Title “Lazarus, come out” (John 11:17-44)
"Go to the backyard tomorrow morning, and when the trash piles up again, put a pretty lilac flower on it.
let go."
The son did what his mother told him to do. When you take out the trash, put a lilac flower on it,
Also, if you put garbage in, put flowers on it... In between days like this, when did you start putting garbage in?
is said to have disappeared. It is a story that touches our hearts.
In the meantime, we have observed Lent for 40 days. During Lent, we have been thinking about our many sins.
I repented. Today we have an Easter service, and Easter is on the garbage of our sins.
I thought about putting flowers in it. In the meantime, we've been thinking a lot about the garbage in us
But today is the day to put flowers on the garbage of our despair.
If you look at today's text, you can see that we can put flowers on any garbage of despair.
All. Today we offered lilies to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord, and with these lilies we
I know I have to put it on top of the trash.
Today's verse is a familiar verse. Lazarus, the young man whom Jesus loved, was ill.
Lazarus' sisters Mary and Martha wanted Jesus to come and heal him quickly, but the Lord
You came here after a long time saying it was not a disease. You arrived three days after you were already buried.
All.
The Jews murmured, "Couldn't he who opened the eyes of the blind keep Lazarus from dying?"
The Lord secretly gives a pint cup for arriving late. Mariwa and Martha couldn't give them a pint glass and just
They say that they believe that they will live again in the resurrection on the last day. Perhaps in my heart I want the Lord a lot
would have been ruined
The Lord felt sorry for this and went to the tomb of Lazarus in tears. all in front of the grave
You must have guessed that you were going to weep.
But instead of weeping, the Lord suddenly tells us to move the stone away. Martha is already four days old
They say it smells rancid, but the Lord is reckless. I was forced to move the stone. not all
The rotten me that stings my nose is pouring out.
At this time, the Lord calls out to the tomb with a loud voice. "Lazarus, come out."
Lazarus, who had been dead for four days, went out of the tomb with his whole body wrapped in sackcloth and his face wrapped in a towel.
walk out to The Lord speaks for the last time. “Let him go and let him go.”
In fact, Mary and Martha waited for Jesus to come before Lazarus died. Lord healed the blind
Because he believed he could heal. But after Lazarus died, they no longer prayed to the Lord.
did not treat After the resurrection on the last day, they believed only in the resurrection together. because death is for them
It was the last desperate event, and he believed that Jesus could not exert any power in the face of immediate death.
because of.
They believed that death was the worst garbage that neither humans nor the Lord could control. know this well
Poetry The Lord did not come to Lazarus right away. He waited until he died four days ago. death
You waited until you despaired in front of the garbage. Then he opened the tomb door,
Come out, Lazarus," he cried. He resurrected Lazarus. There is no hopeless garbage in the sight of the Lord.
It shows that it doesn't exist.
Even death showed me to be a little maidservant who glorifies God in the sight of the Lord.
The flower of resurrection has blossomed from the pile of garbage called death. Then the flower of resurrection must bloom today
Where to go?
While preparing for this sermon, I read a book called Addiction & Grace. psychiatry
This is a book written by a doctor, with a keen insight after dealing with many addicted patients. I am of course
Hey, I opened the book thinking that it would start with drug addiction and end with drug addiction, but it wasn't.
All. The author first tells his story. He wasn't a drug addict, but he was a 'workaholic'
I confess that it was. And he said that he was healed by God's grace from workaholics.
back. The author asserts that when you earnestly desire something other than God, it creates an addiction.
Says What you want is starting to take control of you. then there
can't get out. I can't get out of work and alcohol. This is an addiction phenomenon. end-of-life phenomenon
It means that you die without realizing it.
He says 'workaholic' and 'alcoholic' are the same addict. that nu
They say that they are all in a desperate state and cannot experience the flow of God's love because of this.
do. All they need, he claims, is the grace of God.
As I read this book, I reflected on myself. Do I have no symptoms of addiction?
easily discovered my addiction. The thought of preaching well, the thought of doing well in the ministry,
I was addicted to this thought.
I keep reading, wondering how then I can get out of this addiction, but this author
To make the argument, acknowledge the addiction phenomenon and turn this addiction phenomenon into a channel for receiving God’s grace.
I came to the conclusion that I should use it.
Addiction is a desperate state from which you cannot get out of your own. Acknowledge this desperate state
and asking God's mercy, this addiction became a valuable channel to receive God's gift.
