WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:08.439 Starting at verse 38, we read, Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. 00:00:10.300 --> 00:00:15.120 Deeply moved again. So we have to go look back at verse 33. Look at verse 33. 00:00:17.820 --> 00:00:22.800 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, 00:00:23.699 --> 00:00:27.940 Jesus was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled. 00:00:27.940 --> 00:00:30.440 And that's the first observation I want to point out to you. 00:00:30.940 --> 00:00:34.500 The shepherd king who cries out with power, he is deeply moved. 00:00:35.719 --> 00:00:40.620 And he is greatly troubled. Deeply moved, strong feeling. 00:00:41.920 --> 00:00:47.400 Moved and stirred to anger. It can also be used to say a stern admonishment. 00:00:49.700 --> 00:00:53.859 Now this is in Greek, and I want you to picture Alexander the Great, 00:00:54.280 --> 00:00:56.820 spreading the Greek culture across the known world. 00:00:56.820 --> 00:00:59.500 And his famous horse was Bucephalus. 00:01:00.240 --> 00:01:04.879 So in the Greek, this word greatly, I'm sorry, the word deeply moved. 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:09.159 It's also used to describe the snort of a war horse. 00:01:09.760 --> 00:01:12.659 Can you picture Alexander the Great on his great war horse? 00:01:12.859 --> 00:01:16.939 That word to describe his horse getting ready to charge into battle. 00:01:17.140 --> 00:01:23.039 That's the same word used here to describe Jesus facing his enemy. 00:01:23.040 --> 00:01:27.360 And he was greatly troubled, verse 33 says. 00:01:28.180 --> 00:01:33.780 Now in Daniel chapter 11, verse 30, we told that the Messiah will be greatly troubled. 00:01:36.020 --> 00:01:40.300 He will be troubled over the suffering of his people at the hands of their enemy. 00:01:40.380 --> 00:01:47.240 And Daniel chapter 11 says he will return and become indignant at the Holy Covenant and take action. 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.039 And what will be the great Messiah's action? 00:01:50.659 --> 00:01:53.679 He will come back and show regard. 00:01:54.219 --> 00:01:57.919 He will show favor for those who forsake his Holy Covenant. 00:01:58.419 --> 00:02:03.799 The very ones who forsook his covenant, broke his law, were banished and exiled to Babylon. 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:11.020 He will come back indignant to show them favor and fulfill his Holy Covenant to them. 00:02:14.599 --> 00:02:25.620 Brian Voss, a pastor, pointed out that with this language, John is pushing us to see Jesus not as some weak, helpless, sobbing man. 00:02:25.620 --> 00:02:29.580 But instead, it's language of war. 00:02:30.200 --> 00:02:38.420 Jesus here is the all-powerful, almighty, death-defeating, Satan-conquering, sin-crushing champion of God. 00:02:39.259 --> 00:02:45.280 1 Corinthians 15 says in verse 26, the last enemy to be destroyed is death. 00:02:46.860 --> 00:02:52.920 Jesus has set his sights on death, looking at the grave, the tomb where Lazarus was buried. 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:59.179 This is his father's world, and he's coming back to claim his own. 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:06.219 Jesus sees the wages of sin, which is death, and the death of his good friend Lazarus. 00:03:06.759 --> 00:03:09.279 And he has mounted his war horse. 00:03:10.179 --> 00:03:13.219 He will bring the free gift of eternal life. 00:03:15.299 --> 00:03:21.000 You know, when Jesus cleansed the temple, he was filled with a righteous, holy zeal. 00:03:21.000 --> 00:03:27.659 And that same zeal for the holiness of God consumes him here again, his heart, soul, and mind, 00:03:27.740 --> 00:03:32.439 to the point that he's deeply moved, greatly troubled, and going on the offensive. 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:40.979 In the context of John chapter 10, we could say that the shepherd king, he sees one of his beloved lambs 00:03:40.979 --> 00:03:45.180 in the fangs of the wolf, and it's war. 00:03:45.180 --> 00:03:56.680 Before we move on, I want to encourage you, because this very moment, we just sang the song. 00:03:57.939 --> 00:04:00.719 Our Lord Jesus, he pleads for you. 00:04:01.760 --> 00:04:04.060 He lives to intercede for his people. 00:04:04.879 --> 00:04:06.879 And he is deeply moved. 00:04:07.819 --> 00:04:11.159 The wrath of God consumes our living Lord. 00:04:11.159 --> 00:04:16.519 When we're offended, or when someone hurts our loved ones, our family, 00:04:17.100 --> 00:04:19.779 we see the injustice, and we feel that. 00:04:20.519 --> 00:04:24.639 That wrath against sin, it burns. 00:04:24.899 --> 00:04:26.420 That's who God is. 00:04:27.379 --> 00:04:29.019 He will make all things right. 00:04:29.139 --> 00:04:31.300 We have this promise in Isaiah 5.16. 00:04:31.800 --> 00:04:33.159 The Lord will be exalted. 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:34.339 How? 00:04:34.659 --> 00:04:35.339 In judgment. 00:04:35.339 --> 00:04:39.459 God will show himself holy in righteousness. 00:04:41.299 --> 00:04:43.439 So Christ is not passive. 00:04:44.339 --> 00:04:47.459 He watches the world as Lord over all. 00:04:48.979 --> 00:04:55.899 His sword is unsheathed, and by his holy covenant, he will save his own. 00:04:57.339 --> 00:04:58.239 Behold him. 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:09.460 Second thing I want to point out to you is that our shepherd king, he keeps his promise. 00:05:09.600 --> 00:05:10.500 Look at verse 38. 00:05:11.460 --> 00:05:15.920 We read that it was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 00:05:19.759 --> 00:05:23.920 I want to read a cross-reference that I would have not made this connection, 00:05:24.120 --> 00:05:26.759 but a pastor named Sam Ranahan pointed this out. 00:05:26.759 --> 00:05:28.539 I would just want you to hear this. 00:05:28.639 --> 00:05:30.199 You can turn there, if you like, to Nahum, 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:34.279 and I want you to listen to the similarity in language, 00:05:34.420 --> 00:05:36.480 and see if there's a biblical theology here. 00:05:36.560 --> 00:05:37.180 See what you think. 00:05:38.800 --> 00:05:43.959 Turn to Nahum, chapter 2, verse 9, if you like. 00:05:44.899 --> 00:05:50.860 The context of this prophet is that Nineveh, the great capital of Assyria, 00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:54.379 taking all the northern tribes into exile. 00:05:54.719 --> 00:05:56.360 They broke their covenant with the Lord. 00:05:56.360 --> 00:05:57.879 He's banishing them from the land. 00:06:00.439 --> 00:06:02.620 And in Nahum, chapter 2, verse 9, 00:06:03.280 --> 00:06:08.340 he says, Nineveh is like a pool. 00:06:08.420 --> 00:06:10.740 In verse 8, all the waters are running away. 00:06:11.000 --> 00:06:13.040 That great capital city has become nothing. 