Invited—John 11:38-44

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This sermon reflects on Jesus raising Lazarus to show that human beings are ultimately powerless before death, but God fiercely opposes death and has authority over it. By connecting this story to present-day suffering, it emphasizes that death is not just physical but a destructive power at work in the world, one that Jesus confronts with compassion and resurrection life. Jesus invites his community to participate in this work by “removing stones and grave clothes,” calling believers to costly, communal action in word and deed that anticipates God’s life-breaking-through even now.

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