The events surrounding the death, burial, and resurrection of Lazarus is found in the eleventh chapter of the Gospel of John. This is an important chapter for today’s believers.
John the Baptist’s ministry was growing. People were traveling great distances to hear this rabbi speak. Listeners turned into disciples and disciples turned into followers. The message of John the Baptist was simple but difficult as his sermons stressed repentance. His message was to prepare those hearers in preparing for the Messiah. John and his disciples were together one day when suddenly John declares, “Behold the Lamb of God!”
For the next few weeks leading up to Easter, we will begin a new sermon series titled, “Come and See.” The sermon series is topical, however, each sermon will be exegetical. This first sermon in the series is a wonderful segway from the “worship” series we just completed to this series on proclamation. The text for today is a psalm of thanksgiving. The author is thankful for God answering prayer.