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Lazarus, Come Forth

John 11:28-46
Tim James April, 29 2026 Video & Audio
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In the sermon "Lazarus, Come Forth," Tim James addresses the theological doctrines of resurrection and the personhood of Christ as both fully divine and fully human. He emphasizes that Jesus, who embodies the resurrection and the life, acts with empathy when responding to the mourning of Mary and Martha, showcasing His intimate connection with human suffering. Key Scripture references, particularly John 11:28-46, serve to illustrate how Jesus's raising of Lazarus is a manifestation of His divine authority and a foreshadowing of His own resurrection. James draws parallels between Lazarus’s physical resurrection and the spiritual resurrection of believers, underscoring the doctrine of regeneration and the effectual calling of the elect. The sermon culminates in illustrating that true freedom and life are found in Christ, countering health-and-wealth gospels that demand works for salvation.

Key Quotes

“He is the one who is fully God and fully man… the one who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, who weeps when we weep and mourns when we mourn.”

“The resurrection of a dead man is the glory of God.”

“If the Son shall set you free, you shall be free indeed.”

“Many Jews which came to Mary and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed on him.”

What does the Bible say about resurrection?

The Bible teaches that Jesus is the resurrection and the life, as seen in John 11:25.

In John 11:25, Jesus declares to Martha, 'I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies.' This statement emphasizes the centrality of Christ in resurrection and eternal life. The resurrection of Lazarus serves as a foreshadowing of Jesus' own resurrection, demonstrating His authority over death. Moreover, the resurrection signifies not just the event itself but the promise of eternal life for all who believe in Him. It portrays a divine work where the spiritually dead are made alive through faith in Christ, ultimately affirming the believer's hope in future resurrection at the end of time.

John 11:25-26

How do we know that Jesus is the Son of God?

Jesus' miracles and His own declarations in Scripture affirm His identity as the Son of God.

Throughout the Gospel of John, Jesus' claim to be the Son of God is supported by His miracles, such as healing the blind and raising Lazarus from the dead. In John 11:27, Martha confesses her belief that Jesus is 'the Christ, the Son of God.' This personal testimony, alongside the profound acts of God He performed, serves as evidence of His divine nature. Furthermore, Jesus acknowledges His unique relationship with the Father, as shown in His prayers and teachings, which collectively affirm His identity as both fully God and fully man. The recognition of His Sonship is central to the assurance of salvation and the understanding of God’s redemptive plan for humanity.

John 11:27, John 10:36

Why is the resurrection of Lazarus significant for Christians?

The resurrection of Lazarus confirms Jesus’ power over death and serves as a sign of hope for believers.

Lazarus' resurrection is significant for Christians as it demonstrates Jesus' authority over death and His role as the giver of life. In John 11:40, Jesus tells Martha, 'Did I not say to you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?' This incident not only brings glory to God but also foreshadows Christ's own resurrection, which provides assurance to believers of their future hope. For Christians, the resurrection of Lazarus serves as a powerful reminder that through faith in Christ, they, too, will experience resurrection and eternal life. The event illustrates the transformative power of Jesus to not only restore physical life but to bring spiritual awakening to His people.

John 11:40-44

What does 'Jesus wept' teach us about His nature?

'Jesus wept' shows His empathy and deep compassion for human suffering.

The shortest verse in the Bible, 'Jesus wept' (John 11:35), profoundly reveals the compassionate nature of Christ. His tears reflect His empathy for those mourning the death of Lazarus, demonstrating that He is intimately aware of human suffering. Jesus, being fully God and fully man, shares in our grief and sorrow, which affirms that He understands our struggles. This empathy is vital for Christians, as it reassures them that their Savior is not distant or apathetic but is deeply moved by their pain. Jesus' actions remind believers that they are not alone in their grief, as He walks alongside them in their trials, offering both comfort and hope.

John 11:35

How does the story of Lazarus relate to the gospel?

Lazarus' resurrection illustrates the gospel's message of new life in Christ.

