WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:06.419 Turn back to the Gospel of John, chapter 11, and we want to read again at verse 40. 00:00:08.419 --> 00:00:20.600 ! Jesus said to her, that's Martha, did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? 00:00:20.600 --> 00:00:26.519 Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:31.739 Can I ask you a question off the back of that verse? 00:00:32.719 --> 00:00:35.140 Would you like to see the glory of God? 00:00:37.480 --> 00:00:43.620 The quick answer would probably be yes, but I suppose the more we think about it, 00:00:43.920 --> 00:00:47.159 the more hesitant we might be to see that glory. 00:00:48.100 --> 00:00:51.420 The more we think about it, it probably becomes a terrifying prospect. 00:00:51.420 --> 00:01:00.300 But if our quick answer is yes, just to imagine if we could see, just for a moment, 00:01:00.400 --> 00:01:07.140 if we got a glimpse of the glory of God, if we could see that beauty, if we could behold that wonder, 00:01:07.260 --> 00:01:09.420 if we could see into the throne room of heaven, 00:01:09.420 --> 00:01:17.200 if we could see that glory, so often many say, then I would believe. 00:01:20.939 --> 00:01:23.000 But that's the wrong way around, isn't it? 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:26.400 That's not what the verse says. 00:01:27.240 --> 00:01:33.640 It says, if you believe, then you will see the glory of God. 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:34.820 But one comes first. 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:36.820 That's believing. 00:01:39.599 --> 00:01:44.540 But if you read that passage there, like that verse there again, 00:01:46.379 --> 00:01:49.859 there's a very weighty if in it. 00:01:51.859 --> 00:01:59.019 A very weighty if that lands squarely on our laps this morning. 00:01:59.019 --> 00:02:02.000 If we believe. 00:02:04.679 --> 00:02:07.379 And we can deduce from it if we do not believe. 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:09.280 We won't see glory. 00:02:10.519 --> 00:02:13.379 We won't see the glory of God. 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:19.519 There's an eternal ring about this verse. 00:02:20.280 --> 00:02:23.000 An eternal truth in this verse. 00:02:23.000 --> 00:02:31.280 If we don't believe, there'll be no comfort, no grace, no mercy, no compassion. 00:02:32.280 --> 00:02:36.400 And in the context of the chapter that we're reading, there'll be no life. 00:02:39.699 --> 00:02:47.139 And the word of God is speaking to you again this morning to listen. 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:50.120 Maybe it's a second time. 00:02:50.659 --> 00:02:51.639 Maybe it's a third time. 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:56.259 Maybe he's back again, fourth, fifth, twelfth, hundred and fortieth time. 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:03.879 Jesus wants you to believe. 00:03:06.919 --> 00:03:09.299 You can see it in verse 15. 00:03:11.359 --> 00:03:18.379 Jesus waited there so that you may believe. 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:21.139 And it comes through again in verse 42. 00:03:21.639 --> 00:03:25.919 That all things were done in this account as he prays to his father. 00:03:26.419 --> 00:03:30.379 So that the crowd that were standing around would believe. 00:03:30.379 --> 00:03:35.579 Jesus wants you to believe. 00:03:37.900 --> 00:03:43.819 So when we think about this resurrection account of Lazarus, who's it for? 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:46.359 I think it's for Lazarus. 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:47.599 He got his life back. 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:50.199 But it's not really. 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:52.759 It's for the people. 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.459 It's for everyone standing around. 00:03:55.459 --> 00:03:55.479 It's for everyone standing around. 00:03:57.859 --> 00:03:59.299 That they might believe. 00:04:02.539 --> 00:04:08.280 And it's for us, as we stand at a distance, that we might believe. 00:04:08.439 --> 00:04:12.159 You can imagine these people who saw this running off and telling their friends. 00:04:12.159 --> 00:04:16.779 Jesus brought Lazarus back to life. 00:04:16.779 --> 00:04:19.579 And being persuasive with them. 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:23.459 And the joy bursting out of them. 00:04:23.459 --> 00:04:30.279 The question is, would they believe? 00:04:30.879 --> 00:04:32.539 And the question is, do you believe? 00:04:32.540 --> 00:04:37.980 So I want to hinge your thoughts on that. 00:04:39.800 --> 00:04:44.280 That this resurrection account, it's for you this morning. 00:04:44.279 --> 00:04:46.599 So that you might believe. 00:04:46.679 --> 00:04:51.379 And what we're going to do is we'll just really kind of throw a skimming stone over this passage. 00:04:51.519 --> 00:04:52.279 There's a lot in it. 00:04:52.979 --> 00:04:59.399 But I want to land on four points about this resurrection account, which is for each and every one of us. 00:05:00.459 --> 00:05:03.879 And the first point is going to be that there's a time in it for you. 00:05:05.000 --> 00:05:07.739 The second point is that there's going to be a promise in it for you. 