>>Bill: In a hi-tech
society like ours, we often need
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instructions for
using new products.
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But who writes
these instructions?
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On a package of airline peanuts:
"Open packet and eat contents."
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Good advice!
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On a chain saw: "Do not attempt
to stop chain with your hands."
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And finally, on a steering-wheel
lock : "Warning--remove lock
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before driving."
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Unless, of course, you
plan on making only right turns.
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ANNOUNCER: It has
stood the test of time.
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God's book: the Bible,
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still relevant in
today's complex world.
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It Is Written,
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sharing the messages
of hope around the world.
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I love reading about these silly
instructions - there are some
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really great ones .
"Do not use as ear plugs."
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-- On a package of silly putty.
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"May be harmful if swallowed."
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-- On a shipment of hammers.
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"Warning: May contain nuts."
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-- On a package of peanuts.
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"Do not eat toner."
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-- On a toner
cartridge for a laser printer.
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"Warning: May
contain small parts."
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-- On a frisbee.
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Much of the book of I
Thessalonians is concerned with
giving instructions.
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The Christian believers in the
city of Thessalonica faced
persecution from the
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outset.
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In spite of this, the
Thessalonian church appeared to
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be a faithful
community of believers.
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The apostle Paul, author of
I and II Thessalonians, often
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praises them for their
faithfulness, holy living, and
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generosity. Yet he also wants to
make sure that they are
thoroughly instructed in
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the issues of the faith, because
he knows they will come under
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great pressure from
the surrounding society.
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Keep away from promiscuity,
he says to them, follow Christ's
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example of holiness, work hard
to support yourself, live at
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peace with your neighbors.
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The first half of I
Thessalonians, chapter 4,
teaches the believers in
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Thessalonica how
to LIVE as Christians.
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The second half of this chapter
teaches them how to DIE in the
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same manner. And here is where
Paul's attitude is so much
healthier than our own.
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We all crave instructions on how
to live better, but rarely do we
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give much thought to the
question of how to die better.
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In fact, we would rather
avoid the subject altogether.
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Paul writes:
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Dying is an important part
of living, so let's spend a few
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moments thinking about
this unique event in human
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experience. There is a healthy
and an unhealthy way to grieve.
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When someone we
love dies, it hurts.
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Sometimes the
hurt is overwhelming.
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We call the process of
dealing with that hurt, grief.
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According to the Canadian
Mental Health Association .
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Paul does not
tell us not to grieve.
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What he says is, do not grieve
as those who have no hope.
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Grief is a natural part of
losing a loved one to death.
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A healthy person must grieve.
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The question is, what is
different about how a Christian
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grieves? Joining me on today's
program is Dr. Leader from
Toronto's York University.
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She is considered by
many to be a grief expert.
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Dr. Leader, I'd like to ask you
today, how should a Christian
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grieve? >>Dr.
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Leader: Thank you Bill.
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Grief is the normal
reaction to loss of any kind.
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We often associate grief
with the death of a loved one.
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However, grief normally occurs
in the face of loss: loss of a
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relationship including death;
conflict or divorce and
separation; death of a
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pet; loss of health; loss of
one's station in life, etc. Some
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Christians and others believe
that grieving is a sin, that is,
it is wrong to grieve.
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As a result of this view of
grief, many Christians
unnecessarily suffer in
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silence, leading
to complicated grief.
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That is not what
the Bible teaches.
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Jesus grieved over the spiritual
condition of the people at the
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time of Lazarus' death.
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John 11:35 stated: "Jesus wept.
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" That was grief.
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Grief touches all
humanity, Christian or not.
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Those who see loss as a natural
part of our existence understand
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the need to allow oneself to
grieve, instead of bottling it
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all up. Those who have the
courage to actually grieve, tend
to have a smoother passage
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through the grief process
than those who for one reason or
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another believe they should hide
their grief, show a stiff upper
lip, and be strong for
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everyone around them.
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Grief is a painful process,
but the process and duration are
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different for each person.
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Many prefer to avoid the pain of
loss, grief and separation, yet
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grieving is important.
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It helps us mark the connection
we once had with the person or
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situation no longer there.
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Though being a Christian does
not take away the pain, grief
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does not have to
feel like a hopeless end.
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Knowing God brings solace.
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God Himself understands our pain
and grief, and knows how to get
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us through it.
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He lost His only Son.
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When our grief involves the
death of a loved one, knowing
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that there's a resurrection
gives us confidence in Him who
is the resurrection and the
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life (John 11:25).
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Here are some passages
from God's word that address the
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theme of grief: The Gospel
Prophet in Isa 53:3 tells us
that He, Jesus is acquainted
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with grief.
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In Isa.
