Do you remember that in dealing with the blind man, both God and Jesus were glorified as the Light of the world. So in raising Lazarus from the dead, both Jesus and His Father were glorified as the Life of the world.
#Lazarus death free
Their closeness to Jesus is the reason the sisters felt so free to interrupt His evangelistic tour with the request to help their sick brother. They lived in Bethany, a suburb about two miles outside Jerusalem. They were apparently so embarrassed by His claims and the rumors of His insanity that on one occasion they traveled a great distance to bring Him home before He was harmed.īut there was one family who always opened their home to Jesus when He was in and around Jerusalem-the family of Lazarus, Martha, and Mary, who were brother and sisters. His own family was even having difficulty with Him at this time. Making these kinds of claims, some thought He was crazy or demon-possessed. He was walking around preaching and proclaiming that He was One with God, the Son of God himself. It seems that He was an unwelcome guest in most homes. At this particular time Jesus was being rejected by almost everyone. Let’s look at these purposes as we work our way through the first 16 verses of chapter 11. From what I see, there were seven purposes for Lazarus’ death. The death of Lazarus gave Jesus the opportunity to reveal Himself as the resurrection and the life. There are 6 great lessons that we can learn from Lazarus’ death and Jesus raising him from the dead. We are going to spend 6 weeks in the 11th chapter of the Gospel of John.
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