DEALING WITH TERMINAL ILLNESSES PART 4 OF 10

TEXT - JOHN 11:1-44

INTRODUCTION

THERE ARE MANY THINGS THAT A PASTOR MUST DEAL WITH IN HIS MINISTRY.

SOME ARE VERY EXCITING, HAPPY TIMES THAT ARE A BREEZE.

OTHERS ARE VERY DIFFICULT, SAD AND HARD.

AS A PASTOR I HAVE BEEN WITH FAMILIES THAT HAVE GONE THROUGH A TERMINAL ILLNESS.

I HAVE PRAYED WITH THEM AND VISITED IN THEIR HOME AND THE HOSPITAL.

I HAVE WATCHED AS THEY ENDURED THE LONG DAYS OF SICKNESS WONDERING IF GOD WAS LISTENING TO THEIR PRAYERS.

DEALING WITH A TERMINAL ILLNESS IS SOMETHING THAT I PERSONAL HAVE NEVER BEEN ABLE TO GET USED TO AND NEVER GETS ANY EASIER.

IT IS AN AWKWARD SITUATION, ESPECIALLY IF THE PERSON WHO IS TERMINALLY ILL IS LOST.

BUT EVEN WHEN THEY ARE SAVED, YOU ARE AT A LOSS FOR WORDS.

A TERMINAL ILLNESS IS ONE WHERE DEATH IS IMMINENT.

SICKNESS IS A TOPIC THAT IS FOUND THROUGHOUT THE BIBLE.

TONIGHT OUR TEXT IS FOUND IN JOHN 11:1-44 AND I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER A MAN NAMED LAZARUS WHO HAD A TERMINAL ILLNESS AND DIED.

AS WE DO THIS I WOULD LIKE US TO CONSIDER FOUR ASPECTS OF A TERMINAL ILLNESS.