2015.03.08 John 11: 37- 44
I am the resurrection and the
Life!
The raising of Lazarus
Here at Calvary Chapel Wiesbaden we go through the
Scriptures one verse at a time….. and we
are currently going through the amazing history of the birth of the church In
the Book of Acts…. We are coming into the spring now…. And soon we will be
celebrating the resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ…. It is the crucifixion…
Death and Resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ upon which the church is
founded…. John the Disciple that Jesus loved…. In his gospel…. Focuses mostly
on the last few days of Jesus earthly ministry… His goal was to make sure that
believers understood that he and the others early disciples were eye witnesses
of all that Jesus taught and of His miracles…. Turn with me to 1 john 1…1-4…
1
John 1: 1-4 NLT
1 We
proclaim to you the one who existed from the beginning, whom we have heard and
seen. We saw him with our own eyes and touched him with our own hands. He is
the Word of life. 2 This one who is life itself was revealed to us, and we have
seen him. And now we testify and proclaim to you that he is the one who is
eternal life. He was with the Father, and then he was revealed to us. 3 We
proclaim to you what we ourselves have actually seen and heard so that you may
have fellowship with us. And our fellowship is with the Father and with his
Son, Jesus Christ. 4 We are writing these things so that you may fully share
our joy.
1 John 1:1-4 Neues Leben
1 Es war von Anfang an, wir haben es gehört und mit
unseren eigenen Augen gesehen, wir haben es betrachtet und mit unseren Händen
betastet: das Wort des Lebens.
2 Das Leben wurde uns offenbart, und wir haben es
gesehen. Und jetzt bezeugen und verkünden wir euch das ewige Leben. Es war beim
Vater, und dann wurde es uns offenbart.
3 Wir sagen euch, was wir selbst gesehen und gehört
haben, damit ihr Gemeinschaft mit uns habt. Und zusammen sind wir verbunden mit
dem Vater und mit Jesus Christus, seinem Sohn.
4 Wir schreiben euch das, damit unsere1 Freude immer
größer wird.
These verses offer a wonderful and simple statement of
the purpose of his writing and of the
Message of the Gospel…. John wanted us to have a joy filled confidence in the
LORD Jesus Christ…. He is God in the flesh…. He is risen from the dead…. He is the
reason for the explosion of the Gospel throughout the world….
We are going to take a pause from our study of the early
church in Acts….. We are going to travel with Jesus in the last 10 days of his
earthly ministry… We will be mostly in the gospel of John until Resurrection
Sunday….
At the end of the gospel of John, we’re told the books of
the world couldn’t contain everything that Jesus did….. John 20: 30,31… There are seven major miracles that John records
for us….
None is more powerful or memorable than the raising of Lazarus from the dead…. Jesus performed this miracle about 10
days before He himself rose from the dead…. But all the miracles that John records for us… are
written down so that we might believe that He is the Christ…. the Son of God….
and that believing, we might have eternal life in His name…..
His message is a call to the crowd…… Repent the Kingdom
of heaven is at hand…… Jesus invited the people to embrace Him as
Messiah….. and receive forgiveness of
sins and eternal life…..
He is calling people to follow Him…… to become His
disciples….. We're nearing the end of the ministry of Jesus…… He's headed toward the cross…… Jesus has told
his disciples that he is going to be betrayed and crucified…… and That he will
rise again…….
Jesus has warned His disciples that their faith will be
deeply shaken….. because they are expecting Jesus to bring in His eternal
kingdom now….. As we have been walking with Jesus we have seen Jesus incredible
power….. Jesus healed everyone that came to him……. Jesus saved everyone that
came to him….. Remember God is by nature
a savior…. We're going to see resurrection power in our text today…..
This kind of power is something that belongs only to God…….
God alone gives life…… And Jesus by
giving life to Lazarus….. proves beyond doubt that He is God……
That´s the point of John´s Gospel……. A great place for your own personal quiet times……..
Because
it is written to verify Jesus´ claim…… He
is God….