00:06:14.460 --> 00:06:16.340 Nahum, chapter 2, verse 9, 00:06:16.339 --> 00:06:18.919 Plunder the silver. 00:06:18.919 --> 00:06:20.759 Plunder the gold. 00:06:21.259 --> 00:06:26.539 There is no end of the treasure or the wealth of all the precious things. 00:06:26.540 --> 00:06:30.340 Now, the other verse will make it more clear, 00:06:30.420 --> 00:06:32.980 but even with this imagery of plundering, 00:06:33.260 --> 00:06:34.939 these treasures that are put away. 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:38.520 In the ancient world, when you collect plunder from attacking another kingdom, 00:06:38.760 --> 00:06:40.060 where would you hide that plunder? 00:06:40.060 --> 00:06:41.720 You would put it in caves. 00:06:41.980 --> 00:06:43.600 You'd bury it, or maybe both. 00:06:45.399 --> 00:06:48.100 And now look at what he says in verse 12. 00:06:48.280 --> 00:06:49.899 Nahum, chapter 2, verse 12. 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:54.840 The lion tore enough for his cubs and strangled prey for his lionesses. 00:06:55.199 --> 00:07:01.000 He filled his caves with prey and his dens with torn flesh. 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:08.680 What the lion, the enemy of God's people, 00:07:08.839 --> 00:07:12.420 has stored away in caves as his loot, as his treasure, 00:07:13.019 --> 00:07:15.100 it's in these dark caves buried. 00:07:16.439 --> 00:07:18.180 The enemy is destroyed. 00:07:19.060 --> 00:07:21.420 Jesus Christ and his kingdom advances. 00:07:21.620 --> 00:07:23.060 He will plunder that cave. 00:07:23.699 --> 00:07:26.319 He will take out of it the precious treasures 00:07:26.319 --> 00:07:28.459 that the enemy has hidden. 00:07:29.100 --> 00:07:30.500 They belong to him. 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:37.560 Now look back at John 11 and verse 39. 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:43.279 Jesus said, 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:45.720 Take away the stone. 00:07:46.740 --> 00:07:48.360 In verse 40, Jesus said to her, 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:51.579 I told you that if you believed, 00:07:51.680 --> 00:07:54.540 you would see the glory of God. 00:07:56.720 --> 00:07:59.019 Jesus keeps his promise. 00:07:59.019 --> 00:08:01.579 He's referring to what he had told her back in verse 15. 00:08:02.359 --> 00:08:03.359 For your sake, he said, 00:08:03.399 --> 00:08:06.740 I am glad that I was not there so that you may believe. 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:10.479 See, it was for love that Jesus delayed. 00:08:10.979 --> 00:08:13.339 It was for love that he stayed two more days. 00:08:13.899 --> 00:08:16.359 And that when he would raise Lazarus from the dead, 00:08:16.399 --> 00:08:17.579 he would be in there four days. 00:08:17.579 --> 00:08:19.019 It was out of love. 00:08:19.579 --> 00:08:21.060 He never for one moment, 00:08:21.060 --> 00:08:26.000 one moment would he ever consider not keeping his promise. 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:29.759 Now look at verse 23. 00:08:29.899 --> 00:08:31.540 John chapter 11, verse 23. 00:08:32.100 --> 00:08:33.120 Jesus said to her, 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:36.019 Your brother will rise again. 00:08:36.620 --> 00:08:37.580 In verse 24, 00:08:37.700 --> 00:08:38.440 Martha said to him, 00:08:38.519 --> 00:08:42.519 I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. 00:08:42.519 --> 00:08:44.240 And Jesus said to her, 00:08:44.399 --> 00:08:47.600 I am the resurrection and the life. 00:08:49.740 --> 00:08:51.240 Jesus told her plainly, 00:08:51.620 --> 00:08:53.279 Lazarus is dead. 00:08:56.480 --> 00:08:57.899 You know God's promises. 00:08:58.079 --> 00:08:58.919 We know many of them. 00:08:59.919 --> 00:09:01.860 And maybe you need that simple truth 00:09:01.860 --> 00:09:04.980 that the shepherd king keeps his promises. 00:09:04.980 --> 00:09:09.159 But he does so on his own divine timetable. 00:09:09.560 --> 00:09:12.060 And he does that so that he will be glorified. 00:09:12.259 --> 00:09:14.060 And so that you will believe. 00:09:15.039 --> 00:09:17.580 And your belief is tied to his glory. 00:09:18.379 --> 00:09:20.420 The more your belief and your faith grows, 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:22.000 the more God is glorified. 00:09:23.759 --> 00:09:26.080 So yes, he could have been there before Lazarus died. 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:27.320 Or he could have been there on the first day, 00:09:27.379 --> 00:09:27.920 the second day, 00:09:27.980 --> 00:09:28.580 the third day. 00:09:29.580 --> 00:09:31.639 But his time was perfect 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:35.199 to maximize their belief and his glory. 00:09:35.879 --> 00:09:37.799 He is the resurrection. 00:09:38.699 --> 00:09:39.539 Look at verse 40. 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:41.220 For you see the glory of God. 00:09:42.519 --> 00:09:45.100 It's for you to see the glory of God 00:09:45.100 --> 00:09:46.120 that he will do this. 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:47.639 Now in John's gospel, 00:09:47.779 --> 00:09:49.139 he works with the number seven, 00:09:49.759 --> 00:09:51.340 a sign of completeness. 00:09:51.600 --> 00:09:52.500 He also says at the end, 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:53.600 the Lord did many more signs. 00:09:53.679 --> 00:09:55.740 There aren't even enough books to capture all of them. 00:09:56.080 --> 00:09:58.360 But the number seven represents completeness. 00:09:58.500 --> 00:10:00.340 And this is the seventh sign. 00:10:00.340 --> 00:10:02.560 However, as important as this is, 00:10:02.600 --> 00:10:03.540 even for our faith 00:10:03.540 --> 00:10:05.500 and our hope in the resurrection one day, 00:10:05.639 --> 00:10:08.899 this is not Christ's greatest display of his own glory. 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:11.840 Look to John chapter 17. 00:10:12.320 --> 00:10:13.740 Turn just a few pages forward. 00:10:20.280 --> 00:10:24.100 He promises here that they will see his glory. 00:10:24.100 --> 00:10:26.460 And in John 17, 00:10:26.580 --> 00:10:27.220 verse 1, 00:10:27.700 --> 00:10:30.259 our Lord Jesus Christ lifted up his eyes to heaven 00:10:30.259 --> 00:10:30.800 and he said, 00:10:31.240 --> 00:10:31.480 Father, 00:10:31.800 --> 00:10:33.180 the hour has come. 00:10:33.899 --> 00:10:37.899 Glorify your son that your son may glorify you. 00:10:39.060 --> 00:10:40.019 John 17, 00:10:40.200 --> 00:10:43.460 he's praying moments before he's carried off 00:10:43.460 --> 00:10:46.240 to lay down his life for his sheep. 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:49.100 It will be through the death, 00:10:49.519 --> 00:10:50.060 the burial, 00:10:50.580 --> 00:10:51.659 the descent to hell, 00:10:52.100 --> 00:10:53.220 the resurrection, 00:10:53.680 --> 00:10:54.980 and the ascension of Christ 00:10:54.980 --> 00:10:56.980 that he will be glorified. 