The Resurrection And The Life

"Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies;"  John 11:25 (NIV)

The Apostle John captured the words of Jesus, The Christ, as He spoke to Martha after the death of her brother Lazarus.  This is the fifth of the seven great "I AM" statements which Jesus spoke.  He said "I AM the resurrection and the life".  Jesus basically said that He is life, He is the giver of life, and He has the power of life over death.  He said that all who have faith in Him will have eternal life after the physical death.

Like Martha and her sister Mary, most Christians today believe in spiritual life after physical death on judgement day.  However, what we do not recognize is that The Lord God is the power of life.  The breath of life is His, it came from Him (Genesis 2:7), it belongs to Him, and it will return to Him.  Many have died for short periods of time and come back to life, none were dead as long as Lazarus, but they were miracles of God none the less.  It was not modern medicine, if it were, then no one who could afford health care would die.  Each night we sleep in the very image of death, and it is God that wakes us up each day.  But, the power of the resurrection is unique unto Christ.  Lazarus did not get up from the dead on his own, it was the power of God that raised him from the dead. (John 11:42-44)  When Jesus died, He laid down His life and He picked it back up again as He said that He would. (John 10:17)  Jesus said "All power is given unto Me in heaven and in earth." (Matthew 28:18)  That included the power of life and the power over death.  All who believe in Him, although we may die, we will live again.