Sheryl Brady - Watch Me Come Out of This

John Chapter 11. I’m going to skip around, so just follow me if you can. John Chapter 11, the Bible says, «Now a certain man was sick, named Lazarus of Bethany, the town of Mary and her sister Martha.» And it was that Mary which anointed the Lord with ointment and wiped His feet with her hair, whose brother Lazarus was sick. Therefore, his sisters sent unto Him, saying, «Lord, behold, he whom Thou lovest is sick.» And when Jesus heard that, He said, «This sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of God might be glorified thereby.»

Verse 14: «Then Jesus said unto them plainly, 'Lazarus is dead.'» But I thought you just said that the sickness was not unto death, and now He’s saying Lazarus is dead. He said, «Yea, he is dead, and I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, to the intent that ye may believe. Nevertheless, let us go unto him.» Okay, so you waited until he died, and now you’re ready to go.

Alright, verse 17: «Then when Jesus came, He found that he had lain in the grave for four days already.» Verse 20: «Then Martha, as soon as she heard that Jesus was coming, went and met Him; but Mary sat still in the house.» Then said Martha unto Jesus, «Lord, if Thou hadst been here, my brother would not have died.»

Verse 23: «And Jesus said unto her, 'Thy brother shall rise again.'» Verse 24: «Martha said unto Him, 'I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.'» And Jesus said unto her, «I am the resurrection and the life; he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live; and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Do you believe this, Martha?»

Verse 34: «And He said to her, 'Where have you laid him? '» They said unto Him, «Lord, come and see.» The Bible said that Jesus went, talking about empathy. Jesus, therefore, verse 38, again groaning in Himself, came to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, «Take you away the stone.» Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto Him, «Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he has been dead for four days.» Jesus said unto her, «Said I not unto thee that if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?»

Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid, and Jesus lifted up His eyes and prayed. He said, «Father, I thank Thee that Thou hast heard me.» Verse 43: «And when He had thus spoken, He cried with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth! '» And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes, and his face was bound with a napkin. That all preaches by itself right there.

Jesus saith unto him, «Now lose him and let him go.» He’s all bound; His hands, His face, everything about him is bound up. But look at your neighbor on the right and say, «Neighbor, watch me come out of this.» Well, look at somebody else and say, «Watch me come out of this.» Oh, y’all must never have been in anything; you must have never wanted to prove a point. Look at somebody and tell them, «Just watch me come out of this,» because I’m about to come out of this in the name of Jesus.

I’m coming out of it, coming out of it in Jesus' name. Father, bless Your word, and we thank You for it. Have Your way; speak in this house. Be God. Do whatever You want to do. We yield this whole floor to You; we yield the moment to You. We are just Your people; You are using us, but God, we need Your glory. Have Your way in Jesus' name. Amen and amen.

On your way down, hit somebody and tell them, «Watch me come out of this.» Watch! See, that’s a witness in the room; somebody’s getting ready to come out of something. If I don’t say anything else, you already heard the word of the Lord: «Watch me come out of what looks impossible.» Watch me! Watch me! Watch me!

Come sit down, y’all. Let me just try. Let me just give you some words so you can back it up when you get home by yourself, and you find yourself in a closet. Say, «Hey, watch me survive this.» Watch me! Watch God!

All around me is sinking sand, but on Christ, the absolute greatest preacher that the world has ever known, was a man whose name was Jesus. And everywhere He went, He carried the gospel through the foolishness—this is what the Bible says—of preaching. Everywhere He would go, He would turn entire cities upside down. Wherever He went, multitudes would follow Him.

Without a mailing list, or a database, without a television program, without a microphone, without a book deal, without anything at all that we think we have to have today, He preached His messages until multiplied thousands of people followed after Him. Out of all the great preachers we have in the world today, none will ever be able to compare to Him because He did not just have a word; He was the Word. He was the Word that was made flesh, and He dwelt among us.