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The Good Seed - Friday, October 12, 2019
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Godâ€™s way with Lazarus (6)

Jesus lifted up his eyes and said, Father, I thank you that you have heard me.
John 11:41

God's way with Lazarus (6)
Weeping, Jesus stood at the tomb of His friend Lazarus with the sorrowful sisters and many Jews. All eyes were on Him when He commanded: "Take away the stone!" Martha had her reservations. "Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days." Corruption had set in.

Jesus, however, looked up towards heaven and prayed aloud to His Father. The multitude should know clearly that God had sent Him to earth. Then He cried with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come forth!" And Lazarus emerged from the tomb still wrapped in grave clothes. What a powerful proof that Jesus was truly the Son of God!

Let us summarize a few significant points from John ch. 11:

God wants only the best for us. If He permits suffering in our life, then His glory is finally to be revealed all the more in us. Even if we fail to understand God's ways with us, we should hold firmly to His boundless love towards us.

Whoever dies believing in the Lord Jesus "falls asleep". When Jesus returns for the believers, all, including those deceased will be taken to heaven with the living Christ. Whoever accepts the Lord Jesus as Saviour obtains eternal life. That makes him fit for heaven. This enables us to live to honour God.

Jesus Christ is true God and true Man in one Person. He is the Lord over life and death; but He is also full of sympathy for all who mourn and suffer. He Himself experienced bitter suffering as a Man.

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