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.919 The third point is that there's sympathy in it for you. 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:17.980 And the last point is that there's evidence here for you to believe. 00:05:20.379 --> 00:05:22.400 So there's a time for you. 00:05:23.759 --> 00:05:27.520 Now, Ecclesiastes tells us there's a time for everything. 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:31.220 There's a good and a right time for everything. 00:05:32.740 --> 00:05:34.080 Now, you know that yourself. 00:05:34.180 --> 00:05:35.819 You can tell the simplest of jokes. 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:37.960 Tell it at the wrong time. 00:05:38.600 --> 00:05:41.040 It doesn't land with the effect that you were maybe hoping. 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:42.980 Tell it in the wrong company. 00:05:43.740 --> 00:05:45.280 It turns out to be terrible. 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:51.240 Even the best invention in the world, if it lands at the wrong time, it's revealed in the market at the wrong time, 00:05:51.879 --> 00:05:53.660 it doesn't have the right effect. 00:05:55.300 --> 00:05:59.379 And in our passage here, Jesus' timing grabs our attention. 00:05:59.379 --> 00:06:04.540 You'll see Jesus' approach to time really come through in verse 6. 00:06:06.159 --> 00:06:11.860 When he had heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 00:06:11.959 --> 00:06:13.759 He delays to act. 00:06:13.759 --> 00:06:19.519 The Son of God would have rightly have known the severity of Lazarus' condition. 00:06:20.099 --> 00:06:24.399 How ill he was waits not just one, but two days. 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:29.639 And the message has come from his two sisters, Mary and Martha. 00:06:29.739 --> 00:06:32.679 And it's not a message that says, brother, is ill. 00:06:33.019 --> 00:06:33.719 Come quickly. 00:06:34.679 --> 00:06:40.379 It's a message that says, Lord, he whom you love is ill. 00:06:40.379 --> 00:06:48.279 And the love of Jesus, it kind of backdrops this whole scene. 00:06:49.019 --> 00:06:51.899 Because it's highlighted and emphasized in verse 5. 00:06:53.040 --> 00:06:59.420 It says there specifically, Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 00:06:59.420 --> 00:07:02.800 It's almost like he loved to be with them. 00:07:02.980 --> 00:07:11.520 And the message from his sisters that he whom you love is ill almost emphasizes that great love that was evident between them. 00:07:13.379 --> 00:07:20.259 And you would, well, we would expect Jesus to go straight as he could to the one he loved. 00:07:21.220 --> 00:07:23.220 That they might get better. 00:07:23.220 --> 00:07:31.060 But we see Jesus doesn't respond in the way that we would expect or the way in which Mary and Martha would expect. 00:07:33.880 --> 00:07:38.120 And all this is happening whilst in the conversation with the disciples. 00:07:41.040 --> 00:07:47.840 Jesus goes on to say that they're going to return to Judea again. 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:54.179 The disciples hearing that, their ears plucked up. 00:07:54.819 --> 00:07:59.079 Because if they're going to go to Judea, they know that the Jews are there ready to stone Jesus. 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:03.839 If we're going to go there, we're possibly going to get killed. 00:08:08.359 --> 00:08:12.359 For the disciples, it seems like the right time to stay put, doesn't it? 00:08:13.159 --> 00:08:14.599 It would be the wise thing to do. 00:08:15.219 --> 00:08:16.799 Stay where we are. 00:08:17.839 --> 00:08:25.379 Jesus responds by saying in verse 9 that, well, there's 12 hours in a day. 00:08:27.000 --> 00:08:28.359 He refers to time. 00:08:29.239 --> 00:08:34.659 And commentators will agree that, well, what he's saying here is that, well, there's a time for work to be done. 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:41.139 You know, you graft your hours in the daytime and then you rest in the dark in the evening. 00:08:41.139 --> 00:08:44.960 Jesus is saying, what needs to be done will be done. 00:08:44.960 --> 00:08:50.120 And the time that I've been given, my hour has not yet come. 00:08:51.659 --> 00:08:54.740 These are the days to work for the glory of God. 00:08:54.740 --> 00:09:04.340 So for the disciples, Jesus doesn't respond the way they would expect. 00:09:05.279 --> 00:09:07.039 Mary and Martha want them to come. 00:09:08.299 --> 00:09:09.820 Disciples, they want them to stay. 00:09:09.820 --> 00:09:14.240 But they shall delay. 00:09:14.240 --> 00:09:19.640 They say, sisters are sure he can help. 00:09:19.780 --> 00:09:23.920 So they send that urgent cry to him, that message. 00:09:25.720 --> 00:09:27.960 Does he stay because he doesn't care? 00:09:28.620 --> 00:09:28.960 No. 00:09:29.379 --> 00:09:30.540 We've seen that he loves them. 00:09:30.539 --> 00:09:32.980 And they're dear to him. 00:09:34.819 --> 00:09:35.839 Why does he do it? 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:38.639 Well, it tells in verse 4, at the end of it. 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:42.919 It is for the glory of God. 00:09:47.559 --> 00:09:51.759 First thing is that this would be for the glory of God. 00:09:53.179 --> 00:09:56.459 And the second thing is in verse 15. 