THE WALKING BILLBOARD (7 OF 7)
by Jeff Strite
Scripture: John 11:17-53
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The Walking Billboard (7 of 7)
Series: Seven Signs of Christ
Jeff Strite
John 11:17-53
OPEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3lp0z981iM (Mark Lowry time stamp: 15:32-16:47)
When the dead sit up... the funeral's over.
(That's the last sentence in Mark Lowry's part of this segment)
In Jesus' ministry He raised only 3 people from the dead.
1. The son of the widow from Nain.
2. The daughter of a man named Jairus.
3. And the 3rd was one of his best friends - a man named Lazarus.
Now, this is a really odd story because Jesus shows up 4 days late for the funeral. John 11:17 tells us ''when Jesus came, He found that (Lazarus) had already been in the tomb four days.''
ILLUS: Now I once showed up ½ hour late for a funeral one time. That wouldn't have been such a bad thing except I was supposed to be the one preach preaching the eulogy. To be fair, I at least had an excuse for that one: I lived across the state line in a different time zone. The funeral home didn't think to remind me of the time difference... and it never crossed my mind. I was on my way when I got a call on my cell phone asking where I was.
So I showed up late for that funeral. But I have never DELIBERATELY showed up late for a funeral. And I have never shown up 4 days late any funeral.
BUT JESUS DID.
John 11:6 tells us ''when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.'' Jesus DELIBERATELY stayed away for 2 days after He heard that Lazarus was sick!!!! And He ended up arriving 4 days late for the funeral
Now you know whenever Jesus shows up late for anything - especially for the funeral of a close friend - there's got to be a reason. But what possible reason could he have???
Well, let's take a little bit of a look of the background of the story here. Lazarus had 2 sisters - Mary and Martha and they all lived in Bethany - a small village about 2 miles west of Jerusalem. Then one day, Lazarus got sick... and he died.
Mary a ...
Series: Seven Signs of Christ
Jeff Strite
John 11:17-53
OPEN: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y3lp0z981iM (Mark Lowry time stamp: 15:32-16:47)
When the dead sit up... the funeral's over.
(That's the last sentence in Mark Lowry's part of this segment)
In Jesus' ministry He raised only 3 people from the dead.
1. The son of the widow from Nain.
2. The daughter of a man named Jairus.
3. And the 3rd was one of his best friends - a man named Lazarus.
Now, this is a really odd story because Jesus shows up 4 days late for the funeral. John 11:17 tells us ''when Jesus came, He found that (Lazarus) had already been in the tomb four days.''
ILLUS: Now I once showed up ½ hour late for a funeral one time. That wouldn't have been such a bad thing except I was supposed to be the one preach preaching the eulogy. To be fair, I at least had an excuse for that one: I lived across the state line in a different time zone. The funeral home didn't think to remind me of the time difference... and it never crossed my mind. I was on my way when I got a call on my cell phone asking where I was.
So I showed up late for that funeral. But I have never DELIBERATELY showed up late for a funeral. And I have never shown up 4 days late any funeral.
BUT JESUS DID.
John 11:6 tells us ''when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.'' Jesus DELIBERATELY stayed away for 2 days after He heard that Lazarus was sick!!!! And He ended up arriving 4 days late for the funeral
Now you know whenever Jesus shows up late for anything - especially for the funeral of a close friend - there's got to be a reason. But what possible reason could he have???
Well, let's take a little bit of a look of the background of the story here. Lazarus had 2 sisters - Mary and Martha and they all lived in Bethany - a small village about 2 miles west of Jerusalem. Then one day, Lazarus got sick... and he died.
Mary a ...
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