Podcasts about John 11

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John 11:33-35 When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, He was deeply moved in spirit and was troubled, and said, "Where have you laid him?" They said to Him, "Lord, come and see." Jesus wept. “Weep with those who weep” (Rom. 12:15). We see a loving expression of empathy in Jesus. Although He knew Lazarus was only “sleeping” and that God was going to raise him for His glory, He still wept. John seems to imply that Jesus' tears were motivated by a movement of God deep within His spirit which was troubling. What do you think was troubling? Was it that he saw familiar faces—Jews who caused trouble the last time He was in Jerusalem? I wonder if He always felt that way when He saw death—it was always troubling to see the affects of sin on His creation, wasn't it? It's what He came to conquer. For whatever the reason, Jesus was ready to look death in the face in the power of the Holy Spirit with His Father. But still He wept. Filled with the hope of glory, Jesus wept. Isn't God's love amazing? Lord, I worship You.

John 11:32 Therefore, when Mary came where Jesus was, she saw Him, and fell at His feet, saying to Him, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died." We observe Mary's great love and reverence for Jesus as she fell at His feet. It's interesting to me that Martha didn't fall at Jesus' feet when she came to Him. At least, it's not reported. There's an attitude of surrender and humility that convicts me. Not many people respond to God this way when going through difficulties. That's what makes me think that Mary isn't blaming Jesus when she says what she says. Obviously Martha and Mary were both of the opinion that if Jesus had been there, Lazarus would still be alive. But they aren't blaming Him. They can't see anything but their loss, but in their loss, they still have confidence in Jesus. In her pain and loss, she presented herself humbly to the Lord Jesus. May we also walk in such humility and love.

John 11:30-31 Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was still in the place where Martha met Him. Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and consoling her, when they saw that Mary got up quickly and went out, they followed her, supposing that she was going to the tomb to weep there. God gathered the crowd to display His glory in His Son by having Mary not follow Martha in the beginning but stay with the friends who came to console her. When Mary finally heard that Jesus was on the way and called for her, they followed her. God is always at work providentially moving people into place to accomplish His will. This will happen today in our lives as God places people in our paths to love with Him. He loves them and wishes to do it through us for His glory even as He loved Mary, Martha, and those who mourned Lazarus' death. Let's be alert to everyone we see today. God planted them there.

John 11:29 And when she heard it, she got up quickly and was coming to Him. When Jesus calls us, how quick do we respond? Mary was probably surrounded by people. We read two verses later that she was being consoled by the Jews who came from Jerusalem. I think John wants his readers to see another example of Mary's love for and devotion to Jesus. We are disciples of Jesus as was Mary. Today, He may call for us to come at a time that is most inopportune. May we be like Mary, and get up quickly to express our love and bear our hearts to Jesus.

John 11:25-2625 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”

John 11:27 She said to Him, "Yes, Lord; I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God, even He who comes into the world." What did Martha believe about Jesus? She believed He is the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world to save us from eternal death, which we deserve. This declaration ranks right up there with Peter's, “You are the Christ, the son of the living God” (Matt. 16:16). Will we join Martha's voice in worship of Jesus Christ? I hope so. Jesus, You are the Christ, the Son of God, who comes into the world to save us from our sins. We worship You.

John 11:26 and everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die. Do you believe this?" Never dies! Faith in Jesus is the difference between eternal life and eternal death. Martha was asked if she believed in Him. Jesus might as well be asking the question of everyone who reads these words. Is He asking if we believe Jesus existed? Is He asking if we believe He was the best man that ever walked on earth? Do you believe that without Him, you don't live? According to Jesus, if you don't believe in Him, you are the walking dead. Everything done has the curse and stench of death on it. But if you believe in Jesus, everything done in Him has the blessing and aroma of life everlasting. Who do you believe Jesus is?

