Come Forth
John 11:1-44
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister
Martha. 2 It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with
her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying,
“Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This
sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified
through it.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that he was
sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. 7 Then after this He said
to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the
Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?” 9 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. 10 But if one walks in the night, he stumbles,
because the light is not in him.” 11 These things He said, and after that He said to
them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
12 Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.” 13 However, Jesus spoke of
his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. 14 Then
Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead. 15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was
not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.” 16 Then Thomas, who is
called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four
days. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away. 19 And many of the
Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their
brother.
20 Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but
Mary was sitting in the house. 21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here,
my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever You ask of God,
God will give You.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to
Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to
her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he
shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is
to come into the world.”
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 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.”
Jesus Loved Lazarus
. 3 Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is
sick.
Difficulty (sickness) can come for God’s glory to be revealed
4 When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the
glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
Things are not always as they seem
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.”
5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So, when He heard that
he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was
The words ‘therefore’ and ‘so’ are conjunctive adverbs. This means they
connect two separate ideas. (I have to pay these bills, therefore, I’m going
to work. I feel really bad, so I am going to the doctor)
The ‘obvious’ path and the most effective path are not always the same
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe.
21 Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would
not have died
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.”
37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the
blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
The appointed time is not the only time
23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to Him, “I know
that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I
am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he
shall live.
What if God allowed Lazarus to go beyond the threshold of death to show
the extent of Jesus’ ability to reach?
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