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John 11:24
Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day.
✦ Understand this verseἀνάστασις
anástasis · Greek · G386
- In this verse
- resurrection
- What it means
- a standing up again, (literally) a resurrection from death (individual, genitive case or by implication…
- How the King James translates it
- resurrection38
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Sermon outline
Sermon title
I am the resurrection, and the life
Main idea
Faced with death, Jesus does not offer an explanation, but himself: he hears our grief, weeps with us and is the resurrection and the life.
Text
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother shall rise again. Martha saith unto him, I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this? She saith unto him, Yea, Lord: I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world.
John 11:21-27 · Read the chapter →
Introduction
Lazarus had lain in the grave four days when Jesus came. Martha went out to meet him and said what many of us have said in our grief: Lord, if thou hadst been here. A little later, Mary would say the same. Jesus rebuked neither of them; he stayed and spoke with them.
1. Grief can be spoken to Jesus
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee.
John 11:21-22 · Read the chapter →
Martha says frankly what she feels and, in the same conversation, declares that she still trusts him. Faith does not require hiding the loss: we can bring Jesus our longing, our questions and our pain. He is not offended by our tears.
Application: Do not hurry to silence your grief: tell God in prayer what you feel, today and in the days ahead.
2. Jesus is the resurrection and the life
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
John 11:25-26 · Read the chapter →
Martha believed in the resurrection at the last day. Jesus brings that hope near: he himself is the resurrection and the life, and whoever believes in him, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Christian hope in the face of death is not an idea; it is a person.
Application: Rest your hope on Jesus, who has the last word over death.
3. Jesus weeps with those who weep
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled, And said, Where have ye laid him? They said unto him, Lord, come and see. Jesus wept.
John 11:33-35 · Read the chapter →
When he saw Mary weeping, and those who wept with her, Jesus groaned in the spirit and was troubled. Then he wept — even though he knew what he was about to do. Weeping is not a lack of faith: the Lord himself wept over the death of a friend.
Application: Stay close to this family in the months ahead: grief does not end when the service does.
Conclusion
Jesus asked Martha, Believest thou this? And she answered by confessing who he is: the Christ, the Son of God. Today we say goodbye with grief, and with gratitude for the life God allowed us to share. Jesus’ question reaches each of us — and in him death does not have the last word.