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The Resurrection And The Life

John 11:25-27
Joe Galuszek • July, 5 2026 • Video & Audio
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Joe Galuszek
Joe Galuszek • July, 5 2026
505 sermons

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Sovereign Grace Chapel, located at 135 Annabel Lane in Beaver, West Virginia, invites you to listen to a gospel message concerning Jesus Christ our Lord. If you'd like to follow along, I'm gonna be in John chapter 11. John chapter 11. I'm gonna read verses 25 through 27. Jesus said unto 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.

Believest thou this? She saith unto him, yea, Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which should come into the world. Oh man, that's some good stuff right there. This is another one of the double titles given in the scripture of our Lord Jesus Christ. This one I believe is particularly wonderful in this particular point. These are the words of Christ himself. This is something he said. This is a double title that Jesus told us of personally. He proclaimed this himself. He said this and he meant it. He meant it. Jesus Christ is the resurrection and the life. Period. You can stop right there because that's where he stopped. Sometimes you don't know where to stop, but you can stop wherever Christ stopped. This is what he said, now what's it mean? Jesus said unto her, this is where this verse starts. Just as an aside, Jesus is speaking to Martha, the sister of Mary and the sister of Lazarus. This is at the time of Lazarus's death. This is a great, powerful statement made by Jesus Christ himself to a woman, to a woman.

Now this shouldn't surprise us if we know the scripture. The gospels especially show that our Lord Jesus Christ preached to women the same as men. Now I know there are different sects around that are still around, that try to place a great separation between men and women in religion is wrong. It's wrong. There are certain things that have been told us. But listen, Christ spoke to women. Christ preached to women. And he spoke to them just the same as he spoke to men. He spoke to them as believers. when they were believers.

Oh my. I'm not gonna go into that, but here it is. Our Lord Jesus Christ speaks these words to Martha personally, himself, this is the Lord of glory, speaking forth the truth of God. And he says these two words to start with. I am. I am. I'm gonna tell you something. This is the name that the Lord gave to Moses. He said, tell them that I am has sent thee. I am. And Jesus used this several times. You can look in the Gospels. He told, I am the bread of life. I am the living bread. The living bread came down from heaven. I am the light of the world.

I am from above. the door of the sheep. Oh, he's not the door of the world, folks. He's the door of the sheep. And twice he said, I am the good shepherd, the good shepherd. Then at one time he said, I am the way, the truth, what? And the life. And no man cometh unto God but by me. He said, I am the living vine, the true vine. And one time he said, I am not of the world. Not of the world. And one last one, before Abraham was, I am. I am. And those Jews knew exactly what he was saying. And they hated it. They hated it. Oh my.

But here today, he starts off telling Martha, I am the resurrection. Now the first thing I want to point out is the word the, singular, singular. Now there may be many people resurrected in that day, but he is the resurrection, the resurrection. Oh, I like that too. Cause you know what that word means? It means standing up. Again, again, standing up. It literally means a resurrection from the dead. That's what the word means. Excuse me. Now, understand and pay very close attention to this.

This is before Jesus Christ himself rose from the dead. While he was walking around with his ministry, Coming to see about Lazarus. I'm not gonna get into Lazarus, but we know what happened with Lazarus. Lazarus rose from the dead at the command of Jesus Christ. Why?

I am the resurrection. The resurrection. I am the resurrection. Even before his own resurrection, he was the resurrection. And Jesus Christ has this, the power of life over death. Oh my. Matter of fact, he told us in John chapter 17, I believe it was, thou hast given me power over all flesh. Why? To give eternal life. To give eternal life.

But he's got the power. to resurrect. He is the resurrection. Today when he's talking to Martha right here 2,000 years ago, before he ever died, before he rose from the dead, Jesus Christ was the resurrection. And there is no resurrection without Jesus Christ. Of any kind. Of any kind. He is the resurrection, there is no other.

He has the power, the power to stand his people up and to resurrect them. Matthew 28 verse 18 says this, and Jesus came and spake unto them saying, all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, and in earth. And he didn't say all power's going to be given to me. No, all power is given unto me. Right here, 2,000 years ago, all power is given unto him. He has all power. And I'm gonna tell you something, folks, resurrection takes power. It takes power.