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61:1, Jesus comes to
heal the "brokenhearted".
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In vs.
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2b, He comforts
those who mourn and, In vs.
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3, He is there to console those
who mourn in Zion, to give them
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beauty for ashes, and the oil of
joy for mourning, and the
garment of praise for the
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spirit of heaviness.
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In 1 Thess.
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4:13, Paul encourages the
brethren to have hope that just
as Jesus was raised
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from the dead, then they should
have hope about their loved ones
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who "sleep in Jesus".
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He is here speaking
about losing loved ones.
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The book of Lamentations written
by the prophet Ezekiel is of
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full of just that.
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Read chapter 3 when
you have the opportunity.
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Our favourite song "Great is thy
faithfulness" is based on verse
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22, 23 which says...
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Let's console each other
and support one another through
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grief. God knows what we go
through, and he has made
provision in His word for
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us to find comfort, but He
placed us in one another's lives
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to minister that comfort.
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We serve a great God, don't we?
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Back to you Bill.
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>>Bill: Thank you Dr. Leader.
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How do we help others who
are going through the grieving
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process. The apostle Paul says
near the end of this passage,
"Therefore comfort one
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another with these words."
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Comfort each other
by talking about death?
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Yes!
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That's exactly what he means.
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Talk about it.
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Vent your emotions.
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Express your fears.
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Ponder the mysteries.
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But emphasize the hope!
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Let's return to
our Bible passage:
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This is the reality of death for
followers of Jesus Christ: death
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hurts. It hurts bad,
but it is not the end.
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We will be raised up to eternal
life, and we will be with the
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Lord forever! John 11 tells
us the story of Lazarus' illness
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and death. Among the most
steadfast of Christ's disciples
was Lazarus of Bethany.
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From their first meeting his
faith in Christ had been strong;
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his love for Him was deep, and
he was greatly beloved by the
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Saviour. It was for Lazarus that
the greatest of Christ's
miracles was performed.
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Jesus would often come
to Lazarus' home to rest.
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Jesus did not have his own
home; He was dependent on the
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hospitality of His friends and
disciples, and on many
occasions, He would escape to
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this peaceful household, away
from the suspicion and jealousy
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of the angry Pharisees.
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Here He could speak with
simplicity and perfect freedom,
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knowing that His words would
be understood and treasured.
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One day Jesus got word
that Lazarus was not well.
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John 11: 3
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They believed that Jesus would
sympathize with them in their
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distress; they thought that He
would respond immediately and
would come right away.
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Anxiously they waited for Jesus
to come or at least for a word
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from Jesus. As long as Lazarus
was alive they prayed and
watched for Jesus to come.
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But the messenger
returned without Him.
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When Lazarus died, they were
bitterly disappointed; but they
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refrained from
placing any blame on Jesus.
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After two days, Jesus
said to the disciples,
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This is the other side of faith.
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We will not
forever feel forsaken.
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Christ may linger in another
place for a long time, or so it
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seems. But his
absence is temporary.
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He has not forgotten us.
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On his arrival, Jesus found that
Lazarus had already been in the
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tomb for four days.
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There was no life left in him.
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Martha rushed to meet Jesus, her
heart troubled by conflicting
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emotions. When she saw Jesus,
the look on His face portrayed
the tenderness and love
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that had always been there.
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Her confidence in Him was
unbroken, but she thought of her
brother, whom Jesus
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also had loved.
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With grief surging in her heart
because Christ had not come
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before, yet with hope that even
now He would do something to
comfort them, she said,
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And after she had said this, she
went back and called her sister
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Mary aside.
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"The Teacher is here," she
said, "and is asking for you.
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When Mary reached the place
where Jesus was and saw him, she
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fell at his feet and said the
same thing Martha said, "Lord,
if you had been here, my
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brother would not have died.
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" When Jesus saw her weeping,
and those who had come along
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with her also weeping, he
was deeply moved in spirit and
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troubled. "Where
have you laid him?
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" he asked.
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"Come and see,
Lord," they replied.
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Jesus wept.
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We love that verse, don't we?
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It saved many of us when we were
young and were asked to recite a
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Bible verse.
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"Jesus wept"--the
shortest verse in the Bible.
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But it is also one
of the most powerful.
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Jesus wept.
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Real tears.
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Just like we cry real
tears when we are hurting.
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To know that Jesus cares,
that he enters into our pain and
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feels our suffering is
at the heart of our faith.
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There's an
important lesson here.
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When people are in grief,
they don't want theological
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pronouncements.
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They just want us
to come and love them.
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They just want us to
come and cry with them.
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Jesus wept with those He
loved, and He still does.
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He hurts with us.
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He feels our pain.
