VICTORY OVER DEATH JESUS RAISES LAZARUS!

THE GOSPEL ACCORDING TO JOHN

INTRODUCTION

III. THE WITNESS OF JESUS’ CONFLICT WITH THE JEWISH LEADERS.

Liaising of Lazarus.

 Jesus Raises Lazarus. Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. 

50. Why did Jesus offer a prayer of thanksgiving at the tomb?

John 11:36-44

Then said the Jews, Behold how he loved him!
And some of them said, Could not this man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?

Jesus Raises Lazarus

Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
Jesus said,

Take ye away the stone.

Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
Jesus saith unto her,

Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said,

Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.

And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice,
Lazarus, come forth.
And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them,

Loose him, and let him go.

50. Why did Jesus offer a prayer of thanksgiving at the tomb?

VICTORY OVER DEATH

1. The Lord had been praying about this matter before He came to the grave: “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.”Notice that past tense. Perhaps He had done so when He first received the news of Lazarus’ sickness. He had prayed and had received the assurance that His prayer was answered. When He started back across the Jordan, it was with the full assurance that Lazarus would be raised to life.

2. He was conscious, also, of a life of unceasing prayer. There was unbroken and constant co-operation between Him and the Father. He always did the things that pleased God and God was always answering Him. This, also, might be our constant experience.

3. Christ made this prayer that those who stood around, as they saw the effect of prayer, should understand that prayer alone can work great miracles, which become the credentials of Christ, and of all who love and obey Him. His people similarity can do great miracles, as missionaries, Christian workers, and philanthropists.

By Philippus Schutte

New Covenant Israelite! "And if some of the branches be broken off, and thou, being a wild olive tree, wert grafted in among them, and with them partakest of the root and fatness of the olive tree;  Boast not against the branches. But if thou boast, thou bearest not the root, but the root thee."  Rom 11:17 -18