Jesus is showing this resurrection power to two groups
who are present here at the funeral of Lazarus…… The first group is the Disciples…….. He wants them to see His power
so that their faith might be strengthened……. Hard times are coming for them…..
Soon they will all be scattered….. and even Peter will deny that he ever knew
him….
And then the second
group is all of the people who are there……. They are a mixture of believers
and curious and Fans of Jesus…. He wants them all to see His power…. in order
that they might repent and believe………. And so, as He is performing this miracle….
He is displaying his unbelievable power to call the dead back to life….
He is doing it to
help the disciples when they become discouraged and afraid……
He is also doing it for the Jews who have come to the
funeral…. So that they might see and understand that He is the Messiah and believe……….
Jesus makes one of His great I am statements here…… I am the resurrection and the Life….. and
then he Proves it by raising Lazarus from the dead…..
Let´s look at these verses…… v25-27
John
11: 25-27 NKJV
25
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me,
though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall
never die. Do you believe this?”27 She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that
You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
John 11 : 25-27
Schlachter 2000
25 Jesus spricht zu ihr: Ich bin die Auferstehung und das
Leben. Wer an mich glaubt, wird leben, auch wenn er stirbt;
26 und jeder, der lebt und an mich glaubt, wird in
Ewigkeit nicht sterben. Glaubst du das?
27 Sie spricht zu ihm: Ja, Herr! Ich glaube, daß du der
Christus bist, der Sohn Gottes, der in die Welt kommen soll.
That is the key to the chapter……. Jesus reveals Divine
truth about Himself…. I am the resurrection and the Life…. Then Jesus
demonstrates His resurrection power…. by raising Lazarus from the dead… John
11… v.32..
John
11: 32- 46 NKJV
32
Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet,
saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33
Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping,
He groaned in the spirit and was troubled. 34 And He said, “Where have you laid
him?” They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews
said, “See how He loved him!”
37
And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind,
also have kept this man from dying ? 38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself,
came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it. 39 Jesus said,
“Take away the stone.”Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him,
“Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would
see the glory of God?” 41 Then they took away the stone from the place where
the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank
You that You have heard Me. 42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because
of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You
sent Me.” 43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus,
come forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes,
and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let
him go.”
45
Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did,
believed in Him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them
the things Jesus did.
John 11: 32- 46 Schlachter 2000
32 Als aber Maria dorthin kam, wo Jesus war, und ihn sah,
fiel sie zu seinen Füßen nieder und sprach zu ihm: Herr, wenn du hier gewesen
wärst, mein Bruder wäre nicht gestorben!
33 Als nun Jesus sah, wie sie weinte, und wie die Juden,
die mit ihr gekommen waren, weinten, seufzte er im Geist und wurde bewegt
34 und sprach: Wo habt ihr ihn hingelegt? Sie sprechen zu
ihm: Herr, komm und sieh!
35 Jesus weinte.
36 Da sagten die Juden: Seht, wie hatte er ihn so lieb!
37 Etliche von ihnen aber sprachen: Konnte der, welcher
dem Blinden die Augen geöffnet hat, nicht dafür sorgen, daß auch dieser nicht
gestorben wäre?
38 Jesus nun, indem er wieder bei sich selbst seufzte,
kam zum Grab. Es war aber eine Höhle, und ein Stein lag darauf.
39 Jesus spricht: Hebt den Stein weg! Martha, die
Schwester des Verstorbenen, spricht zu ihm: Herr, er riecht schon, denn er ist
schon vier Tage hier!
40 Jesus spricht zu ihr: Habe ich dir nicht gesagt: Wenn
du glaubst, wirst du die Herrlichkeit Gottes sehen?
41 Da hoben sie den Stein weg, wo der Verstorbene lag.
Jesus aber hob die Augen empor und sprach: Vater, ich danke dir, daß du mich
erhört hast.
42 Ich aber weiß, daß du mich allezeit erhörst; doch um
der umstehenden Menge willen habe ich es gesagt, damit sie glauben, daß du mich
gesandt hast.
