> 00:34:49.099
 I think

00:34:49.099 --> 00:34:49.360
 this is

00:34:49.360 --> 00:34:50.159
 what troubles

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:50.480
 him.

00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:52.219
 these two

00:34:52.219 --> 00:34:52.820
 things.

00:34:53.679 --> 00:34:54.460
 Sin has

00:34:54.460 --> 00:34:55.119
 caused so

00:34:55.119 --> 00:34:55.860
 much and

00:34:55.860 --> 00:34:56.240
 it was

00:34:56.240 --> 00:34:57.179
 started with

00:34:57.179 --> 00:34:58.019
 unbelief and

00:34:58.019 --> 00:34:58.280
 then the

00:34:58.280 --> 00:34:58.880
 unbelief

00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:00.240
 carries on

00:35:00.240 --> 00:35:01.619
 in the

00:35:01.619 --> 00:35:01.900
 world.

00:35:03.380 --> 00:35:04.019
 Notice

00:35:04.019 --> 00:35:04.500
 lastly,

00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:05.940
 Jesus'

00:35:06.139 --> 00:35:06.880
 affection.

00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:07.679
 There's our

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.380
 final A.

00:35:09.240 --> 00:35:09.599
 Jesus'

00:35:10.599 --> 00:35:11.159
 affection.

00:35:11.960 --> 00:35:12.320
 And he

00:35:12.320 --> 00:35:12.699
 said,

00:35:12.780 --> 00:35:13.280
 this is his

00:35:13.280 --> 00:35:14.199
 response to

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:16.079
 this grievous

00:35:16.079 --> 00:35:17.059
 grieving that's

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.740
 going on.

00:35:18.400 --> 00:35:18.800
 Where have

00:35:18.800 --> 00:35:19.219
 you laid

00:35:19.219 --> 00:35:19.480
 him?

00:35:20.480 --> 00:35:20.900
 They said

00:35:20.900 --> 00:35:21.260
 to him,

00:35:21.440 --> 00:35:21.760
 Lord,

00:35:21.940 --> 00:35:23.320
 come and

00:35:23.320 --> 00:35:23.639
 see.

00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:25.460
 Jesus

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:27.079
 wept.

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.320
 What's

00:35:29.320 --> 00:35:29.699
 happening

00:35:29.699 --> 00:35:30.300
 then here?

00:35:31.039 --> 00:35:31.800
 Jesus is

00:35:31.800 --> 00:35:32.300
 angry.

00:35:32.460 --> 00:35:33.039
 Why is it

00:35:33.039 --> 00:35:33.460
 that he

00:35:33.460 --> 00:35:35.019
 is weeping?

00:35:35.940 --> 00:35:36.260
 I think

00:35:36.260 --> 00:35:36.860
 he also

00:35:36.860 --> 00:35:38.820
 grieves.

00:35:40.119 --> 00:35:40.400
 Now,

00:35:41.199 --> 00:35:41.719
 the Jews

00:35:41.719 --> 00:35:42.079
 said,

00:35:42.300 --> 00:35:42.699
 see how

00:35:42.699 --> 00:35:43.179
 he loved

00:35:43.179 --> 00:35:43.440
 him.

00:35:43.679 --> 00:35:43.940
 And this

00:35:43.940 --> 00:35:44.159
 is a

00:35:44.159 --> 00:35:44.619
 misunderstanding

00:35:44.619 --> 00:35:45.119
 because

00:35:45.119 --> 00:35:45.460
 Jesus

00:35:45.460 --> 00:35:46.360
 certainly

00:35:46.360 --> 00:35:47.300
 loved

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.840
 Lazarus.

00:35:49.579 --> 00:35:50.179
 Chapter 11,

00:35:50.320 --> 00:35:51.179
 verse 5,

00:35:51.280 --> 00:35:51.679
 tells us

00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:52.039
 this very

00:35:52.039 --> 00:35:52.480
 thing.

00:35:52.659 --> 00:35:53.380
 When he's

00:35:53.380 --> 00:35:54.099
 told to

00:35:54.099 --> 00:35:54.460
 come,

00:35:54.539 --> 00:35:54.880
 the one

00:35:54.880 --> 00:35:55.380
 whom you

00:35:55.380 --> 00:35:56.440
 love

00:35:56.440 --> 00:35:58.220
 is sick.

