COME FORTH!!!

John 11:41-44

"41 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.

42 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.

43 And when He thus had spoken, He cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.

44 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."

"LAZARUS, COME FORTH!!!"

Was said and the man, brother and friend to all those present, who laid in his grave for four days; got up and walked out!!! These people had seen Lazarus sick and dying. They saw him dead. They attended his funeral. They mourned him. They comforted and helped Martha and Mary with the death of their brother. And now, NOW, he stands before them living and breathing! Mind blowing JUST begins to describe this event!

They all were a little short sighted in what they thought Jesus could do for Lazarus! They all acted like Jesus had let them down by NOT being there to heal their friend or brother. Even the crowd of Jews from Jerusalem gathered round and saw Jesus cry at Lazarus' tomb said "Could not this Man, which opened the eyes of the blind, have caused that even this man should not have died?" All of them and we need to admit; ALL of us, have low expectations for our Lord and Savior. We want our blind eyes to opened. We want our lame feet to walk again. All the while Jesus has defeated sin and death! He gives us eternal life! We will see forever and beyond! We will not only walk out of our graves but fly into the arms of GOD!!!

This moment made it crystal clear to everyone who Jesus IS! As He said to Martha; "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."

Believe IT!