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 So one of the things that has become more interesting for me is to think about and to try to analyze our culture.

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 And so do you ever notice things in our culture and wonder, you know, why is that so appealing?

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 Or what does this event or this reality say about the culture we live in?

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 What do our presidential candidates say about us as a culture?

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 Or this video that's gone viral on the internet, what does that say about our culture?

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 And as I've been asking these questions, one of the places that keeps coming to mind is the box office.

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 So what do our movies tell us about the culture that we live in?

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 Well, recently I was invited by a friend to go see Batman vs. Superman.

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 And one of the things that stuck out to me as I was watching the previews and thinking about other movies

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 is there seems to be this growing amount of superhero video or movies that have been coming out.

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 So why do you think these movies, these superhero movies, why do you think they're so appealing?

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 You know, part of the reason is probably the incredible graphics, the cinematography of these kind of amazing movies that our technology can provide.

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 And part of the reason is the stories.

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 We love good stories, right?

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 And the age-old story of good vs. evil always sparks something in us.

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 There's something resonating about seeing humanity in crisis and then watching someone come in and save the day and be a hero.

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 Well, along with this, I think these movies are captivating.

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 And this isn't just with superhero movies, but movies in general is that they help us to wrestle with the fundamental questions

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 that we all face as human beings.

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 So there's a scene in the Batman vs. Superman movie where one of the characters, Lex Luthor,

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 he asks or implies one of the fundamental questions that we all have to answer.

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 He asks, if there is a God, he implies, then what is he like?

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 Now this is a question that everyone answers, and there's basically two answers that most people will give.

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 Other people will say, God doesn't exist at all.

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 You know, everything that we see is all by chance, some random explosion of atoms.

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 Or they will say, yes, God does exist, but he exists with flaws.

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 He has some kind of limit or imperfections.

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 In the movie, Lex Luthor answers the question like this.

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 After seeing a world that is broken and evil, he concludes,

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 either God must be all-loving or all-powerful, but he cannot be both.

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 And the logic is this.

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 If God is all-loving, then why does he allow the suffering that this world experiences?

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 If he has the power to stop evil and he doesn't, he must not be powerful enough to stop it.

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 However, if he is all-powerful, then the brokenness that we see proves that he can't be all-loving.

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 To have the power to stop evil and suffering and not means that he could not possibly be all-loving.

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 Have you ever felt this tension before?

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 The tension of trying to reconcile your experiences in a broken world, whether you're a Christian or not,

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 with what you're experiencing and what you believe to be true about God.

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 For many people, an atheistic view of God or a view that he is deficient in some way are the only possible explanations.

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 But this morning, I'd like to suggest that the Bible offers a third possibility.

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 Now, the Bible speaks to this fundamental question in different places, but one of the clearest examples is found in John chapter 11.

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 And I'm going to ask you to turn there with me to the Gospel of John chapter 11.

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 In this passage, we see a story of Jesus and his interactions with a family that is very dear to him.

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 And this family's experiences, in many ways, similar to our own.

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 As we'll see, they experience the intense pain and sorrow of living in a broken world.

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 And yet, as the story unfolds, their experience of suffering and pain is actually the very thing God uses to reveal himself,

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 to reveal who he is and what he's like.

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 So as we kind of go forward now this morning, we're going to make three moves.

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 First, we're going to look at this story and see what it says.

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 Second, we're going to look at a few points that emerge from this story.

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 And then third, we'll try to apply it to our lives.

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 So story, points, application.

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 And before we go any further, would you pray with me?

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 God, thank you that you are not silent, but that you have spoken to us.

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 Lord, you have revealed yourself in creation.

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 You have revealed yourself in your word, and you have revealed yourself in Jesus.

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 So God, would you speak now to us a word of encouragement?

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 God, would your word refresh us?

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 God, would your word strengthen us this morning and build us up?

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 Lord, would your word give us faith to trust you?

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 In Jesus' name, amen.

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 All right, well, we're going to read John 11, 1 through 46, which is a long passage.

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 I'm going to do my best to read well.

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 You guys do your best to follow along.

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 So starting in verse 1.

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 Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

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 It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair,

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 whose brother Lazarus was ill.

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 So the sisters sent to him, saying,

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 Lord, he whom you love is ill.

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 But when Jesus heard it, he said,

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 This illness does not lead to death.

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 It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.

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 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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 So when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.

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 Then after this, he said to the disciples,

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 Let us go to Judea again.

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 The disciples said to him,

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

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 Are you going there again?

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 And Jesus answered,

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 Are there not twelve hours in a day?

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 If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble,

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 because he sees the light of this world.

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 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.

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 After saying these things, he said to them,

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 Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.

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 The disciples said to him,

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

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 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought he meant he was taking rest and sleep.

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 Then Jesus told them plainly,

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 So Thomas called the twins, said to his fellow disciples,

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 Let us go, that we may die with him.

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 Verse 17,

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 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.

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 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off,

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 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother.

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 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him.

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 But Mary remained seated in the house.

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 Martha said to Jesus,

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 Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

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 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Your brother will rise again.

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 Martha said to him,

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

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 Jesus said to her,

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 I am the resurrection and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live.

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

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 Do you believe this?

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 She said to him,

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 Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God,

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 who is coming into the world.

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 When she had said this, she went and called her sister Mary, saying in private,

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 The teacher is here and is calling for you.

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 And when she heard it, she rose quickly and went to him.

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 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village,

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

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 When the Jews who were with her in the house,

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 consoling her, saw Mary rise quickly and go out,

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 they followed her,

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

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 Now when Mary came to where Jesus was inside,

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 she fell at his feet, saying to him,

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 Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

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 When Jesus saw her weeping,

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 and the Jews who had come with her also weeping,

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 he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled.

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 And he said, Where have you laid him?

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 They said to him, Lord, come and see.

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 And Jesus wept.

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 So the Jews said, See how he loved him.

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 But some of them said,

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 Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man

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 also have kept this man from dying?

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 And Jesus, deeply moved again,

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 came to the tomb.

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 It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.

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 Jesus said, Take away the stone.

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 Martha, the sister of the dead man,

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 said to him, Lord, by this time there will be an odor,

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 for he has been in there for four days.

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 Jesus said to her,

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 Did I not tell you that if you believed,

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 you would see the glory of God?

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 So they took away the stone.

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 And Jesus lifted up his eyes and said,

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 Father, I thank you that you have heard me.

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 I knew that you always hear me,

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 but I said this on account of the people standing around,

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 that they may believe that you sent me.

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 When he had said these things,

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 he cried out with a loud voice,

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 Lazarus, come out.

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 The man who died came out,

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 his hands and feet bound with linen strips,

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 his face unwrapped with a cloth.

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 Sorry, his face wrapped with a cloth.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 Unbind him and let him go.

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 Many Jews, therefore, who had come with Mary

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 and had seen what he did, believed in him.

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 But some of them went to the Pharisees

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 and told them what Jesus had done.

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 So let's take a moment now

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 to consider what's going on in this story.

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 As we just read,

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 this story takes place in a little village called Bethany,

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 which was about two miles outside of Jerusalem.

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 And here in this village,

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 there was a man named Lazarus,

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 who we learned right from the start,

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 was sick and ill.

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 Now it doesn't give us the details

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 of what he was sick with

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 or how sudden or gradual this illness came,

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 but we know that it went from good to bad to worse.

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 And now his sisters were scrambling

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 to find a way to care for their brother.

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 Now you can just imagine what's going on

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 in Mary and Martha's mind.

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 They've likely used up all of their options

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 and all of their resources

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 and up until then,

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 nothing had happened for their brother.

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 And facing the unthinkable,

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 you can picture their face

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 when that thought of Jesus came into their minds.

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 Have you ever been faced with an incredible challenge?

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 And as you've racked your brain for a solution,

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 something pops into your mind

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 and you're like,

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 that has to be the solution.

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 Well, as I mentioned earlier,

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 this family was very dear to Jesus.

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 They had spent time with him.

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 He had been in their home.

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 It's very likely they even saw him heal other people.

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 And so when their brother was in need of a miracle,

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 they did what any of us would have done

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 and they called for the one

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 who had the power to heal Lazarus.

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 Verse three says,

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 You can hear in this request

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 both an appeal to his love

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 and an appeal to his power.

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 And yet, in verse four,

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 we read that when Jesus heard it,

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 he said,

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 this illness does not lead to death.

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 It is for the glory of God

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 so that the Son of God

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 may be glorified through it.

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 Now there's a lot we could say about this response,

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 but for now,

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 notice that when Jesus heard this news,

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 it didn't take him by surprise.

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 He didn't hear the news

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 and then all of a sudden drop everything

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 and rush to Lazarus.

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 In fact, he actually did the exact opposite.

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 Rather than leave it at once,

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 we read in verse five,

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 now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.

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 So when he heard that he was ill,

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

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 This probably wasn't,

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 or probably isn't the response

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 that we would expect, right?

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 And it's definitely not the response

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 that Mary and Martha were hoping for.

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 But after two days,

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 Jesus gathered his disciples together

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 and though there was some resistance

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 because of a fear of what the Jews might do to them

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 and harming them or stoning them,

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 they nonetheless followed Jesus

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 as he went to be with his family.

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 And when they got there,

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 they must have arrived on a scene

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 that just seemed totally and utterly hopeless.

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 Verse 17 paints the picture of this bleak scene

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 by saying,

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 When Jesus came,

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 he found that Lazarus

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 had already been in the tomb

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 for four days.

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 And many Jews had come to Martha and Mary

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 to console them concerning their brother.

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 By all outward appearances,

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 Jesus had gotten there too late.

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 There was no chance,

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 no hope,

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 that he would heal him

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 before he died.

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 So what do you do

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 when the one solution

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 that was supposed to solve everything

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 doesn't work out?

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 What do you do

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 when your hopes and dreams

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 are dashed

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 by a world

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 that is broken

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 and flawed?

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 Well, it was here

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 in the midst of this dark

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 and gloomy scene

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 that the hope-filled glory of God

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 began to shine in.

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 Martha heard that Jesus had come

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 and she went out to meet him.

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 Her words are telling,

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 but they also reflect a heart

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 that is fighting for faith,

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 that ultimately wants to trust in Jesus.

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 She says in a phrase

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 that would be repeated,

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 Lord, if you had been here,

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 my brother would not have died.

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 Jesus tells her,

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 Your brother will rise again.

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 To which she responds,

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 I know my brother will rise again

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 on the last day

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 in the resurrection.

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 Martha is in a state of distress

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 and yet fighting for faith,

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 fighting for understanding.

