John 11:25 
Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 

Application: 

When Jesus and his disciples arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had already been dead and buried for four days. Although the funeral was finished, many friends had come to Martha and Mary to offer comfort (11:17–19). Martha approached Jesus and said, Lord, if you had been here, my brother wouldn’t have died (11:21–22). 

Yet this doesn’t mean she had lost all hope, because she adds, “Even now I know that whatever you ask from God, God will give you” (11:22). Thus, Martha was filled with both faith and doubt. She is like the man who cried out to Jesus in desperation, “I do believe; help my unbelief!” (Mark 9:24). Sometimes doubt comes when we least expect it. When it does, bring your doubts to God in prayer (he’s omniscient and knows about them anyway!). Believe that he can deal with your disappointment and spiritual struggle.

Jesus responded to Martha’s faith despite her doubts: Your brother will rise again (11:23). Martha’s theology was clear. She knew that her brother would be raised in the resurrection at the last day (11:24). But Jesus wanted her to understand that the resurrection isn’t just an event; the resurrection is a person. 

He told her, I am the resurrection and the life (11:25). The Son of God has “life in himself” (5:26) and can give life so that a person may “live forever” (6:51). He himself is the foundation of eternal life. That’s why he can say that the one who believes in me will never die (11:26)—meaning he will pass from physical life directly into eternal life (see Phil 1:23). The present tense (“lives and believes in me”) also shows that Jesus is a deliverer right now, not just in the future.

Reference: Tony Evans, The Tony Evans Bible Commentary (Nashville, TN: Holman Bible Publishers, 2019), 1042–1043.

To God be the glory!

Our Lord Jesus Christ created everything! By Him, For Him!

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