Lessons From Lazarus
We're going to take a look at the account of the death and resurrection of Lazarus in the New Testament, and the lessons which we can learn from it. I think we'll find that we have more in common with Lazarus than we thought. The name "Lazarus" comes from the Greek, and means "God is my help", and we will see that God was indeed of great help to Lazarus, as He is to each of us. We read in John 11:1-44... " Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus, of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha. (It was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.) Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. Now Jesus loved Martha, and her sister, and Lazarus. When he had heard therefore that Lazarus was sick, he a...