Who is Jesus? | I AM the Resurrection & the Life | John 11:1-44 Sermon

New City Church - Nashville

In this message, we're looking at the story where Jesus raises his friend Lazarus from the grave.

We're also talking about a verse that is very memorable, "Jesus wept."

Why is this encouraging for us? We'll talk about Jesus weeping and how we can encounter Jesus in the midst of our circumstances.

We'll talk about how Jesus's suffering shows us Christians can cry, be depressed, and walk through hardship.

We'll talk about the already & not yet Kingdom of God.

We'll end by looking at how Jesus's resurrection life has totally altered the course of human history. For more info on that, check out John Ortberg's book, Who is This Man?

Sermon from Trey Hayman on October 2, 2022.

John 11:17-34 (NLT)

17 When Jesus arrived at Bethany, he was told that Lazarus had already been in his grave for four days. 18 Bethany was only a few miles down the road from Jerusalem, 19 and many of the people had come to console Martha and Mary in their loss. 20 When Martha got word that Jesus was coming, she went to meet him. But Mary stayed in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask.” 23 Jesus told her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 “Yes,” Martha said, “he will rise when everyone else rises, at the last day.” 25 Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying. 26 Everyone who lives in me and believes in me will never ever die. Do you believe this, Martha?” 27 “Yes, Lord,” she told him. “I have always believed you are the Messiah, the Son of God, the one who has come into the world from God.” 28 Then she returned to Mary. She called Mary aside from the mourners and told her, “The Teacher is here and wants to see you.” 29 So Mary immediately went to him. 30 Jesus had stayed outside the village, at the place where Martha met him. 31 When the people who were at the house consoling Mary saw her leave so hastily, they assumed she was going to Lazarus’s grave to weep. So they followed her there. 32 When Mary arrived and saw Jesus, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if only you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 33 When Jesus saw her weeping and saw the other people wailing with her, a deep anger welled up within him, and he was deeply troubled. 34 “Where have you put him?” he asked them.