The Gospel According To John October 23, 2011 Sermon Lesson 57 John 11:28-37 Justice and Mercy in a World of Sin and Death: Jesus Was Outraged, Yet He Wept!
We must show Jesus' blend of justice and mercy in a world of sin and death. Jesus dealt compassionately with the bereaved Mary (28-33a) Jesus called for Mary (28-31) Mary confessed her incomplete faith (32) Mary and the Jews wept/wailed (33a) Jesus responded with both outrage and mercy (33b-35) Jesus was deeply moved (outraged) in spirit and greatly troubled (33b) At their unbelief (21, 32, 37) At death (whole context of Lazarus' story) Jesus wept (34-35) The Jews confessed their incomplete faith (36-37) Jesus was deeply moved (outraged) again (38) Applications We must show justice. We must show mercy. We must believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, the one who is coming into the world. “Those who follow Jesus as his disciples today do well to learn the same tension—that grief and compassion without outrage reduce to mere sentiment, while outrage without grief hardens into self-righteous arrogance and irascibility.” (D.A. Carson, “The Gospel of John”, p. 416)
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