#BiblleStudy. Miracle #11 – Lazarus – John 11:1-3. 17-27, 38-47. 2-27-22 - DISCUSSION

                 

This post includes 2/20 and 2/27

Why did Jesus raise Lazarus from the dead?  

• Foreshadowing of His life.
• He loved Lazarus.

How do people who don't believe in Christ and the resurrection react when someone they care for dies?  

• I don't know.
• Reactions are all over the place.
• No hope for eternal life.
• No joy for where the person goes.
• More than the loss of companionship
• The ceremonies have vastly different reactions than at Christian celebrations of life.

How strongly do you believe verses 25 and 26?  

• We don't know what happens at the end of a non-believer's life.
• Hope is legitimate.

How could you use this story to help a person who's facing death?  

• Provide hope: Death isn't the end, eternity with God awaits.
• Some people don't want to hear that.

How do you respond to a distraught friend's “I'm having a hard time even believing in God." 

What can you say or do when they ask...

Where has God been the last few months?

• God allows us to make mistakes.
• Jesus will always say, "Come to me."

If God loves me, how can He let me hurt like this?

• Free will.
• Time for growth.
• Jesus didn't live an easy life.
• We live in a fallen, sinful world.
• Jesus went through all these things.

What are the seven signs of Jesus’ glory illustrated in this miracle (1) and the following passages in John (6)? 

2:1-22 - 4:46-54 - 5:1-11 - 6:1-13 - 6:16-20 - 9:1-7 

The bottom right words are a "footnote." 😏

What perfume?

• Burial perfume. Most likely Spikenard.
• The jar was classy and expensive.

When? 

• Six days before Passover.

Where? 

• Inside Martha/Mary's house.