"I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.” Word came to Jesus while He was on the other side of the Jordan River that his good friend Lazarus, the brother of Mary and Martha, was very ill. By the time Jesus reached Bethany where Lazarus lived, Lazarus had already died and his body placed in a tomb where it had been for four days. Martha, one of the sisters of Lazarus, came to meet Jesus as He approached the tomb where Lazarus was buried. Martha told Jesus that Lazarus would not have died if Jesus had been there before he actually died. To Jesus, it made no difference when the miracle occurred. Both a miracle of healing
before physical death or a miracle of resurrection
after the physical death of the Lazarus made no difference to Him because in Him and His Words were the power both to heal and resurrect people and give them eternal life. Jesus said that in Him is resurrection and eternal life. If you believe in Him you can live forever! In this simple yet powerful promise can be found the gift of eternal life. All you have to do is believe in Him and the death of your physical body will one day be transformed into eternal life.
