I'm having a bible study on the story of lazarus today at noon. Any key points I may have missed?
2007-02-13 01:22:19 · 7 answers · asked by rednecktexaschick 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
what is the best part of the story of the death and resurection of lazarus?
2007-02-13 01:37:29 · update #1
John 11:14 Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even thought he dies.
Sometimes our prayers are not answered in the way that we want them to be because the Lord wants to reveal something else to us. Martha and Mary wanted Jesus to get there in time to heal there brother's illness, but Jesus had another plan. He waited until Lazarus died and then he raised him to demonstrate the Resurrection.
2007-02-13 15:13:28 · answer #1 · answered by Freedom 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Well, you don't clarify which Lazarus story you mean, so I'll list my favorite thing about each:
1) John 11:1-44 (Jesus raises Lazarus from the dead): the part about this entire account that really gets to me is verse 35, "Jesus wept." Here is the awesome Creator of the universe and everything in it, the King of Israel, the Lion of Judah -- weeping. How often do we really understand that God is capable of emotions, including grief? So many of us think of Him as an emotionless, aloof God sitting up in the sky somewhere, when in fact He is all around us, feeling our pain and grieving over our sins. This feeling of grief and jealousy is also conveyed in the OT, but again, too many overlook it. An in-depth study of God's emotions in the Bible will underscore this.
2) Luke 16:19-31 (The Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus): verse 26 disproves the Catholic invention of "purgatory," since we are told it's not possible to escape from "torments" once a person is consigned there. Also, I love the exchange between the rich man and Abraham at verses 30 and 31: the rich man tells Abraham that the written words of Moses and the other prophets aren't enough to convince his brothers to repent. Abraham tells him they are. Isn't this the same argument we hear from unbelievers today? They ask, "how can I trust the Bible, since it's so old? why should I trust it, when it makes no sense to me?" And so on, and so on ....... Someday, these will be on their knees before the King and will be told essentially the same thing the rich man was told: "If you didn't trust the Words I gave you through the prophets, who warned you of this day, then there is nothing that can be done for you."
2007-02-13 01:50:31 · answer #2 · answered by Suzanne: YPA 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which Lazarus? The poor Lazarus who went to Abraham's Bosom or Mary and Martha's brother Lazarus who Jesus raised from the dead?
2007-02-13 01:26:00 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Even though I'm not a Christian, I am firmiliar with the story. The one that tells not to judge others.
2007-02-13 01:26:09 · answer #4 · answered by Adia Azrael 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
the story has its ups and downs
2007-02-13 01:29:34 · answer #5 · answered by ivorytowerboy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Need to be more specific with what you already have. Then we will know what you have missed.
2007-02-13 01:31:09 · answer #6 · answered by Child of God 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was found later, notes that jesus spent the night with lazuras, they were actually lovers!!!! little known fact
2007-02-13 01:28:48 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