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July 16 - John 11 · A Chapter a Day Bible Reading

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  Hello friends, it's Sean here. It's Tuesday.
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  It is the 16th of July and thank you for tapping on plate.
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  Good to have your company. I hope you are going well.
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  It is a cold and wet week in this part of the world, bro,
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  huh. I hope you are warm, I hope you
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  are dry, and I hope you are going well.
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  And no matter what the temperature is and the way the
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  weather is treating you, I hope you have got a day full of good
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  things ahead of you where you get to make a difference and
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  maybe even spend some time with people who you appreciate and
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  love. Wouldn't that be a marvellous
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  way to get to spend today, despite the challenges and
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  tricky things that you won't have to do as well?
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  We are reading through the book of John and we have reached
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  probably the the theological climax of the book as we have
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  been hearing more and more and more about who Jesus is and what
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  he is here to do. And today his mate Lazarus dies
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  and he declares that he is not just about bringing this guy
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  back to life, but he is life itself, which is the whole point
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  of John sharing this gospel. What a treat we have to enjoy
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  the highs and the lows of Jesus humanity, his engagement with
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  those he loves in this incredible chapter of this
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  incredible book in our incredible scripture.
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  So without further ado friends, let us enjoy this together
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  reading John Chapter 11. A man named Lazarus was sick.
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  He lived in Bethany with his sisters Mary and Martha.
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  This is the Mary who later poured the expensive perfume on
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  the Lord's feet and wiped them with her hair.
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  Her brother Lazarus was sick, so the two sisters sent a message
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  to Jesus telling him, Lord, your dear friend is very sick.
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  But when Jesus heard about it, he said Lazarus's sickness will
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  not end in death. No, it happened for the glory of
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  God, so that the Son of God will receive glory from this.
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  So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, he stayed
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  where he was for the next two days.
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  Finally, he said to his disciples, let's go back to
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  Judea. But his disciples objected.
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  Rabbi, they said only a few days ago the people in Judea were
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  trying to stone you. Are you going there again?
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  Jesus replied There are 12 hours of daylight every day.
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  During the day, people can walk safely.
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  They can see because they have the light of this world, but at
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  night there is danger of stumbling because they have no
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  light. Then he said, Our friend Lazarus
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  has fallen asleep, but now I will go and wake him up.
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  The disciples said, Lord, they're fierce sleeping.
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  He will soon get better. They thought Jesus meant Lazarus
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  was simply sleeping. But Jesus meant Lazarus had
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  died, so he told them plainly. Lazarus is dead, and for your
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  sakes, I'm glad I wasn't there. For now, you will really
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  believe. Come, let's go see him, Thomas,
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  nicknamed the twin, said to his fellow disciples.
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  Let's go too, and die with Jesus.
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  When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had
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  already been in the grave for four days.
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  Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem,
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  and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in
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  their loss. When Martha got word that Jesus
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  was coming, she went to meet him, but Mary stayed in the
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  house. Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if
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  only you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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  But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask,
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  Jesus told her. Your brother will rise again.
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  Yes, Martha said. He will rise when everyone else
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  rises. On the last day, Jesus told her
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  I am the resurrection and the life anyone who believes in me
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  will live even after dying. Everyone who lives in me and
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  believes in me will never, ever die.
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  Do you believe this, Martha? Yes, Lord, she told him.
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  I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the
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  one who has come into the world from God.
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  Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the
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  mourners and told her the teacher is here and wants to see
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  you. Sir.
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  Mary immediately went to him. Jesus had stayed outside the
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  village at the place where Martha met him.
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  When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her
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  leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus's grave
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  to weep. So they followed her there.
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  When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said,
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  Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.
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  When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing
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  with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply
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  troubled. Where have you put him?
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  He asked them. They told him, Lord, come and
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  see. Then Jesus wept, the people who
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  are standing nearby said. See how much he loved him.
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  But some said this man healed a blind man.
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  Couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?
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  Jesus was still angry as he arrived at the tomb, a cave with
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  a stone rolled across its entrance.
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  Rolled the stone aside. Jesus told them.
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  But Martha, the dead man's sister, protested.
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  Lord, he's been dead for four days.
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  The smell will be terrible, Jesus responded.
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  Didn't I tell you that you would see God's glory if you believe
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  so? They rolled the stone aside.
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  Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, Father, thank you for
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  hearing me. You always hear me, but I said
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  it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so
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  that they will believe you sent me.
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  Then Jesus shouted. Lazarus come out and the dead
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  man came out, his hands and feet bound in grave clothes, his face
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  wrapped in a head cloth. Jesus told them unwrap him and
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  let him go. Many of the people who were with
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  Mary believed in Jesus when they saw this happen, but some went
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  to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done.
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  Then the leading priests of Varus is called the High
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  Council. Together, what are we going to
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  do? They asked each other.
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  This man certainly performs many miraculous signs.
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  If we allow him to go on like this, soon everyone will believe
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  in him. Then the Roman army will come
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  and destroy both our temple and our nation, Caiphus, who was the
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  high priest at the time, said. You don't know what you're
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  talking about. You don't realise that it's
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  better for you that one man should die for the people than
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  for the whole nation to be destroyed.
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  He did not say this on his own. As High Priest at that time, he
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  was led to prophecy that Jesus would die for the entire nation
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  and not only for that nation but to bring together and unite all
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  the children of God scattered around the world.
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  So from that time on, the Jewish leaders began to plot Jesus
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  death. As a result, Jesus stopped his
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  public ministry among the people and left Jerusalem.
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  He went to a place near the wilderness to the village of
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  Ephram, and stayed there with his disciples.
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  It was now almost time for the Jewish Passover celebration, and
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  many people from all over the country arrived in Jerusalem
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  several days early so they could go through the purification
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  ceremony. Before Passover began, they kept
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  looking for Jesus, but as they stood around in the temple, they
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  said to each other, What do you think?
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  He won't come for Passover, will He?
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  Meanwhile, the leading priests and Pharisees had publicly
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  ordered that anyone seeing Jesus must report it immediately so
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  they could arrest him. Jesus, you are the resurrection
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  and the life. It's you that gave each one of
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  us this life that we enjoy each day.
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  And it's you who wraps your embrace around our spirit, that
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  even though our bodies should die one day, that our spirit
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  will live on with you in that home that you're preparing for
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  us. Our Jesus, Thank You that You
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  don't just love us now and hold us tight during this short life,
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  but that this is only the precursor.
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  This is but the small passageway that we walk through to come out
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  into that glorious, glorious, everlasting Kingdom of yours
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  that we will share with you and your people forever.
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  You are the resurrection and the life, and we come to you and we
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  listen to your life, giving words that flow into our hearts
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  and fill us with your presence, your love, your forgiveness and
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  your life. You are the best and we love you
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  and it's all in your name that we pray.
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  Amen.