Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1917-04-07

~ comfort, and she ha stened to Him.
No LONGER do household cares keep
her away from Jesus (cf. Lu. 10: 80,
400 ler sense OF need of Jesus was
toe 'leen for that now. Martha's first
words to Jesus were, Lord, il thou
hadst been here, nv brother had not
died" Most certainly not, death cam
not come where Jesus is. Mary later
the same day, when she met Jesus,
said The very same thirg ". 32). Evil
IDENTIFY Martha and Mary had talked il
all over together and had SAID it over
and over 10 one another Obi If
Jesus had only come, dear Lazdrus
would have been living still." Proba
bly, Jesus would not have reached
Bethany after receiving the tidings Of
! Lazarus sickness before Lazarus died
! even had He started at once (cf. VS..
i 6. 10, but He knew of Lazarus sick
! ness before the message came (cf '.
! III, and could easily have been there
/ before his death. 1t did not seem kinG
| in Him not to come. but It was kind;
| in tact the highest kindness, He had
| in store for Martha and Mary Il far
| better gift than the healing Of their
! brother viz, resurrection from the
dead. Jesus is never kinder than when
He seems least kind. There seems tc
| be a touch Of reproof or complaint
i in the words of Martha fcf Lu 10:
! 400 We too are often tempted to COM
plain to those dealings Of our Lord
which for the time we cannot under
stand Martha had Il certain amount
Ct faith in Jesus, narlelr faith tina
He coulG heal if present fcf. Mat. s.
S-10). She had still further faith
that whatsoever He asked OF Goa.
God would grant (v- y, ct. V. 42).
There was even 4 faint hope that
Jesus might raise Lazarus from the
dead in answer 10 jesus prayers. Bui
she hesitated to come right out plain
~ and ask Jesus for this. But Je-
sus understood her (v. 23). He always
/ understands our CneXpressed longings
He answered, Thy brother shall rise
again Blessed promise, ard He is
) saying it TO all OF us whose loved
: ones have fallen asleep in Him, thy
ether shall rise again" thy hus-
band shall rise again" thy child
shall rise again" But Martha was not
! satisfied, yet, she feared that Jesus
: referred to the general resurrection
! somewhere away of i'll the dim and
distant future. I,ut Jesus gave her a
rev an glorious thought about the
resurrection. Il am the resurrection
and the life II then. we wish resur-
rection and lite all we have to do is
to get Jesus Himself (cf | Jno 5:
ID. Resurrection and life are not the
: same thing. resurrection has TO do
with the BODY. life with the spirit
Jno. I7:3). All men will ultimately
receive resurrection through Jesus q
Cor -: %; Jno 5: %, 2S) but only
! those who believe on Him shall re-
ceive life in its truest and highest
/ sense Ono. ;: So. After uttering His
wondIous words, jesus put 10 Mar
/ | ina tie searching question. "Believest
r thou thiS?" And just so today concern
Z. ing every wondrous promise thar
Jesus uttered and which we read in
the bible. He is asking us. ''Believest
thcu this? And Martha answered,
Yes, Lord" Can you answer in the
same way? Nor did Martha stop even
then, with burning heart and lips she
Continued, Il have believed that thou
art the Christ, the Son of God" Do
you also really Believe that? Ii is al.
| important that you should Ono. 20:
81 l Jno. 5: /, 81.
:, il. Lazarus, Come Forth. 39-44
What a wonderful interplay of the
natural and the supernatural. mans
work and Gods work. there is in the
great works of Christi Jesus is about
: 10 perform one of His most stipend
Gus miracles: call back to life a man
who mas been four days dead: but
y what man can do, man must do. He
alone can and He will raise the dead,
: but man can and man first must take
away the stone. There is MANY a
man dead in trespasseS and sins to-
: | CAV whom Jesus wishes to get at and
> raise; but he is calling to us Take
away the stone" AID we don't obey:
: so the man is not raised What is
!, the stone that lies against the door
I. Of the cave wherein Your dead friend
! lies? Take it away How little Jesus
was Understood. They fancy He aust
, wants tc get in and see His dead
= friend Even Martha to whom He has
i Just declared, Il am the Resurrection
= and the Life" forgets and protests
Il against the moving of the stone He
Z. nath been dead four dayS"-as if ii
made any difference TO the omnipo-
: tent son az God" the Resurrec
e lion and the Life how long man
y had been dead. Why. the time is COM
II ING when He shall speak the word
u and those who nave been dead four
!, thousand years shall come forth (ch
; ): %. 29). Jesus knew the prayer was
u heard before there was any visible
J, token of al answer, ard He returned
q thanks before the answer was given
!, He knew it was His. He knew the
e Father mad heard Him, for He had
u heard Him always. Not one PRAYER
4 did Jesus ever offer that the Father
d did not hear Him and give Him the
o very thing He asked. Some think He
| did not get what He asked in tbs
: Garden of Gethsemane, but the bible
nlainly declares that He did (Heb. 5.
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