Easter 2021

Easter 2021

I. Introduction

A. Death is , but death is not the !

B. John 11:3 (NLT) So the two sisters sent a message to Jesus telling him, “Lord, your dear friend is very sick.”

C. John 11:5-6 (NLT) ⁵So although Jesus loved Martha, Mary, and Lazarus, ⁶he stayed where he was for the next two days.

D. John 11:7 (NLT) Finally, he said to his disciples, “Let’s go back to Judea.”

E. John 11:8 (NLT) But his disciples objected. “Rabbi,” they said, “only a few days ago the people in Judea were trying to stone you. Are you going there again?”

F. John 11:16 (NLT) Thomas, nicknamed the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go, too—and die with Jesus.”

G. John 11:21 (NLT) “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.”

H. John 11:23-26 (NLT) ²³Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴“Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.” ²⁵Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. ²⁶Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?”

I. John 11:27 (NLT) “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.”

J. John 11:33 (NLT) When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled.

K. John 11:35 (NLT) Then Jesus wept.

L. John 11:39 (NLT) “Roll the stone aside,” Jesus told them. But Martha, the dead man’s sister, protested, “Lord, he has been dead for four days. The smell will be terrible.”

M. John 11:40-41a (NLT) ⁴⁰Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?” ⁴¹So they rolled the stone aside.

N. John 11:43-44 (NLT) ⁴³“Lazarus, come out!” ⁴⁴And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, “Unwrap him and let him go!”

O. THIS IS THE ULTIMATE RESURRECTION STORY!

P. The ultimate resurrection story is story, what we celebrate on !

Q. When came out of the tomb, that’s when was finished!

1. Jesus had mastered ! And in His resurrection, He had mastered !

2. If you put your faith in Jesus, the is the end!

3. No matter what’s going on in your life, the still has one more move!

4. There is , even when it feels like “,” because “the still has one more move”!

II. Conclusion