WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:04.820 Amen. Please take your copy of God's word and join me in John chapter 11. 00:00:08.859 --> 00:00:09.339 ! 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:35.500 I believe that his leadership in three portions of 1 John was very helpful to us all. 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:42.140 If you were at all helped by him over these past weeks, be sure to express your appreciation for him, 00:00:42.240 --> 00:00:45.380 the work that he put into that for our sake, 00:00:45.519 --> 00:00:53.039 and join me in praying that God will grant him wisdom and discernment as he seeks out future ministry opportunities. 00:00:54.000 --> 00:00:58.700 If you, in any measure, would like to see him stay here with us, 00:00:58.700 --> 00:01:01.240 call your rich friends. 00:01:03.940 --> 00:01:07.379 I am told it turns out that he can be bought. 00:01:10.719 --> 00:01:13.460 I love you, Zachary. Thank you for your help in preaching. 00:01:15.359 --> 00:01:22.640 Secondly, I am really thankful to be back in the pulpit and back in John's gospel account. 00:01:22.640 --> 00:01:29.000 It is a blessing to spend my week engrossed in a text for our benefit. 00:01:29.140 --> 00:01:35.060 It benefits me. I then in turn hope that it benefits you as we spend these next moments together. 00:01:35.280 --> 00:01:40.439 And I just want to thank you for making that reality a possibility in my life. 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:45.120 Now, it's been a little while since we've been in this book together, 00:01:45.120 --> 00:01:48.140 and at the conclusion of our last study of John, 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:52.480 Jesus has brought his public ministry to a close. 00:01:53.000 --> 00:01:57.379 And we enter now into the portion of the book often called his private ministry. 00:01:57.379 --> 00:02:01.200 He's not speaking to crowds any longer. 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:04.760 And he's traveled from Jerusalem northeast. 00:02:05.159 --> 00:02:07.460 And you'll see in chapter 10 and verse 40, 00:02:07.640 --> 00:02:12.819 he went away again across the Jordan to the place where John had been baptizing at first. 00:02:13.360 --> 00:02:14.879 And there he remained. 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:17.819 So he's in a remote place once again. 00:02:17.819 --> 00:02:24.319 And now John tells us a profound story of Jesus's life. 00:02:25.459 --> 00:02:31.780 And we will spend, Lord willing, three weeks studying this story. 00:02:32.659 --> 00:02:36.840 Today's text is so particularly profound, 00:02:37.359 --> 00:02:45.579 especially on the heels of Zachary rooting Christian love for one another in the love of Christ. 00:02:45.580 --> 00:02:50.120 We have thought over these past weeks about what it means to love one another. 00:02:50.300 --> 00:02:58.880 And he has said to us that it begins with the example of the impulse for that love is the love of Christ, 00:02:58.980 --> 00:03:02.160 the way that Jesus loves his people. 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:08.620 And this text helps us to understand the nature of Jesus's love for us. 00:03:08.620 --> 00:03:14.680 So pay attention to that theme as we read our text, and we'll discuss it further. 00:03:15.580 --> 00:03:18.240 We're going to look at verses 1 through 17. 00:03:18.740 --> 00:03:22.120 And before I read, let me pray on our behalf. 00:03:23.360 --> 00:03:26.340 Father God, thank you for the gathering of your church this morning. 00:03:26.439 --> 00:03:29.300 It's so good to be together with these people, 00:03:29.620 --> 00:03:33.920 many of whom have professed faith in Christ by your grace to them, 00:03:34.300 --> 00:03:36.020 many who have not. 00:03:36.020 --> 00:03:39.439 little ones amongst us, guests perhaps. 00:03:40.760 --> 00:03:45.180 We pray, Lord, you would work mighty works in our hearts today. 00:03:45.300 --> 00:03:50.000 If we've already experienced the love of Christ, that you give us an enlarged vision for it. 00:03:50.060 --> 00:03:53.680 If not, perhaps this day, the very first time, 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:59.360 someone would see how Jesus loves and turn in faith to him. 00:03:59.360 --> 00:04:03.580 We humbly recognize that we need your help to do this. 00:04:04.060 --> 00:04:08.160 We won't be able to believe this text's promises or obey its commands 00:04:08.160 --> 00:04:12.260 or have affection for you as its author if you don't help us. 00:04:12.320 --> 00:04:14.540 And so we pray that you will at this end. 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:15.740 Amen. 00:04:16.939 --> 00:04:19.699 John chapter 11, beginning in verse 1. 00:04:19.699 --> 00:04:27.399 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 00:04:28.300 --> 00:04:32.079 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, 00:04:32.219 --> 00:04:34.399 whose brother Lazarus was ill. 00:04:35.500 --> 00:04:37.219 So the sister sent to him, saying, 00:04:37.719 --> 00:04:40.199 Lord, he whom you love is ill. 00:04:40.980 --> 00:04:42.879 But when Jesus heard it, he said, 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:45.519 This illness does not lead to death. 00:04:45.519 --> 00:04:51.000 It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 00:04:52.139 --> 00:04:55.639 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 00:04:56.359 --> 00:05:01.500 So when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was. 00:05:02.620 --> 00:05:04.439 Then after this, he said to the disciples, 00:05:04.839 --> 00:05:06.699 Let us go to Judea again. 00:05:07.680 --> 00:05:09.039 The disciples said to him, 00:05:09.579 --> 00:05:14.339 Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again? 00:05:14.339 --> 00:05:16.599 Then, Jesus answered, 00:05:17.379 --> 00:05:19.219 Are there not twelve hours in the day? 00:05:19.919 --> 00:05:24.159 If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble because he sees the light of this world. 00:05:24.899 --> 00:05:28.599 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles because the light is not in him. 00:05:29.679 --> 00:05:31.519 After saying these things, he said to them, 00:05:32.179 --> 00:05:36.559 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him. 00:05:37.539 --> 00:05:38.699 The disciples said to him, 00:05:38.939 --> 00:05:40.939 Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover. 00:05:40.939 --> 00:05:46.800 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep. 00:05:47.719 --> 00:05:49.259 Then Jesus told them plainly, 00:05:49.620 --> 00:05:51.060 Lazarus has died. 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:56.839 And for your sake, I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. 00:05:57.600 --> 00:05:58.540 But let us go to him. 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.040 So Thomas called the twins, said to his fellow disciples, 00:06:02.379 --> 00:06:04.779 Let us also go that we may die with him. 00:06:04.779 --> 00:06:11.719 Now, when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for days. 00:06:11.720 --> 00:06:18.140 Now, just on the outset, before we jump into any part of the context of this, 00:06:18.400 --> 00:06:23.400 you may be scratching your head because your Bible probably divides verses 1 through 16 00:06:23.400 --> 00:06:25.760 and then puts 17 with the next section. 00:06:26.240 --> 00:06:30.160 And the reason we went to the verse 17 is because this is chiastic. 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:34.440 Because verse 1 corresponds to verse 17, 00:06:34.440 --> 00:06:36.540 you will notice the mention of Lazarus in verse 1, 00:06:36.540 --> 00:06:39.700 and then the mention down in verse 17. 00:06:39.980 --> 00:06:46.920 And it draws our attention to these words that Jesus speaks in verse 9 and verse 10. 00:06:47.700 --> 00:06:50.500 I'm not going to spend a lot of time on the literary structure this morning, 00:06:50.580 --> 00:06:55.220 but I just wanted you to understand why we stopped at 17 today. 00:06:56.280 --> 00:07:00.900 Now, most of us are very familiar with this story. 00:07:00.899 --> 00:07:06.959 And knowing how the story ends can actually keep us from feeling the weight of its beginning. 00:07:08.279 --> 00:07:13.439 Because for Mary and Martha, this is not a resurrection story. 00:07:13.819 --> 00:07:17.819 Try to plant your feet in this part of the text today. 00:07:18.159 --> 00:07:21.839 We know that Lazarus is raised. 00:07:22.459 --> 00:07:24.339 But they do not know this. 00:07:24.979 --> 00:07:29.039 At this point, it is a suffering story. 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:32.460 Their brother is sick. 00:07:32.580 --> 00:07:35.480 Apparently, he is very sick. 00:07:35.580 --> 00:07:38.220 In just a few days, he's going to die. 00:07:39.100 --> 00:07:44.340 And they know someone who can do something about it. 00:07:45.340 --> 00:07:47.100 The remedies are not working. 00:07:47.280 --> 00:07:51.480 They are desperate for something to help their brother. 00:07:52.700 --> 00:07:53.780 They know Jesus. 00:07:53.779 --> 00:07:59.739 More importantly, they know that Jesus loves them. 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:05.099 And yet, Jesus does not come. 00:08:06.359 --> 00:08:11.199 So again, we might get lost in the fact that we know he does eventually come. 00:08:11.319 --> 00:08:15.099 And he does raise Lazarus from the dead. 00:08:15.100 --> 00:08:17.020 But here is their brother. 00:08:17.200 --> 00:08:19.720 And they are desperate that their brother might be healed. 00:08:19.840 --> 00:08:25.800 And they are going to see their brother suffer to the point of death. 00:08:27.560 --> 00:08:35.240 Now then, there are few things in the Christian life more difficult to reconcile than these truths. 