Last week, we saw how Jesus reacted to the death of Lazarus. This week, we return to the same story to explore how his promise of resurrection should animate our lives today. We don’t wait for the resurrection; it doesn’t lay waiting for us in some far off distant future. Jesus tells Martha that he is--right now, today--the resurrection and the life. What, then, does that mean for our own lives that are often full of the deathly fruit of sin? Join us this Sunday as we conclude our study of John 11.
The New Year is a great time to revisit the story of Jesus, because our hope for the future is only as secure as our grounding in the person and work of Christ for us. Even though this Gospel isn’t about us, it is for us—Jesus is the Word who is life, and that life is the light of all men. No matter what future you are staring down this New Year, I want you to have the unshakable confidence that the Word which spoke life into being holds your life in his hands and the darkness will not overcome it.
