The Voice That Wakes The Dead

John 11:15  
"And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, 
to the intent ye may believe; nevertheless 
let us go unto him." 

    Jesus began by saying that Lazarus was sleeping. To the disciples that sounded like good news, for there is no better medicine than sleep. But the word sleep has always had a deeper and a more serious meaning. Jesus said of Jairus' daughter that she was asleep (Matt.9:24); at the end of Stephen's martyrdom we are told that he fell asleep (Acts 7:60). Paul speaks about those who sleep in Jesus (1Thess. 4:13); and of those witnesses of the Resurrection who are now fallen asleep (1Col. 15:6). So Jesus had to tell them plainly that Lazarus was dead; and then he went on to say that for their sake this was a good thing, because it would produce an event which would strengthen them even more firmly in their faith. 

    The final proof of Christianity is the sight of what Jesus Christ can do. Words may fail to convince, but there is no argument against God in action. It is the simple fact that the power of Jesus Christ has made the coward into a hero, the doubter into a man of certainty, the selfish man into the servant of all. Above all, it is the plain fact of history that again and again the power of Christ has made the bad man good. 
    That is what lays so tremendous a responsibility on the individual Christian. The design of God is that every one of us should be a living proof of his power. Our task is not so much to argue about the Gospel of Jesus Christ in words, but to demonstrate in our lives what Christ has done for us! The death of Lazarus brought a crisis to Jesus, and he was glad, because it gave him the opportunity to demonstrate in the most amazing way what God can do. My Friends, for every crisis

there is an opportunity! 

Amen!

Reading: (John 11:11-16)

Ref:        (HGSB, DSB)

May God Bless You

And Your Family

Minister Robert A. Lail Sr.

The Cross Life Ministry