00:10:57.299 --> 00:10:58.440 He will be lifted up. 00:11:00.779 --> 00:11:04.060 So Jesus was showing them with Lazarus, 00:11:04.139 --> 00:11:04.779 one soul. 00:11:05.259 --> 00:11:07.379 He was showing them his power over death, 00:11:07.700 --> 00:11:09.980 the death of one of his precious lambs on earth. 00:11:09.980 --> 00:11:13.840 But he was doing it to prepare his disciples then 00:11:13.840 --> 00:11:15.899 and to prepare you and me now as his disciples 00:11:15.899 --> 00:11:21.039 to see the power of the lamb of heaven over death. 00:11:22.639 --> 00:11:23.240 Mary, 00:11:23.600 --> 00:11:23.899 Martha, 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:25.100 Lazarus, 00:11:25.500 --> 00:11:28.060 and over 500 other eyewitnesses 00:11:28.060 --> 00:11:30.259 saw the glory of Christ on full display 00:11:30.259 --> 00:11:31.700 in his glorified body 00:11:31.700 --> 00:11:35.060 as he ascended to the right hand of his father. 00:11:35.539 --> 00:11:39.100 From there he will come to judge the living and the dead. 00:11:40.700 --> 00:11:42.019 So our shepherd king, 00:11:42.100 --> 00:11:43.200 he keeps his promise. 00:11:44.560 --> 00:11:46.659 And he promises that when you too, 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.240 when you walk through the valley of the shadow of death, 00:11:50.620 --> 00:11:51.960 he will be with you. 00:11:52.340 --> 00:11:53.460 He will keep you. 00:11:53.940 --> 00:11:55.240 And he will comfort you. 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:57.639 Trust him. 00:12:04.039 --> 00:12:06.539 The third observation is that our shepherd king, 00:12:06.539 --> 00:12:08.740 when he prays, 00:12:09.059 --> 00:12:10.919 his prayers are heard. 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:11.639 They happen. 00:12:12.579 --> 00:12:13.539 Look at verse 39. 00:12:15.259 --> 00:12:15.799 Martha, 00:12:15.980 --> 00:12:17.240 the sister of the dead man, 00:12:17.599 --> 00:12:18.120 said to him, 00:12:18.199 --> 00:12:18.439 Lord, 00:12:18.599 --> 00:12:20.279 by this time there will be an odor 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:23.099 for he has been dead four days. 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:30.259 There's a scientist at the U.S. National Lab 00:12:30.259 --> 00:12:32.700 that helped me with this. 00:12:33.379 --> 00:12:34.700 And you can talk to him afterwards. 00:12:35.259 --> 00:12:36.159 Most of you know Brandon. 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:36.639 If you don't, 00:12:36.700 --> 00:12:37.259 you need to meet him. 00:12:38.580 --> 00:12:40.560 I'm going to read what a scientist wrote here. 00:12:40.559 --> 00:12:45.759 In the first 24 to 72 hours 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:48.419 after a person's body dies, 00:12:48.579 --> 00:12:49.819 medically is dead. 00:12:49.820 --> 00:12:54.040 That's the first day, 00:12:54.140 --> 00:12:54.640 the second day, 00:12:54.680 --> 00:12:55.220 the third day. 00:12:55.680 --> 00:12:56.540 Here's what happens. 00:12:56.640 --> 00:12:57.360 And just beware, 00:12:57.440 --> 00:12:58.540 this is going to be very gross. 00:12:59.860 --> 00:13:01.520 Excess carbon dioxide 00:13:01.520 --> 00:13:03.360 creates an acidic environment 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:05.940 causing membranes and cells to rupture. 00:13:06.660 --> 00:13:08.020 The membranes release enzymes 00:13:08.560 --> 00:13:10.060 that begin eating the cells 00:13:10.060 --> 00:13:11.420 from the inside out. 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:14.540 On a cellular level, 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:15.560 that's what's going on. 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.219 On days three and four, 00:13:18.519 --> 00:13:19.739 those leaked enzymes 00:13:19.739 --> 00:13:20.759 from the first stage 00:13:20.759 --> 00:13:22.699 begin producing many gases. 00:13:23.459 --> 00:13:24.379 Due to the gases, 00:13:24.519 --> 00:13:27.119 the human body can double in size, 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:29.199 giving it that bloated look. 00:13:30.739 --> 00:13:31.519 It gets worse. 00:13:33.239 --> 00:13:34.979 Sulfur-containing compounds 00:13:34.979 --> 00:13:36.939 that the bacteria release 00:13:36.939 --> 00:13:39.599 also cause skin discoloration. 00:13:40.539 --> 00:13:42.959 The microorganisms and bacteria 00:13:42.959 --> 00:13:45.519 produce extremely unpleasant 00:13:45.519 --> 00:13:48.139 odors called putrefaction. 00:13:49.319 --> 00:13:50.860 By day four, 00:13:51.779 --> 00:13:54.639 the bacteria inside the stomach 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:56.340 eats up the intestines 00:13:56.340 --> 00:13:58.559 and then it begins eating 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:00.620 all the internal organs. 00:14:01.100 --> 00:14:02.199 So on the fourth day, 00:14:02.899 --> 00:14:04.519 the internal organs 00:14:04.519 --> 00:14:05.679 are all decomposed 00:14:05.679 --> 00:14:08.059 and the blood-containing foam 00:14:08.059 --> 00:14:09.939 leaks from the mouth 00:14:09.939 --> 00:14:10.919 and the nose. 00:14:10.919 --> 00:14:14.799 And that's why Martha said 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:16.259 in words that only 00:14:16.259 --> 00:14:17.099 the new King James 00:14:17.099 --> 00:14:18.019 could get just right, 00:14:18.719 --> 00:14:19.500 he stinketh. 00:14:21.500 --> 00:14:22.839 Every sister has thought 00:14:22.839 --> 00:14:23.500 that of her brother 00:14:23.500 --> 00:14:24.500 after a sports game, 00:14:24.620 --> 00:14:26.199 but she said it 00:14:26.199 --> 00:14:27.279 with more good reason. 00:14:28.759 --> 00:14:29.399 You see, 00:14:29.519 --> 00:14:30.740 what's the problem here? 00:14:31.299 --> 00:14:33.019 So a Jewish funeral 00:14:33.019 --> 00:14:34.980 lasted seven days 00:14:34.980 --> 00:14:35.899 of mourning and grieving. 00:14:36.199 --> 00:14:37.019 This procession, 00:14:37.059 --> 00:14:38.019 every time they go to the tomb, 00:14:38.019 --> 00:14:38.519 they're singing 00:14:38.519 --> 00:14:40.019 the saddest dirge 00:14:40.019 --> 00:14:40.600 you could write 00:14:40.600 --> 00:14:42.259 in Hebrew and minor keys 00:14:42.259 --> 00:14:44.019 and they're barefoot, 00:14:44.100 --> 00:14:45.120 they're wearing sackcloth, 00:14:45.579 --> 00:14:47.179 they have ashes on their head, 00:14:47.259 --> 00:14:47.860 they're fasting, 00:14:48.500 --> 00:14:49.840 they're wailing and weeping. 00:14:52.939 --> 00:14:53.779 And Jesus 00:14:53.779 --> 00:14:56.679 is going to recreate life. 00:14:57.679 --> 00:14:58.419 Remember how John 00:14:58.419 --> 00:14:59.559 introduced our Lord Jesus 00:14:59.559 --> 00:15:00.679 in John chapter one? 00:15:01.299 --> 00:15:03.240 This is the word of God. 00:15:03.639 --> 00:15:05.100 This is God 00:15:05.100 --> 00:15:06.700 who was with God 00:15:06.700 --> 00:15:07.500 and who is God 00:15:07.500 --> 00:15:08.180 and through whom 00:15:08.180 --> 00:15:09.560 all things were made 00:15:09.560 --> 00:15:10.340 that were made. 00:15:10.540 --> 00:15:12.540 This is our Lord Jesus Christ, 00:15:12.659 --> 00:15:14.960 the living word of God. 00:15:16.759 --> 00:15:18.120 Now look at verse 41. 