00:35:58.840 --> 00:35:59.240
 But Jesus

00:35:59.240 --> 00:36:00.079
 knew full

00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:00.639
 well that

00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:00.880
 he was

00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:01.300
 about to

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.760
 see him

00:36:01.760 --> 00:36:02.300
 again.

00:36:02.960 --> 00:36:03.880
 The glorious

00:36:03.880 --> 00:36:04.360
 thing that

00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:04.760
 he was

00:36:04.760 --> 00:36:05.940
 about to

00:36:05.940 --> 00:36:06.280
 do.

00:36:06.500 --> 00:36:06.740
 So I

00:36:06.740 --> 00:36:07.179
 don't think

00:36:07.179 --> 00:36:07.679
 that Jesus

00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:08.800
 is weeping

00:36:08.800 --> 00:36:09.440
 over the

00:36:09.440 --> 00:36:10.659
 loss of

00:36:10.659 --> 00:36:11.139
 Lazarus.

00:36:11.139 --> 00:36:11.819
 this often

00:36:11.819 --> 00:36:12.539
 gets preached

00:36:12.539 --> 00:36:13.279
 that way.

00:36:13.339 --> 00:36:13.639
 I've heard

00:36:13.639 --> 00:36:14.239
 it time

00:36:14.239 --> 00:36:14.900
 and time

00:36:14.900 --> 00:36:16.039
 again.

00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:16.839
 I don't

00:36:16.839 --> 00:36:17.119
 think that's

00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:17.420
 what's going

00:36:17.420 --> 00:36:18.000
 on here

00:36:18.000 --> 00:36:19.239
 at all.

00:36:20.239 --> 00:36:20.460
 Another

00:36:20.460 --> 00:36:21.059
 misunderstanding.

00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:21.679
 Some of

00:36:21.679 --> 00:36:22.219
 them said,

00:36:23.099 --> 00:36:23.440
 could not

00:36:23.440 --> 00:36:23.879
 he who

00:36:23.879 --> 00:36:24.339
 opened the

00:36:24.339 --> 00:36:24.679
 eyes of

00:36:24.679 --> 00:36:25.039
 the blind

00:36:25.039 --> 00:36:25.739
 man also

00:36:25.739 --> 00:36:26.359
 have kept

00:36:26.359 --> 00:36:26.900
 this man

00:36:26.900 --> 00:36:28.359
 from dying?

00:36:29.739 --> 00:36:30.339
 There's a

00:36:30.339 --> 00:36:30.879
 faith being

00:36:30.879 --> 00:36:31.500
 expressed here

00:36:31.500 --> 00:36:32.239
 in the works

00:36:32.239 --> 00:36:32.799
 but not

00:36:32.799 --> 00:36:33.379
 in the

00:36:33.379 --> 00:36:34.339
 person.

00:36:34.460 --> 00:36:34.679
 On the

00:36:34.679 --> 00:36:35.359
 one hand,

00:36:35.460 --> 00:36:35.859
 it can be

00:36:35.859 --> 00:36:36.299
 read as an

00:36:36.299 --> 00:36:37.039
 honest question

00:36:37.039 --> 00:36:38.519
 but note

00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.059
 that Jesus'

00:36:39.279 --> 00:36:40.219
 response in

00:36:40.219 --> 00:36:41.119
 verse 38

00:36:41.119 --> 00:36:41.880
 he is

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.859
 deeply

00:36:42.859 --> 00:36:44.099
 moved

00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.960
 again.

00:36:45.259 --> 00:36:45.940
 Once again

00:36:45.940 --> 00:36:47.159
 indignant,

00:36:48.239 --> 00:36:48.719
 righteously

00:36:48.719 --> 00:36:50.279
 angry.

00:36:51.579 --> 00:36:51.859
 So I

00:36:51.859 --> 00:36:52.159
 think verse

00:36:52.159 --> 00:36:53.099
 35 when we

00:36:53.099 --> 00:36:53.599
 read that

00:36:53.599 --> 00:36:55.400
 Jesus weeps

00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:56.279
 we're meant

00:36:56.279 --> 00:36:57.119
 to see him

00:36:57.119 --> 00:36:58.199
 righteously

00:36:58.199 --> 00:36:59.420
 angry at

00:36:59.420 --> 00:37:00.400
 this hopeless

00:37:00.400 --> 00:37:02.059
 grief and

00:37:02.059 --> 00:37:03.239
 broken hearted.

