John 11:25 (KJV) Jesus
said unto her, I am the
resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he
were dead, yet shall he live:
Here was a house was made a house of
mourning. Grace will keep sorrow from the heart, but not
from the house. Martha, went forth by faith, hope, and
prayer, to meet him. When Martha went to meet Jesus, Mary
sat still in the house; this temper formerly had been an
advantage to her, when it put her at Christ’s feet
To
enlarge Martha’s expectations, our Lord declared himself to
be the Resurrection and the Life. In every sense he is the
Resurrection; the source, the substance, the first-fruits.
Only through Jesus do we have all source, all substance and
all first-fruits. Martha went to Jesus in that faith as we
should go to Jesus with our own faith that whatever he
choose to give us it is all we need as He is the source and
the power to give or take it away.
The redeemed soul lives after death in happiness; and
after the resurrection, both body and soul are kept from all
evil for ever. When we have read or heard the word of
Christ, about the great things of the other world, we should
put it to ourselves, Do we believe this truth?
The crosses and comforts of this present time would not
make such a deep impression upon us as they do, if we believed
the things of eternity as we ought.
When Christ our Master comes, he calls for us. He comes in
his word and His love, and calls us to them, calls us by them,
calls us to himself. Those who, in a day of peace, set
themselves at Christ’s feet to be taught by him, may with
comfort, in a day of trouble, cast themselves at his feet, to
find favor with him.
You may be dead in the flesh, but when you believe in Jesus
ye shall live. Jesus is your source and resurrection of all that
you need. Remember! Your life depends on it.
