9-5-07 John 11:25

John 11:25 (NAS)
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me shall live even if he dies,
John 11:25 (Philips)
"I myself am the resurrection and the life," Jesus told her. "The man who believes in me will live even though he dies,

Men, who do not know the Truth, have very little hope, especially when their time to die draws near. You, however, are not in that position. You have trusted in Jesus as your Messiah and He has become your salvation from the sting of death.

Jesus declared Himself to be the Resurrection. He stated that He exists as the Resurrected One; from the very beginning He has been the Resurrection. Because of that, death could not hold Him, for Adonai had already planned to raise Him from the tomb.

Jesus also said that He is the Life. Since death is the absence of life and separation from God Almighty, Yeshua, who has always been Life eternal and is Himself divine, could not long remain in that state. Therefore, when death thought that it had triumphed, Adonai reached down and breathed His very own essence back into His Son.

You have chosen to believe what Yeshua said about Himself. You know that God your Creator exists and you have chosen His Son to be the Lord of your life. You also know that through Him, you have obtained eternal salvation and entrance into the Kingdom of God.
Now you hope in His resurrection, for you know that even when your body dies a natural death, your spirit will remain alive in Him. Even as Jesus was raised from death, so too will you be raised in newness of life. The One who is life eternal has given you everlasting life.