00:15:18.320 --> 00:15:19.560 So they took away the stone. 00:15:19.740 --> 00:15:21.019 Jesus lifted up his eyes 00:15:21.019 --> 00:15:21.440 and said, 00:15:21.560 --> 00:15:21.860 Father, 00:15:22.100 --> 00:15:22.940 I thank you 00:15:22.940 --> 00:15:24.500 that you have heard me. 00:15:25.159 --> 00:15:25.379 See, 00:15:25.460 --> 00:15:27.100 Jesus doesn't even ask the Father. 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:27.980 He just thanks him 00:15:27.980 --> 00:15:28.840 because he knows, 00:15:29.580 --> 00:15:29.980 he knows. 00:15:30.080 --> 00:15:30.920 Look at verse 42. 00:15:31.100 --> 00:15:31.620 I knew 00:15:31.620 --> 00:15:33.180 that you always hear me, 00:15:33.259 --> 00:15:34.019 but I said it 00:15:34.019 --> 00:15:35.419 that they may believe 00:15:35.419 --> 00:15:36.340 that you sent me. 00:15:40.419 --> 00:15:42.259 Before the throne of God above, 00:15:42.579 --> 00:15:44.039 I have a strong 00:15:44.039 --> 00:15:45.379 and perfect plea. 00:15:46.179 --> 00:15:47.840 A great high priest 00:15:47.840 --> 00:15:49.299 whose name is love, 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:50.819 whoever stands 00:15:50.819 --> 00:15:52.000 and pleads for me, 00:15:52.679 --> 00:15:54.019 my name, 00:15:54.659 --> 00:15:55.639 just like Lazarus 00:15:55.639 --> 00:15:56.740 is called by name, 00:15:57.079 --> 00:15:57.659 your name. 00:15:58.439 --> 00:15:59.939 The shepherd calls his sheep 00:15:59.939 --> 00:16:00.659 by name, 00:16:00.659 --> 00:16:01.919 and your name 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:02.639 is written 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:04.399 on his hands 00:16:04.399 --> 00:16:05.919 and it's written 00:16:05.919 --> 00:16:06.579 on his heart. 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:09.339 What a great comfort 00:16:09.339 --> 00:16:09.860 we have, 00:16:09.939 --> 00:16:11.100 as J.I. Packard put it, 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:13.299 no matter how impossible 00:16:13.299 --> 00:16:15.079 the odds seem 00:16:15.079 --> 00:16:16.519 like Lazarus' 00:16:16.679 --> 00:16:17.539 decaying body, 00:16:18.419 --> 00:16:18.980 you and I 00:16:18.980 --> 00:16:19.679 will lack 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:20.360 nothing 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:21.459 in this life 00:16:21.459 --> 00:16:22.879 that will detract 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.179 you 00:16:23.179 --> 00:16:24.360 from any 00:16:24.360 --> 00:16:25.079 eternal 00:16:25.079 --> 00:16:25.799 joy 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:26.679 that we have 00:16:26.679 --> 00:16:27.439 promised to us 00:16:27.439 --> 00:16:28.179 in sharing 00:16:28.179 --> 00:16:29.759 in Christ's 00:16:29.759 --> 00:16:30.319 resurrection. 00:16:31.179 --> 00:16:32.239 He prays, 00:16:32.419 --> 00:16:33.519 he pleads for you, 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:35.219 and his father 00:16:35.219 --> 00:16:35.839 always 00:16:35.839 --> 00:16:36.859 hears him 00:16:36.859 --> 00:16:38.559 because his word 00:16:38.559 --> 00:16:39.979 recreates 00:16:39.979 --> 00:16:40.759 life. 00:16:41.179 --> 00:16:42.639 So believe him. 00:16:50.179 --> 00:16:51.039 The fourth thing 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:51.819 I want you to see 00:16:51.819 --> 00:16:54.519 starting in verse 43 00:16:54.519 --> 00:16:55.539 is that our shepherd 00:16:55.539 --> 00:16:56.899 king loudly 00:16:56.899 --> 00:16:58.340 cries out. 00:17:00.439 --> 00:17:01.460 Verse 43, 00:17:01.579 --> 00:17:02.199 when he had said 00:17:02.199 --> 00:17:02.759 these things, 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:03.740 he cried out 00:17:03.740 --> 00:17:05.079 with a loud voice, 00:17:06.279 --> 00:17:06.900 Lazarus, 00:17:07.099 --> 00:17:08.000 come out. 00:17:10.779 --> 00:17:11.740 John Calvin 00:17:11.740 --> 00:17:13.059 makes that connection 00:17:13.059 --> 00:17:14.099 that as God's 00:17:14.099 --> 00:17:14.839 great champion, 00:17:15.019 --> 00:17:16.519 Jesus is storming 00:17:16.519 --> 00:17:17.980 the final citadel. 00:17:18.259 --> 00:17:19.079 He is confronting 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.339 the last great enemy 00:17:20.339 --> 00:17:21.579 by the power 00:17:21.579 --> 00:17:23.099 of his word. 00:17:23.099 --> 00:17:25.740 he cries out. 00:17:25.839 --> 00:17:26.579 It's the strongest 00:17:26.579 --> 00:17:27.679 verb you could use. 00:17:27.980 --> 00:17:28.759 It's used only 00:17:28.759 --> 00:17:29.480 eight times 00:17:29.480 --> 00:17:30.219 in all of the 00:17:30.219 --> 00:17:30.799 New Testament, 00:17:31.279 --> 00:17:31.879 six of those 00:17:31.879 --> 00:17:32.759 by the same 00:17:32.759 --> 00:17:33.219 author here, 00:17:33.319 --> 00:17:33.619 John, 00:17:34.059 --> 00:17:35.079 and four of those 00:17:35.079 --> 00:17:35.480 times 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:36.299 where we're in 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:36.799 the crowd 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:37.659 of sinners 00:17:37.659 --> 00:17:38.839 are crying out, 00:17:39.259 --> 00:17:40.059 crucify him. 00:17:40.299 --> 00:17:41.240 The same word. 00:17:43.659 --> 00:17:44.639 While the sinners 00:17:44.639 --> 00:17:45.699 were about to cry out, 00:17:45.779 --> 00:17:46.519 crucify him, 00:17:46.579 --> 00:17:47.279 our Lord Jesus, 00:17:47.819 --> 00:17:48.740 the only sinless 00:17:48.740 --> 00:17:49.799 one, 00:17:50.159 --> 00:17:50.939 he cries out 00:17:50.939 --> 00:17:52.339 to bring the dead 00:17:52.339 --> 00:17:53.459 to life. 00:17:54.559 --> 00:17:55.419 Listen to how 00:17:55.419 --> 00:17:56.480 Ezekiel 37 00:17:56.480 --> 00:17:57.159 verse 24 00:17:57.159 --> 00:17:58.720 describes this 00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.199 Messiah. 00:18:00.159 --> 00:18:00.879 My servant 00:18:00.879 --> 00:18:01.679 shall be their 00:18:01.679 --> 00:18:02.179 king, 00:18:02.559 --> 00:18:03.599 their one shepherd, 00:18:03.740 --> 00:18:04.539 their prince forever. 00:18:04.899 --> 00:18:05.720 I will make 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:06.319 an everlasting 00:18:06.319 --> 00:18:07.379 covenant of peace 00:18:07.379 --> 00:18:07.859 with them. 00:18:08.259 --> 00:18:09.059 They shall walk 00:18:09.059 --> 00:18:09.759 in my rules 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.679 and obey me. 00:18:11.119 --> 00:18:11.839 They will dwell 00:18:11.839 --> 00:18:12.459 in my kingdom 00:18:12.459 --> 00:18:13.299 and I will set 00:18:13.299 --> 00:18:14.039 my sanctuary 00:18:14.039 --> 00:18:15.559 in their midst 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:16.459 forever. 