GOD'S PROMISES #20

'I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will live, even though he dies; and whoever lives and believes in me will never die.'

Like many of the other promises we have considered, here too we are confronted by an incredible claim expressed by Jesus Christ. Here too we see the close association between Jesus Christ and life. Here also we see the strong severance between death and those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Jesus Christ here promises us that he is the resurrection, and he is the life, automatically excluding by this statement all other hopes of life beyond death, automatically excluding by this statement all other supposed sources of life.

His claim and his promise are absolute. They allow for no real rivals.

Do you want resurrection - life beyond and in spite of death?

The simple answer, the absolute answer is here in these words of Jesus: believe in him.

He himself is life. He himself is the resurrection - the power of life in spite of death.

He proved it here in John 11 when by the power of his spoken word he undid death and restored life in the decomposing body of Lazarus his friend.

He demonstrated it again in his own resurrection: he, having died, of his own power and authority resumed life.

He who in the beginning created all that exists out of nothing, has also the power and the authority to re-create life out of death, to satisfy and undo the just judgement of God upon sin and set death's captives free to live at peace in the presence of God.

This is his promise to all who believe in him.

Scriptures: John 11:25,26, 38-44; 10:17,18; 1:1-4; Colossians 1;16,17; Hebrews 1:2.