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I AM AN 80 YEAR OLD MALE, BORN AGAIN, CHRISTIAN WITH A LOVE FOR JESUS. I DO NOT GET OUT MUCH ANYMORE BUT FIND THAT TELLING PEOPLE ABOUT THE LOVE JESUS HAS FOR THEM IS NOT ONLY WHAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO DO BUT SOMETHING THAT THE WORLD NEEDS.
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"THE STORY OF LAZARUS" BY DAVID MCMILLEN
THE STORY OF LAZARUS
THIS MORNING'S MESSAGE IS SIMPLY TO SHOW YOU HOW INTERESTING THE BIBLE IS. ONCE YOU GET INTO READING IT YOU WILL REALLY ENJOY IT AND YOU WILL BE SURPRISED AT THE HELP IT WILL GIVE YOU IN YOUR EVERY DAY LIFE.
ONE OF THE STORIES I REALLY ENJOY READING IS JOHN 11 WHICH TELLS THE STORY ABOUT JESUS RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD. WHETHER YOU KNEW IT OR NOT, VERSE 35 IS THE SHORTEST VERSE IN THE BIBLE AND IT JUST SAYS "Jesus wept." THERE ARE A FEW MORE INTERESTING THINGS IN THIS CHAPTER AND I HAVE A FEW COMMENTS ABOUT SOME OF THEM.
JESUS WAS NOT WEEPING BECAUSE LAZARUS HAD DIED BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO RAISE HIM FROM THE DEAD. HE WEPT BECAUSE OF THEIR UNBELIEF. THIS MUST HAVE HURT HIM VERY MUCH BECAUSE IT GOES ON TO SAY THAT "he groaned in the spirit, and was troubled" HE HAD TOLD THEM THAT HE WAS THE RESURRECTION AND THE LIFE BUT EVIDENTLY THEY HAD NOT BELIEVED HIM. HOWEVER THEY DID WHEN LAZARUS CAME BACK TO LIFE. IT SAYS THAT SOME OF THE JEWS THAT HAD COME TO SEE MARY BELIEVED ON HIM.
I BELIEVE THAT JESUS WAITED THOSE FOUR DAYS SO THERE WOULD BE NO MISTAKING THE FACT THAT HE WAS DEAD. MARTHA EVEN SAID "Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days."
ANOTHER THING THAT I THOUGHT WAS SO GREAT IS THAT WHEN HE CALLED LAZARUS TO COME FORTH, HE APPEARED AT THE OPENING OF THE TOMB ALL BOUND UP. HE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN UP AND WALKED BUT HE WAS THERE AND JESUS HAD TO TELL THEM TO LOOSE HIM.
ONE LAST THOUGHT, I OFTEN WONDERED IF JESUS HADN'T CALLED LAZARUS BY NAME AND HAD JUST SAID "COME FORTH", HOW MANY OF THE DEAD WOULD HAVE COME FORTH FROM THEIR GRAVES.
JOHN 11 IS A VERY INTERESTING CHAPTER AND I AM SURE YOU WILL ENJOY READING IT. JOHN 12 CONTINUES WITH JESUS HAVING DINNER AT LAZARUS HOME AND I KNOW YOU WILL ENJOY THAT ALSO. READING THE BIBLE REALLY IS ENJOYABLE AND IF YOU CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE KING JAMES VERSION, GET ANOTHER TRANSLATION THAT YOU CAN UNDERSTAND. THE AMPLIFIED IS A GREAT ONE TO CHOSE OR THE NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION. WHAT EVER IT TAKES, PLEASE GET INTO GOD'S WORD. YOU WILL NOT BE DISAPPOINTED. ALL VERSIONS OF THE BIBLE ARE ON LINE AND ARE FREE TO READ.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
