THE RAISING OF LAZARUS

 

Sunday, March 17, 2024

 

THE RAISING OF LAZARUS

John 11:11-14

11 These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.

12 Then said his disciples, Lord, if he sleep, he shall do well.

13 Howbeit Jesus spake of his death: but they thought that he had spoken of taking of rest in sleep.

14 Then said Jesus unto them plainly, Lazarus is dead.

 

John 12:9-10

9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.

10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death.

 

          It is interesting, isn’t it, that Jeus sought how He might make Lazarus LIVE, and the chief priests sought how they might make him DIE. Therin rests the horrible divide between Jesus and the Jewish leaders. One tends toward life and the other tends toward death.

 

          Examine your lifestyle for a moment. Mentally follow the things you believe and the things that you do and see where they lead you. Take drinking as only one example. At first it is fun and social, and the drink itself lifts the spirit. After awhile it becomes demanding and controlling. Later balance and reason are lost to foolishness and stumbling. “There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death.” Prov 14:12

 

John 10:10

10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.

 

Dear Lord, help me to evaluate my lifestyle and rightly determine their value and their end. Let me follow those things that tend toward life. AMEN