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 You are listening to a message from Southwood Presbyterian Church in Huntsville, Alabama.

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 Our passion is to experience and express grace.

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 Join us.

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 What a joy and delight to worship Jesus, to think about who He is, what He's done for

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 us.

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 I don't know how many of you were here when we started John's Gospel.

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 It was 37 years ago and we've made it halfway, which is pretty exciting.

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 But if you were here at the beginning, do you remember when we marveled at where John started?

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 That in the beginning was the Word and the Word was God become flesh with life and light

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 and grace upon grace so that we could be a part of God's family, so that we could actually

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 know God Himself.

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 And John was about to lay out for us how that developed in real space and time and history.

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 It's been amazing for me to encounter the real Jesus time and time again in John's Gospel.

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 I was talking this week with Allie Trammell, who is the teaching leader for the Women's

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 Bible Study Fellowship class that meets here.

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 And they've been going through the Gospel of John.

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 They're a little further along, closer to the end than we are.

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 But we were just sharing together how we have been impacted as week after week we open God's

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 Word here and see who is Jesus and what's He really like?

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 And see His glory.

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 I hope you have been too, those of you who've been here, moved to worship Him.

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 Met with comfort in hard things you've been walking through.

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 Inspired with hope towards true life and true purpose with Him.

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 That's what God's Word does as we open it.

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 And I just want you to know this about the Gospel of John at the halfway mark.

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 It's only getting better and more glorious from here, okay?

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 I'm unlikely to calm down through the end of John 21.

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 Apologies.

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 John 11, where we are this morning, it's about the seventh and final sign that Jesus does here

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 to show us who He is.

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 He's been ruling over creation.

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 And some of these signs, water to wine, feeding 5,000, walking on water.

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 And some of these signs, He's been healing people from various diseases, sicknesses they've had.

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 But now John 11, He's going to take it up a notch as He raises Lazarus from the dead.

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 And He's also going to tell us what this final sign points to about Himself.

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 It's a long story about resurrection.

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 But that means that the problem that hangs over this whole passage is death.

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 It's everywhere.

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 So we're going to need to talk together about something that we often avoid talking about

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 or even thinking about.

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 Maybe it seems unknown or uncertain to us.

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 Maybe, for many of us, a source of anxiety.

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 Maybe a source of deep grief to you right now.

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 Maybe we think of death as the end of all things.

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 Maybe as the great enemy.

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 But regardless, I want you to think this morning how much of life is plagued by the specter of death.

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 It's really all around us.

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 Socially and politically, debates continue to rage over abortion.

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 Refrostation, the death penalty, euthanasia.

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 If you read the news, every day, you can click on it any day of the week,

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 there are going to be stories of death.

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 Shootings, murder trials, wars all around the world raging,

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 bridge collapses, natural disasters, there are death tolls all around the world.

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 And then even more personally, we face painful realities like miscarriage,

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 like the death of loved ones,

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 like cancer diagnoses,

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 and we wait and run tests and wait to learn if it's terminal.

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 Suicide rates increasing.

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 Whether we like it or not, and most of us do not,

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 we are faced with death every day, aren't we?

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 I'm asking us not to ignore it right now,

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 not to avoid it,

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 even though I know it is really difficult.

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 And most of you didn't come to church this morning wanting to talk about it.

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 We sense that about death,

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 that it's an interruption in God's good design.

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 But we also hope it doesn't interfere with God's good plan.

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 So where does God show up in the face of all this death?

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 Where does he fit in?

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 Where could he even show his glory?

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 And how does he help us navigate the darkness,

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 and the grief,

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 and the fear?

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 We're going to spend three weeks here in this chapter.

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 I promise not staying in death all the time.

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 There's life and there's light.

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 Most of you know that the way this chapter unfolds,

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 near the end,

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 Lazarus walks out of the tomb alive.

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 And there's hope.

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 But along the way,

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 I want us to see in the face of death,

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 three different things.

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 The presence of God this morning.

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 Next week, the tears of God.

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 And then finally,

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 the ultimate glory of God.

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 We need that full picture,

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 but we're going to take it one step at a time.

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 Let's pray together this morning,

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 and then we'll read the beginning of the story as we go.

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 God, some of us are hurting

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 almost too much to listen any further.

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 Some of us are so uncomfortable with this topic

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 as to be right now even shutting off our hearts.

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 It doesn't feel safe.

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 Others of us would honestly just like to believe

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 that we don't need this now.

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 But all of us need to hear from you.

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 We need to see Jesus.

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 To see in Jesus your perfect image,

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 the word made flesh,

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 the one who is one with the Father,

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 to show us exactly how you feel,

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 exactly what you do,

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 exactly who you are

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 in the face of death.

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 So Father, speak to us

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 by your word,

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 through your spirit,

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 we ask in Jesus' name.

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 Amen.

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 As we begin to read this great story,

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 there are a few lessons that we'll see along the way,

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 and they're all brought together

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 by this one main lesson

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 at the end of today's passage.

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 So we're going to move through

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 the first part of the Lazarus story.

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 We're always at issue here at the beginning

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 is God's presence.

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 Where is Jesus?

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 It starts with concerns

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 about his presence or absence.

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 Verse 1.

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 Now a certain man was ill,

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 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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 So the sisters sent to Jesus,

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 saying,

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 Lord,

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 he whom you love

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 is ill.

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 Lazarus is ill,

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 but Jesus is not

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 there.

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 They send a message to him,

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 and

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 when Jesus heard it,

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 he said,

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 this illness

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 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

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 may be glorified

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 through it.

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 The end,

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 the purpose here,

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 is not death.

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 The illness

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 is actually going to be

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 to the end of

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 God's glory.

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 Now that is true of this

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 particular illness,

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 but the potential is there

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 for that in every illness,

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 every trial,

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 isn't there?

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 To be about

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 more than meets the eye,

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 more than

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 merely physical.

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 To be about

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 God's

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 glory.

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 That means

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 to be a situation

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 in which God

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 reveals to us

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 more of

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 who he is.

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 That's what

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 God's glory

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 means

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 in

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 John.

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 When Jesus says

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 it's for

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 God's glory,

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 he's not saying,

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 well,

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 it may be bad

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 for Lazarus,

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 but it'll be good

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 for God

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 and people will

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 praise him.

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 That's not really

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 what it means.

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 In John's gospel,

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 being for

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 God's glory

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 means

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 showing people

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 who God

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 truly is,

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 especially

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 through

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 Jesus,

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 the Son,

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 through

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 his person.

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 And that should

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 be our

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 greatest longing

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 all the time,

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 right?

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 Our greatest

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 longing

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 to see

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 God's

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 greatest

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 glory

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 in this

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 relationship

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 with him

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 that impacts

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 eternity,

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 that we would

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 see some of

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 what we've been

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 singing and

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 reading about

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 this morning

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 and to know

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 more of who

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 he is and to

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 share in that

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 even now with

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 him.

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 That's what we

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 long for,

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 that's what we

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 need.

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 So yes,

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 we pray

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 and we

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 long for

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 healing,

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 for protection,

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 for deliverance,

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 we should,

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 and no matter

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 what,

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 we most

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 long to

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 see God

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 clearly.

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 Pray that

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 too,

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 right?

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 When you

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 pray,

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 we pray a lot

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 when we

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 long for

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 healing,

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 when we

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 face death,

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 pray also

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 for yourself

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 and for

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 others to

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 see God's

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 glory.

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 Kids,

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 if you don't

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 know how to

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 pray when

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 somebody is

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 sick or

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 when somebody

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 loved has

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 died,

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 pray that

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 they and

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 that you

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 would see

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 who God

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 is,

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 would know

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 him more,

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 that we

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 would see

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 his glory.

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 Hold that

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 thought for

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 two weeks

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 or so

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 because showing

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 us God's

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 glory is

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 the end

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 of this

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 story and

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 I just

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 got to tell

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 you now,

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 it is even

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 bigger than

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 Lazarus walking

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 alive out of

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 the tomb.

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 It's crazy

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 glorious.

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 Please don't

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 miss this.

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 That's later.

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 Right now

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 we're at

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 verse five.

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 We're not

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 there yet.

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 Now Jesus

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 loved Martha

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 and her

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 sister

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 and Lazarus.

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 The second

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 time, by the

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 way, that

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 Jesus' love

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 is highlighted

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 after verse

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 three,

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 Lord, he

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 whom you

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 love is

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 ill.

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 friend, your

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 illness is

00:12:40.519 --> 00:12:42.000
 not evidence

00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:42.860
 that God

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 doesn't love

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 you.

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 In fact,

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 Jesus

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 especially

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 loves the

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 needy.

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 His love

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 is drawn

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 to the

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 weak and

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 wounded,

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 sick and

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 sore.

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 So many

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 of us,

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 as we

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 suffer, we

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 wrestle with

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 this personal

00:13:01.620 --> 00:13:02.540
 problem of

00:13:02.540 --> 00:13:02.940
 evil.

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 could God

00:13:04.100 --> 00:13:05.200
 still really

00:13:05.200 --> 00:13:06.260
 love me if

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 he's letting

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 this happen

00:13:07.900 --> 00:13:08.340
 in my

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 life?

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 Don't get

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 confused by

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 those who

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 say that

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 your sickness

00:13:14.560 --> 00:13:15.240
 means you

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 don't believe

00:13:15.880 --> 00:13:17.520
 enough or

00:13:17.520 --> 00:13:17.860
 you don't

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 pray enough

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 or you

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 don't deserve

00:13:20.340 --> 00:13:21.920
 God's love.

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 No.

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 No, he

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 loves you.

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 So of

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 course,

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 loving

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 Lazarus

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 and having

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 the power

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 to heal

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 him,

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 Jesus then

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 rushes

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 immediately

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 to his

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 side.

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 No.

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 So,

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 therefore,

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 because he

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 loved them,

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 when he

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 heard that

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 Lazarus

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 was ill,

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 he stayed

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 two days

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 longer

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 in the

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 place he

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 was.

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 Then he

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 says,

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 let's go.

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 And we

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 find out

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 later,

00:14:04.520 --> 00:14:05.000
 Lazarus

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 dies in

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 the meantime.

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 I thought

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 Jesus said

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 that's not

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 where this

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 story was

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 headed.

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 This

00:14:12.580 --> 00:14:14.379
 delay has

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 puzzled

00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:15.480
 Christians

00:14:15.480 --> 00:14:16.280
 since it

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 puzzled

00:14:16.900 --> 00:14:18.240
 those disciples

00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:19.259
 that first

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 day.

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 We've felt

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 their pain,

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 haven't we?

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 God,

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 where are

00:14:26.680 --> 00:14:27.100
 you?

00:14:28.580 --> 00:14:29.560
 Why aren't

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 you answering?

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 What is

00:14:31.540 --> 00:14:32.720
 taking so

00:14:32.720 --> 00:14:33.480
 long here?

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 I thought

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 you said.

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 I don't

00:14:37.220 --> 00:14:37.900
 understand.

