2. Raising Lazarus (Part 3) John 11:17-27

3. Kuyper There is not a square inch in the whole domain of our human existence over which Christ, who is Sovereign over all, does not cry, ‘Mine!’

4. Psalm 73:23-26 Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

5. Hendriksen In the heart of Martha the darkness of grief and the light of hope were engaged in deadly combat. Sometimes her lips gave expression to her near-despair; then again to her optimism.... Here is a woman, deeply emotional. Her soul is overcome by grief over the death of a brother whom she loved very dearly…

6. Hendriksen But, here is also a disciple of Jesus, her soul filled with reverence for her Lord. Here is, consequently, a heart, stirred to its very depths, and swaying between grief and hope.

7. Isaiah 42:3 …a bruised reed he will not break, and a faintly burning wick he will not quench

8. Daniel 12:2 And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

9. Daniel 12:13 But go your way till the end. And you shall rest and shall stand in your allotted place at the end of the days.

10. Job 19:25-27 For I know that my Redeemer lives, and at the last he will stand upon the earth. And after my skin has been thus destroyed, yet in my flesh I shall see God, whom I shall see for myself, and my eyes shall behold, and not another. My heart faints within me!

11. Isaiah 26:19 Your dead shall live; their bodies shall rise. You who dwell in the dust, awake and sing for joy! For your dew is a dew of light, and the earth will give birth to the dead.

12. Camus Neither in the hearts of men nor in the manners of society will there be a lasting peace until we outlaw death.

13. Woody Allen I don’t want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying.

14. Morris [T]he moment a man puts his trust in Jesus he begins to experience that life of the age to come which cannot be touched by death. Jesus is bringing Martha a present power, not the promise of a future good.

15. Ryle …none could use this language but one who knew and felt that He was very God. No prophet or apostle ever spoke in this way.