# Raising Lazarus - The Gospels

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 14 Mar 2024, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 174. In a town called Bethany, Jesus performed a miracle by bringing Lazarus back to life after he had been dead for four days, showing His amazing power. Mary and Martha, Lazarus's sisters, showed their deep love and faith in Jesus, even when they were very sad. This incredible event made many people believe in Jesus, but it also made some leaders very worried and they made plans against Him. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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[0:00] Speaker 1: Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life.
[0:04] Speaker 1: He who believes in me will still live even if
[0:08] Speaker 1: he dies. Whoever lives and believes in me will never die.
[0:12] Speaker 1: Do you believe this? John 11 25 through 26. Dear God,
[0:18] Speaker 1: we come to you today to say that we believe
[0:21] Speaker 1: in you. We know you are real and that you
[0:24] Speaker 1: have the power to do anything. Thank you for giving
[0:27] Speaker 1: us life. a life of joy and peace here on earth,
[0:31] Speaker 1: but also an even better life forever with you.
[0:34] Speaker 2: In heaven one day.
[0:36] Speaker 1: We can't wait to be with you. In Jesus' name, amen.
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[1:15] Speaker 4: Raising Lazarus In our last story, we learned a few
[1:21] Speaker 4: stories about how we are to relate to God.
[1:24] Speaker 1: In terms of praise, prayer, and humility.
[1:28] Speaker 4: In this story, we will learn about how Jesus raises
[1:31] Speaker 4: his friend Lazarus from the dead, as inspired by the Gospels.
[1:40] Speaker 1: Hi friends, it's Julianne Thompson, guest hosting for Julia Jeffress Sadler.
[1:44] Speaker 1: Welcome back to the Kids Bible in Ear podcast. I
[1:47] Speaker 1: am so glad you're here for this very special story. Today,
[1:52] Speaker 1: Jesus is going to teach us something new about who
[1:54] Speaker 1: he is. And he's going to do the greatest miracle yet.
[1:59] Speaker 1: So get ready, lean in, and listen close.
[2:04] Speaker 4: In a town called Bethany, there lived a man named
[2:07] Speaker 4: Lazarus and his sisters named Mary and Martha. This town
[2:13] Speaker 4: was very close to the big city of Jerusalem. This
[2:16] Speaker 4: is the same Mary that had put ointment on Jesus'
[2:19] Speaker 4: feet and wiped it with her hair. So when her
[2:23] Speaker 4: brother Lazarus got ill, they went to Jesus for help.
[2:28] Speaker 4: When the sisters got to Jesus, they warned him that
[2:31] Speaker 4: his friend whom he loved had become very sick and
[2:34] Speaker 4: needed his help. But Jesus waited a couple of days
[2:37] Speaker 4: before going to see Lazarus. When he was ready to go,
[2:41] Speaker 4: he announced to his disciples that they were leaving. The
[2:45] Speaker 4: disciples were hesitant because they knew that there were some
[2:48] Speaker 4: Jews there that wanted Jesus dead. Jesus did not listen
[2:53] Speaker 4: to them and told them, I must go wake Lazarus.
[2:57] Speaker 4: When the disciples heard this, they told him, let him sleep.
[3:02] Speaker 2: He is sick.
[3:02] Speaker 4: It will not help him. Jesus hearing this replied, Lazarus
[3:07] Speaker 4: is dead. Now I am going to raise him to
[3:11] Speaker 4: life and you will believe in me. When Thomas, one
[3:15] Speaker 4: of Jesus' disciples heard this, he said, well, We might
[3:20] Speaker 4: as well go die with him. When Jesus and his
[3:23] Speaker 4: disciples had shown up, Lazarus had been dead in his.
[3:27] Speaker 2: Tomb for four days.
[3:29] Speaker 4: Many people of the surrounding area came to comfort Martha
[3:32] Speaker 4: and Mary for their loss. Martha and Mary heard that
[3:36] Speaker 4: Jesus was coming. Mary remained where she was and decided
[3:40] Speaker 4: to not go see Jesus. Martha left to go confront Jesus.
[3:45] Speaker 4: When Martha came to Jesus, she said to him, Jesus.
[3:49] Speaker 4: If you would have been here, you could have saved
[3:51] Speaker 4: my brother. But even now, you can do all things.
[3:56] Speaker 4: Jesus looked at her and said, Your brother will live again.
[4:00] Speaker 4: He continued to speak and said, I am the resurrection
[4:03] Speaker 4: and the life. If you believe in me, even if
[4:06] Speaker 4: you die, you shall live.
