This
week, we continue our Encounters with Jesus series with a lesson called The
Grieving Sisters. As things escalated with the Pharisees and other
religious leaders, Jesus’s dear friend Lazarus died. Against the warnings of
his disciples who didn’t want him to go anywhere near Jerusalem for fear for
his life, Jesus made his way to Bethany where he encountered Lazarus’s sisters,
Mary and Martha, who were distraught over their brother’s death. Both asked why
he hadn’t gotten there sooner, not fully realizing what Jesus was about to do.
Then, in one of the most dramatic episodes in the Bible, Jesus calls Lazarus
out from his tomb. The exchanges point to the fallen state of our world
and what God has done about it, and how we, too, can be much like Mary and Martha
without fully comprehending what Jesus can do in our lives.
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