Joh 12:9 Much people of the Jews therefore knew that he was there: and they came not for Jesus' sake only, but that they might see Lazarus also, whom he had raised from the dead.
Joh 12:10 But the chief priests consulted that they might put Lazarus also to death;
Joh 12:11 Because that by reason of him many of the Jews went away, and believed on Jesus
People were coming to see Jesus, to witness the power of God and to hear of the Love of God.
Yet many were coming to see Lazarus. Many were coming to see the man resurrected from the dead after 4 days in the ground.
Lazarus is a powerful living breathing testimony to the power of Jesus. So much so that the Chief Priests want him killed.
The people and some of the elites were coming to believe on Jesus because of Lazarus.
That kind of testimony, wow what an effective witness.
We also have this power, to be an effective witness, to be raised from the dead to the living, in newness of life, being a living breathing testimony of the power of God to change lives.
How we might affect the world if we but dedicated our lives to the One that gave us His. To be the Testimony of Hos Grace and Mercy, a vessel used for His Glory to show mankind of the power of a changed life. To show the world the Joy of Salvation, the Hope of eternity and the promise of Life ever after.
You think they hated Jesus? They did. Yet they hated Lazarus just as much for Lazarus was a light to Him.
So too will they hate you and I if we are to live Holy and Righteous lives as He does, if they can not stop us, they will try to distract us for they do not want His light in their world.
We need men to stand in the Grace and Mercy and be a living embodiment of a changed life touched by the power of God.
They may hate us, but what is their hate when compared to the love of the Father?
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