The Sermon Things Are Not As They Appear To Be by David McGee
Oct 21, 2012
Things Are Not As They Appear To Be (46:02)
Referenced Scriptures: John 11:1-44
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John 11:1-44
1) Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, of the village of Mary and her sister, Martha.
2) It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother, Lazarus, was sick.
3) The sisters therefore sent to him, saying, "Lord, behold, he for whom you have great affection is sick."
4) But when Jesus heard it, he said, "This sickness is not to death, but for the glory of God, that God‘s Son may be glorified by it."
5) Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus.
6) When therefore he heard that he was sick, he stayed at that time two days in the place where he was.
7) Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let‘s go into Judea again."
8) The disciples told him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and are you going there again?"
9) Jesus answered, "Aren‘t there twelve hours of daylight? If a man walks in the day, he doesn‘t stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10) But if a man walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light isn‘t in him."
11) He said these things, and after that, he said to them, "Our friend, Lazarus, has fallen asleep, but I am going so that I may awake him out of sleep."
12) The disciples therefore said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
13) Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he spoke of taking rest in sleep.
14) So Jesus said to them plainly then, "Lazarus is dead.
15) I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let‘s go to him."
16) Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, "Let‘s go also, that we may die with him."
17) So when Jesus came, he found that he had been in the tomb four days already.
18) Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about fifteen stadia away.
19) Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary, to console them concerning their brother.
20) Therefore Martha, when she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him, but Mary stayed in the house.
21) Therefore Martha said to Jesus, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn‘t have died.
22) Even now I know that, whatever you ask of 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 at the last day."
25) Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me, though he die, yet will he live.
26) Whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
27) She said to him, "Yes, Lord. I have come to believe that you are the Christ, God‘s Son, he who comes into the world."
28) When she had said this, she went away, and called Mary, her sister, secretly, saying, "The Teacher is here, and is calling you."
29) She, when she heard this, arose quickly, and went to him.
30) Now Jesus had not yet come into the village, but was in the place where Martha met him.
31) Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and were consoling her, when they saw Mary, that she rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, "She is going to the tomb to weep there."
32) Mary therefore, when she came to where Jesus was, and saw him, fell down at his feet, saying to him, "Lord, if you would have been here, my brother wouldn‘t have died."
33) When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews weeping who came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled,
34) and said, "Where have you laid him?" They told him, "Lord, come and see."
35) Jesus wept.
36) The Jews therefore said, "See how much affection he had for him!"
37) Some of them said, "Couldn‘t this man, who opened the eyes of him who was blind, have also caused that this man wouldn‘t die?"
38) Jesus therefore, again groaning in himself, came to the tomb. Now it was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39) Jesus said, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to him, "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days."
40) Jesus said to her, "Didn‘t I tell you that if you believed, you would see God‘s glory?"
41) So they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, "Father, I thank you that you listened to me.
42) I know that you always listen to me, but because of the multitude that stands around I said this, that they may believe that you sent me."
43) When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
44) He who was dead came out, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Free him, and let him go."
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The best time we are going to look at John chapter eleven and I was going to read the whole thing but you know what I'm going to read it as we go through it and speak about it, and the title of the sermon today is things do not. Things are not as they appear to be. Things are not as they appear to be. Now there is this this story and Anakin, the very uncomfortable. This do the brief introductions, we noted that was a story about a very wealthy man, and he has a very young wife that he has a very young Butler and one day the wife returns and she says to the Butler take off my ear rings take off my necklace and there's a number of articles that she goes through and so on and and he says, though never wear my clothes again so you know some of you are going. Water is not good. Talking about here now, so she comes home and yell. We we we we watched too much or want to listen to let the soap operas and whatever by our society present things in an very many different ways and in our life. How many things are not as they appear to be. Things are not as they appear to be, and I think of this story here with Lazarus and his death that he is coming back to life. Jesus bringing them back to life. I think of this is a story that it's one of those that is not what it appears to be caused everywhere along the way, there's something else going on. But something else happening that is a change that is part of what's happening behind the scenes and in our life. Things are not as they appear to be because it isn't over yet. This is our lifetime we have a lifetime to live, and we do have a lifetime to deal with circumstances and problems and pain handle them in a way that God is going to receive honor and glory forever and they are not what they appear to be. Now we can go back in our lives, fifteen, twenty years and maybe remember a situation that was going on at that time and what happens and how do we progress through it, and the changes all that happened, and now word another place in our life and we are. We've gone through many places in our life, and they are not what they appear to be so lets begin with John Chapter 11 reading verses one, two and three, a man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. So here's a town community that yes, we were referred to by the three residents who live there. Mary Martha and Lazarus is the same marrying to massage the Lord 's feet with aerobic oils, and then wiped them with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus, who was sick, so the sisters sent word to Jesus, Master, the one you love is so very and so is so very much sickness and one you lobbed so very much is sick. Okay, Mary Martha and Lazarus are probably the three closest friends of Jesus outside of the disciples. We know that Peter, James and John are the inner circle of the twelve, and John is the beloved and he is probably the closest to Jesus on the twelve while with outside of the disciples there is Mary Martha and Lazarus Jesus often goes to their house and we have situations where Mary and Martha have Mario Jesus is coming to visit. Then mark those in the kitchen and Mary sitting at Jesus feet and an marketing zone tells Jesus. Jesus Yount get married somewhere to go in the kitchen and help me because there's lots of things to be prepared in Jesus and Martha Mark your print, you are troubled about many things, you know, Mary has chosen the best thing to sit here at my feet. So these are things that we see these realities of the individuals that are part of the story is very very of great visitors great connecting thoughts. Great connecting emotions because it says here the one you love very much as sick, so there was no doubt in marrying Mark, this life about Jesus and his love for the three of them that he loved them that he, he was their best of companions and friends. He was just very much involved in their life, and so they said Jesus is the one you love very much a sick by verse four when Jesus got the message. He said the sickness is not fatal it will become an occasion for four to show God 's glory by glorifying God 's son. Now here were challenged with the response of Jesus. He is waiting. Now they're the one commentator that I was reading on this and I I thought this would never read it