00:09:56.460 --> 00:10:01.160 So that those may see and believe. 00:10:02.900 --> 00:10:06.259 Not in someone that goes to do a healing. 00:10:07.940 --> 00:10:10.860 Jesus didn't want you to believe in a healer, primarily. 00:10:12.540 --> 00:10:15.660 But someone that could bring life. 00:10:17.340 --> 00:10:18.440 Willish death. 00:10:19.720 --> 00:10:21.460 Someone that can bring resurrection. 00:10:22.660 --> 00:10:25.259 Someone that has the power over death. 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:27.080 To conquer that power. 00:10:30.019 --> 00:10:32.279 Jesus waited for the right time. 00:10:36.419 --> 00:10:41.620 And what is evident in our own lives is that God does not work the way we would expect him to. 00:10:42.659 --> 00:10:44.360 There's a time where we cry out for help. 00:10:44.879 --> 00:10:45.600 Nothing happens. 00:10:46.740 --> 00:10:49.580 There's a time where he says, get up. 00:10:50.379 --> 00:10:51.480 We need to go. 00:10:51.480 --> 00:10:55.740 And we want to say, no. 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:56.899 Let's stay. 00:10:58.159 --> 00:10:59.340 I'm comfortable here. 00:10:59.659 --> 00:11:00.700 I'm safe here. 00:11:04.340 --> 00:11:06.300 Neither imply a lack of love. 00:11:09.060 --> 00:11:12.580 Times of suffering, sorrows, hardship may come to us. 00:11:12.580 --> 00:11:15.420 But God has it in his time. 00:11:15.700 --> 00:11:16.860 In his control. 00:11:18.660 --> 00:11:22.780 And the right response for us is to say that, well, this is a time for us. 00:11:24.040 --> 00:11:26.940 And a time which we must say for the glory of God. 00:11:26.940 --> 00:11:31.300 Today is a time for you. 00:11:32.260 --> 00:11:36.340 To hear this message. 00:11:36.900 --> 00:11:38.900 To hear the hope of the gospel. 00:11:39.880 --> 00:11:42.400 Maybe it's a time where he's saying, get up and follow me. 00:11:44.260 --> 00:11:45.500 Time to trust me. 00:11:45.500 --> 00:11:49.019 Stop hiding. 00:11:50.580 --> 00:11:52.000 With only 12 hours. 00:11:54.019 --> 00:11:57.519 Hear his word and listen to his voice because it comes with great promise. 00:11:58.820 --> 00:11:59.779 That's our second point. 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:02.580 The time is ours. 00:12:03.740 --> 00:12:04.879 The time for us to hear. 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.000 But to hear these words of promise that are for us today, this morning. 00:12:10.440 --> 00:12:12.759 Those promises give us a sense of certainty. 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:15.439 When everything's uncertain. 00:12:17.620 --> 00:12:22.799 And promises, when it's made by someone who can fulfill it, make all the difference. 00:12:23.319 --> 00:12:30.740 When they're capable to do it, uphold it, keep it, makes all the difference when we're at the center of that promise. 00:12:33.220 --> 00:12:36.360 Where is Jesus' promise in this passage for you this morning? 00:12:37.700 --> 00:12:39.799 Well, you'll read it in verse 25. 00:12:42.759 --> 00:12:46.019 Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life. 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:52.279 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. 00:12:53.559 --> 00:12:54.759 What a promise. 00:12:57.139 --> 00:13:03.779 A promise that is made by someone who is capable, able and faithful to uphold it. 00:13:04.740 --> 00:13:06.179 It's a promise for you. 00:13:06.179 --> 00:13:18.479 But in this conversation, and in this promise that is made, firstly to Martha, 00:13:19.959 --> 00:13:25.079 we read in verse 23 that Jesus said to her, 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:26.759 your brother will rise again. 00:13:26.819 --> 00:13:27.879 He puts it so simply. 00:13:27.879 --> 00:13:33.159 But Martha recognizes, yes, there's going to be a day of resurrection. 00:13:34.279 --> 00:13:38.240 She knows and she understands that everyone will rise. 00:13:40.580 --> 00:13:42.059 Some to eternal life. 00:13:42.899 --> 00:13:44.379 Some to eternal death. 00:13:44.559 --> 00:13:45.200 Some to heaven. 00:13:45.360 --> 00:13:45.980 Some to hell. 00:13:48.259 --> 00:13:49.539 She's got all that right. 00:13:49.539 --> 00:13:58.860 Jesus makes it exactly clear what the difference will make on that day. 00:14:00.639 --> 00:14:04.419 Whoever believes they'll live. 00:14:05.899 --> 00:14:07.179 They'll never die. 00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:13.579 Whoever believes in me will live. 00:14:14.039 --> 00:14:15.860 The body will die for sure. 00:14:15.860 --> 00:14:18.220 Nothing surer. 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:24.860 But the believer, their soul will live. 00:14:27.060 --> 00:14:30.779 Jesus makes that promise for us. 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:35.259 And he validates that he is the person who can uphold it. 00:14:35.899 --> 00:14:38.899 I am the resurrection and the life. 00:14:41.139 --> 00:14:42.440 The promise is there. 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:46.780 But there's a question there too. 00:14:48.160 --> 00:14:50.000 For you to answer. 00:14:52.340 --> 00:14:57.040 A question that's set before us every time we open the word of God. 00:14:58.040 --> 00:15:01.640 And a question that Jesus asks by the power of his spirit this morning. 