Jesus
said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me,
though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall
never die. Do you believe this?" -
John 11.25-26
Here we have yet
another of Jesus’ ‘I am’ statements. The setting is a tragic one. His friend
Lazarus is dead and Lazarus’ sister Martha seems a little miffed that Jesus didn’t
show up in time to heal Lazarus before he died.
Jesus tried to
reassure her – ‘your brother will live again.’
Martha knew her
Bible – ‘I know he will rise again at the last day Lord.’
But then Jesus
responds with an amazing truth, ‘I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes
in Me, even though He was dead shall live. And anyone who lives and believes in
me shall never die.’
He asked Martha if
she believed that, and praise God she gave testimony that she did.
I love that
promise. One day this old body is going to quit working. Chances are that I am
lot closer to that side of life than the other way. That is, of course, unless
I live to me 116!
Anyway, it is
great comfort to know that even when my body wears out I am going to keep on
going. Because I have put my faith in the fact that Jesus is indeed the
resurrection and the life. My body will die but Roger is not going to have to
face death. Instead I am looking forward to a new, improved version of life.
Praise God that I
belong to not only the One who can provide resurrection, but is the
Resurrection and the Life Himself!
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