Sermon Notes

The Resurrection and the Life

John 11:17-27

“17 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
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.”

I. Arrival of Jesus(v17)

“17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days.”

II.Attack of Jesus (v21)
“21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.

Luke 10:38-42

“Lord, do you not care that my sister has left me to serve alone? Tell her then to help me.”

III. Affirmation in Jesus (v22,24,26)
“22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
“24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”
“26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

“Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us,” (Ephesians 3:20)

IV. Assurance from Jesus (v25 -26)
“25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?”

“Jesus said to him, “I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” (John 14:6)

“Death comes to the ungodly man as a penal infliction, but to the righteous as a summons to his Father’s palace: to the sinner it is an execution, to the saint an undressing. Death to the wicked is the King of terrors: death to the saint is the end of terrors, the commencement of glory.” (Charles Spurgeon)