00:18:16.459 --> 00:18:18.839 Do you hear that? 00:18:18.839 --> 00:18:20.319 My king 00:18:20.319 --> 00:18:21.779 will be their shepherd, 00:18:22.220 --> 00:18:23.399 their one prince. 00:18:24.059 --> 00:18:24.879 It will be his 00:18:24.879 --> 00:18:25.619 kingdom where they 00:18:25.619 --> 00:18:26.819 rest at peace 00:18:26.819 --> 00:18:28.079 and I will set 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:28.879 my sanctuary 00:18:28.879 --> 00:18:29.899 where they will 00:18:29.899 --> 00:18:30.539 worship me 00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:31.759 within his kingdom. 00:18:32.899 --> 00:18:34.459 Our shepherd king 00:18:34.459 --> 00:18:35.500 cries out 00:18:35.500 --> 00:18:36.359 still today. 00:18:37.939 --> 00:18:39.480 Turn to Isaiah 00:18:39.480 --> 00:18:39.899 with me. 00:18:40.000 --> 00:18:41.220 Isaiah chapter 49. 00:18:41.419 --> 00:18:42.059 This is one of our 00:18:42.059 --> 00:18:43.359 great servant passages. 00:18:43.659 --> 00:18:45.179 Isaiah 49. 00:18:45.180 --> 00:19:02.560 The context of Isaiah 00:19:02.560 --> 00:19:04.620 is a prophecy 00:19:04.620 --> 00:19:05.660 about the servant 00:19:05.660 --> 00:19:06.279 of God. 00:19:06.580 --> 00:19:07.120 The father 00:19:07.120 --> 00:19:08.279 promises a 00:19:08.279 --> 00:19:09.240 people and a 00:19:09.240 --> 00:19:10.340 reward to this 00:19:10.340 --> 00:19:10.740 servant. 00:19:12.140 --> 00:19:13.039 He will be the 00:19:13.039 --> 00:19:13.820 light of the nations 00:19:13.820 --> 00:19:14.340 we're told. 00:19:14.339 --> 00:19:15.519 His salvation 00:19:15.519 --> 00:19:16.359 will extend 00:19:16.359 --> 00:19:17.059 to the very 00:19:17.059 --> 00:19:17.980 ends of the 00:19:17.980 --> 00:19:18.379 earth. 00:19:19.259 --> 00:19:19.659 That's who 00:19:19.659 --> 00:19:20.119 this servant 00:19:20.119 --> 00:19:20.559 is. 00:19:21.179 --> 00:19:22.199 Isaiah 49 00:19:22.199 --> 00:19:23.079 verses 8 00:19:23.079 --> 00:19:23.619 and 9. 00:19:26.699 --> 00:19:27.599 Thus says 00:19:27.599 --> 00:19:28.119 the Lord, 00:19:28.599 --> 00:19:29.419 I will keep 00:19:29.419 --> 00:19:30.599 you and give 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:31.559 you as a 00:19:31.559 --> 00:19:32.199 covenant to 00:19:32.199 --> 00:19:32.720 the people 00:19:32.720 --> 00:19:33.879 to establish 00:19:33.879 --> 00:19:34.359 the land, 00:19:34.459 --> 00:19:35.059 to apportion 00:19:35.059 --> 00:19:35.799 the desolate 00:19:35.799 --> 00:19:36.699 heritage. 00:19:36.819 --> 00:19:37.139 Now listen 00:19:37.139 --> 00:19:37.879 to verse 9. 00:19:38.740 --> 00:19:39.439 Saying to 00:19:39.439 --> 00:19:40.179 the prisoners, 00:19:40.619 --> 00:19:41.619 what are the 00:19:41.619 --> 00:19:42.319 next two words? 00:19:42.980 --> 00:19:44.099 Come out 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:44.959 to those 00:19:44.959 --> 00:19:45.299 who are 00:19:45.299 --> 00:19:46.219 in darkness 00:19:46.219 --> 00:19:47.719 appear. 00:19:48.899 --> 00:19:49.480 Now listen, 00:19:49.599 --> 00:19:50.179 what happens 00:19:50.179 --> 00:19:50.819 when he calls 00:19:50.819 --> 00:19:51.219 them out 00:19:51.219 --> 00:19:51.799 of darkness 00:19:51.799 --> 00:19:52.219 and says, 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:52.779 come out. 00:19:53.859 --> 00:19:54.359 They shall 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:55.339 feed along 00:19:55.339 --> 00:19:55.980 the ways 00:19:55.980 --> 00:19:57.139 and on all 00:19:57.139 --> 00:19:57.579 the bare 00:19:57.579 --> 00:19:58.000 heights 00:19:58.000 --> 00:19:58.759 shall be 00:19:58.759 --> 00:19:59.539 their pasture. 00:20:01.000 --> 00:20:01.980 The powerful 00:20:01.980 --> 00:20:02.899 king attacks 00:20:02.899 --> 00:20:03.399 the enemy. 00:20:03.779 --> 00:20:04.259 He calls 00:20:04.259 --> 00:20:04.740 them out 00:20:04.740 --> 00:20:06.000 and then he 00:20:06.000 --> 00:20:06.679 feeds them 00:20:06.679 --> 00:20:07.399 on green 00:20:07.399 --> 00:20:08.059 pastures. 00:20:08.679 --> 00:20:09.159 He is the 00:20:09.159 --> 00:20:09.839 shepherd king. 00:20:09.839 --> 00:20:12.399 Now, 00:20:12.639 --> 00:20:13.859 when Lazarus 00:20:13.859 --> 00:20:14.359 dies, 00:20:14.799 --> 00:20:15.399 his soul 00:20:15.399 --> 00:20:15.919 left his 00:20:15.919 --> 00:20:16.199 body. 00:20:17.859 --> 00:20:18.399 And this 00:20:18.399 --> 00:20:19.079 was before 00:20:19.079 --> 00:20:19.899 Christ himself 00:20:19.899 --> 00:20:20.379 had died 00:20:20.379 --> 00:20:20.980 and descended 00:20:20.980 --> 00:20:21.480 to hell. 00:20:22.659 --> 00:20:23.159 And the 00:20:23.159 --> 00:20:23.619 scriptures are 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:24.399 not as clear 00:20:24.399 --> 00:20:25.119 as regarding 00:20:25.119 --> 00:20:26.519 the believers 00:20:26.519 --> 00:20:27.019 in the old 00:20:27.019 --> 00:20:27.379 covenant, 00:20:27.500 --> 00:20:27.720 the old 00:20:27.720 --> 00:20:28.099 testament. 00:20:28.519 --> 00:20:29.059 We do know 00:20:29.059 --> 00:20:29.980 his soul 00:20:29.980 --> 00:20:30.179 would have 00:20:30.179 --> 00:20:30.539 been in a 00:20:30.539 --> 00:20:30.919 place of 00:20:30.919 --> 00:20:31.359 care and 00:20:31.359 --> 00:20:31.740 comfort. 00:20:33.319 --> 00:20:34.079 The focus 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:34.480 though on 00:20:34.480 --> 00:20:34.759 John, 00:20:34.839 --> 00:20:35.139 you notice 00:20:35.139 --> 00:20:35.659 it's not 00:20:35.659 --> 00:20:36.539 on Lazarus 00:20:36.539 --> 00:20:36.899 at all. 00:20:37.099 --> 00:20:37.599 Other accounts 00:20:37.599 --> 00:20:38.039 say like 00:20:38.039 --> 00:20:38.720 when God 00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:38.960 did a 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.159 miracle, 00:20:39.279 --> 00:20:39.539 here's what 00:20:39.539 --> 00:20:40.000 this person 00:20:40.000 --> 00:20:40.539 did next. 00:20:40.920 --> 00:20:41.240 There's 00:20:41.240 --> 00:20:41.819 nothing about 00:20:41.819 --> 00:20:42.220 Lazarus. 00:20:42.299 --> 00:20:42.680 The focus 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:43.039 is on 00:20:43.039 --> 00:20:43.379 the Lord 00:20:43.379 --> 00:20:43.659 Jesus 00:20:43.659 --> 00:20:44.200 Christ. 00:20:46.220 --> 00:20:46.879 Out of 00:20:46.879 --> 00:20:47.379 that dark 00:20:47.379 --> 00:20:47.839 cave 00:20:47.839 --> 00:20:48.440 appeared, 00:20:48.579 --> 00:20:48.879 look at 00:20:48.879 --> 00:20:49.559 verse 44 00:20:49.559 --> 00:20:50.039 back in 00:20:50.039 --> 00:20:50.599 John 11, 00:20:51.859 --> 00:20:52.480 appeared the 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.339 man who 00:20:53.339 --> 00:20:54.019 had died. 