[4:09] Speaker 2: Whoever believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?
[4:14] Speaker 4: Martha heard this and said, Yes, Lord. I believe you,
[4:18] Speaker 4: I believe you are the Son of God. Martha, after
[4:22] Speaker 4: this conversation, went and got her sister and privately told her,
[4:26] Speaker 4: Jesus is here and wants to speak with you. Mary
[4:30] Speaker 4: got up and went to go see Jesus. When Mary left,
[4:34] Speaker 4: the Jews that were with her started to follow her
[4:36] Speaker 4: because they thought she was going to her brother's tomb.
[4:40] Speaker 4: When Mary got to Jesus, her emotions got the best
[4:42] Speaker 4: of her and she fell to her knees at Jesus' feet.
[4:46] Speaker 4: She said to him, If you had been here, you
[4:50] Speaker 4: could have saved my brother. Jesus stood there and saw
[4:55] Speaker 4: how sad she was and the Jews with her. He
[4:59] Speaker 4: was deeply moved by all this and asked them where
[5:03] Speaker 4: Lazarus was. They led him to where Lazarus was buried.
[5:07] Speaker 4: When Jesus got to the place where Lazarus was, he wept.
[5:10] Speaker 4: Some of the people there saw how much Jesus was
[5:13] Speaker 4: moved and said, Look at how much he loves his friend.
[5:17] Speaker 4: Some of the Jews spoke to each other and said,
[5:20] Speaker 4: This is the man that healed the blind.
[5:23] Speaker 2: Why did he not save Lazarus?
[5:25] Speaker 4: Jesus' emotions were moved again, and he asked for the
[5:28] Speaker 4: stone of Lazarus' tomb to be moved away. Martha warned
[5:32] Speaker 4: Jesus about the odor that there would be if they
[5:36] Speaker 4: moved the stone away. Jesus reminded her that God's glory
[5:40] Speaker 4: would be shown. So they finally moved away the stone,
[5:44] Speaker 4: and the stone was rolled away. Jesus looked up to
[5:47] Speaker 4: the heavens and said a prayer to his father. Jesus
[5:51] Speaker 4: said this, Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
[5:57] Speaker 3: You always hear me.
[6:00] Speaker 4: Show your glory to these people around me that you
[6:03] Speaker 4: sent me. After this, Jesus spoke loudly and boldly, Lazarus,
[6:09] Speaker 4: come out. At that moment, the man that had been
[6:12] Speaker 4: dead for days came out of the tomb. Lazarus was
[6:17] Speaker 4: still covered in what he was buried in. Jesus told
[6:20] Speaker 4: the onlookers to unbind him and let him go. Many
[6:25] Speaker 4: of the Jews that were there that day believed what
[6:28] Speaker 4: they saw. When the religious leaders heard this story, they
[6:32] Speaker 4: agreed that they had to kill Jesus. Too many people
[6:36] Speaker 4: were starting to believe in him. They also wanted Lazarus
[6:40] Speaker 4: dead because his story of being alive was causing many
[6:44] Speaker 4: people to.
[6:45] Speaker 2: Turn That was amazing.
[6:56] Speaker 1: We heard today how Mary, Martha, and Lazarus were some
[7:00] Speaker 1: of Jesus' closest friends. The Bible tells us that he
[7:04] Speaker 1: would often stay at their house when passing through the
[7:07] Speaker 1: town of Bethany near Jerusalem. So when these sisters told
[7:11] Speaker 1: Jesus their brother Lazarus was very sick and might die,
[7:15] Speaker 1: they probably thought he would rush right over. But as
[7:19] Speaker 1: we heard today, that didn't exactly happen. In fact, Jesus stayed.
[7:25] Speaker 2: Where he was for two more days.
[7:28] Speaker 1: Two whole days!
[7:30] Speaker 2: Why do you think he did that?
[7:32] Speaker 1: Perhaps it was because the people already knew that Jesus
[7:35] Speaker 1: could heal. They had seen him do it time and
[7:38] Speaker 1: time again. Just maybe Jesus wanted to teach them something.
[7:42] Speaker 2: New about who he was.
[7:45] Speaker 1: Just maybe he wanted them to know he was even
[7:48] Speaker 1: more than they could ever hope or dream.
[7:51] Speaker 2: Okay, so the disciples.
