John 11:39 KJV
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
Whether it’s rancid food or roadkill, we’ve all had the misfortune of smelling a decomposing item. In this case, it was Lazarus.
During Jesus’ time in Israel, embalming was not practiced; instead, the dead corpse was sealed in a tomb to conceal the odor of the decaying body.
Lazarus had been dead four days and therefore, everyone knew: “he stinketh.”
Ironically, it’s so easy to smell someone else that stinks, but when it comes to ourselves, we often go “noseblind.”
If your house has an odor to it, you’ll only notice when you’ve been gone for a while or a visitor happens to mention it.
The same is true for our sin. It’s so easy to miss our own stench while noticing the odor of all those around us. Thankfully, there’s a man who can rid us of our stink.
When Jesus raised Lazarus, he gave him a brand new body. Not only did Lazarus not stink, he probably had the wonderful newborn baby smell!
Spiritually, Jesus does the same when we come to Him. He washes the filth, odor, grime, and muck from our sinful bodies and restores us to the innocence He intended for us at the onset of humanity.
No matter how “good” you think you are, unless you’ve been washed by Jesus, you stink. We can’t be consumed by the mote in our brother’s eye when we have a beam in our own (Matt. 7:3). Every sin must be put under the blood - even for the Christian - or that odor will creep back upon us ever so slowly.
Corresponding Sermon: Ryan Knight 04/18/21 AM
Jesus said, Take ye away the stone. Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.
Whether it’s rancid food or roadkill, we’ve all had the misfortune of smelling a decomposing item. In this case, it was Lazarus.
During Jesus’ time in Israel, embalming was not practiced; instead, the dead corpse was sealed in a tomb to conceal the odor of the decaying body.
Lazarus had been dead four days and therefore, everyone knew: “he stinketh.”
Ironically, it’s so easy to smell someone else that stinks, but when it comes to ourselves, we often go “noseblind.”
If your house has an odor to it, you’ll only notice when you’ve been gone for a while or a visitor happens to mention it.
The same is true for our sin. It’s so easy to miss our own stench while noticing the odor of all those around us. Thankfully, there’s a man who can rid us of our stink.
When Jesus raised Lazarus, he gave him a brand new body. Not only did Lazarus not stink, he probably had the wonderful newborn baby smell!
Spiritually, Jesus does the same when we come to Him. He washes the filth, odor, grime, and muck from our sinful bodies and restores us to the innocence He intended for us at the onset of humanity.
No matter how “good” you think you are, unless you’ve been washed by Jesus, you stink. We can’t be consumed by the mote in our brother’s eye when we have a beam in our own (Matt. 7:3). Every sin must be put under the blood - even for the Christian - or that odor will creep back upon us ever so slowly.
Corresponding Sermon: Ryan Knight 04/18/21 AM
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