Our Greatest Miracle!
Then Jesus came and touched the open coffin,
and those who carried the deceased stood still.
And He said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.”
Luke 7: 14
The four Gospels record three instances
of Jesus bringing a deceased person back
to life.
The daughter of Jairus, a Jewish leader, died and was raised
from the dead (Luke 8:41-42, 49-56). So was the son of a widow
in the village of Nain (Luke 7:11-15). The best known of the three
was the raising of Lazarus, who had been dead for four days
(John 11:1-44).
Can there be any greater miracle than to restore a person from death
to life? A first response is to think, no—raising someone from the dead
has to be the greatest miracle. Think about this: All three people Jesus
raised from the dead eventually died again.
In the face of that sad fact, Jesus gave Lazarus’ family new hope:
Whoever believes in Him lives, even though he dies. And whoever
believes in him never dies! (John
11:25) So a greater miracle than
being raised from the dead is the miracle of eternal life—never
spiritually dying at all!
Have you received the miracle through faith in Christ?
Believing in Jesus Christ means you will live forever
with Him.
"Eternal life does not begin with death;
it begins with faith."
Samuel Shoemaker