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 And Jesus,

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 fully aware of everything

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 that's going on in her mind

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 and in her heart,

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 he speaks a word

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 of powerful hope.

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 A word that reveals

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 for John's readers

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 a magnificent reality

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 about who Jesus is.

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 So Martha says,

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 I know he will rise again

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 in the resurrection

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 on the last day.

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 And Jesus responds,

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 Seven power-filled words

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 that change everything.

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me,

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 though he die,

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 yet shall he live.

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 And everyone who lives

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 and believes in me

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 shall never die.

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 Do you believe this?

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 Do you believe that I have power

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 over life and death?

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 Do you believe that salvation

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 is found in me?

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 Do you believe that I am

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 the divine Son of God?

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 Well, Martha responds beautifully,

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 doesn't she?

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 In verse 27,

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 she said to him,

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 Yes, Lord,

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 I believe that you are the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 who is coming into the world.

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 And what we see in this passage

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 is that it answers

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 the first part

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 of Lex Luthor's question.

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 If there is a God,

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 then what is he like?

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 The Gospel of John says

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 without reservation,

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 there is no if

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 when it comes to God.

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 There absolutely is a God

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 and we need to look

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 no further than Jesus,

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 the second member of the Trinity,

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 to see this reality.

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 In fact,

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 that is not only the main point

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 of this passage,

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 it's the main point

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 of John's Gospel.

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 From the very first verse

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 all the way through to the end,

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 John presents Jesus

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 as the Messiah

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 and Son of God,

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 the one the Father sent

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 into the world

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 to rescue it.

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 He starts off his book

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 by saying this,

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 In the beginning was the Word,

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 speaking about Jesus,

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 and the Word was with God

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 and the Word was God.

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 And towards the end of this book,

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 we read this,

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 Now Jesus did many other signs

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 in the presence of his disciples

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 which are not written

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 in this book,

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 but these are written.

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 What we read in John chapter 11,

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 these are written

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 so that you may believe

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 that Jesus is the Christ,

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 the Son of God,

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 and that by believing

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 you may have life

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 in his name.

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 And so Jesus wrote,

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 or sorry,

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 John wrote this Gospel

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 so that we would know

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 who Jesus is,

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 that he is the Son of God,

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 the Messiah,

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 who has come into this world.

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 And the way this passage,

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 our passage this morning,

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 drives that purpose

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 is by what Jesus says

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 in verse 25

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 when he says,

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 But we see after this conversation

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 with Martha,

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 then Jesus encounters Mary.

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 Look again at verse 31.

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 When the Jews

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 who were with her in the house

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 consoling her

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 saw Mary rise quickly

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 and go out,

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 they followed her.

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 And supposing that she was

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 going to the tomb

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 to weep there,

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 now when Mary came

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 to where Jesus was

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 and saw him,

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 she fell at his feet saying,

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 Lord, if you had been there,

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 my brother would not have died.

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 Now you can just imagine

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 Mary's grief and sorrow.

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 And you wonder

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 if implied in her statement

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 is actually a question.

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 Probably the question

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 we all want to ask, right?

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 Lord, if you had been there,

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 my brother would not have died,

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 so why weren't you here?

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 Jesus, where were you

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 when all this was happening?

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 Jesus, didn't you see

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 what we were going through?

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 What we are about to experience?

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 How could you let this happen?

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 Have you ever found yourself

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 asking these questions?

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 God, why are you letting

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 this happen to me?

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 Do you really love us?

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 Don't you see what's going on?

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 A few years ago,

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 our family went through a season

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 where there was just

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 a mounting set of challenges.

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 Emergency room visits,

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 a blown transmission

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 in our old car,

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 a deer that ran into

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 our new car,

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 sleepless nights

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 while working third shift,

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 sleepless nights

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 with having a newborn,

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 and on and on.

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 And as the months dragged on,

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 I found myself

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 asking this question.

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 God, is this really

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 your plan for us?

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 Like, do you see

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 what's going on right now?

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 Lord, do you really

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 care about me?

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 And you wonder if Mary,

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 knowing that Jesus

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 had the power to heal Lazarus,

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 even from afar,

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 was questioning

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 his love for them.

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 They knew the perfect solution

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 for the worst scenario,

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 and yet,

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 it didn't seem to work out.

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 Notice also,

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 the crowd who was with Mary

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 also had questions

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 about Jesus.

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 They didn't wonder

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 about his love.

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 They wondered about

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 what could have been.

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 After seeing Jesus weep

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 in verse 35,

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 the Jews said,

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 see how he loved him?

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 But some of them said,

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 could not he

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 who opened the eyes

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 of the blind man

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 also kept this man

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 from dying?

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 You know,

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 poor Jesus,

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 a man full of compassion

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 and love,

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 and yet unable

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 to get here in time,

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 unable to save the day.

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 You wonder if they saw

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 Jesus as all loving,

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 full of compassion,

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 and yet,

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 not all powerful.

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 But whatever was going

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 through their minds,

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 no one expected Jesus

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 to do what he did next.

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 Deeply moved

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 by the pain and sorrow

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 caused by living

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 in a fallen world,

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 Jesus came to the tomb

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 where Lazarus was buried,

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 and he asked them

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 to take the stone away.

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 Martha protested at first,

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 saying,

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 there's going to be an odor.

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 Lazarus has been in there

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 for four days.

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 But in response,

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 Jesus told Martha

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 to trust him,

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 and then he publicly

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 prayed this,

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 what we've already read.

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 Father, I thank you

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 that you have heard me.

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 I knew that you

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 always hear me,

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 but I said this

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 on account of the people

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 standing around,

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 that they may believe

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 that you sent me.

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 And when he said

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 these things,

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 he cried out

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 in a loud voice,

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 Lazarus, come out!

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 The man who had died

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 came out,

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 his hands and feet

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 bound with linen strips,

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 and his face

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 wrapped with a cloth.

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 And Jesus said to them,

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 unbind him

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 and let him go.

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 Many of the Jews,

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 therefore,

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 who had come with Mary

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 and had seen what he did,

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 believed in him,

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 but some of them

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 went to the Pharisees

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 and told them

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 what Jesus had done.

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 So this passage

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 shows us

00:20:01.680 --> 00:20:02.359
 that Jesus

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 is the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 He has power

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 over death.

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 He is the source

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 of life.

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 As Martha confessed

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 in verse 27,

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 he is the Messiah

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 and the Son of God

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 sent by the Father

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 to rescue

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 the world.

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 There is no if

00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:22.159
 when it comes to God.

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 There absolutely

00:20:23.359 --> 00:20:24.259
 is a God

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 and his name

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 is Jesus.

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 Well, this raises

00:20:29.399 --> 00:20:30.059
 the other part

00:20:30.059 --> 00:20:31.440
 of our opening question

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 and leads us

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 to the second move.

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 The second part

00:20:34.519 --> 00:20:34.980
 of the question

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 is this,

00:20:36.279 --> 00:20:37.679
 what is this God

00:20:37.679 --> 00:20:39.119
 Jesus like?

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 What is he like?

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 Is he flawed

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 or slowed down

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 by some imperfection?

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 Sure, he exists,

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 but is he hindered

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 or lacking

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 in some way?

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 Well, in answer

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 to that question,

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 there are three truths

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 or three characteristics

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 that this passage

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 shows us

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 about Jesus.

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 It teaches us

00:20:56.980 --> 00:20:57.480
 something about

00:20:57.480 --> 00:20:58.319
 his knowledge,

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 his love,

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 and his power.

00:21:01.339 --> 00:21:02.079
 His knowledge,

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 his love,

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 his power.

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 So let's look

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 at each one of these

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 briefly.

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 First, his knowledge.

00:21:07.819 --> 00:21:08.419
 All throughout

00:21:08.419 --> 00:21:09.039
 this passage,

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 we see verses

00:21:09.779 --> 00:21:10.519
 showing us

00:21:10.519 --> 00:21:11.639
 that Jesus knew

00:21:11.639 --> 00:21:12.259
 beforehand

00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:13.539
 all that was going

00:21:13.539 --> 00:21:14.500
 to take place.

00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.659
 In verse 4,

00:21:16.759 --> 00:21:17.000
 Jesus,

00:21:17.179 --> 00:21:17.700
 knowing what would

00:21:17.700 --> 00:21:18.460
 ultimately happen,

00:21:18.579 --> 00:21:18.779
 said,

00:21:19.099 --> 00:21:19.659
 this illness

00:21:19.659 --> 00:21:20.559
 does not lead

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 to death.

00:21:22.399 --> 00:21:23.740
 In verses 7 to 16,

00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:24.960
 before they arrive

00:21:24.960 --> 00:21:25.419
 in Bethany,

00:21:25.799 --> 00:21:26.799
 Jesus already knows

00:21:26.799 --> 00:21:27.619
 that Lazarus

00:21:27.619 --> 00:21:28.339
 has died,

00:21:28.680 --> 00:21:29.119
 and he knows

00:21:29.119 --> 00:21:29.539
 what he's going

00:21:29.539 --> 00:21:29.899
 to do.

00:21:30.039 --> 00:21:30.440
 He says,

00:21:30.919 --> 00:21:31.799
 our friend Lazarus

00:21:31.799 --> 00:21:32.639
 has fallen asleep,

00:21:32.740 --> 00:21:33.960
 but I go to awaken him.

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 And then in verse 41,

00:21:36.259 --> 00:21:36.859
 Jesus prays,

00:21:36.940 --> 00:21:37.119
 Father,

00:21:37.220 --> 00:21:38.000
 I thank you

00:21:38.000 --> 00:21:39.119
 that you have heard me.

00:21:39.180 --> 00:21:40.259
 I knew that you

00:21:40.259 --> 00:21:41.019
 always hear me,

00:21:41.359 --> 00:21:42.039
 but I said this

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 on account of the people

00:21:42.859 --> 00:21:43.579
 standing around,

00:21:43.980 --> 00:21:44.819
 that they may believe

00:21:44.819 --> 00:21:45.839
 that you sent me.

00:21:46.200 --> 00:21:46.859
 And so one of the

00:21:46.859 --> 00:21:47.960
 beautiful truths

00:21:47.960 --> 00:21:48.599
 that emerges

00:21:48.599 --> 00:21:49.480
 from this passage

00:21:49.480 --> 00:21:50.899
 is that the mind

00:21:50.899 --> 00:21:51.500
 of Jesus

00:21:51.500 --> 00:21:53.799
 knows all things.

00:21:53.799 --> 00:21:55.039
 The mind of Jesus

00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:57.180
 knows all things.