It takes the power of God himself manifest in the flesh. He's still God. That's the thing, people think Jesus was just some Some guy, I've heard him say it. Jesus was just a man. Oh, he was inhabited and powered up by the Holy Spirit. No, Jesus Christ is God. Jesus Christ was God, Jesus Christ is God, and Jesus Christ still is God and shall ever be God. And he is the resurrection.

Oh my, he has all power. in heaven and in earth. And understand, this is the thing, folks. This is not what a man needs. This is who a man needs. He's the resurrection. People wanna talk about resurrection power like it's a thing. No, no, no. Resurrection is a person. I am the resurrection. Oh, now think about that for just a minute. You understand, people wanna talk about raising from the dead or God said, no, no, no. None of that happens without Christ. He's the resurrection.

You understand? No man can come to the Father except by me. No man is ever raised except by me. Oh my. Jesus Christ is the raising from the dead, and I'm gonna tell you something right now. The natural man is dead spiritually. He cannot receive the things of God. Neither can he know them, for they're spiritually discerned. Why? He's spiritually dead. That's the way we were all born. What? Without hope, without Christ, at the end of the world. We were ignorant. We were ignorant.

Charles Spurgeon put it this way. Upon a life I did not live, upon a death I did not die. I risked my whole eternity on the resurrection. And I am the resurrection. I am the resurrection. Oh, I like that. He is the standing up again. Jesus said it to Martha, I am the resurrection, but not only that, I am the life, the life. Now in John 5, 21, just a few verses before, a few chapters before, excuse me. John 5 and verse 21 says this, yep, look at that one more page. Well, let's back up to verse 19.

Then answered Jesus and said unto them, verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he seeth the Father do. For what things soever he doeth, these also doeth the Son likewise. For the Father loveth the Son, and showeth him all things that himself doeth, and he will show him greater works than these that ye may marvel.

Here we go, folks. For as the father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them, even so the son quickeneth, who? Whom he will. Whom he will. For the father judgeth no man, but hath committed all judgment unto the son. Unto the son. Oh my. You understand. The Son quickens, the Son makes alive whom he will. How is that possible?

Well, he's the life, he's the life. Not only is he the resurrection, he's the life, the life, oh my. Jesus gives life to all those that the Father gave to him. Matter of fact, they were chosen in him and they're his, they're his. Let's see. Christ said it, they are mine. All mine are thine and all thine are mine.

Understand folks, there's no better place to be than in the hands of God. Because that puts you in the hands of the Father and that puts you in the hands of the Son. And I am the resurrection and the life, the life. Because there is no true life without Jesus Christ because he is the life, the life.

There is no other. He lives and he is life. Without him there's only darkness and death. That's all there is. And as the life, he commands the life. We'll get back in that thing about power. I've got power. He said it. You gave me the power. John 17. As thou hast given him, that's Jesus Christ, power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to as many as thou hast given him. No flat statement. No qualifier. No if you believe. No if you come forward and pray the prayer. No accepting Jesus as your personal savior. Doesn't say any of that here. Doesn't say any of that in the scripture period, but that's not the point.

Here's where it says, I give life. I am the life. I am the resurrection and the life. Oh my. Jesus Christ is the power of life. Because I'm gonna tell you something, folks. When Jesus Christ says live, you live. It's not up to you. Thank God it's not up to me. It's up to him. It's up to him. He's the resurrection and the life. Oh my.

John 10 and 28 says this, and I give unto them eternal life. And they shall never perish. That's life, folks. They shall never perish. Neither shall any man pluck them out of my hand. And he says, you ain't gonna pluck them out of God's hand either, my Father's hand. Oh my. I am the life and I give eternal life. Oh my. To all those that the Father but gave to me. What are you, are you saying God has a people? Yes I am. You know why? Because Christ said it. Christ said it, oh my. Oh. Let me see.

I'm in the wrong place. No man can come to me except the Father which has sent me draw him. And, this and is a really good and. I'm gonna tell you something, folks. And I will raise him up at the last day. I am the resurrection and the life. Oh my. And you know that? He said that twice. This is the will, and this is the will of him that sent me, that everyone which seeth the Son and believeth on him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day. I am the resurrection and the life, oh my. I need both. What's that mean? It means that I need him. It means that you need him.

Because you don't have the resurrection or the life unless Christ has you. He's the source. He's the source. He's the power, he's the source, and he's the giver of resurrection and life. Oh my, oh goodness. I am the resurrection, and I am the life, the life. Oh, I like that, I do. Then he says, he that believes in me, directly referenced after life, is what? Faith, faith. Faith is the gift of God. Not of works, lest any man should boast. Not that we would boast. Wait a minute, yeah, we do all the time. We would all the time.