before that by the time the message got the Jesus that Lazarus is sick. The messengers now they can send telegraphs and give a phone call or text message in others. So there's a little saying there was a ascendant instant communication. I read that the first time& I thought it said the insane communication. It was up with the storm, whatever were you by your phone and I looked at that method the insane communications that doesn't sound right then and of course it's instant, but it was applicable in saying so. We live in an insane pace that everything is instantaneous. You can send messages around the world by pushing a button you can send pictures around the world by pushing a button. And so by the time the message got the Jesus Lazarus is probably debt. So it isn't like, and in some have interpreted this the situation that Jesus received the word, and he said I'm not going to wait for him to die the moment ago, while it's not what happened. The sect. This is not fatal it will become an occasion to show God 's glory by glorifying God 's son challenge, not what it appears to be the Scripture says all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to his purpose. God has a way of him our life, things are not finished yet. Life isn't over obstacles that we face can change the difficulties that we are encountering will change. It's just a matter of how we are going to see them work with them work through them. Verse five. Jesus loved Martha, her sister and her sister and Lazarus. But oddly, when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on where he was for two more days after two days, he said to his disciples, let's go back to Judea. Now here we have an understanding Jesus loves these three below. He loves all of us. John three sixteen for God so loved the world, no as the world us. Why did God die for us. He loves us. He looks beyond our faults. These are neither the love that God has for us that is unmatched unparalleled. So God loves us and he loves us because of who we are and because of the relational experience that he wants without and that he has with us, Sony love these three very very much, but oddly he stayed on where he was for two more days challenge. Things are not what they appear to be sometimes God doesn't come through the way that we pray. Sometimes our prayers just don't seem to work and we wonder why doesn't God do what I tell it. Basically what were saying. I thought what he should do and he doesn't do it. Therefore, something is wrong with him, or that the situation is out of control the way we look at this and again is not what it appears to be, and after two days. Jesus says let's go back to Judea. Now there's a problem with going back to Judea, verse eight, Rabbi, you can't do that. You can't go back there. The GIs are out to kill you and you're going back. So Jesus knows that this is not. This is a hotspot for the religious leaders and how that they had been seeking to take his life arrest him, and to stone him. And Jesus says we're going back so his life is on the line for these three individuals and for the two individuals of one who is dead. But Jesus has a purpose in going back. Jesus has a purpose and not coming whenever an answering the prayer as it was stated never. There were occasions in which the individual came to Jesus and said my daughter sick of you pray for her. While you only come with you now know, just say the word and my and my job will be healed. And Jesus said note, great, no century great faith. I don't haven't found anywhere. Your daughter is well man turned and met the messenger coming saying about that. The hour that Jesus said that's when his daughter was well getting even have to be present, so here's a situation he's doing it differently. The something different going on here because you say the sect. This is not fatal, verse four, it will become an occasion to show God 's glory and honor life. We are challenged by what we believe and how do we believe that God is going to show his glory in our life. I was not going to show his glory in our life. Sometimes it's through our needs and our difficulties in our prayers not wrong, but sometimes are not answered the way that we think so. We don't give up on what God is doing so I said he can go back to the stone you first line Jesus replied on twelve hours of daylight. Anyone who walks in the daylight doesn't stumble, because there's plenty of light from the sun means that people have equal opportunities to walk and the like are walked in the darkness we have equal opportunities to follow what we know is right. The light of Jesus Christ, the light of God 's word with equal opportunities to do that, just as well as the walk in the darkness, so sometimes walking in the dark. This is of our own choice, because we choose to see things differently. We choose to see things negatively take off those earrings. They draw that necklace and were thinking where is ego doll where my clothes anymore that they never thought of that one digit, so, but you see what's going on. Jesus is saying something 's not. It's not what you will care what you think of the basal. The disciples, how do they respond well. He said these things, and that announced always be back here might very stumble in the dark. In verse eleven. He said these things, and then announce our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I'm going to wake him up while sleeping at the going thing, but you see, when Jesus is talking about this, God has a different perspective of life than we do. Jesus knows that Lazarus is dead, but you seek death in our eyes is something we see his final gees this season, which is to be awakened from no you never use the analogy of fund sleep with children and talking about them if they want alright or just leaving home on that one. The sleep you put me in some box and charming the ground and on the ones that now. Let's not what it is. Death is not sleeping death is the body has left and please don't ever say that when people die, they become angels because they are not angels. They are people, angels are created beings and they are already there is there is already enough of them. And God has the Angels are angels and people are people again, and that when we die we don't become angels and grow wings and fly to have it. We are eternal beings, and God is not. We are going to live forever and guess what you're going to beat you in eternity, and you're not been to be an angel with a halo and wings sorry now that my burst your bubble, but that's just it is not happening. Okay, because he's not going to make you something that you're not second priority list of things on the site. Second, there are no racetracks in heaven. Sorry I come across that individual. This does the last couple weeks visit in the you know when grandma gets them into your play bingo and total racetracks because that's what she did hear her classes with Jay. Now, I don't think so. That's not in the word anywhere in our dire as the racetracks in heaven. Sorry. God doesn't gamble on the horses to CID are some really mixed up ideas about life and especially while you know is not alone. I was upset with God commentator people, you know it's almost like the body 's bacteria walking along in fact, the gotcha NL. Your dad got you haven't yet knows no choice over and why do they take it all. Beloved, you and God loving you. Yeah things we tell people know God loves you must link take you to have a snap ring. Unlike when there you go, the one to eliminate the forget that God receives us into heaven, the gift of eternal life, you've already started with, and we are safe, always in the hands of God, whether we live or whether we die, we belong to God. So get on with living is you don't have to worry about dying. Why, because I say when I'm safe that means I'm forgiven when I forget I can live life to its fullest. I have a fullness about my life that is in Christ and see here is this the situation that Jesus is telling our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. Jesus knows that he is in the grave and ended to, but he's going to go wake him up the dead in Christ shall rise first Bible says the dead in Christ, when the trump of God shall sound, the dead in Christ will rise when we die our soul and our life and everything that is life in us goes to heaven, but there's coming a day in which the body will rise from the dead, you seek Jesus is the firstfruits of them that slept. Meaning that he is the firstfruits of those who are awaken from the dead, if the same spirit to raise price and the dead dwell in you, he will quicken your mortal bodies whenever sin came into the world. We died physically we die spiritually. Jesus Christ died on the cross so that we can live Spears link and we can live physically, we lose nothing in percent. The redemption of Jesus Christ is so complete that we are going to live eternally with Avenue body is to be changed in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and I will have hair and not be as fat. This one you know. And I'm going to be able say that I will be able to sing and even better, you won't hear it. But anyhow, so Jesus will wake him up. First, twelve and thirteen. The dark disciple said things are not what they appear to be member Masato said masterpiece gone to sleep and get a good rest and wake up feeling fine. Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap. She far off course. Our thinking is gone, means one thing we need another verse fourteen and fifteen in Jesus became explicit explicit. Lazarus has died and I'm glad for your sake that I wasn't there because you see I'm glad that I wasn't there to do the miracle I would've done if I were there because there's something greater. The goblins to do there is something greater than God has in mind. Sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers. The way we want, because you something greater in mind, and so don't get bent out of shape complaining because God didn't answer our prayers. And don't get off track because God didn't do what you wanted to do in the first place. It was God has something greater in mind your about to be given new grounds for believing that at least telling the disciples to give you even greater grounds to believe because this is happened than if I had been there verse sixteen( Thomas, one problems when said to his companions come along, we might as well die with him, so they figured if they go back to Jerusalem. Robin that Jesus is going to be arrested and killed. And so we might Google die with him and get it over with Izzy. They had this preconceived idea that Jesus Jesus was going to set himself up on a throne, because later on the Raskin on October seven. Your right hand in your lap whenever you come into your kingdom. No, they still thought he was going to be like the Emperor or like David, though this does King of Israel. Drive out the Romans set up a kingdom, and they were going to be his court and they were going to be one's ruling over everybody else, and so were a VFA) is to start this rebellion. We must will die with them in it all be taken care for seventeen so they all headed back to Jerusalem and Bethany with Jesus finally got there he found Lazarus is already four days that so it's been four days now. There is no embalming and there's none of that your Jewish tradition has it that you have me buried within twenty four hours. If you go through a Jewish ceremony today those who are Orthodox Orthodox Jews will bury within twenty four hours, they will have someone who sits with the body for twenty four hours now. It's a ritual that's been going on for thousands of years, why you think the rituals going off for thousands years because the thousand years ago. They did have embalming and they had to say with the body because keep all the road incinerating else away from from the body, but they still kept all those traditions and CC sometimes traditions have a reason why they began, but they're kind of out of place right now, but that's okay that they but there's always something beehive, not what they appear to be selling Jesus got very found of Lazarus was dead for days. Bethany was two miles away from Jerusalem. Many of the Jews were visiting married Martha and Mary. So this is the limit. Those who are visiting those they can be friends, family, but there also paid mourners. It was very important that people be agreed over publicly. I so mourners were, and be part of the whole profession worker, Jesus was coming, and went out to meet him. Mary remained in the house. The personalities of Mary and Martha. Martha is this one is on going and doing, she's the that she's always busy. She's always going Merry was the one who was more reserved and sitting at Jesus feet and Martha heard that Jesus was coming now. Maybe she heard Americans were whatever was going on. Martha headed out to meet Jesus, our first words reverse twenty one master. If you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died. She them any things that happen in our life that we can tell Jesus viewed on what I told you to, it wouldn't be like this would be is that so Martha comes right out and says Jesus you been here. This would be, we would be going through this, so if you just answered my prayers came when I come with a money, come when I came, I sent you again came when I told you to come every help if yes, and I came it would be okay but Martha goes on. Even now, I know that whatever you ask God will give you say this is one of those occasions when we don't even know what that is for there is Martha wanting to know if you want to come when I sent for you. I will not have this problem but I know you can do anything that I just don't know how you can fix this one. I just don't know how this can work out and then Jesus and this is where the word of God comes into our life. Jesus said to Martha, your brother will be way your brother will be raised up your brother will be raised up judo ever in every funeral, whatever. Wheat with and I've done and talk about the resurrection of God shall sound than impartial rise. We live in this hope and no matter what happens in our life that no matter where whereat we always do. Back to the word of God to bring us comfort in an age situation and the situation your brother will be raised up. Martha replied, I know there's twenty four. I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time. But you see what good is that if you didn't come when I ask you, it's a comfort to know that they're going to live in the end, but for right now I'm still pretty bummed that this whole situation. Verse twenty five. You don't have to wait for the end. I am white. Now, resurrection and life. I am white. Now, resurrection and life. We need to remember those words because those are the words that are to be impressed upon our life impressed upon our minds and our hearts and our spirit. I am right now, resurrection and life. Jesus said I am right now. Resurrection life. That means that right now you are in eternal me him right now. You'll live forever. That means that when Jesus is alive in you. Now you are an eternal being, you will live forever. I am right now, resurrection and life. Jesus wants to put that in their hearts and minds because what appears to be is Lazarus is dead. Jesus knows he's going to raise him from the dead, but he also knows that a few more days. He's been crucified, and even by a need to replace them to end their life and their understanding is that we challenged again by this these occurrences in life but never forget and the challenges of life. I am resurrection and life, the one who believes in me, though he or she dies, will live and everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do not leave this and this is the challenge that this is where we live in life because we all evolve into the cemetery. We've all been there. And you know what, if you live long enough to buy a house that were augmented to get there one way or another, but were going to get them in one way or that we all want to go to heaven but we all know, I know you know you blindly don't talk about that, so that's why we need to live live our life every day in the assurance of what God is doing for this is your life. This is our life. Let's live it in the strength of God 's word. Verse twenty seven yes master all along. I believe that you are the Messiah, the son of God who has come into the world. Martha doesn't understand, but she echoes word of God. This is ours. This is where we are at market doesn't understand about the resurrection and all that do someday someplace, someway, if not happen out there sometime, but she echoes what Jesus said this is where we are adding our life, we echo what Jesus is saying to us whenever we feel like were unloved. Remember, Jesus says I love you whenever we are looking at obstacles that don't fit in Delaware all things work together for good to those who love God according to his purpose is to echo the word of God echo it Friday and over ourselves. Over our children pride over your family. Pray we pray echo the word of God when you don't understand Echo repeat, say the word of God. The halt is in your heart. The halters in your life echo that were because that's only our security, we don't understand it. In this, then the full context because it things are not as they appear to be echo the word. Verse twenty nine. The moment she heard that while seasoning after the after saying this, verse twenty seven ago twenty eight. After saying this, she went to her sister Mary and whispered in her ear. The teachers here and is asking for you. She knew that Mary needed to meet with Jesus also because they had both been talking about of Jesus had been here, things would be