00:14:41.860 --> 00:14:42.660
 I still

00:14:42.660 --> 00:14:43.280
 couldn't tell

00:14:43.280 --> 00:14:43.840
 you why

00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:44.720
 after the

00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:45.840
 pain of

00:14:45.840 --> 00:14:46.639
 miscarrying

00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:47.300
 our first

00:14:47.300 --> 00:14:47.820
 child,

00:14:48.640 --> 00:14:49.320
 God seemed

00:14:49.320 --> 00:14:50.160
 to delay

00:14:50.160 --> 00:14:51.259
 month

00:14:51.259 --> 00:14:52.399
 after

00:14:52.399 --> 00:14:53.159
 month

00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:54.480
 for so

00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:55.039
 long

00:14:55.039 --> 00:14:56.259
 until we

00:14:56.259 --> 00:14:57.039
 felt like

00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:58.080
 stopping

00:14:58.080 --> 00:14:58.799
 praying

00:14:58.799 --> 00:14:59.819
 and stopping

00:14:59.819 --> 00:15:00.620
 hoping

00:15:00.620 --> 00:15:01.939
 would feel

00:15:01.939 --> 00:15:02.460
 better.

00:15:02.460 --> 00:15:05.379
 God,

00:15:05.420 --> 00:15:05.639
 are you

00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:06.300
 really

00:15:06.300 --> 00:15:07.060
 present

00:15:07.060 --> 00:15:08.820
 in the

00:15:08.820 --> 00:15:09.280
 face of

00:15:09.280 --> 00:15:09.800
 death?

00:15:11.420 --> 00:15:11.920
 We'll

00:15:11.920 --> 00:15:12.040
 hear

00:15:12.040 --> 00:15:12.540
 concerns

00:15:12.540 --> 00:15:12.820
 about

00:15:12.820 --> 00:15:13.120
 Jesus'

00:15:13.440 --> 00:15:14.100
 presence

00:15:14.100 --> 00:15:14.759
 or lack

00:15:14.759 --> 00:15:15.320
 thereof

00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:15.920
 repeatedly

00:15:15.920 --> 00:15:16.240
 here.

00:15:16.300 --> 00:15:16.420
 We're

00:15:16.420 --> 00:15:16.519
 going to

00:15:16.519 --> 00:15:16.740
 hear them

00:15:16.740 --> 00:15:16.940
 again

00:15:16.940 --> 00:15:17.160
 from

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 Martha

00:15:17.480 --> 00:15:19.259
 and then

00:15:19.259 --> 00:15:19.440
 from

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 Mary

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 and then

00:15:20.800 --> 00:15:21.100
 from the

00:15:21.100 --> 00:15:21.480
 mourners

00:15:21.480 --> 00:15:21.960
 who have

00:15:21.960 --> 00:15:22.440
 joined

00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:22.720
 them.

00:15:24.139 --> 00:15:24.740
 Why

00:15:24.740 --> 00:15:25.560
 the delay?

00:15:27.180 --> 00:15:27.400
 Things

00:15:27.400 --> 00:15:28.000
 could have

00:15:28.000 --> 00:15:28.259
 gone

00:15:28.259 --> 00:15:28.879
 differently,

00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:29.299
 Jesus?

00:15:31.600 --> 00:15:32.299
 Well,

00:15:32.320 --> 00:15:32.720
 we often

00:15:32.720 --> 00:15:33.240
 don't know

00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:33.820
 exactly

00:15:33.820 --> 00:15:34.720
 why,

00:15:35.220 --> 00:15:35.580
 do we?

00:15:36.659 --> 00:15:37.460
 But it

00:15:37.460 --> 00:15:38.080
 does seem

00:15:38.080 --> 00:15:38.779
 throughout

00:15:38.779 --> 00:15:39.500
 Scripture that

00:15:39.500 --> 00:15:40.259
 God often

00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:41.139
 delays until

00:15:41.139 --> 00:15:41.779
 we can't

00:15:41.779 --> 00:15:42.259
 comprehend

00:15:42.259 --> 00:15:43.059
 how he

00:15:43.059 --> 00:15:43.360
 could

00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:44.299
 possibly

00:15:44.299 --> 00:15:45.320
 fulfill

00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:45.620
 his

00:15:45.620 --> 00:15:46.080
 promises.

00:15:47.220 --> 00:15:47.539
 Have you

00:15:47.539 --> 00:15:48.659
 felt that

00:15:48.659 --> 00:15:48.960
 before?

00:15:49.639 --> 00:15:50.360
 He's done

00:15:50.360 --> 00:15:50.659
 that in

00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:51.279
 most of

00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:51.840
 our lives.

00:15:52.439 --> 00:15:53.200
 He certainly

00:15:53.200 --> 00:15:54.039
 has something

00:15:54.039 --> 00:15:54.559
 to show

00:15:54.559 --> 00:15:55.019
 us in

00:15:55.019 --> 00:15:55.419
 this

00:15:55.419 --> 00:15:56.620
 situation.

00:15:56.620 --> 00:15:58.679
 But

00:15:58.679 --> 00:15:59.179
 regardless,

00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.279
 I want

00:16:00.279 --> 00:16:00.620
 us to

00:16:00.620 --> 00:16:00.840
 note

00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.360
 here that

00:16:01.360 --> 00:16:01.799
 God's

00:16:01.799 --> 00:16:02.580
 delays do

00:16:02.580 --> 00:16:02.960
 not

00:16:02.960 --> 00:16:03.759
 disprove

00:16:03.759 --> 00:16:04.519
 his

00:16:04.519 --> 00:16:05.000
 love.

00:16:06.120 --> 00:16:06.560
 Whatever

00:16:06.560 --> 00:16:07.000
 they may

00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:07.360
 mean,

00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:08.879
 whatever

00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:09.399
 they may

00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:10.480
 feel like,

00:16:11.419 --> 00:16:11.720
 Jesus

00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:12.580
 delays

00:16:12.580 --> 00:16:14.000
 because

00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:14.860
 he

00:16:14.860 --> 00:16:15.259
 loves.

00:16:15.759 --> 00:16:16.200
 Don't

00:16:16.200 --> 00:16:16.539
 let

00:16:16.539 --> 00:16:17.039
 Satan

00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:17.620
 convince

00:16:17.620 --> 00:16:17.879
 you

00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:18.259
 otherwise.

00:16:18.899 --> 00:16:19.120
 That's

00:16:19.120 --> 00:16:20.179
 not what

00:16:20.179 --> 00:16:20.419
 you're

00:16:20.419 --> 00:16:21.279
 experiencing

00:16:21.279 --> 00:16:22.279
 right now.

00:16:22.560 --> 00:16:22.840
 Brother

00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:23.399
 or sister

00:16:23.399 --> 00:16:23.700
 who's

00:16:23.700 --> 00:16:24.139
 wondering

00:16:24.139 --> 00:16:24.740
 if it

00:16:24.740 --> 00:16:25.220
 is time

00:16:25.220 --> 00:16:25.680
 to give

00:16:25.680 --> 00:16:26.019
 up,

00:16:26.019 --> 00:16:27.139
 have I

00:16:27.139 --> 00:16:27.939
 waited or

00:16:27.939 --> 00:16:28.519
 endured

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:29.419
 this long

00:16:29.419 --> 00:16:29.699
 enough?

00:16:29.919 --> 00:16:30.620
 I think

00:16:30.620 --> 00:16:31.319
 that perhaps

00:16:31.319 --> 00:16:31.980
 he's quit

00:16:31.980 --> 00:16:32.740
 loving me.

00:16:33.279 --> 00:16:33.720
 No.

00:16:34.379 --> 00:16:34.720
 His

00:16:34.720 --> 00:16:35.259
 love

00:16:35.259 --> 00:16:36.059
 never

00:16:36.059 --> 00:16:36.879
 fails.

00:16:37.500 --> 00:16:37.699
 No

00:16:37.699 --> 00:16:38.019
 one

00:16:38.019 --> 00:16:38.439
 can

00:16:38.439 --> 00:16:39.039
 snatch

00:16:39.039 --> 00:16:39.319
 you

00:16:39.319 --> 00:16:39.919
 out of

00:16:39.919 --> 00:16:40.120
 his

00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:40.639
 hand.

00:16:41.100 --> 00:16:41.199
 And

00:16:41.199 --> 00:16:41.439
 his

00:16:41.439 --> 00:16:41.939
 delay

00:16:41.939 --> 00:16:42.159
 in

00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:42.360
 your

00:16:42.360 --> 00:16:43.019
 life,

00:16:44.340 --> 00:16:44.860
 as

00:16:44.860 --> 00:16:45.659
 painful

00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.179
 and

00:16:46.179 --> 00:16:47.319
 awful

00:16:47.319 --> 00:16:48.460
 as the

00:16:48.460 --> 00:16:49.199
 circumstances

00:16:49.199 --> 00:16:49.679
 of it

00:16:49.679 --> 00:16:50.500
 may be,

00:16:51.799 --> 00:16:52.779
 it may

00:16:52.779 --> 00:16:53.039
 be

00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:53.740
 specifically

00:16:53.740 --> 00:16:54.699
 because of

00:16:54.700 --> 00:16:54.879
 his

00:16:54.879 --> 00:16:55.259
 great

00:16:55.259 --> 00:16:55.600
 love

00:16:55.600 --> 00:16:56.000
 in a

00:16:56.000 --> 00:16:56.220
 way

00:16:56.220 --> 00:16:56.800
 more

00:16:56.800 --> 00:16:57.560
 glorious

00:16:57.560 --> 00:16:58.320
 than

00:16:58.320 --> 00:16:58.540
 we

00:16:58.540 --> 00:16:58.680
 can

00:16:58.680 --> 00:16:59.120
 imagine.

00:17:01.660 --> 00:17:02.360
 He

00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:02.879
 delays,

00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:04.860
 but after

00:17:04.860 --> 00:17:05.460
 delaying,

00:17:05.700 --> 00:17:05.900
 Jesus

00:17:05.900 --> 00:17:06.299
 says,

00:17:06.420 --> 00:17:07.220
 verse 7,

00:17:07.440 --> 00:17:07.680
 to the

00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.140
 disciples,

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:09.160
 let us

00:17:09.160 --> 00:17:09.900
 go to

00:17:09.900 --> 00:17:10.480
 Judea

00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.120
 again.

00:17:12.600 --> 00:17:12.819
 The

00:17:12.819 --> 00:17:13.279
 disciples

00:17:13.279 --> 00:17:13.779
 said to

00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:13.940
 him,

00:17:14.380 --> 00:17:14.940
 Rabbi,

00:17:15.299 --> 00:17:15.900
 the Jews

00:17:15.900 --> 00:17:16.559
 were just

00:17:16.559 --> 00:17:17.460
 now seeking

00:17:17.460 --> 00:17:18.220
 to stone

00:17:18.220 --> 00:17:18.819
 you and

00:17:18.819 --> 00:17:19.240
 are you

00:17:19.240 --> 00:17:19.600
 going

00:17:19.600 --> 00:17:20.039
 there

00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:20.580
 again?

00:17:20.579 --> 00:17:22.879
 Jesus

00:17:22.879 --> 00:17:24.839
 not safe

00:17:24.839 --> 00:17:25.500
 over there.

00:17:25.939 --> 00:17:26.259
 Remember

00:17:26.259 --> 00:17:27.019
 the stones?

00:17:27.879 --> 00:17:28.359
 Let's

00:17:28.359 --> 00:17:28.879
 not do

00:17:28.879 --> 00:17:29.159
 that.

00:17:29.240 --> 00:17:29.460
 Can we

00:17:29.460 --> 00:17:29.659
 go

00:17:29.659 --> 00:17:30.000
 somewhere

00:17:30.000 --> 00:17:30.439
 else?