But faith is the gift of God. You're saved by grace through faith and that not of yourselves. It is the gift of God. He that believeth. He that believes in me. And the faith of God's elect is in Jesus Christ. We talked about it the other day. Faith given by God. He's the author of it, he's the finisher of it, another double title. He's the giver of faith. It's his faith. Oh, and he gives it. Because understand this, the resurrection and the life is also the author and finisher of faith.

I already talked about it, but here, John 14, six says this. Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life, and no man cometh unto the Father but by me. He that cometh to God must believe that he is. You're not gonna come until the resurrection and the life get lay hold of you. You're not gonna come until he gives faith and you believe.

You'll hear somebody preach the gospel and all of a sudden you'll believe it. Now doesn't that sound, ooh, spooky supernatural? No, that's spiritual. Understand, you've heard testimonies from other people that they had heard, maybe even born and raised in a church that preached the truth, that preached the grace of the sovereign God. But one day they started hearing it. and it wouldn't go away. And I'm gonna tell you something, when the resurrection and the life lay hold of you, it won't go away, because he won't go away.

Oh my, what is it? He that believeth in me. You understand, we believe, it's in Ephesians, according to the working of his mighty power. The power of, the resurrection and the life and the faith of God's elect given to him. Oh, I like that. What does it say? He that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live. Now understand, he's still talking to Martha. Lazarus is still dead in the tomb at this time. But it says, though he were dead, yet shall he live.

I'm gonna tell you something, folks. The resurrection, there's no resurrection without the gift of eternal life. I'm the resurrection and the life. You understand? These two go together. And they are together in Jesus Christ. He don't give a resurrection without giving the life. They are conjoined. You understand? And here's the thing.

You can't have the resurrection and the life without the author and finisher of faith. And you can't have the author and finisher of faith without having the shepherd and bishop of your souls. Because you understand, it's all the same person. We just can't handle all this in one lump.

Christ is all. But in order to know what that means, you have to have a grasp on this, on his word. You may not have the best grasp, you may not know it all. Lord, I don't know anybody that knows it all and anybody that says they know it all is lying. But this is the thing, you're gonna have a grasp of him. You know why? Because he's gonna lay a hold of you.

I am found of them, and I still love this, that sought me not. I am made known to those who ask not after me. That was me. It's you, and you, and you, and you. This is the truth of God. No one finds Christ until Christ finds them. Oh, that's why we're called lost sheep. Why? Because the first part, lost.

The shepherd has to find his sheep. And the shepherd will find his sheep. And that shepherd is the resurrection and the life. Though he were dead, yet shall he live. And of the life that he gives, just like the kingdom that he has, of his kingdom there is no end, of the life he gives there's no end. There's no end to the resurrection and the life. No end. Oh my. I read one of them, here's the other one. And this is, well I did it.

And this is the will of him that sent me that everyone would see it the sun and believeth on him may have everlasting life and I will raise him up at the last day. Said it twice in John chapter six. What'd he say here in John chapter 10? Though he were dead, ye shall he live. What's that mean? Though you die, and we're gonna die unless he comes back first, you're gonna be raised at the last day. If the resurrection and the life has laid hold of you, you're gonna be raised up at the last day. Oh, my. And you're gonna see him as he is. Mm, oh, that's good. Oh, wow. That's what he said. And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. And then he asked a question. Believest thou this? Do you believe me in what I just said? You understand, you and I cannot give ourselves faith. You and I cannot give any other faith.

Or life. Or resurrection. Everything comes from him. And the question is, do you believe him? Oh my. And I'm gonna tell you something folks, that's the question of questions. Down deep inside where you live, where your being is, Do you believe him? Do you believe him? I understand this is very personal. I can't believe for you. I can't give you a belief. All I can do is preach what he said. And he said, I am the resurrection and the life. Do you believe him? Do you believe him?

Oh my. Oh. What's the answer? Martha had it. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. Yes, Lord. I believe that thou art the Christ, the Son of God. Oh, my, that's a good answer. That's a good answer. This is the answer of the believer, and I'm gonna tell you something, folks, no other answer will do. When Christ preached that message, and said, no man can come unto me except the Father sent me. Give it to him. 5,000 people left. And he looked at his disciples and said, will you also go away?
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