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Session 5: Good Shepherd, Resurrect ion and Li fe, the One Who Came to Die 123

b. Quickly forgot Jesus’ affirmation about himself as the resurrection and the life

4. Jesus’ mild rebuke: Did I not tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God? , 11.40.

a. John 11.25-26 – Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, [26] and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” b. God can accomplish those things which are unthinkable and impossible, Rom. 4.17 – As it is written, “I have made you the father of many nations”—in the presence of the God in whom he believed, who gives life to the dead and calls into existence the things that do not exist.

5. Jesus’ prayer (in the past tense): Father, I thank you that you have heard me! , 11.41.

a. You always hear me, but I speak this for the sake of those standing around, 11.42.

b. I do this that they may believe that you sent me , 11.42b.

6. The life-giving power of Messiah: “Lazarus, come out!” , 11.43.

7. The result of the shout of Messiah: The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth (Lazarus comes out dressed in the