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:54.779 He came 00:20:54.779 --> 00:20:55.019 out. 00:20:56.579 --> 00:20:57.240 Why did 00:20:57.240 --> 00:20:57.539 he come 00:20:57.539 --> 00:20:57.759 out? 00:20:58.480 --> 00:20:59.000 Because 00:20:59.000 --> 00:20:59.920 Jesus is 00:20:59.920 --> 00:21:00.480 the good 00:21:00.480 --> 00:21:01.759 shepherd and 00:21:01.759 --> 00:21:02.359 his sheep 00:21:02.359 --> 00:21:03.440 hear his 00:21:03.440 --> 00:21:04.240 voice and 00:21:04.240 --> 00:21:05.440 follow him. 00:21:06.639 --> 00:21:06.980 Matthew 00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.579 Henry pointed 00:21:07.579 --> 00:21:07.980 out it's 00:21:07.980 --> 00:21:08.279 a good 00:21:08.279 --> 00:21:08.660 thing that 00:21:08.660 --> 00:21:08.940 Jesus 00:21:08.940 --> 00:21:09.519 commanded 00:21:09.519 --> 00:21:10.360 Lazarus 00:21:10.360 --> 00:21:11.019 by name 00:21:11.019 --> 00:21:11.720 to come 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:12.140 out because 00:21:12.140 --> 00:21:14.360 otherwise all 00:21:14.360 --> 00:21:14.920 the dead 00:21:14.920 --> 00:21:15.259 would have 00:21:15.259 --> 00:21:15.640 come out 00:21:15.640 --> 00:21:15.980 from the 00:21:15.980 --> 00:21:16.299 grave. 00:21:16.720 --> 00:21:17.120 All the 00:21:17.120 --> 00:21:17.539 dead would 00:21:17.539 --> 00:21:17.900 have come 00:21:17.900 --> 00:21:19.120 forth because 00:21:19.120 --> 00:21:19.700 there is 00:21:19.700 --> 00:21:20.500 such power 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:21.180 in the 00:21:21.180 --> 00:21:21.839 voice of 00:21:21.839 --> 00:21:22.360 Jesus, 00:21:22.779 --> 00:21:23.420 the great 00:21:23.420 --> 00:21:24.319 shepherd king 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:26.319 who is 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:27.380 Jesus to 00:21:27.380 --> 00:21:27.700 you. 00:21:28.539 --> 00:21:29.059 To 00:21:29.059 --> 00:21:29.539 Lazarus, 00:21:29.559 --> 00:21:29.860 he was 00:21:29.860 --> 00:21:31.160 the shepherd 00:21:31.160 --> 00:21:31.620 king that 00:21:31.620 --> 00:21:32.000 he could 00:21:32.000 --> 00:21:32.660 not deny. 00:21:33.880 --> 00:21:34.599 How could 00:21:34.599 --> 00:21:34.980 he not 00:21:34.980 --> 00:21:35.220 obey? 00:21:35.319 --> 00:21:35.680 He's the 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:36.019 one, 00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.460 the one who 00:21:37.460 --> 00:21:38.019 calls, 00:21:38.360 --> 00:21:38.700 the one 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.759 who recreates 00:21:39.759 --> 00:21:40.480 and when 00:21:40.480 --> 00:21:40.940 he calls 00:21:40.940 --> 00:21:41.519 you obey, 00:21:42.059 --> 00:21:42.860 you follow 00:21:42.860 --> 00:21:43.980 his voice. 00:21:45.039 --> 00:21:45.840 Hear him. 00:21:45.839 --> 00:21:51.839 well, the 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.679 fifth observation, 00:21:53.299 --> 00:21:54.579 our last 00:21:54.579 --> 00:21:55.319 verses here is 00:21:55.319 --> 00:21:56.000 that our 00:21:56.000 --> 00:21:56.740 shepherd king, 00:21:56.879 --> 00:21:58.579 he unbinds, 00:21:58.579 --> 00:22:00.459 he unbinds and 00:22:00.459 --> 00:22:02.259 calls you to 00:22:02.259 --> 00:22:03.799 life when he 00:22:03.799 --> 00:22:05.339 raises you from 00:22:05.339 --> 00:22:05.779 the dead. 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:06.799 Look at verse 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:07.319 44. 00:22:07.319 --> 00:22:08.939 Lazarus came 00:22:08.939 --> 00:22:09.439 out, but 00:22:09.439 --> 00:22:10.319 his hands and 00:22:10.319 --> 00:22:10.659 feet were 00:22:10.659 --> 00:22:11.200 bound with 00:22:11.200 --> 00:22:11.859 linen strips 00:22:11.859 --> 00:22:12.200 and his 00:22:12.200 --> 00:22:13.139 face was 00:22:13.139 --> 00:22:13.639 wrapped with 00:22:13.639 --> 00:22:14.259 a cloth and 00:22:14.259 --> 00:22:14.859 Jesus said, 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.919 unbind him. 00:22:16.639 --> 00:22:17.279 Now notice the 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:17.779 next words, 00:22:17.859 --> 00:22:18.139 these are 00:22:18.139 --> 00:22:18.519 familiar, 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:20.000 let him 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:20.399 go. 00:22:22.899 --> 00:22:23.740 The enemy 00:22:23.740 --> 00:22:25.539 of our soul 00:22:25.539 --> 00:22:26.059 is not a 00:22:26.059 --> 00:22:26.679 man, it's 00:22:26.679 --> 00:22:27.000 not a 00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:28.419 nation, it's 00:22:28.419 --> 00:22:28.740 not an 00:22:28.740 --> 00:22:29.619 ideology or a 00:22:29.619 --> 00:22:30.299 political party, 00:22:30.399 --> 00:22:31.000 the enemy of 00:22:31.000 --> 00:22:32.759 your soul is 00:22:32.759 --> 00:22:33.339 what leads you 00:22:33.339 --> 00:22:33.899 to death, 00:22:33.980 --> 00:22:35.200 it's sin, 00:22:35.200 --> 00:22:36.759 it's Satan, 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:38.759 it's worldliness 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:39.819 that tempts 00:22:39.819 --> 00:22:40.360 your flesh, 00:22:40.860 --> 00:22:41.759 and it's wolves 00:22:41.759 --> 00:22:42.660 that want to 00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:43.519 peel away God's 00:22:43.519 --> 00:22:43.980 lambs to 00:22:43.980 --> 00:22:44.460 devour. 00:22:46.259 --> 00:22:47.340 And to God's 00:22:47.340 --> 00:22:49.059 enemy, he 00:22:49.059 --> 00:22:50.120 says, let 00:22:50.120 --> 00:22:50.720 him go. 00:22:52.080 --> 00:22:52.860 In Exodus 00:22:52.860 --> 00:22:53.600 chapter 8, 00:22:53.680 --> 00:22:54.299 verse 1, 00:22:54.840 --> 00:22:55.600 thus says the 00:22:55.600 --> 00:22:56.319 Lord to 00:22:56.319 --> 00:22:57.400 Pharaoh, let 00:22:57.400 --> 00:22:58.500 my people go. 00:22:59.059 --> 00:22:59.480 Why? 00:22:59.920 --> 00:23:00.660 That they may 00:23:00.660 --> 00:23:01.700 serve me. 00:23:03.620 --> 00:23:04.580 When Jesus 00:23:04.580 --> 00:23:05.059 summons 00:23:05.059 --> 00:23:05.659 Lazarus 00:23:05.659 --> 00:23:06.240 commanding 00:23:06.240 --> 00:23:07.159 death to 00:23:07.159 --> 00:23:08.139 unbind one 00:23:08.139 --> 00:23:08.480 of his 00:23:08.480 --> 00:23:09.159 sheep and 00:23:09.159 --> 00:23:09.440 let it 00:23:09.440 --> 00:23:10.819 go, he's 00:23:10.819 --> 00:23:12.200 saying sin 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:12.659 that leads 00:23:12.659 --> 00:23:13.099 to death 00:23:13.099 --> 00:23:13.579 has no 00:23:13.579 --> 00:23:14.159 longer a 00:23:14.159 --> 00:23:15.119 claim on 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:15.539 those who 00:23:15.539 --> 00:23:16.059 belong to 00:23:16.059 --> 00:23:16.419 the good 00:23:16.419 --> 00:23:16.839 shepherd. 