THE STORY OF JESUS: John 11:17-27
“I am the resurrection and the life.” (John 11:25)
By this ‘I am’ statement Jesus equates Himself with God and with God’s LIFE.
“God has given us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.” (1 John 5:11)
Though we are physically alive, we are not fully alive, physically and spiritually.
(The Greek word ‘bios’ = physical life, ‘zoe’ = physical/spiritual life together).
Without God, we have lost our connection to fully alive ‘life’ (‘zoe’ or LIFE).
The reason we are dying is because we are disconnected from the source of LIFE.
We all sense ‘death’ at work in us and around us, all through the world…
Every time something goes wrong, or someone gets sick, or someone dies!
We also feel deep inside a longing for LIFE, for LIFE beyond death!
People sensed this LIFE in Jesus: some resisted it and some welcomed it.
“The one who believes in me will live, even though they die.” (John 11:25)
Jesus offers to connect us to God, and in God to LIFE as it was meant to be.
The question is not ‘am I alive physically’ but ‘am I alive spiritually’?
“Whoever has the Son has life; whoever does not have the Son of God does not have life.” (1 John 5:12)
“Do you believe this?” (John 11:26)
What do you sense the Lord saying to you?
PRAYER
Lord, I want to believe this. Death seems so much more real. Yet deep down inside my soul reaches for life, for God, for You. I want to LIVE!
The name Lazarus means God is my Help.
Martha was asked if she believed in the resurrection from the dead. I too need to believe the creed which states that He arose leaving His Spirit behind enabling me to be alive in Him. I am alive and living in the joy of the Lord God Who is my strength and power for He enables me to live for Jesus today and always.
Alive alive alive forevermore
My Jesus is alive alive forevermore
Alive alive alive forevermore
My Jesus is alive alive forevermore
Sing alleluia sing alleluia
My Jesus is alive forevermore
Sing alleluia sing alleluia
My Jesus is alive