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:59.019
 Jesus didn't default

00:21:59.019 --> 00:21:59.740
 to plan B

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 because somehow

00:22:00.639 --> 00:22:01.319
 plan A

00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:02.240
 didn't work out.

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 It's not like

00:22:03.480 --> 00:22:04.440
 he's just incredibly

00:22:04.440 --> 00:22:05.339
 smart,

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 and even though

00:22:06.099 --> 00:22:06.819
 he doesn't always know

00:22:06.819 --> 00:22:07.399
 what exactly

00:22:07.399 --> 00:22:08.039
 is going to happen,

00:22:08.339 --> 00:22:09.359
 he's just really prepared

00:22:09.359 --> 00:22:11.159
 for the next best option.

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 That's not our Jesus.

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 No,

00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:14.440
 he doesn't have

00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:15.359
 plan B's.

00:22:15.720 --> 00:22:17.740
 Jesus doesn't take risks.

00:22:17.839 --> 00:22:18.619
 He doesn't wonder.

00:22:18.779 --> 00:22:19.779
 He doesn't speculate.

00:22:20.220 --> 00:22:21.319
 He doesn't make guesses.

00:22:21.919 --> 00:22:24.159
 Jesus knows all things.

00:22:24.259 --> 00:22:24.759
 There's nothing

00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:26.059
 in this story

00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:27.480
 that happened,

00:22:27.759 --> 00:22:28.919
 nothing in our lives

00:22:28.919 --> 00:22:29.599
 that happens

00:22:29.599 --> 00:22:31.220
 that takes Jesus

00:22:31.220 --> 00:22:32.579
 by surprise.

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 Brothers and sisters,

00:22:34.359 --> 00:22:34.919
 one of the things

00:22:34.919 --> 00:22:36.059
 this passage teaches us

00:22:36.059 --> 00:22:36.700
 about God

00:22:36.700 --> 00:22:38.119
 is that he is not

00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:39.240
 unaware of our

00:22:39.240 --> 00:22:40.439
 life situations.

00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.919
 He intimately knows

00:22:42.919 --> 00:22:44.359
 the details of our lives,

00:22:44.559 --> 00:22:45.619
 and whatever place

00:22:45.619 --> 00:22:46.720
 you find yourself in,

00:22:47.240 --> 00:22:49.700
 it is not God's plan B.

00:22:49.700 --> 00:22:51.620
 The mind of Jesus

00:22:51.620 --> 00:22:53.539
 knows all things.

00:22:55.319 --> 00:22:55.759
 Well,

00:22:55.799 --> 00:22:56.660
 this leads to the second

00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.640
 truth about Jesus,

00:22:57.880 --> 00:22:58.440
 his love.

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 Look again at verse 5.

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 You've got to see

00:23:02.960 --> 00:23:03.360
 what's here.

00:23:04.140 --> 00:23:05.000
 Verse 5.

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 This is what it says.

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 Now,

00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:09.400
 Jesus loved Martha

00:23:09.400 --> 00:23:10.299
 and her sister

00:23:10.299 --> 00:23:11.059
 and Lazarus,

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 so when he heard

00:23:12.880 --> 00:23:13.940
 that Lazarus was ill,

00:23:14.000 --> 00:23:15.200
 he stayed two days longer

00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:15.759
 in the place

00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:16.400
 where he was.

00:23:17.019 --> 00:23:17.900
 I don't know about you,

00:23:17.900 --> 00:23:18.900
 but when I first read

00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.640
 those verses,

00:23:20.060 --> 00:23:20.740
 I was like,

00:23:20.820 --> 00:23:21.300
 wait, what?

00:23:21.560 --> 00:23:22.500
 That doesn't seem

00:23:22.500 --> 00:23:24.280
 to make sense.

00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:25.440
 It actually seems

00:23:25.440 --> 00:23:27.280
 to contradict itself.

00:23:28.200 --> 00:23:28.840
 It says that Jesus

00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.560
 loved them,

00:23:29.620 --> 00:23:31.259
 but what he did

00:23:31.259 --> 00:23:32.200
 didn't seem

00:23:32.200 --> 00:23:33.120
 to be very loving,

00:23:33.220 --> 00:23:33.420
 right?

00:23:34.540 --> 00:23:35.019
 And yet,

00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:36.340
 John is unavoidably

00:23:36.340 --> 00:23:37.080
 clear that Jesus

00:23:37.080 --> 00:23:38.420
 stayed because

00:23:38.420 --> 00:23:39.240
 he loved them.

00:23:39.320 --> 00:23:39.940
 That little word

00:23:39.940 --> 00:23:40.340
 so,

00:23:40.500 --> 00:23:41.620
 it means therefore

00:23:41.620 --> 00:23:42.460
 or because.

00:23:43.040 --> 00:23:44.380
 Because Jesus

00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:45.220
 loved them,

00:23:45.620 --> 00:23:46.280
 he stayed

00:23:46.279 --> 00:23:47.420
 two more days.

00:23:47.500 --> 00:23:48.639
 Because he loved them,

00:23:49.220 --> 00:23:50.339
 he allowed Lazarus

00:23:50.339 --> 00:23:50.740
 to die.

00:23:50.819 --> 00:23:51.740
 So the question becomes,

00:23:51.859 --> 00:23:53.799
 how was that loving?

00:23:55.460 --> 00:23:56.180
 How was letting

00:23:56.180 --> 00:23:57.000
 Lazarus die

00:23:57.000 --> 00:23:58.119
 and letting Mary

00:23:58.119 --> 00:23:58.619
 and Martha

00:23:58.619 --> 00:23:59.700
 experience grief

00:23:59.700 --> 00:24:00.319
 and sorrow,

00:24:00.460 --> 00:24:02.579
 how was that loving?

00:24:05.079 --> 00:24:05.599
 Well,

00:24:05.639 --> 00:24:06.619
 the answer is actually

00:24:06.619 --> 00:24:07.660
 in verse 4.

00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.420
 Look back

00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.980
 a verse there.

00:24:10.059 --> 00:24:10.279
 It says,

00:24:10.279 --> 00:24:11.099
 this illness,

00:24:11.539 --> 00:24:12.180
 Jesus says,

00:24:12.240 --> 00:24:13.420
 does not lead to death.

00:24:13.519 --> 00:24:14.440
 It is for the glory

00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.340
 of God

00:24:15.340 --> 00:24:16.480
 so that the Son

00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.840
 of God

00:24:16.840 --> 00:24:17.700
 may be glorified

00:24:17.700 --> 00:24:18.259
 through it.

00:24:19.720 --> 00:24:20.140
 Friends,

00:24:20.279 --> 00:24:20.480
 listen,

00:24:20.580 --> 00:24:21.840
 our greatest good

00:24:21.840 --> 00:24:23.340
 as human beings

00:24:23.340 --> 00:24:24.559
 is to behold

00:24:24.559 --> 00:24:26.059
 and experience

00:24:26.059 --> 00:24:27.140
 the glory

00:24:27.140 --> 00:24:28.140
 of God.

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.620
 And the reason

00:24:29.620 --> 00:24:30.160
 is because

00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:31.080
 when Jesus,

00:24:31.440 --> 00:24:32.240
 when he reveals

00:24:32.240 --> 00:24:32.960
 his glory,

00:24:33.160 --> 00:24:34.140
 he gives us

00:24:34.140 --> 00:24:34.799
 himself.

00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:37.240
 Jesus shares

00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:37.600
 with us

00:24:37.600 --> 00:24:38.259
 his magnificent

00:24:38.259 --> 00:24:38.740
 beauty

00:24:38.740 --> 00:24:39.820
 and infinite worth

00:24:39.820 --> 00:24:40.920
 in the display

00:24:40.920 --> 00:24:41.680
 of his glory.

00:24:41.860 --> 00:24:42.039
 And so,

00:24:42.279 --> 00:24:42.960
 so the greater

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:44.299
 display of his glory,

00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:45.180
 the greater

00:24:45.180 --> 00:24:46.680
 display of his love.

00:24:48.700 --> 00:24:49.220
 The reason

00:24:49.220 --> 00:24:50.100
 allowing this grief

00:24:50.100 --> 00:24:50.600
 and suffering

00:24:50.600 --> 00:24:51.240
 was loving

00:24:51.240 --> 00:24:52.279
 was because

00:24:52.279 --> 00:24:53.240
 it led to the most

00:24:53.240 --> 00:24:54.340
 wonderful display

00:24:54.340 --> 00:24:54.940
 of his glory

00:24:54.940 --> 00:24:55.840
 that they had yet

00:24:55.840 --> 00:24:56.500
 to see.

00:24:57.640 --> 00:24:58.299
 And in seeing

00:24:58.299 --> 00:24:59.160
 his glory

00:24:59.160 --> 00:24:59.840
 this way,

00:25:00.240 --> 00:25:01.240
 hundreds of times

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:02.140
 greater than if

00:25:02.140 --> 00:25:02.779
 Jesus would just

00:25:02.779 --> 00:25:03.380
 have healed

00:25:03.380 --> 00:25:04.240
 Lazarus,

00:25:05.680 --> 00:25:06.539
 they were positioned

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.240
 to believe

00:25:07.240 --> 00:25:08.460
 and treasure Christ

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:09.539
 in the deepest

00:25:09.539 --> 00:25:10.960
 and most satisfying

00:25:10.960 --> 00:25:11.460
 way.

00:25:11.460 --> 00:25:13.319
 you see,

00:25:13.400 --> 00:25:13.799
 when Jesus

00:25:13.799 --> 00:25:14.819
 raised Lazarus

00:25:14.819 --> 00:25:15.480
 from the dead,

00:25:15.700 --> 00:25:16.620
 the best thing

00:25:16.620 --> 00:25:17.160
 this family

00:25:17.160 --> 00:25:18.440
 received was not

00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:19.440
 freedom from pain

00:25:19.440 --> 00:25:20.420
 and suffering.

00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:21.259
 It wasn't even

00:25:21.259 --> 00:25:22.420
 Lazarus' physical

00:25:22.420 --> 00:25:23.420
 life.

00:25:23.840 --> 00:25:24.799
 The greatest gift

00:25:24.799 --> 00:25:25.480
 they received

00:25:25.480 --> 00:25:26.240
 was Jesus

00:25:26.240 --> 00:25:27.319
 himself.

00:25:28.460 --> 00:25:28.920
 That's how

00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.640
 this was loving.

00:25:29.640 --> 00:25:29.700
 suffering.