00:17:33.079 --> 00:17:33.599
 Jesus

00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:34.159
 answered,

00:17:34.339 --> 00:17:34.599
 are there

00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.319
 not 12

00:17:35.319 --> 00:17:36.139
 hours in

00:17:36.139 --> 00:17:36.559
 the day?

00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:37.839
 If anyone

00:17:37.839 --> 00:17:38.480
 walks in

00:17:38.480 --> 00:17:38.859
 the day,

00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:39.279
 he does

00:17:39.279 --> 00:17:40.019
 not stumble

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:40.740
 because he

00:17:40.740 --> 00:17:41.399
 sees the

00:17:41.399 --> 00:17:41.740
 light of

00:17:41.740 --> 00:17:42.419
 this world.

00:17:43.339 --> 00:17:43.839
 But if

00:17:43.839 --> 00:17:44.419
 anyone walks

00:17:44.419 --> 00:17:44.720
 in the

00:17:44.720 --> 00:17:44.960
 night,

00:17:45.079 --> 00:17:45.619
 he stumbles

00:17:45.619 --> 00:17:46.359
 because the

00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:47.299
 light is

00:17:47.299 --> 00:17:47.859
 not in

00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.299
 him.

00:17:48.299 --> 00:17:50.259
 Now,

00:17:50.299 --> 00:17:50.599
 this seems

00:17:50.599 --> 00:17:51.399
 pretty cryptic,

00:17:51.659 --> 00:17:52.119
 doesn't it?

00:17:53.099 --> 00:17:53.879
 I think,

00:17:53.980 --> 00:17:54.299
 in fitting

00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:54.799
 with some

00:17:54.799 --> 00:17:55.039
 of the

00:17:55.039 --> 00:17:55.440
 things he

00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:56.099
 says here

00:17:56.099 --> 00:17:56.980
 and elsewhere,

00:17:57.639 --> 00:17:58.240
 Jesus is

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:59.019
 telling us

00:17:59.019 --> 00:17:59.599
 to have

00:17:59.599 --> 00:18:01.339
 hope because

00:18:01.339 --> 00:18:01.879
 we are

00:18:01.879 --> 00:18:02.619
 with him.

00:18:03.839 --> 00:18:04.299
 He's

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 saying,

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 walking

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 anywhere

00:18:06.419 --> 00:18:07.419
 with me

00:18:07.419 --> 00:18:08.680
 is safer

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 than walking

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 on your

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 own.

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 Trust me,

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 walk with

00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:14.339
 me in

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 the light,

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 even walking

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 into the

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 jaws of

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 death.

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 Better to

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 be with

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 me than

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 to try to

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 figure a

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 way around

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 it on

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 your own,

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 your own

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 wisdom,

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 your own

00:18:27.239 --> 00:18:27.939
 strength.

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 It's another

00:18:29.259 --> 00:18:30.139
 invitation from

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 Jesus to

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 trust,

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 to follow,

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 to rest.

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 Verse 11,

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 after saying

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 these things,

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 he said to

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 them,

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 our friend

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 Lazarus has

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 fallen asleep,

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 but I go

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 to awaken

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 him.

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 the disciples

00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.080
 said to

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 him,

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 Lord,

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 if he's

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 fallen asleep,

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 he will

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 recover.

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 There's

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 another way

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 out,

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 right?

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 Maybe we

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 don't have

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:52.960
 to go

00:18:52.960 --> 00:18:53.380
 there after

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 all.

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 Now

00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:56.299
 Jesus had

00:18:56.299 --> 00:18:57.000
 spoken of

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 his death,

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 but they

00:18:57.940 --> 00:18:58.380
 thought he

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 meant taking

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 rest and

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 sleep.

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 So Jesus

00:19:01.420 --> 00:19:01.960
 told them

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.640
 plainly,

00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:03.840
 Lazarus has

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 died,

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 and for

00:19:06.640 --> 00:19:07.279
 your sake,

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 I am glad

00:19:08.039 --> 00:19:08.600
 that I was

00:19:08.600 --> 00:19:09.259
 not there,

00:19:09.840 --> 00:19:10.640
 so that you

00:19:10.640 --> 00:19:11.680
 may believe,

00:19:12.480 --> 00:19:13.220
 but let us

00:19:13.220 --> 00:19:14.819
 go to

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 him.

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 It seems

00:19:16.480 --> 00:19:16.839
 an awful

00:19:16.839 --> 00:19:17.200
 turn,

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 doesn't it?

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 Lazarus has

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 died.

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 A reality

00:19:21.299 --> 00:19:21.779
 that we

00:19:21.779 --> 00:19:22.720
 know already

00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:23.440
 and especially

00:19:23.440 --> 00:19:23.920
 we'll see

00:19:23.920 --> 00:19:24.519
 next week

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 grieves

00:19:25.600 --> 00:19:26.600
 Jesus deeply.

00:19:28.559 --> 00:19:29.620
 But there's

00:19:29.620 --> 00:19:30.960
 hope in

00:19:30.960 --> 00:19:31.620
 Jesus.

00:19:32.539 --> 00:19:33.079
 There's hope

00:19:33.079 --> 00:19:34.400
 specifically for

00:19:34.400 --> 00:19:35.200
 the disciples'

00:19:35.940 --> 00:19:36.480
 faith,

00:19:36.620 --> 00:19:36.900
 right?

00:19:37.500 --> 00:19:38.500
 The good

00:19:38.500 --> 00:19:39.079
 of their

00:19:39.079 --> 00:19:40.079
 seeing God's

00:19:40.079 --> 00:19:40.660
 glory,

00:19:41.079 --> 00:19:41.779
 seeing more

00:19:41.779 --> 00:19:42.559
 of who

00:19:42.559 --> 00:19:43.379
 he is.

00:19:43.740 --> 00:19:44.619
 Jesus so

00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:46.000
 values our

00:19:46.000 --> 00:19:46.920
 belief.

00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:47.579
 He so

00:19:47.579 --> 00:19:48.559
 loves to

00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.079
 build our

00:19:49.079 --> 00:19:50.279
 faith in

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 him.

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 And he

00:19:53.579 --> 00:19:53.759
 says,

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 let's go to

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 him,

00:19:55.259 --> 00:19:55.859
 Lazarus.

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 Even to a

00:19:58.180 --> 00:19:59.279
 dead man,

00:19:59.839 --> 00:20:00.559
 Jesus is

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.200
 coming.

00:20:01.639 --> 00:20:02.460
 His presence,

00:20:02.599 --> 00:20:03.420
 his showing

00:20:03.420 --> 00:20:03.879
 up is

00:20:03.879 --> 00:20:04.960
 hopeful.

00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:08.220
 Thomas hears

00:20:08.220 --> 00:20:09.059
 this reminder

00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.160
 to trust

00:20:10.160 --> 00:20:11.299
 Jesus even

00:20:11.299 --> 00:20:12.240
 to death.

00:20:13.079 --> 00:20:13.680
 So Thomas

00:20:13.680 --> 00:20:14.339
 called the

00:20:14.339 --> 00:20:14.639
 twins,

00:20:14.779 --> 00:20:15.220
 said to his

00:20:15.220 --> 00:20:15.940
 fellow disciples,

00:20:16.339 --> 00:20:17.259
 let us also

00:20:17.259 --> 00:20:18.379
 go that we

00:20:18.379 --> 00:20:19.339
 may die

00:20:19.339 --> 00:20:20.299
 with him.

00:20:21.879 --> 00:20:22.299
 Now listen,

00:20:22.440 --> 00:20:23.159
 doubting Thomas

00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.919
 gets a bad

00:20:23.919 --> 00:20:24.799
 rap later in

00:20:24.799 --> 00:20:25.379
 the story,

00:20:25.539 --> 00:20:25.839
 okay?

00:20:26.419 --> 00:20:27.039
 But he is

00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:27.940
 consistently a

00:20:27.940 --> 00:20:28.440
 realist,

00:20:28.619 --> 00:20:29.039
 isn't he?

00:20:30.419 --> 00:20:30.980
 He's very

00:20:30.980 --> 00:20:31.539
 practical.

00:20:32.119 --> 00:20:32.819
 No sugar

00:20:32.819 --> 00:20:33.480
 coating the

00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:34.139
 situation.

00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.700
 If Jesus is

00:20:35.700 --> 00:20:36.480
 going to die,

00:20:36.919 --> 00:20:37.839
 and he is,

00:20:37.839 --> 00:20:40.519
 let's go die

00:20:40.519 --> 00:20:41.240
 with him.

00:20:42.939 --> 00:20:43.659
 Do we

00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.240
 follow Jesus

00:20:44.240 --> 00:20:44.899
 like that?

00:20:45.859 --> 00:20:46.359
 There's a lot

00:20:46.359 --> 00:20:47.119
 of faith there.

00:20:48.539 --> 00:20:49.259
 Verse 17,

00:20:50.119 --> 00:20:51.279
 now when Jesus

00:20:51.279 --> 00:20:53.000
 came, he found

00:20:53.000 --> 00:20:54.019
 that Lazarus had

00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.959
 already been in

00:20:54.959 --> 00:20:56.279
 the tomb four

00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:58.279
 days, very

00:20:58.279 --> 00:20:59.059
 much dead.

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 Bethany was

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 near Jerusalem,

00:21:01.480 --> 00:21:02.139
 about two miles

00:21:02.139 --> 00:21:03.079
 off, and many of

00:21:03.079 --> 00:21:03.579
 the Jews had

00:21:03.579 --> 00:21:04.359
 come to Martha

00:21:04.359 --> 00:21:05.039
 and Mary to

00:21:05.039 --> 00:21:05.819
 console them

00:21:05.819 --> 00:21:06.879
 concerning their

00:21:06.880 --> 00:21:07.160
 brother.

00:21:07.520 --> 00:21:08.020
 Jesus has

00:21:08.020 --> 00:21:08.920
 arrived in the

00:21:08.920 --> 00:21:09.820
 vicinity, but

00:21:09.820 --> 00:21:10.660
 someone can't

00:21:10.660 --> 00:21:11.360
 wait for him to

00:21:11.360 --> 00:21:12.000
 get all the way

00:21:12.000 --> 00:21:13.200
 there, hoping,

00:21:13.640 --> 00:21:14.480
 longing for his

00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.960
 presence.

00:21:15.140 --> 00:21:15.780
 She's been looking

00:21:15.780 --> 00:21:16.540
 forward to this.

00:21:16.900 --> 00:21:17.480
 Verse 20,

00:21:17.600 --> 00:21:18.380
 so when Martha

00:21:18.380 --> 00:21:19.760
 heard that Jesus

00:21:19.760 --> 00:21:21.240
 was coming, she

00:21:21.240 --> 00:21:22.220
 went and met him,

00:21:22.720 --> 00:21:23.580
 but Mary remained

00:21:23.580 --> 00:21:24.220
 seated in the

00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:24.600
 house.

00:21:25.680 --> 00:21:26.320
 And Martha said

00:21:26.320 --> 00:21:26.840
 to Jesus,

00:21:27.240 --> 00:21:28.140
 Lord, if you had

00:21:28.140 --> 00:21:28.980
 been here, my

00:21:28.980 --> 00:21:29.920
 brother would not

00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:30.720
 have died.

