A REFLECTION ON BOOK OF JOHN (NKJV) 11:12-16 12 Then His disciples said, "Lord if he sleeps he will get well." WHEN IS THAT? "Then"! THEN IS REALLY NOW! NOW WHAT MUST WE SAY? WE WHO WERE ASLEEP AND DEAD IN OUR SINS WE ARE WELL. "LORD YOUR GRACE HAS MADE US WELL!" THERE IS NO MORE SLEEP THE SINFUL NATURE HAS LEFT. THE ACCEPTABLE YEAR OF THE LORD IS HERE TODAY IS THE DAY....GET WELL IN THE NAME OF OUR LORD JESUS! 13 However, Jesus spoke of his death, but they thought that He was speaking about taking rest in sleep. WHAT IS THAT? "HOWEVER?" NOTE THE TIME IS NOW NOT THAT OTHER DARKNESS - THE NEVER! GOD KNOWS HOW AND "HOWEVER" HE WILL DO IT. HE SPOKE OF OUR DEATH...DEATH IN THE LAW! WE DIED! BUT BEFORE WE DIED THEY (THOSE WHO WANTED TO BE RIGHTEOUS BY THE LAW) SOUGHT TO STONE US. WE ARE DEAD BUT THROUGH OUR LORD WE NOW LIVE AND BY HIS GRACE HE HAS MADE US RIGHTEOUS. WE CAN NO LONGER TAKE REST IN SLEEP OF SIN WE MUST CONFESS SO THAT WE MAY BE WASHED BY HIS BLOOD. DO NOT LISTEN TO THOSE WHO ARE THINKING OUTSIDE OF OUR LORD`S GRACE. THE LAW IS PERFECT, THE LAW IS HOLY BUT DO NOT TAKE REST AND SLEEP IN THE WORKS OF THE FLESH. ACCEPT OUR DEATH AND EMBRACE THE GRACE OF OUR LORD JESUS. 14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, "Lazarus is dead. IT IS NOW PLAINLY STATED BY THE SON OF THE LIVING GOD, THE OLD MAN (LAZARUS OF OUR OLD WAYS) IS DEAD! IS THIS A SAD TIME? LET US CHECK IT OUT! 15 "And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him." IT IS NOT A SAD DAY! JESUS IS GLAD FOR OUR SAKES! WHY IS HE GLAD? BECAUSE HE WAS NOT THERE IN OUR SINFUL WAYS. HE TOOK ON ALL OUR SINS, HE WHO KNEW NO SIN! BUT REJOICE AND BELIEVE IN HIM AND HIS GRACE FOR HE HAS COME TO US WE WHO WERE DEAD THAT WE MAY LIVE! REJOICE, REJOICE.....PRAISE HIS HOLY NAME! 16 Then Thomas, who is called the Twin, said to his fellow disciples, "Let us also go, that we may die with Him." OUR BROTHER THOMAS, OUR TWIN BROTHER, WHAT ARE YOU SAYING NOW? "....LET US GO AND DIE WITH HIM?" WHO ARE WE TO DIE WITH? YES THOMAS YOU ARE RIGHT WE MUST DIE WITH JESUS. BY DYING WITH JESUS WE CAN NOW LIVE. AND THE WORD KEEPS REMINDING US THAT AS JESUS IS IN HEAVEN SO ARE WE IN THIS WORLD. WE WHO HAVE ACCEPTED JESUS ARE DEAD TO THE WORLD YET WE LIVE AS HE LIVES IN US! THEN WHO IS THOMAS, THE TWIN...IS HE NOT THE PROPHET......OH THAT WE MAY KNOW JESUS, THE POWER OF HIS RESURACTION, AND THE FELLOWSHIP OF HIS SUFFERINGS.........BEING CORMFORMED UNTO HIS DEATH!
Posted on: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 18:36:50 +0000
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