Sermon Cloud

I live in the real world and my faith must also. The plastic faith of Jesus trinkets and bad Christian movies makes me angry. Making Jesus to serve our interest, as we talked about last week, does not come anywhere near to the life that I actually live. I don't know if you've noticed, but actual relationships don't fit into 5 steps – or 40 love dares, whatever is the fad today. It just doesn't work that way and Jesus never works that way. Jesus is intent on showing us that glory at all costs. Because He loves me he wants me to believe through seeing a display of glory. He is glad when suffering allows me to believe. Lazarus is an example of God's nearness and very particular governance of the worst we can imagine in this world. He loves us so much He will providentially guides us into and through suffering so that we might see His glory and believe – this will make both him and us glad.