"Do you believe this?" (John 11:26) . . .
“I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me, even though they die, will live, and everyone who lives and believes in me will never die." John 11:25-26 This is a very popular Bible verse to learn and memorize. However, we often leave off the last part of verse 26. "Do you believe this?” John 11:26b
Jesus lays it all out there for us in these verses. It comes at the very beginning of the story of Lazarus being raised from the dead. It is very real when placed in that context. Here is Jesus commenting on resurrection and very soon he will do that very act for His friend. But it wasn't good enough just to tell Martha these things. He wanted to know if she believed what He was saying.
There are different ways we consume this information and different things we do with it. We can hear it. We can know it to be true. We can believe it. We can tell others. We can share it with others. If we DO believe it then what does that call us to in life? We are saved by God's grace alone so we do not have to earn our salvation at all. However, this belief surely would inspire us to live differently. What does that look like?
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