The story of Lazarus is a powerful illustration of the gospel, encapsulating the essence of salvation and new life through Christ. Just as Lazarus was called from the tomb to new life, so too are believers called from spiritual death to life in Christ. The act of Jesus calling Lazarus forth symbolizes the gospel's transformative power, where the dead become alive through faith. In John 11:43-44, Jesus commands, 'Lazarus, come forth!' indicating how He personally calls each of His elect. This narrative encapsulates the deeper spiritual reality of being 'born again' and signifies the hope of resurrection that lies at the heart of the Christian faith. The events surrounding Lazarus also affirm the need for individuals to respond in faith to Christ's call for salvation.

John 11:43-44

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Well, it's good to see all of y'all out tonight. I have to call the sheriff in for crowd control. That's why I'm sitting here. Remember those who requested prayer, these have been added to the prayer list. Tina Landis, Prairie Prayer. Also had a Panther family, Pat Panther died today, so a member of the Panther family in the prairie, if you will. She died Sunday. She died when? Sunday. She died Sunday. Remember her, or a member of that family in the prairie. Let's begin our worship service with hymn number 52. We're gonna have to sing out, because we're, what, sextet tonight.

His lips. Who can with Him compare among the sons of men? Fairer is He than all the fair who hear the heavenly trains. And feel the heavenly train And so my son may be displaced And lead to my redeem For me he bore the shameful cross And buried all my grief and carried all my grief. To Him I owe my life and breath and all the joys I have. He makes me triumph over death and saves me from the grave and saves me from the grave.

Psalm number 291, Guide Me, O Thou Great Jehovah. Guide me, O Thou Great Jehovah. But Thou, Almighty, o'er me with Thy pow'rful hand. Bread of heaven, bread of heaven, feed me till I walk no more. me did I want no more. Oh, come now, the graceful fountain strong believer Be not still my strength and shield. When I tread the verge of Jordan, be my anchor. I will ever give You have your Bibles, turn with me to John chapter 11. We're reading from verse 28, we'll read verse 27 to start with, and read through verse 46.

Then she said, yea, Lord, I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, that should come into the world. And when she so said, she went her way and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, The Master is come and calls for thee. And as soon as she heard that, she arose quickly and came unto him.

Now Jesus was not yet come into the town, but was at that place where Martha met him. And the Jews then, which were with her in the house, and comforted her, When they saw Mary, that she arose up hastily and went out, followed her, saying, She goeth unto the grave to weep there. Then when Mary was come where Jesus was and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Then Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping, which came with her. and was troubled, or troubled himself.

And said, where have ye laid him? And said unto him, Lord, come and see. And Jesus wept. 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 evil in this man should not have died? Jesus, therefore, again groaning in himself, cometh to the grave.

It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, Take away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh. He had been dead four days. Jesus said unto her, Said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, and I should see the glory of God. And they took away the stone from the place where he was dead, where he 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 had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes. His face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus said of him, Loose him, and let him go. Then said the Jews, which came to Mary, and seen these things, which Jesus believed on him, some of them went their ways to the Pharisees, and told them what things Jesus Our Father, we come in the blessed name of Jesus Christ, our Lord.

He whom the Word of God speaks, who is indeed the Word made flesh. We thank you, Father, for the record we have of His revelation of Himself in so many different ways in this Gospel according to John. Here in this Gospel, He is seen clearly as the Son of God. and the Son of Man, the one who is fully God and fully man, the one who is touched with the feeling of our infirmities, who weeps when we weep and mourns when we mourn, the one who is able, simply by the word of his power, to call dead men to life. Father, as we look at this passage, we can see our own case. When we were dead to all things spiritual, and wonder of wonders when we heard the gospel, you gave us eyes to see and ears to hear. Suddenly, miraculously, wondrously, we were made alive and believed what before we did not believe.

We pray for those of our company who are sick and away from us, traveling. We ask, Lord, you bring them home safely. We pray for those who are sick that you would heal where it's according to your good pleasure, comfort, and show mercy, we ask. And Father, tonight, as we gather here, we pray that you would bless us with your word. May your word speak to our hearts and our minds as we have this wondrous record before us of one who for the glory of God died, and for the glory of God was raised from the dead. We thank you, Father, that such a record exists, such a thing happened in this world. And we thank you that this, though it's a physical thing, is a reminder of the quickening spirit and the quickening of your word in the hearts of the elect.

Help us now to worship you. Help me to preach the gospel, we pray in Christ's name, amen. Now this passage of scripture is known by a lot of people. I expect every preacher's ever preached. Anywhere near the gospel is preached from this passage of scripture.

