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… Chapter 11, verses 1 through 45. Now, a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with the perfumed oil and dried his feet with her hair. It was her brother, Lazarus, who was ill. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, saying, Master, the one you love is ill. When Jesus heard this, he said, Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that he was ill, he remained for two days in the place where he was. Then after this, he said to his disciples, Let us go back to Judea. The disciples said to him, Rabbi, the Jews were just trying to stone you, and you want to go back there? Jesus answered, Are there not twelve hours in a day? If one walks during the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of the world. But if one walks at night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him. …
… but we want more of God, not less of God. Amen. So we're ending this series. John chapter 11 says this. It says, now a man named Lazarus was sick and he was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister, Martha. Now we've been talking about Bethany, trying to make our lives a Bethany, trying to make our church a Bethany. Remember, it was in Bethany that Jesus did his best work. It was in Bethany that Jesus felt welcomed and honored. It was in Bethany that Jesus was not prohibited or disrespected. He was welcome. Come on, anybody want your life to be a Bethany in 2026? So there was a man named Lazarus. He was from Bethany in the village of Mary and her sister Martha. This Mary, whose brother Lazarus lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his feet with her hair. So the sisters sent word to Jesus, Lord, the one you love is sick. When he heard this, Jesus said, this sickness will not end in death. No, it is for the glory of God so that God's son may be glorified through it. Now, Jesus loved Martha and her sister, Mary and Lazarus. He loved them. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was for two more days. Everybody say two more days. He stayed there for two more days. And then he said to his disciples, let us go back to Judea. But rabbi, they said a short while …
… However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that he was speaking about taking rest in sleep. So then Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there that you may believe. Nevertheless, let us go to him. Then Thomas, who is called the twins, said to his fellow disciples, let us also go that we may die with him. And so when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days. And Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away, and many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary to comfort them concerning their brother. Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met him, but Mary was sitting in the house. And Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you. Jesus said to her, your brother will rise again. Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day. …
… in sleep. And so Jesus said to them plainly, Lazarus is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless, let us go to him. And this is extremely cryptic language that Jesus is giving to His disciples when He said, He's dead, and I'm glad you weren't there. Why was He glad that they weren't there? Is He simply suggesting that He was glad that they weren't there because they wouldn't have to have been witness to the demise of Lazarus? Or is He saying, you haven't begun to see what I'm going to make manifest in the light? But He says, let's go to Him. And Thomas, who is called the twins, said to his fellow disciples, let us also go that we may die with Him. They're assuming that if Jesus comes back into Judea at this point in His ministry, this close to Jerusalem, this close to the seat of the authority of those who were in opposition to Jesus that they were, by going on this trip, risking their lives. …