I AM THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE
John 11.1-44
Gordon Dabbs, PhD
John 11.25-26 (ESV) I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.
John 11.5 (ESV) Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
John 11.6 (ESV) When he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
Jesus is not late—He is purposeful.
John 11.8 (ESV) The disciples said to him, “Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?”
“If I’m leading, you’re safe — even when it doesn’t feel safe.”
John 11.11 (ESV) “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him.”
John 11.15 (ESV) For your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe.
Sometimes our Lord allows situations to move past what we think is the point of no return—not to harm us, but to show us who He really is.
John 11.21 (ESV) Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”
John 11.22 (ESV) But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.
That’s not a lack of faith. That’s real faith… wounded, but real.
John 11.25 (ESV) “I am the resurrection and the life.”
John 11.26 (ESV) “Do you believe this?”
Not: Do you understand this? Does this make sense?
John 11.27 (ESV) “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”
John 11.33, 35 (ESV) Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in his spirit and greatly troubled… Jesus wept.
He shares our sorrow before He solves it. Jesus wept.
Philippians 1.21 (CEV) If I live, it will be for Christ, and if I die, I will gain even more.
The only people in Scripture who never celebrate their own resurrection… are the ones who had already tasted heaven.
John 11.26 - “Do you believe this?”
Do you believe…
• That Jesus is not just able to give life—but IS life?
• When His timing doesn’t match yours?
• When He feels late?
• When He lets the story go further than you wanted?
Today, He asks you to believe Him when he says, “I am the resurrection and the life.”
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