00:08:36.540 --> 00:08:38.740 Jesus loves me. 00:08:38.740 --> 00:08:42.700 If I am in Christ, Jesus loves me. 00:08:43.779 --> 00:08:54.919 Jesus has the power to prevent or stop my suffering, my anguish, my discomfort, my anxieties, etc., etc. 00:08:55.200 --> 00:08:59.120 And yet, often, he doesn't. 00:09:00.779 --> 00:09:06.379 Perhaps you have lived long enough as a Christian to know just exactly what I mean. 00:09:06.379 --> 00:09:11.379 You prayed for healing, and the healing did not come. 00:09:12.379 --> 00:09:16.059 You prayed for a wayward child, and the child continued to wander. 00:09:17.139 --> 00:09:23.460 You prayed to be married, for work, for relief from some great loss. 00:09:24.539 --> 00:09:28.299 You prayed for some burden to be removed. 00:09:29.220 --> 00:09:34.120 And yet, you felt unsatisfied in your prayers. 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:38.120 And you know that God is sovereign. 00:09:38.340 --> 00:09:39.519 He is omnipotent. 00:09:39.620 --> 00:09:43.080 He can do anything that he desires to do. 00:09:43.519 --> 00:09:46.200 You know that Christ loves his people. 00:09:47.159 --> 00:09:52.600 You know he is able to do exceedingly abundantly beyond everything that we ask or think. 00:09:53.240 --> 00:09:55.120 And yet, you are still suffering. 00:09:56.580 --> 00:09:59.340 And perhaps, that leaves you confused. 00:09:59.340 --> 00:10:10.200 In this chapter, John wants us to see that the love of Jesus does not always look the way we think the love of Jesus should look. 00:10:10.940 --> 00:10:15.139 But, it is so much better. 00:10:15.139 --> 00:10:25.679 Jesus' love has a greater aim than our immediate relief. 00:10:26.740 --> 00:10:30.139 Jesus' love has a greater aim. 00:10:30.559 --> 00:10:32.659 We will see this in the first six verses. 00:10:32.659 --> 00:10:41.419 At the beginning of the chapter, John introduces us to a man named Lazarus who lives in Bethany with his sisters, Mary and Martha. 00:10:42.339 --> 00:10:53.019 As John takes a moment to identify Mary for us, this is the Mary who will later anoint Jesus with ointment and wipe his feet with her hair. 00:10:53.980 --> 00:10:56.159 This has not happened yet. 00:10:56.159 --> 00:11:01.899 I think it is to be assumed that his original readers would have been so familiar with the story. 00:11:02.639 --> 00:11:08.500 Or perhaps, John is leaving us to wonder what is going on with this woman. 00:11:08.559 --> 00:11:12.620 And we will find out later the great intimacy of that moment. 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:18.319 The great love that Mary had for Jesus that she would do such a thing for him. 00:11:18.320 --> 00:11:21.720 That comes in chapter 12. 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:29.180 The emphasis being here that she loves him and then he's going to be clear that he loves her. 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:33.379 He wants to know exactly who these people are. 00:11:33.480 --> 00:11:40.020 These are not simply another part of the crowd that Jesus encounters in the course of his ministry. 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:42.920 Jesus knows this family. 00:11:43.060 --> 00:11:45.720 Jesus is close to this family. 00:11:46.340 --> 00:11:47.260 Stays with them. 00:11:47.460 --> 00:11:48.140 Eats with them. 00:11:48.320 --> 00:11:52.620 Jesus loves this family and they love him. 00:11:53.879 --> 00:11:58.600 Verse 3 says that the sisters send word to Jesus. 00:11:58.879 --> 00:11:59.640 There's a messenger. 00:12:00.460 --> 00:12:06.320 Lord, he whom you love, Lazarus, is ill. 00:12:08.180 --> 00:12:10.660 Notice what they do not do. 00:12:11.680 --> 00:12:13.460 They do not tell Jesus what to do. 00:12:13.960 --> 00:12:16.780 They do not say, Jesus, get back here immediately. 00:12:16.780 --> 00:12:18.020 We need you in Bethany. 00:12:18.019 --> 00:12:21.980 They do not send him a diagnosis and then recommend a treatment plan. 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:25.379 They simply tell him the problem. 00:12:26.379 --> 00:12:30.659 I think these sisters know exactly who Jesus is. 00:12:30.860 --> 00:12:35.460 Lord, the one you love is sick. 00:12:35.460 --> 00:12:40.879 There's something beautifully expectant about this. 00:12:40.879 --> 00:12:45.800 There's something wonderfully simple about it, isn't there? 00:12:45.740 --> 00:12:52.800 They know that Jesus loves Lazarus and apparently that is enough reason to tell Jesus about their trouble. 00:12:52.799 --> 00:12:57.219 Beloved, this is a lesson there for us. 00:12:57.219 --> 00:12:57.479 This is a lesson there for us. 00:12:57.979 --> 00:13:03.079 Christ loves you and he cares for your every concern. 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:08.700 You do not need to persuade Christ to become compassionate toward you. 00:13:08.700 --> 00:13:15.720 If you belong to him, you will come to the one who already loves you. 00:13:15.720 --> 00:13:17.899 Lord, here is the problem. 00:13:17.899 --> 00:13:20.200 Lord, my child is wandering. 00:13:20.360 --> 00:13:21.519 Lord, my body is sick. 00:13:21.680 --> 00:13:22.860 Lord, I am frightened. 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:25.120 Lord, I do not know what to do. 00:13:25.279 --> 00:13:29.259 Lord, the one you love is hurting. 00:13:29.259 --> 00:13:30.139 Lord, I do not know what to do. 00:13:30.139 --> 00:13:30.279 Lord, I do not know what to do. 00:13:30.279 --> 00:13:32.279 Lord, I do not know what to do. 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:36.200 But notice how Jesus responds in verse 4. 00:13:37.319 --> 00:13:42.139 He just says, this illness does not lead to death. 00:13:42.559 --> 00:13:46.879 He seems to downgrade the seriousness of the situation. 00:13:47.100 --> 00:13:50.399 And because we know the context, we know that it was in fact serious. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:56.600 It seems strange that he would say such a thing because Lazarus is about to die. 00:13:57.039 --> 00:13:59.120 Jesus would have been aware of this. 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:07.100 In fact, by the time Jesus reaches Bethany, Lazarus will have been dead for four days. 00:14:08.100 --> 00:14:12.220 Jesus does not mean that Lazarus will not experience physical death. 00:14:12.220 --> 00:14:19.139 He means death will not have the final word in this illness. 00:14:20.259 --> 00:14:25.539 Jesus says that this illness is for the glory of God, 00:14:25.539 --> 00:14:30.179 that the Son of God may be glorified through it. 00:14:31.240 --> 00:14:34.839 Now, if you've been with us in our study of John, this should sound familiar to you. 00:14:35.399 --> 00:14:40.919 Back in John chapter 9, Jesus and the disciples met the man who had been born blind. 00:14:40.919 --> 00:14:44.539 And the disciples wanted to know whose sin had caused his blindness. 00:14:45.759 --> 00:14:49.139 Jesus told them they were asking the wrong question. 00:14:50.339 --> 00:14:55.539 This had happened so that the works of God might be displayed in him. 00:14:55.539 --> 00:14:59.179 And now we discover something very similar here. 00:15:00.240 --> 00:15:02.799 The disciples see the sickness. 00:15:03.379 --> 00:15:05.559 Mary and Martha see the sickness. 00:15:06.419 --> 00:15:09.599 Lazarus is suffering the sickness. 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:15.399 Jesus sees rather an opportunity for glory. 00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.860 He knows what he's going to do. 00:15:18.060 --> 00:15:19.980 He knows exactly how he's going to do it. 00:15:19.980 --> 00:15:26.300 And says all of it is taking place that God and the Son of God would be glorified. 00:15:26.299 --> 00:15:32.000 Jesus sees a greater opportunity through the suffering of Lazarus. 00:15:32.500 --> 00:15:34.120 God's glory. 00:15:35.439 --> 00:15:38.819 And then we arrive at verses 5 and 6. 00:15:39.579 --> 00:15:43.379 I think these may be the most important in this first section. 00:15:43.779 --> 00:15:44.379 Verse 5. 00:15:44.519 --> 00:15:50.939 Now, Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 00:15:51.819 --> 00:15:54.399 John could not be clear at this point. 00:15:54.519 --> 00:15:55.639 Jesus loves them. 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:57.819 There is no question about that. 00:15:58.639 --> 00:16:05.059 There should never be any suggestion that what comes next happens because Jesus is indifferent to this family. 00:16:05.639 --> 00:16:06.360 He loves Martha. 00:16:06.480 --> 00:16:07.220 He loves Mary. 00:16:07.580 --> 00:16:09.460 He loves Lazarus. 00:16:10.039 --> 00:16:13.580 And so we see at the beginning of verse 6 a conjunction. 00:16:15.139 --> 00:16:15.360 So. 00:16:16.740 --> 00:16:17.259 Therefore. 00:16:18.699 --> 00:16:19.259 Because. 00:16:20.100 --> 00:16:21.799 This is what John is communicating to us. 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:24.720 Because Jesus loved Mary and Martha. 00:16:25.639 --> 00:16:26.580 And Lazarus. 00:16:26.580 --> 00:16:29.319 This is what he does. 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.759 When Jesus hears that Lazarus is sick. 00:16:31.860 --> 00:16:33.480 He stays where he is. 00:16:34.279 --> 00:16:35.399 For two more. 00:16:36.360 --> 00:16:36.740 Days. 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:39.600 John does not say. 00:16:40.199 --> 00:16:41.120 Jesus loved them. 00:16:41.639 --> 00:16:42.980 But he waited. 00:16:43.639 --> 00:16:46.000 The logic here is much more startling than that. 00:16:46.100 --> 00:16:47.159 Jesus loved them. 00:16:47.159 --> 00:16:48.719 So. 00:16:48.719 --> 00:16:48.799 So. 00:16:49.159 --> 00:16:50.120 He waited. 00:16:51.199 --> 00:16:55.639 The delay of Jesus is not evidence against his love. 00:16:55.740 --> 00:17:00.959 The delay of Jesus is somehow an expression of his love. 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:02.540 Now. 00:17:02.540 --> 00:17:04.019 I think we. 00:17:04.420 --> 00:17:06.920 Need to feel how difficult that is. 00:17:07.180 --> 00:17:12.980 Because I'm quite certain that Mary and Martha did not experience those two days as an expression. 