2. “I am the resurrection and the life.” John 11:25
"Do you believe this?”
John 11:26

3. The death and resurrection of Lazaruas shows us that:
Jesus knows
“Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I am going there to wake him up.” v. 11
“Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” v. 32
“Jesus wept” v. 35

4. “Jesus weeps and reminds us that any death, even one death, is a destruction of the good plan of God, the way he made this world.”
Bryan Chapell
“The knowledge of a good outcome does not deny me the right of tears now.”

5. The death and resurrection of Lazaruas shows us that:
Jesus knows
Jesus didn't just shed tears; he shed blood, too.
Jesus cares

6. The death and resurrection of Lazaruas shows us that:
Jesus knows
Jesus cares
Jesus rules

7. The death and resurrection of Lazaruas inspires us to:
Remove what has been block our access to God
Respond to Jesus’ commands for our lives
Release the things that entangle us and hinder us from living free
Reveal what the Lord has done in our lives

8. Are there not part in each one of us that are dead…?
“Aren’t we all Lazarus?
Are there not part in each one of us
that are dead…?
Jesus wants us to rise up
and to become fully alive.
He calls us out of the tomb
we carry within us.”
Jean Vanier