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Dear
Friend,
If you do not already have a habit of gathering daily manna the first thing in the morning (we can look at the example given to us in Exodus 16 and find the pattern for make it a habit. Establish your life and your schedule to allow you the necessary time to do your daily collection first thing every morning to give you the strength to make it through the day. And remember that today’s manna will not be sufficient for tomorrow; tomorrow’s manna must be collected tomorrow morning. Wednesday, April 24, 2024
Today's Passage : Today's Passage :Jesus Raises Lazarus from the Dead Bible Verse:John 11:38-44 (KJV) "Jesus therefore again groaning in himself cometh to the grave. It was a cave, and a stone lay upon it. Jesus said, “Take ye away the stone.” Martha, the sister of him that was dead, saith unto him, “Lord, by this time he stinketh: for he hath been dead four days.” Jesus saith unto her, “Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?” Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up his eyes, and said, “Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me. And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.” 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.” " Message:
The Scripture is straightforward: A factual account of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead. Although Lazarus has been dead four days—Martha is sure that his body has already begun to decompose—Jesus raises him in order to show the full glory of God.
This is the greatest and one of the best-known of the miracles by which Jesus showed himself to be the Christ. John specifically depicts seven such miracles, which were so great that they qualified as “signs,” that it, acts by which Jesus showed himself to be the Christ.
Jesus’ time is growing near. Where he has previously sought to avoid the authorities—on several occasions, he has snuck into or out of Jerusalem to avoid arrest—here he almost asks to be found by them. He stands in public before Lazarus’ tomb, just outside the walls of Jerusalem, and in a loud voice cries for a dead man to come forth. This is bound to make a stir. Remember, in contrast, when he changed water into wine at the wedding in Cana, how he asked that his act be kept secret, and how far from civilization he was when he fed the multitude.
The presage of Christ’s own death and resurrection is hard to miss. Lazarus’ body is even behind a stone, which is rolled away. The events of his early life are coming to a climax, and he is about to enter the final act of his life on earth.
(I have a confession to make; I chose the old King James version of this text, in part, because I wanted to use the word “stinketh”.)
Meditation : Prayer : The God of peace, who brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus Christ, the great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant; Make me perfect in every good work to do your will, working in me that which is well pleasing in your sight; through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever.......Amen |
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