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    Did Lazarus' Sickness Glorify God? (Part 2)

    Did Lazarus' Sickness Glorify God? (Part 2)

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    Did Lazarus' Sickness Glorify God? (Part 2)

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    Did Lazarus' Sickness Glorify God? (Part 2)

    Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby. (Jn 11:3-4)


    There have been a number of theologians who have mischaracterized God and maligned His character by claiming that He inflicts sickness on people for His glory. Since the Bible teaches no such thing they have misused and twisted passages such as the one above to make the case for their false teaching. Sadly, those who have not understood the Biblical language of faith have been easily duped into accepting this maligning of God.

    As we emphasized yesterday, the language of Jesus in this passage was not meant to be taken in the sense that God gets glory from sickness itself and that Lazarus would never see physical death. His language was "faith language" in which a person does not go by what they see, but by what God says, even if what God says contradicts what we are seeing.

    In John 11:40 Jesus asked Martha, "Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?" They were to believe He is the resurrection and the life. Jesus did not want them to limit this truth only to some future event but He wanted them to recognize that resurrection and life was available now (Rom. 8:11). By placing their faith in this truth they would see the glory of God.

    In verse 45 we are told that the Jews believed on Jesus. What caused the Jews to believe on Jesus? Was it the sickness and/or the death itself? No. The fact that the sickness was not healed caused some to criticize the Lord (John 11:37). It caused Martha to limit the power of God when she said, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died" (John 11:32). It caused the Jews to weep and cry instead of rejoicing that their Savior had come in the midst of them. This caused the Lord Himself to groan (John 11:33). Therefore it was not the sickness and death itself that brought Jesus glory.

    The sickness was for the glory of God in this manner: it was an opportunity to demonstrate the power of God over sickness, disease and death itself. The sickness and death brought doubt, sadness, criticism, and grieving. Yet, when Jesus demonstrated resurrection power, this in turn caused many of the Jews to believe on Him. The demonstration of the power of God brought Jesus glory. This same resurrection power is still available to give life to your mortal body:

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