The miracles of Jesus - Classical Christian Literature by Athleo.net

THE RESURRECTION AND THE
LIFE
Christ Raising
Lazarus
" Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection and the life ;
he
that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live ;
and whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die."
John xi. 25, 26.
"LIFE and immortality"—such, according to the
Apostle, was the precious possession brought to light
by the Gospel of Jesus Christ. It was thus that the
Gospel met human nature at the point where human
nature was weakest, and cast its own blessed light
upon the path when it was darkest. In this lay the
secret of its success. For while men might not all be
conscious of sin, might not perceive their need of
pardon or of moral strength, they were all painfully
conscious of the vanity of life, of its oppressive cares
and fleeting joys, of the dark shadow which surrounded
it as it lay " between a sleep and a sleep." As one
after another dropped from their side in life's race,
they perceived but too clearly how the all-devouring
grave waited for
were no security against death's
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them also, how youth and strength
ravages, and as they