Lazarus, come forth!

Q: What does the Bible say about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead?

The Bible, in John 11:43, recounts Jesus calling Lazarus from the grave, demonstrating His authority over death. The Gospel of John, specifically in John 11:43, details the miracle of Lazarus's resurrection, showcasing Christ's divine authority. This miracle is significant as it substantiates the claim of Jesus’ divinity and His power over death itself. It emphasizes that even after four days of being dead, Lazarus was brought back to life, underlining a profound theological truth: Jesus has the power to resurrect both physically and spiritually. This event not only served to glorify God but also foreshadowed the ultimate resurrection that believers in Christ will experience at the end of times.

Q: How do we know that Jesus is the resurrection and the life?

Jesus declared Himself as the resurrection and the life in John 11:25, affirming belief in Him leads to eternal life. In John 11:25, Jesus boldly states, 'I am the resurrection and the life.' This claim not only identifies Him as the central figure in the promise of eternal life but also illustrates the assurance of believers in their own resurrection. The resurrection of Lazarus serves as a testament to this truth; Lazarus was raised not only to physical life but symbolically points to the spiritual resurrection believers experience when they place their faith in Christ. This affirmation provides comfort and hope to Christians, especially as it relates to their own eventual resurrection at the last day.

Q: Why is the miracle of Lazarus important for Christians?

The miracle of Lazarus is pivotal as it illustrates Jesus’ power over death and foreshadows the resurrection of all believers. The significance of Lazarus’s resurrection extends beyond the event itself; it embodies Christian hope and assures believers of their future resurrection. By calling Lazarus from the grave, Jesus demonstrated His divine authority over life and death, reinforcing His identity as the Son of God. This miracle acts as a precursor to the ultimate resurrection that believers will experience, as proclaimed in the Scriptures. Furthermore, it provides a vivid illustration that Christ has the power to bring spiritual life to those who are dead in sin, making the doctrine of regeneration a key point for Christians to grasp.

Q: What does the voice of Jesus signify in the calling of Lazarus?

The voice of Jesus signifies His authority and command over life, effectively calling Lazarus back from death. In the calling of Lazarus, the voice of Jesus represents not only His divine authority but also the power of His words to effect change and bring forth life. When Jesus cried with a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come forth,' it demonstrates His command over death, showcasing that His voice is uniquely effective in ushering forth life from death. This principle applies to all believers; those who hear His voice—spiritually speaking—respond to the call of salvation. Jesus’ calling is both authoritative and personal, and as the Good Shepherd, He knows and calls His sheep by name, ensuring that none of His own shall be lost.

Q: How does the story of Lazarus relate to the Christian concept of resurrection?

Lazarus's resurrection illustrates the future hope Christians have in eternal life through Jesus’ power. The account of Lazarus serves as a tangible illustration of the Christian doctrine of resurrection. It exemplifies the hope that all believers can have, as evidenced by Jesus’ declaration of being the resurrection and the life. Lazarus being raised from the dead not only metaphorically reflects the spiritual resurrection believers undergo when they come to faith in Christ, but it also foreshadows the literal resurrection that will occur at Christ's second coming. The theological implications are profound; just as Lazarus was called forth, so shall all who are in Christ be resurrected on the last day to eternal life in glorified bodies.

So once again, the help of the Lord, I'd like you to turn with me to the chapter that we read together, the Gospel according to John, chapter 11, and the text you'll find in verse 43. And when he had spoken, when he had thus spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus come forth. continue on looking at the miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ.

This is the 33rd miracle of the Lord Jesus and a very specific one, the one that stands out really above many of the others as an impossibility. as many of the miracles were impossible yet they could be attributed to maybe medication or something like that. Doctors may be able to say well you know we can do this and we can do that and especially in our day when there is so much advancement in medication but to hear of somebody that is raised from the dead after they have been dead for four days is unable to be unable to be done by any man. There is much skill and ability given to the medical profession, and they are able to resuscitate people that have been dead for some hours, but someone that has been laid in the grave, especially in a hot country, their body has begun to decompose, as they said, he's beginning to smell already, it would be an impossibility. So it tells us, it demonstrates to us the authority and the power that the Lord Jesus Christ has to retrieve a soul that has ascended and separated itself from a body and to bring that soul from glory from its eternal state and to bring that soul and place it back into the body therefore giving life to the body and to bring Lazarus out of the grave.

