Study Three: Can you beat the grim reaper?
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1/ What are three things that you feel about death?
_________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________John 11:17-49 "17When Jesus got to Bethany, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18Bethany was only about three kilometres from Jerusalem, 19and many people had come from the city to comfort Martha and Mary because their brother had died.
20When Martha heard that Jesus had arrived, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed in the house. 21Martha said to Jesus, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22Yet even now I know that God will do anything you ask.'
23Jesus told her, 'Your brother will live again!'
24Martha answered, 'I know that he will be raised to life on the last day, when all the dead are raised.'
25Jesus then said, 'I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. 26And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never die. Do you believe this?'
27'Yes, Lord!' she replied. 'I believe that you are Christ, the Son of God. You are the one we hoped would come into the world.'
28After Martha said this, she went and privately said to her sister Mary, 'The Teacher is here, and he wants to see you.' 29As soon as Mary heard this, she got up and went out to Jesus. 30He was still outside the village where Martha had gone to meet him. 31Many people had come to comfort Mary, and when they saw her quickly leave the house, they thought she was going out to the tomb to cry. So they followed her.
32Mary went to where Jesus was. Then as soon as she saw him, she knelt at his feet and said, 'Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.'
33When Jesus saw that Mary and the people with her were crying, he was terribly upset 34and asked, 'Where have you put his body?'
They replied, 'Lord, come and you will see.'
35Jesus started crying, 36and the people said, 'See how much he loved Lazarus.'
37Some of them said, 'He gives sight to the blind. Why couldn't he have kept Lazarus from dying?'
38Jesus was still terribly upset. So he went to the tomb, which was a cave with a stone rolled against the entrance. 39Then he told the people to roll the stone away. But Martha said, 'Lord, you know that Lazarus has been dead four days, and there will be a bad smell.'
40Jesus replied, 'Didn't I tell you that if you had faith, you would see the glory of God?'
41After the stone had been rolled aside, Jesus looked up towards heaven and prayed, 'Father, I thank you for answering my prayer. 42I know that you always answer my prayers. But I said this, so that the people here would believe that you sent me.'
43When Jesus had finished praying, he shouted, 'Lazarus, come out!' 44The man who had been dead came out. His hands and feet were wrapped with strips of burial cloth, and a cloth covered his face.
Jesus then told the people, 'Untie him and let him go.'
45Many of the people who had come to visit Mary saw the things that Jesus did, and they put their faith in him.
2/ What was the reaction of Jesus to the death of Lazarus?
3/ How did Jesus beat death?
4/ What did Jesus mean by 'I am the resurrection and the life?'
5/ What did Martha believe about the Jewish Christ?
6/ Why do you think the Jews wanted to kill Lararus after his coming back to life again?
7/ How would you have reacted if you were there?
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