John 11:25 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies, These are not the words of a crazy man, a lunatic, or a religious fanatic cult leader. Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life. Lord, we worship You as the resurrection and the life. Everything and everyone around us who is not in You is in a state of perpetual death. There is no life but in You. This is what makes living to love with Jesus so exciting and hopeful. Think about it. If Jesus loves through us, then that deed lives forever for the glory of God. Every other deed is lifeless and dead. Therefore, everyone who believes in Jesus, that is, trusts in His life within as the fountain and source of his life, always lives even if he stops breathing—he's united to eternal life! What a statement about Lazarus. Even if he no longer breaths in his body, Lazarus still lives. What a comfort to Martha—and to us!

John 11:24 Martha said to Him, "I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day." Again, Martha's faith and confidence shines. She believes that death does not have the final say in the lives of believers. It's why we celebrate when a loved one who knows Jesus leaves the body at the last breath. This is pretty amazing since this event is a pre-resurrection occurrence. Anyone with such faith should not be afraid of death. We know that all who are in Christ will be raised on the last day that this fallen, cursed world breathes its last breath. What a day that will be! Rejoice today in this wonderful hope of joining all the loved ones who have gone before you in the presence of the risen Lord Jesus Christ.

John 11:23 Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again." This is stunning! Wonderful! Amazing! It seems reasonable that Jesus is telling her what He asked of God. He asked that Lazarus would be raised from the dead, and He is confident that His Father has heard and will give it. In Romans 8:26-28, Paul gives us the same confidence in Jesus' intercession. We may not know how to pray, but that's not our confidence. Our confidence is in God always doing His will with regard to us, and that is to work everything that happens for our greatest good and His greatest glory through the intercession of the Holy Spirit and our Lord Jesus Christ. We also know what our highest good is and what brings Him the greatest glory, namely, that everything is being used to conform us to the image of Christ. Another way of saying this is that God is working everything so that we become vessels of Jesus' love for His glory. Lazarus' death was so that God's love and glory could be revealed as Jesus took authority over death. Whatever assails us is just the setting for God to reveal His love and glory in Jesus as He takes authority over it. Settle for nothing less than resurrection power revealed in love.

John 11:22 Even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You." Are we like Martha in this regard? She expressed a trust in Jesus' intercession “even now” with Lazarus being dead 4 days. What was He to ask of God? Her words “whatever you ask” remind me of the words of Jesus to His disciples found in John 14:13. “Whatever you ask in My name that will I do, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son.” and 15:7-8 “If you abide in Me, and My words abide in you, ask whatever you wish, and it will be done for you. My Father is glorified by this, that you bear much fruit, and so prove to be My disciples.” Jesus told them they could ask whatever they needed to obey His command to love with Him, and it would be given, so the Father could receive glory. Isn't this the same case? She knows Jesus loves Lazarus and them, so she knows He could ask the Father for whatever is needed to love them for God's glory. Therein lies our confidence in Jesus' intercession. We know He loves us. We know He asks for whatever is needed to most glorify God. Then we trust Him. We can't live to love with Jesus if we don't trust that His will and intercession are motivated by His love and glory.

John 11:21 Martha then said to Jesus, "Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. We are all like Martha. If from our perspective, something bad happens, we conclude it happened because God doesn't love us or wasn't there. We naturally have the “If only…” syndrome. If we think God should orchestrate the affairs of our lives according to our desires, we forget that God's ways are higher than our ways. His goal is not our comfort and convenience in this world, but to glorify Jesus in this world. The Fall and its resulting pain, sorrow, suffering and death are His stage upon which He displays His love, comfort, mercy, forgiveness, preeminence, power, authority, and glory (just to name a few). Lazarus' untimely death, from Martha's perspective, is actually perfect timing for God's purposes. Had He been there, and Lazarus not died, none of what we know and see about Jesus in this narrative would have occurred. You can almost hear Jesus say in response to Martha, “Exactly! I need Him to be dead.” As you look upon all of the events of your life and are tempted to think, “If only…” remember that everything has occurred exactly like God planned to glorify His Son. We can't see it yet because of our self-centered perspective. We only need to wait for it.