43 Und als er dies gesagt hatte, rief er mit lauter
Stimme: Lazarus, komm heraus!
44 Und der Verstorbene kam heraus, an Händen und Füßen
mit Grabtüchern umwickelt und sein Angesicht mit einem Schweißtuch umhüllt.
Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Bindet ihn los und laßt ihn gehen!
45 Viele nun von den Juden, die zu Maria gekommen waren
und sahen, was Jesus getan hatte, glaubten an ihn.
46 Etliche aber von ihnen gingen zu den Pharisäern und
sagten ihnen, was Jesus getan hatte.
As we pick up the text remember Jesus is standing with
Mary and Martha…… and with a whole lot of people who have come to mourn at the
funeral……. They've been mourning now for four days…… They have been sharing their sorrow and their
tears……. Tears fall from His eyes…… In verse
33…..we see from the Greek….that Jesus allowed himself to be very upset…..
Jesus felt what men feel…… He was a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief…… Isaiah 53…… Isaiah gives us a wonderful
picture of the Lord Jesus…… the
Suffering Servant…..
Here is our LORD Jesus…. Fully human and fully God…..
Of course…. Jesus knew Lazarus was going to be raised
from the dead in a few minutes……
But now Jesus the
man… weeps in a warm outpouring (ausdruck)
of love and tenderness…… and then Jesus
who is God…… raises Lazarus in an
unbelievable display of His power……..
All the mourners and the family is there….. everybody
wailing…… Lazarus has been dead four days…….. For Martha and Mary there is a
nagging question…. Where has Jesus been?
Look at verse 32….
John
11 : 32 NKJV Schlachter 2000
32
Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet,
saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
32 Als aber Maria dorthin kam, wo Jesus war, und ihn sah,
fiel sie zu seinen Füßen nieder und sprach zu ihm: Herr, wenn du hier gewesen
wärst, mein Bruder wäre nicht gestorben!
Martha
said If He had been there before he died it wouldn't have happened…… Many
others in the crowd agreed…. Look at verse 37…..
John
11: 37 NKJV Schlachter 2000
37
And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind,
also have kept this man from dying ?
37 Etliche von ihnen aber sprachen: Konnte der, welcher
dem Blinden die Augen geöffnet hat, nicht dafür sorgen, daß auch dieser nicht
gestorben wäre?
They're confused……. How is it that if Jesus loved this
man so much that He delayed His coming
until he was already dead? Couldn't He have come when he was sick? And if
He could give sight to a blind man, why couldn't He have healed this man? You
see, they could not understand Jesus´ delay….. It didn´t fit with the love and power
that Jesus displayed… They could see His love…… verse 36….. Why didn't He come when the man was sick?
We are just like they are ……. We do the same thing
constantly…… We say, "LORD how did this
happen? Lord if You had only stepped in when I asked You to….. We wouldn't have
gotten into this mess……..
We
get impatient and say, "Lord
I've been praying about this thing for
30 minutes and nothing's happened……… God,
where are You?
We are so impatient…. We can only see right now…. The
Lord sees the big picture! He has a plan…. Even when we don´t understand what
is happening…… We think we trust God…… We say
we trust Him……. But when things don´t happen when we want them to… We freak
out…. If we would only learn to really trust Him…….. His plan….. His purpose
and His timing……..
We need to… Trust His will, His power and His timing…. God
knows what to do…… And He knows when to do it…….. We really can trust Jesus!
Here in our text…… They all seem to think the situation
is hopeless…… It´s too late……..
Jesus was late….. It is hopeless…… I mean, after all,
Lazarus is dead……. Turn to John 11:
38…..
John
11: 38 NKJV Schlachter 2000
38
Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a
stone lay against it.
38 Jesus nun, indem er wieder bei sich selbst seufzte,
kam zum Grab. Es war aber eine Höhle, und ein Stein lag darauf.
The grave represents the consequence
of our sin and rebellion.... He hurts deeply for these grieving people…. and
because of His unfailing love….. His Chesed…
He groans again…..
