I AM series in John's gospel Sermon series in morning services at TaB Jesus' involvment in my life is always miraculous and powerful and transformative.

1. Cheating Death
with Resurrection Power
Jn 11:38-45

2. Introduction
• A miracle is a Divine intervention in the
affairs of men.
– power brought to bear on a powerless situation
– supernatural override of a natural disaster
– an improbable response to an impossible
situation
• Does God still do MIRACLES today?

3. The Miracles of Jesus
1. Controls – power over nature
• *water to wine, feeding the 5000, walking on
water
2. Cures – power over illness, handicaps
• centurion’s servant, *paralytic at Bethesda,
*blind man at birth
3. Exorcisms – power over demons
4. Resurrections – power over death
• *raising of Lazarus
• Jesus performed
many miracles
during His life &
ministry
• John did not
record all of them

4. The Miraculous Evidence
• God will be GLORIFIED (v40)
• The power of PRAYER will be demonstrated
(vv22, 41, 42)
• The MESSAGE will be believed by many (vv40,
45)
• Jesus’ DEITY will be verified or proved (v42)
• Death and sin will be CONQUERED (vv43-44)
• Unbelievers will be without EXCUSE (v46ff)

5. Conclusion
• The GOSPEL is a powerful miracle story and
includes resurrection. (1Cor 15:3-4)
• Salvation is a MIRACULOUS series of events,
cheating death by resurrection power. (1Cor
15:57)
• MIRACLES are definitely still occurring today.

6. Romans 8:9-11
You, however, are not in the flesh but in the
Spirit, if in fact the Spirit of God dwells in you.
Anyone who does not have the Spirit of Christ
does not belong to him.
But if Christ is in you, although the body is dead
because of sin, the Spirit is life because of
righteousness.

7. Romans 8:9-11
If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the
dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus
from the dead will also give life to your mortal
bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.

8. Actions
• Pray for another MIRACLE.
• Act, by FAITH, on what God has called you to
do.
• WORSHIP God when you observe miracles
occurring.
• Never give up HOPE for God to do another
miracle.

9. Matthew 19:26
• “With people this is impossible, but with God
all things are possible.”