GOOD NEWS FROM THE GRAVE (37 OF 75)
by Mike Stone
Scripture: John 11:28-46
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Good News From the Grave (37 of 75)
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 11:28-46
We've been walking our way, verse-by-verse through John's gospel on Sunday mornings and we've made our way up to chapter 11, verse 28. When I'm in a book series I don't always interrupt it for special occasions. Part of the reason is that I want to illustrate to our guests and sporadic members that this is what we do each week.
Today's Resurrection Sunday worship has been wonderful. But it's not unique. We gather on the first day of each week, Sunday morning, because that's the day of the week that Jesus arose from the dead.
And this year, there's no need to depart from our book study. In God's Providence, we have before us a timely word on the resurrection of Lazarus. So our 37th lesson is, ''Good News from the Grave.''
I heard about 3 ladies who were talking to their pastor one day. He asked them what they'd like him to say at their funeral as he looked into the casket.
The first lady said, ''I hope you say, 'She was a good wife.'''
The second lady said, ''I hope you say, 'She was a good mother.'''
The third lady said, ''I hope you say, 'Look, she's moving!'''
Well, the truth is, one day outside the village of Bethany, somebody might have looked into the mouth of a tomb and said, ''Look he's moving!'' Because here we find the historical account of Jesus raising a man from the dead.
And while this is an actual story, recording events that literally happened, it is also filled with rich symbolism that describes every saved person in the room this morning. And it describes what COULD happen to you today if you're not already saved.
Because every Christian's testimony could be divided into 3 parts:
1. The condition before grace
2. The conversion by grace
3. The change because of grace
John 20:31 - ''But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing, you may have life in His name.''
Through ...
Series: The Gospel of John
Mike Stone
John 11:28-46
We've been walking our way, verse-by-verse through John's gospel on Sunday mornings and we've made our way up to chapter 11, verse 28. When I'm in a book series I don't always interrupt it for special occasions. Part of the reason is that I want to illustrate to our guests and sporadic members that this is what we do each week.
Today's Resurrection Sunday worship has been wonderful. But it's not unique. We gather on the first day of each week, Sunday morning, because that's the day of the week that Jesus arose from the dead.
And this year, there's no need to depart from our book study. In God's Providence, we have before us a timely word on the resurrection of Lazarus. So our 37th lesson is, ''Good News from the Grave.''
I heard about 3 ladies who were talking to their pastor one day. He asked them what they'd like him to say at their funeral as he looked into the casket.
The first lady said, ''I hope you say, 'She was a good wife.'''
The second lady said, ''I hope you say, 'She was a good mother.'''
The third lady said, ''I hope you say, 'Look, she's moving!'''
Well, the truth is, one day outside the village of Bethany, somebody might have looked into the mouth of a tomb and said, ''Look he's moving!'' Because here we find the historical account of Jesus raising a man from the dead.
And while this is an actual story, recording events that literally happened, it is also filled with rich symbolism that describes every saved person in the room this morning. And it describes what COULD happen to you today if you're not already saved.
Because every Christian's testimony could be divided into 3 parts:
1. The condition before grace
2. The conversion by grace
3. The change because of grace
John 20:31 - ''But these have been written that you may believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and believing, you may have life in His name.''
Through ...
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