He
knows that soon Lazarus will rise from the dead…..
As
he goes to the cross…. He knows that soon he will conquer death and hell
forever…… But now he is here with them…. He shares their
sorrows……..
Are
you hurting today….. He shares your sorrows…. He has made a way out for you too…..
Today……
Cry out to Him….. He will rescue you…..Verse 39…
John
11: 39 NKJV Schlachter 2000
39
Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said
to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
39 Jesus spricht: Hebt den Stein weg! Martha, die
Schwester des Verstorbenen, spricht zu ihm: Herr, er riecht schon, denn er ist
schon vier Tage hier!
Jesus says take the stone away….. Notice that He uses men
to do this…… Jesus didn´t need any
help….. He was not putting on a show…. I mean, if He
wanted to, He could have made that stone fly out of the way…….. He could have
ran up to the stone and blown on it….or waved His coat at it….. You know…. Just like they do on TV…. Jesus does not do things like that…… He has no
interest in putting on a show… So He says, "You guys move the stone…
Martha must have thought that He wanted to see Lazarus
one last time…… The whole thing was too much….. The whole scene is sorrow and mourning…… It's a mess…..
Martha
had her eyes on her circumstances……. She had taken her eyes
off of the Lord Jesus and everything she knew about him….. He had never failed
her before…… He had transformed her life….. She was a believer….. but now in
the face of this terrible tragedy…… Her vision is clouded……. She only sees Her
brother in the grave….. the moment is all she sees……..
And so, she just reacts….. "Here's the problem, Lord, it's too late….. It´s no use…. Forget it…..You
can't do anything now….. Like she
said earlier….. if only You had been here……
In the midst of all this grief and sorrow…. We come to the
promise….. verse 40……
John
11: 40 NKJV Schlachter 2000
40
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would
see the glory of God?”
40 Jesus spricht zu ihr: Habe ich dir nicht gesagt: Wenn
du glaubst, wirst du die Herrlichkeit Gottes sehen?
Trust in me…. No matter what you circumstances are…… Keep
your eyes on me……. And you will see the Glory of God!
This is very important for our Christian lives…… Our trust must be grounded in God´s
faithfulness…… We must be rooted in His promises and His unfailing love….
It is the Word of God that the Holy
Spirit uses to teach us…. And comfort us…… We see all that the Father has
done in the Past…. and we are reminded that He is the same yesterday…. Today and forever…….. He is the one who said….
I will never leave you ….I will never forsake you!
Martha has been fighting a battle between her faith in
the Lord Jesus….. and doubt caused by her circumstances…. Right now she's
focused on Her dead brother….. Not on Jesus….. She sees death…. Jesus says….
Have faith…. I want you to see The GLORY of GOD…. I want you to KNOW that you can trust me….. No matter what…. Even in
the dying times……
Do you see the difference?
This is a tremendous principle…… Jesus says I want you to see the glory of God……
Jesu said that this miracle was for the glory of God…. Lazarus sickness and death was an
instrument in the Plan of God….. The Lord used it to strengthen the Disciples and
to bring others to saving Faith…..
What is the glory of God?
We see the Glory of God every time we look at Jesus…….
Turn with me to Hebrews 1….
Hebrews
1: 1- 3 NKJV
1
God, who at various times and in various ways spoke in time past to the fathers
by the prophets, 2 has in these last days spoken to us by His Son, whom He has
appointed heir of all things, through whom also He made the worlds; 3 who being
the brightness of His glory and the express image of His person, and upholding
all things by the word of His power, when He had by Himself purged our sins,
sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high,
Hebrews 1: 1- 3
Schlachter 2000
1 Nachdem Gott in vergangenen Zeiten vielfältig und auf
vielerlei Weise zu den Vätern geredet hat durch die Propheten,
2 hat er in diesen letzten Tagen zu uns geredet durch den
Sohn. Ihn hat er eingesetzt zum Erben von allem, durch ihn hat er auch die
Welten geschaffen;
3 dieser ist die Ausstrahlung seiner Herrlichkeit und der
Ausdruck seines Wesens und trägt alle Dinge durch das Wort seiner Kraft; er hat
sich, nachdem er die Reinigung von unseren Sünden durch sich selbst vollbracht
hat, zur Rechten der Majestät in der Höhe gesetzt.
