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A Deep and Meaningful Prayer

Text: John 11: 41-42

A DEEP AND MEANINGFUL PRAYER

Martha must have consented and friends were asked to move the stone away from the tomb, though all must have been wondering what Jesus was going to do next.

“Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, ‘Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.’”

John 11:41-42

1. “Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying”

a. This was a factual description of what took place.

b. Lazarus was that dead man; this was the place, the tomb in which he was interred.

2. “And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said”

a. Jesus looked up to Heaven.

b. This an important symbolic act that all who were there could take notice.

c. Jesus prayed to His Father, the God of heaven and earth.

3. “Father, I thank You that You heard Me. And I know that You always hear Me”

a. “Father” was the favourite term Jesus used when speaking about God.

b. Or when He offered up prayers to Him.

c. There was such a precious and wonderful relationship between Father and Son.

d. Nothing was taken for granted though; there was thanksgiving that God had heard.

e. The Father would always listen to His Son in His prayers.

4. “But because of the people who are standing by I said this”

a. Everyone standing by was watching Jesus.

b. They had also heard what He had said.

5. “That they may believe that You sent Me”

a. There was so much unbelief.

b. The desire of Jesus was that people may believe in God.

c. And that they may believe that the Father had indeed sent Jesus into the world.

d. They must know that the Father would hear and respond to the prayers of Jesus.
In this instance, it would mean that the Father would raise the dead through Jesus.

经文：约翰福音 11：41-42

一个深刻及有意义的祷告

马打肯定同意了，并叫朋友们把石头从坟墓挪开。这肯定使大家疑惑，耶稣究竟即将做什么。

“他们就把石头挪开。耶稣举目望天，说：‘父啊，我感谢你，因为你已经听我。我也知道你常听我，但我说这话是为周围站着的众人，叫他们信是你差了我来。’”

《约翰福音 11：41-42》

1. “他们就把石头挪开”

a. 这是对所发生的事件一个事实的描述

b. 那死人是拉撒路；这地方就是他被安放的坟墓

2. “耶稣举目望天，说”

a. 耶稣举目仰望天国

b. 这是一个极重要的象征性行为，在场的人都注意到了

c. 耶稣向祂的父，天地的上帝祈祷

3. “父啊，我感谢你，因为你已经听我。我也知道你常听我”

a. “父”是耶稣在谈论上帝时最喜欢用的称呼

b. 或者当祂向上帝祈祷的时候

c. 这父与子的关系是非常珍贵及美妙的

d. 耶稣并没把任何事当成是理所当然的；祂依然感谢上帝聆听祂的祷告

e. 天父必定每次都会聆听祂儿子的祷告

4. “但我说这话是为周围站着的众人”

a. 周围站着的众人都在看着耶稣

b. 他们也听到祂所说的

5. “叫他们信是你差了我来”

a. 他们实在有太多的不信

b. 耶稣渴望众人能相信上帝

c. 并且相信天父的确差了耶稣到这个世界

d. 他们必须知道天父会聆听及回应耶稣的祷告。此刻，这意味着天父会通过耶稣叫死人复活。