![]() ![]() He was now in a position to serve them and keep them alive. These responses demonstrate the sovereignty of God even over the wicked purposes of man.ĭo you remember Genesis 50:20 and how we’re told there of Joseph’s word to his eleven brothers? He revealed himself to them after he had become a leading power in Egypt-long after his brothers had cruelly sold him into slavery. In it, we see the various responses to Jesus’ raising of Lazarus. The passage we’ll be looking at this morning concerns the events that occurred between the raising of Lazarus and the beginning of the Passover. ![]() The third Passover will be the one in which Jesus would-Himself-be sacrificed as “ the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world,” (John 1:29, 1 Corinthians 5:7). This will be the third Passover in John’s Gospel-the first being the time when Jesus cast out the money changers from the temple (John 2:13ff), and the second occurring near the time when Jesus fed the 5,000 (John 6:4ff). The raising to life of His friend Lazarus after being dead for four days caused many who saw this miraculous sign to believe-and left the religious leaders who opposed Him in a state of fear and frustration.Īt the end of John 11, we find that the time of the Passover was drawing near. This most significant sign that Jesus performed brought out strong reactions from those who experienced it. In John 11 we have seen how the Lord Jesus demonstrated-in a profoundly public way-that He truly is “ the resurrection and the life” and that whoever believes in Him, “ though he may die, he shall live” (see John 11:25).
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