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Adult Forum
Meets every Sunday at 9:00am in the library. Enjoy Bible study, discussion, and fellowship.
In preparation for Sunday
Read John 11:32-44
Read John 11:32-44 aloud
"When Mary came where Jesus was and saw him, she knelt at his feet and said to him, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” When Jesus saw her weeping and the Jews who came with her also weeping, he was greatly disturbed in spirit and deeply moved. He said, “Where have you laid him?” They said to him, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus began to weep. So the Jews said, “See how he loved him!” But some of them said, “Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept this man from dying?”
Jesus Raises Lazarus to Life
"Then Jesus, again greatly disturbed, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying against it. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to him, “Lord, already there is a stench because he has been dead four days.” Jesus said to her, “Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you for having heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I have said this for the sake of the crowd standing here, so that they may believe that you sent me.” When he had said this, he cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet bound with strips of cloth and his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Unbind him, and let him go.”
Going back to the beginning of John 11 we have the following questions:
~ Why do you think Jesus did not go immediately to help Lazarus?
~ How would you feel if you were Mary or Martha?
~ What do you learn from Jesus coming to Lazarus’ tomb?
~ Why did Jesus’ raise Lazarus from the dead?
~ If you saw Jesus crying what would you think?
~ How does this story bring hope to your grief and loss?
~ What word of hope or encouragement would you share with others?
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