00:37:04.599 --> 00:37:05.960
 An affection

00:37:05.960 --> 00:37:06.880
 for people

00:37:06.880 --> 00:37:07.940
 who will

00:37:07.940 --> 00:37:08.719
 not take

00:37:08.719 --> 00:37:09.400
 hold of

00:37:09.400 --> 00:37:11.099
 him as

00:37:11.099 --> 00:37:11.659
 the Christ.

00:37:12.980 --> 00:37:13.639
 A broken

00:37:13.639 --> 00:37:14.519
 heartedness,

00:37:14.860 --> 00:37:15.699
 a desire

00:37:15.699 --> 00:37:16.179
 to see

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.360
 them.

00:37:16.440 --> 00:37:16.980
 He's right

00:37:16.980 --> 00:37:17.639
 there in

00:37:17.639 --> 00:37:18.119
 front of

00:37:18.119 --> 00:37:18.219
 them.

00:37:18.279 --> 00:37:18.559
 He's about

00:37:18.559 --> 00:37:18.980
 to do

00:37:18.980 --> 00:37:19.880
 this thing,

00:37:19.960 --> 00:37:20.739
 this miraculous

00:37:20.739 --> 00:37:21.839
 thing,

00:37:21.839 --> 00:37:22.940
 and yet

00:37:22.940 --> 00:37:24.639
 confused

00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:25.759
 about who

00:37:25.759 --> 00:37:26.360
 he is.

00:37:27.079 --> 00:37:27.299
 I'm going

00:37:27.299 --> 00:37:27.619
 to see

00:37:27.619 --> 00:37:28.380
 next week

00:37:28.380 --> 00:37:29.079
 some of

00:37:29.079 --> 00:37:29.279
 them are

00:37:29.279 --> 00:37:29.420
 going to

00:37:29.420 --> 00:37:29.860
 go off

00:37:29.860 --> 00:37:30.539
 and report

00:37:30.539 --> 00:37:31.239
 in order

00:37:31.239 --> 00:37:31.619
 to get

00:37:31.619 --> 00:37:32.039
 him in

00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.559
 trouble

00:37:32.559 --> 00:37:33.940
 about this

00:37:33.940 --> 00:37:34.299
 thing

00:37:34.300 --> 00:37:35.620
 that he

00:37:35.620 --> 00:37:36.060
 has done.

00:37:37.780 --> 00:37:37.980
 And so

00:37:37.980 --> 00:37:39.180
 this all

00:37:39.180 --> 00:37:40.080
 begs the

00:37:40.080 --> 00:37:40.560
 question,

00:37:41.560 --> 00:37:42.480
 do you

00:37:42.480 --> 00:37:43.160
 believe

00:37:43.160 --> 00:37:43.880
 Jesus

00:37:43.880 --> 00:37:45.180
 is the

00:37:45.180 --> 00:37:45.640
 resurrection

00:37:45.640 --> 00:37:47.180
 and the

00:37:47.180 --> 00:37:47.539
 life?

00:37:48.539 --> 00:37:49.420
 Because if

00:37:49.420 --> 00:37:50.019
 he is,

00:37:50.519 --> 00:37:51.880
 everything

00:37:51.880 --> 00:37:53.039
 changes.

00:37:54.039 --> 00:37:54.920
 If Jesus

00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:55.180
 is the

00:37:55.180 --> 00:37:55.560
 resurrection

00:37:55.560 --> 00:37:55.860
 and the

00:37:55.860 --> 00:37:56.220
 life,

00:37:56.760 --> 00:37:57.460
 then the

00:37:57.460 --> 00:37:58.120
 worst thing

00:37:58.120 --> 00:37:58.600
 this world

00:37:58.600 --> 00:37:58.980
 can do

00:37:58.980 --> 00:37:59.480
 to you

00:37:59.480 --> 00:38:00.360
 is not

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:00.840
 the ultimate

00:38:00.840 --> 00:38:01.720
 thing.

00:38:02.660 --> 00:38:02.940
 If God

00:38:02.940 --> 00:38:03.280
 is for

00:38:03.280 --> 00:38:03.660
 us,

00:38:04.300 --> 00:38:04.760
 who can

00:38:04.760 --> 00:38:05.200
 be against

00:38:05.200 --> 00:38:05.500
 us?