00:21:32.060 --> 00:21:33.220
 But even now,

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.640
 I know that

00:21:34.640 --> 00:21:35.420
 whatever you ask

00:21:35.420 --> 00:21:36.080
 from God,

00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.859
 God will give

00:21:37.859 --> 00:21:38.119
 you.

00:21:38.939 --> 00:21:39.740
 If only you

00:21:39.740 --> 00:21:40.359
 were here,

00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.099
 Jesus.

00:21:43.159 --> 00:21:44.039
 But now you

00:21:44.039 --> 00:21:44.460
 are.

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 And I don't

00:21:45.859 --> 00:21:46.539
 really know what

00:21:46.539 --> 00:21:47.179
 that means.

00:21:47.419 --> 00:21:47.740
 I mean, the

00:21:47.740 --> 00:21:48.699
 concept of an

00:21:48.699 --> 00:21:49.119
 immediate

00:21:49.119 --> 00:21:50.740
 resurrection of

00:21:50.740 --> 00:21:51.859
 her brother from

00:21:51.859 --> 00:21:53.179
 the dead after

00:21:53.179 --> 00:21:53.960
 he's been buried

00:21:53.960 --> 00:21:54.899
 four days doesn't

00:21:54.899 --> 00:21:55.759
 even seem to be on

00:21:55.759 --> 00:21:56.519
 Martha's radar.

00:21:58.679 --> 00:22:00.939
 But Jesus, I'm

00:22:00.939 --> 00:22:01.460
 going to throw

00:22:01.460 --> 00:22:02.359
 myself at your

00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:02.659
 feet.

00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.039
 I'm going to

00:22:03.039 --> 00:22:04.839
 trust that your

00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.480
 presence means my

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:07.139
 blessing.

00:22:07.839 --> 00:22:08.779
 Martha's faith

00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:09.559
 here in a

00:22:09.559 --> 00:22:10.379
 Jesus who has

00:22:10.379 --> 00:22:12.379
 delayed, whose

00:22:12.379 --> 00:22:13.319
 delay has in the

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.519
 meantime brought

00:22:14.519 --> 00:22:16.480
 grief upon grief

00:22:16.480 --> 00:22:17.019
 to her.

00:22:17.259 --> 00:22:18.039
 Her faith is

00:22:18.039 --> 00:22:19.199
 remarkable, isn't

00:22:19.199 --> 00:22:19.399
 it?

00:22:20.199 --> 00:22:21.459
 She must really

00:22:21.459 --> 00:22:22.659
 know this Jesus.

00:22:24.539 --> 00:22:25.279
 She must have

00:22:25.279 --> 00:22:26.079
 been following the

00:22:26.079 --> 00:22:26.799
 signs he's done

00:22:26.799 --> 00:22:28.079
 already and to

00:22:28.079 --> 00:22:29.659
 know that he and

00:22:29.659 --> 00:22:30.980
 God the Father are

00:22:30.980 --> 00:22:32.759
 one, that blessing

00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.799
 flows from his

00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:35.400
 very presence, that

00:22:35.400 --> 00:22:37.039
 he is worthy of

00:22:37.039 --> 00:22:38.119
 her trust.

00:22:38.440 --> 00:22:40.019
 Because then, when

00:22:40.019 --> 00:22:41.740
 you know Jesus like

00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:44.079
 that, then nothing

00:22:44.079 --> 00:22:45.900
 makes more sense than

00:22:45.900 --> 00:22:47.220
 trusting him.

00:22:48.599 --> 00:22:50.019
 Even when, humanly

00:22:50.019 --> 00:22:51.099
 speaking, it makes no

00:22:51.099 --> 00:22:51.519
 sense.

00:22:53.720 --> 00:22:54.980
 Nothing then, don't

00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.460
 you know that

00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.200
 experience?

00:22:57.000 --> 00:22:57.839
 Where from a human

00:22:57.839 --> 00:22:58.599
 perspective, you look

00:22:58.599 --> 00:22:59.359
 at your circumstances

00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:00.180
 and say, it doesn't

00:23:00.180 --> 00:23:01.019
 make any sense to

00:23:01.019 --> 00:23:01.859
 trust Jesus right

00:23:01.859 --> 00:23:02.839
 now, but I know

00:23:02.839 --> 00:23:03.980
 Jesus and nothing

00:23:03.980 --> 00:23:04.839
 makes more sense

00:23:04.839 --> 00:23:05.400
 than to trust

00:23:05.400 --> 00:23:05.740
 Jesus.

00:23:08.299 --> 00:23:09.259
 It doesn't make

00:23:09.259 --> 00:23:09.539
 sense.

00:23:09.639 --> 00:23:10.519
 Lazarus is dead.

00:23:11.680 --> 00:23:12.240
 Game over.

00:23:13.519 --> 00:23:14.160
 The end.

00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:18.619
 Except, Jesus is

00:23:18.619 --> 00:23:18.920
 here.

00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:22.420
 Trusting him, hoping

00:23:22.420 --> 00:23:25.000
 in him always makes

00:23:25.000 --> 00:23:25.480
 sense.

00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:28.599
 Verse 23.

00:23:31.019 --> 00:23:32.220
 Jesus said to

00:23:32.220 --> 00:23:34.160
 Martha, your

00:23:34.160 --> 00:23:35.400
 brother will rise

00:23:35.400 --> 00:23:35.859
 again.

00:23:37.420 --> 00:23:38.279
 Martha said to

00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:39.579
 him, I know that

00:23:39.579 --> 00:23:40.500
 he will rise again

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.599
 in the resurrection

00:23:41.599 --> 00:23:43.539
 on the last day.

00:23:43.660 --> 00:23:44.900
 Martha has hope.

00:23:45.400 --> 00:23:46.339
 There's a Messiah

00:23:46.339 --> 00:23:47.519
 and a kingdom

00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:48.920
 when all who

00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:50.019
 follow him will

00:23:50.019 --> 00:23:51.480
 rise at the end

00:23:51.480 --> 00:23:52.639
 of time to reign

00:23:52.639 --> 00:23:53.759
 with him.

00:23:53.980 --> 00:23:54.680
 She's got that

00:23:54.680 --> 00:23:55.200
 hope.

00:23:56.900 --> 00:23:57.900
 And this is where

00:23:57.900 --> 00:23:58.680
 Jesus changes

00:23:58.680 --> 00:23:59.200
 everything.

00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:01.640
 It is certainly

00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.860
 a great comfort

00:24:02.860 --> 00:24:04.100
 to know that

00:24:04.100 --> 00:24:04.539
 there is a

00:24:04.539 --> 00:24:05.400
 resurrection to

00:24:05.400 --> 00:24:06.200
 eternal life

00:24:06.200 --> 00:24:07.140
 coming one day

00:24:07.140 --> 00:24:07.880
 someday.

00:24:08.080 --> 00:24:08.920
 I am so

00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:09.740
 grateful for

00:24:09.740 --> 00:24:09.960
 that.

00:24:10.019 --> 00:24:10.740
 I hope you

00:24:10.740 --> 00:24:11.059
 are.

00:24:12.620 --> 00:24:13.220
 But what Jesus

00:24:13.220 --> 00:24:13.740
 wants you to

00:24:13.740 --> 00:24:14.920
 see here is

00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:16.019
 something that

00:24:16.019 --> 00:24:17.180
 is even better,

00:24:17.980 --> 00:24:19.100
 even more

00:24:19.100 --> 00:24:20.460
 glorious, even

00:24:20.460 --> 00:24:21.799
 more hopeful

00:24:21.799 --> 00:24:22.680
 than that.

00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:23.460
 If you can

00:24:23.460 --> 00:24:24.240
 imagine, Jesus

00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.799
 is going to

00:24:24.799 --> 00:24:25.220
 teach us

00:24:25.220 --> 00:24:25.840
 something about

00:24:25.840 --> 00:24:26.600
 his identity

00:24:26.600 --> 00:24:27.640
 here that

00:24:27.640 --> 00:24:29.160
 shatters Martha's

00:24:29.160 --> 00:24:30.160
 categories and

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:30.740
 most of our

00:24:30.740 --> 00:24:31.259
 categories.

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:33.720
 When he is

00:24:33.720 --> 00:24:35.120
 present, something

00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:37.060
 amazing is taking

00:24:37.060 --> 00:24:37.600
 place.

00:24:38.620 --> 00:24:39.120
 He's about to

00:24:39.120 --> 00:24:40.160
 speak his fifth

00:24:40.160 --> 00:24:42.320
 I am statement

00:24:42.320 --> 00:24:44.500
 of self-disclosure

00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:45.940
 here in John.

00:24:46.020 --> 00:24:46.920
 Who is Jesus?

00:24:48.020 --> 00:24:48.840
 Martha speaks of

00:24:48.840 --> 00:24:49.680
 the resurrection

00:24:49.680 --> 00:24:51.320
 to come and

00:24:51.320 --> 00:24:52.560
 Jesus replies,

00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:55.220
 I am the

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:55.960
 resurrection.

00:24:57.740 --> 00:24:59.000
 The Sadducees

00:24:59.000 --> 00:24:59.720
 at that time

00:24:59.720 --> 00:25:00.180
 said no

00:25:00.180 --> 00:25:00.759
 resurrection.

00:25:02.120 --> 00:25:03.559
 The Pharisees

00:25:03.559 --> 00:25:04.360
 and others

00:25:04.360 --> 00:25:05.220
 like Martha

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.779
 said,

00:25:06.220 --> 00:25:07.019
 resurrection

00:25:07.019 --> 00:25:08.120
 in the Messiah's

00:25:08.120 --> 00:25:09.120
 eternal kingdom

00:25:09.120 --> 00:25:09.720
 one day,

00:25:09.860 --> 00:25:10.200
 someday.

00:25:12.160 --> 00:25:13.200
 Jesus says,

00:25:14.640 --> 00:25:15.220
 resurrection

00:25:15.220 --> 00:25:16.839
 immediately,

00:25:17.180 --> 00:25:18.079
 always,

00:25:18.240 --> 00:25:19.880
 with me,

00:25:20.200 --> 00:25:21.019
 the Messiah

00:25:21.019 --> 00:25:22.259
 who brings

00:25:22.259 --> 00:25:23.279
 the kingdom.

00:25:23.279 --> 00:25:25.240
 look, Martha,

00:25:25.680 --> 00:25:26.319
 watch what I'm

00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:26.619
 going to do.

00:25:26.879 --> 00:25:27.920
 I am dragging

00:25:27.920 --> 00:25:28.799
 the resurrection

00:25:28.799 --> 00:25:30.200
 from the future,

00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:31.220
 from that future

00:25:31.220 --> 00:25:31.779
 hope you have,

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:32.879
 I am dragging

00:25:32.879 --> 00:25:34.139
 it back into

00:25:34.139 --> 00:25:35.119
 your present

00:25:35.119 --> 00:25:36.420
 reality right

00:25:36.420 --> 00:25:37.180
 here where I

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.779
 am with you.

00:25:38.259 --> 00:25:38.819
 That's what he's

00:25:38.819 --> 00:25:39.519
 saying to us.

00:25:39.720 --> 00:25:40.639
 There is a coming

00:25:40.639 --> 00:25:42.000
 physical resurrection.

00:25:42.420 --> 00:25:43.039
 Jesus is about

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.859
 to display the

00:25:43.859 --> 00:25:44.700
 certainty of that

00:25:44.700 --> 00:25:45.379
 by bringing

00:25:45.379 --> 00:25:46.220
 Lazarus back to

00:25:46.220 --> 00:25:46.759
 life here.

