Comments on: John 11:21-24

By: alberto a.k.a. sprinkles

alberto a.k.a. sprinkles — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 02:02:59 +0000

yup alberto colon read this today and wrote it in his notebook

By: Eva

Eva — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:38:32 +0000

he shows martha that miracles can still happen wether or nto jesus is there or not to help with personal problems or in this case her brothers life.

By: ewage

ewage — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:14:51 +0000

Martha professed to believe that God would give Jesus whatever He asked, yet when she was told what God wanted to do in the situation, she did not believe.

By: Cupcake

Cupcake — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:06:28 +0000

How often have we been just like Martha—we have faith but with limitations—She believed Christ could heal her brother but only if he had been there—we she here Christ rocking our world—i like to say it this way…Christ does a great job showing Martha the box she has put Christ in, is not where Christ wants to be—so many times our limits, our weakness, puts Christ in a box and He will take every opportunity to show us He is not in a box, doesnt belong in a box—in other words Christ will stretch our faith, grow our faith…

By: Archibald Asparagus

Archibald Asparagus — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:55:33 +0000

I think it’s funny that even after Martha acknowledge that God will give Jesus whatever He wants, she doesn’t recognize that Jesus is going to raise her brother from the dead. When He tells her that he will rise again, he doesn’t say “Oh, wow! Jesus, you’re gonna raise Lazarus from the dead with God’s help cuz you asked and I just said I know He’ll give you what you ask!!!?”

She said “Well, duh, Jesus….everyone’s gonna rise again on the last day.”

Lol, she missed the whole point.

By: Rick (on the road again)

Rick (on the road again) — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:16:40 +0000

There does seem to be a fine line between her expression of faith and her pointing the finger at Christ. There does seem to be some merit to her accusation in that Christ did not come when Laz was sick because He knew that His human compassion might sway HIm. It is obvious that He really loved this family and that they had great trust in Him.

Martha’s statement in verse 22 almost seems counterintuitive. She knows that God will give HIm whatever He asks, so she must believes HIs claims of Deity and that He is sent from the Father. Yet she makes no acknowledgement of His doing the Father’s will and not just making all of His own decisions about how and where to use HIs power. This needs to serve as a warning to us not to always approach each trial with only our own cares and emotions in mind. God causes and allows event to happen to further HIs will and for the glory of HIs Son and we can’t lose sight of this even when troubles times come.

By: bryan without the b

bryan without the b — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 02:08:25 +0000

so it kinda seems to me that martha is almost blaming Jesus for her brothers death…because she said if he had been there then lazarus would have lived but then He reassures her by telling her that he will rise again but she thinks Jesus means that in the final days he will rise again with all the others who are dead and reign again with Jesus but this time He is literally saying that he is gonna bring him back but she just doesnt get it

By: Joe Is Fresher Than Ever

Joe Is Fresher Than Ever — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 20:24:59 +0000

Martha finds Jesus. Martha said if you was here earlier my brother wouldn’t have died. Now if Jesus was their before Martha’s brother would be still alive. Jesus answered he will rise again. Martha said i know, but in a different way.

By: beth

beth — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 18:38:09 +0000

what last day is she talking about?verses 21 and 22 tell me that martha trusted jesus in whatever he was doing even though things didnt go as she had hoped.that is the kind of faith i hope soon to achieve,especially if my brother died!

By: bubbalaboo

bubbalaboo — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 17:56:30 +0000

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.” Which tells me that even though her brother died she still loves Jesus.And Jesus said to her-“Your brother will rise again”tells me that Jesus would bring him back

>>>signed Bubbalaboo