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Lazarus, Come
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<John
11:25~26>
Jesus
said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me
will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will
never die. Do you believe this?"
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Jesus
often visited the village named Bethany.
There
was a close friend, Lazarus with Jesus. Lazarus liked to talk with Jesus.
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One
day, when Jesus was passionately preaching the gospel, he heard urgent news
from Bethany. "My Lord, Lazarus is sick and dying. You have to go
now."
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When
he heard this, Jesus did not go to Bethany right away. "This sickness
will not end in death. No, it is for God's glory." Jesus said and
continued to preach the gospel, he stayed where he was two more days. The
disciples could not understand why Jesus had said this.
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When
Jesus was preaching the gospel there, Lazarus had died. Lazarus' sisters,
Martha and Mary were so sad. They held a funeral in the tomb.
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The
fourth day, after Lazarus had died, Jesus arrived at Bethany with the
disciples. When
Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him.
Martha
said to Jesus, "Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have
died. Why
are you late? But I know that even now God will give you whatever you
ask."
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Jesus
said to Martha, "Your brother will rise again."
Jesus
said even though Lazarus had died he would rise again.
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Martha
did not believe Jesus' words. Martha thought that Jesus said to her that
Lazarus would rise again at the last day. Martha said, "I know he
will rise again in the resurrection at the last day."
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Jesus
said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me
will live, even though he dies: and whoever lives and believes in me will
never die. Do you believe this?" These words meant that the dead Lazarus
could rise again.
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After
hearing Jesus' words, Martha told Jesus, "Yes, Lord, I believe that you
are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world." Then
she went back to her house.
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Martha
told Mary that Jesus had came. When Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went
to him. When
Mary went there, many people came along with her.
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When
Mary saw Jesus she fell down at His feet and said, "If you had been
here, my brother would not have died." The people gathered there were
crying. When
Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping,
he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
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¡°Where
have you laid Lazarus?" Mary led Jesus to the tomb where lazarus laid.
Jesus
saw the tomb and wept.
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Jesus
said to the people, "Take away the stone." Martha, the sister of the dead
man said,
"By
this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days."
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Then
Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would see the
glory of God?"
So
they took away the stone.
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Then
Jesus looked up and called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
Could
Lazarus who had been dead for four days really rise again?
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As
soon as Jesus said, the dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with
strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. The people were very surprised.
Dead Lazarus really had risen again.
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Jesus
said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go." Many
people saw Lazarus who rose again after four days praising God. Many of the
Jews who had come to visit Mary, and had seen what Jesus did, put their faith
in him.
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Jesus
is the master of our lives. So Jesus could make Lazarus who had been dead for
four days live again. Jesus can show us everlasting life. If we are in faith,
Jesus can solve our every problem. We should act honorably no matter what the
circumstances are.
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