2. Living The
Good Life
The Gospel of John
Part 6

3. John 11:3-4
Therefore his sisters sent unto him, saying, Lord, behold, he whom thou lovest is sick. When Jesus heard that, he said, This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.

4. John 11:21
Then said Martha unto Jesus, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

5. John 11:32
Then when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died.

7. God’s timing is different than mine
Promise Principle #1
God’s timing is different than mine

8. John 11:6
When he had heard therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place where he was.

9. CHRONOS
Planting Time

10. KAIROS
Reaping Time

11. Galatians 6:9
And let us not be weary in well doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.

12. 2 Peter 3:8-9
But, beloved, be not ignorant of this one thing, that one day is with the Lord as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day. The Lord is not slack concerning his promise …

13. Luke 18:7-8
And shall not God avenge his own elect, which cry day and night unto him, though he bear long with them? I tell you that he will avenge them speedily. Nevertheless when the Son of man cometh, shall he find faith on the earth?

14. God’s perspective is different than mine
Promise Principle #2
God’s perspective is different than mine

15. John 11:11
Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

16. Psalm 73:2-3
But as for me, my feet were almost gone; my steps had well nigh slipped. For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

17. Psalm 73:16-17
When I thought to know this, it was too painful for me; Until I went into the sanctuary of God; then understood I their end.

18. Habakkuk 3:17-19
Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labour of the olive shall fail, and the fields shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls: Yet I will rejoice in the Lord, I will joy in the God of my salvation. The Lord God is my strength, and he will make my feet like hinds' feet, and he will make me to walk upon mine high places.

19. God’s method is different than mine
Promise Principle #3
God’s method is different than mine

20. Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.
John 11:39
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone.

21. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
John 11:44
Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.

22. Isaiah 61:3
To appoint unto them that mourn in Zion, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness.

23. And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee.
Matthew 18:9
And if thine eye offend thee, pluck it out, and cast it from thee.

24. Luke 6:37
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven.

25. GRAVECLOTHES Their hands are bound – they can’t HELP
Their feet are bound – they can’t WALK
Their face is bound – they can’t SEE

26. God’s feeling is the same as mine
Promise Principle #4
God’s feeling is the same as mine

27. John 11:33
When Jesus therefore saw her weeping, and the Jews also weeping which came with her, he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled.

28. Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.
Matthew 28:20
Lo, I am with you alway, even unto the end of the world.

29. Hebrews 4:15-16
For we have not an high priest which cannot be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; but was in all points tempted like as we are, yet without sin. Let us therefore come boldly unto the throne of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and find grace to help in time of need.

30. He holds on to hope when things look hopeless!
John’s sixth snapshot of a Spirit-filled man:
He holds on to hope when things look hopeless!

31. Joshua 23:14
And ye know in all your hearts and in all your souls, that not one thing hath failed of all the good things which the Lord your God spake concerning you; all are come to pass unto you, and not one thing hath failed thereof.

32. Romans 4:18-21
[Abraham] against hope believed in hope, that he might become the father of many nations; according to that which was spoken, So shall thy seed be. And being not weak in faith, he considered not his own body now dead, when he was about an hundred years old, neither yet the deadness of Sarah's womb: He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God; And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.