Finding Life and Hope in Jesus' Delays
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"I think a lot of the time in life, we experience moments where expectations aren't met. Or we experience moments where we walk through a trial in hardship, and it feels like the ball has dropped, and our heart has dropped as we walk through it, and it could be anything. You just name it. Fill in the blank. There's going to be a moment in life where you have hopes and dreams and expectations, and it feels like it wasn't met." [00:00:00]
"This is often what happens with people. There are so many people out there that say they're atheists, that say, I don't believe in God. And yet, if you go maybe two layers deep into their heart, what you find is that they actually do because they're angry at Him, and they're bitter towards Him. And they have a laundry list of maybe expectations, and God, why didn't you? Why did you not? All of these things." [00:00:52] (27 seconds)
"And those who come to me will live. He wants to remind you of that. And also in the midst of that message, he wants to remind you of this. That when your expectation isn't met, when the pain hits hard, when life slaps, here's what you need to do. You need to remind yourself that in that moment, rather than being bitter at God, I need an encounter with Jesus." [00:02:45] (24 seconds)
"The way Jesus viewed it, it was an opportunity for God to have glory. Now, a lot of times we can twist that into something where the sickness itself is where God gets the glory. That's not what this passage is trying to tell you, just so we're all aware. But it's a different perspective on a problem. It's that when life comes and trial comes, or when expectations drop, when we walk into situations, rather than viewing that moment as my whole world is crumbling, I need to make sure that I'm doing the right thing." [00:06:07] (36 seconds)
"Yet, when the lion comes to devour, this is an opportunity of God to show himself strong in a situation and God to do something amazing, a testimony. You could say it like this. A testimony is not produced until it meets a test. Something happens. We don't seek those things, but when they come, my perspective, this is different. This is opportunity. This is opportunity to experience him. In the same way in the green pasture, that's an opportunity to experience him, but same way in the valley of the shadow of death. He's still here. He hasn't gone anywhere." [00:10:23] (39 seconds)
"The call of the Christian is actually to see from Jesus's perspective, which walks into dead moments and sees them as opportunities to make things alive again, to bring healing, hope, and restoration. That's what encounters with Jesus do. He's going to encounter the family. But now, the disciples say this, then Thomas, the pastor, says, said to his fellow disciples, let's go so that we may die with them." [00:16:05] (30 seconds)
"Martha said, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last days. Often this is what we do. We encounter, they encounter death. They say, this is final. It's over. So let's wait until the resurrection. Let's wait until the return. They believe that event, there's going to be a resurrection. We're going to meet him in the last days after we've all died and God, you know, heals the world. Jesus returns all these things." [00:18:08] (22 seconds)
"Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life, the one who believes in me, even if he dies, he will live. Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? Yes, Lord, she told him, I believe you are the Messiah, the son of God who comes into the world. Martha. Martha's perspective is that Lazarus' death, it's just, it's over. If you had been here, he would not have died." [00:18:40] (33 seconds)
"Maybe you run to the feet of Jesus, looking for that encounter. That's good. Keep going there. But maybe in your pain, you've avoided Jesus. And maybe you've closed. But I would like to let you know today, if you're in that place, he's calling for you, because he is resurrection, and he is life. And don't let the pain that you've experienced make you think you know who God is." [00:22:23] (23 seconds)
"Jesus said to her, didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God? Again, we've... I've said this before, but what do you believe? Because he's saying, through this passage, he's saying to us, that if you believe, you would see glory. If you believed. So, they removed the stone, and then Jesus raised his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you heard me." [00:30:40] (28 seconds)
"I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here, I have said this, so that they may believe that you sent me. After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out. And the dead man came out, bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. And Jesus said to them, unwrap him and let him go." [00:31:19] (31 seconds)
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"This is often what happens with people. There are so many people out there that say they're atheists, that say, I don't believe in God. And yet, if you go maybe two layers deep into their heart, what you find is that they actually do because they're angry at Him, and they're bitter towards Him. And they have a laundry list of maybe expectations, and God, why didn't you? Why did you not? All of these things." [00:00:52] (27 seconds)
"And those who come to me will live. He wants to remind you of that. And also in the midst of that message, he wants to remind you of this. That when your expectation isn't met, when the pain hits hard, when life slaps, here's what you need to do. You need to remind yourself that in that moment, rather than being bitter at God, I need an encounter with Jesus." [00:02:45] (24 seconds)
"The way Jesus viewed it, it was an opportunity for God to have glory. Now, a lot of times we can twist that into something where the sickness itself is where God gets the glory. That's not what this passage is trying to tell you, just so we're all aware. But it's a different perspective on a problem. It's that when life comes and trial comes, or when expectations drop, when we walk into situations, rather than viewing that moment as my whole world is crumbling, I need to make sure that I'm doing the right thing." [00:06:07] (36 seconds)
"Yet, when the lion comes to devour, this is an opportunity of God to show himself strong in a situation and God to do something amazing, a testimony. You could say it like this. A testimony is not produced until it meets a test. Something happens. We don't seek those things, but when they come, my perspective, this is different. This is opportunity. This is opportunity to experience him. In the same way in the green pasture, that's an opportunity to experience him, but same way in the valley of the shadow of death. He's still here. He hasn't gone anywhere." [00:10:23] (39 seconds)
"The call of the Christian is actually to see from Jesus's perspective, which walks into dead moments and sees them as opportunities to make things alive again, to bring healing, hope, and restoration. That's what encounters with Jesus do. He's going to encounter the family. But now, the disciples say this, then Thomas, the pastor, says, said to his fellow disciples, let's go so that we may die with them." [00:16:05] (30 seconds)
"Martha said, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last days. Often this is what we do. We encounter, they encounter death. They say, this is final. It's over. So let's wait until the resurrection. Let's wait until the return. They believe that event, there's going to be a resurrection. We're going to meet him in the last days after we've all died and God, you know, heals the world. Jesus returns all these things." [00:18:08] (22 seconds)
"Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life, the one who believes in me, even if he dies, he will live. Everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this? Yes, Lord, she told him, I believe you are the Messiah, the son of God who comes into the world. Martha. Martha's perspective is that Lazarus' death, it's just, it's over. If you had been here, he would not have died." [00:18:40] (33 seconds)
"Maybe you run to the feet of Jesus, looking for that encounter. That's good. Keep going there. But maybe in your pain, you've avoided Jesus. And maybe you've closed. But I would like to let you know today, if you're in that place, he's calling for you, because he is resurrection, and he is life. And don't let the pain that you've experienced make you think you know who God is." [00:22:23] (23 seconds)
"Jesus said to her, didn't I tell you that if you believed, you would see the glory of God? Again, we've... I've said this before, but what do you believe? Because he's saying, through this passage, he's saying to us, that if you believe, you would see glory. If you believed. So, they removed the stone, and then Jesus raised his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you heard me." [00:30:40] (28 seconds)
"I know that you always hear me, but because of the crowd standing here, I have said this, so that they may believe that you sent me. After he said this, he shouted with a loud voice, Lazarus, come out. And the dead man came out, bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. And Jesus said to them, unwrap him and let him go." [00:31:19] (31 seconds)
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