Easter 2025

JESUS IS…

Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life!

“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.”   John 11:25 (NIV)

Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha…    John 11:1 (NIV)

So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is sick.” 

John 11:3 (NIV)

When he heard this, Jesus said, “This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God’s glory so that God’s Son may be glorified through it.” 

John 11:4 (NIV)

DEAD BECAUSE OF DOUBT.

Then Thomas (also known as Didymus) said to the rest of the disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with him.”   John 11:16 (NIV)

DEAD BECAUSE OF DISCOURAGEMENT. 

When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed at home.   John 11:20 (NIV)

DEAD BECAUSE OF DELAY.

On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days.   John 11:17 (NIV)

“Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my brother would not have died.”   John 11:21 (NIV)

But I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask. 

John 11:22 (NIV)

Jesus said to (Martha), “Your brother will rise again.”  Martha answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”  Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”   John 11:23 - 26 (NIV)

THE RESURRECTION IS NOT JUST AN EVENT - IT’S A PERSON. 

When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” 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.”   John 11:43 - 44 (NIV)

DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?

“I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.”   John 11:25 (NIV)