Is the road you are on a road of life or of death?John 11: 25-26
Martha had a firm grasp of reality. She knew her brother, Lazarus, was dead and buried. She also knew that for some reason Jesus didn't come as soon as she and her sister, Mary had called to ask for his help. Martha believed in a heavenly resurrection, but Martha's faith in Jesus's power and love was so strong she believed there was still hope for her brother.
That's when Jesus made a bold statement. As he'd done previously, Jesus referred to himself with the words "I am," a name reserved by the Jews for God alone.
When Jesus spoke about how someone may die, then live, yet whoever lives will never die, Jesus wasn't playing semantic word games.
He was talking about two different kinds of death-physical and spiritual. Though everyone faces physical death. Faith in Jesus and his resurrection raises a person's spiritual life up from the grave, instantly and permanently.
By being both the resurrection and the life, Jesus could do more than simply restore life. He had the power to maintain it, to return it to what God originally designed it to be. Jesus demonstrated this power in a visible way by bringing Lazarus back to life. Although some day Lazarus would die again physically, thanks to his belief in Jesus Lazarus never had to face death spiritually. He would be with God through out his life on earth and beyond.
Selah people' and friends you cannot determine the day of your death, nor can I, but we can determine the day you truly come to life by believing in Jesus. Consider what resurrection means to you in a spiritual sense.
"Peace be yours as you find Christ in your life and start down the narrow road of everlasting life."
Your pastor,
Rev Muston (PreacherPatrick)
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