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Thursday, March 11, 2010

John 11:30-44

Paraphrase the account:

In this passage we see the compassion and the greatness of Jesus. Mary leaves her home and comes to find Jesus. When she finds Him, He asks were His friend (and her brother) is buried. And on the way everyone is weeping, even Jesus! When they arrive at the tomb of Lazarus Jesus tells them to roll away the stone in front of the cave, prays to God, and then calls Lazarus by name and Lazarus walks out of the tomb alive! AWESOME!

How can I apply this to my life?

Ø What a beautiful picture of salvation here in these verses. We were dead in our sin but Jesus offers the free gift of salvation and if we take that gift we are raised to life in Christ. But we still struggle with the flesh (our sin nature). This was also the case for Lazarus, he was raised from the dead back to his old body (that would eventually die again) not his glorified body (which we will receive in heaven).

o Do you look forward to the day when Jesus calls you by name and leads you to a place where there is no more crying, dying, hunger, pain, etc? Or do you hope that event takes place further down the road? As Christians we should pray for Christ’s return on a daily basis.

Ø We know that Jesus was 100% God and 100% human but we see the humanness of Jesus here in these verses. We see the compassion of Jesus as He weeps for his friend Lazarus.

o Do you see Jesus as someone who compassionately loves you? Or do you see Him as someone with a huge list of things to do and not to do?

§ Don’t miss this JESUS LOVES YOU AND HAS A PLAN FOR YOUR LIFE! How we view God affects how we bring Him glory.