different. Why do we know that because the moment and Mary Hershey jumped and ran out, and Jesus had not yet entered the town was still the place for Margaret met him when her sympathizing Jewish friends saw her running off those who were there, the mourners and so on were with Mary. They saw her running off they ran after her, and when Mary came to her Judaism was waiting, she fell at his feet. She didn't go beat them on the chest no, she found his feet. This is a place of respect and honor and remember, she's the one who pour the oil on his feet and dried it with her hair and she's the one who worship at the feet of Jesus and sat at the feet of Jesus, but even in her sitting there, there were still questions that she had in her life master. If you have been here, my brother would not apply amici to his haunted by this if it adjusting different if you do if you just been here, things would be different. First, thirty three, when Jesus saw her sobbing manages with her sobbing a deep anger welled up within him was Jesus angry about. He's angry. He's hurt, anger, pain, if he's hurt by the pain that death brings, because death was to have no part of our Lamar creation of our life. He created us not to die, but sin brought separation, so his redemption will bring full restoration when we hurt. He hurts when you hurt in life. God hurts. He said where did you put him where did you lay him see Jesus knows where her last services, but he wants us to talk with him, and he wants to walk with us through the situations through our expectations through our hearts and our sorrows now and know that as he is walking with through all with us through our hearts and our sorrows. He experiences those very same thing. He doesn't say you stay over there. You're paying I will find your brother. He says come walk with me and we will go find your brother. Where is your brother where what is going on in your life, what is happening, let us walk together through this verse thirty four and thirty five master come and see. They said, and Jesus wept. He is taught by the feelings of our infirmities here is the God who spoke the world into existence weeping with those who are hurting because things are not as they appear to be. He is the giver of life. There's nothing he cannot do and he doesn't take away the pain. He expresses the pain that he feels that they feel the Jews said, look how deeply you love to and then there's the critics of well if you love him so much, why Danny do something keep them from dying. After all, he opened the eyes of a blind man is always the critics then verse thirty eight then Jesus, the anger again welling up in him that he's upset over the pain that people feel not over the critics, but over the pain that people feel your rockets to it was a simple cave on the hillside of the slab was a hillside with a slab of stone against it. Jesus said, remove the stone seat. This is where we find the challenge what is impossible for us what impossible situate behind in impossible barrier. What impossible situation lies behind an impossible area or him hurt you very much and we don't we don't sometimes we somehow we don't think that Jesus is connected with us and with that situation, but he ends he has connected with us. He hearts with us and he wants us to that place where the impossible situation lies behind and possible barrier. Things are not what they appear to be. Things are not what they appear to be you when I can write things up and write them off because we see them very clearly, there is a stone as a cadaver. There's a dead person behind it, wrapped in an grant files and the NL. It's impossible situation. All I know is if you are done at the way I have to did, we wouldn't be here. That's right because God wanted to do something different that you and I would never imagine possible. Remove the stone. The sister of the dead man. Martha said, you see, we've got to reaffirm what God doesn't know master. By this time there is a Spanish. He's been dead four days now given in the holy land in Israel yesterday a hundred and ten degrees and it doesn't take long for the bodies to start to decay and besides that it's it's a sin for the Jewish people to touch the great Jesus is telling them go roll the stone away because they would become unclean, so you don't and so they were supposed to stay away from all of this and sometimes were supposed to stay away from all the things we wanted to happen when I want to happen so what truth makes the miracle happen. What froze the we believe make the miracle even more impossible. There's a stone therefore, it is an easement and all. By this time became processes started. You see what happens when we start looking at things from our own perspective, and all started because he didn't do what we wanted to win the first place and then they begin to progress will begin the press and the challenge for us is that I am the resurrection and life. Jesus says we are to act on the word of God in our lives and into around our life in the situation that we find ourselves in. Jesus looked her in the eye. This is where the word has tobacco in our hearts. Jesus looks into our eyes and into the depths of who we are and he says, and that's how you than if you believe you will see the glory of God. The Italian and this is in a negative thing. This is a very positive, affirming, affirming statement. Then, I tell you. If you believe you will see we want to see it in the beleaguered publicist to believe it, that will see it. Then he spoke to the others, then to the others. Go ahead, take away the stone. Take away the stone removed the stone Jesus government caused an earthquake just like at the resurrection is what happened and and a few more days with his own life. Take our positive earthquake, Wolf stole back in all know you'd love of the stop. There are some things in our life. We are responsible to go into that. We echo the word of God in our life and we put the word of God in motion, and we go to that difficulty that obstacle and we present an leave is aware. Remove the obstacle, the impossible obstacle to face the impossible problem. They remove the style Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed father awesome. Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name taught us to pray the praise your father. I'm grateful that you have listened to me the new King James as his father, I thank you that you always hear me when I pray and I thought of that is also often when I pray I for that statement father, I thank you that you hear me when I pray this in affirmation. No matter what I feel moment or what I think there's an assurance that comes to my life. God adheres every prayer every thought everything in my life. He hears the understands of these moved by my paying is touched by the feelings in my life. He has just drawn to my life because of the things are I consider impossible. He's not repel, because of what I think impossible, he is wrong to the impossible, because he's the God of the impossible and I'm I'm contemplating I'm wondering unbelieving, I'm asking, father, I thank you. I'm grateful that you listen to me and I know that you always listen. But on the account of the crowd because of the people around me. I've spoken that they might believe you sent my prior is not so much for myself, but I'm stating my prayer because it's important that other people know this is my belief, if some is my understanding of the word of God in my life and I bring that word to God and asked him to touch this. The situation this life, and he does this, then rest for forty three to him shouted why glasses his death was that a slow learner to them. I can hear now, if Jesus hadn't been specific. Everybody in the team. Everybody the cemetery were to come out. Lazarus, come out. Jesus is the giver of life and wife must obey his voice to see this is where this is where we live that life and the world and everything around us when we call the word of God. Life must obey the voice of God that styles will cry out if we don't warship, not that the whole universe is in travail waiting for the return of Christ. It's all going on around us, and it's all going on a MSN in the spirit of God is alive inside of us. Any questions inside of us that pets that this is the truth that God 's Spirit speaks to our own lives. Lazarus hello. He came out the cadaver wrapped from head to toe and within kerchief over his face. What detail become hop enough of it to yell. They rolled away the stone and become pop it out like where is everybody what's going on and he comes out of the two and Jesus told them unwrapped him letting go challenge of where we are apt what we believe it isn't what it appears to be when the word of God is spoken through our why is our life things happen. The impossible takes place, not because it's my word is God 's word in our life, the resurrection and