00:15:04.920 --> 00:15:07.380 Do you believe this? 00:15:10.680 --> 00:15:11.980 Do you believe it? 00:15:12.440 --> 00:15:13.600 Do you believe it? 00:15:13.600 --> 00:15:13.600 00:15:15.500 --> 00:15:18.000 That even though the body dies, you live. 00:15:21.360 --> 00:15:23.940 There's a promise here of life for you. 00:15:25.500 --> 00:15:26.760 He can keep it. 00:15:28.460 --> 00:15:30.120 And he will keep it for you. 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:34.960 With a very weighty if. 00:15:36.140 --> 00:15:38.060 Place it in your lap. 00:15:39.180 --> 00:15:40.260 If you believe. 00:15:40.259 --> 00:15:43.439 if you believe 00:15:43.439 --> 00:15:45.360 it's a promise 00:15:45.360 --> 00:15:48.439 but it's not a cold and empty promise 00:15:48.439 --> 00:15:51.860 it's a promise that comes with great compassion 00:15:51.860 --> 00:15:53.360 great sympathy 00:15:53.360 --> 00:15:57.120 for he knows that you need to hear it 00:15:57.120 --> 00:15:59.919 that's our third point 00:15:59.919 --> 00:16:02.279 there's a sympathy in this 00:16:02.279 --> 00:16:04.100 for you 00:16:04.100 --> 00:16:09.200 now knowing that someone has been 00:16:09.200 --> 00:16:11.080 through something difficult 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:14.120 makes all the difference 00:16:14.120 --> 00:16:17.060 when we are looking for help ourselves 00:16:17.060 --> 00:16:18.640 we can go to that person 00:16:18.640 --> 00:16:21.220 there's a common ground 00:16:21.220 --> 00:16:23.820 there's a sympathy with one another 00:16:23.820 --> 00:16:26.860 although our feelings may be very different 00:16:26.860 --> 00:16:31.020 we can talk about things that are similar 00:16:31.020 --> 00:16:36.420 and we do that when we face these difficult times 00:16:36.419 --> 00:16:39.679 whether it's extreme suffering or sorrows 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:43.079 or maybe it's even that we've made a grave mistake 00:16:43.079 --> 00:16:45.039 in our lives even as a Christian 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:47.159 you know 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:51.120 people that have made mistakes are helpful for us 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.219 they've been through it 00:16:54.219 --> 00:16:56.120 and they understand it 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:58.279 and to come out the other side 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:01.799 should be a thing that should likewise glorify God 00:17:01.799 --> 00:17:07.200 there's a huge value in speaking to others 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:08.440 who know it first hand 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:12.779 and we see that Jesus is not detached 00:17:12.779 --> 00:17:15.000 from feelings and emotions 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:17.279 associated with death in this passage 00:17:17.279 --> 00:17:20.079 he's not detached from us 00:17:20.079 --> 00:17:21.419 as a son of God 00:17:21.419 --> 00:17:24.159 he knows that experience 00:17:24.159 --> 00:17:28.220 amongst these experiences 00:17:28.220 --> 00:17:31.759 this is one of the well-known verses in the Bible 00:17:31.759 --> 00:17:33.940 the shortest one 00:17:33.940 --> 00:17:35.740 Jesus wept 00:17:35.740 --> 00:17:39.519 and it's an interesting verse 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:43.559 because if you look at the other resurrection accounts of Jesus 00:17:43.559 --> 00:17:45.900 woman of name son 00:17:45.900 --> 00:17:48.559 he says to her do not weep 00:17:48.559 --> 00:17:50.900 the raising of Jairus' daughter 00:17:50.900 --> 00:17:52.180 he says to the mourners 00:17:52.180 --> 00:17:53.480 do not weep 00:17:53.480 --> 00:17:56.759 so it's interesting now 00:17:56.759 --> 00:17:58.860 when we come to this death 00:17:58.860 --> 00:18:01.240 we find 00:18:01.240 --> 00:18:03.059 these emotions 00:18:03.059 --> 00:18:04.480 in Jesus 00:18:04.480 --> 00:18:06.920 as he weeps 00:18:06.920 --> 00:18:10.599 for one that he loved 00:18:10.599 --> 00:18:14.460 but is it 00:18:14.460 --> 00:18:17.920 because Lazarus has died 00:18:17.920 --> 00:18:21.299 or is it 00:18:21.299 --> 00:18:23.839 because he loves the crowd 00:18:23.839 --> 00:18:27.200 that are full of sorrow 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:30.919 that know the full effects of sin 00:18:30.919 --> 00:18:38.680 knowing how much that loss means 00:18:38.680 --> 00:18:42.180 when they lose someone they love 00:18:42.180 --> 00:18:47.240 the despair of losing a brother 00:18:47.240 --> 00:18:50.480 he sympathizes 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:53.860 with that pain 00:18:53.860 --> 00:18:59.960 he knows what it's like 00:18:59.960 --> 00:19:01.900 to lose someone you love 00:19:01.900 --> 00:19:04.900 the son of God 00:19:04.900 --> 00:19:07.319 in our nature 00:19:07.319 --> 00:19:10.099 and the full effect of it 00:19:10.099 --> 00:19:14.620 we see that he has this sympathy 00:19:14.620 --> 00:19:15.599 with those who mourn 00:19:15.599 --> 00:19:19.420 with those who have the questions 00:19:19.420 --> 00:19:20.259 where were you 00:19:20.259 --> 00:19:22.220 with those who have the questions 00:19:22.220 --> 00:19:22.759 why 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:27.579 but alongside 00:19:27.579 --> 00:19:28.720 this emotion 00:19:28.720 --> 00:19:29.799 of sadness 00:19:29.799 --> 00:19:30.680 and sorrow 00:19:30.680 --> 00:19:32.319 there's another emotion 00:19:32.319 --> 00:19:32.920 that comes through 00:19:32.920 --> 00:19:33.579 in this passage 00:19:33.579 --> 00:19:33.759 and 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:35.720 it's maybe not the clearest 00:19:35.720 --> 00:19:36.480 in the English 00:19:36.480 --> 00:19:37.379 that we have here 00:19:37.379 --> 00:19:37.680 although 00:19:37.680 --> 00:19:39.539 your Bible might have 00:19:39.539 --> 00:19:40.220 a footnote 00:19:40.220 --> 00:19:41.500 beside the word 00:19:41.500 --> 00:19:42.799 deeply moved 00:19:42.799 --> 00:19:45.799 it's here in verse 33 00:19:45.799 --> 00:19:46.680 and it appears again 00:19:46.680 --> 00:19:47.680 in verse 35 00:19:47.680 --> 00:19:49.720 there's an emotion 00:19:49.720 --> 00:19:50.019 there 00:19:50.019 --> 00:19:52.560 that implies 00:19:52.560 --> 00:19:54.720 when it's used in the Greek 00:19:54.720 --> 00:19:55.840 when it's used everywhere else 00:19:55.840 --> 00:19:56.720 it implies an anger 00:19:56.720 --> 00:19:57.640 towards something 00:19:57.640 --> 00:19:58.740 a hostility 00:19:58.740 --> 00:19:59.680 towards something 00:19:59.680 --> 00:20:02.940 it says 00:20:02.940 --> 00:20:03.660 indignant 00:20:03.660 --> 00:20:04.740 if you have the ESV 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:05.779 food note 00:20:05.779 --> 00:20:08.259 it's almost as if 00:20:08.259 --> 00:20:09.140 something's unfair 00:20:09.140 --> 00:20:10.980 something's wrong 00:20:10.980 --> 00:20:14.259 and it's not an anger 00:20:14.259 --> 00:20:15.700 towards Mary or Martha 00:20:15.700 --> 00:20:16.299 of course 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:18.759 it's an anger 00:20:18.759 --> 00:20:20.440 a hostility 00:20:20.440 --> 00:20:22.380 against death 00:20:22.380 --> 00:20:25.420 it shouldn't be this way 00:20:25.420 --> 00:20:29.240 the effects of sin 00:20:29.240 --> 00:20:30.720 the sorrow 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:31.560 that it brings 00:20:31.560 --> 00:20:34.680 the wages of sin 00:20:34.680 --> 00:20:35.220 is death 00:20:35.220 --> 00:20:36.300 that's what comes 00:20:36.300 --> 00:20:38.100 and so much 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:39.300 there's this hostility 00:20:39.300 --> 00:20:40.160 against it 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:43.080 the commentator 00:20:43.080 --> 00:20:43.980 Mullen says 00:20:43.980 --> 00:20:44.279 that 00:20:44.279 --> 00:20:45.700 yes his eyes 00:20:45.700 --> 00:20:46.860 are tears 00:20:46.860 --> 00:20:47.660 of sympathy 00:20:47.660 --> 00:20:50.440 but his soul 00:20:50.440 --> 00:20:50.980 is held 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.680 by rage 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:53.400 he advances 00:20:53.400 --> 00:20:54.980 towards the tomb 00:20:54.980 --> 00:20:56.180 as in words 00:20:56.180 --> 00:20:57.380 that Calvin says 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.660 as a champion 00:20:58.660 --> 00:20:59.740 who prepares 00:20:59.740 --> 00:21:00.960 for conflict 00:21:00.960 --> 00:21:03.300 it's almost as if 00:21:03.300 --> 00:21:03.900 he's got that 00:21:03.900 --> 00:21:05.700 mind 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.580 to defeat 00:21:06.580 --> 00:21:08.320 sin's devastation 00:21:08.320 --> 00:21:12.120 the effect of it 00:21:12.120 --> 00:21:13.000 the power of it 00:21:13.000 --> 00:21:14.120 the sorrow of it 00:21:14.120 --> 00:21:20.820 we can feel 00:21:20.820 --> 00:21:22.080 and know 00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:23.259 the sorrow of death 00:21:23.259 --> 00:21:25.279 we can sometimes 00:21:25.279 --> 00:21:26.019 have an anger 00:21:26.019 --> 00:21:26.839 in our hearts 00:21:26.839 --> 00:21:28.059 deep within us 00:21:28.059 --> 00:21:29.839 a hostility 00:21:29.839 --> 00:21:32.759 full of questions 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:36.700 Jesus isn't detached 00:21:36.700 --> 00:21:38.019 from these circumstances 00:21:38.019 --> 00:21:40.099 that he can sympathize 00:21:40.099 --> 00:21:40.740 with us 00:21:40.740 --> 00:21:45.579 and it's not just 00:21:45.579 --> 00:21:46.480 knowing this 00:21:46.480 --> 00:21:47.319 in our heads 00:21:47.319 --> 00:21:49.160 it's knowing it 00:21:49.160 --> 00:21:49.920 in our hearts 00:21:49.920 --> 00:21:52.460 knowing what it means 00:21:52.460 --> 00:21:53.820 in that day 00:21:53.820 --> 00:21:55.500 it's easy to say 00:21:55.500 --> 00:21:56.019 in our head 00:21:56.019 --> 00:21:58.120 it's easy to say 00:21:58.120 --> 00:21:59.039 when we don't have 00:21:59.039 --> 00:22:00.320 these heavy 00:22:00.320 --> 00:22:01.160 weighty 00:22:01.160 --> 00:22:01.960 questions 00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.700 in our lap 00:22:02.700 --> 00:22:08.060 but knowing it 00:22:08.060 --> 00:22:08.779 in practice 00:22:08.779 --> 00:22:11.019 knowing what it 00:22:11.019 --> 00:22:12.200 means on Monday 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.120 knowing what it 00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:14.460 