“Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?" [John 11:40]
JESUS RAISES LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD
Jesus, once more deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave with a stone laid across the entrance. “Take away the stone,” he said.
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
“But, Lord,” said Martha, the sister of the dead man, “by this time there is a bad odor, for he has been there four days.”
Then Jesus said, “Did I not tell you that if you believe, you will see the glory of God?”
So they took away the stone. Then Jesus looked up and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. I knew that you always hear me, but I said this for the benefit of the people standing here, that they may believe that you sent me.”
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
When he had said this, Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” The dead man came out, his hands and feet wrapped with strips of linen, and a cloth around his face.
Jesus said to them, “Take off the grave clothes and let him go.”
Jesus commanded the onlookers to take away the stone from the mouth of the grave. He could have done this Himself by merely speaking the word. However, God does not ordinarily do for men what they can do for themselves.
Jesus commanded the onlookers to take away the stone from the mouth of the grave. He could have done this Himself by merely speaking the word. However, God does not ordinarily do for men what they can do for themselves.
Martha expressed horror at the thought of opening the grave. She realized that her brother's body had been there for four days and feared that it had begun to decompose. He would have been buried the same day on which he died, as was the custom then.
Jesus called in a loud voice, " Lazarus, come out!". Lazarus came out his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus commanded the people to lose Lazarus and let him go. Only Christ can raise the dead, but He gives us the task of removing stones of stumbling, and of unwinding the grave-clothes of prejudice and superstition.
Have you accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as your personal Savior?
I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.
I tell you, now is the time of God's favor, now is the day of salvation.
THE DEAD MAN CAME OUT
“Jesus called in a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!”” [John 11:43]
Jesus raised Lazarus