the life is Jesus Christ. And he who believes in him will never die. You believe that you believe that you will never die. This body may stop functioning, but you will never die. You will not become an angel sprout wings and sorry enough not to happen in a gun to become an angel you are going to become you in a new body and the new life for eternity eternal life, eternal life has already begun in you and nothing can ever stopped neither life nor death principalities or powers things present things past, future principalities, powers, not thing can stop it. You are going to live forever. You are going to live forever because of Jesus Christ, you're going to live forever with him in heaven. Amen. Now that was some serious stuff that you're not the preacher in the document driver. I'm going to ruin the whole stop by telling you a joke again the room all moment taxicab driver and a preacher show having the same time Savior takes him down the streets of glory and gives a taxicab drivers, beautiful Madison downtown heaven and outskirts of heaven. He dropped the price drop at this little shack now you know this is not true. Okay, because everyone's got the same time they have exhaustively dropped this outside spirits of heaven and purchases say. His only mistake here, I'm afraid you're in a taxi driver. Driver driver. He got the big house downtown where is my in St. Peter's as well with look areas as well. When he drove bejeweled, people prayed a new priest people select a subset after this lets them regular to live forever. We're going to live forever echo the word of God in your life echo the word of God in your life as though the word of God in your life no matter what happens. Echo the word of God in your life. Amen. Where I do echo the word of God. Believe it, we shall receive it, let God. He is touched with whatever touches your life. He feels that he understands it, and he will work in your life. Amen. Amen. Father, we are eternally grateful. We are eternally grateful for the life you've given us here and now, there are things we don't understand their obstacles that we face their difficulties that come and go, but always your word is our security and our hope accolade in our lives, we pray the name of Christ Jesus our Savior. We ask everyone said a man, and you can startThe best time we are going to look at John chapter eleven and I was going to read the whole thing but you know what I'm going to read it as we go through it and speak about it, and the title of the sermon today is things do not. Things are not as they appear to be. Things are not as they appear to be. Now there is this this story and Anakin, the very uncomfortable. This do the brief introductions, we noted that was a story about a very wealthy man, and he has a very young wife that he has a very young Butler and one day the wife returns and she says to the Butler take off my ear rings take off my necklace and there's a number of articles that she goes through and so on and and he says, though never wear my clothes again so you know some of you are going. Water is not good. Talking about here now, so she comes home and yell. We we we we watched too much or want to listen to let the soap operas and whatever by our society present things in an very many different ways and in our life. How many things are not as they appear to be. Things are not as they appear to be, and I think of this story here with Lazarus and his death that he is coming back to life. Jesus bringing them back to life. I think of this is a story that it's one of those that is not what it appears to be caused everywhere along the way, there's something else going on. But something else happening that is a change that is part of what's happening behind the scenes and in our life. Things are not as they appear to be because it isn't over yet. This is our lifetime we have a lifetime to live, and we do have a lifetime to deal with circumstances and problems and pain handle them in a way that God is going to receive honor and glory forever and they are not what they appear to be. Now we can go back in our lives, fifteen, twenty years and maybe remember a situation that was going on at that time and what happens and how do we progress through it, and the changes all that happened, and now word another place in our life and we are. We've gone through many places in our life, and they are not what they appear to be so lets begin with John Chapter 11 reading verses one, two and three, a man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. So here's a town community that yes, we were referred to by the three residents who live there. Mary Martha and Lazarus is the same marrying to massage the Lord 's feet with aerobic oils, and then wiped them with her hair. It was her brother Lazarus, who was sick, so the sisters sent word to Jesus, Master, the one you love is so very and so is so very much sickness and one you lobbed so very much is sick. Okay, Mary Martha and Lazarus are probably the three closest friends of Jesus outside of the disciples. We know that Peter, James and John are the inner circle of the twelve, and John is the beloved and he is probably the closest to Jesus on the twelve while with outside of the disciples there is Mary Martha and Lazarus Jesus often goes to their house and we have situations where Mary and Martha have Mario Jesus is coming to visit. Then mark those in the kitchen and Mary sitting at Jesus feet and an marketing zone tells Jesus. Jesus Yount get married somewhere to go in the kitchen and help me because there's lots of things to be prepared in Jesus and Martha Mark your print, you are troubled about many things, you know, Mary has chosen the best thing to sit here at my feet. So these are things that we see these realities of the individuals that are part of the story is very very of great visitors great connecting thoughts. Great connecting emotions because it says here the one you love very much as sick, so there was no doubt in marrying Mark, this life about Jesus and his love for the three of them that he loved them that he, he was their best of companions and friends. He was just very much involved in their life, and so they said Jesus is the one you love very much a sick by verse four when Jesus got the message. He said the sickness is not fatal it will become an occasion for four to show God 's glory by glorifying God 's son. Now here were challenged with the response of Jesus. He is waiting. Now they're the one commentator that I was reading on this and I I thought this would never read it before that by the time the message got the Jesus that Lazarus is sick. The messengers now they can send telegraphs and give a phone call or text message in others. So there's a little saying there was a ascendant instant communication. I read that the first time& I thought it said the insane communication. It was up with the storm, whatever were you by your phone and I looked at that method the insane communications that doesn't sound right then and of course it's instant, but it was applicable in saying so. We live in an insane pace that everything is instantaneous. You can send messages around the world by pushing a button you can send pictures around the world by pushing a button. And so by the time the message got the Jesus Lazarus is probably debt. So it isn't like, and in some have interpreted this the situation that Jesus received the word, and he said I'm not going to wait for him to die the moment ago, while it's not what happened. The sect. This is not fatal it will become an occasion to show God 's glory by glorifying God 's son challenge, not what it appears to be the Scripture says all things work together for good to those who love God and are called according to his purpose. God has a way of him our life, things are not finished yet. Life isn't over obstacles that we face can change the difficulties that we are encountering will change. It's just a matter of how we are going to see them work with them work through them. Verse five. Jesus loved Martha, her sister and her sister and Lazarus. But oddly, when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed on where he was for two more days after two days, he said to his disciples, let's go back to Judea. Now here we have an understanding Jesus loves these three below. He loves all of us. John three sixteen for God so loved the world, no as the world us. Why did God die for us. He loves us. He looks beyond our faults. These are neither the love that God has for us that is unmatched unparalleled. So God loves us and he loves us because of who we are and because of the relational experience that he wants without and that he has with us, Sony love these three very very much, but oddly he stayed on where he was for two more days challenge. Things are not what they appear to be sometimes God doesn't come through the way that we pray. Sometimes