means when these 00:22:14.460 --> 00:22:15.560 things meet us 00:22:15.559 --> 00:22:17.179 in our experience 00:22:17.179 --> 00:22:21.700 even when we're 00:22:21.700 --> 00:22:23.019 struggling to believe 00:22:23.019 --> 00:22:28.500 we see Martha 00:22:28.500 --> 00:22:31.599 walking to the tomb 00:22:31.599 --> 00:22:32.399 with Jesus 00:22:32.399 --> 00:22:34.619 standing there 00:22:34.619 --> 00:22:35.579 in front of it 00:22:35.579 --> 00:22:37.559 Jesus says 00:22:37.559 --> 00:22:38.659 roll away the stone 00:22:38.659 --> 00:22:39.480 and she's there 00:22:39.480 --> 00:22:39.819 saying 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.940 what are you doing 00:22:40.940 --> 00:22:42.620 he's been dead 00:22:42.620 --> 00:22:43.660 four days 00:22:43.660 --> 00:22:48.000 Martha had all 00:22:48.000 --> 00:22:48.860 the right answers 00:22:48.860 --> 00:22:50.480 she knew about 00:22:50.480 --> 00:22:51.160 the resurrection 00:22:51.160 --> 00:22:52.440 she knew about 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:53.259 God's power 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:57.320 but when it came 00:22:57.320 --> 00:22:58.120 to the moment 00:22:58.120 --> 00:23:00.200 she couldn't help 00:23:00.200 --> 00:23:00.720 but doubt 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:06.140 so he says 00:23:06.140 --> 00:23:06.700 to her 00:23:06.700 --> 00:23:08.700 do you not 00:23:08.700 --> 00:23:10.580 remember really 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.759 did I not tell 00:23:11.759 --> 00:23:12.019 you 00:23:12.019 --> 00:23:13.419 that if you 00:23:13.419 --> 00:23:13.919 believed 00:23:13.919 --> 00:23:14.599 you would see 00:23:14.599 --> 00:23:15.720 the glory 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:16.899 of God 00:23:16.899 --> 00:23:22.059 having it 00:23:22.059 --> 00:23:22.819 in our heads 00:23:22.819 --> 00:23:25.740 it's totally 00:23:25.740 --> 00:23:26.319 different 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:28.339 believing it 00:23:28.339 --> 00:23:29.019 in practice 00:23:29.019 --> 00:23:33.419 so what I was 00:23:33.419 --> 00:23:33.859 saying to the 00:23:33.859 --> 00:23:34.259 children 00:23:34.259 --> 00:23:36.519 it's good to 00:23:36.519 --> 00:23:37.240 come to church 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:39.639 to be reminded 00:23:39.640 --> 00:23:43.500 it's good to 00:23:43.500 --> 00:23:43.840 read our 00:23:43.840 --> 00:23:44.280 bibles 00:23:44.280 --> 00:23:45.680 to be reminded 00:23:45.680 --> 00:23:46.960 we so easily 00:23:46.960 --> 00:23:47.680 and quickly 00:23:47.680 --> 00:23:48.520 forget 00:23:48.520 --> 00:23:50.700 we have so 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.460 many truths 00:23:51.460 --> 00:23:52.160 in our heads 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:55.320 that in the 00:23:55.320 --> 00:23:55.840 moment 00:23:55.840 --> 00:23:58.060 the mist 00:23:58.060 --> 00:23:58.700 comes down 00:23:58.700 --> 00:23:59.020 and we 00:23:59.020 --> 00:23:59.820 forget them 00:23:59.820 --> 00:24:04.960 it's good to be 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:05.380 reminded 00:24:05.380 --> 00:24:07.020 to hold on 00:24:07.020 --> 00:24:07.020 00:24:07.020 --> 00:24:07.440 to these 00:24:07.440 --> 00:24:07.960 truths 00:24:07.960 --> 00:24:10.900 so that in 00:24:10.900 --> 00:24:11.540 these days 00:24:11.540 --> 00:24:12.100 and in these 00:24:12.100 --> 00:24:12.940 circumstances 00:24:12.940 --> 00:24:15.920 that are most 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.080 difficult for us 00:24:17.080 --> 00:24:18.600 where we face 00:24:18.600 --> 00:24:19.180 the strongest 00:24:19.180 --> 00:24:19.900 of emotions 00:24:19.900 --> 00:24:20.680 in our hearts 00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:25.240 God the 00:24:25.240 --> 00:24:25.580 Father 00:24:25.580 --> 00:24:27.780 speaks to 00:24:27.780 --> 00:24:28.120 us 00:24:28.120 --> 00:24:29.660 great promises 00:24:29.660 --> 00:24:31.580 great comforts 00:24:31.580 --> 00:24:32.720 great assurances 00:24:32.720 --> 00:24:34.940 sympathizing 00:24:34.940 --> 00:24:35.740 with you 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:38.640 in your 00:24:38.640 --> 00:24:39.000 need 00:24:39.000 --> 00:24:43.140 and it's a 00:24:43.140 --> 00:24:43.860 word that 00:24:43.860 --> 00:24:44.400 evidence 00:24:44.400 --> 00:24:45.720 is itself 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:47.740 our last 00:24:47.740 --> 00:24:48.240 point 00:24:48.240 --> 00:24:50.800 there's been 00:24:50.800 --> 00:24:51.400 a time 00:24:51.400 --> 00:24:52.560 for you 00:24:52.560 --> 00:24:53.540 there's a 00:24:53.540 --> 00:24:54.360 promise for you 00:24:54.360 --> 00:24:54.680 there's a 00:24:54.680 --> 00:24:55.500 sympathy for you 00:24:55.500 --> 00:24:56.279 in this passage 00:24:56.279 --> 00:24:57.380 and lastly 00:24:57.380 --> 00:24:57.980 the evidence 00:24:57.980 --> 00:24:58.800 is here for 00:24:58.799 --> 00:24:59.159 you 00:24:59.159 --> 00:25:02.240 evidence 00:25:02.240 --> 00:25:02.799 makes all 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:03.440 the difference 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.559 when you've 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:05.079 