Thoughts of Josh Dryer

I AM the Resurrection and the Life John 11:1-46   - Lazarus died for the glory of God and for our benefit (:1-16) 1 Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. 2 It was the Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment, and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. 3 So the sisters sent word to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.” John shifts our focus to a place called Bethany, which was near Jerusalem. There is a small family composed of Mary, Martha, and Lazarus Lazarus (whose full Hebrew name was Eleazar, which means “God assists) is sick. Mary and Martha are the sisters who welcomed Jesus into their home a while back (Lk 10:38-42). While Jesus was there, Martha worked hard to serve Him and Mary sat at His feet and listened to His teaching. Martha grew indignant because Mary wasn’t helping her and asked Jesus to scold her. Jesus did not scold Mary. He told Martha that Mary wa...

I AM the Son of God  John 10:22-42  Big Idea: Jesus is the Son of God - Implications: God, Sin, Salvation Who is Jesus? (:22-24) •    22 At that time the Feast of the Dedication took place at Jerusalem; 23 it was winter, and Jesus was walking in the temple in the portico of Solomon. -   First, John provides us some context for Jesus’ words. •   Harper Bible Dictionary - Feast of Dedication or Hanukkah, a Jewish festival celebrating the purification of the Temple in the time of the Maccabean revolt. On the 25th of Kislev (December), 167 B.C.., during the religious persecution of the Jews by the Seleucid Antiochus Epiphanes, the altar of the Temple was polluted with pagan sacrifices. Observant Jews, under the leadership of Mattathias (a priest) and his five sons, rebelled against the Seleucids. Upon Mattathias’ death, his son Judas Maccabee took command of the revolt, won several victories over the Seleucid army, and reconquered Jerusa...