The Deaf Devo from The Deaf Missions in Council Bluffs, Iowa, United States "Bible Brothers (8)" Bible Reading: John 11:38-44 for Sunday, 22 January 2017John 11:38 Yeshua, again deeply moved, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone was lying in front of the entrance. 39 Yeshua said, “Take the stone away!” Marta, the sister of the dead man, said to Yeshua, “By now his body must smell, for it has been four days since he died!” 40 Yeshua said to her, “Didn’t I tell you that if you keep trusting, you will see the glory of God?” 41 So they removed the stone. Yeshua looked upward and said, “Father, I thank you that you have heard me. 42 I myself know that you always hear me, but I say this because of the crowd standing around, so that they may believe that you have sent me.” 43 Having said this, he shouted, “El‘azar! Come out!” 44 The man who had been dead came out, his hands and feet wrapped in strips of linen and his face covered with a cloth. Yeshua said to them, “Unwrap him, and let him go!”
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Lazarus was a brother to Mary and Martha. All three of them were Jesus' friends.
In John, chapter 11, we read that Lazarus became sick. Mary and Martha sent someone to tell Jesus that Lazarus was sick. But by the time Jesus arrived in Bethany, Lazarus had already been dead for four days. Mary and Martha were very sad. When Jesus learned that Lazarus was dead, He was very sad, too.
Our Bible Reading tells us that Jesus did something wonderful. He raised Lazarus from the dead! "After Jesus said this he called in a loud voice, 'Lazarus, come out!' The dead man came out" (verse 44a). That was an awesome miracle, but that's not all that happened. John 11:45 says, "There were many Jews who came to visit Mary. When they saw what Jesus did, many of them believed in him." Lazarus and his sisters told people about what Jesus did for them. Then those people believed and followed Jesus. What has Jesus done for you? Share the Good News about Jesus with someone today. [Jo Krueger]
"Do the work of telling the Good News. Do all the duties of a servant of God." [2 Timothy 4:5b]
PRAYER: Father, show me people who need to know about Jesus. In His name. Amen.
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