Lazarus is dead 4 days and residing in a tomb. Jesus raises him from the dead by calling him forth. Was Lazarus given life, heard the words of Jesus, and came forth, or, did he hear the words, come to life, and come forth?
“Was Lazarus given life, heard the words of Jesus, and came forth,”
“Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live: and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?
… And when he thus had spoken,
he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
And
he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin.
Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.”
John 11:25-26, 43-44
lazarus was dead , Jesus spoke to the dead man and called him forth and then he rose from death because the life is on the word. Again
that’s what the gospel is for all of us God calling us to life eternal .
“Verily, verily, I say unto you,
He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me,
hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.”
John 5:24 KJV
and on the other hand
“He that rejecteth me, and receiveth not my words, hath one that judgeth him: the word that I have spoken, the same shall judge him in the last day.”
John 12:48
The power and plan to save mankind is the gospel and it being preached to all that’s the seed from which life comes to us
“For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ: for it is the power of God unto salvation to every one that believeth; to the Jew first, and also to the Greek. For therein is the righteousness of God revealed from faith to faith: as it is written, The just shall live by faith.”
Romans 1:16-17 KJV
just like Lazarus all the dead will hear his voice and come forth
“
Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which
all that are in the graves shall hear his voice, and shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.”
John 5:28-29 KJV
Infact many have already done what Lazarus did
“and t
he graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose, and came out of the graves after his resurrection, and went into the holy city, and appeared unto many.”
Matthew 27:52-53 KJV
and many more will when he returns
“For
the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and
the dead in Christ shall rise first: then
we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.”
1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 KJV
The thing is no one’s actually dead to God yet he’s the authors of life. And he’s offered it to all in the gospel the gospel itself is where
the life is given and received . It’s appeared now to all people it just needs to be preached and shared among us in order for anyone to believe it
a lot of things in the church today insist that we not really hear it to be honest “ youe already saved or you aren’t “ hearing the gospel isn’t going to change that “ your saved by grace not the gospel “ a lot of ideas not specific to those but a lot of variances exist rather than just accepting what he said will save us and condemn us
