John 11:21-27, I AM: the Resurrection and the Life

## I AM: the 
# Resurrection and the Life
## John 10:11-18
[Tel Aviv-Yafo. Joseph Barrientos](https://unsplash.com/photos/oQl0eVYd_n8 "caption")

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## Jesus is the I AM

+ **Bread** of Life [(Jn6)](# "ref")
+ **Light** of the World [(Jn8)](# "ref")
+ **Door** for the Sheep [(Jn10)](# "ref")
+ Good **Shepherd** [(Jn10)](# "ref")
+ Resurrection and the **Life** [(Jn11)](# "ref")
+ **Way**, the Truth, and the Life [(Jn14)](# "ref")
+ True **Vine** [(Jn15)](# "ref")

[pxhere](https://pxhere.com/en/photo/1094065 "caption")

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+ Door: **discern** false teachers
  + go in/out: **growth**, not stagnant
+ Shepherd: cares, knows, unites, lays down

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## Resurrection and Life (Jn11)
1. He is Our Intercessor [(v21-22)](# "ref")
1. He is the Son of God [(v23-24,27)](# "ref")
1. He is the Resurrection [(v25-26)](# "ref")

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+ cf w/Mary: cognitive / didactic 
  + vs emotional / empathetic
+ progression of Martha's faith:
  + God hears, cares, acts
+ you are able, have God's ear
  + you are the Christ, sent by God
  + you are the miracle/blessing: see glory of God

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Lord, if you had been **here**, 
my brother would **not** have died.

[John 11:21 (ESV)](# "ref")
[John Towner](https://unsplash.com/photos/JgOeRuGD_Y4 "caption")

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+ Martha at this point **doesn't** believe
  + Jesus can **raise** Laz (v39)
+ but could've **prevented** death
+ It appears Jesus has **failed**
  + to answer her **prayer**
  + didn't arrive in **time**
+ and **yet**:

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But **even now** I know that 
whatever you **ask** from God, 
God will give you.

[John 11:21 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Geetanjal Khanna](https://unsplash.com/photos/8CwoHpZe3qE "caption")

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+ still **believes** that
  + God **hears** his prayers
+ **faith** in power of Jesus' **intercession**
  + remains **unshaken**

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Therefore, **confess** your sins to one another, 
and **pray** for one another 
so that you may be **healed**.

The **effective** prayer of a **righteous** man 
can **accomplish** much.

[James 5:16 (NASB)](# "ref")

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+ but **who** is righteous?
+ only God, and his perfect Son, 
  + and those **justified** by faith. 
+ This is the **promise** we cling to

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# What **prayer** request has gone **unanswered**?

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+ do I still have the **faith** Martha had
  + that God **answers** prayer?
+ "Even now": when **hope** is lost 
  + when it's too **late**

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## Resurrection and Life (Jn11)
1. He is Our Intercessor [(v21-22)](# "ref")
1. He is the **Son of God** [(v23-24,27)](# "ref")
1. He is the Resurrection [(v25-26)](# "ref")

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+ Martha's 1st **decl** of faith:
  + God **answers** Jesus' prayers
+ 2nd: Jesus' **mission** on earth: v27

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"Whoever believes in me, 
though he die, yet shall he live [...] 
Do you **believe** this?”

She said to him, “**Yes**, Lord; 
I believe that you are the **Christ**, the 
Son of God, who is coming **into the world**.”

[John 11:25-27 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Brandenburg Alps, Austria.  Paul Gilmore](https://unsplash.com/photos/qKIaA41lMjM "caption")

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+ not far **future** but present 
+ though **absent** at bro's passing, 
  + but **present** now to show 
+ God has not **forgotten**
  + his beloved children 
+ Cf present w/**Mary** in wordless grief 
+ Cf **Peter**: Jesus asks 
  + who **crowds** say He is 
+ and then asks **disciples**:

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He said to them, 
“But who do **you** say that I am?”

Simon Peter replied, 
“You are the **Christ**, the Son of the living God.”