00:38:06.539 --> 00:38:07.180
 If Jesus

00:38:07.180 --> 00:38:07.460
 is the

00:38:07.460 --> 00:38:07.860
 resurrection

00:38:07.860 --> 00:38:08.160
 and the

00:38:08.160 --> 00:38:08.480
 life,

00:38:08.900 --> 00:38:09.620
 then death

00:38:09.620 --> 00:38:10.640
 does not

00:38:10.640 --> 00:38:12.039
 own the

00:38:12.039 --> 00:38:12.340
 Christian.

00:38:13.460 --> 00:38:14.340
 If Jesus

00:38:14.340 --> 00:38:14.620
 is the

00:38:14.620 --> 00:38:14.980
 resurrection

00:38:14.980 --> 00:38:15.280
 and the

00:38:15.280 --> 00:38:15.620
 life,

00:38:15.740 --> 00:38:16.200
 then a

00:38:16.200 --> 00:38:16.680
 cemetery

00:38:16.680 --> 00:38:17.200
 is not

00:38:17.200 --> 00:38:17.700
 a permanent

00:38:17.700 --> 00:38:18.360
 residence

00:38:18.360 --> 00:38:19.120
 for the

00:38:19.120 --> 00:38:19.539
 bodies

00:38:19.539 --> 00:38:20.559
 of believers.

00:38:21.780 --> 00:38:22.680
 If Jesus

00:38:22.680 --> 00:38:23.220
 is the

00:38:23.220 --> 00:38:23.620
 resurrection

00:38:23.620 --> 00:38:23.960
 and the

00:38:23.960 --> 00:38:24.220
 life,

00:38:24.300 --> 00:38:24.820
 then every

00:38:24.820 --> 00:38:25.360
 Christian

00:38:25.360 --> 00:38:25.800
 funeral

00:38:25.800 --> 00:38:26.500
 takes place

00:38:26.500 --> 00:38:26.940
 under the

00:38:26.940 --> 00:38:27.500
 promise

00:38:27.500 --> 00:38:28.800
 of a

00:38:28.800 --> 00:38:29.019
 coming

00:38:29.019 --> 00:38:29.539
 resurrection.

00:38:29.840 --> 00:38:30.079
 We

00:38:30.079 --> 00:38:30.860
 grieve

00:38:30.860 --> 00:38:31.279
 with

00:38:31.279 --> 00:38:32.219
 hope.

00:38:32.840 --> 00:38:33.440
 One day

00:38:33.440 --> 00:38:33.960
 Christ

00:38:33.960 --> 00:38:34.679
 will speak

00:38:34.679 --> 00:38:35.539
 and the

00:38:35.539 --> 00:38:35.679
 dead

00:38:35.679 --> 00:38:35.840
 will

00:38:35.840 --> 00:38:36.239
 rise.

00:38:36.940 --> 00:38:37.099
 The

00:38:37.099 --> 00:38:37.299
 same

00:38:37.299 --> 00:38:37.599
 Jesus

00:38:37.599 --> 00:38:37.759
 who

00:38:37.759 --> 00:38:37.880
 will

00:38:37.880 --> 00:38:38.179
 stand

00:38:38.179 --> 00:38:38.460
 in front

00:38:38.460 --> 00:38:38.579
 of

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:39.000
 Lazarus'

00:38:39.139 --> 00:38:39.319
 tomb

00:38:39.319 --> 00:38:39.880
 and cry,

00:38:40.039 --> 00:38:40.599
 Lazarus,

00:38:40.699 --> 00:38:41.440
 come out,

00:38:41.940 --> 00:38:42.340
 will one

00:38:42.340 --> 00:38:42.900
 day issue

00:38:42.900 --> 00:38:43.519
 a summons

00:38:43.519 --> 00:38:44.860
 heard by

00:38:44.860 --> 00:38:45.279
 every

00:38:45.279 --> 00:38:46.139
 grave.

00:38:47.039 --> 00:38:47.279
 The

00:38:47.279 --> 00:38:47.480
 dead

00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:47.860
 in Christ

00:38:47.860 --> 00:38:48.599
 will rise.

