John 11:1-4
1Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. 3So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
4When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.”
John 11:17
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.
John 11:21-27
21″Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
23Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
24Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; 26and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
John 11:43-44
43When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 44The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
27″Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world.”
Related Text:
Deuteronomy 32:39
John 5:19-26
Romans 5-6
2 Timothy 1:8-10
1 John 1:1-3
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In Other Words
In Old Testament times, people believed that God would send Israel a deliverer who would rule as king, restore the divided kingdom, and explain God’s plan. This special person would be called the Messiah.
Today, Christians accept Jesus as God’s son and the promised Messiah. But during Jesus’ time, people didn’t think He fit the prophesied description of the Messiah. Because of their disbelief, Jesus was charged with blasphemy against God, He was rejected by the Jewish leaders, and He was put to death by being hung on a Roman cross.
One difference between present-day Jews and Christians is that most Jewish people don’t believe that Jesus was the Messiah. They are still waiting for the promised Messiah to come and reunite and rule. Where are you today on this issue? Do you believe Jesus was who He claimed to be? God’s Son? The Messiah? Or was He just a good teacher? If you believe He was who He claimed to be, are you living it?
