João 11
G. Campbell Morgan · Citado em PreceptAustin
João 11
Morgan - Nine Rabid Teeth (BORROW On this day : 365 amazing and inspiring stories about saints, martyrs & heroes) Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died.” Jesus then said, “I am the one who raises the dead to life! Everyone who has faith in me will live, even if they die. And everyone who lives because of faith in me will never really die.” John 11:21,25,26a Susan Talbott Wengatz, Methodist missionary in Malange, Angola, began Wednesday, December 11, 1929, by strolling through her garden, soaking up the fragrances of the roses and the brilliance of the sunshine. She gathered as many blossoms as she could carry, then turned toward the house to prepare her morning Bible class. Suddenly, she saw a large dog tramping toward her. “Shoo!” Susan cried. “Shoo! Go back!” But the dog snarled, bared its teeth, and lunged. Susan dropped her roses and threw her arms over her face. The dog tore into her, sinking nine rabid teeth into the flesh. Mr. Wengatz rushed his wife to a nearby hospital, but there was no rabies serum. They sped to another hospital. No serum. They rushed to the port to find a boat leaving the country, but the ships had left. They considered driving to the Belgian Congo, but heavy rains had washed out the roads. Cables flashed to Lisbon, Capetown, Johannesburg, and the Congo where pharmacists quickly wrapped and sent packages of rabies serum. Days of unbearable suspense passed as local Christians in Angola wept, fasted, and prayed. For various reasons the serums were delayed in transit. Meanwhile Susan felt no pain or sickness. Her wounds healed, and she returned to business as usual. When one of the packages finally arrived, she began taking the shots. One month after the attack, Susan found her husband in the workshop and told him, “It’s aching today, my arm.” The ache grew worse, and she was put to bed. She declined rapidly. “I hear the music of heaven,” she whispered. “I see Jesus. My anchor holds. Does yours? I’ll see you in the morning. Now I’m going to sleep in Jesus’ name.” No one understands why God permitted a rabid dog to enter Susan Wengatz’s garden that morning in 1929. He allows us unanswered questions—the stuff of faith. Southern preacher Vance Havner, mulling over similar imponderables, spoke of being “shipwrecked on God and stranded on Omnipotence.” Charles
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Morgan - BORROW From this Verse - Recalled from Death “Prayer,” said Martin Luther, “is a climbing up of the heart into God. None can believe how powerful prayer is, and what it is able to effect, but those who have learned it by experience.” Luther spoke from his own experience, for he received many interesting answers to prayer. One of them occurred when his dearest friend and associate, Philip Melancthon, fell ill. According to an ancient biography, Luther arrived to find Philip about to “give up the ghost. His eyes were set; his consciousness was almost gone; his speech had failed, and also his hearing; his face had fallen; he knew no one, and had ceased to take either solids or liquids.” Luther, beside himself with grief, exclaimed, “Blessed Lord, how has the devil spoiled me of this instrument!” He turned toward the window and began praying aloud earnestly. Almost instantly Philip began to move, and he was soon completely restored. Melancthon later said, “I should have been a dead man had I not been recalled from death itself by the coming of Luther.” A similar event in 1541 involved Friedrich Myconius, another of Luther’s friends, who was found in the last stages of tuberculosis and was almost speechless. Luther was unable to visit Myconius’ bedside, so he wrote a prayer and sent it to him by courier, saying: May God not let me hear so long as I live that you are dead, but cause you to survive me. I pray this earnestly, and will have it granted. Amen. Myconius later said, “I was so horrified when I read what the good man had written, that it seemed to me as though I had heard Christ say, ‘Lazarus come forth!’ ” And it so happened as Luther prayed. Myconius recovered and was kept from the grave until a short time after Luther’s death in 1546. Jon Courson - John 11:43–45 (from A Day's Journey) ‘Where are You, Lord?’ we cry. ‘I sent a message to You in prayer. I’ve cried out to You in sincerity. But You’re not working. You’re not coming. Where are You?’ This story teaches you and me that delays are determined by the Lord for His glory. ‘Lord, come and heal our brother,’ cry Mary and Martha. ‘I’m going to do something a whole lot more impacting than that,’ answers Jesus. ‘I’m going to resurrect him. But that means he has to die first.’ I have found that the longer the Lord waits to do His work in my life, oftentimes the greater blessing it is for His glory and my good. You more mature believers have sung, ‘Lord, use my life.’ But what if that means tragedy? What if it means setback, bankruptcy, cancer, pain, or death? What if God can get the maximum amount of glory when a world who doesn’t believe watches you go through terrible times and sees His strength carry you through? Samson’s greatest victory did not take place until he stood as a blind man in the temple of Dagon and brought the roof down upon himself and the Philistines (Judges 16:30). ‘Use my life, Lord,’ I pray. ‘I’m ready for the Jon Courson Evangelistic Association, or the ‘Jon Courson’s Greatest Hits’ album.’ But the Lord says, ‘OK. I’ll use you. I’ll show My goodness and reality as you go through horrendous difficulty—for when the roof caves in and the house comes down, The demons will flee; The Philistines will fall; And I will be glorified.’ If you really want your life to be used, precious people, let the Lord do what He knows will bring Him the greatest glory. Be one who says, ‘To God be the glory—whatever that may mean in my life.’ John 11:44 The man who had died came forth, bound hand and foot with wrappings, and his face was wrapped around with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." BGT John 11:44 ἐξῆλθεν ὁ τεθνηκὼς δεδεμένος τοὺς πόδας καὶ τὰς χεῖρας κειρίαις καὶ ἡ ὄψις αὐτοῦ σουδαρίῳ περιεδέδετο. λέγει αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· λύσατε αὐτὸν καὶ ἄφετε αὐτὸν ὑπάγειν. KJV John 11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go. NET John 11:44 The one who had died came out, his feet and hands tied up with strips of cloth, and a cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, "Unwrap him and let him go." CSB John 11:44 The dead man came out bound hand and foot with linen strips and with his face wrapped in a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him and let him go." ESV John 11:44 The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go." NIV John 11:44 The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face. Jesus said to them, "Take off the grave clothes and let him go." NLT John 11:44 And the dead man came out, his hands and feet bound in graveclothes, his face wrapped in a headcloth. Jesus told them, "Unwrap him and let him go!" NRS John 11:44 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." NJB John 11:44 The dead man came out, his feet and hands bound with strips of material, and a cloth over his face. Jesus said to them, 'Unbind him, let him go free.' NAB John 11:44 The dead man came out, tied hand and foot with burial bands, and his face was wrapped in a cloth. So Jesus said to them, "Untie him and let him go." YLT John 11:44 and he who died came forth, being bound feet and hands with grave-clothes, and his visage with a napkin was bound about; Jesus saith to them, 'Loose him, and suffer to go.' MIT John 11:44 The dead exited, bound feet and hands by linen windings, his face covered by a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Loose him and let him go free." he that: Jn 11:25,26 5:21,25 10:30 Ge 1:3 1Sa 2:6 Ps 33:9 Eze 37:3-10 Ho 13:14 Ac 20:9-12 Php 3:21 Rev 1:18 bound: Jn 20:5-7 Loose: Jn 11:39 Mk 5:43 Lu 7:15 John 11 Resources - Multiple Sermons and Commentaries Related Passages: John 20:5-7+ and stooping and looking in, he *saw the linen wrappings lying there; but he did not go in. 6 And so Simon Peter also *came, following him, and entered the tomb; and he *saw the linen wrappings lying there, 7 and the face-cloth (soudarion) which had been on His head, not lying with the linen wrappings, but rolled up in a place by itself. LAZARUS LIVES AGAIN The man who had died (thnesko) came forth (exerchomai), (Literally, "Came out the dead man") - This is an understatement to say the least - a man who had died came forth. Did he hop out, run, jump, crawl, etc? If the legs were bound separately he could have ambulated. John simply does not say. Let's ask Lazarus in heaven! Bound (deo - perfect) hand and foot with wrappings (keiria - graveclothes), and his face was wrapped around with a cloth (soudarion) (YLT = "his visage with a napkin was bound") - Although Lazarus is bound he is able to obey the command and still able to come forth! And even with a face cloth which would surely have obscured Lazarus' vision. What a sight this must have been to the witnesses! Jesus (Iesous) said to them, "Unbind (luo) him, and let (aphiemi) him go (aphiemi) - Then Jesus follows with two commands in the aorist imperative (unbind...let) calling for onlookers to participate in the miracle! Their participation in the miracle would make them first hand witnesses to spread the news of this miracle (e.g., "Yes, I unwrapped Lazarus' hands, and he was clearly alive.") John records no words from Lazarus like "Hallelujah!" In Mk 5:21–24, 35–43 Jesus resuscitated the daughter of Jairus. The parents ‘were astonished with a great astonishment’, and ‘he … commanded that something should be given her to eat’. (Mk 5:43+) He knows all the needs of those raised from the dead—food in Mk 5:43, freedom in John 11:44, and fellowship in Luke 7:15+. For us today in our newness of life He has made the same provisions. See this relatively accurate youtube video of Jesus calling Lazarus out of the tomb. See scene from The Chosen of Jesus Calling Lazarus Leon