And so it is a remarkable demonstration of the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, but also we see in this account of the humanity of the Lord Jesus, his compassion that he has. the master is come and calleth for thee. We see his concern for Mary and Martha, we see his concern and as he is moved to emotion, as he witnesses Mary crying and then the Jews that were round about her also crying, we read Jesus wept. So we have the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ says that he cried with a loud voice. Not that he had to cry with a loud voice to summon the soul of Lazarus from glory, but he cried with a loud voice to, we could say, to grasp the attention of everybody that was round about him. If you have been or seen images of those who are weeping in these eastern countries and in other countries that are not quite so reserved as us, there is a lot of noise, there is a crying out, there is a lot of emotion being demonstrated. So when when Jesus is round about the grave, it would not be as we would stand around the grave and maybe some sniffles, there would be a lot of noise, wailing. as they demonstrate their love for the lost one. And so Jesus cried with a loud voice to grab their attention so that everybody would be able to hear what was about to take place and to see what was about to take place. And so Jesus cried with a loud voice.

Lazarus, come forth. We think of the voice of God. We think maybe our minds go right back to creation when God spoke. He spoke and he spoke the heavens and the earth into being. He spoke and it was done. It was an immediate response to his voice. He commanded and things were made out of nothing. As we go through the scriptures, we see time and time again where the Lord speaks. He uses his voice to demonstrate his power and his authority.

If you remember when Moses met with the Lord, he spoke to him out of the burning bush. And then as the Lord appeared to Moses in the mountain and gave him the Ten Commandments, the people there, they heard the voice of God. they were petrified, they were afraid of not only what they saw but also what they heard. And God spoke all these words saying, as he spoke the Ten Commandments in Exodus 20 and in verse 18 it says, all the people saw the thunderings and the lightnings and the noise of the trumpets and the mountains smoking. And when they saw it, they removed and stood afar off. And they said unto Moses, Speak thou with us, and we will hear, but let not God speak with us, lest we die. And so the same voice that created the heavens and the earth is the same voice that spoke the law to Moses, the same voice that caused the people of God to be petrified. So fearful was the sound of that voice.

In Psalm 29, we read of the voice of the Lord. a whole psalm dedicated to the voice of the Lord and the things that the voice of the Lord accomplishes. The voice of the Lord is upon the waters. The God of glory thundereth. The Lord upon many waters. The voice of the Lord is powerful. The voice of the Lord is full of majesty.

The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars. Yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf. Lebanon and Shiron like young unicorns. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire, the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness, the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh. The voice of the Lord maketh the hinds to calf, and discovereth the forests, and in his temple does everyone speak of his glory.

The Lord sitteth upon the flood, yea, the Lord sitteth king forever. The Lord will give strength unto his people. The Lord will bless his people with peace. And so it speaks there of the voice of the Lord, a voice of authority, a voice that accomplishes great things. When the Lord speaks, things happen, but also a voice that is comforting. comforting to the Lord's people, a voice that as they hear the voice of the Lord they are comforted, they see the Lord sitting upon the throne, they see him as the king forever, they see him as their king, they see him as the one that gives them strength, strength unto his people and he will bless them with peace. As I thought on this yesterday, as we see the people of Israel being afraid of the voice of God, the thunderings and the lightnings and the shaking of the mountain and the burning of the mountain and then being petrified, we may think of a loud voice. As Jesus said, he spoke with a loud voice.

But then we read of the voice of the Lord being a still, small voice. as the Lord spoke to Elijah as he hid in the mountains, the Lord appeared to him and there was an earthquake and there was a well wind that caused much destruction and shaking, but it says that the Lord was not in those things. In 1 Kings 19, And from verse 11, and he said, go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord. And behold, the Lord passed by and a great and a strong wind rent the mountain and breaking pieces the rocks before the Lord. But the Lord was not in the wind and after the after the wind and earthquake. But the Lord was not in the earthquake and after the earthquake of fire. But the Lord was not in the fire. And after the fire, a still small voice.

