Death is real and harsh. No resuscitation of Lazarus from the dead should sentimentalize or simplify that truth.

Death is not the final moment. For Christians, it is only a departing from this world and an arrival in God's presence. The body then awaits the resurrection.

Life Among The Graves. John 11:32-44. Today is All Saints day, a day to remember those who have died in the Lord and gone on to their reward.

John 11 opens with these words: “Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.

6 нояб. 2021 г. · When Jesus saw [Mary] weeping, and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved.

“Lazarus, come out!” Jesus says in today's gospel (John 11:32-44). He is calling Lazarus I hope you will hold onto those words.

3 нояб. 2018 г. · Jesus wept, not because he had lost a friend, but because the scene around him was full of chaos, full of the very suffering he had come to ...

Jesus said to (Martha), "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in ...

10 авг. 2019 г. · It confirms the promise that “He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die” (vv. 25- ...

2 нояб. 2015 г. · “Come out of the tomb, out of the darkness, out of death. Come out and get the stink blown off.” Those are Jesus' words to Lazarus, to you, to ...