Meeting the Seemingly Impossible
John 11:38-46
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If you’ve been tuning in regularly to Hope for Today, you know that we’re studying from John’s Gospel. Our Bible teacher for this series is the late Dr. J. Otis Yoder, founder, and president of Heralds of Hope. Here he is with today’s teaching; “Meeting the Seemingly Impossible.” And our Scripture portion is John 11:38 to 46.
Perhaps you too have had to meet a situation where the way through seemed almost impossible. I have had such situations. But I have learned from the counsel of another, every problem carries the clue to its own solution. It’s like a stone mason. He can tell how to strike the chisel to shape the stone. Just by looking at the stone he knows where to strike it. That is learned by experience and accomplished stone masons do very nice work.
It is so in life. We must seek the solution by a careful examination of the problem. Jesus was especially able to meet the seemingly impossible. So, I want to share with you from John 11:3846 and we will see Jesus MEETING THE SEEMINGLY IMPOSSIBLE.
38 Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it.
39 Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinks: for he hath been dead four days.
40 Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that...
