The Last Miracle Before The Cross
Series: The Rescue
You will remember that John who wrote the gospel of John under the inspiration of the holy spirit of God gave us at the close of his gospel, both his motive and his method of writing the gospel of John. 30 And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book: 31 But these are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name. John 20:30-31 (KJV) His motive was that you might believe that Jesus is the Christ and that believing you might have life through his name.
That was his motive, but what was his method. He said many other signs did Jesus, but these are written that you might believe that he is the Christ.
And so, his method was to select seven miracles and these are special miracles,
miracles with a message,
signs with a significance (meaning),
miracles that Jesus performed
but you need to look beyond the miracle to the message.
You need to look beyond the sign to the significance (meaning). Today we’re going to be talking about the last of those miracles, the raising of Lazarus from the dead. We will celebrate his resurrection by looking at another resurrection,the story of his friend Lazarus.