00:17:13.779 --> 00:17:14.680 Of love. 00:17:14.680 --> 00:17:18.500 I would imagine that they were confused. 00:17:18.740 --> 00:17:20.060 They have sent word to Jesus. 00:17:20.259 --> 00:17:20.840 And Jesus. 00:17:21.500 --> 00:17:22.600 Does not come. 00:17:24.259 --> 00:17:25.220 Lazarus has become. 00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:26.420 Weaker. 00:17:27.320 --> 00:17:28.220 Jesus does not come. 00:17:29.019 --> 00:17:30.700 His condition is growing worse. 00:17:31.960 --> 00:17:32.920 Jesus does not come. 00:17:34.120 --> 00:17:34.779 And finally. 00:17:35.279 --> 00:17:36.140 Their dear. 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:37.259 Brother. 00:17:38.220 --> 00:17:38.740 Dies. 00:17:38.740 --> 00:17:39.740 And Jesus. 00:17:39.740 --> 00:17:39.900 Jesus. 00:17:40.500 --> 00:17:41.019 Still. 00:17:42.180 --> 00:17:43.019 Has not come. 00:17:45.039 --> 00:17:45.740 Lazarus. 00:17:46.000 --> 00:17:46.359 Is the. 00:17:46.700 --> 00:17:47.420 Greek rendering. 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.759 Of the Hebrew. 00:17:49.140 --> 00:17:49.500 Name. 00:17:49.759 --> 00:17:50.299 Eleazar. 00:17:51.039 --> 00:17:51.759 Which means. 00:17:51.940 --> 00:17:53.000 God is my. 00:17:53.859 --> 00:17:54.200 Helper. 00:17:55.539 --> 00:17:56.799 And these sisters. 00:17:57.299 --> 00:17:57.900 Received. 00:17:58.299 --> 00:17:58.599 No. 00:17:59.500 --> 00:17:59.839 Help. 00:18:00.460 --> 00:18:01.079 For the death. 00:18:01.859 --> 00:18:02.480 Of their brother. 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:05.319 If Mary and Martha. 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:06.859 Judge the love of Jesus. 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:07.559 Purely. 00:18:07.559 --> 00:18:08.339 On the basis. 00:18:08.339 --> 00:18:09.659 Of their circumstances. 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:10.619 They might. 00:18:10.859 --> 00:18:11.459 Reasonably. 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.159 Conclude. 00:18:12.579 --> 00:18:13.119 That Jesus. 00:18:13.599 --> 00:18:14.599 Does not love them. 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.679 Why would he not come. 00:18:16.980 --> 00:18:17.959 And help us. 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:19.639 They could question. 00:18:21.099 --> 00:18:22.199 And John. 00:18:23.099 --> 00:18:23.839 Says the opposite. 00:18:24.139 --> 00:18:25.159 John says he does. 00:18:25.439 --> 00:18:25.959 Love them. 00:18:26.119 --> 00:18:26.439 So. 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:27.039 He. 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.480 Delayed. 00:18:28.619 --> 00:18:29.839 That is why he. 00:18:31.059 --> 00:18:31.659 Waits. 00:18:32.839 --> 00:18:33.679 So here's something. 00:18:33.679 --> 00:18:34.259 That we. 00:18:34.619 --> 00:18:35.619 Need to know. 00:18:35.619 --> 00:18:36.839 We need to meditate. 00:18:36.839 --> 00:18:37.419 On. 00:18:37.420 --> 00:18:38.480 About the love. 00:18:39.400 --> 00:18:39.940 Of Christ. 00:18:41.220 --> 00:18:42.320 Jesus loves. 00:18:43.240 --> 00:18:44.080 You and I. 00:18:44.800 --> 00:18:45.539 Too much. 00:18:46.160 --> 00:18:47.840 To make our immediate. 00:18:48.400 --> 00:18:48.880 Comfort. 00:18:49.380 --> 00:18:49.960 His highest. 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:50.940 Priority. 00:18:52.400 --> 00:18:53.259 He loves us. 00:18:53.340 --> 00:18:54.060 Too much. 00:18:54.620 --> 00:18:56.019 To make our immediate. 00:18:56.259 --> 00:18:56.660 Comfort. 00:18:56.740 --> 00:18:57.820 Our every whim. 00:18:57.920 --> 00:18:58.940 Our every desire. 00:18:59.200 --> 00:18:59.580 His. 00:18:59.980 --> 00:19:00.539 Highest. 00:19:01.200 --> 00:19:01.840 Priority. 00:19:01.839 --> 00:19:03.559 We very often. 00:19:03.559 --> 00:19:04.259 Define love. 00:19:04.399 --> 00:19:04.980 This way. 00:19:05.059 --> 00:19:05.879 If you love me. 00:19:05.879 --> 00:19:06.279 You will. 00:19:06.519 --> 00:19:06.740 Remove. 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.459 Whatever hurts me. 00:19:07.559 --> 00:19:08.299 If you love me. 00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.119 You will. 00:19:09.179 --> 00:19:09.439 Give me. 00:19:09.439 --> 00:19:10.379 What I ask for. 00:19:10.500 --> 00:19:11.179 If you love me. 00:19:11.319 --> 00:19:12.159 You will fix. 00:19:12.299 --> 00:19:13.240 This circumstance. 00:19:13.740 --> 00:19:14.119 Immediately. 00:19:14.299 --> 00:19:14.959 If you love me. 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:16.139 You will make me feel. 00:19:16.819 --> 00:19:17.299 Fulfilled. 00:19:17.740 --> 00:19:18.679 And sometimes. 00:19:19.720 --> 00:19:20.539 Jesus answers. 00:19:20.619 --> 00:19:21.139 Our prayers. 00:19:21.980 --> 00:19:22.379 Sometimes. 00:19:22.379 --> 00:19:23.139 He works. 00:19:23.319 --> 00:19:24.099 In the way. 00:19:24.279 --> 00:19:25.000 We would most. 00:19:25.099 --> 00:19:25.619 Like him. 00:19:26.439 --> 00:19:26.939 To work. 00:19:26.940 --> 00:19:27.539 But sometimes. 00:19:27.660 --> 00:19:28.240 We pray. 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:31.320 God answers. 00:19:32.340 --> 00:19:32.740 Sometimes. 00:19:32.740 --> 00:19:33.480 We pray. 00:19:34.620 --> 00:19:35.279 He does not. 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.160 Not always. 00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:38.680 Do what it is. 00:19:38.820 --> 00:19:39.580 We think. 00:19:39.920 --> 00:19:40.160 He. 00:19:40.840 --> 00:19:41.360 Should do. 00:19:42.100 --> 00:19:43.000 And this is because. 00:19:43.160 --> 00:19:43.940 Jesus is committed. 00:19:43.940 --> 00:19:44.600 To something. 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:45.779 Greater. 00:19:46.460 --> 00:19:47.019 Than our immediate. 00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:48.279 Comfort. 00:19:49.519 --> 00:19:50.519 Jesus loves us. 00:19:51.240 --> 00:19:52.160 So much. 00:19:52.680 --> 00:19:53.600 That he is not. 00:19:53.740 --> 00:19:54.220 Primarily. 00:19:54.360 --> 00:19:54.799 Concerned. 00:19:54.880 --> 00:19:55.880 With our temporal needs. 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:56.279 But he is. 00:19:56.420 --> 00:19:56.920 Primarily. 00:19:56.920 --> 00:19:57.140 Primarily. 00:19:57.300 --> 00:19:58.060 Concerned. 00:19:58.420 --> 00:19:59.560 With our highest. 00:20:00.360 --> 00:20:00.820 Good. 00:20:01.400 --> 00:20:02.640 That is what biblical love is. 00:20:03.600 --> 00:20:05.180 The object of your affection. 00:20:05.340 --> 00:20:06.600 You do all that you can. 00:20:07.460 --> 00:20:09.039 Even at expense to yourself. 00:20:09.400 --> 00:20:10.000 To seek. 00:20:10.460 --> 00:20:10.920 That object's. 00:20:11.960 --> 00:20:12.759 Highest. 00:20:13.519 --> 00:20:13.940 Good. 00:20:15.019 --> 00:20:16.200 It is not always the good. 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:17.019 That we think. 00:20:17.300 --> 00:20:17.920 We need. 00:20:18.039 --> 00:20:18.380 It is our. 00:20:19.060 --> 00:20:19.620 Highest. 00:20:20.000 --> 00:20:20.380 Good. 00:20:21.140 --> 00:20:21.500 Beloved. 00:20:21.560 --> 00:20:22.320 What we need. 00:20:22.980 --> 00:20:23.279 Is an. 00:20:23.560 --> 00:20:24.600 Excuse me. 00:20:24.640 --> 00:20:25.279 An eternal. 00:20:26.019 --> 00:20:26.539 Experience. 00:20:26.539 --> 00:20:27.500 Of God's. 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:28.079 Of God's. 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.000 Glory. 00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:30.819 We need. 00:20:31.319 --> 00:20:31.960 God. 00:20:32.299 --> 00:20:32.819 Himself. 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.079 That is. 00:20:34.559 --> 00:20:35.319 The highest. 00:20:36.319 --> 00:20:36.700 Good. 00:20:37.639 --> 00:20:38.079 Sometimes. 00:20:38.319 --> 00:20:39.159 We experience that. 00:20:39.299 --> 00:20:40.619 Through the prayer answered. 00:20:41.119 --> 00:20:42.180 The gift given. 00:20:42.819 --> 00:20:43.339 And sometimes. 00:20:43.599 --> 00:20:44.639 We best experience it. 00:20:44.859 --> 00:20:45.920 By the withholding. 00:20:46.559 --> 00:20:47.220 Of the blessing. 00:20:47.879 --> 00:20:48.460 We think. 00:20:49.019 --> 00:20:49.500 We deserve. 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.700 Jesus. 00:20:50.700 --> 00:20:51.700 Jesus. 00:20:52.099 --> 00:20:52.859 Waits. 00:20:53.099 --> 00:20:54.279 Because he intends. 00:20:54.279 --> 00:20:55.220 To do something. 00:20:55.859 --> 00:20:56.279 Greater. 00:20:56.279 --> 00:20:57.279 To provide. 00:20:57.880 --> 00:20:58.400 Something. 00:20:59.240 --> 00:20:59.599 Greater. 00:20:59.980 --> 00:21:00.940 To love them. 00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.180 And us. 00:21:03.039 --> 00:21:03.680 Maximally. 00:21:04.180 --> 00:21:05.039 By showing them. 00:21:06.039 --> 00:21:06.559 God's glory. 00:21:08.019 --> 00:21:09.079 Mary and Martha. 00:21:09.220 --> 00:21:09.759 Want Jesus. 00:21:09.920 --> 00:21:10.700 To keep Lazarus. 00:21:10.740 --> 00:21:11.299 From dying. 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:12.579 Jesus. 00:21:12.660 --> 00:21:13.079 Intends. 00:21:13.180 --> 00:21:14.099 To let Lazarus. 00:21:14.160 --> 00:21:14.480 Die. 00:21:14.480 --> 00:21:14.960 And then. 00:21:15.279 --> 00:21:15.860 Raise him. 00:21:15.860 --> 00:21:16.759 From the dead. 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.559 They want healing. 00:21:19.360 --> 00:21:19.599 Jesus. 00:21:19.720 --> 00:21:20.200 Intends. 00:21:21.019 --> 00:21:21.579 Resurrection. 00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.440 Their plan. 00:21:23.440 --> 00:21:24.120 Is good. 00:21:24.220 --> 00:21:25.000 His plan. 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:25.860 Is exceedingly. 