And it was so when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entering of the cave and behold there came a voice unto him and said, what doest thou hear Elijah? And so there was a lot of demonstrate, there was a lot of movement. There was a lot of things taking place which you may think that the Lord was in that, that great fire, that great earthquake, that great wind, but it wasn't there. It was in the still small voice. And it was the still small voice that caused Elijah to wrap his face in his mantle to demonstrate reverence before the Lord as he waited for what the Lord was about to say.

And so the voice of the Lord, it doesn't necessarily have to be as a trumpet. It doesn't have to necessarily be a great demonstration of his power. the voice of the Lord can be a still small voice that the Lord speaks to his people quietly and gently and comfortably to comfort them but it's a voice of truth It is a voice that communicates what is in the heart of God, what the Lord wants to be accomplished, what the Lord wants to take place.

It is a voice of truth. As he is the king, it is a voice of commandment. As he gives the Ten Commandments to the people of Israel, it is a voice that commands. But as we read through the Old Testament, we see that he raises up prophets. and he speaks to those prophets and he gives them messages and so the Lord uses his voice to communicate his will through his messengers with his message and he desires that those who hear the message, those who have ears that hear will respond to that message, they will obey that message. The scripture says, doesn't it, to obey is better than sacrifice and listen than the fat of rams. And so it is also an effectual, it is a word, it is a voice that accomplishes that which the Lord sends as he sends his word, as he spoke in creation, it accomplished his will. as he spoke to the people of Israel, accomplished his will, although they were fearful. As he gives his message to Elijah, he seeks to accomplish or reveal his will to Elijah.

And so the voice of the Lord, it is powerful. voice of the Lord awakes the dead. In John chapter 5 the Lord Jesus Christ in speaking speaks to those around about him of what was coming, what was about to take place. In John 5 from verse 25 it says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that hear shall live. For as the Father has life in himself, so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself, and hath given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is the son of man.

Marvel not at this, for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the grave shall hear his voice, and shall come forth, they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life, and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation. I can of my own self do nothing. As I hear, I judge. My judgment is just because I seek not my own will, but the will of the Father which has sent me.

And so Jesus tells them that the hour is coming when those that are dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and that they shall live. And not only was that event coming, but also another event, that all that are in the graves shall hear his voice. we know that the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ at the end of time will shout and as he says there those that all that are in the graves will come out.

So Lazarus and this miracle that he accomplished in his life was a demonstration of or a foreshadow of what was going to take place not only in the lives of individuals that are are dead in trespasses and sins that are born again and raised again spiritually to new life but also of the day of judgment when the Lord Jesus Christ will come again and a loud shout, a loud trumpet will blow and all that are dead will be raised from the grave. Lazarus, he lived to die again, as did all of those who were risen again when the Lord Jesus Christ rose from the tomb and others also who were dead rose again with him. They lived to die. The Lord Jesus Christ lives to die no more. He accomplished, he overcame death.

And he's ever seated at the right hand of the Father as the first fruit of the resurrection. And so what we see in Lazarus is just a type, just a shadow, an imperfect example of what is going to take place on the great day of judgment. But what we see in the Lord Jesus Christ is a perfect example. He is the first fruit of those that are gathered in to that eternal state with glorified bodies.

And so he shouts with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth. And not only is it a voice that wakes the dead, but also it is a voice that waited. Jesus waited. It did not come immediately as he heard that Lazarus was sick. He knew what he was going to do. He knew that he was going to wait for Lazarus to die so that he could, so that the miracle could glorify himself and the father.

In verse six it says, and when he heard that therefore that he was sick, he abode two days still in the same place. It was not late. as Mary and Martha thought. They said, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. Both Mary and Martha say exactly the same thing. Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. But Jesus abode still in the place two days longer. waiting for the appointed time, the time that would most glorify the Father.

And when Jesus heard that, he said, this sickness is not unto death, but for the glory of God, that the Son of Man might be glorified thereby. And sometimes in our lives, the Lord doesn't act immediately when we believe that it would be most beneficial for him to act. He knows the future, he knows all events, he knows the circumstances and reasons why things have come into our lives and he knows himself why he is delaying and he delayed especially in this case so that he would be more glorified. It would be of more evidence that he is the Son of God and that he is in communion with the Father and that the dead are able to hear the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ and they are to live. And we read often that the Lord waits. that he might be gracious. He waits so that he himself will be more glorified in our lives. He waits for a specific time in which we are maybe at our lowest state and we are about to give up.

