👉John 11:25 📖25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die; 26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this? What does John 11:25 mean? The following is Referenced from GotQuestions(dot)org located at: https://gotquestions(dot)org/resurrection-and-life(dot)html “I am the Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25) is the fifth of the seven “I am” statements of Jesus. Lazarus was dead. Earlier, Jesus had heard that His good friend was sick, but instead of going to visit Lazarus, Jesus “stayed where he was for two more days” (John 11:6). He explained to His puzzled disciples that the sickness was “for God’s glory, that God’s Son may be glorified through it” (v. 4). After Lazarus died, Jesus began a journey to Bethany, Lazarus’s home. Significantly, when Jesus informed His disciples that Lazarus was dead, He simply said His friend was “asleep, but I am going there to wake him up” (John 11:11). Outside Bethany, Lazarus’s sister Martha went out to meet Jesus. “If you had been here,” she said, “my brother would not have died.” Such was her faith in Jesus’ power to heal. Jesus replied by assuring Martha that her brother would rise again. Martha responded again in faith: “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” When Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life,” He was claiming to be the source of both. There is no resurrection apart from Christ, and there is no eternal life apart from Christ. Beyond that, Jesus was also making a statement concerning His divine nature. He does more than give life; He is life, and therefore death has no ultimate power over Him. Jesus confers this spiritual life on those who believe in Him, so that they share His triumph over death (1 John 5:11-12). Believers in Jesus Christ will experience resurrection because, having the life Jesus gives, it is impossible for death to defeat them (1 Corinthians 15:53-57). In both statements, Martha reveals that she considered Time an insurmountable obstacle. In effect, Martha was saying, “It’s too late to help Lazarus (the time is past), so now we must wait (allow more time).” Jesus shows that neither Death nor time is an obstacle to Him. Outside the tomb, “Jesus called in a loud voice, ‘Lazarus, come forth!’ The dead man came out” (John 11:43). It’s one thing to claim to be the resurrection and the life, but Jesus proved it by raising Lazarus, who was four days dead. Truly, with Christ, death is but “sleep” (1 Thessalonians 4:13). Death has no dominion over Him who is Life itself, nor does death have dominion over those who are in Him (1 Corinthians 15:54-55). Because He lives, we live. Because He is Life, we have life eternally. Martha believed that the resurrection is an event; Jesus showed her (and us) that the resurrection is a Person. Martha’s knowledge of eternal life was an abstract idea; Jesus proved that knowledge of eternal life is a personal relationship. Martha thought victory over death was a future expectation; Jesus corrects her, showing that victory is a present reality. After presenting Himself as the resurrection and the life, Jesus asks Martha an all-important question: “Do you believe this?” (John 11:26). May Martha’s answer be ours as well: “Yes, Lord, I believe that you are the Christ, the Son of God who was to come into the world” (verse 27). 𝑺𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒎𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 💖𝑳𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒅 𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔💖 𝒔𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒑𝒑𝒐𝒓𝒕𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝒕𝒐 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑮𝒊𝒇𝒕 𝒐𝒇 𝑬𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝑮𝒐𝒅. 👉𝑱𝒐𝒉𝒏 17:3 📖3 𝑨𝒏𝒅 𝒕𝒉𝒊𝒔 𝒊𝒔 𝒆𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝒍𝒊𝒇𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒚 𝒎𝒂𝒚 𝒌𝒏𝒐𝒘 𝒀𝒐𝒖, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒐𝒏𝒍𝒚 𝒕𝒓𝒖𝒆 𝑮𝒐𝒅, 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑱𝒆𝒔𝒖𝒔 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕 𝒘𝒉𝒐𝒎 𝒀𝒐𝒖 𝒉𝒂𝒗𝒆 𝒔𝒆𝒏𝒕. You can Receive God's Gift of Eternal Life, and become Born Again, right now, today! 𝐉𝐞𝐬𝐮𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐖𝐚𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐘𝐨𝐮! 𝐕𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐭: 👉 https://eternal-life.cry-out-to-jesus.com/ 𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐑𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐆𝐨𝐝'𝐬 𝐆𝐢𝐟𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐄𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐋𝐢𝐟𝐞, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐚𝐢𝐧, 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰, 𝐭𝐨𝐝𝐚𝐲! Jesus is waiting for you, it's your choice!