Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live (John 5:25).
When a preacher in a funeral for a fellow minister said, "Our dear brother has departed, and we shall never look upon him again," an aged saint in the congregation exclaimed, "Thank God, that's a lie!" Yes, thank God, we may all say that such a statement is false, for the dead shall live.
Jesus is the prince of life. He is the life-giver. Our Savior had begun His ministry, and soon was to raise from the dead the daughter of Jairus, the widow's son, and Lazarus. We read His words in John 5:21: "For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will."
At our Savior's second coming the righteous dead of all ages will rise in glory. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first" (1 Thess. 4:16). And they shall be changed, "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye," from mortality to immortality (1 Cor. 15:52).
But there is another great promise in this text. The hour now is, Jesus said, when many who are dead in trespass and sins shall hear the voice, the word of the Son of God. They will believe it too and receive spiritual life through Him. So this also must be included in our promise text for today. It seems to be clearly indicated from the two preceding verses.
This is for us today and now. Speaking of the recorded miracles of Jesus, the apostle John says, "These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name" (John 20:31). Friend, is that eternal life yours by faith?
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory" (Ps. 73:24).
When a preacher in a funeral for a fellow minister said, "Our dear brother has departed, and we shall never look upon him again," an aged saint in the congregation exclaimed, "Thank God, that's a lie!" Yes, thank God, we may all say that such a statement is false, for the dead shall live.
Jesus is the prince of life. He is the life-giver. Our Savior had begun His ministry, and soon was to raise from the dead the daughter of Jairus, the widow's son, and Lazarus. We read His words in John 5:21: "For as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will."
At our Savior's second coming the righteous dead of all ages will rise in glory. "For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first" (1 Thess. 4:16). And they shall be changed, "in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye," from mortality to immortality (1 Cor. 15:52).
But there is another great promise in this text. The hour now is, Jesus said, when many who are dead in trespass and sins shall hear the voice, the word of the Son of God. They will believe it too and receive spiritual life through Him. So this also must be included in our promise text for today. It seems to be clearly indicated from the two preceding verses.
This is for us today and now. Speaking of the recorded miracles of Jesus, the apostle John says, "These are written, that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God; and that believing ye might have life through his name" (John 20:31). Friend, is that eternal life yours by faith?
MEDITATION PRAYER: "Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory" (Ps. 73:24).
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