It begins with the Lord speaking to Mary about Him being resurrection and life and her believing that He is the Son of the Living God who should come into the world. And after she said that, she went her way and went to Mary, her sister, and secretly it says, the Master is come and calleth for thee. Now there's no record of Him calling for her, but we know He did because that's what it says here. But she spoke to her secretly.

The reason this is, is because of the mourning, the system of the Jews in mourning. When a person dies, generally they are buried the same day, if at all possible, if not the next day they are buried. And then comes seven days of mourning, when not only the family mourns, but those close friends and those of the community come and stay at their house. and mourn with them for seven days. And they don't leave the house. Well, to leave the house is to break the law, break the tradition of mourning. So when she came to her and whispered secretly that the master calleth for thee, she's doing it because she knows that Mary's going to leave. She's going to leave the place of mourning and go and meet with the master.

I thought of this, the master calleth for thee. And I thought, the same thing happened when Lazarus was raised from the dead. The master called for him, and he got up from the dead and walked away. She arose quickly, it says, and went to meet with him.

And when she did, she fell on her feet. She was followed immediately by the Jews, because such a surprise had happened that she would leave in the morning and go. So they followed her. And when she got to him, she said, Lord, Just as her sister had said, if you had been here, my brother had not died. And then the next phrase says that Jesus therefore saw her weeping. So she was saying this with tears in her eyes. And the Jews also who had followed her, they were the mourners, they were weeping also.

He groaned within his spirit. If you read several commentators, each one of them has a different reason why he groaned in his spirit. Some say he groaned because of her unbelief. I don't believe that's the case, because if he groaned when his children unbelieved, he'd be groaning all the time over us, because we're filled with unbelief. I believe it was just a matter of empathy or sympathy.

He was feeling what she felt in his heart, because remember, our high priest, He's touched with the feeling of our infirmities. We are told to weep with those who weep and mourn with those who mourn. And Jesus Christ is a human being. He's very God of very God. He's a very, very man. And he felt her pain. And so he groaned within himself as he saw her weeping over this.

And so he said, where is the grave? Now they're closer to the grave site than they are to the house of Bethany. But he says, where is he laid? They said, come and see, we'll take you to the great site. Now the great site was a cave. And it says, after it says where we lay, it says Jesus wept.

That's the shortest verse in the Bible. And that's one of the questions we were asked in Sunday. I remember in Southern Baptist Church, what's the shortest verse in the Bible? This is it, Jesus wept, Jesus wept. Did He weep because of the weeping of those around Him?

I'm sure that was part of it. He was the Son of God. But also, there's something else. There's something else. It says He also was weeping or was groaning in His Spirit when He knew that He was going to raise Lazarus from the dead. That's the language that's set forth in this passage of Scripture.

Why did He weep? He wept because they wept, I have no doubt about that. I try to picture that in my mind, but he was the son of man. He was very man, in touch with the feeling of her infirmities that very hour. But a man named Alan Zadner White, who wrote a book on Bible carriagers, said he wept perhaps for a different reason. Those ladders had been dead, now the Word knew.

When it's recorded, it said he was dead for four days. The word dead is in italics, so it wasn't in the original text. So I really don't know how long it was that he was dead. But he was dead at least four days. But he's in the grave four days for sure. He could have been dead five days, we don't know.

But when Alexander Wright wrote about the Lord Jesus Christ weeping, he said perhaps he was weeping because of what he was going to have to do to Lazarus. He said, well, he's bringing him back to life. That's a good thing. Well, it was a good thing, naturally speaking, for everybody around him and all his family. This was a wondrous thing that was going to take place. But what about Lazarus? Lazarus has been dead for four days. Where does a saint, where is a saint when he dies? Saints are in the presence of God. So for four days, Lazarus has been in the presence of God.

He's been there in glory. Hearing the song of the angels. Hearing the evangelism gospel preached. Seeing Christ enthroned. Because we know that Jesus Christ was here on earth. He said that to Nicodemus, but he said he was also in heaven. He said the Son of Man is on earth. And he's in heaven. He says of every one of his children that we're in heavenly places in Jesus Christ. It says to be present, absent from the body, is to be present with the Lord.

