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When God Doesn't Show Up If Only… Everyone Has an "if only"
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When God Doesn't Show Up
If Only…
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EveryoneHas an "if only"
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What do you thinkWould be different now
If you could changeYour "If Only"?
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Mr. Destiny"If only I had hit that ball…"
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Easter Story includesIf Onlys
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ResurrectionNot of Jesus, though
2 People with an "if only"Just like you and me
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Now a man named Lazarus was sick
He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha
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They're tight…
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This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now lay sick, was the
same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped
his feet with her hair
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So the sisters sent word to Jesus,
"Lord, the one you love is sick”
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Expectation?
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When he heard this, Jesus said, "This sickness will not
end in death…
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…No, it is for God's glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it”
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…will not end in death …it is for God's glory
Jesus knows the outcomePhysically and Spiritually
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If Jesus knows the outcome
What does that say aboutTrusting God?
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Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus
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Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus
Yet when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days
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Messengers: He said it won't end in deathSomething about God's glory
He didn't come with us
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"I love you so muchI'm not gonna lift a finger!"
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Have you been there?
You call out and God is nowhere to be found?
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So…Jesus says the sicknesswill not end in death
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So…Jesus says the sicknesswill not end in death
And Lazarus…dies
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And Mary and MarthaAre beyond hurt…
Grieving, Let-downFeeling abandoned by Jesus
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We have a right to expectThat God will love usGod is love
We have no right to dictateHow his love must be shown
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Disillusionment:
Presuming upon God actions Consistent with
Our expectations of love
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Then he said to his disciples, "Let us go back to Judea"
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"But Rabbi," they said, "a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?"
Key word, anyone?
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"But Rabbi," they said, "a short while ago the Jews tried to stone you, and yet you are going back there?"
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Jesus is in controlIt's not happeningUntil he's ready for it
That's why we trust him
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Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours of
daylight? A man who walks by day will not stumble, for he
sees by this world's light…
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It is when he walks by night that he stumbles, for he has
no light"
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Jesus has the timetableThe light stays litUntil Jesus says different
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After he had said this, he went on to tell them,
"Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going
there to wake him up”
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His disciples replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better"
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Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep.
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So then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead, and
for your sake I am glad I was not there,
so that you may believe. But let us go to him"
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God redeemsEven that which he
Did not cause
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…that God's son might be glorified…
…so that you may believe…
God is glorified when we believe
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"Lord, help me seebeyond the what I can see
with my eyes
To the One I can trust with my heart"
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“For your sake I’m glad I was not there…”
Lazarus experienced deathYet Jesus will redeem it for his glory and the disciples' blessing
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“Lord, how can you use my situation for your glory
and others’ benefit?”
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They tried to kill you, Jesus!
Thomas ain't doubting
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Then Thomas (called Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples,
"Let us also go, that we may die with him”
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On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days…
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…When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to
meet him, but Mary stayed at home
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"Lord," Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died"
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Is she right?
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Is she right?
Does it change anything?
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We all have "If Onlys"
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"If onlys" change nothing
Cause blame and bitterness andCreate barriers to living now
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“If onlys”:- Tied to the past, focused backward- Regret and guilt- Or accusation and anger - Live in the unreality of what might
have been
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“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, "if you had been here,
my brother would not have died”
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But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask"
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"Even nows" change everything
Because they are full of faithLooking forward, not backward
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"Even nows" - Look to the Future- Kill blame and shame- Include acceptance/forgiveness- Are God-centered- Involve faith
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“Even nows”=room to grow- “What can I learn from it?” - “What can I do differently in the
future?”- “How can my experiences help others?”
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Am I willing to give up My "If Onlys"
For God’s "Even now"?
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But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask"
Jesus said to her, "Your brother will rise again"
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Martha answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day"
“I believe in the right stuff”
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Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will
live, even though he dies;
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…and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?"
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"Don't believe the right stuffBelieve in the right Person"
Our faith isn't dead doctrineAnd ritualistic religionIt's living faith in a risen King
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Don't believe in a truthAnd miss The Truth
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"Yes, Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who was to come into the world"
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Martha moves from believingA religious teaching
To real faith Jesus
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The point at which faith Becomes real is When it is founded
On Jesus alone
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Mary shows up and says…
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"Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died”
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Jesus…came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance
"Take away the stone," he said.
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"But, Lord,"said Martha, the sister of the dead man,
"by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days"
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Then Jesus said,
"Did I not tell you that if you believed, you would seethe glory of God?"
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So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said…
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"Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me"
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When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice,
"Lazarus, come out!"
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The dead man came out,his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face
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Jesus said to them,
"Take off the grave clothesand let him go"
- John 11
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"If only's" become"Even now"
Why did you…?Becomes I can trust you
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We don't tell JesusWhat he should've done
When he knows
What he's yet to doEven now
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"If onlys" are periods That can define us
"Even nows" are commas That can set us free
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Jesus is aliveAnd he's not done
With you yet
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What could he doIn your life
If you let go of the past And trusted him for today?
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Pray
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Questions, CommentsDisagreements