We have seen that Jesus deliberately stayed where He had been when the message came for two days.
At this stage in His life, Jesus had changed His whole approach to His mission. Something had changed. He had in essence started to look towards Calvary and He started to mention this more and more in His ministry.
I also think that He took two days to ensure that by the time He arrived at Bethany, Lazarus would have been dead for four days, allowing for one day’s travel by the messenger and one day’s travel Himself. More on that later...
When He told the disciples that He intended going back to Judea, they questioned Him because of the threats to His life. He told them that He intended waking Lazarus from his sleep, referring to his death. On His arrival, Lazarus had been in the grave for four days.
Now when Jesus came, he found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb four days. John 11:17.
It would seem that the messenger took one day to reach Jesus, who waited 2 days, then there was a day’s return journey, totaling 4 days.
I am of the opinion that Jesus', delay was both prophetic and practical.
In some Jewish circles, there was a belief that when someone died, their spirit remained close to the body for four days, hoping to be permitted to re-enter. If this had not occurred, that person was truly legally dead.
Perhaps Jesus did this to ensure that there could be no doubt that Lazarus was dead and in the tomb. There could be no doubt whatsoever that the man was dead and that Jesus, who later stated that He was the resurrection and the life did in fact bring Lazarus back from the dead.
Perhaps this also indicated that He too, would also die and be raised from the dead.
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Martha
Bethany was around 3.2km or 2 miles from Jerusalem. John said that many of the Jews came to console Mary and Martha and some of them would have traveled for that purpose.
When Martha heard that jesus was coming, went out to meet him, but Mary remained in the house. Why? Her had to be a reason, but look first at what Martha did and said.
Martha said to Jesus, “Lord, if you had been here, my brother would not have died. John 11:21.
She was correct I suppose! Lazarus might not have died if Jesus had been there, but He wasn’t! He was at another place. They had to send for Him. Martha was playing a blame game! “We sent a message to you, but you never came in time.”
I hear believers say that they prayed, but God never heard them, or God took too long to answer them and in so doing risk playing similar blame games. NO! God’s timing is always perfect. Never blame God for any misfortune. He never sent the problem and never sends problems to us. His very nature reveals that and if it were not so, He can change His mind in such a way that we do not know from one day to the next where we stand. James talks about it this way-
Every good and true thing is given to us from heaven, coming from the Father of lights, with whom there is no change or any shade made by turning. James 1:17.
God never changes. He says so in Malachi 3:6. Hebrews 13:8 states clearly that Jesus is always the same. We always know where we stand with God. God is a giver, not a taker! James 4:3 says that we do not receive the answers we want because we ask amiss! When we pray, we are told to believe that we receive (mark 11:23-25)—when we pray.
Martha wanted it now, but not like that. She got upset when the answer did not come when she wanted it now on her terms. She was bound by the limitations of time but God is not. She continued-
But I am certain that, even now, whatever request you make to God, God will give it to you. John 11:22.
What she said was correct, but her attitude was not.
We need to look closely at both Mary and Martha.
It would seem that Jesus knew them quite well; perhaps too well. We are not told who really owned the house. I assume it was Lazarus, being the man of the house. Perhaps he invited Jesus to visit, share a meal, or even sowed into the Jesus of Nazareth Evangelistic Organization. What of his sisters? Were they as committed to the Lord as he was? This is an assumption of course, but judging from the behavior of the two women, perhaps their relationship was not as good as it could have been. Let me explain.
Martha came out to meet Him and Mary didn’t even even bother. Martha in essence blurted out, “What kept you?”
Her conversation is like many purely theological conversations prevalent in the church. She had the doctrines right!
- She knew about divine healing, by saying that if Jesus had been there, Lazarus would have been healed.
- She knew about prayer, because she said that if Jesus had asked the Father, that prayer would have been answered.
- She knew about the resurrection, because when Jesus told her Lazarus would rise again, she said, “Oh, yes, I know that he will rise again”.
- She had end time doctrines down pat. Jesus told her that Lazarus would rise again and she dismissed that, talking about the last day.