So could it have been that he went because of what he was going to have to do? He's going to call Lazarus back from heaven. Call Lazarus back from glory. called Lazarus back from the joy and the presence of being in a place where he had no sin, to a life back here on earth where he must indeed die again.

He died once. Alexander Wright, perhaps that's what it was. And he wrote this, and he said, writing this, he found a writer that was lived in the time of Lazarus and knew the family. He wrote in Aramaic. But he wrote this about Lazarus after he came back. This is not inspired writing. This is one who was in the same circle as Lazarus wrote after he came back from the dead.

He said, the man had something strange and unearthly in the look of him. He eyed the world like a child. He was obedient as a sheep and innocent as a lamb. He let them talk. A word, a gesture, a glance from a child at play or in school or even in his sleep would startle him into agony. His heart and his brain moved to there. His feet stay here. Off his soul springs up into his face. A special marking of the man is prone submission to the will of God. He merely looked with his large eyes on me. He loves both old and young, able and weak. He affects the very roots and birds and flowers of the field. The man is harmless as a lamb and only impatient with ignorance and sin." Now, I don't know whether that's the truth about him, but it certainly rings somewhat true, a man who's been somewhere that's beyond beauty, beyond anything that we could ever imagine, and then be called back to a world of sin and death and despair.

Maybe that's why it says Jesus wept, I don't know. But neither does anybody else, just that he did that. But when he was weeping, the Jews said to him, look how he loved Lazarus. Behold how he loved him. That's in verse 36. And then some of them said, could not this man which opened the eyes of the blind have caused even this man should not have died? And I believe that is spoken in derision. Couldn't he have saved him? Why didn't he come and sit?

We know the stories, they said. Maybe they were even there when he made the blind man to see. Maybe he was there when he made the man get off his bed and carry his bed on the Sabbath. Maybe they were there at the wedding feast where he turned water into wine. We don't know. But they knew he could do miracles. Could not this man, they said, which had opened the eyes of the blind and caused that even this man should not have died.

And this is Jesus therefore groaning in himself coming to the grave. It was a cave and a stone laid upon it. These caves were used not only to bury one person but often to bury many people in the same cave, in the same area. It was like a graveyard inside a rock. But it was often used that way. Many times people were buried in caves in the days of the New and Old Testament. But it was a cave, and there was stone laid upon it. Again, it's a picture of the resurrection of Jesus Christ. He was in a cave. He was buried in a cave, in a tomb, and a stone was laid there.

And that stone rolled away and he came forth alive. Why did he come forth alive? Because he's the resurrection and the life. How come Lazarus isn't gonna come forth alive? Because Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life. He's the quickening spirit. If you're alive today spiritually, it's because Jesus Christ is alive. Because he lives, ye live also, scripture says.

You see, he said, Jesus said in verse 39, take away the stone. Take away the stone. Now those who believe that Jesus Christ is the Son of God, Mary believed it. Martha believed it. We'll see that many others believe it after this is done. But they have some doubts about this whole thing.

They know he can't heal them from the sick because he ain't sick no more. He's dead. He's in the grave. He's been buried. And if a person back then is buried and it's at least four days dead, he's already beginning to corrupt. The heart began to bloat. They didn't have embalming in Jewish religion. They had it in Egypt, but not in Jewish religion. Martha, verse 39, the sister of him that was dead said to him, Lord, by this time he stinks. He's stinking. For he's been four days. And the word dead is not in there, but we'll say it. He's been dead four days.

And Jesus said to her, didn't I tell you? I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth on me shall never die, and he shall know he were dead, yet shall he live. Didn't I say that to you? And didn't you say to me, you believed that? You believe that? Jesus said, said I not unto thee, that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

So the resurrection of a dead man is the glory of God. Our Lord resurrected at least four different people in the scriptures. Name, year, Talitha, the little young daughter and so forth. And also Lazarus. Then they took away the stone from the place. Our Lord said, said I not that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God. What would we see if we believed all the time? 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 he said a prayer. He prayed to the fallen, not for his benefit, not because he doubted that what was going to happen was going to happen. He prayed so people would understand that what was about to happen and what would happen would make them understand that he indeed was sent from God. He indeed was the Son of God. Then He took away the stone and Jesus lifted up His eyes in verse 41 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 that they may believe and I said it that they may believe that Thou hast sent me. That's why He prayed. He does the same thing in chapter 12. He does that same thing.

