John 11:1-45
Big Idea: Authentic Belief In Jesus Provides Audacious And Enduring Hope Through Jesus
Audacious Hope:
1) Jesus has a purpose for the pain (v. 1-16)
Jesus’ Purposes For The Pain:
1) God’s glory (v. 4)
2) Our belief (v. 15)
2) Jesus is my hope in the hurt, the hard, and the heartache (v. 17-27)
“Remember my affliction and my wanderings, the wormwood and the gall! My soul continually remembers it and is bowed down within me. But this I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; His mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness. ‘The Lord is my portion,’ says my soul, ‘therefore I will hope in Him.’”
– Lamentations 3:19-24
3) Jesus enters into my grief (v. 28-37)
“He was despised and rejected by men, a man of sorrows and acquainted with grief.”
– Isaiah 53:3
4) Jesus has power over life and death (v. 38-45)