Now a man was sick, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who anointed the Lord with perfume and wiped his feet with her hair, and it was her brother Lazarus who was sick. So the sisters sent a message to him: “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
John 11:1-3
When Jesus heard it, he said, “This sickness will not end in death but is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha, her sister, and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was sick, he stayed two more days in the place where he was. Then after that, he said to the disciples, “Let’s go to Judea again.”
John 11.4-7
As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary remained seated in the house.
John 11:20
Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. Yet even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.”
John 11:21-22
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her. Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” “Yes, Lord,” she told him, “I believe you are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”
John 11:23-27
Having said this, she went back and called her sister Mary, saying in private, “The Teacher is here and is calling for you.”
John 11:28
As soon as Mary came to where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and told him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died!” When Jesus saw her crying, and the Jews who had come with her crying, he was deeply moved in his spirit and troubled. “Where have you put him?” he asked. “Lord,” they told him, “come and see.” Jesus wept.
John 11:32-35
For since he himself has suffered when he was tempted, he is able to help those who are tempted.
Hebrews 2:18
So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Couldn’t he who opened the blind man’s eyes also have kept this man from dying?” Then Jesus, deeply moved again, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. “Remove the stone,” Jesus said. Martha, the dead man’s sister, told him, “Lord, there is already a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” So they removed the stone. Then Jesus raised his eyes and said, “Father, I thank you that you heard me. I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here I said this, so that they may believe you sent me.” After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and let him go.” Therefore, many of the Jews who came to Mary and saw what he did believed in him.
John 11:36-45
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Loss says God abandoned me.
Belief says God saved me.
Bible Truth:
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For while we were still helpless, at the right time, Christ died for the ungodly.
Romans 5:6
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Loss says God doesn’t care.
Belief says God is heartbroken.
Bible Truth:
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Jesus wept.
John 11:35
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Loss says God is helpless.
Belief says God is sovereign.
Bible Truth:
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I declare the end from the beginning, and from long ago what is not yet done, saying: my plan will take place, and I will do all my will.
Isaiah 46:10
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Loss says God is unreliable.
Belief says God is trustworthy.
Bible Truth:
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He who calls you is faithful; he will do it.
1 Thessalonians 5:24
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Loss says God is distant.
Belief says God is present.
Bible Truth:
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The LORD is near the brokenhearted; he saves those crushed in spirit.
Psalm 34:18
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Loss says death wins.
Belief says Jesus > death.
Bible Truth:
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…I am alive forever and ever, and I hold the keys of death and Hades.
Revelation 1:18
