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Go to Him

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2026-03-06 [요한복음(John) 11:1 - 11:16]

1	Now a certain man was ill, Lazarus of Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha.
2	It was Mary who anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped his feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was ill.
3	So the sisters sent to him, saying, "Lord, he whom you love is ill."
4	But when Jesus heard it he said, "This illness does not lead to death. It is for the glory of God, so that the Son of God may be glorified through it."
5	Now Jesus loved Martha and her sister and Lazarus.
6	So, when he heard that Lazarus was ill, he stayed two days longer in the place where he was.
7	Then after this he said to the disciples, "Let us go to Judea again."
8	The disciples said to him, "Rabbi, the Jews were just now seeking to stone you, and are you going there again?"
9	Jesus answered, "Are there not twelve hours in the day? If anyone walks in the day, he does not stumble, because he sees the light of this world.
10	But if anyone walks in the night, he stumbles, because the light is not in him."
11	After saying these things, he said to them, "Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep, but I go to awaken him."
12	The disciples said to him, "Lord, if he has fallen asleep, he will recover."
13	Now Jesus had spoken of his death, but they thought that he meant taking rest in sleep.
14	Then Jesus told them plainly, "Lazarus has died,
15	and for your sake I am glad that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him."
16	So Thomas, called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with him."

Thinking & Understanding
Although Jesus received the news that Lazarus of Bethany was seriously ill, he stayed where he was two more days because he knew Lazarus’s death would for the glory of God (vv. 1-6). When Jesus announced his intention to go to Judea, his disciples worried for his safety. Then, he told them Lazarus had died and his death would be used to make the disciples’ faith grow. Thomas misunderstood him and said, “Let us also go, that we may die with him” (vv. 7-16).

Who is God?
Vv. 7-10 Jesus did not give up fulfilling God’s calling despite the threat of his enemies. The disciples did not yet recognize that Jesus was the light that kept them safe. So long as Jesus was with them in the world, it would be ‘daytime’, and anyone who walked with him would be safe (9:4-5). We do not stumble because of the darkness of the world, but because the light is not in us. Rather than being wary of the stones thrown at us from the world, let us be careful not to let the let the light of Christ within us go out.

What lesson is God teaching me?
V. 16 Thomas inadvertently revealed the truth: to walk with Jesus is to die with him. Those who believe that the resurrected Jesus is, as Thomas confessed, “My Lord and my God” (20:28) do not fear dying with him. To live with the Lord, we must die with him.

Prayer
Dear God, help me to live by faith as I put your glory above my earthly needs.