00:25:32.220 --> 00:25:33.080
 I love what

00:25:33.080 --> 00:25:33.880
 John Piper says

00:25:33.880 --> 00:25:34.340
 about this.

00:25:34.420 --> 00:25:34.880
 Listen to this

00:25:34.880 --> 00:25:35.120
 quote.

00:25:36.020 --> 00:25:36.259
 He says,

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:37.360
 Jesus does not

00:25:37.360 --> 00:25:38.220
 mainly love us

00:25:38.220 --> 00:25:38.980
 in this life

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.340
 by sparing us

00:25:40.340 --> 00:25:41.520
 suffering and death.

00:25:42.380 --> 00:25:43.220
 He mainly

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.820
 loves us

00:25:43.820 --> 00:25:44.660
 by showing us

00:25:44.660 --> 00:25:45.380
 and giving us

00:25:45.380 --> 00:25:46.000
 himself

00:25:46.000 --> 00:25:47.640
 and his glory.

00:25:48.500 --> 00:25:48.800
 Listen,

00:25:48.980 --> 00:25:49.700
 don't measure

00:25:49.700 --> 00:25:50.580
 the love of God

00:25:50.580 --> 00:25:51.240
 for you by how

00:25:51.240 --> 00:25:51.940
 much wealth

00:25:51.940 --> 00:25:53.080
 and health

00:25:53.080 --> 00:25:54.020
 and comfort

00:25:54.020 --> 00:25:55.040
 he brings to you

00:25:55.040 --> 00:25:55.780
 in this life.

00:25:56.380 --> 00:25:57.320
 Measure God's love

00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:57.960
 for you by how

00:25:57.960 --> 00:25:58.579
 much of himself

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:59.639
 he shows you.

00:26:00.599 --> 00:26:01.480
 How much of himself

00:26:01.480 --> 00:26:02.259
 he gives you

00:26:02.259 --> 00:26:02.879
 to know

00:26:02.879 --> 00:26:03.720
 and enjoy.

00:26:06.619 --> 00:26:07.579
 Earlier I mentioned

00:26:07.579 --> 00:26:08.139
 that my family

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:08.839
 went through this

00:26:08.839 --> 00:26:09.819
 season where we

00:26:09.819 --> 00:26:10.819
 encountered trial

00:26:10.819 --> 00:26:12.200
 after trial.

00:26:13.079 --> 00:26:13.859
 And after a few

00:26:13.859 --> 00:26:14.579
 months I began

00:26:14.579 --> 00:26:15.299
 to make a list

00:26:15.299 --> 00:26:16.079
 of these trials

00:26:16.079 --> 00:26:17.339
 in my mind.

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:18.039
 And so somebody

00:26:18.039 --> 00:26:18.599
 would ask me

00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:19.200
 how I'm doing

00:26:19.200 --> 00:26:20.299
 and I was really

00:26:20.299 --> 00:26:21.179
 quick to go to

00:26:21.179 --> 00:26:21.939
 this list and

00:26:21.939 --> 00:26:22.859
 just share with them

00:26:22.859 --> 00:26:23.879
 all of these

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.859
 different trials

00:26:24.859 --> 00:26:26.419
 that I was

00:26:26.419 --> 00:26:27.079
 encountering.

00:26:28.299 --> 00:26:29.500
 And as the months

00:26:29.500 --> 00:26:30.179
 dragged on

00:26:30.179 --> 00:26:31.019
 and this list

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:32.000
 continued to grow

00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:33.240
 I found myself

00:26:33.240 --> 00:26:34.079
 becoming bitter

00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:35.339
 and starting to

00:26:35.339 --> 00:26:36.799
 question God.

00:26:37.500 --> 00:26:38.460
 God is this really

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:39.159
 the plan

00:26:39.159 --> 00:26:40.299
 you have

00:26:40.299 --> 00:26:41.240
 for our life?

00:26:41.740 --> 00:26:42.460
 How can you

00:26:42.460 --> 00:26:43.039
 keep letting

00:26:43.039 --> 00:26:43.559
 these things

00:26:43.559 --> 00:26:44.460
 happen to us?

00:26:47.639 --> 00:26:48.899
 And then finally

00:26:48.899 --> 00:26:50.659
 a dream that had

00:26:50.659 --> 00:26:51.359
 been in the works

00:26:51.359 --> 00:26:52.720
 for years

00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:53.799
 and was about

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:54.960
 to be realized

00:26:54.960 --> 00:26:55.919
 was about to be

00:26:55.919 --> 00:26:56.559
 grasped

00:26:56.559 --> 00:26:58.319
 didn't work

00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.639
 out.

00:27:00.799 --> 00:27:01.619
 It ended up

00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:02.139
 being lost

00:27:02.139 --> 00:27:02.779
 and for a while

00:27:02.779 --> 00:27:04.200
 I just gave up

00:27:04.200 --> 00:27:05.159
 I just didn't

00:27:05.159 --> 00:27:06.220
 care.

00:27:08.480 --> 00:27:09.119
 And what's worse

00:27:09.119 --> 00:27:09.819
 is that I began

00:27:09.819 --> 00:27:10.200
 to think

00:27:10.200 --> 00:27:10.960
 as I began to

00:27:10.960 --> 00:27:11.539
 think about this

00:27:11.539 --> 00:27:12.259
 list again in my

00:27:12.259 --> 00:27:12.460
 head

00:27:12.460 --> 00:27:13.819
 not only did I

00:27:13.819 --> 00:27:14.339
 want to put

00:27:14.339 --> 00:27:15.700
 that dashed dream

00:27:15.700 --> 00:27:16.659
 on this list

00:27:16.659 --> 00:27:18.839
 I wanted to put

00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:20.139
 God on that list

00:27:20.139 --> 00:27:22.740
 this list of things

00:27:22.740 --> 00:27:23.379
 that was happening

00:27:23.380 --> 00:27:23.980
 to me

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:27.320
 but then God

00:27:27.320 --> 00:27:28.500
 in his mercy

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:30.340
 stepped in

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.900
 and began

00:27:30.900 --> 00:27:31.760
 to show me

00:27:31.760 --> 00:27:33.100
 what I was doing

00:27:33.100 --> 00:27:35.140
 I was measuring

00:27:35.140 --> 00:27:35.900
 God's love

00:27:35.900 --> 00:27:36.360
 for me

00:27:36.360 --> 00:27:37.380
 based on this

00:27:37.380 --> 00:27:38.620
 list of circumstances

00:27:38.620 --> 00:27:41.360
 and in his

00:27:41.360 --> 00:27:41.760
 kindness

00:27:41.760 --> 00:27:42.400
 he said

00:27:42.400 --> 00:27:43.860
 let me give you

00:27:43.860 --> 00:27:44.640
 a new list

00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:45.520
 to run through

00:27:45.520 --> 00:27:46.040
 your mind

00:27:46.040 --> 00:27:47.980
 a list with

00:27:47.980 --> 00:27:48.740
 Hebrews 13

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.240
 5

00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:50.359
 I will never

00:27:50.359 --> 00:27:51.099
 leave you

00:27:51.099 --> 00:27:52.640
 nor forsake you

00:27:52.640 --> 00:27:56.700
 a list with

00:27:56.700 --> 00:27:57.620
 Psalm 16

00:27:57.620 --> 00:28:02.460
 the Lord is my

00:28:02.460 --> 00:28:03.359
 chosen portion

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 and cup

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 you hold my

00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:06.740
 lot

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 the lines have

00:28:10.420 --> 00:28:11.220
 fallen for me

00:28:11.220 --> 00:28:12.420
 in pleasant places

00:28:12.420 --> 00:28:14.640
 indeed I have a

00:28:14.640 --> 00:28:15.240
 beautiful

00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:15.960
 inheritance

00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:19.779
 a list with

00:28:19.779 --> 00:28:20.380
 John 11

00:28:20.380 --> 00:28:21.400
 5 and 6

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 Jesus loved

00:28:23.759 --> 00:28:24.140
 Martha

00:28:24.140 --> 00:28:24.900
 and her sister

00:28:24.900 --> 00:28:25.620
 and Lazarus

00:28:25.620 --> 00:28:27.000
 so when he

00:28:27.000 --> 00:28:27.400
 heard that

00:28:27.400 --> 00:28:28.079
 Lazarus was

00:28:28.079 --> 00:28:28.299
 ill

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 he stayed

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 two days

00:28:30.380 --> 00:28:30.740
 longer

00:28:30.740 --> 00:28:31.360
 in the place

00:28:31.360 --> 00:28:31.980
 where he was

00:28:31.980 --> 00:28:34.220
 and with new

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.840
 eyes to see

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 my circumstances

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 I began to

00:28:36.480 --> 00:28:37.440
 start experiencing

00:28:37.440 --> 00:28:38.840
 his glorious

00:28:38.840 --> 00:28:39.539
 love

00:28:39.539 --> 00:28:41.140
 a love that

00:28:41.140 --> 00:28:41.819
 was personal

00:28:41.819 --> 00:28:42.480
 and tender

00:28:42.480 --> 00:28:43.620
 a love like

00:28:43.620 --> 00:28:44.100
 we see in

00:28:44.100 --> 00:28:44.740
 verse 35

00:28:44.740 --> 00:28:45.740
 where even

00:28:45.740 --> 00:28:46.120
 though he

00:28:46.120 --> 00:28:46.700
 knows he's

00:28:46.700 --> 00:28:47.220
 about to

00:28:47.220 --> 00:28:48.039
 raise Lazarus

00:28:48.039 --> 00:28:48.359
 from the

00:28:48.359 --> 00:28:48.680
 dead

00:28:48.680 --> 00:28:50.400
 Jesus weeps

00:28:50.400 --> 00:28:51.359
 with compassion

00:28:51.359 --> 00:28:52.240
 for their

00:28:52.240 --> 00:28:53.019
 experience of

00:28:53.019 --> 00:28:53.660
 this broken

00:28:53.660 --> 00:28:54.400
 world

00:28:54.400 --> 00:28:56.700
 a love that

00:28:56.700 --> 00:28:57.440
 helps us see

00:28:57.440 --> 00:28:58.140
 his glory

00:28:58.140 --> 00:28:59.019
 as our

00:28:59.019 --> 00:28:59.819
 greatest good

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 well this

00:29:03.019 --> 00:29:03.579
 leads to the

00:29:03.579 --> 00:29:04.220
 last truth

00:29:04.220 --> 00:29:04.960
 his power

00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:07.319
 in this

00:29:07.319 --> 00:29:07.700
 gospel

00:29:07.700 --> 00:29:08.420
 John records

00:29:08.420 --> 00:29:09.019
 a series of

00:29:09.019 --> 00:29:09.359
 miracles

00:29:09.359 --> 00:29:10.180
 what he calls

00:29:10.180 --> 00:29:11.120
 signs

00:29:11.120 --> 00:29:11.539
 and they're

00:29:11.539 --> 00:29:11.839
 meant to

00:29:11.839 --> 00:29:12.440
 display his

00:29:12.440 --> 00:29:12.920
 power

00:29:12.920 --> 00:29:13.740
 and to

00:29:13.740 --> 00:29:14.240
 establish

00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:14.640
 Jesus'

