Jesus: Creator, Savior, Lord and King #54 Jesus the Resurrection and the Life John 11
Jesus: Creator, Savior, Lord and King #54 Jesus the Resurrection and the Life John 11 Introduction: With each sermon I’ve prepared as we’ve been in the Gospels, we come to a passage, text or event that is so well known that has become a part of society’s shared knowledge. Few people have not heard the name Lazarus, not because it is a common name for a newborn, but because of this story in John 11. It is so famous because it is the penultimate miracle of the book of John next only to the resurrection of Jesus himself. (if you’re not sure what penultimate means, look it up. Dictionaries are our friends.) Jesus raised three people to life during his earthly ministry, Jairus daughter in Capernaum, the widow of Nain’s son and Lazarus. But it was this resurrection that tipped the balance and guaranteed that the Pharisees and their allies would plot, arrest, illegally try and kill Jesus. It’s not just another story in the Bible, its not just another miracle, it’s the one tha...