00:21:26.860 --> 00:21:27.579 Better. 00:21:29.019 --> 00:21:29.620 And sometimes. 00:21:29.720 --> 00:21:30.039 Beloved. 00:21:30.120 --> 00:21:30.420 The most. 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:31.160 Difficult. 00:21:31.279 --> 00:21:31.620 Act. 00:21:31.619 --> 00:21:32.219 Of faith. 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:33.439 Is believing. 00:21:33.619 --> 00:21:34.059 That the plan. 00:21:34.099 --> 00:21:34.579 Of Christ. 00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:35.259 Is better. 00:21:35.679 --> 00:21:36.639 While you are living. 00:21:36.879 --> 00:21:37.359 Somewhere. 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:38.000 Between. 00:21:38.500 --> 00:21:38.919 The prayer. 00:21:39.979 --> 00:21:40.659 And the answer. 00:21:41.659 --> 00:21:42.379 So we can learn. 00:21:42.459 --> 00:21:43.099 From this text. 00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.039 Meditate on. 00:21:45.119 --> 00:21:45.779 This reality. 00:21:46.019 --> 00:21:46.899 Jesus's love. 00:21:47.299 --> 00:21:48.519 Has a greater aim. 00:21:49.199 --> 00:21:49.719 Than immediate. 00:21:50.399 --> 00:21:50.839 Relief. 00:21:52.919 --> 00:21:53.399 Secondly. 00:21:53.719 --> 00:21:54.179 We can note. 00:21:54.339 --> 00:21:55.419 That Jesus's obedience. 00:21:56.259 --> 00:21:57.139 Is governed. 00:21:58.099 --> 00:21:59.319 By the father's. 00:21:59.859 --> 00:22:00.299 Time. 00:22:00.299 --> 00:22:00.379 Time. 00:22:01.419 --> 00:22:01.940 We see. 00:22:02.000 --> 00:22:02.779 Starting in verse 7. 00:22:02.859 --> 00:22:03.119 After. 00:22:03.619 --> 00:22:04.180 Two days. 00:22:04.339 --> 00:22:04.579 Jesus. 00:22:05.000 --> 00:22:05.220 Says. 00:22:05.279 --> 00:22:05.960 To the disciples. 00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.740 In verse 7. 00:22:06.859 --> 00:22:07.919 Let us go to. 00:22:08.279 --> 00:22:08.680 Judea. 00:22:09.200 --> 00:22:09.639 Again. 00:22:10.940 --> 00:22:11.379 Mentioning. 00:22:11.419 --> 00:22:12.039 Let's go back. 00:22:12.039 --> 00:22:12.940 To Jerusalem. 00:22:13.180 --> 00:22:13.639 Let's go back. 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.539 To that place. 00:22:14.539 --> 00:22:15.299 Where I had been. 00:22:16.039 --> 00:22:16.480 Threatened. 00:22:17.559 --> 00:22:18.039 To be stoned. 00:22:18.119 --> 00:22:18.559 To death. 00:22:19.419 --> 00:22:19.859 And the disciples. 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.259 Respond. 00:22:20.339 --> 00:22:20.940 Exactly the way. 00:22:21.039 --> 00:22:21.960 We might expect. 00:22:22.079 --> 00:22:22.599 I think the way. 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:23.299 We would have. 00:22:23.419 --> 00:22:23.859 Responded. 00:22:23.919 --> 00:22:24.180 Rabbi. 00:22:24.279 --> 00:22:24.720 The Jews. 00:22:24.799 --> 00:22:25.559 Were just now. 00:22:25.680 --> 00:22:26.960 Seeking to stone you. 00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.159 And are you. 00:22:28.220 --> 00:22:28.659 Going there. 00:22:28.779 --> 00:22:29.220 Again. 00:22:30.299 --> 00:22:31.779 Don't think this is paranoia. 00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:32.759 On the part of the disciples. 00:22:32.940 --> 00:22:33.180 They have. 00:22:33.799 --> 00:22:34.659 Recently watched. 00:22:34.659 --> 00:22:35.740 People pick up. 00:22:35.980 --> 00:22:36.339 Stones. 00:22:36.339 --> 00:22:36.960 With the intention. 00:22:36.960 --> 00:22:37.460 Of killing. 00:22:38.159 --> 00:22:38.419 Jesus. 00:22:38.519 --> 00:22:38.859 And now. 00:22:38.940 --> 00:22:39.639 Jesus says. 00:22:39.980 --> 00:22:40.839 Let's go back. 00:22:40.919 --> 00:22:41.799 And the disciples say. 00:22:41.919 --> 00:22:42.379 In essence. 00:22:42.519 --> 00:22:43.720 Why would we do that? 00:22:44.859 --> 00:22:46.000 This seems like the place. 00:22:46.000 --> 00:22:46.399 That we. 00:22:47.079 --> 00:22:47.619 Should stay. 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:48.980 And Jesus. 00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:49.879 Answers them. 00:22:50.119 --> 00:22:50.460 With this. 00:22:50.740 --> 00:22:51.220 Language. 00:22:51.339 --> 00:22:51.659 About. 00:22:51.980 --> 00:22:52.339 Twelve. 00:22:52.500 --> 00:22:53.059 Hours. 00:22:53.259 --> 00:22:53.539 In. 00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.720 The day. 00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:56.139 The day was marked out. 00:22:56.339 --> 00:22:56.720 In that. 00:22:57.259 --> 00:22:57.579 Regard. 00:22:57.579 --> 00:22:59.379 Summer. 00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.419 Summer. 00:22:59.500 --> 00:22:59.939 Or winter. 00:23:00.419 --> 00:23:01.659 They were marking the day out. 00:23:01.740 --> 00:23:03.039 In twelve hours. 00:23:03.379 --> 00:23:03.839 Daytime. 00:23:04.079 --> 00:23:04.439 And. 00:23:05.299 --> 00:23:05.779 Nighttime. 00:23:05.839 --> 00:23:06.019 And he. 00:23:06.220 --> 00:23:07.220 Picks up this metaphor. 00:23:07.460 --> 00:23:08.980 The one who walks during the day. 00:23:09.059 --> 00:23:09.879 Does not stumble. 00:23:09.879 --> 00:23:10.379 Because. 00:23:10.779 --> 00:23:11.339 He sees. 00:23:11.779 --> 00:23:12.319 The light. 00:23:12.460 --> 00:23:12.839 The one who. 00:23:13.220 --> 00:23:13.899 Walks a night. 00:23:14.039 --> 00:23:14.359 Stumbles. 00:23:14.359 --> 00:23:15.179 Because the light. 00:23:15.419 --> 00:23:15.779 Is not. 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:16.399 In. 00:23:17.119 --> 00:23:17.439 Him. 00:23:18.439 --> 00:23:18.799 Jesus. 00:23:18.899 --> 00:23:19.000 Here. 00:23:19.099 --> 00:23:19.500 Speaking. 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.399 About walking. 00:23:20.679 --> 00:23:21.000 In. 00:23:21.460 --> 00:23:22.279 The father's. 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.000 Will. 00:23:23.000 --> 00:23:24.099 Fully. 00:23:24.099 --> 00:23:24.900 Dependent. 00:23:25.299 --> 00:23:25.740 And. 00:23:25.900 --> 00:23:26.279 Fully. 00:23:27.259 --> 00:23:27.819 Obedient. 00:23:29.059 --> 00:23:29.519 John. 00:23:29.579 --> 00:23:30.319 Picks up this metaphor. 00:23:30.619 --> 00:23:31.019 In his. 00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.059 Later writing. 00:23:32.180 --> 00:23:32.680 This is in. 00:23:32.779 --> 00:23:32.980 First. 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.420 John. 00:23:33.500 --> 00:23:34.259 Chapter one. 00:23:34.420 --> 00:23:34.579 Verse. 00:23:34.880 --> 00:23:35.220 Five. 00:23:35.299 --> 00:23:35.799 And following. 00:23:36.319 --> 00:23:36.960 This is the message. 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:37.799 We have heard from him. 00:23:37.859 --> 00:23:38.819 And proclaim to you. 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.559 That God is light. 00:23:40.640 --> 00:23:41.400 And in him. 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:42.500 Is no darkness. 00:23:42.500 --> 00:23:43.359 At all. 00:23:44.119 --> 00:23:44.740 If we say. 00:23:44.799 --> 00:23:45.579 We have fellowship. 00:23:45.579 --> 00:23:46.180 With him. 00:23:46.180 --> 00:23:46.799 While we. 00:23:47.279 --> 00:23:48.200 Walk in darkness. 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:50.160 The way of our life. 00:23:50.559 --> 00:23:51.740 Is not the way of God. 00:23:51.740 --> 00:23:53.099 We lie. 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.859 And do not practice. 00:23:53.859 --> 00:23:54.380 The truth. 00:23:55.259 --> 00:23:56.180 But if we walk. 00:23:56.279 --> 00:23:56.799 In the light. 00:23:57.339 --> 00:23:58.400 As he is in the light. 00:23:59.120 --> 00:24:00.200 We have fellowship. 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.940 With one another. 00:24:01.059 --> 00:24:01.880 And the blood of Jesus. 00:24:02.019 --> 00:24:02.460 His son. 00:24:02.680 --> 00:24:03.420 Cleanses us. 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:04.599 All. 00:24:05.059 --> 00:24:05.299 Sin. 00:24:05.859 --> 00:24:06.559 Fully dependent. 00:24:06.900 --> 00:24:07.120 And. 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.259 Fully. 00:24:09.099 --> 00:24:09.539 Obedient. 00:24:09.640 --> 00:24:10.680 Is what's being communicated. 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.140 Here. 00:24:11.220 --> 00:24:11.819 By these words. 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.759 We have seen. 00:24:13.859 --> 00:24:14.559 The idea of Jesus. 00:24:14.920 --> 00:24:15.799 Absolute submission. 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:16.420 To the father. 00:24:16.799 --> 00:24:17.240 All throughout. 00:24:17.420 --> 00:24:18.019 John's gospel. 00:24:18.220 --> 00:24:19.140 Up to this point. 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:19.779 And we'll see it. 00:24:20.160 --> 00:24:20.680 Continued. 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:21.160 On. 00:24:21.740 --> 00:24:23.339 Jesus lives. 00:24:23.420 --> 00:24:23.859 According. 00:24:24.740 --> 00:24:25.640 To a divine. 00:24:26.019 --> 00:24:26.460 Timetable. 00:24:26.539 --> 00:24:26.880 He goes. 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:27.720 Where he's told to go. 00:24:27.819 --> 00:24:28.220 He says. 00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:28.819 What he's told. 00:24:29.299 --> 00:24:29.799 To say. 00:24:30.099 --> 00:24:31.019 He has repeatedly. 00:24:31.019 --> 00:24:31.500 Said. 00:24:31.500 --> 00:24:32.680 That his hour. 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.900 Has not yet. 00:24:34.640 --> 00:24:35.039 Come. 00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.359 His enemies. 00:24:36.480 --> 00:24:37.039 Have repeatedly. 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:37.880 Tried to seize him. 00:24:37.960 --> 00:24:38.720 And John tells us. 00:24:38.779 --> 00:24:39.440 They could not. 00:24:39.559 --> 00:24:40.579 Because his hour. 00:24:40.900 --> 00:24:41.859 Had not yet. 00:24:42.059 --> 00:24:42.420 Come. 00:24:43.799 --> 00:24:44.480 Jesus is not. 00:24:44.539 --> 00:24:44.980 Controlled. 