Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-10-02
LAZARUS RESTORED.
LESSON |, FOURTH QUARTER, INTER-
NATIONAL SERIES, OCT. q.


nit Verses. 43, 44-GoIden Text, John
ri. e5-Commentary by the Rev. ID. NJ
stearns.
Compiled from Lesson Helper Quarterly by
permission of II. S. Hoffman, publisher. Phil
adelphia.1
81 "Then said Martha unto Jesus Lord,
II thou hadst been here, my brother had
not died"
Some of the facts of the previous part of
the chapter are that Jesus loved Martha
and Mary and Lazarus Verse 81; that Lag
arus, in the absence of Jesus, sickened and
died. that Jesus knew he was sick and dy-
ing. yet FASTENED not to him Verse O.; and
that this sickness and temporal death were
for the glory of God, that the Son of God
might be glorified thereby Verse ~. When
Jesus at last came, Lazarus being dead and
buried, Martha goes out to meet Him, and
this is her greeting Some believe that
Jesus comes to us in death, but Martha be
lieved that the coming of Jesus would have
prevented death, and she was right See
chapter xxi, 80 90
%. But know, that even now, whatso-
ever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it
thee"
%. Jesus saith unto her, Thy brother
shall rise again"
He did not say "Thy brother has already
risen," for resurrection and judgment take
place at death, as some great men teach
today. He taught the resurrection of the
body from the grave Chapter V, %, 90 Be
ware of any who like HymenRus and
Philetus who would lead you astray by
teaching that the resurrection is past al
ready III Tim. ii, H. 49,
"a. Martha saith unto Him, know that
he shall rise again in the resurrection at
the last day"
%. Jesus said unto her, am the resur-
rection and the life; he that believeth in
Me, though he were dead, yet shall he
live"
26. "And whosoever liveth and beleveth
in Me shall never die. Believest thou
this"
There is a second death, the lake of fire,
reserved for all whose names are not in the
Book of Life (Rev. Xxx, IA, 15). No true be
lever shall ever come to this As to the
separation of soul and body for time,
generally called death, Jesus taught His
followers not to fear it at all Matt. X, IS,
John xvi, p. Two men are now in glory
who never tasted even this death, but
whose bodies, changed in n moment, went
with their spirits to heaven. So shall it
! happen 10 all true believers VINO snail be
alive on the earth at the coming of Christ
in the air Il Thess. iv, 1918; Cor. XIV. 81,
52)
% "She saith unto Him, Yea, Lord,
believe that thou art the Christ the Son of
God, which should come into the world
So testified Peter on two different occa-
sions (Nlath. xvi, l6; John vi, go. And so
also testified the eunuch before he was bap-
tized by Philip acts viii, 80. The signif-
canoe of these titles is most comprehensive
and far reaching. Son of God is one equal
with God; the Jews so understood it in
chapter V, 49, The Christ is Israels Mes
siah or King who was to sit on David
throne as son of David, son of Abraham,
fulfilling the Abrahamic and Davidc cove
nants (Math. xvii, IL, 43; i, |; ii, 2, A..
2S. Aud when she had so said, she went
her way and called Mary, her sister, Sc
cretly, saying, The Master is come and
calleth for thee"
30. "As soon as she heard she arose
quickly and came unto Him"
Blessed obedience! She shall find rest
according to His promise (Math. ri, 2S-30)
Zaccheus made haste and came down and
received Him joyfully, and he found saliva
ton luke xix, 6, 9) Coming unto Him
and abiding with Him will meet all the
need of every human soul.
30. Now Jesus was not yet come into
the town, but was in that place where
Martha met Him."
81. The Jews then which were with heI
in the house, and comforted her, when they
saw Mary, that she rose up hastily and
went out, followed her, saying, She goeth
unto the grave to weep there"
We can weep with those who weep, we
l.., -, IL,
not give real comfort unless we ourselves
have received the same from God
30. "Then when Mary was come where
Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at
His feet, saying unto Him, Lord, if Thou
hadst been here my brother had not died ,
33. when Jesus therefore saw her weep
ing, and the Jews also weeping which came
with her, He groaned in the spirit and was
troubled"
"a. And said, Where have We laid him,
They said unto Him, Lord, come and see ,
He knew as well as they, but He would
have US tell Him what we have done with
our sorrows and point them out TO Him
The time will come when the last enemy
death, shall be destroyed Il Cor. XIV, 26)
and He now goes to give foreshadowinl
of that glad day
35. Jesus wept."
The shortest verse in the Bible, but who
can fathom it. The Son of God in tears.
&c. "Then said the Jews Behold, how II,
loved himr"
Love must manifest itself if it is real
and we will not need to speak of it. Love
that consists of words only is not love.
81. And some of them said, Could no
this man, which opened the eyes of tn
blind, have caused that even this MAJ
should not have died?"
Yes, this was even so; their reasoning
was right If He could open blind eye
He could also make sick people well. Blu
He could do more than that; He coulc
make dead people live, and He had Above,
Lazarus to die and be buried that Hi
greater power might be manifest in him.
30. Jesus therefore, again grooming il
Himself, cometh TO the grave. 1t was
cave and stone lay upon it,"
80. Jesus said, Take We away the stone
Martha, the sister of him that was dead
Eaith unto Him, Ia rd, by this time h
ltipk keith for me IA, -, lDpu IaaI fpur dave