Tuesday, February 23, 2021 7:52:43 AM
Are We Guilty of How’s and Why’s?
Supporting Scripture (John 11:17-27):
“When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem (about two miles away). Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.”
“Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. Yet even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You.”
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her. Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die — ever. Do you believe this?”
“Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”
Martha is an excellent example of a class of anxious believers. They do truly believe, but not with such confidence as to lay aside their cares. They do not distrust the Lord, or question the truth of what He says; yet they wonder, “How will this thing be?” So, they miss out on most of the present comfort the Lord would minister to their hearts if they received His word more simply.
How? and Why? questions belong to the Lord. It is His business to arrange matters so as to fulfill His own promises.
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~ excerpt from: a Charles Spurgeon Study Bible
Supporting Scripture (John 11:17-27):
“When Jesus arrived, He found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. Bethany was near Jerusalem (about two miles away). Many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to comfort them about their brother. As soon as Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went to meet Him. But Mary remained seated in the house.”
“Then Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died. Yet even now I know that whatever You ask from God, God will give You.”
“Your brother will rise again,” Jesus told her. Martha said, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
“Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in Me, even if he dies, will live. Everyone who lives and believes in Me will never die — ever. Do you believe this?”
“Yes, Lord,” she told Him, “I believe You are the Messiah, the Son of God, who comes into the world.”
Martha is an excellent example of a class of anxious believers. They do truly believe, but not with such confidence as to lay aside their cares. They do not distrust the Lord, or question the truth of what He says; yet they wonder, “How will this thing be?” So, they miss out on most of the present comfort the Lord would minister to their hearts if they received His word more simply.
How? and Why? questions belong to the Lord. It is His business to arrange matters so as to fulfill His own promises.
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~ excerpt from: a Charles Spurgeon Study Bible
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