00:24:45.140 --> 00:24:46.120 By the fear of man. 00:24:46.380 --> 00:24:46.759 Jesus is not. 00:24:46.819 --> 00:24:47.059 Controlled. 00:24:47.160 --> 00:24:47.660 By political. 00:24:48.120 --> 00:24:48.559 Circumstances. 00:24:49.039 --> 00:24:49.480 He is not. 00:24:49.539 --> 00:24:49.799 Controlled. 00:24:49.880 --> 00:24:50.680 By his enemies. 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.680 He's not even. 00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:52.120 Ultimately. 00:24:52.120 --> 00:24:52.580 Controlled. 00:24:52.580 --> 00:24:53.200 By the threat. 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.860 Of death. 00:24:54.799 --> 00:24:55.420 He walks. 00:24:55.420 --> 00:24:56.140 In the day. 00:24:56.220 --> 00:24:57.240 Appointed to him. 00:24:57.960 --> 00:24:58.680 By his father. 00:24:59.779 --> 00:25:00.900 There's a fixed purpose. 00:25:01.560 --> 00:25:02.299 Mission. 00:25:02.560 --> 00:25:03.360 Fixed. 00:25:04.160 --> 00:25:04.560 Hour. 00:25:05.360 --> 00:25:06.440 And until that hour. 00:25:06.560 --> 00:25:07.019 Arrives. 00:25:07.160 --> 00:25:08.180 Jesus will accomplish. 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:08.880 Everything. 00:25:08.880 --> 00:25:09.380 The father. 00:25:09.380 --> 00:25:10.140 Has given him. 00:25:10.279 --> 00:25:10.500 To. 00:25:11.660 --> 00:25:12.220 Accomplish. 00:25:12.620 --> 00:25:12.940 He sets. 00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.539 In the middle. 00:25:13.539 --> 00:25:14.720 Of this text. 00:25:14.840 --> 00:25:15.519 An example. 00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.259 For the way. 00:25:16.360 --> 00:25:17.500 His followers. 00:25:17.500 --> 00:25:19.180 Are to function. 00:25:20.519 --> 00:25:22.220 Jesus is going to Judea. 00:25:22.660 --> 00:25:23.220 Eventually. 00:25:23.680 --> 00:25:24.559 Because that. 00:25:24.819 --> 00:25:25.220 Is where. 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:26.039 Obedience. 00:25:26.660 --> 00:25:27.460 Takes him. 00:25:28.740 --> 00:25:29.740 This is important for us. 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.900 Because we have a tendency. 00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.039 To assume. 00:25:32.240 --> 00:25:33.539 That obedience to God. 00:25:33.660 --> 00:25:35.039 Should make life. 00:25:35.900 --> 00:25:36.259 Safer. 00:25:37.660 --> 00:25:38.779 Sometimes it does. 00:25:38.880 --> 00:25:39.759 But not always. 00:25:40.720 --> 00:25:41.579 Sometimes obedience. 00:25:41.579 --> 00:25:42.819 Takes you directly. 00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.700 Toward. 00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:45.099 Difficulty. 00:25:45.099 --> 00:25:46.919 Sometimes obedience. 00:25:47.459 --> 00:25:48.099 Costs. 00:25:48.099 --> 00:25:48.559 Something. 00:25:48.859 --> 00:25:49.559 At times. 00:25:50.199 --> 00:25:50.659 Everything. 00:25:51.919 --> 00:25:53.279 Sometimes doing the right thing. 00:25:53.379 --> 00:25:54.019 Makes your life. 00:25:54.199 --> 00:25:54.759 Harder. 00:25:55.000 --> 00:25:55.339 Rather. 00:25:56.299 --> 00:25:57.000 Than easier. 00:25:58.639 --> 00:25:59.399 We should reject. 00:25:59.539 --> 00:26:00.919 That very popular idea. 00:26:01.079 --> 00:26:01.879 That if we are living. 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.740 In the will of God. 00:26:02.859 --> 00:26:03.879 Everything will somehow. 00:26:04.059 --> 00:26:04.579 Work out. 00:26:04.959 --> 00:26:05.719 Comfortably. 00:26:06.219 --> 00:26:06.639 Have. 00:26:06.899 --> 00:26:07.119 You. 00:26:07.339 --> 00:26:07.539 Not. 00:26:07.679 --> 00:26:07.879 Read. 00:26:07.959 --> 00:26:08.500 The Bible. 00:26:11.219 --> 00:26:11.740 Beloved. 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.939 It is a tragic. 00:26:13.539 --> 00:26:13.959 Day. 00:26:13.960 --> 00:26:15.180 That there are people. 00:26:15.180 --> 00:26:15.539 Meeting. 00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:16.019 All. 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:16.720 Over. 00:26:16.900 --> 00:26:17.860 Professing the name of Christ. 00:26:17.980 --> 00:26:19.000 I hope truly in Christ. 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:20.860 That have no theology. 00:26:20.860 --> 00:26:21.920 Of suffering. 00:26:23.519 --> 00:26:24.539 Just take up. 00:26:24.640 --> 00:26:25.299 And read. 00:26:26.180 --> 00:26:27.180 The will of God. 00:26:27.240 --> 00:26:27.779 Led Joseph. 00:26:27.779 --> 00:26:28.519 Into a pit. 00:26:28.720 --> 00:26:29.740 And then into a prison. 00:26:30.059 --> 00:26:31.019 The will of God. 00:26:31.059 --> 00:26:31.819 Led Moses. 00:26:32.140 --> 00:26:33.279 Back to Pharaoh. 00:26:33.819 --> 00:26:34.740 The will of God. 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.579 Led Daniel. 00:26:35.799 --> 00:26:36.680 Into Babylon. 00:26:37.000 --> 00:26:38.259 And to a lion's den. 00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.880 The will of God. 00:26:39.940 --> 00:26:40.600 Led Paul. 00:26:40.740 --> 00:26:41.779 Into beatings. 00:26:41.779 --> 00:26:43.339 And imprisonments. 00:26:43.599 --> 00:26:44.839 And shipwrecks. 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.299 And the will of the father. 00:26:47.460 --> 00:26:48.339 Is leading Jesus. 00:26:48.740 --> 00:26:49.059 Back. 00:26:49.839 --> 00:26:50.480 Toward Jerusalem. 00:26:52.019 --> 00:26:52.960 Obedience is not. 00:26:53.119 --> 00:26:53.940 Always safe. 00:26:54.059 --> 00:26:54.639 It is. 00:26:55.000 --> 00:26:55.359 Always. 00:26:56.259 --> 00:26:56.779 Right. 00:26:57.940 --> 00:26:58.680 And Jesus knows. 00:26:58.799 --> 00:26:59.519 Precisely where. 00:26:59.619 --> 00:27:00.500 This road ends. 00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:02.039 The disciples. 00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:02.720 Are concerned. 00:27:02.819 --> 00:27:03.960 That going back to Judea. 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.240 May result in his death. 00:27:05.700 --> 00:27:06.819 They have no. 00:27:07.000 --> 00:27:07.480 Idea. 00:27:07.899 --> 00:27:08.319 How right. 00:27:08.379 --> 00:27:08.779 They are. 00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:11.399 Because in the providence of God. 00:27:11.660 --> 00:27:13.160 What Jesus is about to do. 00:27:13.240 --> 00:27:13.859 For Lazarus. 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:15.180 Will become one of the events. 00:27:15.379 --> 00:27:16.420 That intensifies. 00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.099 The determination. 00:27:17.099 --> 00:27:18.180 Of his enemies. 00:27:18.639 --> 00:27:19.500 To kill him. 00:27:20.539 --> 00:27:20.920 Jesus. 00:27:21.160 --> 00:27:21.639 Is walking. 00:27:21.940 --> 00:27:22.319 Toward. 00:27:22.440 --> 00:27:22.859 The tomb. 00:27:23.200 --> 00:27:23.940 Of Lazarus. 00:27:24.019 --> 00:27:24.859 But he is also. 00:27:25.059 --> 00:27:25.879 Walking toward. 00:27:26.660 --> 00:27:27.460 His very own. 00:27:28.099 --> 00:27:28.500 Cross. 00:27:29.379 --> 00:27:30.059 And he does it. 00:27:30.619 --> 00:27:31.059 Knowingly. 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.180 He does it. 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:32.960 Willingly. 00:27:33.960 --> 00:27:34.559 Does it. 00:27:35.460 --> 00:27:36.019 Obediently. 00:27:36.460 --> 00:27:37.079 We have that. 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.899 Set for us. 00:27:37.980 --> 00:27:38.460 As this. 00:27:39.079 --> 00:27:39.639 Example. 00:27:39.779 --> 00:27:40.319 Of faith. 00:27:40.419 --> 00:27:40.980 The kind. 00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.599 Of faith. 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:42.439 That he is trying. 00:27:42.519 --> 00:27:42.939 To work. 00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:43.879 Into his disciples. 00:27:45.059 --> 00:27:46.099 And into us. 00:27:48.159 --> 00:27:48.639 Thirdly. 00:27:49.899 --> 00:27:50.379 Note. 00:27:50.519 --> 00:27:50.960 That Jesus. 00:27:51.119 --> 00:27:51.559 Uses. 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:52.279 Suffering. 00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.599 To strengthen. 00:27:53.799 --> 00:27:54.379 The faith. 00:27:54.859 --> 00:27:55.519 Of his people. 00:27:56.720 --> 00:27:57.179 Verses. 00:27:57.220 --> 00:27:57.460 Eleven. 00:27:57.539 --> 00:27:58.019 Through sixteen. 00:27:58.960 --> 00:27:59.220 Jesus. 00:27:59.299 --> 00:27:59.439 Says. 00:27:59.480 --> 00:28:00.019 In verse eleven. 00:28:00.179 --> 00:28:00.720 Our friend. 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.179 Lazarus. 00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:02.179 Has fallen asleep. 00:28:02.659 --> 00:28:03.159 But I go. 00:28:03.259 --> 00:28:03.919 To awaken him. 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:05.039 And the disciples. 00:28:05.379 --> 00:28:06.039 Misunderstand him. 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:06.740 We see this right here. 00:28:06.819 --> 00:28:07.279 In the text. 00:28:07.399 --> 00:28:08.019 And to be fair. 00:28:08.119 --> 00:28:08.940 If I were standing there. 00:28:09.000 --> 00:28:09.759 I probably would have. 00:28:09.920 --> 00:28:10.539 Misunderstood him. 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.579 As well. 00:28:11.859 --> 00:28:12.180 I think. 00:28:12.359 --> 00:28:12.720 Jesus. 00:28:13.240 --> 00:28:13.559 Means. 00:28:14.180 --> 00:28:14.519 Lazarus. 00:28:14.599 --> 00:28:14.680 Is. 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.519 Literally. 00:28:15.819 --> 00:28:16.099 Asleep. 00:28:16.299 --> 00:28:16.460 Right. 00:28:16.659 --> 00:28:17.180 And that sends. 00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:18.200 Like good news to them. 00:28:18.259 --> 00:28:18.819 If a sick man. 00:28:18.859 --> 00:28:19.399 Is sleeping. 