The expressed image of His person……. Jesus…. is the glory of God……
Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead……. In a powerful preview
of His own resurrection….. Jesus tells Martha to get her eyes off of her
tragedy and look to the Lord Jesus….. Trust me and you will see the Glory of
God…… Jesus came to her and wept with her…. then He says……. Take your eyes off of your
problems….Trust me hang on to me…….. don´t lose heart……. Look to me……
As
Jesus sees us through our bad times…… he comforts us and restores us….. He
redeems the years that the locusts have eaten….
Are we supposed to be looking at our problems? No, we're
looking at Lord……. When we keep our eyes on Jesus….. We are changed….. We are going to be like Jesus one day….. We will reflect his wonderful qualities to a
lost and dying world….….. We will demonstrate His Unfailing Love….. We will
show His mercy and grace to the people that he puts in our lives….. His
attributes……
Application
Don't worry about your problems……. Don´t
focus on you…… We know we are full of problems….. I spend too much time
worrying about me…….. We need to look to
Him…. Trust Him….. We need to Keep our eyes on Jesus……
Back to John 11…. Look at verse 41….
John
11: 41, 42 NKJV
41
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And
Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are
standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
John 11: 41, 42 Schlachter 2000
41 Da hoben sie den Stein weg, wo der Verstorbene lag.
Jesus aber hob die Augen empor und sprach: Vater, ich danke dir, daß du mich
erhört hast.
42 Ich aber weiß, daß du mich allezeit erhörst; doch um
der umstehenden Menge willen habe ich es gesagt, damit sie glauben, daß du mich
gesandt hast.
This prayer is a declaration of the unity between the
Father and the Son.....
He and God the Father are one…… Jesus doesn´t ask for God´s
permission….. He is just letting His hearers know that He is everything that He
says he is……. No one can doubt His claim….. Because He proves it with an
unbelievable miracle…….. verse 43…
John
11: 43,44 NKJV
43
Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come
forth!” 44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with grave clothes,
and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let
him go.”
John 11: 43,44
Schlachter 2000
43 Und als er dies gesagt hatte, rief er mit lauter
Stimme: Lazarus, komm heraus!
44 Und der Verstorbene kam heraus, an Händen und Füßen
mit Grabtüchern umwickelt und sein Angesicht mit einem Schweißtuch umhüllt.
Jesus spricht zu ihnen: Bindet ihn los und laßt ihn gehen!
He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth."
Can you
imagine the scene? "Lazarus, come forth."
Notice that He says it with a loud voice…… The greek word
is kraugazō….
it's a word sometimes used to describe the shouting
of a multitude…. The loudest of the loud……
And then……. Pandemonium……
At the sound of the voice of Jesus Christ…… The grave gave up its captive….. and Lazarus walked out of that tomb…..
"He was bound hand and foot with grave clothes……. The
Jews wrapped the legs and arms separately…. …. so it wouldn't be any problem to
walk, he didn't hop like a mummy….. each one was bound separately and he walked
out of that tomb…… I´m sure some fainted at the sight….
And then Jesus says….. Untie him and let him go……
Lazarus was alive and a normal man… just like before…. And
in an instant Lazarus was raised from the dead……. Free of the bondage of
death….. free to walk with the LORD…..
There's so many lessons in this……. Look at the statement,
"Untie him and let him go?"
Men rolled the stone away…… and men unwrapped the grave clothes…… You see, men
can do that… But the hard part…. Only
God can raise the dead……..
You know something? That's how the Lord works….. He uses us to do what we can! Then He does the
miraculous part…. He's the only one that
can give life….
Remember….
He has saved us for a purpose…. Turn with me to 2 Corinthians 5….
