JOHN 11:17\u201327<\/b><\/p>\n
Jesus said to her, \u201cI am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
(John 11:25<\/i>).<\/p>\n
This passage contains the fifth of seven \u201cI am\u201d proclamations (for the others see 6:35, 8:12, 10:9, 11, 14:6, and 15:5). In this instance, Jesus is declaring that He is the source of life<\/i>. Both the resurrection, which must precede life, and immortality are rooted in Him. Note that Jesus is the resurrection and the life in person<\/i>, the full blessed life of God and all His glorious attributes: omniscience, wisdom, omnipotence, love, holiness. As such, He is the cause, source, and fountainhead of the believer\u2019s glorious resurrection and everlasting life. In other words, because He lives we too will live. Without Him, nothing but death remains. With Him, eternal life is assured.<\/p>\n
From Jesus\u2019 conversation with Martha, we can develop a systematic doctrine of salvation: Jesus is the resurrection<\/i>, therefore \u201cHe who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live.\u201d Jesus is the life<\/i>, therefore \u201cwhoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.\u201d As you can see the second phrase does not merely repeat the first, but reinforces it.<\/p>\n
Notice that \u201cbelieving\u201d is followed by \u201cliving.\u201d Even though we will all face physical death, those who believe will live in union with Him. This is the hope that sustains us from day to day and especially during those darkest hours when death is imminent. By raising Lazarus from the dead, Jesus reinforced this great truth: only He can give life.<\/p>\n
An unbeliever rejects both propositions of this glorious \u201cI am.\u201d He thinks that death ends it all, or he assumes that mere existence guarantees everlasting life. This is not the case. There is no life outside of Christ. Because fallen men are hostile to the ways of God, because they love \u201cdeath\u201d rather than life, they will never embrace this truth unless they are drawn to Christ in faith. It is by faith alone that these great realities concerning the person and work of Christ Jesus are accepted. Hence, Jesus turned to Martha and asked, \u201cDo you believe this?\u201d Her answer is a beautiful expression of faith, \u201cYes, Lord, I have believed that You are the Christ, the Son of God.\u201d It is only when we come to this point, to this confession, that we find life everlasting.<\/p>\n
CORAM DEO<\/b><\/p>\n
Job 29\u201330<\/p>\n
Acts 12<\/p>\n
WEEKEND<\/b><\/p>\n
Job 31\u201334<\/p>\n
Acts 13<\/p>\n
Read John 11:25\u201327 several times aloud. Make Martha\u2019s confession your own. Pray aloud, expressing to God any fear of death that you might have. Use these verses throughout your prayer. You can find comfort in Christ, who alone is the resurrection and the life.<\/p>\n
For further study:<\/i> Ps. 22<\/i> \u2022 Heb. 9:23\u201328<\/i> \u2022 1 John 5:6\u201313<\/i><\/p>\n
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JOHN 11:17\u201327 Jesus said to her, \u201cI am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live\u201d (John 11:25). This passage contains the fifth of seven \u201cI am\u201d proclamations (for the others see 6:35, 8:12, 10:9, 11, 14:6, and 15:5). In this instance, Jesus is declaring that … Continue reading “RESURRECTION AND LIFE”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13014","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13014","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13014"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13014\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13014"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13014"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13014"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}