TODAY’S SERMON: NOVEMBER 2, 2025
Studies in John: 27 The Death of Lazarus – Part 1 - John 11:1–22 (ESV)
“If the Lord answered every prayer offered for healing by restoring health, no one would ever die.” – Chuck Swindoll
In our previous lesson, Bro. Jacob spoke about the unbelievers in chapter 10. Jesus consistently said, “I and the Father are One” (10:30), claiming unity with the Father.
Jesus claimed to be God when He used the same phrase to identify Himself as Yahweh in Exodus 3:13. He said, “I Am” – the Hebrew tetragrammaton “YHWH” – Greek “Ego Eimi.”
Jesus didn’t hide the fact that He was God in the flesh, and He did this, along with His many miracles so the people would believe. Some believed, but there were many, especially the religious leaders (Pharisees) who rejected Jesus, claiming blasphemy.
There are still those today who reject the doctrine of the hypostatic union – Jesus is both fully God and fully human – saying Jesus never made claims of being God. But if that were true, why did the religious leaders seek to stone Jesus for His claims of divinity rather than overlooking Him as a crazy man (John 9:58-59)?
The truth is that it doesn’t matter what Jesus said or what miracles He performed. The unbeliever has set his/her heart against Jesus because of what He requires. Jesus will later say, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Jesus is saying that He is the ONLY WAY to heaven.
This theology flies in the face of the unbeliever’s god complex, because they cannot see any other way of life apart from them being in control. In the end, it really doesn’t matter how much proof we have that Jesus claimed to be God, Jesus is the Son of God, or that Jesus is the Messiah, one’s refusal to accept Jesus has everything to do with the acceptance of truth and surrender of themselves.
I’m praying for you!
Bro. Joey
In our previous lesson, Bro. Jacob spoke about the unbelievers in chapter 10. Jesus consistently said, “I and the Father are One” (10:30), claiming unity with the Father.
Jesus claimed to be God when He used the same phrase to identify Himself as Yahweh in Exodus 3:13. He said, “I Am” – the Hebrew tetragrammaton “YHWH” – Greek “Ego Eimi.”
Jesus didn’t hide the fact that He was God in the flesh, and He did this, along with His many miracles so the people would believe. Some believed, but there were many, especially the religious leaders (Pharisees) who rejected Jesus, claiming blasphemy.
There are still those today who reject the doctrine of the hypostatic union – Jesus is both fully God and fully human – saying Jesus never made claims of being God. But if that were true, why did the religious leaders seek to stone Jesus for His claims of divinity rather than overlooking Him as a crazy man (John 9:58-59)?
The truth is that it doesn’t matter what Jesus said or what miracles He performed. The unbeliever has set his/her heart against Jesus because of what He requires. Jesus will later say, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” (John 14:6). Jesus is saying that He is the ONLY WAY to heaven.
This theology flies in the face of the unbeliever’s god complex, because they cannot see any other way of life apart from them being in control. In the end, it really doesn’t matter how much proof we have that Jesus claimed to be God, Jesus is the Son of God, or that Jesus is the Messiah, one’s refusal to accept Jesus has everything to do with the acceptance of truth and surrender of themselves.
I’m praying for you!
Bro. Joey