00:29:14.840 --> 00:29:15.279
 identity

00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:16.000
 as the

00:29:16.000 --> 00:29:16.480
 Messiah

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 and the

00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:17.700
 Son of

00:29:17.700 --> 00:29:17.940
 God

00:29:17.940 --> 00:29:18.200
 and so

00:29:18.200 --> 00:29:18.380
 in the

00:29:18.380 --> 00:29:18.680
 previous

00:29:18.680 --> 00:29:19.140
 chapters

00:29:19.140 --> 00:29:19.580
 leading up

00:29:19.580 --> 00:29:19.920
 to John

00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:20.200
 11

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.140
 he's recorded

00:29:21.140 --> 00:29:21.900
 six other

00:29:21.900 --> 00:29:22.480
 signs

00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:23.660
 Jesus turning

00:29:23.660 --> 00:29:24.220
 water into

00:29:24.220 --> 00:29:24.519
 wine

00:29:24.519 --> 00:29:24.920
 the feeding

00:29:24.920 --> 00:29:25.220
 of the

00:29:25.220 --> 00:29:25.880
 5,000

00:29:25.880 --> 00:29:27.060
 the healing

00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:27.420
 of three

00:29:27.420 --> 00:29:27.660
 different

00:29:27.660 --> 00:29:28.160
 individuals

00:29:28.160 --> 00:29:28.759
 and the

00:29:28.759 --> 00:29:29.060
 walking

00:29:29.060 --> 00:29:29.940
 on water

00:29:29.940 --> 00:29:30.720
 and all

00:29:30.720 --> 00:29:31.080
 of these

00:29:31.080 --> 00:29:31.640
 miracles

00:29:31.640 --> 00:29:32.200
 put on

00:29:32.200 --> 00:29:32.680
 display

00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:33.420
 Jesus'

00:29:33.420 --> 00:29:34.100
 glorious

00:29:34.100 --> 00:29:35.000
 power

00:29:35.000 --> 00:29:35.759
 and they

00:29:35.759 --> 00:29:36.080
 lead up

00:29:36.080 --> 00:29:36.400
 to this

00:29:36.400 --> 00:29:37.220
 final and

00:29:37.220 --> 00:29:37.759
 ultimate

00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:38.259
 miracle

00:29:38.259 --> 00:29:39.019
 of raising

00:29:39.019 --> 00:29:39.680
 Lazarus

00:29:39.680 --> 00:29:40.580
 from the

00:29:40.580 --> 00:29:40.880
 dead

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 you notice

00:29:42.140 --> 00:29:42.560
 again in

00:29:42.560 --> 00:29:43.540
 verses 17

00:29:43.540 --> 00:29:44.420
 and 39

00:29:44.420 --> 00:29:45.420
 it says

00:29:45.420 --> 00:29:46.240
 that Lazarus

00:29:46.240 --> 00:29:46.700
 had been in

00:29:46.700 --> 00:29:47.160
 the tomb

00:29:47.160 --> 00:29:48.260
 for four

00:29:48.260 --> 00:29:49.160
 days

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:50.460
 now this is

00:29:50.460 --> 00:29:50.940
 significant

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 not only

00:29:51.420 --> 00:29:51.700
 because

00:29:51.700 --> 00:29:52.360
 physically

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:52.820
 speaking

00:29:52.820 --> 00:29:53.340
 his body

00:29:53.340 --> 00:29:53.640
 would have

00:29:53.640 --> 00:29:54.000
 began

00:29:54.000 --> 00:29:55.500
 to decompose

00:29:55.500 --> 00:29:57.420
 and also

00:29:57.420 --> 00:29:57.860
 in light of

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:58.360
 some early

00:29:58.360 --> 00:29:59.220
 Jewish beliefs

00:29:59.220 --> 00:29:59.860
 that may

00:29:59.860 --> 00:30:00.120
 have been

00:30:00.120 --> 00:30:00.400
 present

00:30:00.400 --> 00:30:00.760
 so one

00:30:00.760 --> 00:30:01.380
 writer notes

00:30:01.380 --> 00:30:02.440
 some rabbis

00:30:02.440 --> 00:30:03.000
 believe that

00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:03.420
 the soul

00:30:03.420 --> 00:30:03.900
 hovered over

00:30:03.900 --> 00:30:04.280
 the body

00:30:04.280 --> 00:30:04.680
 for three

00:30:04.680 --> 00:30:05.000
 days

00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:05.400
 intending

00:30:05.400 --> 00:30:05.940
 to reenter

00:30:05.940 --> 00:30:06.220
 it

00:30:06.220 --> 00:30:06.920
 but as

00:30:06.920 --> 00:30:07.260
 soon as

00:30:07.260 --> 00:30:08.300
 decomposition

00:30:08.300 --> 00:30:09.040
 started

00:30:09.040 --> 00:30:09.340
 it would

00:30:09.340 --> 00:30:09.640
 leave

00:30:09.640 --> 00:30:10.560
 in other

00:30:10.560 --> 00:30:10.820
 words

00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.179
 at that

00:30:11.179 --> 00:30:11.439
 point

00:30:11.439 --> 00:30:11.779
 death

00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:11.980
 was

00:30:11.980 --> 00:30:12.740
 irreversible

00:30:12.740 --> 00:30:13.279
 and so

00:30:13.279 --> 00:30:13.759
 the length

00:30:13.759 --> 00:30:14.259
 of four

00:30:14.259 --> 00:30:14.679
 days

00:30:14.679 --> 00:30:15.099
 in the

00:30:15.099 --> 00:30:15.480
 tomb

00:30:15.480 --> 00:30:16.299
 left

00:30:16.299 --> 00:30:16.599
 no

00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:17.119
 speculation

00:30:17.119 --> 00:30:17.740
 to whether

00:30:17.740 --> 00:30:18.079
 or not

00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:18.700
 Lazarus

00:30:18.700 --> 00:30:19.679
 was dead

00:30:19.679 --> 00:30:20.359
 and it

00:30:20.359 --> 00:30:20.659
 shows

00:30:20.659 --> 00:30:21.179
 all the

00:30:21.179 --> 00:30:21.419
 more

00:30:21.419 --> 00:30:21.700
 how

00:30:21.700 --> 00:30:22.319
 amazing

00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:23.059
 this

00:30:23.059 --> 00:30:23.480
 miracle

00:30:23.480 --> 00:30:24.259
 truly

00:30:24.259 --> 00:30:25.259
 was

00:30:25.259 --> 00:30:27.059
 and so

00:30:27.059 --> 00:30:27.679
 this family

00:30:27.679 --> 00:30:28.359
 experienced

00:30:28.359 --> 00:30:28.980
 the real

00:30:28.980 --> 00:30:30.099
 and awful

00:30:30.099 --> 00:30:30.599
 effects

00:30:30.599 --> 00:30:31.000
 of living

00:30:31.000 --> 00:30:31.559
 in a world

00:30:31.559 --> 00:30:32.179
 marred

00:30:32.179 --> 00:30:33.480
 by brokenness

00:30:33.480 --> 00:30:33.960
 a world

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.679
 of suffering

00:30:34.679 --> 00:30:35.419
 and pain

00:30:35.419 --> 00:30:36.460
 and sorrow

00:30:36.460 --> 00:30:38.240
 but

00:30:38.240 --> 00:30:39.659
 the glory

00:30:39.660 --> 00:30:40.540
 of God

00:30:40.540 --> 00:30:41.300
 broken

00:30:41.300 --> 00:30:42.940
 Jesus

00:30:42.940 --> 00:30:43.580
 full of

00:30:43.580 --> 00:30:43.940
 wisdom

00:30:43.940 --> 00:30:44.720
 and love

00:30:44.720 --> 00:30:45.279
 and power

00:30:45.279 --> 00:30:45.960
 brought this

00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:46.660
 man back

00:30:46.660 --> 00:30:47.300
 to life

00:30:47.300 --> 00:30:49.060
 in a loud

00:30:49.060 --> 00:30:49.400
 voice

00:30:49.400 --> 00:30:49.860
 which must

00:30:49.860 --> 00:30:50.480
 have just

00:30:50.480 --> 00:30:51.259
 given chills

00:30:51.259 --> 00:30:51.840
 to everyone

00:30:51.840 --> 00:30:52.600
 who heard it

00:30:52.600 --> 00:30:53.519
 he said

00:30:53.519 --> 00:30:54.420
 Lazarus

00:30:54.420 --> 00:30:55.540
 come out

00:30:55.540 --> 00:30:57.240
 and the man

00:30:57.240 --> 00:30:57.980
 who was dead

00:30:57.980 --> 00:30:59.160
 obeyed the voice

00:30:59.160 --> 00:30:59.720
 of God

00:30:59.720 --> 00:31:00.620
 and came out

00:31:00.620 --> 00:31:01.360
 of the tomb

00:31:01.360 --> 00:31:03.519
 now what's

00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:04.240
 interesting about

