The gospel of John tells the story of several people who have encounters with Jesus and are reborn in some respect. The Samaritan woman, an outcast, is reborn into her community. A blind man is healed, becoming a new person who can see and who believes in Jesus.With Lazarus, this weeks lesson, the rebirth becomes literal. Lazarus dies and is given new life.
Jesus showed up at Lazarus' tomb while his family, Mary and Martha, were in mourning. Jesus saw their pain and wept with them. Sometimes through the death of someone close, or a broken relationship, or the loss of a job we find ourselves mourning an old life. Rebirth is painful because it means letting go of what we know. Jesus commiserates with us in letting go of the old and gives us new life.
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