All was lost.  EVERYTHING. There was now no hope.

 

The healer did not show and now Lazerus was DEAD.

 

John 11  32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” 

33 When Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was deeply moved in spirit and troubled. 34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. 

“Come and see, Lord,” they replied. 

35 Jesus wept. 

 

I am not sure why Jesus wept.  But these two words tell us with clarity that He cared deeply and cared to the depth of His soul.  He showed that love for Mary.

He showed that love for Peter.

He showed that love for Lazerus.

 

And He shows that love for you and everyone that you know.

 

The flood of compassion that comes FROM Jesus and FOR YOU can never be understated.  Never believe that He is not there, that He does not care, or that you are alone.  Because Jesus has a plan for eternity that was set to save you.

 

You see…..He Shows Up.

 

Mary confronted Jesus with “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”  But the reality is that Jesus was about to raise him from the dead and change her world.

 

A world with Jesus in it does not have LOST ….. It has FOUND.

A world with Jesus in it does not have NO HOPE ….. It has ABUNDANCE.

A world with Jesus in it does not have DEAD ….. It has ETERNAL LIFE.

 

I have never much cared for or entered into the “predestination” idea — the thought that it is already decided.  We Were Predestined As Enemies Of God until a guy named Jesus showed up. And He gave us the right to be WITH HIM, FOR FOREVER, IN HEAVEN–and we will not be able to question that.

 

Because 2000 years ago, on a cross on Calvary, He SHOWED His love for each and every one of us.

 

Are you Alone?  Without Hope? Wondering who your Friends Are?  Worried about Tomorrow?

 

I don’t know the answers to any of the questions you might have.

 

But I know the Answer.

 

And the answer is the Answer because…..  

He cares …..

He weeps ….. 

And He Shows Up.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJGgAHOiL2E

 

In The Name of the Father and the 

Son and the Holy Spirit.  Amen.

 

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