00:25:47.920 --> 00:25:48.740
 Right here in

00:25:48.740 --> 00:25:49.319
 his presence.

00:25:50.379 --> 00:25:51.379
 When you trust

00:25:51.379 --> 00:25:52.000
 in Jesus,

00:25:52.160 --> 00:25:52.639
 he is the

00:25:52.639 --> 00:25:53.220
 resurrection,

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:54.420
 that means

00:25:54.420 --> 00:25:55.279
 even though

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:56.019
 you die,

00:25:56.379 --> 00:25:57.099
 yet you

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:58.500
 shall live.

00:25:58.759 --> 00:25:59.019
 Who?

00:25:59.480 --> 00:26:00.139
 Whoever

00:26:00.139 --> 00:26:01.940
 believes in

00:26:01.940 --> 00:26:02.359
 him,

00:26:02.619 --> 00:26:03.839
 he is the

00:26:03.839 --> 00:26:04.480
 resurrection.

00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:07.059
 But what's

00:26:07.059 --> 00:26:07.379
 more,

00:26:08.359 --> 00:26:09.099
 he explains,

00:26:09.480 --> 00:26:10.559
 Jesus is

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:12.200
 the life.

00:26:13.099 --> 00:26:13.440
 And he says

00:26:13.440 --> 00:26:14.119
 what that means,

00:26:14.460 --> 00:26:15.259
 those who

00:26:15.259 --> 00:26:16.119
 live

00:26:16.119 --> 00:26:17.420
 spiritually,

00:26:17.680 --> 00:26:18.480
 who believe

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.980
 in him,

00:26:19.059 --> 00:26:19.420
 that's the

00:26:19.420 --> 00:26:20.240
 kind of living,

00:26:20.240 --> 00:26:22.380
 shall never

00:26:22.380 --> 00:26:24.039
 really die

00:26:24.039 --> 00:26:25.220
 spiritually.

00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:27.019
 It's not that

00:26:27.019 --> 00:26:27.480
 you're going to

00:26:27.480 --> 00:26:28.339
 die and then

00:26:28.339 --> 00:26:28.640
 you're going to

00:26:28.640 --> 00:26:29.740
 wait years or

00:26:29.740 --> 00:26:30.819
 millennia for

00:26:30.819 --> 00:26:31.740
 eternity to

00:26:31.740 --> 00:26:32.279
 begin.

00:26:32.660 --> 00:26:33.740
 No, as Paul

00:26:33.740 --> 00:26:34.299
 tells us,

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:35.420
 it is absent from

00:26:35.420 --> 00:26:35.859
 the body,

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:37.220
 present with the

00:26:37.220 --> 00:26:37.599
 Lord.

00:26:37.980 --> 00:26:38.539
 Instantly,

00:26:39.279 --> 00:26:40.220
 death is

00:26:40.220 --> 00:26:41.799
 undone in

00:26:41.799 --> 00:26:42.599
 Jesus.

00:26:43.019 --> 00:26:44.460
 He is the

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:45.099
 resurrection

00:26:45.099 --> 00:26:46.740
 and the

00:26:46.740 --> 00:26:47.480
 life.

00:26:47.719 --> 00:26:48.279
 He's saying

00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:48.859
 the reality

00:26:48.859 --> 00:26:49.259
 is that

00:26:49.259 --> 00:26:50.039
 true life

00:26:50.039 --> 00:26:50.779
 found in

00:26:50.779 --> 00:26:51.539
 relationship

00:26:51.539 --> 00:26:52.699
 with me

00:26:52.699 --> 00:26:53.519
 in my

00:26:53.519 --> 00:26:54.319
 presence

00:26:54.319 --> 00:26:55.819
 will never

00:26:55.819 --> 00:26:56.879
 stop.

00:26:57.039 --> 00:26:57.139
 See,

00:26:57.480 --> 00:26:58.500
 true life

00:26:58.500 --> 00:26:58.879
 is not

00:26:58.879 --> 00:26:59.579
 stuff.

00:27:00.079 --> 00:27:00.579
 It's not

00:27:00.579 --> 00:27:01.759
 experiences.

00:27:02.079 --> 00:27:02.559
 It's not

00:27:02.559 --> 00:27:03.159
 success.

00:27:03.579 --> 00:27:04.119
 It's not

00:27:04.119 --> 00:27:04.819
 comfort.

00:27:05.240 --> 00:27:05.859
 No, it is

00:27:05.859 --> 00:27:06.859
 God and

00:27:06.859 --> 00:27:08.319
 knowing him.

00:27:08.679 --> 00:27:08.939
 It is

00:27:08.939 --> 00:27:09.939
 Jesus

00:27:09.939 --> 00:27:10.719
 himself.

00:27:10.879 --> 00:27:11.319
 Jesus

00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:12.679
 as the

00:27:12.679 --> 00:27:13.179
 resurrection

00:27:13.179 --> 00:27:13.539
 and the

00:27:13.539 --> 00:27:14.240
 life is so

00:27:14.240 --> 00:27:14.699
 much the

00:27:14.700 --> 00:27:16.299
 essence of

00:27:16.299 --> 00:27:16.980
 life.

00:27:17.759 --> 00:27:18.259
 That when

00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.640
 you are

00:27:18.640 --> 00:27:19.600
 united to

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.860
 him, you

00:27:20.860 --> 00:27:21.980
 will never

00:27:21.980 --> 00:27:23.960
 ever be

00:27:23.960 --> 00:27:25.240
 separated.

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:26.700
 Not even

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.160
 for a

00:27:27.160 --> 00:27:27.559
 moment.

00:27:28.660 --> 00:27:29.279
 Never

00:27:29.279 --> 00:27:30.440
 will you be

00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.600
 separated from

00:27:31.600 --> 00:27:32.819
 Jesus, the

00:27:32.819 --> 00:27:34.120
 resurrection and

00:27:34.120 --> 00:27:34.620
 the life.

00:27:34.920 --> 00:27:35.400
 Which means,

00:27:35.480 --> 00:27:36.039
 and don't miss

00:27:36.039 --> 00:27:37.279
 this, that

00:27:37.279 --> 00:27:38.299
 means if you're

00:27:38.299 --> 00:27:39.120
 now connected

00:27:39.120 --> 00:27:39.980
 to him, that

00:27:39.980 --> 00:27:40.779
 the worst

00:27:40.779 --> 00:27:41.840
 thing that

00:27:41.840 --> 00:27:42.740
 could ever

00:27:42.740 --> 00:27:44.279
 possibly happen

00:27:44.279 --> 00:27:45.259
 to you will

00:27:45.259 --> 00:27:46.839
 never, ever

00:27:46.839 --> 00:27:47.720
 happen to

00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:47.839
 you.

00:27:47.879 --> 00:27:48.039
 You know

00:27:48.039 --> 00:27:48.299
 what that

00:27:48.299 --> 00:27:48.899
 worst thing

00:27:48.899 --> 00:27:49.220
 is?

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.139
 The worst

00:27:50.139 --> 00:27:50.420
 thing that

00:27:50.420 --> 00:27:50.799
 could happen

00:27:50.799 --> 00:27:51.299
 is you being

00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:52.339
 separated from

00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:52.799
 God.

00:27:54.500 --> 00:27:55.599
 Jesus says,

00:27:56.099 --> 00:27:58.160
 never, never

00:27:58.160 --> 00:27:59.000
 will you ever

00:27:59.000 --> 00:27:59.960
 experience that.

00:28:00.220 --> 00:28:01.119
 I have come

00:28:01.119 --> 00:28:02.000
 that you may

00:28:02.000 --> 00:28:02.920
 know life

00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:03.660
 with me.

00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:05.099
 Jesus drags

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:05.960
 that future

00:28:05.960 --> 00:28:07.019
 hope into

00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.779
 our present

00:28:07.779 --> 00:28:08.339
 reality.

00:28:08.700 --> 00:28:09.139
 He's saying,

00:28:09.440 --> 00:28:09.759
 you've been

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:10.599
 singing about

00:28:10.599 --> 00:28:11.180
 one day,

00:28:11.319 --> 00:28:11.920
 someday this

00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.200
 morning.

00:28:12.200 --> 00:28:12.860
 You've been

00:28:12.860 --> 00:28:13.440
 reading about

00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:13.860
 a day where

00:28:13.860 --> 00:28:14.299
 you meet

00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.700
 me in the

00:28:14.700 --> 00:28:14.980
 air and

00:28:14.980 --> 00:28:15.340
 you're with

00:28:15.340 --> 00:28:15.620
 the Lord

00:28:15.620 --> 00:28:16.000
 forever.

00:28:16.279 --> 00:28:16.799
 And I am

00:28:16.799 --> 00:28:17.759
 here with

00:28:17.759 --> 00:28:18.259
 you, Mary,

00:28:18.500 --> 00:28:18.799
 Martha,

00:28:19.019 --> 00:28:19.460
 Lazarus,

00:28:19.720 --> 00:28:20.340
 Southwood,

00:28:20.460 --> 00:28:21.460
 to say I

00:28:21.460 --> 00:28:22.120
 have brought

00:28:22.120 --> 00:28:22.779
 it to you

00:28:22.779 --> 00:28:23.480
 now.

00:28:24.019 --> 00:28:24.740
 Yes, there's

00:28:24.740 --> 00:28:25.259
 a fulfillment

00:28:25.259 --> 00:28:26.120
 to come, but

00:28:26.120 --> 00:28:27.559
 I am here

00:28:27.559 --> 00:28:28.819
 with you

00:28:28.819 --> 00:28:29.660
 now.

00:28:31.539 --> 00:28:32.799
 We ache

00:28:32.799 --> 00:28:34.120
 for those

00:28:34.120 --> 00:28:34.700
 we love

00:28:34.700 --> 00:28:35.660
 who go

00:28:35.660 --> 00:28:36.340
 before us,

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:36.720
 don't we?

00:28:38.340 --> 00:28:39.059
 When they

00:28:39.059 --> 00:28:39.539
 die, we

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:40.700
 miss them.

00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:43.840
 But for

00:28:43.840 --> 00:28:45.059
 them, it is

00:28:45.059 --> 00:28:45.860
 not true

00:28:45.860 --> 00:28:46.380
 that their

00:28:46.380 --> 00:28:47.740
 life ends,

00:28:48.700 --> 00:28:49.200
 that it

00:28:49.200 --> 00:28:50.100
 ends early.

00:28:50.220 --> 00:28:50.539
 No, it

00:28:50.539 --> 00:28:51.880
 continues

00:28:51.880 --> 00:28:53.000
 truly.

00:28:53.900 --> 00:28:54.580
 The truest

00:28:54.580 --> 00:28:55.779
 life, deeply,

00:28:56.240 --> 00:28:57.240
 relationally,

00:28:57.380 --> 00:28:58.100
 with the

00:28:58.100 --> 00:28:58.920
 God of

00:28:58.920 --> 00:28:59.340
 heaven.

00:28:59.500 --> 00:29:00.019
 It never

00:29:00.019 --> 00:29:00.620
 stops.

00:29:00.720 --> 00:29:01.140
 They're never

00:29:01.140 --> 00:29:01.799
 separated.

