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(John 11:47-57)
I. Introduction.
A. Orientation.
Last time in John 11, we saw several encouraging things:
That Jesus loves and cares for us
If we are His sheep,
If weve trusted and received Him,
He loves and cares for us as He did Martha, Mary and Lazarus.
He loved us enough to lay down His life for us.
B. Preview.
This morning, we see John focus on this last group.
Instead of recognizing this as indisputable proof
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That Jesus is the Messiah,
And responding as they should have
By putting their trust in Him
They went and reported these things to the Pharisees.
Now what effect should the raising of Lazarus have had on them?
How should they have responded
When they saw this and all the other things Jesus had done?
They should have acknowledged He was the Messiah and received Him.
From this time until He comes again to Jerusalem for the Passover,
Because of their plan to kill Him.
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John the Baptist said earlier, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin
of the world (John 1:29).
B. This brings us to our second and final point: how the Lord is able even to use sin
to bring about His good purposes.
1. Lets back up for a minute to what Caiaphas said at this council:
But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, You
know nothing at all, nor do you take into account that it is expedient for you
that one man die for the people, and that the whole nation not perish (vv.
49-50).
Why did he say this?
Because he believed that if he and the Jews
Were to hold onto what they had,
Jesus had to go.
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As to this salvation, the prophets who prophesied of the grace that would come
to you made careful searches and inquiries, seeking to know what person or
time the Spirit of Christ within them was indicating as He predicted the
sufferings of Christ and the glories to follow. It was revealed to them that
they were not serving themselves, but you, in these things which now have
been announced to you through those who preached the gospel to you by the
Holy Spirit sent from heaven things into which angels long to look (1 Pet.
1:10-12).
The prophets themselves didnt fully comprehend what the Lord meant.
Caiaphas prophesied, but he didnt understand.
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