![]() ![]() John 11: 1-7: Now a man named Lazarus was sick. But what a lot of people don’t remember or might forget is that Jesus was sent a message a few days before Lazarus’ death that he was ill and Jesus decided to stay two days where He was and not go to Lazarus immediately. This is the verse in the Bible where “Jesus wept” when he heard of Lazarus’ death. Lazarus and his sisters, Martha and Mary, were good friends with Jesus and Jesus was deeply saddened by Lazarus’ death. If you know (or don’t know) the story of Lazarus, he died and Jesus raised him from the dead. ![]() We don’t always get far into the New Testament with the stories we read, but this particular day we started reading the story of Lazarus. We do this every morning and he has his favorite stories that we tend to read on a regular basis: David and Goliath, Joshua and the Wall (Battle of Jericho), and Baby Jesus. When we choose to believe that Jesus is God and that He saves us from sin, then we can have eternal life, even if we died on Earth.Last week, I was reading with Levi from his children’s Bible. What can we learn from Jesus and Lazarus? Jesus said that HE was the Resurrection and the Life. And when bad things happen we need to ask the hard question: How will God glorify Himself in this situation? And when God is glorified, people then believe. Jesus stayed on that cross because He loves you. ![]() But Jesus said that the death of His friend happened so that glory would be given to God. Sometimes we have a hard time believing in Jesus. And then there were the others who went to the Pharisees. He is BEYOND what is natural in our eyes.Īfter Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead, many people believed that Jesus was the Son of God. He could have gone **POOF** and disappeared whenever He wanted. ![]() Not only does Jesus control who lives and died, but He controlled whether or not HE lived or died. Jesus showed people that He controlled life and death. In this event, Jesus raised someone from the dead. The more we learn, the more we realize there is more TO learn. But the truth is, there is no way we can EVER know enough about God. People, you, me, scientists, like to think they have God all figured out. The more we learn, the more we understand this experiment. It’s even more interesting once you figure out WHY the colors move. Watching the colors swirl and move is really neat to watch.
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