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John 11:20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. Someone went before Jesus and alerted Martha that Jesus was coming. As soon as she heard, off she went to meet Him. As we know from other accounts of Martha, she's a woman of action, and she's not afraid of speaking her mind to Jesus. In contrast, Mary is the focused one. She's not easily distracted and prone to busyness, so she stayed in the house with her guests. Now, let's look at God at work. As we will see, it was necessary for Martha to meet Jesus away from the house and for Mary to stay in the house in order to get the crowd in place for God to glorify His Son. Always keep your eyes on Jesus, not people. The ultimate, glorious will of God is being done on earth as it is in heaven—always. Trust in God today. He loves you. He's at work in all things and in all people—for His glory.

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John 11:18-19 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off; and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. As Jesus delayed, the crowd of Jews, perhaps many who had previously conspired to stone Jesus, was gathering in Bethany at Martha's and Mary's house. Did God know this? Not only did He know it, He was orchestrating it. He is preparing to glorify His Son in their midst. For some, it would be sufficient for them to believe in Jesus. For others, it would be further reason to get rid of Him. In both cases, God accomplished His purpose with the ultimate outcome in both of their responses, the Son of God being glorified. The works of God always test and reveal what God is and isn't doing in the affairs of men. His works and words always expose the condition of the hearts of those who observe or hear them. The same is true today. We are not responsible for what people do with what we say or do. We are responsible to love, obey, and speak His word faithfully while trusting God to accomplish His purposes in everyone He puts in our paths. So today, let's love with Jesus and trust Him.

John 11:17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. Jesus waited two days before beginning the trip to Bethany (vs. 6), and apparently it took two days to travel to Bethany. For Lazarus to be in the tomb 4 days means that he died the day Jesus heard that he was sick. Mary and Martha must have sent word two days before he died because we assume it also took them two days of travel. That's six days of waiting for Mary and Martha to hear from Jesus. How long have we waited to hear from Jesus when we've been desperate for His presence and comfort in our storm? The six days of waiting for Mary and Martha and the four days in the tomb were necessary for the glory of God to be seen. Let's remember that is always the case with our storms. He loves us. He purposes to glorify His name in our situation. Whatever delay we are experiencing is necessary for His glory to be revealed. Trust and pray as we wait.

John 11:16 Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, so that we may die with Him." Doesn't Thomas give us hope? Sometimes we are like Thomas, the ever-doubting, pessimistic Thomas. But I wonder if there's something more admirable revealed here. I don't know if he was being facetious or not. “Yep, let's all just go with Him. We're all gonna die anyway.” Or if he seriously thought, “If he goes to Judea, they're gonna kill Him, and we might as well die with Him as live without Him.” Have you come to the point that you would rather die with Jesus than live without Him? How often have you been faced with the fact that if you have to love a certain person, it'll kill you? So rather than go with Jesus and die with Him, you decided to preserve your life and live without Him. Interesting thoughts, Yes? What do you think? Apparently the rest of the disciples thought about it, and decided it was better to die with Him than live without Him. What do we have to die to to live to love with Jesus?

John 11:14-15 So Jesus then said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe; but let us go to him." Not only did love for Mary and Martha lead Jesus to delay His response, but love for His disciples also. God orchestrates the affairs of life in order that we may believe in Jesus—that our faith might be displayed as wrought by God. The more helpless and desperate the situation, the greater the potential for God's glory to be manifested as He gives us the faith of the living Jesus Christ. They needed to see that they could trust God in the face of death or any kind of suffering, for that matter. It is faith that overcomes in those times. This is true for us as well. We may learn with the disciples through this story. This didn't just happen for their sakes, it happened for our sakes too. Watch what happens to your faith as we continue on in John 11 and go to Lazarus with Jesus.

