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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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ARE YOU A "MARY" OR "MARTHA" OF TODAY?
ARE YOU A "MARY" OR "MARTHA" OF TODAY?
HAVE YOU EVER READ THE STORY ABOUT JESUS RAISING LAZARUS FROM THE DEAD? IT IS REALLY INTERESTING. DID YOU KNOW THOSE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE CONTAIN THE SHORTEST VERSE IN THE BIBLE? IT IS JOHN 11:35 WHICH READS "Jesus wept."
THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THAT VERSE IS THAT JESUS DID NOT WEEP BECAUSE LAZARUS WAS DEAD BECAUSE HE KNEW HE WAS GOING TO RAISE HIM UP. I BELIEVE HE WAS WEEPING FOR HIS CREATION AND THE TERRIBLE PAIN THAT SIN HAD BROUGHT ON IT. ALL THE SUFFERING THAT PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING WAS NEVER GOD'S INTENTION. I ALSO BELIEVE HE WEPT BECAUSE OF MARY'S AND MARTHA'S UNBELIEF. THEY, OF ALL PEOPLE, SHOULD HAVE KNOWN WHAT JESUS WAS CAPABLE OF AND STILL LOOK WHAT MARTHA SAID TO HIM, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But I know, that even now, whatsoever thou wilt ask of God, God will give it thee." JESUS TOLD HER, "Thy brother shall rise again." MARTHA, STILL NOT UNDERSTANDING, SAID "I know that he shall rise again in the resurrection at the last day." JESUS FINALLY TOLD 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." SHE FINALLY BELIEVED HIM AND WENT AWAY TO TELL MARY THAT HE WAS THERE AND WAS CALLING FOR HER.
MARY RAN OUT TO WHERE JESUS MET MARTHA AND FELL ON HER KNEES AND SAID, "Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died." IT WAS WITH HER AS IT WAS WITH MARTHA. THE THING IS, BOTH OF THEM HAD HEARD OF THE MANY MIRACLES JESUS HAD DONE, AND PROBABLY HAD SEEN SOME OF THEM, YET THEY STILL DOUBTED HIM. WHEN JESUS SAW HER AND ALL THE JEWS AROUND HER WEEPING, THIS IS WHEN HE WEPT. HE FINALLY WENT TO THE GRAVE AND EVEN THEN WHEN HE TOLD THEM TO TAKE AWAY THE STONE, MARTHA SAID "Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days." JESUS ANSWERED HER, "Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?"
WHEN THE GRAVE WAS OPENED, JESUS CRIED OUT IN A LOUD VOICE, "Lazarus, come forth. And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with grave clothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go." DID YOU NOTICE THAT? HE WAS BOUND HAND AND FOOT WHICH MEANT THAT HE COULD NOT HAVE JUST GOTTEN UP AND WALKED TO THE ENTRANCE OF THE GRAVE. WHEN JESUS SAID "COME FORTH", HE REALLY CAME FORTH.
ISN'T IT SAD THAT WE ARE THE MARYS AND MARTHAS OF THIS DAY AND AGE. WE STUDY THE BIBLE AND KNOW WHAT ALL JESUS CAN DO, YET WE DOUBT HIM. WE PICK AND CHOOSE WHAT WE WANT TO BELIEVE. WHY CAN'T PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF HE CAN DIE ON A CROSS AND TAKE ALL OUR SINS AWAY, HE CAN HEAL US? JESUS MUST WEEP A LOT OVER OUR UNBELIEF AND THAT IS SAD. HE WENT THROUGH ALL THAT HE DID AND TOOK THOSE STRIPES SO WE WOULD NOT HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PAIN AND SUFFERING THAT HE KNEW WAS ON THIS EARTH BECAUSE OF SATAN. WHEN WE DON'T HAVE FAITH ENOUGH TO TRUST HIM AT HIS WORD, I CAN JUST SEE THE TEARS IN HIS EYES. WOULDN'T IT HURT YOU TO SEE YOUR CHILD OR YOUR PARENTS SUFFER WHEN THEY DIDN'T HAVE TO? THINK ABOUT THIS WHEN YOU ARE IN YOUR PRAYER TIME AND JUST THANK HIM FOR WHAT HE DID AND ASK HIM TO FORGIVE YOU FOR THAT UNBELIEF. HE REALLY LOVES US.
THIS STORY IS FOUND IN THE 11TH CHAPTER OF JOHN AND CHAPTER 12 IS WHERE LAZARUS, MARY AND MARTHA MADE DINNER FOR JESUS. IT IS ALSO AN INTERESTING STORY AND ONE I THINK YOU WILL ENJOY. SOME PEOPLE SAY THAT STUDYING THE BIBLE IS HARD AND IT JUST MIGHT BE THE VERSION OF THE BIBLE YOU ARE USING. IF YOU ARE HAVING TROUBLE, TRY THE AMPLIFIED BIBLE. IT EXPLAINS IT A LITTLE MORE IN A LANGUAGE WE CAN UNDERSTAND. DON'T JUST GIVE UP. JESUS DIDN'T GIVE UP ON YOU. HE WANTS TO TALK TO YOU AND HE DOES THAT THROUGH HIS WORD. WON'T YOU FELLOWSHIP WITH HIM TODAY. I KNOW YOU BOTH WILL ENJOY IT.
GOD BLESS YOU ALL.
