25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me will live, even though they die;
26 and whoever lives by believing in me will never die. Do you believe this?”
The book of proverb makes a strong argument the rich find their confident in their riches. Meaning the rich people have found their riches as their very being and rest confidently in what they have obtain in this life. Knowing that their riches can give them anything they need in this life as compared to the poor who has nothing.
The believer whether wealthy or poor has to have confident in the Lord Jesus Christ alone. And not only in the Lord Jesus Christ as a person and lord. But most importantly of who the Lord is, meaning the nature of Christ. The nature of Christ is what gives the believer the confident to live and move forward to face any unwelcome situation in the believer life and to have the strengthen to fight and defeat any unfavorable situation that will come the believer ways. The believer not knowing who Christ is, will not be able to depend on Christ and also will not be able to trust Christ enough for Him to give the believer the daily victories the believer needs in this life. The question is what is the nature of Christ that the believer is called by God to put their hope in?
The nature of Christ
In the verse 25 and 26, Christ out of His love and care for Martha the deceases sister and also everyone that was there who have put their trust in Him or is leaning on trusting Him. Christ revealed to them in the verse 25 that He is not just a friend to Lazarus or a miracle worker or a Rabbi or teacher as they referred to Him. But He is the resurrection of life, meaning He is the originator and also the author of life itself. He is the one who created life, sustains life and equally give life to everything. And that no other person holds this honor but only Him. This revelation came directly from Jesus Christ our Lord to Martha, who He loved. And He revealed this to Martha because it was critical for Martha to know there can only be a miracle of such magnitude from the Lord when this truth is known and understand and also trust in and the truth held in the believer heart. Christ been so loving and caring made this reality and truth known to Martha as a critical step of what He intended to do for her and the family.
The believer
Every believer in this same regard have to realize, accept and believe this truth about Christ because it this truth about Christ that can and will enable the believer to put their complete confident in Christ. Knowing that whatever persecution or trials the enemy presents to the believer there still hope of victory even when in human sense it looks impossible. And also this is the key to help the believer to develop the mindset and heart to deal with any trials that will come their way and still walk out of the trial victorious.
As Christ talked about in the verse above, He is the resurrection and life itself. And He went ahead and explain what it meant, that anyone who believes and trust in Him even when they die will live according to His will. Meaning if Christ determines a person to live even if they are dead, He has the power to raise them from the grave. Even if they have a debilitating disease and it is about to take them to the grave Christ has the ability to turn the situation around and bring about life. There is no one who can do this except the one who is the resurrection and life. Because of who Christ is, He has the ability to turn every situation that is hopeless and helpless to a hopeful one. And this is what He communicated to Martha and is the same communication He is given all who have decided to put their trust in Him.
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