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“I am the Resurrection & the Life” (Jn 11:25) is the 5th of the 7 ”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 2 more days” (Jn 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” (v4). 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” (Jn 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.” At this point, Jesus makes His 5th “I Am” statement in John’s gospel, “I am the resurrection & the life,” & He follows it with a call to faith: “He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives & believes in me will never die” (Jn 11:21-24). When Jesus said, “I am the resurrection & the life,” He was claiming to be the source of both. There is no resurrection apart from Christ, & 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, & 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 Jn 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 Cor 15:53-57).The grieving Martha wished that Jesus had arrived earlier so He could have healed her brother. And when Jesus spoke of resurrection, Martha assumed He was speaking of “the resurrection at the last day.”(Cont⬇️) #ressurection #jesus #life #believe #trust #jesusname #cross #salvation #messiah #lambofgod #lionofjudah #victory #live #eternity