Does an airplane crash in
Cory Lidle:
Per Sportlines: “A small plane carrying
New York Yankee Cory Lidle slammed into a 50-story
apartment building Wednesday after issuing a distress call, killing the pitcher
and a second person in a crash that rained flaming debris onto the sidewalks.
Law enforcement official in
Thurman
Munson: 
Per MSN “Like Lidle,
Munson was a veteran major leaguer in his 30s and playing for the Yankees when
his 1979 crash stunned the baseball world. But that’s where the similarities
end.”
Questions:
Does an airplane crash in
Now for a harder question . . . . does Jesus care about your death?
Does Jesus care about your death?
Let’s look at a portion of John 11 and see how Jesus cared for others.
The Death
of Lazarus Book of John; portions of
11:1-43 (NIV)
1 Now a man named Lazarus
was sick.
. . .
3
So the sisters sent word to Jesus, "Lord, the one you love is sick."
4 When he heard this,
Jesus said, "This sickness will not end in death. No, it is for God's
glory so that God's Son may be glorified through it."
5 Jesus loved Martha and
her sister and Lazarus.
. . .
11 After he had said this,
he went on to tell them, "Our
friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him
up."
12
His disciples replied, "Lord, if he sleeps, he will
get better."
13
Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples
thought he meant natural sleep. 14 So
then he told them plainly, "Lazarus is dead,
15
and for your sake I
am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to
him."
. . .
17
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been
in the tomb for four days
. . . .
21 "Lord," Martha
said to Jesus, "if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But
I know that even now God will give you whatever you ask."
23 Jesus said to
her, "Your brother will rise again."
24 Martha
answered, "I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last
day."
25 Jesus said to
her, "I am the resurrection and the
life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies;
26 and whoever lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe
this?"
27 "Yes,
Lord," she told him, "I believe that you are the Christ, the
Son of God, who was to come into the world."
28 And after she
had said this, she went back and called her sister Mary aside. "The
Teacher is here," she said, "and is asking for you."
29 When
Mary heard this, she got up quickly and went to him.
30 Now
Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha
had met him.
31 When
the Jews who had been with Mary in the house, comforting her, noticed how
quickly she got up and went out, they followed her, supposing she was going to
the tomb to mourn there.
32
When Mary reached the place
where Jesus was and saw him, she fell at his feet and said, "Lord, if you
had been here, my brother would not have died."
33 When Jesus saw
her weeping, and the Jews who had come along with her also weeping, he was
deeply moved in spirit and troubled.
34 "Where
have you laid him?" he asked. "Come
and see, Lord," they replied.
35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews
said, "See how he loved him!"
37 But some of
them said, "Could not he who opened the eyes of the blind man have kept
this man from dying?"
Jesus Raises Lazarus from the
Dead
38 Jesus, once more
deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the
entrance.
39 "Take away the
stone," he said. "But, Lord,"
said Martha, the sister of the dead man, "by this time there is a bad
odor, for he has been there four days."
40 Then Jesus said, "Did I not tell you that if you believed,
you would see the glory of God?"
41 So they took away the
stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, "Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
42
I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the
benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent
me."
43
When he had said this, Jesus
called in a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out!"
. . .
Additional
2 Peter 3:9
Questions:
Did Jesus show His love and care to His close friends?
Did Jesus use this experience (of trusting in God) for teaching His close friends?
Is this story is God receiving all the glory?
Does Jesus care about you?
Does Jesus care about your death?
Now a very important question . . . do you care about Jesus death on the cross?
Do you trust all that God will provide for you?
Do you have a relationship with God?
References: Accessed websites on Oct. 13 & 18, 2006
http://www.sportsline.com/mlb/players/playerpage/7815
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/15229953
Any questions? Please contact Jeff at jad-calif@cox.net