{"id":7271,"date":"2016-01-09T00:05:54","date_gmt":"2016-01-09T08:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/?p=7271"},"modified":"2016-01-08T12:21:48","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T20:21:48","slug":"a-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nettelhorst.com\/blog1\/2016\/01\/09\/a-death\/","title":{"rendered":"A Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

The sisters sent to Him, saying, \u201cLord, behold, he whom You love is sick.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tWhen Jesus heard that, He said, \u201cThis sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tNow Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was. Then after this He said to the disciples, \u201cLet us go to Judea again.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThe disciples said to Him, \u201cRabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?\u201d <\/p>\n

\tJesus answered, \u201cAre there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world. But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.\u201d These things He said, and after that He said to them, \u201cOur friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThen His disciples said, \u201cLord, if he sleeps he will get well.\u201d However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. <\/p>\n

\tThen Jesus said to them plainly, \u201cLazarus is dead. And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.\u201d <\/p>\n

\tThen Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, \u201cLet us also go, that we may die with Him.\u201d (John 11:3-16)<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\tJust because Jesus doesn\u2019t seem to be doing anything for you right now, doesn\u2019t mean that he doesn\u2019t care or that he doesn\u2019t have a reason for it all. Jesus responded to the news that his friend Lazarus was sick by continuing to do what he was doing. He never visited poor Lazarus or his family. He let Lazarus suffer and die.<\/p>\n

\tSo what did Jesus mean by saying that Lazarus\u2019 illness was \u201cnot unto death?\u201d Not that he wouldn\u2019t die, but that it wouldn\u2019t be final. When bad things happen, it is hard to see past the pain of them. But from God\u2019s perspective, Lazarus\u2019 suffering and his family\u2019s grief had meaning. <\/p>\n

\tBut that meaning came only after Lazarus was raised from the dead. The same goes for any suffering we experience. It may never make sense during our lives, but we should trust that God really does know what he is doing, always, just as Jesus knew with Lazarus. After his resurrection, Lazarus\u2019 experience made sense. It will be the same way for us.<\/p>\n

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