Why Do We Blame God When Life Falls Apart?

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What is the biblical context of John 11 verses 17‑24 that starts the episode?

Bryce Crawford 0:00

What's going on, guys? Welcome back to another episode of the Bryce Cropper Podcast. I'm Bryce, and today we are going to be diving into one of the craziest confessions. in all of scripture today. We're gonna be in John chapter eleven. I'm reading out of the ESV. And as you guys are flipping there, I'm going to give you guys some context leading up to the verse that we're going to start. We're going to start at verse 17, but here's some context. Lazarus has passed away. Lazarus has passed away, and Jesus has hurt has heard it. And he says this in verse chapter 4. Actually, he says, 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. So leading up to this, Jesus is

Bryce Crawford 0:51

It says, now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. This is fancy language for he'd been dead a long time. That body has been decomposing or whatever. He's been in there. He's been dead as a doornail in that tomb. Verse 18, Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. Martha said to Jesus, Lord, if you had been there, my brother would not have died. So right off the bat, really Jesus? Where were you at? I mean, he was your boy. You cared about him. If you knew he had been there, if you would have been there, he wouldn't have died.

Bryce Crawford 1:40

And then she says, But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you. Jesus again said, Your brother will rise again. Verse 24, Martha said to him, I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day. Let's stop right here.

How does Martha’s belief in a future resurrection shape her conversation with Jesus?

Bryce Crawford 1:54

Martha has this old view of Jewish tradition that there will be some future event on the last day, this interim period where basically bodies, people will rise from the dead. So she's believing in the Jewish old tradition of resurrection day. Oh yeah, the resurrection, yeah, that'll happen. That's some future event long to happen. Like that'll happen. I get it. And Jesus totally flips a script on her. He says I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live. And everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this? She said to him, Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into The world. When you're reflecting on your circumstances, scratch your circumstances.

Bryce Crawford 2:43

When you're reflecting on other people's circumstances and you think they're too far gone. Will you let Jesus transcend your predetermined categories about people? Will you let Jesus conquer those predetermined guarantees that you put, oh, that person's never gonna change, or oh, that person's too forgone? Oh, yeah, that person's never gonna get out of drug addiction or that person's never gonna put down the bottle, that person's never gonna have stop having sex with their spouse outside of marriage, or that person's never gonna When are you gonna stop putting God in a box? I mean, like, yeah, Martha believed in tradition, but he's like, no, no, no. I am the resurrection and the life. Meaning that life begins now when we believe in Jesus.

Bryce Crawford 3:21

When I was 17 years old, I wanted to take my life. Not because I wanted to die, because I thought it was the only. I thought that taking my own life at 17 years old was the only way to get the pain to go away. That meant death was my savior. If you think that life begins when you die, then death is your Savior and not Jesus. Jesus makes a bold statement to this lady. You ain't gotta wait for some future, you know, day of resurrection. Life begins now.

What does Jesus mean when He declares, “I am the resurrection and the life”?

Bryce Crawford 3:45

I am the resurrection and the life, Jesus says, and that is true to you. That's true to me. I am the resurrection and the life. Jesus says, Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet he shall live. So he's like, Yeah, physically, if you put trust in Jesus Christ, your physical Physical body dies, but you actually live and you'll be more alive now than ever.