Pastor Deborah
Spring up -
to START to EXIST SUDDENLY:
Eg. Thousands of new businesses have sprung up in the past couple of years.
to GROW or APPEAR SUDDENLY
Eg.
- The weeds sprang up overnight.
- New housing developments are springing up all over the state.
Existing and being, alive, be, force, have legs, living, stand
JOHN 11:1-2 NKJV
Now a certain man was sick, Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.
It was that Mary who anointed the Lord with fragrant oil and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick.
JOHN 11:3-4 NKJV
Therefore the sisters sent to Him, saying, “Lord, behold, he whom You love is sick.”
When Jesus heard that, He said, “This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God may be glorified through it.”
JOHN 11:5-6 NKJV
Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
So, when He heard that he was sick, He stayed two more days in the place where He was.'
God knows what is going to happen in the future, in our lives.
JOHN 11:7-8 NKJV
Then after this He said to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”
The disciples said to Him, “Rabbi, lately the Jews sought to stone You, and are You going there again?”
JOHN 11:9-10 NKJV
Jesus answered, “Are there not twelve hours in the day?
If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
But if one walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him.”
JOHN 11:11-12 NKJV
These things He said, and after that He said to them, “Our friend Lazarus sleeps, but I go that I may wake him up.”
Then His disciples said, “Lord, if he sleeps he will get well.”
JOHN 11:13-14 NKJV
However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep.
Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
JOHN 11:15-16 NKJV
And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, that we may die with Him.”
Jesus come to show us the Kingdom of Heaven, the spiritual realm.
JOHN 11:17-18 NKJV
So when Jesus came, He found that he had already been in the tomb four days.
Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles away.
JOHN 11:19-20 NKJV
And many of the Jews had joined the women around Martha and Mary, to comfort them concerning their brother.
Now Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him, but Mary was sitting in the house.
JOHN 11:21-22 NKJV
Now Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.
But even now I know that whatever You ask of God, God will give You.”
JOHN 11:23-24 NKJV
Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.”
Martha said to Him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.”
JOHN 11:25-26 NKJV
JESUS said to her, “I AM THE RESURRECTION and THE LIFE. He who BELIEVES in ME, though he may die, he shall LIVE.
And WHOEVER lives and BELIEVES in ME shall NEVER DIE. DO YOU BELIEVE THIS?”
JOHN 11:27 NKJV
She said to Him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that You are the Christ, the Son of God, who is to come into the world.”
JOHN 11:28 NKJV
And when she had said these things, she went her way and secretly called Mary her sister, saying, “The Teacher has come and is CALLING FOR YOU.”
JOHN 11:29 NKJV
AS SOON AS she HEARD that, she AROSE QUICKLY and CAME to HIM.
JOHN 11:30-31 NKJV
Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him.
Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they SAW that Mary ROSE UP QUICKLY and WENT OUT, FOLLOWED HER, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
JOHN 11:32 NKJV
Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
JOHN 11:33 NKJV
Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He GROANED in the SPIRIT and was troubled.
Death was not God's intention. It was the Devil's intention.
JOHN 11:34-36 NKJV
And He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
Jesus wept.
Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
JOHN 11:37 NKJV
And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
JOHN 11:38 NKJV
Then Jesus, again GROANING in Himself, came to the TOMB. It was a cave, and a STONE lay against it.
Jesus said, “TAKE AWAY the STONE.”
G142 take away
Original: αἴρω
Transliteration: airō
Phonetic: ah'-ee-ro
to lift;
to take up or away to raise (the voice),
keep in suspense (the mind),
to sail away (that is, weigh anchor);
by Hebraism (compare [H5375]) to EXPIATE SIN:- away with, bear (up), carry, lift up, loose, make to doubt, put away, remove, take (away, up).
We were all like Lazarus who is spiritually dead in the tomb.
Jesus had to lift up the tomb and put our sins onto himself.
JOHN 11:39 NKJV
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a STENCH, for he has been DEAD FOUR DAYS.”
The last Messianic miracle was performed when Jesus raised Lazarus from the dead.
The scriptures had already recorded that both Elijah and Elisha raised the dead.
However, Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead after the fourth day in the grave was truly a miracle.
Jewish mysticism teaches that a deceased person’s spirit remains around the body for up to three days after death before departing.
It was well-known in Israel 2,000 years ago that someone deceased could come back to life during this 3-day period but not afterwards.
On the fourth day, the spirit left the body and went to Sheol or Hades, and there was no hope for life without a miracle.
Also, by the fourth day in Israel’s hot climate, advanced decay would be destroying the body and the stench would have been overwhelming.
When Jesus called Lazarus to life from the dead and healed his rotted corpse, the people knew that He was the true Messiah, performing genuine miracles as the prophets had foretold!
JOHN 11:40 NKJV
Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
JOHN 11:41 NKJV
Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying.
And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “FATHER, I THANK YOU that You have heard Me.
As the Holy Spirit speaks to us, we can perform miracles.
It is easier to give thanks after the manifestation has happen.
It requires faith to give thanks before manifestation happen.
