Christ JESUS - The Resurrection & The Life
"Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth inMe, though he were dead, yet shall he live. And whosoever liveth, and believeth in Me, shall never die. Believest thou this?" -John 11:25, 26 [KJV] Pause my soul, over those divine, those glorious, those soul-quickening, soul reviving words of thy Almighty Redeemer! What man, what prophet, what servant of the Lord, what angel but He that is the angel of the covenant, one with the Father, over all, God, blessed for ever, could assume such a language, and prove that assumption as Jesus did, both by His own resurrection and that of Lazarus? And mark, my soul, the many precious things contained in this sweet scripture. Observe the blessing itself, even resurrection and life . Observe the source, the Author, the Fountain of it. Jesus, thy Jesus. Observe for whom this stupendous mercy is designed, and to whom conveyed; namely, the dead in trespasses and sins, and for the dying languishin...