Remember when Jesus, as he fell asleep in the boat and the boat was becoming to be filled with water and the disciples said to him, do you not care that we perish? and he arose and he said, peace be still. And through his voice, the waves obeyed his command. He waited until they were worried that they were going to die. And I thought also of the Apostle Paul in the book of Acts, Acts 27, when he was in the ship and they were experiencing that great storm.

Acts 27 in verse 20, when neither sun nor stars in many days appeared and no small tempest lay on us, all hope that we should be saved was taken away. They were brought right down to nothing. They believed that this was going to be the end of their lives. They were finished. They're going to sink and be lost in the deep for ever and ever.

But after long abstinence, Paul stood forth in the midst of them and said, Sirs, you should have hearkened unto me and not have loosed from Crete, and to have gained this harm and loss. And now I exhort you to be of good cheer, for there shall be no loss of any man's life among you but the ship. For there stood by me this night an angel of God, whose I am and whose I serve, saying, Fear not, Paul, thou must be brought before Caesar, and lo, God hath given thee all that sail with thee. And so they were brought right down to the bottom. They would be brought right down to the end of the hope of themselves and then the Lord appeared.

It's like here with Lazarus, waited until four days, an impossibility. There's no way that this man is going to be raised from the dead. There's no way that he can walk out of this situation. And even his sisters say, you know, we know that he's going to be raised again at the resurrection, but to be raised again now, he smells, he's decomposing.

Yet the Lord Jesus Christ waited that he may be gracious, that he may prove who he is and demonstrate his power and his authority to them and those that were around about him. But also we see that he used his voice to call his name. He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus. Lazarus, his name, means he whom God helps. The city or the town of Bethany is the house of figs, or it can be translated as a house of trouble, or something along those lines. And so we have the Lord Jesus Christ going to Bethany, where the house of trouble, the house of figs, to raise a man from the dead whose name means he who God helps.

And he calls him by his name. If we go to chapter 10, we have that very lovely account of the Lord Jesus Christ being the Good Shepherd. He's the Good Shepherd of his people and he knows his sheep by name. He knows them as individuals in his flock and he calls them by name. And so as Lazarus here is laying in the grave, his body as cold as the rock around about him, he calls him by name. He knows him. as their great high priest, as he went into the holy of holies, and he had on his shoulders and upon his chest the names of the 12 tribes of Israel. So the Lord Jesus Christ, the good shepherd of his people, he knows his sheep, and he knows them by name, and that they know him.

Even though he was dead, he heard his voice. Death is the separation of the body and the soul. Jesus said to the thief on the cross, today thou shalt be with me in paradise. And so Lazarus himself is not laying in the tomb. His body is there, as the apostle tells us, that our bodies are just clay pots. They are made from the dust of this earth. Dust we are and dust we will return. Apostle says this tabernacle, this tent which we are in just for a little while is soon to be blown away and so what laid in the grave was just the tent of Lazarus, it was just the clay pot of Lazarus, the body of Lazarus.

Lazarus has entered into glory, entered into his eternal state. but the Lord Jesus calls him by name and his soul descends from its eternal state and enters into his body. I don't know if you thought about this but you would wonder if he was a bit disappointed about that because if you immediately die you go into the presence of the Lord. then to be called back from that presence and to be housed once again in a sinful body which is prone to sickness and prone to the ailments of the flesh and to begin that battle again. You wonder how happy he was about this recall to his body. But in obedience to the Lord Jesus his soul enters into the body and Lazarus he comes forth.

The Bible tells us in Ezekiel that all souls belong to the Lord, the soul of the father and the soul of the son. That God in Hebrews is the father of spirits. That it's him that gives us our souls as we are consumed in the womb of our mothers. And our souls stay with our bodies until the day of our departure. And our soul, after our death, it goes to its fixed eternal destination, whether separated from God or in the bosom of Abraham, in the presence of God itself, where it waits for the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ and the resurrection of our bodies.