[Matthew 16:15-16 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Hans Ott](https://unsplash.com/photos/Tun6jr3D0Jg "caption")

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+ recognition that Jesus is **Messiah**
  + is **revealed** by God 
+ **rock**: church's one foundation 
+ God does not stand **far off** but 
  + **dwelt** amongst us 
+ the **sign** fulfilled at Christ's **birth**:

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Therefore the **Lord** himself 
will give you a **sign**.

Behold the **virgin** shall conceive 
and bear a son, 
and shall call his name **Immanuel**.

[Isaiah 7:14 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ **Simeon** quoting **Isaiah**
+ when God seemed **distant**
  + when we had **forsaken** God
  + and relied on **men** instead
+ **Immanuel**: God with us
  + not **unreachable** in heaven
+ Christ is the **embodiment** of God's love
  + we are not **forgotten**
+ ch9: light **dawns** in the darkness

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# Does God in **heaven** care about us on **earth**?

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+ Felt like God has **forgotten**?
+ Martha's faith: God **with** us 
  + **sent** into world

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## Resurrection and Life (Jn11)
1. He is Our Intercessor [(v21-22)](# "ref")
1. He is the Son of God [(v23-24,27)](# "ref")
1. He is the **Resurrection** [(v25-26)](# "ref")

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+ God hears: Jesus' prayers
+ God cares: sent Son
+ God acts: see **glory** of God 
  + not just in **blessings**
  + but **person** of Jesus
+ ff to v39, outside Laz's **tomb**:

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Jesus said, “Take away the **stone**.”

Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, 
“Lord, by this time there will be an **odor**, 
for he has been dead **four days**.”

Jesus said to her, 
“Did I not tell you that if you **believed** 
you would see the **glory** of God?”

[John 11:39-40 (ESV)](# "ref")

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+ still something **missing** in Martha's faith
+ she **believed** Jesus is **Christ**
  + but not she would see glory herself
+ back in v23, resurrection:

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Jesus said to her, “Your brother will **rise again**.”

Martha said to him, 
“I know that he will rise again 
in the resurrection on the **last day**.”

[John 11:23-24 (ESV)](# "ref")
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+ far future: **theoretical**, abstract
  + still **true**! Genuine hope 
+ but **disconnected** from 
  + the **man** standing before her

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I am the **resurrection** and the **life**.

Whoever **believes** in me, 
though he **die**, yet shall he **live**,

and everyone who **lives** and believes in me 
shall **never** die.

[John 11:25-26 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Alberto Restifo](https://unsplash.com/photos/Ni4NgA64TFQ "caption")

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+ resurrection is not an **event**
+ anastasis: rise/stand again
  + Gr: resuscitation (temporary), or impossible

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"Father, I thank you that you have **heard** me. 
I knew that you always hear me, but I said this 
on account of the **people** standing around, 
that they may believe that you **sent** me."

When he had said these things, 
he cried out with a loud voice, 
“Lazarus, **come out**.”

[John 11:41-43 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Ukraine. Paul Itkin](https://unsplash.com/photos/xCdFXXoZkJc "caption")

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+ believe God **hears** Jesus
+ believe God **sent** Jesus
+ see the **glory** of God

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But some of the Pharisees said, “Why are you 
doing what is not **lawful** to do on the Sabbath?”

And he said to them, 
“The Son of Man is **Lord of the Sabbath**.”

“I ask you, is it lawful on the Sabbath 
to do **good** or to do harm, 
to **save life** or to destroy it?”

[Luke 6:2,5,9 (ESV)](# "ref")
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Was not Abraham our father justified by **works** 
when he **offered up** his son Isaac on the altar?

[F]aith was **active** along with his works, 
and faith was **completed** by his works;

and the Scripture was **fulfilled** that says, 
“Abraham **believed** God, 
and it was counted to him as righteousness”

[James 2:21-23 (ESV)](# "ref")
[Plattenkogel, Austria. Lukas Budimaier](https://unsplash.com/photos/6cY-FvMlmkQ "caption")

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+ and **friend** of God
+ progression of Abe's faith
  + made complete by action

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# How have I witnessed the **glory of God**?

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