00:38:49.340 --> 00:38:49.619
 That is

00:38:49.619 --> 00:38:50.420
 not wishful

00:38:50.420 --> 00:38:50.860
 thinking,

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.420
 that is

00:38:52.420 --> 00:38:52.980
 Christianity.

00:38:54.460 --> 00:38:55.059
 So

00:38:55.059 --> 00:38:55.420
 Christian,

00:38:55.559 --> 00:38:56.179
 you may

00:38:56.179 --> 00:38:57.360
 grieve.

00:38:58.199 --> 00:38:58.719
 You

00:38:58.719 --> 00:38:59.039
 will.

00:38:59.039 --> 00:39:00.599
 grieve.

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:01.820
 Your

00:39:01.820 --> 00:39:02.380
 life may

00:39:02.380 --> 00:39:02.719
 not have

00:39:02.719 --> 00:39:03.279
 experienced

00:39:03.279 --> 00:39:03.759
 grief

00:39:03.759 --> 00:39:04.360
 yet,

00:39:05.059 --> 00:39:05.759
 but you

00:39:05.759 --> 00:39:06.320
 will

00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:07.279
 grieve.

00:39:08.239 --> 00:39:08.440
 Do

00:39:08.440 --> 00:39:09.179
 not imagine

00:39:09.179 --> 00:39:10.219
 that strong

00:39:10.219 --> 00:39:10.900
 faith

00:39:10.900 --> 00:39:11.800
 requires

00:39:11.800 --> 00:39:12.900
 stoicism.

00:39:14.219 --> 00:39:14.619
 There

00:39:14.619 --> 00:39:14.900
 will be

00:39:14.900 --> 00:39:15.400
 days

00:39:15.400 --> 00:39:16.519
 when you

00:39:16.519 --> 00:39:16.920
 cry,

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.380
 days that

00:39:17.380 --> 00:39:18.099
 demand

00:39:18.099 --> 00:39:19.099
 tears.

00:39:20.460 --> 00:39:20.779
 There

00:39:20.779 --> 00:39:21.039
 will be

00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.300
 empty

00:39:21.300 --> 00:39:21.960
 rooms that

00:39:21.960 --> 00:39:22.360
 hurt to

00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:22.719
 enter.

00:39:23.539 --> 00:39:23.719
 There

00:39:23.719 --> 00:39:23.960
 will be

00:39:23.960 --> 00:39:24.599
 anniversaries

00:39:24.599 --> 00:39:25.460
 that reopen

00:39:25.460 --> 00:39:26.739
 wounds.

00:39:26.739 --> 00:39:27.899
 There

00:39:27.899 --> 00:39:28.079
 will be

00:39:28.079 --> 00:39:28.619
 moments

00:39:28.619 --> 00:39:29.959
 when a

00:39:29.959 --> 00:39:30.439
 smell,

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.699
 a song,

00:39:32.459 --> 00:39:33.019
 a photograph,

00:39:34.119 --> 00:39:35.000
 some ordinary

00:39:35.000 --> 00:39:35.839
 object suddenly

00:39:35.839 --> 00:39:36.799
 brings back

00:39:36.799 --> 00:39:37.399
 the weight

00:39:37.399 --> 00:39:38.759
 of someone's

00:39:38.759 --> 00:39:39.219
 absence.

00:39:40.579 --> 00:39:40.959
 Grief is

00:39:40.959 --> 00:39:41.359
 real.

00:39:42.859 --> 00:39:43.079
 Jesus

00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:43.479
 wept.

00:39:44.759 --> 00:39:45.419
 But we

00:39:45.419 --> 00:39:46.500
 do not

00:39:46.500 --> 00:39:47.079
 grieve

00:39:47.079 --> 00:39:47.519
 without

00:39:47.519 --> 00:39:48.779
 hope.

00:39:49.619 --> 00:39:50.119
 We

00:39:50.119 --> 00:39:50.979
 hope in

00:39:50.979 --> 00:39:51.419
 Christ,

00:39:52.239 --> 00:39:52.439
 the

00:39:52.439 --> 00:39:52.859
 resurrection,

00:39:53.859 --> 00:39:54.299
 and the

00:39:54.299 --> 00:39:54.579
 life.

00:39:54.579 --> 00:39:56.119
 let's

00:39:56.119 --> 00:39:56.259
 pray

00:39:56.259 --> 00:39:56.579
 together.