our prayers just don't seem to work and we wonder why doesn't God do what I tell it. Basically what were saying. I thought what he should do and he doesn't do it. Therefore, something is wrong with him, or that the situation is out of control the way we look at this and again is not what it appears to be, and after two days. Jesus says let's go back to Judea. Now there's a problem with going back to Judea, verse eight, Rabbi, you can't do that. You can't go back there. The GIs are out to kill you and you're going back. So Jesus knows that this is not. This is a hotspot for the religious leaders and how that they had been seeking to take his life arrest him, and to stone him. And Jesus says we're going back so his life is on the line for these three individuals and for the two individuals of one who is dead. But Jesus has a purpose in going back. Jesus has a purpose and not coming whenever an answering the prayer as it was stated never. There were occasions in which the individual came to Jesus and said my daughter sick of you pray for her. While you only come with you now know, just say the word and my and my job will be healed. And Jesus said note, great, no century great faith. I don't haven't found anywhere. Your daughter is well man turned and met the messenger coming saying about that. The hour that Jesus said that's when his daughter was well getting even have to be present, so here's a situation he's doing it differently. The something different going on here because you say the sect. This is not fatal, verse four, it will become an occasion to show God 's glory and honor life. We are challenged by what we believe and how do we believe that God is going to show his glory in our life. I was not going to show his glory in our life. Sometimes it's through our needs and our difficulties in our prayers not wrong, but sometimes are not answered the way that we think so. We don't give up on what God is doing so I said he can go back to the stone you first line Jesus replied on twelve hours of daylight. Anyone who walks in the daylight doesn't stumble, because there's plenty of light from the sun means that people have equal opportunities to walk and the like are walked in the darkness we have equal opportunities to follow what we know is right. The light of Jesus Christ, the light of God 's word with equal opportunities to do that, just as well as the walk in the darkness, so sometimes walking in the dark. This is of our own choice, because we choose to see things differently. We choose to see things negatively take off those earrings. They draw that necklace and were thinking where is ego doll where my clothes anymore that they never thought of that one digit, so, but you see what's going on. Jesus is saying something 's not. It's not what you will care what you think of the basal. The disciples, how do they respond well. He said these things, and that announced always be back here might very stumble in the dark. In verse eleven. He said these things, and then announce our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. I'm going to wake him up while sleeping at the going thing, but you see, when Jesus is talking about this, God has a different perspective of life than we do. Jesus knows that Lazarus is dead, but you seek death in our eyes is something we see his final gees this season, which is to be awakened from no you never use the analogy of fund sleep with children and talking about them if they want alright or just leaving home on that one. The sleep you put me in some box and charming the ground and on the ones that now. Let's not what it is. Death is not sleeping death is the body has left and please don't ever say that when people die, they become angels because they are not angels. They are people, angels are created beings and they are already there is there is already enough of them. And God has the Angels are angels and people are people again, and that when we die we don't become angels and grow wings and fly to have it. We are eternal beings, and God is not. We are going to live forever and guess what you're going to beat you in eternity, and you're not been to be an angel with a halo and wings sorry now that my burst your bubble, but that's just it is not happening. Okay, because he's not going to make you something that you're not second priority list of things on the site. Second, there are no racetracks in heaven. Sorry I come across that individual. This does the last couple weeks visit in the you know when grandma gets them into your play bingo and total racetracks because that's what she did hear her classes with Jay. Now, I don't think so. That's not in the word anywhere in our dire as the racetracks in heaven. Sorry. God doesn't gamble on the horses to CID are some really mixed up ideas about life and especially while you know is not alone. I was upset with God commentator people, you know it's almost like the body 's bacteria walking along in fact, the gotcha NL. Your dad got you haven't yet knows no choice over and why do they take it all. Beloved, you and God loving you. Yeah things we tell people know God loves you must link take you to have a snap ring. Unlike when there you go, the one to eliminate the forget that God receives us into heaven, the gift of eternal life, you've already started with, and we are safe, always in the hands of God, whether we live or whether we die, we belong to God. So get on with living is you don't have to worry about dying. Why, because I say when I'm safe that means I'm forgiven when I forget I can live life to its fullest. I have a fullness about my life that is in Christ and see here is this the situation that Jesus is telling our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep. Jesus knows that he is in the grave and ended to, but he's going to go wake him up the dead in Christ shall rise first Bible says the dead in Christ, when the trump of God shall sound, the dead in Christ will rise when we die our soul and our life and everything that is life in us goes to heaven, but there's coming a day in which the body will rise from the dead, you seek Jesus is the firstfruits of them that slept. Meaning that he is the firstfruits of those who are awaken from the dead, if the same spirit to raise price and the dead dwell in you, he will quicken your mortal bodies whenever sin came into the world. We died physically we die spiritually. Jesus Christ died on the cross so that we can live Spears link and we can live physically, we lose nothing in percent. The redemption of Jesus Christ is so complete that we are going to live eternally with Avenue body is to be changed in the moment, in the twinkling of an eye, and I will have hair and not be as fat. This one you know. And I'm going to be able say that I will be able to sing and even better, you won't hear it. But anyhow, so Jesus will wake him up. First, twelve and thirteen. The dark disciple said things are not what they appear to be member Masato said masterpiece gone to sleep and get a good rest and wake up feeling fine. Jesus was talking about death, while his disciples thought he was talking about taking a nap. She far off course. Our thinking is gone, means one thing we need another verse fourteen and fifteen in Jesus became explicit explicit. Lazarus has died and I'm glad for your sake that I wasn't there because you see I'm glad that I wasn't there to do the miracle I would've done if I were there because there's something greater. The goblins to do there is something greater than God has in mind. Sometimes God doesn't answer our prayers. The way we want, because you something greater in mind, and so don't get bent out of shape complaining because God didn't answer our prayers. And don't get off track because God didn't do what you wanted to do in the first place. It was God has something greater in mind your about to be given new grounds for believing that at least telling the disciples to give you even greater grounds to believe because this is happened than if I had been there verse sixteen( Thomas, one problems when said to his companions come along, we might as well die with him, so they figured if they go back to Jerusalem. Robin that Jesus is going to be arrested and killed. And so we might Google die with him and get it over with Izzy. They had this preconceived idea that Jesus Jesus was going to set himself up on a throne, because later on the Raskin on October seven. Your right hand in your lap whenever you come into your kingdom. No, they still thought he was going to be like the Emperor or like David, though this does King of Israel. Drive out the Romans set up a kingdom, and they were going to be his court and they were going to be one's ruling over everybody else, and so were a VFA) is to start this rebellion. We must will die with them in it all be taken care for seventeen so they all headed back to Jerusalem