That was all. I just thought that it meant putting a lily on top of the addiction.
My dear friends, we all have addictions. more than hope for God
Desire also causes us to become addicted. In the end, make us despair in the midst of addiction
is.
We must first figure out what our addiction is. and God's grace there
I will put lilies in my heart with longing. We will experience a new life. in our life
You will experience the power of resurrection that visits every nook and cranny.
The Lord who said, “Lazarus, come out” is speaking to us in the midst of addiction. "Anyone
come out."
Why are we in despair? Because they wanted something other than God. what we wished for
It started to take control of us and eventually we became addicted to it. trash of our despair
Let's put a lily on top. The grace of the resurrection will come into our lives.
Then, what will the Lord command us who have tasted the blessing of the resurrection?
In today's text, the Lord continues to speak to Lazarus from the resurrection. "Let me loose
D.” Lazarus must have gone through the village with the joy of resurrection.
must have visited people and planted the lily of his resurrection.
The top article in the news these days, as you well know, is Yugoslavia. in the area of Kosovo.
There are a lot of Albanian citizens, but the Servia, the main ethnic group in Yugoslavia, destroy the Albanian citizens.
They kill men for slavery and deport the weak and the elderly.
All. Tens of thousands of people are being driven out of their homes every day. human greed and greed,
We can see the madness in the figure of the powerful in Yugoslavia.
At a time when garbage dumped by humans like this is filling up all over the world, today we celebrate Easter.
I'll give you a boat. The pulpit is also well decorated with pretty lilies, and everyone is dressed in bright colors and is happy.
We gathered today before the Lord to celebrate the Lord's resurrection.
For those of us who live in a world full of garbage created by us and by our neighbors, this beautiful Easter is
What does it mean? How do the lilies we offer go with the trash? through the text
We would like to ponder together the meaning of the Lord's resurrection today.
Currently, the United States has become a police state and is sending force to the Yugoslav Peninsula. But by force
Will it really solve the problem there? We should put lilies in the trash they pile up
is. Up close, we see a lot of garbage even in the church.
When I was working as an associate pastor in Philadelphia, there was an elder whom I respected. he is
There was. "Everyone who has been dating for a long time smells like a human." When you say this, the hidden meaning is negative.
It wasn't. It meant "therefore we have to understand each other. We have to take care of each other."
My dear friends, we are all addicted to something. So we are unique
There is a human smell. Don't we run away because of the human smell in many cases? fact
The longer the sashimi, the better the human smell. So many of the saints are the people of the neighboring saints.
It is often seen that you are living a difficult life of faith because of the smell.
My dear brothers and sisters, putting lilies on the trash piled up by neighbors is to have faith in the resurrection today.
Isn't it the privilege of us Christians who live and die?
As we plant lilies over our stinky neighbor's trash, one day our neighbor will
You will hear the voice. "Anyone, come out."
Through the lilies we offer, the miracle of the resurrection will be revealed throughout the world. full of trash
The fragrance of the resurrection will shake the whole world in this cold world.
This lily we dedicated will have a slightly different scent. Through the lilies you planted
The fragrance you gave to me spreads throughout the world. That fragrance is the fragrance of the Lord that is revealed through you.
It's a flag. It is a unique fragrance that each of you possesses.
The more lilies you plant, the more your scent, your scent from the Lord, will change the world.
is to make it beautiful. Even if we leave this world someday, our scent will remain in this world.
is that
When Jesus said to the dead Lazarus, "Lazarus, come out", the dead Lazarus came out. That
He said, "Let it go and let it go." The risen Lazarus is now going everywhere,
Put your own lilies given by you. Lazarus was carrying lilies that smelled like his own.
is.
In fact, after that, Lazarus passed away and went to the bosom of the Lord. But the scent of Lazarus is still in the world today.
that remains in In this way, he has also given us our unique lilies. lilies we planted
Through painting, we beautify the world with our beautiful fragrance. This is the true blessing of the resurrection.
It is one's life.
We will rise again on the last day to stand before the Lord. But on this earth we remain
The scent of lilies will beautify this world.
In this sense, the Lord said the following in verses 25 and 26 of the text.
“I am the resurrection and the life; whoever believes in me, even if he dies, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will live forever.
I will not die..."
Jesus is resurrected. He rose to resurrect us. We each have our own scent
was resurrected with
Dear brothers and sisters, let's plant the lily of the Lord's resurrection on our addicted lives. neighbor's trash
Let's put a lily on top. He overcame death and rose again.*