When the Lord speaks from heaven, and some people hear thunders, some people hear God say, I have glorified and been more glorified in speaking of Jesus' name. He said this happened so men would understand that God had sent him. And when John 17, in his great prayer, he says, the world's going up. The world's gonna know when he gathers all his elect to himself at the end of time, and time is no more, and all the elect are with him in glory, the world is going to know that God has sent him, that God has sent him.

And when he had said this spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. How does he call his sheep according to John chapter 10? He calls his sheep by name. He knows them, and they follow him. This is Lazarus. He is one of God's sheep. Now, he doesn't say, come forth, because if it was anybody else in that grave, when he said that, they would all come forth. The grave would open right there, because what he says would happen, but he didn't. He calls his sheep by name.

The gospel, though we preach it, And we tell people the truth of the gospel. We do that in hopes that God will take that word and plant it in our heart. What we give and what we talk about is what is called a general call. Call men to repent. Call men to believe. We tell them about, tell them the truth about God. But that's a general call. We can't make anything happen. In fact, if you know the scriptures and you know yourself, you don't want to make anything happen, because if you make it happen, somebody can make it unhappen. love to tell them the truth. And when you tell them the truth, then it's God who might, if He is so pleased, if you are speaking to one of His children, one of His elect, He will take that word that you spoke, not your power, but the word itself, and plant it in the hearts of His people and bring them to life. Lazarus, He said. Lazarus come forth. Lazarus come forth.

And it says he that was dead came forth. He was dead and he came forth. How would you do that? He was dead and he came forth. And not only that, he was dead and came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes. When they wrapped a person to die, who had died, to burn, they wrapped him in several sheets.

It's almost like swaddling a child. Very tight, wrapped him up. Wrapped his feet, wrapped his hands, put his hands across his chest, and they put a napkin across his face. It was a wrap that closed his mouth. So it wouldn't look like he had a death face. Most people, when they die, the last thing they do is open their mouth and leave it open. So they wrapped it and tied that around his face.

So here he is, a mummy, for all practical purposes. He's a mummy. And he comes forward. How in the world did he do that? There might have been some elevation going on there or something. He came forward. He can't walk. He can't crawl. He's bound up. I expect he just floated out of that grave. That's the only thing that makes sense to me anyway. Bound with foot and his face was bound with a napkin.

Loosen and let him go. What a beautiful picture of the gospel of Jesus Christ. This is what we do. This is what we tell people when we tell the gospel. We don't tell them you're going to be bound up with the law. We don't tell them you've got to do this and you've got to do that. We don't tell them if you don't live in a certain way, nothing good is going to happen to you. We don't tell them if you live in a certain way, something good is going to happen to you.

That's a health and wealth gospel. And that's failing all over America. These megachurches that preach that health and wealth gospel, they're closing down like crazy. 1,500 churches that were tied to megachurches this year alone closed down. There's nobody going. One of them down in Texas had 16,000 members. Now there's 300 that the preachers preach it to. They can't survive. 300 people cannot pay for a building that expensive. Soon it will close down too. It will close down too. Because their gospel is fake.

They say, if you'll do something, God will do something. If you'll take the first step, God will take the next step. If you can take the first step, you can walk all the way. Here's what the gospel says. Let him go. Let him go. What a glorious thing. The gospel says, you shall know the truth. And the truth shall make you free. If the Son shall set you free, you shall be free indeed.

Our Lord taught this principle way back in Isaiah chapter 58. When those Pharisees and those religious legalists were endeavoring to hold people in control by what they preached. They did it with anger and they did it with malice. Our Lord said, cry aloud and spare not. Isaiah 58, lift thy voice up like a trumpet and show my people their transgression and the house of Jacob their sins.

What are these sins? Drinking, chewing, smoking, going to the movie show? That sort of thing? What are his sins? He listened to them. Here's the first one, they seek me daily. That's a sin. They didn't seek him because they loved him. They seek him out of duty because they was going to pray three times to the east. They delight in all my ways. And why do the Pharisees delight to know God's ways?

