John 5:21
For as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will.
Truth: Jesus has the authority to make us ALIVE
We are dead ... or were dead before Christ made us alive. The above verse is so, so important for us to know and remember in regard to our condition prior to Christ making us alive. We were dead.
Ephesians 2:1
And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
That is what Paul tells the Church at Ephesus. We were "dead" in our sins. He goes on to add the following:
Ephesians 2:5
even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved—
Note, also, what Paul tells the Church at Colossee:
Colossians 2:13
And you, who were dead in your trespasses and the uncircumcision of your flesh, God made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses,
When Christ is speaking in the book of John to the Jews and His disciples, He wants them to recognize that they are "dead" and that He is "life." That is the Gospel message. A dead man can do nothing to help himself. We were all dead spiritually and Christ came to "make us alive" in Him and in the power of His resurrection. He defeated death by dying. Christ over came death by raising from the dead and therefore He has the authority to make us come alive. He can give life to "whom He will." Christ died to make us alive. We are ALIVE!!!
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