Resurrection

Lazarus was four days dead. When Jesus said, “Lazarus, come out,” the dead man responded. Lazarus stood up and shuffled out of the tomb. His resurrected body still showed signs of death—strips of linen wrapped around his body and a burial cloth around his face.

Come out! Those are the words Jesus spoke to a man who was dead. Here’s the account in John 11:43.

As we move through the week of Christmas, we are focusing on Jesus, the One Isaiah described as the “Prince of Peace.” 

Jesus was not the Messiah the Jews were expecting. They lived under the oppression of Rome and longed for a political and military deliverer. The One who was born in a stable to a poor Jewish girl did not meet their expectations.

Believers follow Jesus through life, death, and glorious resurrection. Anyone who believes in Jesus “shall never die.” That’s the Good News!

Today, believers proclaim that Jesus is their personal Lord. He is the One we love and follow. He is our master, the One in charge of our lives. The true believer proclaims: Jesus is Lord!

The true believer moves from life to death to life. One day our souls will be absent from our bodies and present with the Lord.

Jesus is the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in him as the only way to God has the assurance of resurrection.

Have you seen the risen Savior in your darkened world? He is there! Follow him in the resurrection of new life!