00:29:02.360 --> 00:29:02.759
 And one

00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:03.759
 day, physically,

00:29:03.980 --> 00:29:04.860
 it continues in

00:29:04.860 --> 00:29:05.440
 his restored

00:29:05.440 --> 00:29:06.380
 creation with

00:29:06.380 --> 00:29:06.960
 us.

00:29:07.779 --> 00:29:08.380
 Praise the

00:29:08.380 --> 00:29:08.799
 Lord for

00:29:08.799 --> 00:29:09.440
 that hope.

00:29:10.220 --> 00:29:10.799
 That is the

00:29:10.799 --> 00:29:11.420
 promise of

00:29:11.420 --> 00:29:11.779
 God.

00:29:11.779 --> 00:29:12.259
 God, that

00:29:12.259 --> 00:29:12.779
 the presence

00:29:12.779 --> 00:29:13.420
 of Jesus,

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.240
 the resurrection

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.680
 and the

00:29:14.680 --> 00:29:15.660
 life, makes

00:29:15.660 --> 00:29:16.680
 certain.

00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:18.379
 Jesus brings

00:29:18.379 --> 00:29:18.920
 resurrection

00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:20.200
 life from

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.819
 the future

00:29:20.819 --> 00:29:22.559
 into our

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.960
 present.

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.099
 See,

00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.920
 resurrection is

00:29:25.920 --> 00:29:26.839
 not simply

00:29:26.839 --> 00:29:27.599
 something Jesus

00:29:27.599 --> 00:29:28.359
 does.

00:29:28.879 --> 00:29:29.599
 Like, he

00:29:29.599 --> 00:29:30.180
 raises

00:29:30.180 --> 00:29:31.379
 Lazarus from

00:29:31.379 --> 00:29:31.819
 the dead.

00:29:31.920 --> 00:29:32.960
 That's true.

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:34.079
 He does

00:29:34.079 --> 00:29:34.960
 that, but

00:29:34.960 --> 00:29:35.660
 that is merely

00:29:35.660 --> 00:29:36.599
 a sign,

00:29:36.720 --> 00:29:36.980
 right?

00:29:37.420 --> 00:29:38.220
 It's pointing

00:29:38.220 --> 00:29:39.180
 to who Jesus

00:29:39.180 --> 00:29:39.920
 is.

00:29:39.920 --> 00:29:41.640
 He is the

00:29:41.640 --> 00:29:42.320
 resurrection.

00:29:42.759 --> 00:29:43.360
 That eternal

00:29:43.360 --> 00:29:44.120
 life in the

00:29:44.120 --> 00:29:44.960
 Messiah's kingdom

00:29:44.960 --> 00:29:46.000
 where Jesus

00:29:46.000 --> 00:29:46.460
 is.

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.180
 He wants his

00:29:47.180 --> 00:29:48.160
 disciples and

00:29:48.160 --> 00:29:49.160
 these sisters that

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.400
 he loves and

00:29:50.400 --> 00:29:51.600
 you whom he loves

00:29:51.600 --> 00:29:52.539
 to see it and

00:29:52.539 --> 00:29:53.019
 believe it.

00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:53.779
 That's what he

00:29:53.779 --> 00:29:54.880
 says to Martha.

00:29:55.279 --> 00:29:56.420
 Do you

00:29:56.420 --> 00:29:58.480
 believe this?

00:29:59.580 --> 00:30:00.160
 And she said

00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:00.820
 to him, yes,

00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:01.960
 Lord, I believe

00:30:01.960 --> 00:30:02.900
 that you are the

00:30:02.900 --> 00:30:04.100
 Christ, the

00:30:04.100 --> 00:30:04.920
 Son of God,

00:30:04.920 --> 00:30:06.039
 who is coming

00:30:06.039 --> 00:30:07.259
 into the

00:30:07.259 --> 00:30:07.759
 world.

00:30:08.000 --> 00:30:08.460
 That there is

00:30:08.460 --> 00:30:09.860
 life in him,

00:30:09.920 --> 00:30:10.759
 not just bread,

00:30:11.900 --> 00:30:12.460
 not just

00:30:12.460 --> 00:30:13.600
 healing from

00:30:13.600 --> 00:30:14.820
 sickness, but

00:30:14.820 --> 00:30:16.360
 life from

00:30:16.360 --> 00:30:16.980
 death.

00:30:17.300 --> 00:30:18.600
 The glory of

00:30:18.600 --> 00:30:19.480
 who God is

00:30:19.480 --> 00:30:20.820
 in Jesus is

00:30:20.820 --> 00:30:22.440
 coming into

00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.560
 the world.

00:30:23.840 --> 00:30:24.900
 His presence

00:30:24.900 --> 00:30:26.380
 coming to

00:30:26.380 --> 00:30:26.740
 you.

00:30:27.180 --> 00:30:28.500
 There is

00:30:28.500 --> 00:30:29.340
 life.

00:30:29.660 --> 00:30:30.080
 Friends,

00:30:31.200 --> 00:30:32.060
 do you

00:30:32.060 --> 00:30:34.100
 believe this?

00:30:34.920 --> 00:30:37.019
 See, that's

00:30:37.019 --> 00:30:37.800
 the difference

00:30:37.800 --> 00:30:39.300
 in facing

00:30:39.300 --> 00:30:39.779
 death.

00:30:40.900 --> 00:30:41.640
 And we face

00:30:41.640 --> 00:30:42.019
 death.

00:30:43.100 --> 00:30:43.519
 It's the

00:30:43.519 --> 00:30:44.100
 difference in

00:30:44.100 --> 00:30:44.779
 facing death

00:30:44.779 --> 00:30:45.460
 with Jesus.

00:30:47.340 --> 00:30:48.440
 When Jesus

00:30:48.440 --> 00:30:49.380
 shows up,

00:30:49.960 --> 00:30:50.880
 where, oh

00:30:50.880 --> 00:30:51.900
 death, is

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:53.039
 your sting?

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.759
 The sin,

00:30:55.180 --> 00:30:55.920
 the sting of

00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:56.640
 death, sin

00:30:56.640 --> 00:30:57.900
 that so deeply

00:30:57.900 --> 00:30:58.860
 has defined

00:30:58.860 --> 00:30:59.980
 us, that so

00:30:59.980 --> 00:31:01.220
 dangerously has

00:31:01.220 --> 00:31:02.340
 separated us

00:31:02.340 --> 00:31:03.279
 from God,

00:31:03.480 --> 00:31:04.080
 that so

00:31:04.079 --> 00:31:05.319
 completely has

00:31:05.319 --> 00:31:06.599
 defeated you,

00:31:07.119 --> 00:31:08.240
 sin is

00:31:08.240 --> 00:31:09.899
 defeated once

00:31:09.899 --> 00:31:11.000
 for all,

00:31:11.299 --> 00:31:12.119
 done away

00:31:12.119 --> 00:31:13.339
 with, forgiven

00:31:13.339 --> 00:31:15.279
 forever by

00:31:15.279 --> 00:31:15.859
 Jesus.

00:31:18.099 --> 00:31:19.419
 Death is a

00:31:19.419 --> 00:31:20.439
 mystery to

00:31:20.439 --> 00:31:21.819
 us in so

00:31:21.819 --> 00:31:22.419
 many ways,

00:31:22.460 --> 00:31:22.779
 isn't it?

00:31:24.379 --> 00:31:25.439
 We feel a lot

00:31:25.439 --> 00:31:25.819
 of different

00:31:25.819 --> 00:31:26.119
 things.

00:31:26.220 --> 00:31:26.539
 I think we

00:31:26.539 --> 00:31:27.339
 feel at times

00:31:27.339 --> 00:31:27.980
 trapped,

00:31:29.279 --> 00:31:29.699
 fearful,

00:31:30.639 --> 00:31:31.339
 uncertain,

00:31:31.339 --> 00:31:33.439
 but not

00:31:33.439 --> 00:31:33.740
 Jesus.

00:31:34.799 --> 00:31:35.359
 He's the

00:31:35.359 --> 00:31:35.899
 resurrection

00:31:35.899 --> 00:31:37.240
 and the

00:31:37.240 --> 00:31:37.519
 life.

00:31:37.619 --> 00:31:37.980
 Listen to

00:31:37.980 --> 00:31:38.459
 his words

00:31:38.459 --> 00:31:39.319
 in Revelation

00:31:39.319 --> 00:31:40.539
 chapter 1.

00:31:40.539 --> 00:31:41.199
 He laid

00:31:41.199 --> 00:31:41.599
 his right

00:31:41.599 --> 00:31:42.259
 hand on me

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:42.679
 saying,

00:31:43.259 --> 00:31:44.359
 fear not,

00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:45.240
 I am the

00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:46.659
 first and

00:31:46.659 --> 00:31:47.500
 the last

00:31:47.500 --> 00:31:48.379
 and the

00:31:48.379 --> 00:31:49.199
 living one.

00:31:49.359 --> 00:31:50.240
 I died,

00:31:50.699 --> 00:31:51.459
 he's been

00:31:51.459 --> 00:31:51.799
 there, he

00:31:51.799 --> 00:31:52.579
 has faced

00:31:52.579 --> 00:31:52.980
 death,

00:31:53.199 --> 00:31:53.859
 and behold,

00:31:54.019 --> 00:31:54.919
 I am alive

00:31:54.919 --> 00:31:56.019
 forevermore,

00:31:56.279 --> 00:31:57.459
 and I have

00:31:57.459 --> 00:31:58.539
 the keys

00:31:58.539 --> 00:31:59.700
 of death

00:31:59.700 --> 00:32:01.039
 and Hades.

00:32:01.819 --> 00:32:02.180
 Listen,

00:32:02.759 --> 00:32:03.339
 if you are

00:32:03.339 --> 00:32:04.259
 facing death

00:32:04.259 --> 00:32:05.299
 in any way,

00:32:05.819 --> 00:32:07.059
 stay near

00:32:07.059 --> 00:32:07.839
 the one

00:32:07.839 --> 00:32:08.420
 with the

00:32:08.420 --> 00:32:08.899
 keys.

00:32:09.259 --> 00:32:09.519
 You hear

00:32:09.519 --> 00:32:09.680
 me?

00:32:10.599 --> 00:32:11.259
 Stay near

00:32:11.259 --> 00:32:11.519
 him.

00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.579
 He is

00:32:13.579 --> 00:32:14.220
 alive

00:32:14.220 --> 00:32:15.379
 forevermore.

00:32:15.599 --> 00:32:16.000
 He has

00:32:16.000 --> 00:32:17.000
 triumphed

00:32:17.000 --> 00:32:17.680
 over death.

00:32:18.059 --> 00:32:19.139
 Jesus lives

00:32:19.139 --> 00:32:20.500
 nevermore

00:32:20.500 --> 00:32:21.480
 to die.

00:32:22.059 --> 00:32:22.299
 If you

00:32:22.299 --> 00:32:22.480
 are,

00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:23.579
 if you're

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:24.139
 trapped in

00:32:24.139 --> 00:32:24.700
 a dark

00:32:24.700 --> 00:32:25.579
 building behind

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:25.980
 a bunch of

00:32:25.980 --> 00:32:26.839
 locked doors,

00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:27.099
 right,

00:32:27.139 --> 00:32:27.399
 you've got

00:32:27.399 --> 00:32:28.319
 no way out,

00:32:28.319 --> 00:32:28.899
 and you're

00:32:28.899 --> 00:32:29.259
 going

00:32:29.259 --> 00:32:29.919
 everywhere,

00:32:30.139 --> 00:32:30.720
 you can't

00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.099
 figure out

00:32:31.099 --> 00:32:31.399
 how to

00:32:31.399 --> 00:32:31.759
 get through

00:32:31.759 --> 00:32:32.079
 all these

00:32:32.079 --> 00:32:32.599
 locked doors,

00:32:32.720 --> 00:32:33.019
 you're stuck

00:32:33.019 --> 00:32:33.439
 in the dark,

00:32:33.700 --> 00:32:34.179
 stay near

00:32:34.179 --> 00:32:34.500
 the one

00:32:34.500 --> 00:32:34.799
 with the

00:32:34.799 --> 00:32:35.299
 keys.

