
1/26-27/19
Tim Simmons, Hernando Campus Pastor
SPIN IT TO WIN IT!
KEY PASSAGE: JOHN 11:1–16
DIFFICULTY
A LIFE OF FAITH MEANS YOU ARE WILLING TO RISK
7And then he said to His disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.” 8“But Rabbi,” they said, “A short while ago the Jews there tried to stone you, and yet you are going back?”
UNCERTAINTY
A LIFE OF FAITH MEANS THAT COMPLETE UNDERSTANDING IS NOT NECESSARY FOR
11After He had said this, He went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” 12His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13Jesus had been speaking of his death, but His disciples thought He meant natural sleep. 14So He told the plainly, “Lazarus is dead, 15and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe.”
SURRENDER
A LIFE OF FAITH MEANS THAT MY LIFE IS NOT MY
“…but let us go to him.” 16Then Thomas (also konwn as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”