00:31:04.240 --> 00:31:04.980
 this resurrection

00:31:04.980 --> 00:31:05.759
 miracle

00:31:05.759 --> 00:31:07.759
 isn't only

00:31:07.759 --> 00:31:08.220
 what we see

00:31:08.220 --> 00:31:08.879
 in this passage

00:31:08.879 --> 00:31:09.400
 but what it

00:31:09.400 --> 00:31:10.319
 points to

00:31:10.319 --> 00:31:12.319
 Lazarus

00:31:12.319 --> 00:31:12.759
 is not

00:31:12.759 --> 00:31:13.180
 the last

00:31:13.180 --> 00:31:13.619
 person in

00:31:13.619 --> 00:31:14.119
 this book

00:31:14.119 --> 00:31:15.079
 who will

00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:15.539
 die

00:31:15.539 --> 00:31:16.059
 and then

00:31:16.059 --> 00:31:16.680
 be raised

00:31:16.680 --> 00:31:17.140
 from the

00:31:17.140 --> 00:31:17.440
 dead

00:31:17.440 --> 00:31:18.900
 there's another

00:31:18.900 --> 00:31:19.559
 death and

00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:20.039
 resurrection

00:31:20.039 --> 00:31:20.619
 that John

00:31:20.619 --> 00:31:21.200
 records

00:31:21.200 --> 00:31:22.259
 it's the

00:31:22.259 --> 00:31:22.720
 death and

00:31:22.720 --> 00:31:23.180
 resurrection

00:31:23.180 --> 00:31:24.200
 of Jesus

00:31:24.200 --> 00:31:26.379
 this miracle

00:31:26.379 --> 00:31:27.059
 in John 11

00:31:27.059 --> 00:31:27.799
 foreshadows

00:31:27.799 --> 00:31:28.519
 the ultimate

00:31:28.519 --> 00:31:29.059
 miracle

00:31:29.059 --> 00:31:29.740
 we see

00:31:29.740 --> 00:31:30.099
 in the

00:31:30.099 --> 00:31:30.559
 gospel

00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:31.960
 in the

00:31:31.960 --> 00:31:32.299
 gospel

00:31:32.299 --> 00:31:33.059
 we see

00:31:33.059 --> 00:31:33.980
 I'm talking

00:31:33.980 --> 00:31:34.359
 about the

00:31:34.359 --> 00:31:34.779
 good news

00:31:34.779 --> 00:31:35.200
 of Jesus

00:31:35.200 --> 00:31:35.639
 we see

00:31:35.639 --> 00:31:36.220
 the greatest

00:31:36.220 --> 00:31:36.940
 display

00:31:36.940 --> 00:31:38.019
 of God's

00:31:38.019 --> 00:31:38.399
 glory

00:31:38.399 --> 00:31:39.480
 his divine

00:31:39.480 --> 00:31:39.960
 knowledge

00:31:39.960 --> 00:31:40.839
 perfect love

00:31:40.839 --> 00:31:41.759
 sovereign power

00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:42.859
 all wonderfully

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.859
 intersect in the

00:31:43.859 --> 00:31:44.299
 death and

00:31:44.299 --> 00:31:44.779
 resurrection

00:31:44.779 --> 00:31:45.920
 of Jesus

00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:47.799
 and his divine

00:31:47.799 --> 00:31:48.799
 foreknowledge

00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:50.079
 before the

00:31:50.079 --> 00:31:50.779
 foundation of the

00:31:50.779 --> 00:31:50.980
 world

00:31:50.980 --> 00:31:51.539
 God the

00:31:51.539 --> 00:31:51.819
 Father

00:31:51.819 --> 00:31:52.420
 planned to

00:31:52.420 --> 00:31:52.940
 send the

00:31:52.940 --> 00:31:53.240
 Son

00:31:53.240 --> 00:31:54.099
 in the

00:31:54.099 --> 00:31:54.619
 power of

00:31:54.619 --> 00:31:54.960
 the Holy

00:31:54.960 --> 00:31:55.420
 Spirit

00:31:55.420 --> 00:31:56.440
 to rescue

00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:57.139
 a world

00:31:57.139 --> 00:31:57.619
 that he

00:31:57.619 --> 00:31:58.200
 created

00:31:58.200 --> 00:31:59.160
 a world

00:31:59.160 --> 00:32:00.099
 that rebelled

00:32:00.099 --> 00:32:01.039
 against him

00:32:01.039 --> 00:32:03.940
 the cross

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.980
 the death

00:32:04.980 --> 00:32:05.620
 and resurrection

00:32:05.620 --> 00:32:06.519
 was not

00:32:06.519 --> 00:32:07.259
 God's

00:32:07.259 --> 00:32:07.740
 plan

00:32:07.740 --> 00:32:08.279
 B

00:32:08.279 --> 00:32:09.980
 and in

00:32:09.980 --> 00:32:10.500
 his perfect

00:32:10.500 --> 00:32:10.920
 love

00:32:10.920 --> 00:32:11.400
 Jesus

00:32:11.400 --> 00:32:12.779
 gave us

00:32:12.779 --> 00:32:13.660
 himself

00:32:13.660 --> 00:32:15.500
 Jesus

00:32:15.500 --> 00:32:16.240
 experienced

00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:16.700
 death

00:32:16.700 --> 00:32:17.519
 so that we

00:32:17.519 --> 00:32:18.279
 could experience

00:32:18.279 --> 00:32:19.320
 life

00:32:19.320 --> 00:32:20.220
 Jesus

00:32:20.220 --> 00:32:21.120
 experienced

00:32:21.120 --> 00:32:21.720
 despair

00:32:21.720 --> 00:32:23.100
 so that we

00:32:23.100 --> 00:32:24.160
 could experience

00:32:24.160 --> 00:32:24.940
 hope

00:32:24.940 --> 00:32:26.880
 Jesus

00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:27.860
 experienced

00:32:27.860 --> 00:32:28.580
 the Father's

00:32:28.580 --> 00:32:28.980
 wrath

00:32:28.980 --> 00:32:30.120
 so that we

00:32:30.120 --> 00:32:31.360
 could experience

00:32:31.360 --> 00:32:32.380
 his love

00:32:32.380 --> 00:32:34.140
 brothers and

00:32:34.140 --> 00:32:34.380
 sisters

00:32:34.380 --> 00:32:34.860
 he took

00:32:34.860 --> 00:32:35.380
 our sin

00:32:35.380 --> 00:32:35.980
 on himself

00:32:35.980 --> 00:32:36.460
 and died

00:32:36.460 --> 00:32:36.920
 the death

00:32:36.920 --> 00:32:37.520
 that we

00:32:37.520 --> 00:32:38.580
 all deserved

00:32:38.580 --> 00:32:39.360
 to die

00:32:39.360 --> 00:32:41.100
 and in God's

00:32:41.100 --> 00:32:41.460
 sovereign

00:32:41.460 --> 00:32:42.420
 glorious power

00:32:42.420 --> 00:32:43.000
 Jesus was

00:32:43.000 --> 00:32:43.660
 raised from

00:32:43.660 --> 00:32:44.100
 the dead

00:32:44.100 --> 00:32:45.080
 not just

00:32:45.080 --> 00:32:45.500
 providing

00:32:45.500 --> 00:32:46.180
 eternal life

00:32:46.180 --> 00:32:46.680
 for Jesus

00:32:46.680 --> 00:32:47.800
 but eternal

00:32:47.800 --> 00:32:48.460
 life for

00:32:48.460 --> 00:32:49.000
 everyone

00:32:49.000 --> 00:32:49.960
 who would

00:32:49.960 --> 00:32:50.480
 believe in

00:32:50.480 --> 00:32:50.760
 him

00:32:50.760 --> 00:32:52.840
 Jesus

00:32:52.840 --> 00:32:53.480
 is the

00:32:53.480 --> 00:32:53.980
 resurrection

00:32:53.980 --> 00:32:55.180
 and the

00:32:55.180 --> 00:32:55.640
 life

00:32:55.640 --> 00:32:56.620
 do you

00:32:56.620 --> 00:32:57.300
 believe this

00:32:57.300 --> 00:32:59.980
 you see

00:32:59.980 --> 00:33:00.460
 what Jesus

00:33:00.460 --> 00:33:00.980
 did for

00:33:00.980 --> 00:33:01.480
 Lazarus

00:33:01.480 --> 00:33:02.000
 physically

00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:02.940
 is what

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.279
 he does

00:33:03.279 --> 00:33:03.599
 for us

00:33:03.599 --> 00:33:03.799
 now

00:33:03.799 --> 00:33:04.339
 spiritually

00:33:04.339 --> 00:33:05.660
 Lazarus

00:33:05.660 --> 00:33:06.360
 was completely

00:33:06.360 --> 00:33:06.819
 helpless

00:33:06.819 --> 00:33:07.720
 completely

00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:08.240
 unable

00:33:08.240 --> 00:33:08.759
 to bring

00:33:08.759 --> 00:33:09.180
 himself

00:33:09.180 --> 00:33:09.720
 back to

00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:10.019
 life

00:33:10.019 --> 00:33:10.900
 which is

00:33:10.900 --> 00:33:11.180
 how the

00:33:11.180 --> 00:33:11.440
 Bible

00:33:11.440 --> 00:33:12.059
 describes

00:33:12.059 --> 00:33:12.599
 us

00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:13.519
 we were

00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:14.079
 dead

00:33:14.079 --> 00:33:14.819
 in our

00:33:14.819 --> 00:33:15.240
 sin

00:33:15.240 --> 00:33:16.180
 unable

00:33:16.180 --> 00:33:17.079
 to save

00:33:17.079 --> 00:33:17.759
 ourselves

00:33:17.759 --> 00:33:19.500
 in other

00:33:19.500 --> 00:33:19.720
 words

00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.220
 salvation

00:33:20.220 --> 00:33:20.740
 is not

00:33:20.740 --> 00:33:21.339
 based on

00:33:21.339 --> 00:33:21.900
 our works

00:33:21.900 --> 00:33:22.640
 or our

00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:23.240
 performance

00:33:23.240 --> 00:33:24.059
 of doing

00:33:24.059 --> 00:33:24.620
 more good

00:33:24.620 --> 00:33:25.039
 things than

00:33:25.039 --> 00:33:25.720
 bad things

00:33:25.720 --> 00:33:26.440
 we are

00:33:26.440 --> 00:33:27.039
 dead

00:33:27.039 --> 00:33:27.980
 in our

00:33:27.980 --> 00:33:28.460
 sins

00:33:28.460 --> 00:33:29.480
 can you

00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:29.740
 imagine

00:33:29.740 --> 00:33:30.339
 someone going

00:33:30.339 --> 00:33:30.660
 up to

00:33:30.660 --> 00:33:31.200
 Lazarus

00:33:31.200 --> 00:33:32.140
 and asking

00:33:32.140 --> 00:33:32.519
 him how

00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:32.860
 he did

00:33:32.860 --> 00:33:33.040
 it

00:33:33.040 --> 00:33:34.120
 how did

00:33:34.120 --> 00:33:34.400
 you come

00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:34.759
 back to

00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:35.080
 life

00:33:35.080 --> 00:33:36.980
 and Lazarus

00:33:36.980 --> 00:33:37.220
 would be

00:33:37.220 --> 00:33:38.600
 like I

00:33:38.600 --> 00:33:38.920
 didn't do

00:33:38.920 --> 00:33:39.380
 anything

00:33:39.380 --> 00:33:41.660
 I was

00:33:41.660 --> 00:33:41.920
 dead

00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.160
 I was

00:33:42.160 --> 00:33:42.400
 in a

00:33:42.400 --> 00:33:42.600
 tomb

00:33:42.600 --> 00:33:42.980
 next thing

00:33:42.980 --> 00:33:43.259
 I know

00:33:43.259 --> 00:33:43.480
 I'm

00:33:43.480 --> 00:33:44.080
 outside

00:33:44.080 --> 00:33:44.460
 the tomb

00:33:44.460 --> 00:33:44.620
 I'm

00:33:44.620 --> 00:33:45.040
 alive

00:33:45.040 --> 00:33:45.779
 Jesus

00:33:45.779 --> 00:33:46.160
 did

00:33:46.160 --> 00:33:46.480
 that

00:33:46.480 --> 00:33:48.360
 last

00:33:48.360 --> 00:33:48.640
 week I

00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:48.960
 was talking

00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:49.220
 to this

00:33:49.220 --> 00:33:49.800
 guy at

00:33:49.800 --> 00:33:50.259
 my church

00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.519
 and I

00:33:50.519 --> 00:33:50.820
 was like

00:33:50.820 --> 00:33:51.180
 hey tell

00:33:51.180 --> 00:33:51.440
 me a

00:33:51.440 --> 00:33:51.700
 little bit

00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.120
 about how