2
Corinthians 5: 20,21
NKJV Schlachter 2000
20
Now then, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were pleading through
us: we implore you on Christ’s behalf, be reconciled to God. 21 For He made Him
who knew no sin to be sin for us, that we might become the righteousness of God
in Him
20 So sind wir nun Botschafter für Christus, und zwar so,
daß Gott selbst durch uns ermahnt; so bitten wir nun stellvertretend für
Christus: Laßt euch versöhnen mit Gott!
21 Denn er hat den, der von keiner Sünde wußte, für uns
zur Sünde gemacht, damit wir in ihm [zur] Gerechtigkeit Gottes würden.
He has made us His ambassadors…. He has reconciled us to
himself through Jesus… and he has given us the ministry of
reconciling others to Him…..
There's no greater joy in the world than going around helping
others….. Figuratively moving gravestones away from the tombs that hold men and
women captive…. and helping others take off their grave clothes…… That's what
the ministry's all about, isn't it? He has
chosen to use us……. verse 45
John
11 : 45,46 NKJV
slt 2000
45
Then many of the Jews who had come to Mary, and had seen the things Jesus did,
believed in Him. 46 But some of them went away to the Pharisees and told them
the things Jesus did.
45 Viele nun von den Juden, die zu Maria gekommen waren
und sahen, was Jesus getan hatte, glaubten an ihn.
46 Etliche aber von ihnen gingen zu den Pharisäern und
sagten ihnen, was Jesus getan hatte.
Many
believed…. but some…. Some went away unmoved…. They were unwilling
to repent….. They betrayed Jesus to His enemies… Even though they had seen this
incredible miracle…. Crazy… Do you remember what
Jesus said in the parable of the rich man and Lazarus?…..Luke 16…… V 31
Luke 16: 31 NKJV
Schlachter 2000
31 "But he said to him, 'If they do not hear Moses and the prophets,
neither will they be persuaded though one rise from the dead.'
31 Er aber sprach zu ihm: Wenn sie auf Mose
und die Propheten nicht hören, so würden sie sich auch nicht überzeugen lassen,
wenn einer aus den Toten auferstände!
If people refuse to respond to the Word of
God…. They will refuse to repent even if they see such a miracle…
This wonderful event was used mightily in
the lives of the disciples and in the lives of the new believers……
We can see three ways God used the raising of Lazarus…….
The
raising of Lazarus
1 to
Bring Glory to the Father through the LORD Jesus……
2 To
encourage and strengthen the disciples……
3 To
bring the undecided face to face with the truth…… They
had to choose….
Jesus
confirmed His Words of Life by Giving life to a dead man……..
Some of the walking dead in that crowd….. heard and believed and repented and
followed Jesus….
Close
Knowing
that Jesus is the resurrection and the Life should help us put all of the
difficult and hard times into proper perspective…….
We don´t know what is going to happen next in our lives….. Disaster may be around the
corner…. That´s the way it was for
Jesus´ disciples…. In just a few days…. Their entire world would be turned
upside down….. But they…. And we are reminded that Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life……. He is the one who said… I
will never leave you…. I will never forsake you….
We don´t have to be afraid…… We don´t have to
worry…… Jesus tells us clearly what we need to do….. He told
his disciples a parable about it in Luke
18 v1…
Luke
18:1 NKJV slt 2000
1
Then He spoke a parable to them, that men always ought to pray and not lose
heart,
1 Er sagte ihnen aber auch ein Gleichnis, um ihnen zu
zeigen, daß es nötig ist, allezeit zu beten und nicht nachlässig zu werden;
Jesus reminds us to pray and not lose heart…… The NLT
says…. Always pray and never give up… We hang on to Jesus in our disasters…..
We trust Him …. Because we serve a risen Savior…. He intercedes for us in
heaven…. Just like he did while he was here on the earth…. Sadly we are out of
time…. Because I would like to read John
17 to you…. Read it in your own quiet times this week… It will bless and
encourage you to see His prayer for us… It is clear…. He will never leave us… He will never forsake us… We belong to Him… Let´s pray….
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