got a decision 00:25:05.079 --> 00:25:05.579 to make 00:25:05.579 --> 00:25:07.200 evidence 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:07.700 makes all 00:25:07.700 --> 00:25:08.200 the difference 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:08.639 in the 00:25:08.639 --> 00:25:09.259 courtroom 00:25:09.259 --> 00:25:11.039 when they're 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:11.819 making life 00:25:11.819 --> 00:25:12.279 changing 00:25:12.279 --> 00:25:13.159 decisions 00:25:13.159 --> 00:25:14.299 over people's 00:25:14.299 --> 00:25:14.799 lives 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:21.579 there's evidence 00:25:21.579 --> 00:25:22.440 here for you 00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:24.980 that'll change 00:25:24.980 --> 00:25:25.539 your life 00:25:25.539 --> 00:25:27.099 if you 00:25:27.099 --> 00:25:27.799 believe in it 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:33.180 every 00:25:33.180 --> 00:25:33.759 Christian 00:25:33.759 --> 00:25:34.379 here is 00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.879 evidence 00:25:34.879 --> 00:25:37.440 of the 00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:37.839 life 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:38.399 giving 00:25:38.399 --> 00:25:39.059 power 00:25:39.059 --> 00:25:41.259 of Jesus 00:25:41.259 --> 00:25:43.240 they have 00:25:43.240 --> 00:25:43.740 been born 00:25:43.740 --> 00:25:44.200 again 00:25:44.200 --> 00:25:46.279 taken 00:25:46.279 --> 00:25:47.019 from 00:25:47.019 --> 00:25:48.240 the death 00:25:48.240 --> 00:25:50.099 of sin 00:25:50.099 --> 00:25:51.980 freed 00:25:51.980 --> 00:25:52.619 from the 00:25:52.619 --> 00:25:53.259 effect 00:25:53.259 --> 00:25:54.319 of sin 00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:56.279 there's 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:56.639 evidence 00:25:56.639 --> 00:25:57.059 in every 00:25:57.059 --> 00:25:57.579 Christian 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:59.779 for you 00:25:59.779 --> 00:26:01.279 and maybe 00:26:01.279 --> 00:26:01.700 you've seen 00:26:01.700 --> 00:26:02.500 that change 00:26:02.500 --> 00:26:04.179 in someone 00:26:04.179 --> 00:26:08.240 as you look 00:26:08.240 --> 00:26:08.899 at yourself 00:26:08.899 --> 00:26:10.539 there's 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:10.899 evidence 00:26:10.899 --> 00:26:11.480 of sin 00:26:11.480 --> 00:26:15.700 there's 00:26:15.700 --> 00:26:16.220 evidence 00:26:16.220 --> 00:26:19.559 that you 00:26:19.559 --> 00:26:20.039 be guilty 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.980 before God 00:26:20.980 --> 00:26:23.559 if you 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:23.920 are put 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:24.440 face to 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:24.779 face 00:26:24.779 --> 00:26:25.140 with his 00:26:25.140 --> 00:26:25.539 glory 00:26:25.539 --> 00:26:30.099 John 00:26:30.099 --> 00:26:30.680 wrote this 00:26:30.680 --> 00:26:31.099 gospel 00:26:31.099 --> 00:26:31.480 so you 00:26:31.480 --> 00:26:31.619 would 00:26:31.619 --> 00:26:32.119 believe 00:26:32.119 --> 00:26:33.299 Jesus 00:26:33.299 --> 00:26:34.200 performed 00:26:34.200 --> 00:26:34.500 this 00:26:34.500 --> 00:26:34.859 miracle 00:26:34.859 --> 00:26:35.379 so you 00:26:35.379 --> 00:26:35.559 would 00:26:35.559 --> 00:26:36.039 believe 00:26:36.039 --> 00:27:06.039 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.299 Lazarus 00:27:08.299 --> 00:27:08.980 come out 00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.420 in verse 00:27:09.420 --> 00:27:10.079 43 00:27:10.079 --> 00:27:14.799 he comes 00:27:14.799 --> 00:27:15.099 out of 00:27:15.099 --> 00:27:15.639 that tomb 00:27:15.639 --> 00:27:18.420 I don't 00:27:18.420 --> 00:27:18.920 know how 00:27:18.920 --> 00:27:19.299 he came 00:27:19.299 --> 00:27:19.619 out 00:27:19.619 --> 00:27:21.559 was he 00:27:21.559 --> 00:27:22.000 crawling 00:27:22.000 --> 00:27:23.059 shuffling 00:27:23.059 --> 00:27:23.920 rolling 00:27:23.920 --> 00:27:25.840 I don't 00:27:25.840 --> 00:27:26.160 suppose 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:26.320 it 00:27:26.320 --> 00:27:26.800 matters 00:27:26.800 --> 00:27:30.539 but 00:27:30.539 --> 00:27:30.900 out 00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.160 of 00:27:31.160 --> 00:27:31.700 death 00:27:31.700 --> 00:27:32.259 he 00:27:32.259 --> 00:27:32.740 came 00:27:32.740 --> 00:27:41.120 it 00:27:41.120 --> 00:27:41.500 is all 00:27:41.500 --> 00:27:41.860 done 00:27:41.860 --> 00:27:43.800 for the 00:27:43.800 --> 00:27:44.220 crowd 00:27:44.220 --> 00:27:45.200 that 00:27:45.200 --> 00:27:45.519 stood 00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.880 by 00:27:45.880 --> 00:27:47.259 it 00:27:47.259 --> 00:27:47.420 was 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:47.860 evidence 00:27:47.860 --> 00:27:48.420 for them 00:27:48.420 --> 00:27:49.360 so that 00:27:49.360 --> 00:27:49.820 they might 00:27:49.820 --> 00:27:50.880 believe 00:27:50.880 --> 00:27:51.300 in 00:27:51.300 --> 00:27:51.779 him 00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:53.660 that 00:27:53.660 --> 00:27:54.120 they may 00:27:54.120 --> 00:27:54.779 have 00:27:54.779 --> 00:27:55.220 that 00:27:55.220 --> 00:27:55.880 promise 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:59.400 that 00:27:59.400 --> 00:27:59.800 they may 00:27:59.800 --> 00:28:00.140 have 00:28:00.140 --> 00:28:00.400 that 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:00.900 assurance 00:28:00.900 --> 00:28:01.279 that 00:28:01.279 --> 00:28:01.960 Jesus 00:28:01.960 --> 00:28:02.400 is the 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:02.620 one 00:28:02.620 --> 00:28:02.900 that has 00:28:02.900 --> 00:28:03.160 power 00:28:03.160 --> 00:28:03.400 over 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:03.779 death 00:28:03.779 --> 00:28:06.960 and when 00:28:06.960 --> 00:28:07.240 death 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:07.620 comes 00:28:07.620 --> 00:28:07.980 knocking 00:28:07.980 --> 00:28:08.320 at the 00:28:08.320 --> 00:28:08.500 door 00:28:08.500 --> 00:28:08.860 you know 00:28:08.860 --> 00:28:09.240 this in 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.640 your head 00:28:09.640 --> 00:28:11.160 I'm pretty 00:28:11.160 --> 00:28:11.759 sure all 00:28:11.759 --> 00:28:12.000 of us 00:28:12.000 --> 00:28:12.360 know it 00:28:12.360 --> 00:28:12.640 in our 00:28:12.640 --> 00:28:12.880 head 00:28:12.880 --> 00:28:16.720 but when 00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:17.060 death 00:28:17.060 --> 00:28:17.880 comes knocking 00:28:17.880 --> 00:28:18.200 at the 00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.440 door 00:28:18.440 --> 00:28:19.960 when we're 00:28:19.960 --> 00:28:20.480 face to 00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.880 face 00:28:20.880 --> 00:28:24.440 do you 00:28:24.440 --> 00:28:25.040 believe 00:28:25.040 --> 00:28:27.100 that 00:28:27.100 --> 00:28:27.300 you'll 00:28:27.300 --> 00:28:27.420 have 00:28:27.420 --> 00:28:27.820 life 00:28:27.820 --> 00:28:33.840 it's a 00:28:33.840 --> 00:28:34.420 hard thing 00:28:34.420 --> 00:28:34.960 to believe 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:35.280 if we're 00:28:35.280 --> 00:28:35.740 honest with 00:28:35.740 --> 00:28:36.220 ourselves 00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:40.780 we're often 00:28:40.780 --> 00:28:41.340 plagued 00:28:41.340 --> 00:28:42.100 with unbelief 00:28:42.100 --> 00:28:45.220 we have 00:28:45.220 --> 00:28:45.840 our doubts 00:28:45.840 --> 00:28:46.980 like Martha 00:28:46.980 --> 00:28:49.340 so we need 00:28:49.340 --> 00:28:49.560 to be 00:28:49.560 --> 00:28:49.960 reminded 00:28:49.960 --> 00:28:51.660 we need 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.120 to come 00:28:52.120 --> 00:28:52.600 to this 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.039 evidence 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:53.440 this 00:28:53.440 --> 00:28:53.840 truth 00:28:53.840 --> 00:28:57.420 and the 00:28:57.420 --> 00:28:57.740 greater 00:28:57.740 --> 00:28:58.259 truth 00:28:58.259 --> 00:28:58.819 of the 00:28:58.819 --> 00:28:59.160 resurrection 00:28:59.160 --> 00:28:59.940 of Jesus 00:28:59.940 --> 00:29:00.799 himself 00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:09.559 power 00:29:09.559 --> 00:29:10.160 over 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.980 death 00:29:10.980 --> 00:29:14.900 assurance 00:29:14.900 --> 00:29:16.779 for you 00:29:16.779 --> 00:29:17.140 this 00:29:17.140 --> 00:29:17.600 morning 00:29:17.599 --> 00:29:20.459 for the 00:29:20.459 --> 00:29:20.859 one who 00:29:20.859 --> 00:29:21.379 believes 00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:21.919 will see 00:29:21.919 --> 00:29:22.579 the glory 00:29:22.579 --> 00:29:23.439 of God 00:29:23.439 --> 00:29:25.419 in measure 00:29:25.419 --> 00:29:26.079 and work 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:26.459 in this 00:29:26.459 --> 00:29:26.859 life 00:29:26.859 --> 00:29:28.899 the work 00:29:28.899 --> 00:29:29.740 of God's 00:29:29.740 --> 00:29:30.379 hand 00:29:30.379 --> 00:29:32.059 in the 00:29:32.059 --> 00:29:32.619 life of the 00:29:32.619 --> 00:29:32.980 believer 00:29:32.980 --> 00:29:34.179 bringing them 00:29:34.179 --> 00:29:34.659 from death 00:29:34.659 --> 00:29:35.279 to life 00:29:35.279 --> 00:29:37.179 but yet a 00:29:37.179 --> 00:29:38.059 greater sense 00:29:38.059 --> 00:29:40.179 with a 00:29:40.179 --> 00:29:40.599 believer 00:29:40.599 --> 00:29:41.879 in time 00:29:41.879 --> 00:29:43.219 when the 00:29:43.219 --> 00:29:43.839 twelve hours 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:44.219 of their 00:29:44.219 --> 00:29:44.719 life have 00:29:44.720 --> 00:29:45.259 passed 00:29:45.259 --> 00:29:47.200 that they 00:29:47.200 --> 00:29:47.839 behold 00:29:47.839 --> 00:29:48.799 the glory 00:29:48.799 --> 00:29:49.539 of God 00:29:49.539 --> 00:29:51.180 in ways 00:29:51.180 --> 00:29:51.860 that words 00:29:51.860 --> 00:29:52.380 cannot 00:29:52.380 --> 00:29:53.039 express 00:29:53.039 --> 00:29:56.819 so this 00:29:56.819 --> 00:29:57.319 resurrection 00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.079 account of 00:29:58.079 --> 00:29:58.600 Lazarus 00:29:58.600 --> 00:29:59.180 it's actually 00:29:59.180 --> 00:30:01.579 it's more about 00:30:01.579 --> 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