3 Hot Weeks | Pastor Scott Wilson
MESSAGE NOTES
JOHN 11:1-6
“Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. (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.) So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.”
When he heard this, Jesus said, “this sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. So when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days.
GOD KNOWS THE END FROM THE BEGINNING AND LOVES ME PERFECTLY IN THE MIDDLE
OF EVERYTHING I’M GOING THROUGH
JOHN 11:17-22
“On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles from Jerusalem, and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them in the loss of their brother. When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.
“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died. But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask.”
DISCUSSION QUESTIONS
-What was your biggest takeaway from this weekend’s message?
-Have you ever felt the tension between good and cruel with your view of God as a father? How do you process it in a healthy way?
-What does it practically mean for god to “love us perfectly” in the middle of what we’re going through?
-How do we practically apply this message content in our lives this week?