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:20.379 Then maybe his body. 00:28:20.379 --> 00:28:20.720 Is. 00:28:21.500 --> 00:28:22.019 Recovering. 00:28:22.139 --> 00:28:22.379 It's a. 00:28:22.619 --> 00:28:23.420 Very good thing. 00:28:23.420 --> 00:28:24.000 When I'm sick. 00:28:24.000 --> 00:28:24.799 That I get to fall. 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:25.720 Asleep. 00:28:25.839 --> 00:28:26.460 So they say. 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:26.819 Lord. 00:28:26.879 --> 00:28:27.720 If he has fallen asleep. 00:28:27.839 --> 00:28:28.240 He will. 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.079 Recover. 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:30.740 He's getting his rest. 00:28:30.819 --> 00:28:31.200 That is. 00:28:31.920 --> 00:28:32.279 Good. 00:28:33.139 --> 00:28:33.680 But John. 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:34.279 Explains. 00:28:34.360 --> 00:28:34.720 That Jesus. 00:28:34.900 --> 00:28:35.200 Speaking. 00:28:35.200 --> 00:28:35.580 About. 00:28:36.080 --> 00:28:36.480 Lazarus. 00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.320 Death. 00:28:38.100 --> 00:28:38.779 This is. 00:28:39.000 --> 00:28:40.180 One of the ways. 00:28:40.519 --> 00:28:40.860 Scripture. 00:28:41.000 --> 00:28:41.320 Sometimes. 00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:41.940 Describes. 00:28:42.019 --> 00:28:42.380 The death. 00:28:42.440 --> 00:28:43.340 Of God's people. 00:28:44.080 --> 00:28:44.380 Death. 00:28:44.640 --> 00:28:45.220 Is like. 00:28:46.039 --> 00:28:46.440 Sleep. 00:28:47.240 --> 00:28:48.000 That does not mean. 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:48.279 That. 00:28:48.820 --> 00:28:48.980 Death. 00:28:49.039 --> 00:28:49.680 Is imaginary. 00:28:50.000 --> 00:28:50.519 It does not mean. 00:28:50.600 --> 00:28:50.779 Death. 00:28:50.820 --> 00:28:51.660 Is insignificant. 00:28:51.660 --> 00:28:52.500 And it certainly. 00:28:52.600 --> 00:28:53.120 Does not mean. 00:28:53.200 --> 00:28:53.759 That the loss. 00:28:53.799 --> 00:28:54.120 Of someone. 00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:54.740 We love. 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:55.940 Should not. 00:28:56.680 --> 00:28:57.279 Grieve us. 00:28:58.180 --> 00:28:58.480 Jesus. 00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.900 Himself. 00:28:58.900 --> 00:28:59.240 Is going. 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.819 To weep. 00:28:59.819 --> 00:29:00.700 At Lazarus. 00:29:00.700 --> 00:29:01.940 Is tomb. 00:29:02.900 --> 00:29:03.180 Death. 00:29:03.259 --> 00:29:03.880 Is an enemy. 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:05.539 But for the person. 00:29:05.640 --> 00:29:06.079 Who belongs. 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:06.960 To Christ. 00:29:07.579 --> 00:29:08.120 Death. 00:29:08.259 --> 00:29:09.120 Is also. 00:29:10.160 --> 00:29:10.759 Temporary. 00:29:11.620 --> 00:29:13.160 This is the entire. 00:29:13.759 --> 00:29:14.240 Point. 00:29:14.400 --> 00:29:14.880 Of this. 00:29:15.160 --> 00:29:15.559 Pericope. 00:29:16.440 --> 00:29:17.279 We will study it. 00:29:17.279 --> 00:29:17.599 At length. 00:29:17.799 --> 00:29:18.380 Next week. 00:29:18.940 --> 00:29:19.680 But we do. 00:29:19.860 --> 00:29:20.160 Well. 00:29:20.279 --> 00:29:20.640 To look. 00:29:20.860 --> 00:29:21.240 Forward. 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:22.059 For just. 00:29:22.180 --> 00:29:22.700 A moment. 00:29:22.860 --> 00:29:23.279 To verses. 00:29:23.700 --> 00:29:24.220 23. 00:29:24.500 --> 00:29:25.339 Through 27. 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:25.720 So look. 00:29:25.720 --> 00:29:26.519 There in John 11. 00:29:26.519 --> 00:29:29.079 Jesus said. 00:29:29.079 --> 00:29:29.960 To Martha. 00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.879 Your brother. 00:29:31.879 --> 00:29:33.139 Will rise. 00:29:33.259 --> 00:29:33.779 Again. 00:29:34.779 --> 00:29:35.099 Martha. 00:29:35.220 --> 00:29:35.379 Said. 00:29:35.440 --> 00:29:35.879 To him. 00:29:36.440 --> 00:29:37.079 I know. 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:37.759 That he will rise. 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.099 Again. 00:29:38.099 --> 00:29:39.119 In the resurrection. 00:29:39.119 --> 00:29:40.619 On the last day. 00:29:41.700 --> 00:29:42.220 Jesus said. 00:29:42.259 --> 00:29:42.579 To her. 00:29:42.940 --> 00:29:43.460 I. 00:29:43.720 --> 00:29:44.879 Am the resurrection. 00:29:45.879 --> 00:29:46.720 And the life. 00:29:47.400 --> 00:29:48.019 Whoever believes. 00:29:48.019 --> 00:29:48.379 In me. 00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:49.200 Though he die. 00:29:49.359 --> 00:29:49.599 Yet. 00:29:49.720 --> 00:29:51.079 Shall he live. 00:29:51.740 --> 00:29:52.299 And everyone. 00:29:52.299 --> 00:29:52.900 Who lives. 00:29:52.900 --> 00:29:53.359 And believes. 00:29:53.359 --> 00:29:53.680 In me. 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:54.639 Shall never die. 00:29:54.740 --> 00:29:55.940 Do you believe this? 00:29:56.519 --> 00:29:57.339 She said. 00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:57.619 To him. 00:29:57.740 --> 00:29:57.960 Yes. 00:29:57.980 --> 00:29:58.220 Lord. 00:29:58.339 --> 00:29:58.960 I believe. 00:29:59.200 --> 00:29:59.660 That you. 00:29:59.839 --> 00:30:00.579 Are the Christ. 00:30:00.700 --> 00:30:01.559 The son of God. 00:30:01.680 --> 00:30:02.519 Who is coming. 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:04.220 Into the world. 00:30:04.339 --> 00:30:04.960 That's the point. 00:30:05.059 --> 00:30:06.500 Of all of this. 00:30:07.220 --> 00:30:07.700 Future. 00:30:08.579 --> 00:30:09.019 Resurrection. 00:30:09.539 --> 00:30:10.400 Talk about it. 00:30:10.460 --> 00:30:10.839 At length. 00:30:11.019 --> 00:30:11.400 Lord willing. 00:30:11.539 --> 00:30:12.480 Next week. 00:30:13.819 --> 00:30:14.379 That future. 00:30:14.559 --> 00:30:14.879 Resurrection. 00:30:14.879 --> 00:30:15.779 Of our Lord. 00:30:15.940 --> 00:30:16.220 Jesus. 00:30:16.480 --> 00:30:17.299 And for those. 00:30:17.400 --> 00:30:18.339 Found in him. 00:30:18.420 --> 00:30:19.180 By faith. 00:30:20.000 --> 00:30:20.480 Us. 00:30:21.059 --> 00:30:21.660 A future. 00:30:22.420 --> 00:30:22.900 Resurrection. 00:30:23.400 --> 00:30:24.480 That awaits us. 00:30:24.480 --> 00:30:26.160 And that is why. 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:26.880 Jesus can speak. 00:30:27.000 --> 00:30:27.680 Of Lazarus. 00:30:27.880 --> 00:30:28.240 As. 00:30:29.019 --> 00:30:29.420 Sleeping. 00:30:30.360 --> 00:30:31.700 This is a temporary death. 00:30:31.779 --> 00:30:32.559 That he's experiencing. 00:30:33.720 --> 00:30:34.720 Think about this. 00:30:35.759 --> 00:30:36.759 If your child is asleep. 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:37.759 In the next room. 00:30:37.880 --> 00:30:38.039 You. 00:30:38.819 --> 00:30:39.519 Do not panic. 00:30:40.799 --> 00:30:41.200 Why? 00:30:42.539 --> 00:30:43.960 Because you expect them to wake up. 00:30:45.019 --> 00:30:45.799 First time parents. 00:30:45.900 --> 00:30:45.960 You. 00:30:46.299 --> 00:30:47.200 Watch that monitor. 00:30:47.360 --> 00:30:47.860 Like crazy. 00:30:47.859 --> 00:30:50.119 I can remember. 00:30:50.359 --> 00:30:51.259 Going in to check. 00:30:51.339 --> 00:30:51.779 On the boys. 00:30:51.919 --> 00:30:52.879 And they didn't seem. 00:30:53.000 --> 00:30:53.619 Like they were breathing. 00:30:53.959 --> 00:30:54.779 And you put your little hand. 00:30:54.799 --> 00:30:55.259 On their back. 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:56.240 To make sure that they are. 00:30:57.059 --> 00:30:58.399 By the time you get to the third. 00:30:58.599 --> 00:30:59.039 You just go. 00:30:59.099 --> 00:30:59.240 Ah. 00:30:59.240 --> 00:30:59.779 It's going to be all right. 00:31:02.000 --> 00:31:02.699 It's going to work out. 00:31:02.879 --> 00:31:03.039 Right. 00:31:03.379 --> 00:31:04.240 You lay him down to sleep. 00:31:04.319 --> 00:31:05.179 You expect them to wake. 00:31:05.259 --> 00:31:05.919 Back up. 00:31:06.799 --> 00:31:07.459 Jesus speaks. 00:31:07.459 --> 00:31:08.539 Of the death of Lazarus. 00:31:08.579 --> 00:31:09.079 As sleep. 00:31:09.179 --> 00:31:10.319 Because Jesus knows. 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:10.899 Exactly. 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:11.619 What he is about. 00:31:12.359 --> 00:31:12.679 To do. 00:31:12.939 --> 00:31:13.759 I'm going to wake him up. 00:31:14.319 --> 00:31:14.839 He says. 00:31:14.839 --> 00:31:16.799 The disciples. 00:31:17.079 --> 00:31:18.399 Still do not understand. 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.859 So verse 14. 00:31:20.000 --> 00:31:21.379 Jesus tells them plainly. 00:31:21.619 --> 00:31:22.099 Lazarus. 00:31:22.639 --> 00:31:23.079 Has. 00:31:23.939 --> 00:31:24.240 Died. 00:31:25.639 --> 00:31:26.419 And then Jesus says. 00:31:26.459 --> 00:31:27.339 Something that is perhaps. 00:31:27.480 --> 00:31:27.959 Even more. 00:31:28.439 --> 00:31:29.059 Startling than. 00:31:29.399 --> 00:31:29.980 His delay. 00:31:30.199 --> 00:31:30.699 That I mentioned. 00:31:31.299 --> 00:31:31.619 Earlier. 00:31:32.220 --> 00:31:32.799 He says. 00:31:32.959 --> 00:31:34.720 And for your sake. 00:31:34.859 --> 00:31:35.619 I am. 00:31:35.919 --> 00:31:36.279 Glad. 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.339 That I was. 00:31:37.720 --> 00:31:38.000 Not. 00:31:38.379 --> 00:31:38.659 There. 00:31:39.839 --> 00:31:40.500 So that. 00:31:41.139 --> 00:31:41.599 You may. 00:31:42.500 --> 00:31:42.959 Believe. 00:31:42.960 --> 00:31:45.559 Jesus is glad. 00:31:46.180 --> 00:31:47.460 Not because death is good. 00:31:47.559 --> 00:31:48.880 Not because Mary and Martha's grief. 00:31:48.940 --> 00:31:49.940 Is enjoyable to him. 00:31:50.160 --> 00:31:51.279 Not because he is indifferent. 