So they could hold them over men's heads and make them obey them. And nations that give righteousness, they follow the law. They forsook not the ordinance of their God. They did what they were supposed to do. And God caused this sin. Show my people their sins. This is their sin. They ask the ordinance of justice. They want justice. When somebody does something bad, they want to be punished. They want to be punished. They call for justice. They take delight in approaching to God. They come to the worship service. They come to the temple. They do all these things. God said that's sin. Why is it sin? Because of the reason they do it. He says this, or they say, We've done this, we do these things, all you said for us to do in verse two.

We've done all this, why for have we fasted, they say, and you see not. In other words, we did what we were supposed to do, weren't we supposed to get a blessing? Weren't we supposed to get a blessing? And they see not. Wherefore have we afflicted our soul? And you take no knowledge. We punished ourselves, we denied ourselves things that we wanted. How come you ain't blessing us?

The Lord said, behold, in the day of your fast, you find pleasure. Wait a minute. What are you talking, how does a person fast and find pleasure? By holding it over someone else. That's why our Lord said in Matthew 6, don't let anybody know you fasted.

He said, after you fast, don't come out unshaven, eyes full of tears, and your hair messed up and looking all raggedy. So somebody said, he's been fasting. He's been suffering for the cause. He said, when you finish fasting, take a shower, clean up, wash your hair, put on new clothes, shave, and come out looking like nothing's ever happened. Why? That way you can't hold it over nobody. And people talk.

One preacher preached up here at Stray Fort many years ago. Went to him, great big fella, weighed about 350 pounds. He wasn't that tall then. He was a short fellow. But he talked about fasting for 30 days. And I thought, you ain't never fasted in your life. But he was talking about it so it could make you feel bad for nothing. That's what he says.

In the day of your fast, you find pleasure. You exact, you exact your labors. You exact your labors. You exact them on others. You say, we fasted. You must fast too. Behold, you fast for strife. You fast to cause trouble. You debate and dismite with your fist of wickedness.

Now, this is why they do it and how they do it. You shall not fast as you do this day to make your voice to be heard on high. That was one of the things the Pharisees did. They made long pretense of prayers in the streets so people could hear them. He says, is this the fast that I have chosen? A day for a man to afflict his soul? He said, to bow his head like a bulrush. You don't want a bulrush. He's a real fine reed with a great big head. And it's empty. An empty head on a spindly reed. It's big-headed, but of no value.

And to spread sackcloth and ashes under him to do this repentance out in the open so everybody know you're repentant. Will you call this a day, an acceptable day of the Lord? No, but he said, this is the fast that I've chosen. Now think about what he said to Lazarus, loose it and let it go. Is not this the fast that I've chosen to loose the bands of wickedness, to undo the heavy burdens, to let the oppressed go free and you break every yoke.

The fast that God has ordained, we talk about fasting, we talk about the sacrifice that He's ordained. What is the sacrifice that the child of God does? It's a sacrifice, a praise and thanksgiving, which means He had nothing to do with it. Sometimes He did something for him.

That's what it is to afflict your soul, by the way, for that phrase is used in the New Testament. How is my soul afflicted? When I am informed and convinced that I had nothing to do with my salvation. My flesh rebels against that. My soul is elicited.

Our Lord says, back there, loosen and let him go. It says, then many Jews which came to Mary and had seen the things that Jesus did, believed on him. Many Jews believed on him. So that bud is in opposition to the word believed. But some of them went their ways to the Pharisees and told them what things Jesus had done.

Why? So he can be killed. Because we find them. That's what happens next in this passage. conniving and planning and plotting how they're going to capture him and how they're going to kill him. It won't be long until we find our Lord Jesus Christ on the cross after this passage of Scripture. We're in chapters 13 through 15. 13 through 16. He teaches his disciples about going on to the cross. Going to the cross is going.

It takes him four chapters to convince them of what's going on. They didn't always agree with him. But here's what Paul said after preaching some 30 years, the gospel some 30 years. He summed up the preacher's truth. in this matter of preaching. He said, some believed and some didn't. And that's how it always ends up. Some believed and some didn't. Some believed that day and some didn't. Father, bless us to understand Pentecost. Amen. All right. God bless you. Be careful going through the doors, all of you, one time.
Tim James
About Tim James
Tim James currently serves as pastor and teacher of Sequoyah Sovereign Grace Baptist Church in Cherokee, North Carolina.

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