and Bethany with Jesus finally got there he found Lazarus is already four days that so it's been four days now. There is no embalming and there's none of that your Jewish tradition has it that you have me buried within twenty four hours. If you go through a Jewish ceremony today those who are Orthodox Orthodox Jews will bury within twenty four hours, they will have someone who sits with the body for twenty four hours now. It's a ritual that's been going on for thousands of years, why you think the rituals going off for thousands years because the thousand years ago. They did have embalming and they had to say with the body because keep all the road incinerating else away from from the body, but they still kept all those traditions and CC sometimes traditions have a reason why they began, but they're kind of out of place right now, but that's okay that they but there's always something beehive, not what they appear to be selling Jesus got very found of Lazarus was dead for days. Bethany was two miles away from Jerusalem. Many of the Jews were visiting married Martha and Mary. So this is the limit. Those who are visiting those they can be friends, family, but there also paid mourners. It was very important that people be agreed over publicly. I so mourners were, and be part of the whole profession worker, Jesus was coming, and went out to meet him. Mary remained in the house. The personalities of Mary and Martha. Martha is this one is on going and doing, she's the that she's always busy. She's always going Merry was the one who was more reserved and sitting at Jesus feet and Martha heard that Jesus was coming now. Maybe she heard Americans were whatever was going on. Martha headed out to meet Jesus, our first words reverse twenty one master. If you'd been here, my brother wouldn't have died. She them any things that happen in our life that we can tell Jesus viewed on what I told you to, it wouldn't be like this would be is that so Martha comes right out and says Jesus you been here. This would be, we would be going through this, so if you just answered my prayers came when I come with a money, come when I came, I sent you again came when I told you to come every help if yes, and I came it would be okay but Martha goes on. Even now, I know that whatever you ask God will give you say this is one of those occasions when we don't even know what that is for there is Martha wanting to know if you want to come when I sent for you. I will not have this problem but I know you can do anything that I just don't know how you can fix this one. I just don't know how this can work out and then Jesus and this is where the word of God comes into our life. Jesus said to Martha, your brother will be way your brother will be raised up your brother will be raised up judo ever in every funeral, whatever. Wheat with and I've done and talk about the resurrection of God shall sound than impartial rise. We live in this hope and no matter what happens in our life that no matter where whereat we always do. Back to the word of God to bring us comfort in an age situation and the situation your brother will be raised up. Martha replied, I know there's twenty four. I know that he will be raised up in the resurrection at the end of time. But you see what good is that if you didn't come when I ask you, it's a comfort to know that they're going to live in the end, but for right now I'm still pretty bummed that this whole situation. Verse twenty five. You don't have to wait for the end. I am white. Now, resurrection and life. I am white. Now, resurrection and life. We need to remember those words because those are the words that are to be impressed upon our life impressed upon our minds and our hearts and our spirit. I am right now, resurrection and life. Jesus said I am right now. Resurrection life. That means that right now you are in eternal me him right now. You'll live forever. That means that when Jesus is alive in you. Now you are an eternal being, you will live forever. I am right now, resurrection and life. Jesus wants to put that in their hearts and minds because what appears to be is Lazarus is dead. Jesus knows he's going to raise him from the dead, but he also knows that a few more days. He's been crucified, and even by a need to replace them to end their life and their understanding is that we challenged again by this these occurrences in life but never forget and the challenges of life. I am resurrection and life, the one who believes in me, though he or she dies, will live and everyone who lives believing in me does not ultimately die at all. Do not leave this and this is the challenge that this is where we live in life because we all evolve into the cemetery. We've all been there. And you know what, if you live long enough to buy a house that were augmented to get there one way or another, but were going to get them in one way or that we all want to go to heaven but we all know, I know you know you blindly don't talk about that, so that's why we need to live live our life every day in the assurance of what God is doing for this is your life. This is our life. Let's live it in the strength of God 's word. Verse twenty seven yes master all along. I believe that you are the Messiah, the son of God who has come into the world. Martha doesn't understand, but she echoes word of God. This is ours. This is where we are at market doesn't understand about the resurrection and all that do someday someplace, someway, if not happen out there sometime, but she echoes what Jesus said this is where we are adding our life, we echo what Jesus is saying to us whenever we feel like were unloved. Remember, Jesus says I love you whenever we are looking at obstacles that don't fit in Delaware all things work together for good to those who love God according to his purpose is to echo the word of God echo it Friday and over ourselves. Over our children pride over your family. Pray we pray echo the word of God when you don't understand Echo repeat, say the word of God. The halt is in your heart. The halters in your life echo that were because that's only our security, we don't understand it. In this, then the full context because it things are not as they appear to be echo the word. Verse twenty nine. The moment she heard that while seasoning after the after saying this, verse twenty seven ago twenty eight. After saying this, she went to her sister Mary and whispered in her ear. The teachers here and is asking for you. She knew that Mary needed to meet with Jesus also because they had both been talking about of Jesus had been here, things would be different. Why do we know that because the moment and Mary Hershey jumped and ran out, and Jesus had not yet entered the town was still the place for Margaret met him when her sympathizing Jewish friends saw her running off those who were there, the mourners and so on were with Mary. They saw her running off they ran after her, and when Mary came to her Judaism was waiting, she fell at his feet. She didn't go beat them on the chest no, she found his feet. This is a place of respect and honor and remember, she's the one who pour the oil on his feet and dried it with her hair and she's the one who worship at the feet of Jesus and sat at the feet of Jesus, but even in her sitting there, there were still questions that she had in her life master. If you have been here, my brother would not apply amici to his haunted by this if it adjusting different if you do if you just been here, things would be different. First, thirty three, when Jesus saw her sobbing manages with her sobbing a deep anger welled up within him was Jesus angry about. He's angry. He's hurt, anger, pain, if he's hurt by the pain that death brings, because death was to have no part of our Lamar creation of our life. He created us not to die, but sin brought separation, so his redemption will bring full restoration when we hurt. He hurts when you hurt in life. God hurts. He said where did you put him where did you lay him see Jesus knows where her last services, but he wants us to talk with him, and he wants to walk with us through the situations through our expectations through our hearts and our sorrows now and know that as he is walking with through all with us through our hearts and our sorrows. He experiences those very same thing. He doesn't say you stay over there. You're paying I will find your brother. He says come walk with me and we will go find your brother. Where is your brother where what is going on in your life, what is happening, let us walk together through this verse thirty four and thirty five master come and see. They said, and Jesus wept. He is taught by the feelings of our infirmities here is the God who spoke the world into existence weeping with those who are hurting because things are not as they appear to be. He is the giver of life. There's nothing he cannot do and he