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Jesus is the Resurrection and the Life

Date: May. 7, 2024

Passage

John 11:17-27 (ESV)

17 Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. 18 Bethany was near Jerusalem, about two miles off, 19 and many of the Jews had come to Martha and Mary to console them concerning their brother. 20 So when Martha heard that Jesus was coming, she went and met him, but Mary remained seated in the house. 21 Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. 22 But even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you.” 23 Jesus said to her, “Your brother will rise again.” 24 Martha said to him, “I know that he will rise again in the resurrection on the last day.” 25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, 26 and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die. Do you believe this?” 27 She said to him, “Yes, Lord; I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God, who is coming into the world.”

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Key Verse: 11:25

Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live,

Four days after Lazarus was buried in the tomb, Jesus arrived in Bethany. Jesus found the people of Bethany full of sorrow and despair under the power of death. Martha believed that Jesus could have healed her brother if he had been there. She was disappointed at his late arrival. Though Jesus promised to bring him back to life, she interpreted it as the future resurrection on the last day. Her theological knowledge had no power to change her present life.

Jesus declared “I AM the resurrection and the life” at present as well as in the future. Where Jesus is, there is no death. Death has no power over him. Jesus is the Creator, the Author and Origin of life (Jn 1:3-4). Jesus came to give life to Lazarus who was dead in the tomb and to plant resurrection faith in Martha and Mary. Martha did not need to wait for the last day to experience the resurrection. Jesus wants us to have hope even in spite of death “right now” by having faith in him. He promises that anyone who believes in him will live, even though they die physically. Do you believe this?

Martha believed it and confessed that Jesus was the Christ, the Son of God. Whoever believes in Christ experiences His resurrection power and will have the assurance of eternal life now.

Prayer: Lord, you are the resurrection and the life. Help me live by faith in the resurrection today.

One Word: Live by resurrection faith

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2 Samuel 5:17-25

Key Verse: 5:19

And David inquired of the LORD, “Shall I go up against the Philistines? Will you give them into my hand?” And the LORD said to David, “Go up, for I will certainly give the Philistines into your hand.”

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