Passage: John 5:22-30

The Lord Jesus Christ may be your savior, redeemer, advocate, healer, and much more. But be sure of this: he is your judge. The One who came from heaven to earth, was crucified adn raised from the dead, has been exalted and now sits at the right hand of God the Father, who has placed all things under his power (John 13:3; Matthew 28:18; Acts 2:33, 36; Ephesians 1:22; 1 Peter 3:22) including the authority of judgment.

 Passage: Judges 5:7

Suppose you were asked to write your own epitaph, a few lines to sum up your life, a phrase or two describing what you considered important about yourself. How would you like to be remembered? One of the heroes of Israel, Deborah, took the opportunity to describe herself and did it with a truly heroic yet simple phrase.

 Passage: Acts 1:4

Have you noticed how often the Gospels, especially the Gospel of Luke, tell us about Jesus being at a meal? Someone quipped, "In Luke's Gospel, Jesus is either going to a meal, at a meal, or coming from a meal." When he is not at a meal, he is often talking about food. Luke describes Jesus' ministry as: "The Song of Man came [and this might surprise you] eating and drinking..." (Luke 7:34). It doesn't change after his resurrection; he still shows up at meals, evidently quite often. Acts 1:4, remember Luke wrote Acts too, says, "On one occasion, while he was eating with them..."

 Passage: John 20:29

Have you ever thought that if you had seen the Lord Jesus Christ after his resurrection, like his disciples did, you would have a much easier time believing in him? In other words, seeing is believing. Thomas said something like that (John 20:24-25). But that's not obviously true. One of the mysteries about Jesus' resurrection appearances is how often those who had followed him and knew him well saw him but failed to recognize him after his resurrection. I do not know all the reasons for that, but part of the problem was undoubtedly the focus of the beholders.

 Passage: John 11:1-6

The facts of the story: Lazarus was sick. (v. 1) Mary and Martha, Lazarus's sisters, sent a message to Jesus that "the one you love is sick." (v. 3) They wanted Jesus to know he was sick. They knew Jesus loved him Jesus gets the message from them. (v. 4) Jesus states that this sickness: (v. 4) Will not end in death Is for God's glory Will be used to bring glory to Jesus John states that Jesus loves not only Lazarus but also Martha and Mary (v. 5)