1/ What are
three things that you feel about death?
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John 11:17-49 "17When
Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the
tomb
four days. 18Bethany was only about three kilometres from Jerusalem,
19and
many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because
their
brother had died.
20When Martha
heard that
Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the
house.
21Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would
not
have died. 22Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask.'
23Jesus told her,
'Your
brother will live again!'
24Martha answered,
'I know
that he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are
raised.'
25Jesus then said,
'I am
the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will
live, even if they die. 26And everyone who lives because of faith in me
will never die. Do you believe this?'
27'Yes, Lord!' she
replied.
'I believe that you are Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we
hoped
would come into the world.'
28After Martha
said this,
she went and privately said to her sister Mary, 'The Teacher is here,
and
he wants to see you.' 29As soon as Mary heard this, she got up and went
out to Jesus. 30He was still outside the village where Martha had gone
to meet him. 31Many people had come to comfort Mary, and when they saw
her quickly leave the house, they thought she was going out to the tomb
to cry. So they followed her.
32Mary went to
where Jesus
was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said,
'Lord,
if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'
33When Jesus saw
that Mary
and the people with her were crying, he was terribly upset 34and asked,
'Where have you put his body?'
They replied,
'Lord, come
and you will see.'
35Jesus started
crying,
36and the people said, 'See how much he loved Lazarus.'
37Some of them
said, 'He
gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?'
38Jesus was still
terribly
upset. So he went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone rolled
against
the entrance. 39Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But
Martha
said, 'Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there
will
be a bad smell.'
40Jesus replied,
'Didn't
I tell you that if you had faith, you would see the glory of God?'
41After the stone
had been
rolled aside, Jesus looked up towards heaven and prayed, 'Father, I
thank
you for answering my prayer. 42I know that you always answer my
prayers.
But I said this, so that the people here would believe that you sent
me.'
43When Jesus had
finished
praying, he shouted, 'Lazarus, come out!' 44The man who had been dead
came
out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a
cloth covered his face.
Jesus then told
the people,
'Untie him and let him go.'
45Many of the
people who
had come to visit Mary saw the things that Jesus did, and they put
their
faith in him.
2/
What was the
reaction of Jesus to the death of Lazarus?
3/
How did Jesus
beat death?
4/
What did Jesus
mean by 'I am the resurrection and the life?'
5/
What did Martha
believe about the Jewish Christ?
6/
Why do you
think the Jews wanted to kill Lararus after his coming back to life
again?
7/ How
would you have
reacted if you were there?
