JOHN 11:1-6

1 Now a man named Lazarus was sick. He was from Bethany, the village
of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 (This Mary, whose brother Lazarus now
lay sick, was the same one who poured perfume on the Lord and wiped his
feet with her hair.) 3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you
love is sick.” 4 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.” 5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So
when he heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more
days.

A LOVE THAT DELAYS RELIEF.

PSALM 13: 1-2

1 How long, LORD? Will you forget me forever? How
long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I
wrestle with my thoughts and day after day have sorrow in
my heart?

A LOVE THAT CAUSES GRIEF.

JOHN 11:5-7; 11-14

5 Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus. 6 So when he
heard that Lazarus was sick, he stayed where he was two more days., 7 and
then he said to his disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has
fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.” 12 His disciples
replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking
of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. 14 So then he
told them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.

JOHN 11:17-21

17 On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the
tomb for four days. 18 Now Bethany was less than two miles from
Jerusalem, 19 and many Jews had come to Martha and Mary to
comfort them in the loss of their brother. 20 When Martha heard
that Jesus was coming, she went out to meet him, but Mary stayed
at home. 21 “Lord,” Martha said to Jesus, “if you had been here, my
brother would not have died.

JOHN 11:32

32 When Mary reached the place where Jesus was and saw him,
she fell at his feet and said, “Lord, if you had been here, my
brother would not have died.”

a) Jesus loves by showing us Himself.

JOHN 11:3-4

3 So the sisters sent word to Jesus, “Lord, the one you love is
sick.” 4 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 14:21

21 He who has My commandments and keeps them, it is
he who loves Me. And he who loves Me will be loved
by My Father, and I will love him and manifest Myself
to him."

b) Jesus loves by showing us His emotions.

JOHN 11:34-35

34 “Where have you laid him?” he asked. “Come and see,
Lord,” they replied. 35 Jesus wept.

JOHN 11:23-26

23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”

So Mary and Martha got what they wanted. They had their
miracle. Lazarus is going to be given life again. 24 Martha
answered, “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last
day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The
one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and
whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe
this?”