00:32:35.659 --> 00:32:36.139
 If there's

00:32:36.139 --> 00:32:36.480
 somebody

00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:36.839
 with the

00:32:36.839 --> 00:32:37.200
 keys to

00:32:37.200 --> 00:32:37.679
 those doors

00:32:37.679 --> 00:32:37.980
 in there,

00:32:38.059 --> 00:32:38.439
 stay with

00:32:38.439 --> 00:32:38.759
 him.

00:32:40.899 --> 00:32:41.119
 Y'all,

00:32:41.259 --> 00:32:41.679
 death all

00:32:41.679 --> 00:32:42.240
 around us

00:32:42.240 --> 00:32:43.119
 can feel

00:32:43.119 --> 00:32:43.519
 like it

00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:44.059
 has us

00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.619
 trapped,

00:32:45.819 --> 00:32:46.419
 stuck,

00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:47.700
 dark,

00:32:48.259 --> 00:32:49.119
 confused,

00:32:49.619 --> 00:32:50.319
 afraid,

00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:51.619
 there's no

00:32:51.619 --> 00:32:52.200
 way out,

00:32:52.299 --> 00:32:52.559
 it just,

00:32:52.659 --> 00:32:53.159
 it feels

00:32:53.159 --> 00:32:54.500
 so final

00:32:54.500 --> 00:32:55.079
 to us,

00:32:55.399 --> 00:32:56.159
 time-bound

00:32:56.159 --> 00:32:56.839
 creatures,

00:32:56.839 --> 00:32:59.000
 stay near

00:32:59.000 --> 00:32:59.759
 the one

00:32:59.759 --> 00:33:00.379
 with the

00:33:00.379 --> 00:33:01.019
 keys.

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:01.859
 We've

00:33:01.859 --> 00:33:02.559
 always known

00:33:02.559 --> 00:33:03.179
 that that

00:33:03.179 --> 00:33:03.579
 was the

00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:03.859
 key,

00:33:04.459 --> 00:33:04.740
 Jesus'

00:33:04.959 --> 00:33:05.339
 presence

00:33:05.339 --> 00:33:06.399
 with us,

00:33:06.480 --> 00:33:06.679
 right?

00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:08.939
 All the way

00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.279
 back to

00:33:09.279 --> 00:33:10.139
 Psalm 23,

00:33:11.419 --> 00:33:12.179
 even though I

00:33:12.179 --> 00:33:13.199
 walk through

00:33:13.199 --> 00:33:13.919
 the valley

00:33:13.919 --> 00:33:15.179
 of the shadow

00:33:15.179 --> 00:33:16.079
 of death,

00:33:16.339 --> 00:33:17.699
 I will fear

00:33:17.699 --> 00:33:18.619
 no evil.

00:33:20.059 --> 00:33:20.699
 Remarkable!

00:33:20.700 --> 00:33:21.960
 How?

00:33:22.660 --> 00:33:23.279
 Why?

00:33:23.840 --> 00:33:25.279
 For you,

00:33:26.240 --> 00:33:27.600
 my good

00:33:27.600 --> 00:33:28.440
 shepherd,

00:33:28.779 --> 00:33:29.799
 are with

00:33:29.799 --> 00:33:30.700
 me.

00:33:30.880 --> 00:33:31.960
 It's your

00:33:31.960 --> 00:33:32.519
 rod and

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:34.000
 your staff,

00:33:34.380 --> 00:33:35.180
 my only

00:33:35.180 --> 00:33:35.779
 comfort.

00:33:36.559 --> 00:33:37.380
 As soon as

00:33:37.380 --> 00:33:38.240
 I'm absent

00:33:38.240 --> 00:33:38.660
 from this

00:33:38.660 --> 00:33:38.940
 body,

00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.940
 present with

00:33:39.940 --> 00:33:40.319
 the Lord,

00:33:40.500 --> 00:33:40.740
 I don't

00:33:40.740 --> 00:33:41.480
 have a moment

00:33:41.480 --> 00:33:42.360
 to realize

00:33:42.360 --> 00:33:43.240
 that something

00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:44.039
 has changed

00:33:44.039 --> 00:33:44.400
 for me,

00:33:44.580 --> 00:33:45.340
 I'm present

00:33:45.340 --> 00:33:45.700
 with you.

00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:46.559
 What comfort

00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:47.200
 that is.

00:33:47.620 --> 00:33:48.080
 It's not

00:33:48.080 --> 00:33:48.539
 something that

00:33:48.539 --> 00:33:48.880
 is merely

00:33:48.880 --> 00:33:49.420
 uncertain,

00:33:49.420 --> 00:33:49.880
 it is something

00:33:49.880 --> 00:33:51.200
 so gloriously

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:51.779
 uncertain,

00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:52.259
 you can't

00:33:52.259 --> 00:33:52.960
 imagine how

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.560
 wonderful it

00:33:53.560 --> 00:33:53.940
 is.

00:33:54.500 --> 00:33:55.060
 You're never

00:33:55.060 --> 00:33:55.660
 alone,

00:33:56.360 --> 00:33:57.039
 not for a

00:33:57.039 --> 00:33:57.360
 moment.

00:33:59.519 --> 00:33:59.840
 Wasn't that

00:33:59.840 --> 00:34:00.120
 one of the

00:34:00.120 --> 00:34:00.960
 deepest griefs

00:34:00.960 --> 00:34:01.519
 of COVID

00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:02.660
 in that season?

00:34:03.600 --> 00:34:04.700
 Reading stories

00:34:04.700 --> 00:34:05.320
 of people

00:34:05.320 --> 00:34:06.759
 dying alone,

00:34:09.099 --> 00:34:09.599
 separated

00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:10.440
 from loved

00:34:10.440 --> 00:34:10.960
 ones,

00:34:11.980 --> 00:34:12.440
 isolated

00:34:12.440 --> 00:34:13.619
 from community

00:34:13.619 --> 00:34:14.159
 because we

00:34:14.159 --> 00:34:14.680
 didn't know.

00:34:17.079 --> 00:34:17.980
 It grieves

00:34:17.980 --> 00:34:18.720
 our hearts to

00:34:18.720 --> 00:34:19.260
 think about

00:34:19.260 --> 00:34:19.580
 that.

00:34:21.660 --> 00:34:22.120
 Perhaps,

00:34:22.240 --> 00:34:22.620
 if you could

00:34:22.620 --> 00:34:23.780
 flip that

00:34:23.780 --> 00:34:24.260
 on its head,

00:34:24.360 --> 00:34:24.840
 perhaps it's

00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.480
 a special

00:34:25.480 --> 00:34:26.340
 taste then

00:34:26.340 --> 00:34:26.860
 of God's

00:34:26.860 --> 00:34:27.560
 goodness

00:34:27.560 --> 00:34:28.700
 when you

00:34:28.700 --> 00:34:29.100
 get to be

00:34:29.100 --> 00:34:29.920
 present

00:34:29.920 --> 00:34:31.920
 with someone

00:34:31.920 --> 00:34:32.580
 who's dying.

00:34:35.380 --> 00:34:36.240
 When you

00:34:36.240 --> 00:34:36.920
 get to

00:34:36.920 --> 00:34:38.000
 bring the

00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:38.780
 presence of

00:34:38.780 --> 00:34:39.420
 God

00:34:39.420 --> 00:34:40.500
 into the

00:34:40.500 --> 00:34:41.100
 life of

00:34:41.100 --> 00:34:41.700
 someone

00:34:41.700 --> 00:34:43.440
 facing death,

00:34:44.500 --> 00:34:45.380
 facing the

00:34:45.380 --> 00:34:45.900
 death of

00:34:45.900 --> 00:34:47.160
 a loved

00:34:47.160 --> 00:34:47.540
 one,

00:34:47.539 --> 00:34:48.980
 wrestling

00:34:48.980 --> 00:34:49.000
 wrestling

00:34:49.000 --> 00:34:49.559
 with the

00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:50.440
 fear of

00:34:50.440 --> 00:34:50.920
 death in

00:34:50.920 --> 00:34:51.440
 their own

00:34:51.440 --> 00:34:51.860
 life,

00:34:51.860 --> 00:34:52.860
 and you,

00:34:53.119 --> 00:34:53.559
 friends,

00:34:54.059 --> 00:34:54.539
 know the

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.440
 one with

00:34:55.440 --> 00:34:56.159
 the keys.

00:34:56.840 --> 00:34:57.759
 He lives

00:34:57.759 --> 00:34:58.320
 in you.

00:34:58.480 --> 00:34:59.139
 By his

00:34:59.139 --> 00:34:59.659
 spirit,

00:34:59.800 --> 00:35:00.099
 you have

00:35:00.099 --> 00:35:00.460
 life,

00:35:00.619 --> 00:35:01.219
 so you

00:35:01.219 --> 00:35:02.420
 can bring

00:35:02.420 --> 00:35:03.619
 his presence

00:35:03.619 --> 00:35:04.739
 into the

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.779
 room with

00:35:05.779 --> 00:35:06.440
 someone

00:35:06.440 --> 00:35:07.679
 fearfully

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.380
 facing

00:35:08.380 --> 00:35:09.519
 death.

00:35:09.519 --> 00:35:09.559
 life.

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:11.539
 The

00:35:11.539 --> 00:35:12.179
 resurrection

00:35:12.179 --> 00:35:12.960
 and the

00:35:12.960 --> 00:35:14.659
 life is

00:35:14.659 --> 00:35:15.340
 yours,

00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:16.199
 is living

00:35:16.199 --> 00:35:17.139
 with you.

00:35:17.940 --> 00:35:18.079
 See,

00:35:18.179 --> 00:35:18.739
 staying near

00:35:18.739 --> 00:35:19.579
 Jesus is

00:35:19.579 --> 00:35:20.199
 not some

00:35:20.199 --> 00:35:21.360
 burdensome

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.280
 task that

00:35:22.280 --> 00:35:23.300
 I'm heaping

00:35:23.300 --> 00:35:23.920
 on you this

00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:24.500
 morning when I

00:35:24.500 --> 00:35:24.619
 say,

00:35:24.719 --> 00:35:25.219
 stay near the

00:35:25.219 --> 00:35:25.500
 one with

00:35:25.500 --> 00:35:26.139
 the keys.

00:35:27.079 --> 00:35:27.320
 No,

00:35:27.420 --> 00:35:28.519
 Jesus comes

00:35:28.519 --> 00:35:29.300
 near to us,

00:35:29.340 --> 00:35:29.820
 doesn't he?

00:35:31.019 --> 00:35:31.480
 In this

00:35:31.480 --> 00:35:32.000
 story, he

00:35:32.000 --> 00:35:32.699
 moves toward

00:35:32.699 --> 00:35:33.500
 Martha and

00:35:33.500 --> 00:35:34.639
 Mary and

00:35:34.639 --> 00:35:35.280
 Lazarus.

