Hillsborough Reformed Church

Our series on the "I Am" statements of Jesus continues this week as we will look at Jesus' statement, "I Am the resurrection and the life." This will be our last week engaged in the "I Am" series. We are leaving out two important passages, where Jesus tells us "I am the True Vine" and "I am the way, the truth, and the life." Perhaps I will include those passages on Maundy Thursday (April 2nd) and on a Sunday following Easter.

This Week's Scripture: John 11:17-27

¹⁷ When Jesus arrived, he found that Lazarus^z had already been in the tomb four days. ¹⁸ Now Bethany was near Jerusalem, some two miles away, ¹⁹ and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them about their brother.^* 20 When Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, while Mary stayed at home. ²¹ Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. ²² But even now I know that God will give you whatever you ask of him.”^* 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” ²⁴ Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.”^* 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life.^a Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live,^* 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die. Do you believe this?” ²⁷ She said to him, “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Messiah,^b the Son of God, the one coming into the world.”^*

May God continue to bless us and guide us,
In God's Peace, Pastor Jeff