John 11:12-13 The disciples then said to Him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover. Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep. We can't see what Jesus sees in any situation any more than the disciples could understand what Jesus understood about Lazarus' situation. Their limitations were understandable as are ours. This should teach us to trust Him and not lean on our own understanding. Let's remember, from their perspective, going back to Judea wasn't a good idea. Death awaited them. So when Jesus spoke of awakening Lazarus from sleep, they still thought, then there's no need to go. If sleep was the problem, then the recovery can happen without Jesus. From Jesus' perspective, death was mocking Him, and God had put this in His path. It was time to reveal His authority over death. If sin and death is the problem, then the waiting, going, and the power of Jesus were indispensable—He had to go, regardless of the dangers. Jesus showed us that even as death stared Him in the face, He was not afraid to look death in the face. Let's remember today that God's love conquers all our fears.

John 11:11 This He said, and after that He said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep." The love of God that is the Light of the world, knew Lazarus had not died the death that occurs because of sin, but had “fallen asleep.” Love was going to awaken him. This must have excited Jesus! Jesus wasn't concerned about any danger to His life, as the disciples were. His eyes were on what the Father was doing—displaying His glory in His son. God had given Him authority over life and death, and it had been revealed to Him that this sickness of Lazarus and the despair of the sisters was the perfect setting for this hope-inspiring expression of love. Blindness is a great darkness, but death in the grave is a greater darkness to conquer. Jesus expects to see His Father work through Him. As we live to love with Jesus, we also can expect Jesus to work through us for His glory. We have hope because we know that Jesus can awaken those who are spiritually dead and in darkness. Don't let someone's spiritual state discourage or disillusion you. All He has to do is speak and the dead will hear.

John 11:9-10 Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him." How do we know how to make decisions if we want to live to love with Jesus? Jesus explained His decision to go to Judea where His life had been threatened. His explanation is that He follows the light of God given to Him. If you remember what John wrote about Jesus in John 8-10, you remember that He testified that He was the Light of Life and the Light of the world. He opened a blind man's eyes to see the Light of the world while the Pharisees and Jews stumbled around blindly in the dark. They couldn't see Jesus because there was no light in them. Jesus made this decision to go to Judea because the Father had given Him love for Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, and that was The Light. Where God's love is directed, there is daylight. The night has no love in it. John wrote the same in his first epistle. 1 John 2:10-11 The one who loves his brother abides in the Light and there is no cause for stumbling in him. But the one who hates his brother is in the darkness and walks in the darkness, and does not know where he is going because the darkness has blinded his eyes. How do we make decisions? Live to love with Jesus and you'll walk in the light.

John 11:8 The disciples said to Him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone You, and are You going there again?" Remember that twice the Jews had picked up stones to kill Jesus. If left up to the disciples, the decision to return to Judea would have been made based upon natural reasoning, outward circumstances, and history. They were concerned for His welfare and probably their own as well. They would have missed God's will and seeing God's glory. How many times have we done the same? We chose the path of least resistance or the road which offered what looked like a happier and more comfortable outcome. To The Spirit's point through John: that's not how we make decisions as we live to love with Jesus. If we don't make decisions based on our natural reason, outward circumstances and history, then how do we know what to do? Tune in tomorrow to find out.

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John 11:7 Then after this He said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again." This is all about timing. Jesus knew to wait upon His Father. It was the only way to glorify Him. He always abided in the Father. He said, “Let's go,” because His Father said, “Let's go.” The only way we can glorify Jesus is by abiding in Him and living to love with Him. We should go because He goes. We should love as He loves. We are in this world as He is in this world, wrote John (1 John 4:17)—for the glory of God. Waiting for believers shouldn't be difficult because we have surrendered our lives to Him and want His glory. Therefore we don't want to move or speak without Him. May we learn that when He bids us wait, He is loving us. How important it is to learn this lesson early in our lives.

John 11:5-6 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. Now Jesus loved…so He delayed. Wait! How do we respond when the love of God delays to act and bring healing and relief? John clearly wants us to know and believe that it was love for the sisters and Lazarus that motivated His delay. We may conclude from this that when He delays to relieve our suffering or answer our prayers, it is because He loves us and knows our greater need and highest good is to see His glory revealed in Jesus through the suffering. This lesson is life-changing, and only Jesus' disciples have this understanding and apply in their lives. Something glorious happens when we wait on the Lord. God is at work when we wait upon Him in the faith and trust of Jesus who lives in us. Jesus was waiting on the Father, and so the sisters were waiting on Jesus. Their faith and love were being purified from self-focus to the glory of God focus. Where is He doing that in our lives so we may glorify Jesus by trusting His timing and love?