And so Lazarus is called forth. He was known by name to the Lord Jesus Christ and life is put into that dead body and he comes forth. Jesus tells him to come forth. He doesn't say, let life just enter into him. He tells him to come forth. The scripture says that he that was dead came forth bound hand and foot with grave clothes.

Some people have said, you know, this is part of the great miracle. Lazarus did not walk out of the grave because he is bound completely up with grave clothes. If you've seen a picture of a mummy, if you've looked in the books of Egypt and you've seen those mummies, they're completely bound, unable to move completely. And it says that he has a napkin round about his face, he's unable to see. so part of the miracle of the Lord Jesus Christ is not only that he calls Lazarus back to life but he also brings him out of the tomb and then he tells the people loose him and let him go.

He showed himself. It was not a miracle that was done in secret. It was a miracle that proved the authority of the Lord Jesus Christ. And so that all that were around about him could see. They could see his power. They could see the authority that he had. They could see that it wasn't going to be just a story, but they saw the reality of the miracle. But he came out and he was still bound.

Now in a sense, believers are like Lazarus. We do not have our perfect freedom. We do not have that ability to walk in complete freedom. We are still bound, as it were, in a sinful body. And there are many things that bind a believer. They may have spiritual life. As Lazarus has been reconciled with his body, he's alive, yet he is still bound. And a believer may be in the same condition as Lazarus here. They may be born again. They may have spiritual life. They may have that ability to speak, but they cannot see clearly. It's like their head is bound with a napkin. And it can be fear.

Fear can bind a believer and make them like Lazarus, spiritually alive, yet bound by fear. Doubt, as we've said before, doubt sinks the ship of faith. We can be bound like Lazarus with doubt. be bound by tradition. The Lord may have worked in us in an unusual way that doesn't fit to the traditions of the church and that may bind you or you may maybe sin, maybe past sin or maybe your life's present circumstance that you may think that is not acceptable to the church and therefore it binds you and you're like Lazarus, you have a You have spiritual life yet you're bound, unable to move because of the thoughts that you have regarding your present situation.

You may think that you haven't experienced enough. How often people are bound like that. Oh, I haven't had the same experience as the Apostle Paul. And so we have spiritual life, yet you're bound because you've compared yourself to somebody else. Or maybe you've heard the testimony of somebody, maybe John Bunyan, and you've read about him and you saw that he felt that he was dangled over hell for so long.

He was so afraid to be able to walk outside. And you think, well, I haven't had that. so you're bound by the testimony of another person and it's stumping you from being able to move forward, to go forth and to live your Christian life as you should do in obedience to the Lord Jesus. You're bound fear, doubt, present circumstances, testimonies of others and maybe you think that you haven't got enough faith to be able to walk out your Christian experience. And what does Jesus say? Loose him and let him go. those grave clothes, those doubts, those fears, those things that were binding him and making him not able to be moved, the Lord says, get them off him and let him go free.

And reading about this, you know, that's what the Lord, he brings people into the church. We're not called to walk alone. We're called to walk with others. Jesus, by the power of his spirit, puts life into Lazarus and then draws him out of that dark tomb and presents him to the people round about him.

And then he tells those people, you now help him. Help him with those things that are binding him. Help him with those things that are causing him that ability not to be able to move, not to be able to see, not to be able to talk, not to be able to hear properly. And so the Lord has placed the believers within a church environment that are people round about him and them to help them to unburden or unloosen themselves from those things that are binding. We do not have to walk alone. We are called to walk in the fellowship and communion of the saints.

And so Jesus says to those round about him, loose him and let him go and Lazarus then is loosed from those grave clothes and he continues on in his life. In chapter 12 and verse 1 it says, and six days before Passover Jesus came, he came to Bethany where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead. There they made him a supper and Martha served, but Lazarus was one of them that sat at the table with him. You see, he had been loosed from his grave clothes and now he is able to continue to communicate with the Lord Jesus Christ and to sit at table with the Lord.

Do you see what your doubt and your fear is doing? Do you see what your anxiety is doing? It's binding you and it's stopping you from communing with the Lord's people. It's stopping you from sitting at table with the Lord. Lazarus was loosed and then we find him sitting at the table with the Lord Jesus Christ. Well may the Lord grant you that ability and may he bring maybe someone around about you to talk to you, to help you, to be loosed of those things that are binding you and hindering you and to encourage you to go forward and testify of his goodness and all that he has done for you. And so not only is it a voice that brought him forth, It is a voice that comforts.

