LAZARUS RESURRECTS*

LAZARUS RESURRECTS*



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HIGHER EVERYDAY: (A DAILY DEVOTIONAL GUIDE FOR YOUTHS
TEXT:JOHN 11:38-46
 
MEMORY VERSE: "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" (JOHN 11:44).
 
     Thomas S. Monson equates Lazarus' resurrection to Christ's way of transforming dead believers' lives today, when he says, "The passage of time has not altered the capacity of the Redeemer to change men's lives. As He said to the dead Lazarus, so He says to you and me: 'Come forth.'"
 
     Christians are required to come forth from the despair of doubt, the sorrow of sin, and the depth of disbelief to a newness of life. Lazarus' emergence from his tomb three days after his burial made a deep impression on early Christians, and should do same on us today.
 
      The story sheds light on the rest of the Gospel of John in that it foreshadows Jesus' own death and resurrection. Other 'miracles' recorded in the other gospels are simply referred to as 'signs' in John's Gospel.
 
     There are seven signs, and Lazarus' story shows the final one - the resurrection and the life. As believers, Lazarus' story helps build in us a bridge of faith across which we can walk to better understand and believe in the Master's own death and resurrection.
 
QUOTE: Come forth from the despair of doubt.
 
CHALLENGE: What does Lazarus' resurrection mean to you?
 
PRAYER: Oh God, help me to better understand Christ's resurrection.
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