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:52.240 To human suffering. 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:53.059 Again. 00:31:53.140 --> 00:31:54.000 In just a few verses. 00:31:54.160 --> 00:31:54.840 Jesus himself. 00:31:55.000 --> 00:31:55.240 Will. 00:31:55.980 --> 00:31:56.340 Weep. 00:31:57.720 --> 00:31:58.460 Jesus is glad. 00:31:58.519 --> 00:31:59.559 Because he knows. 00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:01.039 What God is going to accomplish. 00:32:01.559 --> 00:32:01.819 Through. 00:32:02.500 --> 00:32:03.059 His death. 00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:04.740 And notice. 00:32:04.860 --> 00:32:05.720 For whose sake. 00:32:05.720 --> 00:32:06.559 Jesus says. 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:07.420 This has. 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:08.440 Happened. 00:32:08.779 --> 00:32:09.500 To his disciples. 00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:10.240 For. 00:32:10.960 --> 00:32:11.240 Your. 00:32:12.079 --> 00:32:12.360 Sake. 00:32:12.960 --> 00:32:13.960 Why has. 00:32:14.180 --> 00:32:14.519 Jesus. 00:32:14.840 --> 00:32:15.279 Allowed. 00:32:15.480 --> 00:32:15.900 Lazarus. 00:32:15.960 --> 00:32:16.360 To die. 00:32:17.819 --> 00:32:18.759 One of the answers. 00:32:18.880 --> 00:32:19.079 Is. 00:32:19.840 --> 00:32:20.120 Because. 00:32:20.240 --> 00:32:20.620 Jesus. 00:32:21.059 --> 00:32:21.360 Loves. 00:32:21.440 --> 00:32:21.980 His disciples. 00:32:22.360 --> 00:32:23.160 And intends. 00:32:23.480 --> 00:32:24.059 To strengthen. 00:32:25.180 --> 00:32:25.799 Their faith. 00:32:27.079 --> 00:32:27.840 And these men believe. 00:32:27.980 --> 00:32:28.100 Right. 00:32:28.140 --> 00:32:28.680 They're disciples. 00:32:29.500 --> 00:32:30.180 They've left everything. 00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:30.860 To follow him. 00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:31.840 They've seen him. 00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:32.740 Turn water into wine. 00:32:32.819 --> 00:32:33.160 They've seen him. 00:32:33.200 --> 00:32:33.799 Heal the sick. 00:32:33.880 --> 00:32:34.500 They've watched him. 00:32:34.539 --> 00:32:35.240 Feed thousands. 00:32:35.360 --> 00:32:35.980 They've watched him. 00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.299 Walk. 00:32:36.640 --> 00:32:37.299 On the sea. 00:32:37.700 --> 00:32:38.259 They believe. 00:32:38.400 --> 00:32:39.059 In measure. 00:32:39.180 --> 00:32:39.900 But their faith. 00:32:40.140 --> 00:32:40.980 Needs to grow. 00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.559 Their faith. 00:32:41.559 --> 00:32:42.339 Needs to be. 00:32:42.799 --> 00:32:43.240 Strengthened. 00:32:43.519 --> 00:32:43.960 Because they're. 00:32:44.059 --> 00:32:44.919 Approaching events. 00:32:44.919 --> 00:32:45.679 That will test. 00:32:45.679 --> 00:32:46.379 Their faith. 00:32:46.659 --> 00:32:47.539 Beyond anything. 00:32:47.539 --> 00:32:48.319 They presently. 00:32:48.819 --> 00:32:49.179 Imagine. 00:32:50.019 --> 00:32:50.559 Very soon. 00:32:50.639 --> 00:32:51.200 They're going to watch. 00:32:51.279 --> 00:32:51.619 Jesus. 00:32:52.379 --> 00:32:52.899 Arrested. 00:32:53.299 --> 00:32:53.759 They'll see him. 00:32:53.779 --> 00:32:54.059 Beaten. 00:32:54.179 --> 00:32:54.559 They'll see him. 00:32:54.779 --> 00:32:55.220 Crucified. 00:32:55.619 --> 00:32:56.639 They'll watch his body. 00:32:56.740 --> 00:32:57.759 Taken down from a cross. 00:32:57.819 --> 00:32:58.720 And placed in a. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:32:59.559 Tomb. 00:33:00.599 --> 00:33:01.500 And when that happens. 00:33:02.099 --> 00:33:02.799 They're going to need. 00:33:02.799 --> 00:33:03.399 To remember. 00:33:03.579 --> 00:33:04.099 That they follow. 00:33:04.179 --> 00:33:04.579 A savior. 00:33:04.579 --> 00:33:05.539 Who has authority. 00:33:05.980 --> 00:33:06.819 Over death. 00:33:07.819 --> 00:33:08.079 Jesus. 00:33:08.179 --> 00:33:08.839 Preparing them. 00:33:08.839 --> 00:33:10.959 They cannot see it. 00:33:11.720 --> 00:33:11.959 Jesus. 00:33:12.299 --> 00:33:13.179 Certainly can. 00:33:14.279 --> 00:33:14.899 This suffering. 00:33:15.019 --> 00:33:15.720 Is preparing them. 00:33:15.779 --> 00:33:16.279 For suffering. 00:33:16.359 --> 00:33:17.039 They have not. 00:33:17.199 --> 00:33:18.319 Even encountered yet. 00:33:18.439 --> 00:33:18.899 And Jesus. 00:33:19.059 --> 00:33:19.419 Purposes. 00:33:19.579 --> 00:33:20.099 To give them. 00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.519 Hope. 00:33:20.939 --> 00:33:21.399 Beyond. 00:33:22.279 --> 00:33:22.799 The suffering. 00:33:23.599 --> 00:33:24.000 And God. 00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.519 Does this. 00:33:24.639 --> 00:33:25.259 Exact. 00:33:25.519 --> 00:33:25.819 Thing. 00:33:25.939 --> 00:33:26.480 In a life. 00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:27.740 Of all Christians. 00:33:29.199 --> 00:33:30.240 There are things. 00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.619 God. 00:33:30.699 --> 00:33:31.299 Teaches us. 00:33:31.299 --> 00:33:32.039 In suffering. 00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:33.059 That we simply. 00:33:33.299 --> 00:33:33.759 Do not. 00:33:33.839 --> 00:33:34.059 Learn. 00:33:34.159 --> 00:33:35.000 The same way. 00:33:35.359 --> 00:33:35.759 Anyway. 00:33:36.399 --> 00:33:36.779 Else. 00:33:36.779 --> 00:33:38.879 You can know. 00:33:39.359 --> 00:33:39.879 Intellectually. 00:33:40.399 --> 00:33:41.059 That God. 00:33:41.119 --> 00:33:41.559 Is sovereign. 00:33:42.299 --> 00:33:43.460 And then you suffer. 00:33:43.619 --> 00:33:44.279 And you learn. 00:33:44.420 --> 00:33:45.359 To trust. 00:33:45.980 --> 00:33:46.559 His sovereignty. 00:33:47.399 --> 00:33:48.220 You can know. 00:33:48.440 --> 00:33:48.899 Intellectually. 00:33:48.899 --> 00:33:49.339 That God. 00:33:49.379 --> 00:33:50.000 Is sufficient. 00:33:50.579 --> 00:33:51.000 And then. 00:33:51.139 --> 00:33:51.539 Everything. 00:33:51.779 --> 00:33:52.119 You thought. 00:33:52.180 --> 00:33:52.519 You needed. 00:33:52.599 --> 00:33:53.379 Is stripped away. 00:33:53.460 --> 00:33:54.019 And you discover. 00:33:54.119 --> 00:33:54.579 That God. 00:33:54.879 --> 00:33:55.339 Actually. 00:33:55.660 --> 00:33:56.099 Is. 00:33:56.660 --> 00:33:57.019 Sufficient. 00:33:58.139 --> 00:33:58.879 You can know. 00:33:59.039 --> 00:33:59.480 Intellectually. 00:33:59.480 --> 00:33:59.920 That Jesus. 00:34:00.000 --> 00:34:00.960 Will never leave you. 00:34:01.059 --> 00:34:01.839 Or forsake you. 00:34:01.920 --> 00:34:02.180 And then. 00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:02.700 Everyone. 00:34:02.960 --> 00:34:03.359 Else. 00:34:03.879 --> 00:34:04.279 Leaves. 00:34:05.500 --> 00:34:06.259 You discover. 00:34:06.259 --> 00:34:07.460 That Christ. 00:34:08.179 --> 00:34:08.820 Has remained. 00:34:10.480 --> 00:34:11.019 Theology. 00:34:11.179 --> 00:34:11.480 Learned. 00:34:11.519 --> 00:34:12.119 Through tears. 00:34:12.260 --> 00:34:13.360 Is most regularly. 00:34:13.699 --> 00:34:14.960 Most dearly. 00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.280 Held on to. 00:34:17.039 --> 00:34:17.320 God. 00:34:17.400 --> 00:34:18.019 Loves us. 00:34:18.219 --> 00:34:18.820 Enough. 00:34:19.219 --> 00:34:20.000 To put us. 00:34:20.460 --> 00:34:21.059 Through it. 00:34:21.320 --> 00:34:22.340 So that we can have. 00:34:22.980 --> 00:34:23.760 More of him. 00:34:24.840 --> 00:34:25.199 God. 00:34:25.199 --> 00:34:25.920 Puts truth. 00:34:25.920 --> 00:34:26.380 Deep. 00:34:26.480 --> 00:34:27.340 In the hearts of his people. 00:34:27.480 --> 00:34:28.099 Through suffering. 00:34:28.420 --> 00:34:29.000 So that we will. 00:34:29.139 --> 00:34:29.880 Trust him. 00:34:30.179 --> 00:34:31.280 We'll believe his promises. 00:34:31.500 --> 00:34:31.739 Hope. 00:34:31.840 --> 00:34:32.760 In future glory. 00:34:33.300 --> 00:34:33.599 Look. 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:34.400 More. 00:34:34.400 --> 00:34:35.240 Like. 00:34:35.900 --> 00:34:36.559 His son. 00:34:37.480 --> 00:34:37.960 Perfectly. 00:34:38.019 --> 00:34:38.360 Trusted. 00:34:39.160 --> 00:34:39.680 Perfectly. 00:34:39.680 --> 00:34:40.160 Obeyed. 00:34:41.300 --> 00:34:41.920 Jesus says. 00:34:42.000 --> 00:34:42.619 I am glad. 00:34:42.619 --> 00:34:43.519 For your sake. 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:44.760 That I was not there. 00:34:44.880 --> 00:34:46.340 So that you may. 00:34:47.340 --> 00:34:47.820 Believe. 00:34:49.280 --> 00:34:49.619 Beloved. 00:34:49.660 --> 00:34:50.720 It is entirely possible. 00:34:50.720 --> 00:34:51.300 That the thing. 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.019 You are presently. 00:34:52.019 --> 00:34:52.680 Asking God. 00:34:52.760 --> 00:34:53.300 To remove. 00:34:54.000 --> 00:34:54.480 Is something. 00:34:54.579 --> 00:34:55.420 God is presently. 00:34:55.420 --> 00:34:55.740 Using. 00:34:55.740 --> 00:34:56.380 To deepen. 00:34:56.380 --> 00:34:57.440 Your dependence. 00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.780 Upon him. 00:35:00.059 --> 00:35:00.599 It doesn't mean. 00:35:00.599 --> 00:35:01.039 That you should. 00:35:01.139 --> 00:35:01.599 Stop praying. 00:35:01.700 --> 00:35:02.240 For relief. 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:03.839 Mary and Martha. 00:35:03.839 --> 00:35:04.319 Were right. 00:35:04.319 --> 00:35:05.159 To sin for Jesus. 00:35:05.679 --> 00:35:06.379 Paul was right. 00:35:06.419 --> 00:35:06.819 To pray. 00:35:06.899 --> 00:35:07.559 That his thorn. 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:08.559 Would be removed. 00:35:09.219 --> 00:35:10.139 Jesus himself. 00:35:10.139 --> 00:35:10.899 Prayed. 00:35:10.939 --> 00:35:11.219 In. 00:35:11.919 --> 00:35:12.519 Gethsemane. 00:35:13.239 --> 00:35:13.839 We pray. 00:35:14.359 --> 00:35:15.159 We plead. 