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.200 Brian Voss 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:18.740 again pointed 00:23:18.740 --> 00:23:19.339 out Jesus 00:23:19.339 --> 00:23:20.759 summons death 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.179 to come 00:23:21.179 --> 00:23:21.940 forth and 00:23:21.940 --> 00:23:23.159 bind him, 00:23:25.159 --> 00:23:26.319 tie him 00:23:26.319 --> 00:23:28.139 up in 00:23:28.139 --> 00:23:28.599 order to 00:23:28.599 --> 00:23:29.359 unbind 00:23:29.359 --> 00:23:30.259 his sheep. 00:23:31.220 --> 00:23:31.899 There's no 00:23:31.899 --> 00:23:32.500 other way for 00:23:32.500 --> 00:23:33.039 his sheep to 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:34.059 be spiritually 00:23:34.059 --> 00:23:34.899 unbound from 00:23:34.900 --> 00:23:35.300 the curse 00:23:35.300 --> 00:23:35.860 of sin 00:23:35.860 --> 00:23:37.340 unless Christ 00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:38.680 himself be 00:23:38.680 --> 00:23:39.400 bound in 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:40.080 their place. 00:23:41.360 --> 00:23:42.600 Jesus summons 00:23:42.600 --> 00:23:44.400 death to 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:45.259 bind him so 00:23:45.259 --> 00:23:46.080 that you and 00:23:46.080 --> 00:23:47.200 I will forever 00:23:47.200 --> 00:23:48.200 be unbound. 00:23:49.080 --> 00:23:49.780 We've been let 00:23:49.780 --> 00:23:50.040 go. 00:23:50.180 --> 00:23:50.600 We are not 00:23:50.600 --> 00:23:51.500 prisoners of 00:23:51.500 --> 00:23:52.259 sin and 00:23:52.259 --> 00:23:52.580 Satan. 00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.780 He commanded 00:23:53.780 --> 00:23:54.800 death to 00:23:54.800 --> 00:23:55.620 claim him, 00:23:55.980 --> 00:23:56.820 take my life 00:23:56.820 --> 00:23:58.519 so that my 00:23:58.519 --> 00:23:59.800 sheep can live 00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:00.700 and have life 00:24:00.700 --> 00:24:01.400 forever. 00:24:04.460 --> 00:24:05.559 Unbind him 00:24:05.559 --> 00:24:06.559 and let him 00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:06.860 go. 00:24:07.500 --> 00:24:08.120 Release my 00:24:08.120 --> 00:24:08.559 prisoner. 00:24:09.620 --> 00:24:10.539 Psalm 107 00:24:10.539 --> 00:24:11.380 verse 16 00:24:11.380 --> 00:24:12.080 says that he 00:24:12.080 --> 00:24:13.240 shatters the 00:24:13.240 --> 00:24:13.819 doors of 00:24:13.819 --> 00:24:15.000 bronze and 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:15.960 cuts into the 00:24:15.960 --> 00:24:16.600 bars of 00:24:16.600 --> 00:24:17.000 iron. 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:23.579 It could be 00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:24.259 that God has 00:24:24.259 --> 00:24:24.619 brought you 00:24:24.619 --> 00:24:25.079 here in his 00:24:25.079 --> 00:24:25.880 providence to 00:24:25.880 --> 00:24:26.779 hear this 00:24:26.779 --> 00:24:27.440 truth that if 00:24:27.440 --> 00:24:27.859 you are 00:24:27.859 --> 00:24:29.779 entangled in 00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.359 sins of the 00:24:30.359 --> 00:24:31.880 flesh but you 00:24:31.880 --> 00:24:32.420 have heard your 00:24:32.420 --> 00:24:33.299 shepherd's voice 00:24:33.299 --> 00:24:34.779 just as powerful 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:36.140 as his word is 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:37.299 to recreate 00:24:37.299 --> 00:24:38.019 Lazarus' 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:38.980 physical body, 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.500 it's just that 00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:41.180 powerful to 00:24:41.180 --> 00:24:41.920 recreate your 00:24:41.920 --> 00:24:42.640 life in 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:43.019 Christ. 00:24:43.359 --> 00:24:44.099 You are not 00:24:44.099 --> 00:24:45.000 bound to 00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.379 sin. 00:24:46.799 --> 00:24:47.559 He says, 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.480 let them go, 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:49.219 they belong to 00:24:49.219 --> 00:24:49.659 me and in 00:24:49.659 --> 00:24:50.199 me they have 00:24:50.199 --> 00:24:50.959 life and it's 00:24:50.959 --> 00:24:51.500 a life that 00:24:51.500 --> 00:24:52.259 is abundant. 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:56.299 Romans 8 00:24:56.299 --> 00:24:57.119 21, we have 00:24:57.119 --> 00:24:57.859 this promise that 00:24:57.859 --> 00:24:58.579 there will be a 00:24:58.579 --> 00:24:59.279 great day when 00:24:59.279 --> 00:24:59.899 the creation 00:24:59.899 --> 00:25:00.939 itself will be 00:25:00.939 --> 00:25:01.759 set free from 00:25:01.759 --> 00:25:03.199 its bondage to 00:25:03.199 --> 00:25:04.299 corruption and 00:25:04.299 --> 00:25:04.879 obtain the 00:25:04.879 --> 00:25:05.959 freedom of the 00:25:05.959 --> 00:25:06.679 glory of the 00:25:06.679 --> 00:25:08.099 children of God. 00:25:08.480 --> 00:25:09.179 What will that 00:25:09.179 --> 00:25:09.899 day be like? 00:25:11.419 --> 00:25:12.179 How can we 00:25:12.179 --> 00:25:13.179 even picture our 00:25:13.179 --> 00:25:13.859 risen Lord and 00:25:13.859 --> 00:25:14.519 his glorified 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.879 body? 00:25:16.759 --> 00:25:17.639 Well, listen to 00:25:17.639 --> 00:25:18.399 the description of 00:25:18.399 --> 00:25:19.359 this same author, 00:25:19.519 --> 00:25:20.139 John, in 00:25:20.139 --> 00:25:20.979 Revelation chapter 00:25:20.979 --> 00:25:22.619 1, verse 10. 00:25:22.719 --> 00:25:23.219 He's bearing 00:25:23.219 --> 00:25:23.979 witness as an 00:25:23.979 --> 00:25:24.879 eyewitness again. 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:26.099 I, John, was in 00:25:26.099 --> 00:25:26.799 the spirit on the 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:28.039 Lord's day and I 00:25:28.039 --> 00:25:29.639 heard behind me a 00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:31.479 loud voice like a 00:25:31.479 --> 00:25:31.839 trumpet. 00:25:33.259 --> 00:25:34.399 In Revelation 1, 00:25:34.439 --> 00:25:35.139 verse 15, he 00:25:35.139 --> 00:25:36.159 says, his voice was 00:25:36.159 --> 00:25:37.599 like the roar of 00:25:37.599 --> 00:25:38.500 many waters. 00:25:39.439 --> 00:25:40.539 When I saw him, I 00:25:40.539 --> 00:25:42.119 fell at his feet as 00:25:42.119 --> 00:25:43.139 though dead. 00:25:43.139 --> 00:25:45.339 But he laid his 00:25:45.339 --> 00:25:46.539 right hand on me 00:25:46.539 --> 00:25:48.319 saying, fear not, I 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:50.079 am the first and 00:25:50.079 --> 00:25:51.979 the last and the 00:25:51.979 --> 00:25:53.019 living one. 00:25:53.139 --> 00:25:55.259 I died and behold, I 00:25:55.259 --> 00:25:57.359 am alive forevermore. 00:25:57.859 --> 00:25:59.399 And I have the keys 00:25:59.399 --> 00:26:01.419 to death in Hades. 