If God says so, we say what He says.
JOHN 11:42 NKJV
And I KNOW that YOU ALWAYS HEAR ME, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
JOHN 11:43 NKJV
Now when He had said these things, He cried with a LOUD VOICE,
“LAZARUS, COME FORTH!”
Have confidence in Him.
The effect and results of righteousness is confidence and peace forever.
Knowing we are the righteousness of Christ.
Righteousness is not our own but He made us righteous by faith.
Understanding His righteousness give us the confidence and quietness.
Lazarus = "whom God helps" (a form of the Hebrew name Eleazar)
Eleazar = "God has helped"
G1204 COME
Original: δεῦρο deuro
Phonetic: dyoo'-ro
Thayer Definition:
of place
HITHER to THIS PLACE
in URGING and CALLING, here! come!
of TIME, hither to, NOW.
G1854 FORTH
Original: ἔξω
Transliteration: exō
Phonetic: ex'-o
-without, out of doors
-OUT (SIDE , of DOORS),:- AWAY, forth, (with-) out (of, -ward), strange.
JOHN 11:44 NKJV
And he who had died CAME OUT -
BOUND hand and foot with graveclothes,
and his face was wrapped with a cloth.
JESUS SAID to them, “LOOSE him, and let him go.”
Graveclothes - our thinking of the past
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:10 NKJV
My beloved SPOKE, and SAID to me:
“RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR one,
AND COME AWAY.
Spring up and rise up to hear what is He saying.
Let our spirit be excited.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:11 NKJV
For lo, the WINTER is PAST,
The rain is OVER and GONE.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:12 NKJV
The FLOWERS APPEAR on the earth;
The TIME of singing HAS COME,
And the VOICE of the turtledove Is HEARD in OUR LAND.
The season in our lives has changed.
From H5340; a flower (from its brilliancy);
also a hawk (from its flashing speed):- blossom, hawk.
to glare, that is, be bright colored:- sparkle.
God is going to speed up our healing, finances, blessings because God is fast.
Sometimes God can't speed up fast because we have not rise up.
The TIME of SINGING HAS COME
- from H2167; a SONG to be accompanied with INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC:- psalm (-ist), singing, song.
- the idea of STRIKING with the FINGERS);
properly to touch the STRINGS or parts of a musical instrument, that is, play upon it;
to make music,
accompanied by the voice;
hence to CELEBRATE in SONG and MUSIC:- give PRAISE, SING FORTH PRAISES, PSALMS.
And the VOICE of the turtledove Is HEARD in OUR LAND.
H8449 turtle
Original: תּר תּור tôr tôr
Phonetic: tore
Strong's Definition: Probably the same as H8447;
a RING DOVE, often as a term of endearment:- (turtle) DOVE.
to meander (causatively guide) about, especially for trade or reconnoitering:-
chap [-man], sent to descry, be excellent, merchant [-man], search (out), seek, (e-) spy (out).
LUKE 3:22 NKJV
And the HOLY SPIRIT descended in bodily form like a DOVE upon Him, and a voice came from heaven which said, “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.
Holy Spirit came to give us righteousness, peace and joy.
The fig tree puts forth ( ripen) her green figs,
And the vines (Gephen) with the tender grapes (abloom)
Give a GOOD SMELL.
- odor (as if blown):- savour, scent, smell.
- to blow, that is, breathe;
only to smell or perceive to anticipate, enjoy:- accept, smell, X touch, make of quick understanding.
Don't talk much about our past, it's stinking. It gives out a stench smell.
Our lives becomes an aroma to others.
SONG OF SOLOMON 2:13 NKJV
RISE UP, MY LOVE, MY FAIR ONE, And COME AWAY!
H6965 Arise
Original: קוּם
Transliteration: qûm
Phonetic: koom
BDB Definition:
to rise, arise, stand, rise up, stand up
to arise, become powerful
to arise, come on the scene
to stand
to maintain oneself
to be established, be confirmed
to stand, endure
to be fixed
to be valid
to be proven
to be fulfilled
to persist
to be set, be fixed
Fix our minds on the things above and not on this earth.
My love -
rêa‛ rêya‛ רע
Phonetic: ray'-ah
From H7462; an associate (more or less close):- brother, companion, fellow, friend, husband, lover, neighbour, X (an-) other.
H3303 fair one
Original: יפה
Transliteration: YÂPHEH
Phonetic: yaw-feh'
fair, beautiful, handsome
Strong's Definition: From H3302; BEAUTIFUL:- + beautiful, beauty, comely, fair (-est, one), + goodly, pleasant, well.
COME AWAY
H3212
Original: ילך
Transliteration: yâlak
Phonetic: yaw-lak'
to GO, WALK, COME
to go, walk, come, depart, PROCEED, MOVE, go away
We can now walk through the door.
Jesus is taking us to a place where flowers are blooming, winter has past, time of singing has come.
You want to be kicked out of the door?
Or will you SPRING UP AND OUT OF THE DOOR
- at the sound of our Savior's Voice!