doesn't take away the pain. He expresses the pain that he feels that they feel the Jews said, look how deeply you love to and then there's the critics of well if you love him so much, why Danny do something keep them from dying. After all, he opened the eyes of a blind man is always the critics then verse thirty eight then Jesus, the anger again welling up in him that he's upset over the pain that people feel not over the critics, but over the pain that people feel your rockets to it was a simple cave on the hillside of the slab was a hillside with a slab of stone against it. Jesus said, remove the stone seat. This is where we find the challenge what is impossible for us what impossible situate behind in impossible barrier. What impossible situation lies behind an impossible area or him hurt you very much and we don't we don't sometimes we somehow we don't think that Jesus is connected with us and with that situation, but he ends he has connected with us. He hearts with us and he wants us to that place where the impossible situation lies behind and possible barrier. Things are not what they appear to be. Things are not what they appear to be you when I can write things up and write them off because we see them very clearly, there is a stone as a cadaver. There's a dead person behind it, wrapped in an grant files and the NL. It's impossible situation. All I know is if you are done at the way I have to did, we wouldn't be here. That's right because God wanted to do something different that you and I would never imagine possible. Remove the stone. The sister of the dead man. Martha said, you see, we've got to reaffirm what God doesn't know master. By this time there is a Spanish. He's been dead four days now given in the holy land in Israel yesterday a hundred and ten degrees and it doesn't take long for the bodies to start to decay and besides that it's it's a sin for the Jewish people to touch the great Jesus is telling them go roll the stone away because they would become unclean, so you don't and so they were supposed to stay away from all of this and sometimes were supposed to stay away from all the things we wanted to happen when I want to happen so what truth makes the miracle happen. What froze the we believe make the miracle even more impossible. There's a stone therefore, it is an easement and all. By this time became processes started. You see what happens when we start looking at things from our own perspective, and all started because he didn't do what we wanted to win the first place and then they begin to progress will begin the press and the challenge for us is that I am the resurrection and life. Jesus says we are to act on the word of God in our lives and into around our life in the situation that we find ourselves in. Jesus looked her in the eye. This is where the word has tobacco in our hearts. Jesus looks into our eyes and into the depths of who we are and he says, and that's how you than if you believe you will see the glory of God. The Italian and this is in a negative thing. This is a very positive, affirming, affirming statement. Then, I tell you. If you believe you will see we want to see it in the beleaguered publicist to believe it, that will see it. Then he spoke to the others, then to the others. Go ahead, take away the stone. Take away the stone removed the stone Jesus government caused an earthquake just like at the resurrection is what happened and and a few more days with his own life. Take our positive earthquake, Wolf stole back in all know you'd love of the stop. There are some things in our life. We are responsible to go into that. We echo the word of God in our life and we put the word of God in motion, and we go to that difficulty that obstacle and we present an leave is aware. Remove the obstacle, the impossible obstacle to face the impossible problem. They remove the style Jesus raised his eyes to heaven and prayed father awesome. Our father who art in heaven hallowed be thy name taught us to pray the praise your father. I'm grateful that you have listened to me the new King James as his father, I thank you that you always hear me when I pray and I thought of that is also often when I pray I for that statement father, I thank you that you hear me when I pray this in affirmation. No matter what I feel moment or what I think there's an assurance that comes to my life. God adheres every prayer every thought everything in my life. He hears the understands of these moved by my paying is touched by the feelings in my life. He has just drawn to my life because of the things are I consider impossible. He's not repel, because of what I think impossible, he is wrong to the impossible, because he's the God of the impossible and I'm I'm contemplating I'm wondering unbelieving, I'm asking, father, I thank you. I'm grateful that you listen to me and I know that you always listen. But on the account of the crowd because of the people around me. I've spoken that they might believe you sent my prior is not so much for myself, but I'm stating my prayer because it's important that other people know this is my belief, if some is my understanding of the word of God in my life and I bring that word to God and asked him to touch this. The situation this life, and he does this, then rest for forty three to him shouted why glasses his death was that a slow learner to them. I can hear now, if Jesus hadn't been specific. Everybody in the team. Everybody the cemetery were to come out. Lazarus, come out. Jesus is the giver of life and wife must obey his voice to see this is where this is where we live that life and the world and everything around us when we call the word of God. Life must obey the voice of God that styles will cry out if we don't warship, not that the whole universe is in travail waiting for the return of Christ. It's all going on around us, and it's all going on a MSN in the spirit of God is alive inside of us. Any questions inside of us that pets that this is the truth that God 's Spirit speaks to our own lives. Lazarus hello. He came out the cadaver wrapped from head to toe and within kerchief over his face. What detail become hop enough of it to yell. They rolled away the stone and become pop it out like where is everybody what's going on and he comes out of the two and Jesus told them unwrapped him letting go challenge of where we are apt what we believe it isn't what it appears to be when the word of God is spoken through our why is our life things happen. The impossible takes place, not because it's my word is God 's word in our life, the resurrection and the life is Jesus Christ. And he who believes in him will never die. You believe that you believe that you will never die. This body may stop functioning, but you will never die. You will not become an angel sprout wings and sorry enough not to happen in a gun to become an angel you are going to become you in a new body and the new life for eternity eternal life, eternal life has already begun in you and nothing can ever stopped neither life nor death principalities or powers things present things past, future principalities, powers, not thing can stop it. You are going to live forever. You are going to live forever because of Jesus Christ, you're going to live forever with him in heaven. Amen. Now that was some serious stuff that you're not the preacher in the document driver. I'm going to ruin the whole stop by telling you a joke again the room all moment taxicab driver and a preacher show having the same time Savior takes him down the streets of glory and gives a taxicab drivers, beautiful Madison downtown heaven and outskirts of heaven. He dropped the price drop at this little shack now you know this is not true. Okay, because everyone's got the same time they have exhaustively dropped this outside spirits of heaven and purchases say. His only mistake here, I'm afraid you're in a taxi driver. Driver driver. He got the big house downtown where is my in St. Peter's as well with look areas as well. When he drove bejeweled, people prayed a new priest people select a subset after this lets them regular to live forever. We're going to live forever echo the word of God in your life echo the word of God in your life as though the word of God in your life no matter what happens. Echo the word of God in your life. Amen. Where I do echo the word of God. Believe it, we shall receive it, let God. He is touched with whatever touches your life. He feels that he understands it, and he will work in your life. Amen. Amen. Father, we are eternally grateful. We are eternally grateful for the life you've given us here and now, there are things we don't understand their obstacles that we face their difficulties that come and go, but always your word is our security and our hope accolade in our lives, we pray the name of Christ Jesus our Savior. We ask everyone said a man, and you can start