John 11:38-44 — Lazarus raised from the dead after four days. Martha said it was too late. Jesus didn't argue. He shouted. This sermon on Lazarus raised from the dead walks through John 11:38-44, the moment Jesus stands at a sealed grave and a grieving sister tells Him it's too late. If you've ever wondered why God seems late, or felt like your situation has an expiration date, this message is for you. This verse-by-verse expository preaching through John 11 shows what Jesus does with our objections: He doesn't argue. He gives us His word. Martha called Him Lord and still gave Him a deadline. We do the same. We trust God with heaven, but Wednesday afternoon is the problem, when the diagnosis, the phone call or the layoff comes. Jesus tells her, "Said I not unto thee," and then does what no man can do: He calls a four-day-dead man out of the grave by name. This message walks through John 11:38-44, explaining: - Why Jesus had the men roll away a stone He could have moved with a word - How grief renamed Martha "the sister of him that was dead" - Why we trust God with heaven but doubt Him on an ordinary Wednesday - Why Jesus answers our objections with His word instead of arguments - Why Jesus prayed out loud at the grave, and what Elijah on Mount Carmel has to do with it - How "Lazarus, come forth" ties back to the Good Shepherd calling His sheep by name in John 10 - Why a believer who dies only "changes pastures" and never changes shepherds - How the same voice will empty every grave at the coming of Christ - Why Jesus says "Loose him, and let him go," and what the church owes new believers