John 11:4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it." This verse deserves more meditation. Yesterday, I commented that God's purpose for all things in the lives of those He loves is to glorify Jesus in them. This is a distinctively Christian foundational truth to be applied often, everyday of our lives. This means we know God is working all things together for good—His glory (Rom. 8:28) — and that every situation is an opportunity for the faith of Jesus to be revealed in us as we trust Him. The temptation to manipulate people and circumstances to get what we want or think is best faces all of us just like it did Mary and Martha. Contrary to natural fallen thinking, our best is not our comfort and happiness in this world. It's seeing God make much of Jesus in our situations and suffering. This changes everything. Let God be magnified (Psalm 70:4)!

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John 11:4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, "This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it." Lazarus's sickness (which is a result of the Fall) has a greater end than the death he deserves—the glory of God. God's purpose for the sickness was to glorify (bear testimony to) His Son. Is this a unique situation? I think not. It's what Jesus believed about all of life and every difficulty the Father placed in His path. He believes the same about every storm God wills that we face. Jesus in essence said, “Don't look at Lazarus's condition, trust in God's purposes and power in Me.” He is saying the same to us today about whatever troubles, afflicts, or assails us. God's purpose for all things in the lives of those He loves is to glorify Jesus in them. This is a distinctively Christian foundational truth to be applied often, everyday of our lives.

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John 11:3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, "Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick." Mary and Martha knew Jesus loved Lazarus and would want to know of his illness, so they sent word to Him. Makes me wonder if others can see Jesus' love for someone through me. I don't think Jesus' concern was to be seen to love. His love was as steady, constant, and genuine as His Father's. He lived to love and it was obvious to the sisters. So they thought Jesus would want to know that Lazarus was sick. May God's love be obvious in us today.

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John 11:2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. This event isn't covered by John until the next chapter, but it indicates how impressed John was with her extravagant love for Jesus. He wants us to be impressed as well with her reverence for Him. Maybe it's to show us something about Jesus' love for His Father as it relates to His love for Mary. We are often faced with pressure to please someone who is special to us more than pleasing Jesus. If we are going to live to love with Jesus, we need the lesson the Holy Spirit through John is to teach us about Jesus. Stay tuned.

A look at a sermon that attempts to tell us, what to do when life stinks.

Erin Pacheco, Director of Worship

JOHN 11:28-57 - LAZARUS COME FORTH - BRIAN SUMNER - 2025"28 And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is calling for you.” 29 As soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came to Him. 30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him. 31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?”They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone [c]from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.”45 Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did, believed in Him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them the things Jesus did. 47 Then the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered a council and said, “What shall we do? For this Man works many signs. 48 If we let Him alone like this, everyone will believe in Him, and the Romans will come and take away both our place and nation.”49 And one of them, Caiaphas, being high priest that year, said to them, “You know nothing at all, 50 nor do you consider that it is expedient for us that one man should die for the people, and not that the whole nation should perish.” 51 Now this he did not say on his own authority; but being high priest that year he prophesied that Jesus would die for the nation, 52 and not for that nation only, but also that He would gather together in one the children of God who were scattered abroad.53 Then, from that day on, they plotted to put Him to death. 54 Therefore Jesus no longer walked openly among the Jews, but went from there into the country near the wilderness, to a city called Ephraim, and there remained with His disciples.55 And the Passover of the Jews was near, and many went from the country up to Jerusalem before the Passover, to purify themselves. 56 Then they sought Jesus, and spoke among themselves as they stood in the temple, “What do you think—that He will not come to the feast?” 57 Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.”To support this channel and partner with Brian in Ministryhttps://www.briansumner.net/support/For more on Brianhttp://www.brSupport the showSUPPORT THE SHOW

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