00:33:52.120 --> 00:33:52.500
 you became

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.960
 a Christian

00:33:52.960 --> 00:33:53.660
 and when

00:33:53.660 --> 00:33:53.960
 I said

00:33:53.960 --> 00:33:54.180
 that he

00:33:54.180 --> 00:33:54.519
 was like

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.860
 kind of

00:33:55.860 --> 00:33:56.580
 like dude

00:33:56.580 --> 00:33:56.860
 are you

00:33:56.860 --> 00:33:57.279
 serious

00:33:57.279 --> 00:33:57.660
 like

00:33:57.660 --> 00:33:59.220
 and then

00:33:59.220 --> 00:33:59.560
 he said

00:33:59.560 --> 00:34:00.180
 God

00:34:00.180 --> 00:34:00.500
 did it

00:34:00.500 --> 00:34:00.700
 man

00:34:00.700 --> 00:34:02.180
 and he

00:34:02.180 --> 00:34:02.460
 starts

00:34:02.460 --> 00:34:02.940
 he's like

00:34:02.940 --> 00:34:03.320
 this really

00:34:03.320 --> 00:34:03.720
 animated

00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.060
 guy

00:34:04.060 --> 00:34:04.840
 so he's

00:34:04.840 --> 00:34:05.120
 like you

00:34:05.120 --> 00:34:05.340
 know he's

00:34:05.340 --> 00:34:05.960
 moving around

00:34:05.960 --> 00:34:06.820
 he's like he

00:34:06.820 --> 00:34:07.320
 starts sharing

00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:07.900
 his story

00:34:07.900 --> 00:34:08.420
 someone gave

00:34:08.420 --> 00:34:08.639
 him a

00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:08.940
 bible

00:34:08.940 --> 00:34:09.420
 he started

00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:10.099
 reading it

00:34:10.099 --> 00:34:11.200
 and it

00:34:11.200 --> 00:34:11.500
 came to

00:34:11.500 --> 00:34:11.940
 some point

00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.119
 where he

00:34:12.119 --> 00:34:12.820
 said I

00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.059
 don't know

00:34:13.059 --> 00:34:13.300
 man

00:34:13.300 --> 00:34:13.940
 all I

00:34:13.940 --> 00:34:14.260
 know is

00:34:14.260 --> 00:34:14.659
 that one

00:34:14.659 --> 00:34:15.139
 month I'm

00:34:15.139 --> 00:34:15.639
 addicted to

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.039
 cocaine

00:34:16.039 --> 00:34:16.400
 I'm an

00:34:16.400 --> 00:34:16.840
 alcoholic

00:34:16.840 --> 00:34:17.559
 and the

00:34:17.559 --> 00:34:18.159
 next month

00:34:18.159 --> 00:34:19.220
 I'm in

00:34:19.220 --> 00:34:19.780
 church and

00:34:19.780 --> 00:34:20.079
 I'm reading

00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:20.500
 a bible

00:34:20.500 --> 00:34:21.180
 I can't

00:34:21.180 --> 00:34:21.680
 explain it

00:34:21.680 --> 00:34:22.099
 other than

00:34:22.099 --> 00:34:23.159
 God did

00:34:23.159 --> 00:34:23.400
 it

00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:24.420
 he just

00:34:24.420 --> 00:34:24.800
 kept saying

00:34:24.800 --> 00:34:25.119
 I don't

00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:25.340
 know what

00:34:25.340 --> 00:34:25.619
 to tell

00:34:25.619 --> 00:34:25.900
 you man

00:34:25.900 --> 00:34:26.260
 God

00:34:26.260 --> 00:34:26.880
 did it

00:34:26.880 --> 00:34:28.160
 and that's

00:34:28.160 --> 00:34:28.559
 exactly

00:34:28.559 --> 00:34:29.019
 right

00:34:29.019 --> 00:34:29.780
 what

00:34:29.780 --> 00:34:30.740
 Lazarus

00:34:30.740 --> 00:34:31.320
 experienced

00:34:31.320 --> 00:34:31.800
 physically

00:34:31.800 --> 00:34:33.240
 we experience

00:34:33.240 --> 00:34:34.160
 spiritually

00:34:34.160 --> 00:34:35.099
 we are

00:34:35.099 --> 00:34:36.059
 hopelessly dead

00:34:36.059 --> 00:34:36.639
 in our sin

00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:37.500
 and the only

00:34:37.500 --> 00:34:38.039
 way we can

00:34:38.039 --> 00:34:38.539
 be rescued

00:34:38.539 --> 00:34:38.860
 is through

00:34:38.860 --> 00:34:39.579
 the powerful

00:34:39.579 --> 00:34:40.280
 word of

00:34:40.280 --> 00:34:40.660
 Jesus

00:34:40.660 --> 00:34:41.780
 spoken to

00:34:41.780 --> 00:34:42.059
 us

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.460
 in the

00:34:42.460 --> 00:34:42.880
 gospel

00:34:42.880 --> 00:34:44.619
 Jesus

00:34:44.619 --> 00:34:45.340
 is the

00:34:45.340 --> 00:34:45.860
 resurrection

00:34:45.860 --> 00:34:47.119
 and the

00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:47.500
 life

00:34:47.500 --> 00:34:50.260
 well as

00:34:50.260 --> 00:34:50.700
 we close

00:34:50.700 --> 00:34:51.180
 this morning

00:34:51.180 --> 00:34:51.820
 let me say

00:34:51.820 --> 00:34:52.280
 a couple

00:34:52.280 --> 00:34:52.740
 things

00:34:52.739 --> 00:34:53.859
 first

00:34:53.859 --> 00:34:54.539
 the question

00:34:54.539 --> 00:34:55.479
 it's the

00:34:55.479 --> 00:34:55.679
 same

00:34:55.679 --> 00:34:56.159
 question

00:34:56.159 --> 00:34:56.559
 that

00:34:56.559 --> 00:34:56.879
 Jesus

00:34:56.879 --> 00:34:58.039
 asks

00:34:58.039 --> 00:34:58.519
 Martha

00:34:58.519 --> 00:34:59.639
 Jesus

00:34:59.639 --> 00:35:00.159
 said to

00:35:00.159 --> 00:35:00.299
 her

00:35:00.299 --> 00:35:00.919
 I am

00:35:00.919 --> 00:35:01.059
 the

00:35:01.059 --> 00:35:01.579
 resurrection

00:35:01.579 --> 00:35:02.099
 and the

00:35:02.099 --> 00:35:02.500
 life

00:35:02.500 --> 00:35:03.299
 whoever

00:35:03.299 --> 00:35:03.899
 believes

00:35:03.899 --> 00:35:04.259
 in me

00:35:04.259 --> 00:35:04.500
 though

00:35:04.500 --> 00:35:04.739
 he

00:35:04.739 --> 00:35:05.179
 die

00:35:05.179 --> 00:35:05.719
 yet

00:35:05.719 --> 00:35:06.179
 shall

00:35:06.179 --> 00:35:06.379
 he

00:35:06.379 --> 00:35:06.839
 live

00:35:06.839 --> 00:35:07.539
 and

00:35:07.539 --> 00:35:07.819
 everyone

00:35:07.819 --> 00:35:08.079
 who

00:35:08.079 --> 00:35:08.459
 lives

00:35:08.459 --> 00:35:08.639
 and

00:35:08.639 --> 00:35:09.119
 believes

00:35:09.119 --> 00:35:09.659
 in me

00:35:09.659 --> 00:35:10.059
 shall

00:35:10.059 --> 00:35:10.359
 never

00:35:10.359 --> 00:35:10.839
 die

00:35:10.839 --> 00:35:11.819
 do

00:35:11.819 --> 00:35:12.000
 you

00:35:12.000 --> 00:35:12.399
 believe

00:35:12.399 --> 00:35:12.819
 this

00:35:12.819 --> 00:35:15.019
 do

00:35:15.019 --> 00:35:15.219
 you

00:35:15.219 --> 00:35:15.599
 believe

00:35:15.599 --> 00:35:15.879
 that

00:35:15.879 --> 00:35:16.279
 Jesus

00:35:16.279 --> 00:35:17.059
 will

00:35:17.059 --> 00:35:17.319
 give

00:35:17.319 --> 00:35:17.519
 you

00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:18.000
 eternal

00:35:18.000 --> 00:35:18.439
 life

00:35:18.439 --> 00:35:18.639
 if

00:35:18.639 --> 00:35:18.779
 you

00:35:18.779 --> 00:35:19.299
 repent

00:35:19.299 --> 00:35:19.619
 and

00:35:19.619 --> 00:35:19.979
 follow

00:35:19.979 --> 00:35:20.319
 him

00:35:20.320 --> 00:35:22.840
 there

00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:22.960
 are

00:35:22.960 --> 00:35:23.160
 really

00:35:23.160 --> 00:35:23.380
 only

00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.640
 two

00:35:23.640 --> 00:35:24.019
 answers

00:35:24.019 --> 00:35:24.240
 to

00:35:24.240 --> 00:35:24.380
 that

00:35:24.380 --> 00:35:24.760
 question

00:35:24.760 --> 00:35:25.080
 actually

00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.260
 we

00:35:25.260 --> 00:35:25.460
 see

00:35:25.460 --> 00:35:25.700
 them

00:35:25.700 --> 00:35:25.880
 in

00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:26.100
 verses

00:35:26.100 --> 00:35:26.880
 45

00:35:26.880 --> 00:35:27.600
 and

00:35:27.600 --> 00:35:28.039
 46

00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:28.280
 this

00:35:28.280 --> 00:35:28.840
 blows

00:35:28.840 --> 00:35:29.019
 my

00:35:29.019 --> 00:35:29.200
 mind

00:35:29.200 --> 00:35:29.380
 look

00:35:29.380 --> 00:35:29.680
 at

00:35:29.680 --> 00:35:29.920
 verses

00:35:29.920 --> 00:35:30.460
 45

00:35:30.460 --> 00:35:30.580
 and

00:35:30.580 --> 00:35:31.100
 46

00:35:31.099 --> 00:35:32.519
 many

00:35:32.519 --> 00:35:32.539
 many

00:35:32.539 --> 00:35:32.679
 of

00:35:32.679 --> 00:35:32.799
 the

00:35:32.799 --> 00:35:33.059
 Jews

00:35:33.059 --> 00:35:33.440
 therefore

00:35:33.440 --> 00:35:33.659
 who

00:35:33.659 --> 00:35:33.799
 had

00:35:33.799 --> 00:35:34.019
 come

00:35:34.019 --> 00:35:34.199
 with

00:35:34.199 --> 00:35:34.519
 Mary

00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:34.719
 and

00:35:34.719 --> 00:35:34.880
 had

00:35:34.880 --> 00:35:35.119
 seen

00:35:35.119 --> 00:35:35.279
 what

00:35:35.279 --> 00:35:35.380
 he

00:35:35.380 --> 00:35:35.699
 did

00:35:35.699 --> 00:35:36.380
 believed

00:35:36.380 --> 00:35:36.579
 in

00:35:36.579 --> 00:35:36.819
 him

00:35:36.819 --> 00:35:37.819
 but

00:35:37.819 --> 00:35:38.139
 some

00:35:38.139 --> 00:35:38.259
 of

00:35:38.259 --> 00:35:38.400
 them

00:35:38.400 --> 00:35:38.679
 went

00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:38.860
 to

00:35:38.860 --> 00:35:39.019
 the

00:35:39.019 --> 00:35:39.599
 Pharisees

00:35:39.599 --> 00:35:40.199
 and

00:35:40.199 --> 00:35:40.500
 told

00:35:40.500 --> 00:35:40.839
 them

00:35:40.839 --> 00:35:41.559
 what

00:35:41.559 --> 00:35:41.900
 Jesus

00:35:41.900 --> 00:35:42.380
 had

00:35:42.380 --> 00:35:42.739
 done

00:35:42.739 --> 00:35:44.059
 again

00:35:44.059 --> 00:35:44.219
 this

00:35:44.219 --> 00:35:44.839
 blows

00:35:44.839 --> 00:35:45.279
 my

00:35:45.279 --> 00:35:45.699
 mind

00:35:45.699 --> 00:35:46.380
 a lot

00:35:46.380 --> 00:35:46.480
 of

00:35:46.480 --> 00:35:46.719
 times

00:35:46.719 --> 00:35:46.960
 today

00:35:46.960 --> 00:35:47.139
 you'll

00:35:47.139 --> 00:35:47.239
 hear

00:35:47.239 --> 00:35:47.519
 people

00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:47.839
 say

00:35:47.839 --> 00:35:48.619
 if

00:35:48.619 --> 00:35:49.000
 Jesus

00:35:49.000 --> 00:35:49.299
 would

00:35:49.299 --> 00:35:49.619
 just

00:35:49.619 --> 00:35:49.980
 show

00:35:49.980 --> 00:35:50.119
 me

00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:50.299
 that

00:35:50.299 --> 00:35:50.519
 he's

00:35:50.519 --> 00:35:50.839
 real

00:35:50.839 --> 00:35:51.319
 if

00:35:51.319 --> 00:35:51.440
 he

00:35:51.440 --> 00:35:51.619
 would

00:35:51.619 --> 00:35:51.980
 just

00:35:51.980 --> 00:35:52.279
 give

00:35:52.279 --> 00:35:52.440
 me

00:35:52.440 --> 00:35:52.679
 a

