John 11 is where we're going to be this Easter weekend as we continue and finish a series of messages that we've called Magnificent 7.

And we're going to finish it up in John Chapter 11.

We have an app also called Fresh Life,

really easy to find, where you can miss,

catch any messages you miss ever.

And those are always on there.

We keep a couple years of our archive loaded up there and you can catch up if you're like

I'm coming in the seventh part of a seven part series that's that's terrible for me not if you get the app. And then you can get you up.

But John 11, what's happening here in John 11?

Jesus is showing up in a city called Bethany

after a friend of his has died and his friend was named Lazarus and

Lazarus we know was one of Jesus close friends and Jesus is showing up not

while Lazarus is in the intensive care unit

not while he's breathing his last not while he's just died.

He's not showing up for the funeral.

Jesus is showing up after he's already dead,

he's already buried, and most of the casseroles

from the receptions have already been eaten.

And I just want you to know like the tone, you know, jumping into what we're reading.

It says in verse 17 of John 11, if you don't have a Bible, we put the verses up on the screen for you so you don't feel out of place.

So when Jesus came, he found that he had already been in the tomb for four days.

Now Bethany was near Jerusalem about two miles away and many of the Jews notice it says many of the Jews to a lot of people

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