Jesus shows the way of salvation. In 23, verse 23, Jesus comforts Martha and says, thy brother shall rise again. Verse 25, He says, I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever believeth, liveth and believeth in me shall never die believest thou this and so he brought words of comfort that he is the source not only is he able to raise people from the dead but he is the source of the resurrection not only does he give spiritual life to individuals and raise them spiritually from the from a spiritual grave but also he is the source of that that salvation. And then on the great day of judgment, the Lord Jesus Christ is the source of the resurrection. I am the resurrection and the life. He that believeth in me, though he were dead, just like Lazarus, yet he lives.

And whosoever lives and believes on me shall never die. believers shall never die, they just mere separate from this body of clay and enter into the presence of the Lord and so he gives them comfort that eternal life is to be found in the Lord Jesus Christ. but it's a voice also that continues waiting.

As he waited to be gracious, as he waited for that time that would bring him and the Father the most glory, so today he is waiting. If you remember in the book of Acts, it says this same Jesus, whom you see ascending up into the clouds in like manner shall come again. And so the Lord Jesus Christ, he is waiting. to come again. He is waiting to shout. He's waiting to shout and not only Lazarus will be raised from the grave but every person that has ever been born upon the face of the earth will be raised from the grave when the Lord Jesus Christ comes a second time.

Verse 28 when she had so said she went her way and called Mary her sister secretly saying the master is come and calleth for thee and immediately she arose and went to him. At the end of time it would be like that the master is come and calleth for thee.

In Thessalonians chapter 4 verse 13 it says but I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, those that are dead, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain under the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep, For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, and the voice of the archangel and the trump of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first.

Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. So and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore, comfort one another with these words. And so what we see with Lazarus, the Lord Jesus saying, Lazarus, come forth. is a mere shadow of what is going to take place on that great day of judgment.

When Jesus comes again with his heavenly host, he will shout, the dead in Christ will rise first. They will be caught up together with him in the air and they will be ever with, forever with the Lord. This is a great comfort. as he did to Lazarus, so he will do to you and to me. And as the scripture says, those that have done good or those who have rested in Christ Jesus have found their goodness in Christ Jesus to eternal life. Those that have rejected the Lord Jesus and continued on in their sin, who die in their sins, eternal damnation. And well may the Lord bless these words to you this evening, this morning, Lazarus come forth.

Amen. Let's sing our final hymn this morning from Hymns for Worship number 121. One, two, one. Do any ask the heavenly road, the shining way that leads to God? Then hear the blessed Jesus say, come unto me, I am the way. Hymns for Worship 121, tune 336. Daniel said, Let me go, ♪ The shining way that leads to God ♪ ♪ Then hear the messaging still say ♪ ♪ Come unto me, I am God ♪ We wish the truth to live. For good, for me, for good.

♪ As I have heard from you ♪ ♪ Now where'er ye feel the pain of sin ♪ ♪ Strive to live ever true ♪ ♪ Jesus can bend the cold to shine ♪ ♪ O Jesus as I am, I am ♪ ♪ You can inhale the need of God ♪ To bend the weight of sins that trod To sway no longer in the night Yet in His blood I am Dear Heavenly Father, we thank Thee, Lord, for Thy Word.

We thank Thee for the voice of the Lord Jesus Christ that wakes the dead, that brings comfort to His people. We pray, Lord, that Thou help us to be loosed from any bindings that we may have and allow us to be free in the Lord Jesus Christ, to walk in obedience unto thee and to live out thy will for us in our lives. Do take away, Lord, all fear and doubt, we pray, and increase our faith. Do dismiss us, we pray, with thy blessing. And now may the grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God the Father, with the fellowship and communion of the Holy Spirit, to be with you each now and for evermore. Amen.

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Lazarus, come forth!

What does the Bible say about Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead?

How do we know that Jesus is the resurrection and the life?

Why is the miracle of Lazarus important for Christians?

What does the voice of Jesus signify in the calling of Lazarus?

How does the story of Lazarus relate to the Christian concept of resurrection?

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