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We all face suffering some time
and when it comes, one thing we
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can know is that our Lord is
hurting with us, and He will
love us through it.
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He will walk through the valley
with us and in time He will
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bring us out of the valley of
sorrow to the mountaintop on the
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other side. Jesus wept
with those he loved and he still
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does. Friends standing around
said, "See how he loved him!
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" But some of them said, "Could
not he who opened the eyes of
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the blind man have
kept this man from dying?
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" Jesus, once more
deeply moved, came to the tomb.
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It was a cave with a
stone laid across the entrance.
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"Take away the stone," he said.
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"But, Lord," said Martha, "by
this time there is a bad odor,
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for he has been there four days.
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" Then Jesus said, "
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I have heard someone comment
on this saying, "If Jesus hadn't
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limited that command to Lazarus,
every corpse in the graveyard
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would have come forth!
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" Jesus called in a loud
voice, "Lazarus, come out!
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" And the dead man came out,
his hands and feet wrapped with
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strips of linen, and
a cloth around his face.
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Jesus said to them, "Take off
the grave clothes and let him
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go. " What an amazing story.
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After four days in the tomb,
Jesus raised a dead man from the
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grave. Resurrection is a present
reality, not a wild futuristic
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fantasy. The apostle Paul,
writing to the church at
Corinth, says that this is the
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central claim of Christianity,
that Christ's own resurrection
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and his power to raise others
is absolutely critical for the
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Christian faith.
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Paul says )ú the resurrection is
not true, then Christianity is
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meaningless, and if it is true,
only then do we have reason to
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hope for the future.
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But that hope is not born
in times of celebration and
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rejoicing. Hope is born of grief
and sorrow, given birth by a man
well acquainted with
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grief and sorrow,
who weeps with us.
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Resurrection hope didn't come
to a bunch of folks who were
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rejoicing and triumphant.
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It came to folks who were at
the end of their rope, who were
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shaking their heads and
saying, "I don't know, Lord.
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I just don't know."
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Through tears and weariness,
through fear and confusion,
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through the disorientation of
grief, through arms reaching out
to feel their way in the
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darkness, resurrection came.
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It came because our God is a God
who breathes new life even into
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dry, dead bones.
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It came because with
God, all things are possible.
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It came because
God really is love.
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Where is our hope
in the face of death?
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Jesus says,
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That's where our hope is.
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God can bring new life
even in the midst of death.
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God invites each of us,
everyone, everywhere, to come to
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new life in Jesus Christ.
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Because, you see, God is not
willing to let death have the
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last word. But in order to be
witnesses to the resurrection,
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we've got to walk through the
valley of the shadow of death.
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Despite our questions, despite
our doubts - we go on believing.
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Death still stinks, but we
struggle to roll away the
tombstones, to help one
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another remove the wrappings
of death that bind us all in one
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way or another.
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And we, of all people should
know that . "the Lord Himself
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will descend from heaven with a
shout, with the voice of the
archangel and with the
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trumpet of God, and the
dead in Christ will rise first.
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Then we who are alive and remain
will be caught up together with
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them in the clouds to meet the
Lord in the air, and so we shall
always be with the Lord.
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Therefore comfort one
another with these words.
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I'm only human; I'm just a woman
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Help me be all I
can be and all that I am
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Show me the stairway
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I have to climb
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So for my sake
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Teach me to take
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One day at a time
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One day at a time, sweet Jesus
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That's all I'm asking from you
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Help me today to do
everything that I have to do
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Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus
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And tomorrow may never be mine
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Help me today
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Show me the way
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One day at a time.
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Do you remember
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When you walked among men
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Well Jesus, you know
if you're looking below
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It's worse now than then
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Cheating and
stealing, violence and crime
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So for my sake
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Teach me to take
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One day at a time
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One day at a time, sweet Jesus
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That's all I'm asking from you
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Help me today to do
everything that I have to do
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Yesterday's gone sweet Jesus
00:24:59.56\00:25:03.56
And tomorrow may never be mine
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Help me today
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Show me the way
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One day at a time.
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Help me today
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Show me the way
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One day at a time.
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>>Bill: Let us pray.
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Heavenly Father, at this moment
in time, we think of those who
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are travelling through the
valley of the shadow of death.
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In their grief and
dispair they see no way out.
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Father draw close
to them right now.
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And may they live with the
assurance of the ressurection in
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Jesus Christ, Amen.
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>>Dave: God is great and
beyond all human comprehension.
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We are told that his eyes are
even on the sparrow, therefore
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his eyes are on us.
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Pastor Bill has prepared a
book that includes all of the
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messages in this series.
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The book is called
"Fear not, for I am with you".
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We would like to send
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Here is the information
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>>Bill: Well we have come to
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