You cannot walk very well, you stumble and fall all the time, up and down, up and down. Well, even the phonograph was a novelty in that section of the country so we all gathered about to listen. be types of people who will die twice. You get your eternal life from Christ. In his fallen state he is dead in trespasses and sin. Or having passed beyond that, have you yet entered into the stage of feasting with the Lord? When Jude describes them as "twice dead," he may be refering to the second death (Revelation 20:14; 21:8)—that they will die physically once, and then they will die spiritually the second time. Here is a scene that pictures Lazarus being used, mightily used. Moses is a good example. Moses is a good example. What a sight that must have been! And instead of going back to Mary and Martha to comfort them in their anguish, he deliberately waited two more days and then announced that he was leaving. That isn’t all; you don’t get your eternal life by keeping the commandments. And that’s what Lazarus’ death pre-figures for us here. So, when a man dies in the Tribulation and And that’s not the way you get yours. As someone once put it. If any man hears my voice and opens the door, I will come in to him, that’s the beginning, and will sup with him and he with me. Wherever the spirit of Lazarus was, having fled from the body four days before, he heard the voice of Jesus and returned into his body. We have in the life of Lazarus a Christian experience. When they wake up in the morning instead of Good morning, God, it’s Good god, it’s morning! It may be. It was in this sense that Adam and Eve died in the very day they disobeyed God. Now this is precisely what happens when a man or a woman, a boy or a girl, is converted to Christ. Then Jesus told them plainly, Lazarus is dead; and for your sake I am glad that I was not there so you may believe. This is not simply preacher talk that you get on Sunday. That is, we will feast together. Where am I? The Bible points out that the physical body is dead when the spirit separates from it (James 2:26). He that was dead was made alive. In the Tribulation, Moses The dead man came forth! It could well be. And they died twice to show that, in the future, there’s going to be somebody who dies twice. went up at the rapture. This last week or so I received a copy of a letter written by the daughter of an American Airlines pilot, a man who had never given much thought to Christian faith. But in order to correct them he said to them plainly Lazarus is dead. so forth, and so on. There is also "spiritual death". Then you need to look at the second fact that we have pictured for us here about Lazarus. 12 His disciples replied, “Lord, if he sleeps, he will get better.” 13 Jesus had been speaking of his death, but his disciples thought he meant natural sleep. Now there is no possible explanation for this delay except that our Lord was waiting to make it clear that Lazarus was absolutely, unquestionably dead. You are still struggling with the same old routine of evil things in your life that hamper you and fetter you and hold you in demand. The Shunammite’s son died twice. Not only was Lazarus dead, but the story is here in our Bibles only because of the great fact that Lazarus was raised. “Blessed are they that do his commandments, that they may have a right to the tree of life,” Revelation 22:14–which is not the way you get your eternal life. That's why the Bible doesn't say, "This is the first resurrection," This is not true. And they get their life from the tree of All right, now they come up and go into the Millennium. Moses died, and was buried, and nobody knows where his sepulchre is. Have you noticed that this is the first question in the Bible? going to be somebody who dies twice. Look at verse 44. and works, and they come up here. The great infidel lecturer of a previous generation, Colonel Robert Ingersoll, standing by the body of his brother whom he loved very dearly said these words. Nothing seems to change the basic pattern. Count the billions of people who have died and will die. That isn't all; you don't get your eternal life by keeping These Bible stories as many of you have discovered are never merely stories. And you can see here what a vital, unforgettable impact Lazarus is making on the people of his day. They have much to learn, as He Himself tells us. But when Jesus received the news, he waited deliberately two more days. As Paul says, Thanks be unto God who in Christ always, always leads us in triumph. of a Tribulation saint, who dies in the Tribulation and dies again in the There’s so much potential evident in your life but you are still so pathetically hampered by the grave clothes of the old life, the same jealousies, the same frustrations, the same old lusts, the same bad habits, the same worries and fears that were in your heart before you knew Christ. The first resurrection has three parts: (1) Old Testament saints, when Christ came up; (2) New Testament saints at the rapture; (3) Tribulation saints at the end of the Tribulation. Message transcript and recording © 1964 by Ray Stedman Ministries, owner of sole copyright by assignment from the author. Even if you are a newborn babe in Jesus Christ, you can be used. Or have you come and you are still bound? He has since been relegated to the forgotten places by the Jehovah’s Witnesses. this is definitely true. of life, they go into the city and partake of the tree of life and live But she said, To be able to get in a car and drive to Monterrey as I did yesterday, and back alone, is simply glorious. Moses died, and was buried, and nobody knows where his sepulchre is. You get yours by grace through faith in the shed blood Otherwise, they die again. We’ll eat together in fellowship. You get yours by grace through faith in the shed blood of Jesus Christ. 11 After he had said this, he went on to tell them, “Our friend Lazarus has fallen asleep; but I am going there to wake him up.”. This makes them fascinating to trace out and most rewarding to apply. Here he enlists the aid of others. And he comes up here at the last resurrection, and if he couldn't get life These morning hours we have been looking at certain Bible characters together. They couldn’t leave him alone; they had to make a decision. All kinds of people die twice in that Bible. You get your eternal life from Christ. died twice; Jairus's daughter died twice. Everyone raptured before the great tribulation will not see death, a type of whom Enoch was. He had busied and lost himself in his work, and he felt religion, as such, had offered him nothing. Jesus himself declared it in the 11th chapter of John, verse 13. There are unmistakable marks of new life in Christ in your experience, but you are still so unmercifully bound, you cannot see well, you are very confused about matters of guidance and how to walk with the Lord and you can’t much distinguish between good and error. He alone can give life, but others can help in the matter of this gift of liberty in the Christian experience. There are millions who can give testimony to that, that when they met Jesus Christ, this was the beginning of life, they were made alive from the dead, they had a new purpose, and a new outlook. In other words, in this little insight we gain here, Lazarus has become what every Christian can be. of Jesus Christ. (John 11:13). From our youth we have been enjoying these wonderful Bible stories, exciting tales of intrigue and adventure, romance, but they’re not merely stories. If you couldn’t answer that question, they couldn’t do a thing to help you. (2) New Testament saints at the rapture; You will never make any progress in your spiritual life until you answer that question. I wonder to how many who say something like that, Millions Now Living Are Already Dead, it’s obvious that we are using ‘dead’ in two different, but related meanings. They find themselves doing what they once swore they would never do as they look back on their early ideals of youth.
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