- Sermon Synopsis
How
many times do we feel as though all of life may be against us?
There isn't enough money, our strength is waning, even the dog snarls at
us. Is this to be the reality of life, with troubles and
heartaches? Jesus was told that Lazarus had died, but He waited
four days before arriving in Bethany. Some people said the body
would have begun to smell in the grave. But hadn't Jesus said
(6:4) this was for the glory of God? How glorious is a smelly
corpse?
In a moment of compassion, Jesus told Mary, Lazarus' sister, that He was
the resurrection and Life. She acknowledged that in faith, there
would be a general resurrection of the dead, but that was in the future.
Life was gone from Lazarus and from their lives as well. Jesus was
and is the Life that supersedes all that the world hands to us. He
brings to our lives a Life that reflects the glory of God.
Our experience of Life now is a mere shadow of that which God is
preparing for us in heaven. That is why we embrace the Life in Jesus
Christ now, as we await the resurrection to eternal life.
- Sermon Outline
- March 14, 2010
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"Get the Life"
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John 11: 17 -
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- I What life brings to us
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- II The revelation of Life
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- III The resurrection of Life
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Updated
March 11, 2009
