I would have a difficult time being a pastor of a church. Come Sunday morning I wouldn’t be prepared or because of my unbelief and lack of faith doubt my calling to deliver the message. This is difficult enough to just get these out sometimes. I pray and thank that He may hear us and help our unbelief.
Extra Credit: We receive todays bonus read from Wylie Fulton, a brother in Christ that I get articles from periodically. This is one he wrote awhile back on All that the Father giveth Me
Jhn 11:41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead was laid. And Jesus lifted up His eyes, and said, Father, I thank thee that thou hast heard me.
Jhn 11:42 And I knew that thou hearest me always: but because of the people which stand by I said it, that they may believe that thou hast sent me.
Jhn 11:43 And when he thus had spoken, he cried with a loud voice, Lazarus, come forth.
Jhn 11:44 And he that was dead came forth, bound hand and foot with graveclothes: and his face was bound about with a napkin. Jesus saith unto them, Loose him, and let him go.
- Can you find any similarities between this and Elijah (I Kings 18:36-37)?
These verses record one of the greatest viewable miracles the Lord Jesus Christ ever worked and certainly supplies unanswerable proof of His divinity. For only God of very God could speak a man from the grave who had been dead four days. The miracle was a simple act of un-measurable glory and is described in such simple language that no one can refute and human ignorance cannot cast any shadows on its light. It shines so brightly on its own that it is doubtful I could throw any light that the scripture does not shine on its own. And it is sad to say that it is our unbelief which hinders our seeing this light and His glory in His words. It is our unbelief that does not permit me to do justice in commentary. It is not our unworthiness, our ignorance, or feebleness that stands in our way, but unbelief the greatest of all sins. God I cry, I believe but help us our unbelief.
“Deep and high as this truth is, it is for peace of our souls to believe it thoroughly and grasp it tightly. Let it be a settled principal of our belief that the Savior in whom we trust is nothing less than eternal God, one whom the Father hears always. A clearer view of the divinity of our Mediators Person is one secret of inward comfort.” J. C Ryle
