Wednesday night Pastor was teaching on the raising of Lazarus . John 11 : 43 . Jesus said with a loud voice , "Lazarus come forth" . I can't help but think about just what Jesus is saying to the hearts of His people . The problem is most aren't listening for His voice . See if we God's people would stop for just one moment and listen , surely we would hear Him saying to us " COME FORTH "Come unto Me all of you that are weary and heavy laden and I will give you rest . Jesus wants to give us a hand up not a hand out . He wants to reach down and pull us out of the pit , out of the mire and muck that the world has some of us trapped in . If it is of the world it is a lie . So reach for the hand that is your saving Grace so He can save you from death . He is the possessor of the keys of death , hell and the grave , so why wouldn't we ? If we believe in what the world tries to tell us then we have fallen into it's trap , into satan's lies . Evil will try and try to get us to follow it home . But why would we he can't even get in his own house . Because he doesn't have keys to get in as I mentioned before Jesus had them . So next time that old evil thing comes up on front of you remember WHO YOU ARE IN CHRIST JESUS . You are SAVED by GRACE , through FAITH . Have a Joyful week and a Blessed life .
DWAYNE SHORT