[7:53] Speaker 1: Were afraid of going anywhere near Jerusalem because they knew
[7:56] Speaker 1: by now many Jews wanted Jesus dead. But Jesus told
[8:01] Speaker 1: them he was going away. He said that Lazarus was dead,
[8:04] Speaker 1: but he would raise him up.
[8:07] Speaker 2: They must have been.
[8:08] Speaker 1: Thinking, hmm, this is going to be good. When they
[8:12] Speaker 1: arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had been in a tomb for
[8:16] Speaker 1: four whole days. And everyone was still crying.
[8:20] Speaker 2: A lot.
[8:22] Speaker 1: The friends and family of Lazarus missed him so deeply
[8:25] Speaker 1: and just couldn't understand why Jesus didn't fix it when
[8:28] Speaker 1: he had first heard about it. Leave it to Martha
[8:32] Speaker 1: to run to Jesus and say.
[8:33] Speaker 2: Why didn't you do anything?
[8:35] Speaker 1: You could have healed him.
[8:37] Speaker 2: Now he is dead.
[8:40] Speaker 1: Jesus told her that Lazarus would live again, but she
[8:43] Speaker 1: thought he meant in heaven one day. That's when Jesus
[8:47] Speaker 1: makes one of the most important statements in all the Bible.
[8:51] Speaker 2: Do you know what it is?
[8:51] Speaker 1: He said, Jesus was not saying that he had the
[8:54] Speaker 1: power to make Lazarus alive again. He was saying that
[9:06] Speaker 1: he was the power.
[9:08] Speaker 2: He didn't just give life to Lazarus.
[9:10] Speaker 1: He was the life. Next, Jesus asked Martha a super
[9:15] Speaker 1: important question. It's a question all of God's children have
[9:19] Speaker 1: to answer at some point. Jesus looked deep into Martha's
[9:23] Speaker 1: eyes and asked, Do you believe this?
[9:26] Speaker 2: She did.
[9:28] Speaker 1: But it's a good thing to think about today. What
[9:30] Speaker 1: would you say if someone asked you, Do you really
[9:33] Speaker 1: believe Jesus can do anything? Do you believe he is
[9:37] Speaker 1: God's son, your friend, and can give you life forever
[9:41] Speaker 1: in heaven? Maybe today you can quietly tell Jesus in
[9:45] Speaker 1: your heart, Lord, I believe. Not because my parents, friends, teachers,
[9:52] Speaker 1: or pastors believe, but.
[9:54] Speaker 2: Because I believe.
[9:56] Speaker 1: That's an amazing thing to tell God. I bet if
[10:00] Speaker 1: you do, you will even sense or feel him smiling
[10:04] Speaker 1: down on you. As the story continues, Martha brings her
[10:07] Speaker 1: sister Mary.
[10:08] Speaker 2: To Jesus, and she is a wreck.
[10:11] Speaker 1: She is loudly crying and falling at his feet, saying
[10:14] Speaker 1: the same thing as everyone.
[10:15] Speaker 2: If only you would come. This is when we see the.
[10:20] Speaker 1: Soft, loving, compassionate, tender heart of Jesus. The Bible tells
[10:25] Speaker 1: us he was moved and began to cry when he
[10:27] Speaker 1: saw his friends sobbing and arrived at the tomb. Then
[10:32] Speaker 1: we read something.
[10:32] Speaker 2: Else in this passage.
[10:34] Speaker 1: It says that Jesus began to groan. The word in
[10:37] Speaker 1: the Greek language means that he didn't just feel sad
[10:40] Speaker 1: for his friends.
[10:41] Speaker 2: He felt angry. He was mad that.
[10:45] Speaker 1: Because of Satan... Death still had power on earth. Because
[10:50] Speaker 1: of Satan, his friends he loved so much were hurting
[10:54] Speaker 1: so deeply. I wonder if that moment, Jesus thought about
[10:58] Speaker 1: how he would soon get rid of that death and
[11:00] Speaker 1: pain forever. He would soon crush Satan for good. Well,
[11:06] Speaker 1: you know the end of the story.
[11:08] Speaker 2: Jesus told the people to move the stone. He told
[11:11] Speaker 2: Lazarus to come out. And out he came.
[11:15] Speaker 1: God's power and glory were shown in front of people
[11:18] Speaker 1: that day. And because of that, word would soon spread
[11:22] Speaker 1: and the religious leaders would be more determined than ever
[11:25] Speaker 1: to get rid of Jesus. The clock was ticking and
[11:28] Speaker 1: now there was no turning back. Thank you for being here.
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[11:35] Speaker 1: what happened to a wee little man who climbed up
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