00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:53.059
 sign

00:35:53.059 --> 00:35:53.860
 then

00:35:53.860 --> 00:35:54.000
 I

00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:54.139
 would

00:35:54.139 --> 00:35:54.699
 believe

00:35:54.699 --> 00:35:56.319
 but

00:35:56.319 --> 00:35:56.480
 what

00:35:56.480 --> 00:35:56.619
 we

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:57.099
 realize

00:35:57.099 --> 00:35:57.279
 is

00:35:57.279 --> 00:35:57.559
 that

00:35:57.559 --> 00:35:58.079
 there

00:35:58.079 --> 00:35:58.219
 were

00:35:58.219 --> 00:35:58.659
 people

00:35:58.659 --> 00:35:59.139
 here

00:35:59.139 --> 00:35:59.339
 in

00:35:59.339 --> 00:35:59.519
 this

00:35:59.519 --> 00:35:59.779
 story

00:35:59.779 --> 00:35:59.960
 who

00:35:59.960 --> 00:36:00.519
 witnessed

00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:01.000
 the

00:36:01.000 --> 00:36:01.219
 most

00:36:01.219 --> 00:36:01.960
 powerful

00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.699
 miracle

00:36:02.699 --> 00:36:03.960
 imaginable

00:36:03.960 --> 00:36:05.139
 and yet

00:36:05.139 --> 00:36:05.279
 they

00:36:05.279 --> 00:36:05.559
 didn't

00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:06.039
 believe

00:36:06.039 --> 00:36:08.440
 it's

00:36:08.440 --> 00:36:08.639
 not

00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:08.940
 enough

00:36:08.940 --> 00:36:09.219
 just

00:36:09.219 --> 00:36:09.380
 to

00:36:09.380 --> 00:36:09.539
 see

00:36:09.539 --> 00:36:09.719
 with

00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:09.859
 our

00:36:09.859 --> 00:36:10.199
 eyes

00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:10.380
 or

00:36:10.380 --> 00:36:10.920
 to

00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:11.359
 reason

00:36:11.359 --> 00:36:11.679
 with

00:36:11.679 --> 00:36:11.880
 our

00:36:11.880 --> 00:36:12.339
 minds

00:36:12.339 --> 00:36:12.759
 though

00:36:12.759 --> 00:36:12.920
 there

00:36:12.920 --> 00:36:13.159
 are

00:36:13.159 --> 00:36:13.659
 reasons

00:36:13.659 --> 00:36:14.679
 what

00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:14.859
 we

00:36:14.859 --> 00:36:15.239
 need

00:36:15.239 --> 00:36:15.460
 is

00:36:15.460 --> 00:36:15.900
 Jesus

00:36:15.900 --> 00:36:16.319
 to

00:36:16.319 --> 00:36:16.639
 make

00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:16.920
 us

00:36:16.920 --> 00:36:17.719
 alive

00:36:17.719 --> 00:36:18.480
 and

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 he

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 makes

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 us

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 alive

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 by

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 giving

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 us

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 faith

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 in

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 him

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 faith

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 that

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 all

00:36:24.420 --> 00:36:24.559
 of

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 our

00:36:24.719 --> 00:36:24.960
 sins

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 the

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 worst

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 things

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 that

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 we've

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 ever

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 done

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 the

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 worst

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 things

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 that

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 we'll

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 ever

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 do

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 are

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 laid

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 on

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 Jesus

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 at

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 the

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 cross

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 and

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 paid

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 for

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 by

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 his

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 death

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 faith

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 that

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 leads

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 to

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 eternal

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 life

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 that

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 starts

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 today

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 if

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 you

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 put

00:36:41.360 --> 00:36:41.519
 your

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 faith

00:36:41.880 --> 00:36:42.320
 in

00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:42.619
 him

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 secondly

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 one

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 of the

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 challenges

00:36:48.220 --> 00:36:48.599
 of the

00:36:48.599 --> 00:36:48.900
 Christian

00:36:48.900 --> 00:36:49.160
 life

00:36:49.160 --> 00:36:49.519
 can be

00:36:49.519 --> 00:36:50.240
 reconciling

00:36:50.240 --> 00:36:50.460
 our

00:36:50.460 --> 00:36:51.320
 experience

00:36:51.320 --> 00:36:52.160
 in a

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 broken

00:36:52.440 --> 00:36:52.840
 world

00:36:52.840 --> 00:36:53.039
 with

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 what

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 we

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 know

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 and

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 believe

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 about

00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:55.579
 God

00:36:55.579 --> 00:36:56.319
 reconciling

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 our

00:36:56.519 --> 00:36:57.219
 experience

00:36:57.219 --> 00:36:57.679
 on this

00:36:57.679 --> 00:36:58.000
 side

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 but then

00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:03.639
 also trying to bring it together with what we know to be true about God

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 the place where our theology and our experience intersect can often be a difficult time

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 a difficult place

00:37:10.940 --> 00:37:38.679
 Lord you tell me that you love me and that you want my greatest good but what I'm experiencing right now it doesn't feel very loving and what this passage teaches us what it teaches us to do is not only trust Jesus for our salvation and eternal life in heaven but it teaches us to trust him for every moment of every day all the circumstances that we find ourselves in

00:37:38.679 --> 00:38:08.659
 brothers and

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 when we're tempted to question

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 I bear witness

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 I bear witness that the worst days I have ever had have turned out to be my best days and when God has seen most cruel to me he has then been most kind

00:38:48.779 --> 00:38:54.779
 if there is anything in this world for which I would bless him more than anything else it is for pain and affliction

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:59.780
 I am sure that in these the richest tenderest love has been manifest to me

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 listen

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 our father's

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 our father's

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

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 Jesus you are the resurrection

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 let's pray

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 let's pray

00:39:28.780 --> 00:39:30.780
 let's pray

00:39:30.780 --> 00:39:31.780
 let's pray

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 Jesus you are the resurrection

00:39:36.780 --> 00:39:38.780
 you are the resurrection

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 and the life

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 we praise you this morning for this passage and what it tells us about you

00:39:45.780 --> 00:39:46.780
 thank you

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 thank you that nothing takes you by surprise

00:39:49.780 --> 00:39:51.780
 thank you for your love to us

00:39:51.780 --> 00:39:53.780
 thank you for your love to us

00:39:53.780 --> 00:39:55.780
 in giving us yourself

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 thank you for your power displayed in the gospel

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 God I ask that you would strengthen this church that you would build it up that they would be a body that brings glory to your name

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 in Jesus name

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 Amen