Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who 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 coming into the world.” —John 11:17–27

Your faith must be in who

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Jesus is

and what

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Jesus can do

.

How does faith in who Jesus is and what Jesus can do free us from the fear of death? Jesus gives two truths about Himself…

1. Jesus is the

– vs. 25

For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. 26 And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, —Job 19:25–26

And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt. —Daniel 12:2

“Truly, truly, I say to you, an hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live. 28 Do not marvel at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in the tombs will hear his voice 29 and come out, those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. —John 5:25, 28-29

Now when Paul perceived that one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. It is with respect to the hope and the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.” —Acts 23:6

2. Jesus is the

– vs. 25a, 26

All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. —John 1:3–4

Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life… —John 14:6

So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. —1 Corinthians 15:45

Do you

this?

Martha’s confession tells us why you must believe Jesus is the resurrection and the life:

• Jesus is the

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Christ

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• Jesus is the

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• Jesus came into

.

Do you believe?

Personal Application

Death touches everyone and so will a

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You can live with a fear of death, or you can live each moment knowing that death brings

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life

for you.

Your faith must be in who Jesus is and what Jesus can do.