00:35:35.519 --> 00:35:36.840
 He comes to

00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:37.440
 bring his

00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:37.940
 resurrection

00:35:37.940 --> 00:35:39.440
 life into

00:35:39.440 --> 00:35:40.260
 our present,

00:35:41.099 --> 00:35:41.720
 into our

00:35:41.720 --> 00:35:42.460
 stories,

00:35:43.280 --> 00:35:44.440
 though it

00:35:44.440 --> 00:35:45.019
 is, we

00:35:45.019 --> 00:35:45.480
 will find

00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:46.500
 out in a

00:35:46.500 --> 00:35:46.920
 way going

00:35:46.920 --> 00:35:47.420
 to cost

00:35:47.420 --> 00:35:48.179
 him his

00:35:48.179 --> 00:35:48.559
 life.

00:35:49.740 --> 00:35:50.500
 His presence

00:35:50.500 --> 00:35:51.260
 with us

00:35:51.260 --> 00:35:52.900
 in the face

00:35:52.900 --> 00:35:53.440
 of death

00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:55.139
 leads to

00:35:55.139 --> 00:35:55.740
 his death.

00:35:57.200 --> 00:35:57.700
 Spoiler

00:35:57.700 --> 00:35:58.019
 alert.

00:36:00.500 --> 00:36:01.300
 But how

00:36:01.300 --> 00:36:01.780
 else

00:36:01.780 --> 00:36:03.980
 could Jesus

00:36:03.980 --> 00:36:04.720
 ensure that

00:36:04.720 --> 00:36:05.619
 those he

00:36:05.619 --> 00:36:07.200
 loves would

00:36:07.199 --> 00:36:08.000
 never face

00:36:08.000 --> 00:36:09.399
 the worst

00:36:09.399 --> 00:36:10.859
 thing that

00:36:10.859 --> 00:36:11.519
 could ever

00:36:11.519 --> 00:36:12.079
 happen to

00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:12.500
 us.

00:36:13.899 --> 00:36:14.779
 That we

00:36:14.779 --> 00:36:15.659
 would never

00:36:15.659 --> 00:36:17.519
 be separated

00:36:17.519 --> 00:36:18.319
 from God.

00:36:18.559 --> 00:36:19.379
 He had to

00:36:19.379 --> 00:36:20.739
 endure that

00:36:20.739 --> 00:36:21.659
 separation

00:36:21.659 --> 00:36:22.879
 himself.

00:36:23.339 --> 00:36:24.059
 My God,

00:36:24.259 --> 00:36:24.819
 my God,

00:36:24.919 --> 00:36:25.960
 why have

00:36:25.960 --> 00:36:27.319
 you forsaken

00:36:27.319 --> 00:36:27.939
 me?

00:36:29.119 --> 00:36:30.319
 So that you

00:36:30.319 --> 00:36:31.519
 can be assured

00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:32.679
 of his presence

00:36:32.679 --> 00:36:33.559
 with you,

00:36:33.779 --> 00:36:35.119
 especially when

00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:36.059
 the wrongness

00:36:36.059 --> 00:36:36.559
 and the

00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.639
 awfulness of

00:36:37.639 --> 00:36:38.739
 death tempts

00:36:38.739 --> 00:36:39.500
 you to feel

00:36:39.500 --> 00:36:40.460
 utterly

00:36:40.460 --> 00:36:41.619
 abandoned.

00:36:42.500 --> 00:36:42.759
 No.

00:36:43.259 --> 00:36:43.679
 No, that's

00:36:43.679 --> 00:36:44.039
 not true.

00:36:44.119 --> 00:36:45.500
 He loves

00:36:45.500 --> 00:36:45.920
 you.

00:36:46.219 --> 00:36:46.500
 Remember?

00:36:47.759 --> 00:36:48.739
 Even in

00:36:48.739 --> 00:36:49.859
 this delay,

00:36:50.139 --> 00:36:51.619
 this long

00:36:51.619 --> 00:36:52.880
 delay of

00:36:52.880 --> 00:36:53.980
 life that we

00:36:53.980 --> 00:36:54.779
 live in as

00:36:54.779 --> 00:36:55.359
 we await

00:36:55.359 --> 00:36:56.980
 his return,

00:36:57.639 --> 00:36:58.299
 he loves

00:36:58.299 --> 00:36:58.699
 you.

00:36:59.719 --> 00:37:00.659
 He's showing

00:37:00.659 --> 00:37:01.980
 you more

00:37:01.980 --> 00:37:02.339
 of his

00:37:02.339 --> 00:37:03.319
 glory.

00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:05.920
 As you

00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:06.319
 learn that

00:37:06.319 --> 00:37:06.980
 walking with

00:37:06.980 --> 00:37:08.420
 him is

00:37:08.420 --> 00:37:10.460
 safer than

00:37:10.460 --> 00:37:10.960
 walking on

00:37:10.960 --> 00:37:11.379
 your own.

00:37:12.379 --> 00:37:13.259
 As you

00:37:13.259 --> 00:37:14.139
 trust him,

00:37:14.779 --> 00:37:15.719
 even when it

00:37:15.719 --> 00:37:16.179
 doesn't make

00:37:16.179 --> 00:37:16.799
 sense.

00:37:17.519 --> 00:37:17.940
 Why?

00:37:17.940 --> 00:37:20.119
 Because

00:37:20.119 --> 00:37:21.740
 Jesus is

00:37:21.740 --> 00:37:22.460
 the resurrection

00:37:22.460 --> 00:37:23.619
 and the

00:37:23.619 --> 00:37:24.480
 life who

00:37:24.480 --> 00:37:25.559
 is present

00:37:25.559 --> 00:37:26.639
 with us

00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:27.840
 everywhere,

00:37:28.400 --> 00:37:29.139
 especially

00:37:29.139 --> 00:37:30.340
 in the face

00:37:30.340 --> 00:37:31.039
 of death,

00:37:31.159 --> 00:37:32.079
 to pull out

00:37:32.079 --> 00:37:32.860
 the keys

00:37:32.860 --> 00:37:34.039
 and open

00:37:34.039 --> 00:37:34.880
 for us

00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:36.019
 the gates

00:37:36.019 --> 00:37:37.280
 of life.

00:37:38.519 --> 00:37:39.280
 That is

00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:39.700
 glorious.

00:37:40.420 --> 00:37:41.179
 If that is

00:37:41.179 --> 00:37:41.760
 not glorious

00:37:41.760 --> 00:37:42.320
 enough,

00:37:42.920 --> 00:37:43.400
 thus far,

00:37:43.500 --> 00:37:43.940
 only the

00:37:43.940 --> 00:37:44.559
 promise

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.639
 of the

00:37:45.639 --> 00:37:46.400
 person

00:37:46.400 --> 00:37:47.039
 and the

00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:47.619
 presence

00:37:47.619 --> 00:37:48.440
 of Jesus

00:37:48.440 --> 00:37:49.179
 still to

00:37:49.179 --> 00:37:49.519
 come,

00:37:50.119 --> 00:37:50.839
 the tears

00:37:50.839 --> 00:37:52.039
 Jesus weeps

00:37:52.039 --> 00:37:52.719
 with us

00:37:52.719 --> 00:37:53.539
 and the

00:37:53.539 --> 00:37:54.039
 glory.

00:37:54.359 --> 00:37:55.420
 Jesus shows

00:37:55.420 --> 00:37:55.900
 us his

00:37:55.900 --> 00:37:56.279
 glory.

00:37:56.440 --> 00:37:56.839
 Let's pray.

00:37:59.719 --> 00:38:00.279
 Jesus,

00:38:00.400 --> 00:38:00.719
 thank you

00:38:00.719 --> 00:38:01.019
 that we

00:38:01.019 --> 00:38:01.339
 are not

00:38:01.339 --> 00:38:01.659
 alone.

00:38:04.000 --> 00:38:04.639
 Thank you

00:38:04.639 --> 00:38:04.880
 that you

00:38:04.880 --> 00:38:05.559
 have given

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:06.319
 us yourself

00:38:06.319 --> 00:38:08.000
 as fully

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:09.239
 and completely

00:38:09.239 --> 00:38:09.679
 as you

00:38:09.679 --> 00:38:10.039
 could,

00:38:10.319 --> 00:38:10.619
 that you've

00:38:10.619 --> 00:38:11.299
 even given

00:38:11.299 --> 00:38:11.880
 us of your

00:38:11.880 --> 00:38:12.799
 spirit that

00:38:12.799 --> 00:38:13.739
 we will

00:38:13.739 --> 00:38:14.719
 never be

00:38:14.719 --> 00:38:15.139
 separated

00:38:15.139 --> 00:38:15.980
 from you.

00:38:17.619 --> 00:38:19.299
 we need

00:38:19.299 --> 00:38:19.980
 that comfort.

00:38:21.199 --> 00:38:21.619
 Some of

00:38:21.619 --> 00:38:22.960
 us would

00:38:22.960 --> 00:38:23.440
 like to

00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:24.000
 think that's

00:38:24.000 --> 00:38:24.219
 true,

00:38:24.299 --> 00:38:24.500
 but it

00:38:24.500 --> 00:38:25.359
 doesn't feel

00:38:25.359 --> 00:38:25.779
 true.

00:38:26.460 --> 00:38:27.199
 Holy Spirit,

00:38:27.480 --> 00:38:28.339
 draw near

00:38:28.339 --> 00:38:29.139
 right now.

00:38:30.000 --> 00:38:30.799
 Bring comfort.

00:38:32.179 --> 00:38:33.579
 Assure us

00:38:33.579 --> 00:38:33.940
 of your

00:38:33.940 --> 00:38:34.480
 presence.

00:38:36.400 --> 00:38:37.239
 Remind us

00:38:37.239 --> 00:38:37.539
 of your

00:38:37.539 --> 00:38:38.059
 love,

00:38:38.359 --> 00:38:38.579
 Jesus.

00:38:38.579 --> 00:38:42.159
 thank you

00:38:42.159 --> 00:38:42.579
 for meeting

00:38:42.579 --> 00:38:44.079
 us in the

00:38:44.079 --> 00:38:44.880
 hardest places.

00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:46.119
 Thank you

00:38:46.119 --> 00:38:46.759
 for having

00:38:46.759 --> 00:38:47.519
 the keys.

00:38:48.299 --> 00:38:49.000
 We trust

00:38:49.000 --> 00:38:49.400
 you.

00:38:49.659 --> 00:38:50.159
 We need

00:38:50.159 --> 00:38:50.400
 you.

00:38:51.000 --> 00:38:51.539
 We find

00:38:51.539 --> 00:38:52.659
 life in

00:38:52.659 --> 00:38:53.099
 you, our

00:38:53.099 --> 00:38:54.179
 resurrection and

00:38:54.179 --> 00:38:54.619
 life.

00:38:54.920 --> 00:38:55.480
 We pray in

00:38:55.480 --> 00:38:55.880
 your name.

00:38:56.639 --> 00:38:56.880
 Amen.

00:38:58.079 --> 00:38:58.779
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00:38:58.779 --> 00:38:59.299
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00:38:59.679 --> 00:39:00.139
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00:39:00.139 --> 00:39:00.840
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00:39:00.840 --> 00:39:01.599
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00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:09.639
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