00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:17.179 But having prayed. 00:35:18.399 --> 00:35:19.439 We trust. 00:35:20.839 --> 00:35:21.799 And faith. 00:35:22.319 --> 00:35:22.799 Eventually. 00:35:22.799 --> 00:35:23.879 Learns to say. 00:35:24.759 --> 00:35:25.039 Father. 00:35:25.119 --> 00:35:25.479 I know. 00:35:25.479 --> 00:35:26.459 What I want you. 00:35:26.459 --> 00:35:26.959 To do. 00:35:27.899 --> 00:35:28.639 But I trust. 00:35:28.719 --> 00:35:29.419 What you. 00:35:30.179 --> 00:35:30.599 Intend. 00:35:30.919 --> 00:35:31.339 To do. 00:35:31.340 --> 00:35:33.480 That is. 00:35:34.420 --> 00:35:34.940 Mature. 00:35:35.180 --> 00:35:36.059 And maturing. 00:35:36.460 --> 00:35:36.940 Christian. 00:35:37.740 --> 00:35:38.059 Faith. 00:35:38.200 --> 00:35:39.000 A settled. 00:35:39.780 --> 00:35:40.260 Confidence. 00:35:41.539 --> 00:35:42.160 In our God. 00:35:43.880 --> 00:35:44.700 Then Thomas. 00:35:44.780 --> 00:35:45.720 Speaks in verse 16. 00:35:45.880 --> 00:35:46.539 And poor Thomas. 00:35:46.640 --> 00:35:47.019 Is remembered. 00:35:47.140 --> 00:35:47.920 Throughout church history. 00:35:48.039 --> 00:35:48.960 Primarily as. 00:35:49.460 --> 00:35:49.820 Doubting. 00:35:50.380 --> 00:35:50.820 Thomas. 00:35:51.340 --> 00:35:51.579 But. 00:35:51.940 --> 00:35:52.920 He should get a little credit. 00:35:53.220 --> 00:35:53.440 Here. 00:35:54.460 --> 00:35:54.740 Thomas. 00:35:55.079 --> 00:35:55.600 Understands. 00:35:55.600 --> 00:35:56.100 The danger. 00:35:56.100 --> 00:35:57.280 Of going to Judea. 00:35:57.820 --> 00:35:58.700 He is convinced. 00:35:58.700 --> 00:35:59.440 That going back. 00:35:59.539 --> 00:36:00.100 Toward Jerusalem. 00:36:00.220 --> 00:36:00.640 May get. 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:01.420 Jesus killed. 00:36:01.500 --> 00:36:02.019 And apparently. 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:03.059 He thinks. 00:36:03.519 --> 00:36:04.440 They may be killed. 00:36:04.839 --> 00:36:05.420 As well. 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.219 And Thomas says. 00:36:06.359 --> 00:36:07.119 Let us go. 00:36:07.219 --> 00:36:08.199 That we may die. 00:36:08.759 --> 00:36:09.319 With him. 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:11.099 There's something. 00:36:11.339 --> 00:36:12.179 Wonderfully ironic. 00:36:12.179 --> 00:36:12.500 Here. 00:36:13.299 --> 00:36:13.799 Thomas thinks. 00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.279 The disciples. 00:36:14.279 --> 00:36:15.279 Are going with Jesus. 00:36:15.420 --> 00:36:15.900 So that they can. 00:36:16.059 --> 00:36:16.719 Die with him. 00:36:17.079 --> 00:36:17.539 What Thomas. 00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.099 Does not yet. 00:36:18.199 --> 00:36:18.599 Understand. 00:36:18.719 --> 00:36:19.159 Is that Jesus. 00:36:19.279 --> 00:36:19.539 Is going. 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:20.239 So that he can. 00:36:20.299 --> 00:36:21.440 Die for them. 00:36:21.440 --> 00:36:22.239 So that they. 00:36:22.379 --> 00:36:23.400 Will be resurrected. 00:36:23.759 --> 00:36:24.839 With him. 00:36:26.000 --> 00:36:26.559 I think. 00:36:26.639 --> 00:36:27.339 That's really cool. 00:36:27.340 --> 00:36:29.300 Jesus. 00:36:29.300 --> 00:36:29.640 Jesus will not. 00:36:29.720 --> 00:36:30.039 Finally. 00:36:30.039 --> 00:36:30.860 Save his people. 00:36:30.860 --> 00:36:31.579 By asking them. 00:36:31.579 --> 00:36:32.120 To lay down. 00:36:32.120 --> 00:36:33.079 Their lives for him. 00:36:33.820 --> 00:36:35.000 Jesus will save his people. 00:36:35.000 --> 00:36:35.760 By laying down. 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:36.559 His life. 00:36:36.559 --> 00:36:37.519 For them. 00:36:38.519 --> 00:36:39.079 Remember. 00:36:39.200 --> 00:36:39.720 What we learned. 00:36:39.720 --> 00:36:40.440 In chapter. 00:36:40.840 --> 00:36:41.360 10. 00:36:41.760 --> 00:36:42.579 The good shepherd. 00:36:43.220 --> 00:36:44.480 Lays down his life. 00:36:45.059 --> 00:36:45.600 For the sheep. 00:36:45.599 --> 00:36:46.839 And now. 00:36:46.920 --> 00:36:47.420 The good shepherd. 00:36:47.420 --> 00:36:48.139 Begins walking. 00:36:48.139 --> 00:36:48.579 Back. 00:36:49.019 --> 00:36:50.000 For Jerusalem. 00:36:51.259 --> 00:36:52.319 A last point. 00:36:52.460 --> 00:36:52.960 And in brief. 00:36:53.259 --> 00:36:53.799 In closing. 00:36:54.860 --> 00:36:55.199 Jesus. 00:36:55.659 --> 00:36:56.440 Is never. 00:36:57.360 --> 00:36:57.759 Late. 00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.880 Verse 17. 00:37:00.739 --> 00:37:01.259 Now. 00:37:01.360 --> 00:37:02.079 When Jesus came. 00:37:02.159 --> 00:37:02.559 He found. 00:37:02.639 --> 00:37:03.199 That Lazarus. 00:37:03.239 --> 00:37:03.900 Had already been. 00:37:03.900 --> 00:37:04.519 In the tomb. 00:37:05.019 --> 00:37:05.319 For. 00:37:05.880 --> 00:37:06.259 Days. 00:37:07.519 --> 00:37:08.000 Lazarus. 00:37:08.059 --> 00:37:08.440 Is not. 00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:09.039 Newly. 00:37:09.099 --> 00:37:09.400 Dead. 00:37:10.420 --> 00:37:10.880 He has been. 00:37:10.920 --> 00:37:11.239 Buried. 00:37:11.779 --> 00:37:12.460 The mourners. 00:37:12.599 --> 00:37:12.940 Have come. 00:37:13.039 --> 00:37:13.599 The funeral. 00:37:13.599 --> 00:37:14.480 Has taken place. 00:37:14.599 --> 00:37:15.219 Mary and Martha. 00:37:15.219 --> 00:37:15.799 His worst. 00:37:15.939 --> 00:37:16.139 Fear. 00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:16.419 Has been. 00:37:16.659 --> 00:37:17.099 Realized. 00:37:17.579 --> 00:37:17.980 Humanly. 00:37:18.000 --> 00:37:18.299 Speaking. 00:37:18.679 --> 00:37:19.199 The situation. 00:37:19.879 --> 00:37:20.279 Is over. 00:37:21.079 --> 00:37:21.319 Jesus. 00:37:21.859 --> 00:37:22.679 Is too. 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:23.480 Late. 00:37:24.279 --> 00:37:24.599 Humanly. 00:37:24.639 --> 00:37:24.899 Speaking. 00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.279 That's how it appears. 00:37:27.319 --> 00:37:28.039 And next week. 00:37:28.099 --> 00:37:28.559 Lord willing. 00:37:28.619 --> 00:37:29.379 We will hear both. 00:37:29.559 --> 00:37:30.239 Martha and Mary. 00:37:30.339 --> 00:37:30.899 Say essentially. 00:37:31.000 --> 00:37:31.539 The same thing. 00:37:31.559 --> 00:37:31.899 To Jesus. 00:37:32.039 --> 00:37:32.179 Lord. 00:37:32.219 --> 00:37:33.059 If you had been here. 00:37:33.119 --> 00:37:33.519 My brother. 00:37:33.639 --> 00:37:34.099 Would not have. 00:37:34.779 --> 00:37:35.079 Died. 00:37:35.139 --> 00:37:35.639 In other words. 00:37:35.699 --> 00:37:35.919 Jesus. 00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:37.239 You could have stopped this. 00:37:38.019 --> 00:37:38.779 And they're right. 00:37:39.679 --> 00:37:40.639 Jesus could have stopped it. 00:37:41.259 --> 00:37:42.259 He could have healed Lazarus. 00:37:42.259 --> 00:37:42.679 He could have. 00:37:42.959 --> 00:37:43.399 He healed him. 00:37:43.399 --> 00:37:44.480 From a distance. 00:37:44.480 --> 00:37:44.760 Jesus. 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:47.159 Jesus could have kept Lazarus alive. 00:37:47.320 --> 00:37:47.519 But. 00:37:48.240 --> 00:37:48.800 He didn't. 00:37:50.000 --> 00:37:50.699 And here's the truth. 00:37:50.780 --> 00:37:53.139 That John wants us to begin seeing. 00:37:53.300 --> 00:37:55.179 As we look toward next week. 00:37:56.199 --> 00:37:57.219 Jesus is not late. 00:37:57.740 --> 00:37:58.760 He has delayed. 00:37:58.900 --> 00:37:59.940 But he is not late. 00:38:00.199 --> 00:38:01.760 Jesus is never late. 00:38:02.559 --> 00:38:03.559 The promise of the gospel. 00:38:03.679 --> 00:38:04.260 Is that for everyone. 00:38:04.340 --> 00:38:05.619 Who belongs to Jesus Christ. 00:38:05.820 --> 00:38:06.480 Death itself. 00:38:06.559 --> 00:38:07.699 Will finally be. 00:38:08.320 --> 00:38:08.880 Reversed. 00:38:08.880 --> 00:38:09.480 Lazarus. 00:38:09.480 --> 00:38:10.160 The resurrection. 00:38:10.160 --> 00:38:10.519 Lazarus. 00:38:10.519 --> 00:38:12.300 The one we'll read about. 00:38:12.440 --> 00:38:13.160 In chapter 11. 00:38:13.160 --> 00:38:14.440 Is temporary. 00:38:14.720 --> 00:38:16.300 He's going to die again. 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:18.039 And then have a final. 00:38:18.260 --> 00:38:19.059 Eternal resurrection. 00:38:19.860 --> 00:38:21.160 What happens here. 00:38:21.300 --> 00:38:22.200 In this chapter. 00:38:22.200 --> 00:38:23.420 Is a sign. 00:38:24.059 --> 00:38:25.340 It's pointing us. 00:38:25.720 --> 00:38:26.820 To someone. 00:38:27.820 --> 00:38:28.119 Greater. 00:38:29.720 --> 00:38:30.800 Jesus does not merely. 00:38:30.800 --> 00:38:32.039 Have the ability. 00:38:32.039 --> 00:38:32.860 To give life. 00:38:33.099 --> 00:38:34.480 Jesus is himself. 00:38:34.480 --> 00:38:35.480 The resurrection. 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:36.639 And. 00:38:37.719 --> 00:38:38.179 The life. 00:38:38.780 --> 00:38:39.920 And we'll dive into that. 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:41.539 Next week. 00:38:42.599 --> 00:38:43.139 So in. 00:38:43.659 --> 00:38:44.179 Summary. 00:38:44.420 --> 00:38:44.900 Reminder. 00:38:45.860 --> 00:38:46.320 Number one. 00:38:46.420 --> 00:38:47.380 Jesus' love. 00:38:47.480 --> 00:38:48.820 Has a greater aim. 00:38:49.119 --> 00:38:50.559 Than our immediate relief. 00:38:51.500 --> 00:38:52.139 Number two. 00:38:52.280 --> 00:38:53.019 Jesus' obedience. 00:38:53.199 --> 00:38:53.659 Is governed. 00:38:53.860 --> 00:38:54.940 By the father's. 00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:55.740 Timing. 00:38:56.619 --> 00:38:57.360 Number three. 00:38:57.980 --> 00:38:59.099 Jesus uses suffering. 00:38:59.460 --> 00:39:00.820 To strengthen the faith. 00:39:01.440 --> 00:39:02.099 Of his people. 00:39:02.900 --> 00:39:03.659 And number four. 00:39:04.139 --> 00:39:04.380 Jesus. 00:39:05.480 --> 00:39:06.440 Is never late. 00:39:06.880 --> 00:39:07.539 Let's pray together.