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A rod made from a dead
stick was budded, bringing forth life.
That’s a miracle, but it also is a picture of the resurrection…life
after death!
As a young man, D. L. Moody was suddenly called
upon to preach a funeral sermon. He hunted all through the Four Gospels trying
to find one of Christ’s funeral sermons, but searched in vain. He found that
Christ broke up every funeral He ever attended. Death could not exist where He
was. When the dead heard His voice they sprang to life. Jesus said, “I am the
resurrection and the life” (John 11:25).
C.H. Mackintosh wrote: “There is power in the presence of a risen Savior
to solve our difficulties, remove our perplexities, calm our fears, ease our
burdens, dry our tears, meet our every need, tranquilize our minds and satisfy
every craving of our hearts.”
I once heard a story about Robert Ingersoll, the
famous atheist of some decades ago. It
is told that at one time he sought to show how the miracle of Lazarus being
raised from the dead by Jesus was just a trick to bolster His waning
fortunes. To clinch his point, Ingersoll
said to the audience, “Can anyone tell me now why Jesus said: ‘Lazarus, come
forth!’” (John 11:43)?
An old Christian in the back got up and said: “Yes! Because if He had
not said ‘Lazarus,’ He would have had the whole graveyard of Bethany coming out
to Him.”
The budding rod…a picture of the resurrection!
What to do:
✞The question is not about where you spend your
life today, but rather, where you
will spend your life in eternity. Think about it; act upon it.
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