Remsen Bible Fellowship

Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life John 11:17-46; Remsen Bible Fellowship Introduction:  You might remember that woven through the sermon last week were the lines of William Cowper’s poem, “God Moves in a Mysterious Way.” In this poem, Cowper urges his reader to Judge not the Lord by feeble sense/but trust him for His grace/behind a frowning Providence/He hides a smiling face. Last week we examined the frowning face of Providence, where we were told in v5 that Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus, and yet this love was of a sort that allows brothers to die, sisters to linger in despair, and leads disciples into harm’s way. It’s a very strange sort of love when judged by human standards. And yet today we are going to see the reason Jesus works so strangely in the lives of this family: he is about to put His glory on display.  The best outcome for any human being, in any circumstance in life, is that they might see and savor the glory of God. In our text...