I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 11:38-44 … “LAZARUS, COME FORTH!”

November 14, 2022 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

In this Paragraph, death meets Jesus, what a confrontation! And death was defeated! Christ, the Victor! In John's Gospel Lazarus is the only person Jesus raised from the grave, from the dead! In the Synoptic Gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke) two … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 11:28-37 … NOW, JESUS’ MEETING WITH MARY!

November 12, 2022 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

My favorite quote (which I neglected to include in class) ... "Once Martha would have drawn Mary away FROM Jesus' Feet (Luke 10:38-42, to help in the kitchen). But now she seeks to bring Mary TO Jesus' Feet (John 11:28-29, to allay her … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 11:17-27 … JESUS’ MEETING WITH MARTHA!

November 10, 2022 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Martha's great "Statement of Faith" sounds a lot like John's "Purpose for Writing" his whole Gospel! "And many other signs truly did Jesus in the presence of his disciples, which are not written in this book. But these are written, that ye might … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 11:7-16 … “BUT THEY THOUGHT!”

November 8, 2022 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Jesus to His Disciples ... "Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep. Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well. Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: BUT THEY THOUGHT that he had spoken of taking of … [Continue reading]

I FORGOT TO SAY … JOHN 11:1-6 … JESUS’ FRIEND LAZARUS WAS SICK!

November 6, 2022 by Dr. Mike Bagwell

Can someone close to Jesus, nearly in His "inner circle," get seriously ill, and even die? Of course, yes! Some of the older commentators and godly men of the past actually felt that the closer one walked with the Lord ... the more apt he or she … [Continue reading]