Sermon 25 May || John11:1-37
Jesus’s conversation with Martha and Mary addresses the issue of disappointment, especially with the loss of Lazarus and the failure of Jesus to be present to heal. The conversation teaches us two things—
1-Death does not have the last word
-it is not a closure but a commencement
-it is not a destination but a transition
2-The resurrection is more than you think
-it is not merely a future reality but a present one
-we live in the already and not yet tension
Discussion Points
- 1-How does a present life that is resurrected look different from an unresurrected life?
- 2-What do Ephesians 2:6 and Colossians 3:1 imply?
- 3-Are you making too much of death and too little of the resurrected life?
“Resurrection country is no longer an extravagant landscape before which we stand in reverential awe. IT IS THE LAND WE LIVE IN.”-Eugene Peterson
