What can a dead man do? We were completely impotent. For those of us who have been spiritually raised from utter death to live and walk with Christ, this too is all of God. Our part now is to walk with Him and testify of the One who raised us from hell to heaven and death to life.
They came not only because of Jesus but also to see Lazarus, the one he had raised from the dead. But the chief priests had decided to kill Lazarus also, because he was the reason many of the Jews were deserting them and believing in Jesus.
—John 12:9–11
What do people think and do because of you? When your life crosses theirs, does it make a difference? Cause them to think of something important? Provoke a thought or response?
Most importantly, do people believe in Jesus because of you?
A Resurrected Life
Lazarus had quite a story. He was one of the few people in history who had died and been physically brought to life again by Jesus. This amazing miracle had stirred the whole world.
Lazarus had little part in this, of course. It was all of God. Lazarus did the dying; Jesus did the raising. With a word, Christ had called him from the tomb after four days there.
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