21 Martha then said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died. 20 Martha therefore, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went to meet Him, but Mary stayed at the house. 18 Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother. Reading further in John 11, we see how Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead: “17 So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days. The Lord has complete control over our lives, including even being able to raise us from the dead. We see something similar in John 9 when Jesus heals the blind man. Scripture says he was born blind that works of God may be displayed in him. In these examples (and others), we are made aware of God’s complete sovereignty over our lives. Jeremiah 18 describes Israel as clay in the potter’s (God’s) hands, which is echoed in Romans 9. 14 So Jesus then said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15 and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe but let us go to him.” 16 Therefore Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”Īs we read, Mary and Martha’s brother, Lazarus, became sick. His sickness was obviously quite serious, or else they would not have sent for Jesus to heal him. Jesus, who knows all things, clearly knew that Lazarus would die if He did not heal him. Jesus chose not to heal him for one clear reason: so that God and His Son would be glorified, and so that the disciples would believe in Him.Īlthough Lazarus was clearly killed by his sickness, the reason his sickness was not to “end in death” was because Jesus knew what He was going to do. It was God’s will that Lazarus would die from this sickness so that Jesus would raise him up from the grave. In so doing, God and His Son would be glorified, and the miracle would cause the disciples to believe in who Jesus was. 10 But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.” 11 This He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep but I go, so that I may awaken him out of sleep.” 12 The disciples then said to Him, “Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover.” 13 Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that He was speaking of literal sleep. 7 Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.” 8 The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking 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. 6 So when He heard that he was sick, He then stayed two days longer in the place where He was. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” 4 But when Jesus heard this, He said, “This sickness is not to end in death, but for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified by it.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Here is the entire passage from John 11 describing Lazarus' death: “1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
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