00:26:01.420 --> 00:26:07.000 When a soldier hears the 00:26:07.000 --> 00:26:08.980 bugle sound at the 00:26:08.980 --> 00:26:10.380 crack of dawn, he 00:26:10.380 --> 00:26:11.980 gets up early, falls in 00:26:11.980 --> 00:26:12.860 line, and is prepared 00:26:12.860 --> 00:26:13.980 for war. 00:26:15.279 --> 00:26:16.840 When Christ's own, hear 00:26:16.840 --> 00:26:18.480 his powerful voice of 00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:20.039 the shepherd king, we 00:26:20.039 --> 00:26:20.360 obey. 00:26:20.359 --> 00:26:27.039 I want to wrap this 00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:29.479 up by simply letting 00:26:29.479 --> 00:26:30.859 you know that this 00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:32.099 same shepherd king 00:26:32.099 --> 00:26:33.179 from John 11, he 00:26:33.179 --> 00:26:34.799 cries out loudly to 00:26:34.799 --> 00:26:35.079 you. 00:26:35.979 --> 00:26:37.479 And he says, I came 00:26:37.479 --> 00:26:38.740 to seek and save the 00:26:38.740 --> 00:26:39.079 lost. 00:26:39.199 --> 00:26:40.479 Luke 19, whoever 00:26:40.479 --> 00:26:42.079 believes in me has 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.000 eternal life. 00:26:43.399 --> 00:26:44.259 Whoever does not 00:26:44.259 --> 00:26:45.740 obey me will not 00:26:45.740 --> 00:26:46.859 see life, but the 00:26:46.859 --> 00:26:48.519 wrath of God remains 00:26:48.519 --> 00:26:49.059 on him. 00:26:49.519 --> 00:26:52.859 John 3, I am the 00:26:52.859 --> 00:26:53.700 shepherd king, my 00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:55.099 sheep, hear my good 00:26:55.099 --> 00:26:56.400 voice and follow me. 00:26:57.339 --> 00:26:58.700 So if you hear him 00:26:58.700 --> 00:27:00.619 today, he's crying out 00:27:00.619 --> 00:27:02.660 your name, follow him. 00:27:03.660 --> 00:27:04.900 Obey his call on your 00:27:04.900 --> 00:27:05.279 life. 00:27:06.740 --> 00:27:08.019 We believe that there 00:27:08.019 --> 00:27:10.019 are still some trapped 00:27:10.019 --> 00:27:11.139 inside the gates of 00:27:11.139 --> 00:27:12.299 hell right here where 00:27:12.299 --> 00:27:13.220 God has planted our 00:27:13.220 --> 00:27:14.000 congregations. 00:27:14.960 --> 00:27:16.160 And when they hear the 00:27:16.160 --> 00:27:16.940 gospel, they will 00:27:16.940 --> 00:27:17.519 believe. 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:19.160 They will go to King 00:27:19.160 --> 00:27:20.700 Jesus and they will 00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.400 follow him. 00:27:22.460 --> 00:27:23.299 And his promise is 00:27:23.299 --> 00:27:24.779 that my blood cleanses 00:27:24.779 --> 00:27:26.339 you from all sin. 00:27:26.460 --> 00:27:28.220 First John 1, Jesus 00:27:28.220 --> 00:27:29.599 said, look unto me and 00:27:29.599 --> 00:27:30.200 be saved. 00:27:30.299 --> 00:27:30.460 Who? 00:27:30.980 --> 00:27:32.220 All the ends of the 00:27:32.220 --> 00:27:33.559 earth for I am God 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:35.039 and there is none 00:27:35.039 --> 00:27:35.759 else. 00:27:35.920 --> 00:27:37.379 Isaiah 45, 22. 00:27:38.920 --> 00:27:40.240 Because Christ lives, 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:41.180 the promise to you 00:27:41.180 --> 00:27:42.059 and to me is this, 00:27:42.180 --> 00:27:44.599 that Isaiah 26, 19. 00:27:44.599 --> 00:27:47.159 Each one of us here has 00:27:47.159 --> 00:27:48.139 probably lost a loved 00:27:48.139 --> 00:27:49.119 one, but listen to this 00:27:49.119 --> 00:27:49.579 promise. 00:27:50.419 --> 00:27:52.339 Just like Lazarus, your 00:27:52.339 --> 00:27:54.000 dead shall live. 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.919 Their bodies shall rise. 00:27:58.919 --> 00:28:00.159 You who dwell in the 00:28:00.159 --> 00:28:02.299 dust, praise and sing for 00:28:02.299 --> 00:28:04.279 joy for your due is a 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:06.039 due of light and the 00:28:06.039 --> 00:28:07.339 earth will give birth to 00:28:07.339 --> 00:28:07.819 the dead. 00:28:07.819 --> 00:28:11.179 God, the good shepherd 00:28:11.179 --> 00:28:12.619 does not leave a single 00:28:12.619 --> 00:28:14.059 one of his lambs lost. 00:28:14.519 --> 00:28:16.000 He goes and finds you 00:28:16.000 --> 00:28:17.460 and he brings you back 00:28:17.460 --> 00:28:19.579 to him and no one can 00:28:19.579 --> 00:28:20.720 snatch you out of his 00:28:20.720 --> 00:28:22.220 hands because he has 00:28:22.220 --> 00:28:24.839 destroyed death by his 00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:26.279 own death and resurrection 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.819 and he has conquered the 00:28:27.819 --> 00:28:28.259 grave. 00:28:28.939 --> 00:28:29.599 He has risen. 00:28:29.599 --> 00:28:32.500 And our King Jesus, our 00:28:32.500 --> 00:28:34.299 great shepherd King, he 00:28:34.299 --> 00:28:34.819 lives. 00:28:35.659 --> 00:28:37.659 Behold him, trust him, 00:28:38.459 --> 00:28:40.599 believe him, hear him, 00:28:41.559 --> 00:28:42.159 obey him. 00:28:46.819 --> 00:28:47.659 Let's pray. 00:28:53.199 --> 00:28:55.259 From Isaiah 25, verse 8. 00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:58.240 O Lord, you swallowed up 00:28:58.240 --> 00:28:59.019 death forever. 00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.759 You, O Lord, you promised 00:29:02.759 --> 00:29:04.579 that you will wipe away the 00:29:04.579 --> 00:29:06.379 tears from all the faces of 00:29:06.379 --> 00:29:06.900 your people. 00:29:08.339 --> 00:29:10.539 Cause us to trust in you, our 00:29:10.539 --> 00:29:12.740 everlasting rock, our Lord, 00:29:13.019 --> 00:29:15.299 our God, today and forever 00:29:15.299 --> 00:29:15.660 more. 00:29:16.700 --> 00:29:18.559 May you be glorified in all 00:29:18.559 --> 00:29:19.940 the earth for Christ's sake. 00:29:21.379 --> 00:29:22.680 Thank you for Jesus. 00:29:22.680 --> 00:29:25.480 Thank you for how he rules 00:29:25.480 --> 00:29:26.580 over his church by his 00:29:26.580 --> 00:29:26.900 spirit. 00:29:28.019 --> 00:29:29.440 And may the spirit bear the 00:29:29.440 --> 00:29:30.980 fruit of your eternal kingdom 00:29:30.980 --> 00:29:32.580 in our lives more and more 00:29:32.580 --> 00:29:33.960 each day until you come back. 00:29:34.380 --> 00:29:35.500 And please come quickly, 00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:37.160 Lord Jesus, we ask. 00:29:37.580 --> 00:29:37.900 Amen. 00:29:52.680 --> 00:29:56.560 Amen. 00:29:56.560 --> 00:29:57.500 Amen. 00:29:57.620 --> 00:29:58.080 Amen. 00:29:58.080 --> 00:29:59.120 Amen. 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:00.140 Amen. 00:30:00.360 --> 00:30:01.019 Amen. 00:30:01.019 --> 00:30:02.019 Amen. 00:30:02.100 --> 00:30:02.279 Amen. 00:30:02.279 --> 00:30:03.039 Amen. 00:30:03.320 --> 00:30:11.240 Amen. 00:30:11.660 --> 00:30:16.080 Amen. 00:30:16.180 --> 00:30:16.680 Amen. 00:30:16.680 --> 00:30:18.740 Amen. 00:30:19.980 --> 00:30:20.580 Amen. 00:30:20.580 --> 00:30:21.620 Amen. 00:30:21.900 --> 00:30:22.259 Amen.