- She knew that Jesus was the Son of God. He told her that He was the resurrection and the life, asking her if she believed it, but she did not answer His question.
She replied, “Oh, yes, I believe that You are the Anointed one, the Son of God. He is, so that was doctrinally correct, but something was lacking. He did not ask her about that, but if she believed.
Such knowing and getting doctrines right really does not mean a thing. James said in chapter two, that faith and works must go together. In other words, faith has to produce something in some way because faith is not mental assent or intellectual belief. Even the devils believe and we know that they certainly do not love and obey God. See James 2:19. The devil quoted scripture to Eve in the garden and did the same to Jesus just as He was about to start His ministry, so being able to quote some religious doctrine, teaching or catechism etc may mean nothing. It is the relationship that matters.
Martha, like many professing Christians can know all the bible verses and doctrines intellectually, but not Know them, or the one who inspired them. They have an intellectual belief that is often without peer, but do not have the intimacy of relationship that produces life producing revelation.
After that conversation, Martha went to Mary secretly. She did not openly tell her and anyone else who could hear that Jesus was there. That is significant.
She also told Mary that Jesus had called for her. Did He? There is no mention of that, so why oh why would Martha say that?
Was her relationship not what it could have been and she could not handle this closeness any more?
Do not postpone your day of visitation
Jesus told her that her brother would rise again and this is where she blew it because she immediately discounted what He said.
“Yes, yes. I know. He shall rise again in the resurrection—at the last day.” The resurrection is fact. Jesus didn’t lie, but what she did was to put off her day of visitation!
Jesus said to her, Your brother will come to life again.
Martha said to him, I am certain that he will come to life again when all come back from the dead at the last day. John 11:23-24.
Notice my emphasis. She had postponed the day of her visitation! I wonder how many times I missed my own divine appointment by putting it off until a future day. Have you?
On most occasions, that day never arrives.
We can pray and God answers then we keep praying with the mistaken view that He never heard us, or we should pray harder, or louder, or whatever and the delivery man arrived at the door whilst we were still begging God!
It happens!
In Acts chapter twelve, Peter had been imprisoned and the church held a prayer meeting, praying for his release.
The Lord answered them and sent an angel to free him whilst the church was having a prayer meeting.
Peter came to the Church and knocked on the door and Rhoda answered.
The church was holding a prayer meeting.
She slammed the door in his face and ran to tell everyone that Peter was at the door.
The church was holding a prayer meeting for Peter’s release!They said that she had lost the plot and the prayer meeting continued whilst Peter kept knocking on the door. Someone eventually opened the door to see Peter there and they were astonished! Didn’t they believe God would answer their prayer?
Why pray if you do not expect the answer?
It does not make sense!
Martha was like that. She prayed and the answer came. He told her what was going to happen and she didn’t believe it!
Her reply, “Yes. I know what the bible says” but never acted as if it were true.
She told Jesus, “We asked you to come” and He replied, Well, I am here.”
The answer she sought was standing in front of her and she kept questioning and complaining.
She said, “I believe in the resurrection.”
Many Christians are like those people.
They say that they believe in something but not live accordingly. Their lives are unchanged. They keep looking at the externals and the problems, but never see the answers, but they will say, “I believe”. Do they? Really?
They may pray and add, “If it be thy will” at the end. Why not find out what God’s will is before praying? Why pray at all if there is doubt that God will answer? James calls such people who pray like that as being double minded and states that they have not because they do not believe and also ask amiss.
Jesus could honestly state that the Father always answered His prayers because He knew the Father intimately.
If we know God, I mean if we really know God and His word, we know what to pray, how to pray and when to pray and are assured by scripture that He hears us. There is no doubt. We can also know that if God does hear us, He will answer us. John writes about this in his epistle. Pay particular attention to 1 John 5:14-15.
You may also notice that it is conditional.
Love and obedience go hand in hand with getting answered prayer. So is forgiving others. Mark 11:23-24 is a great scripture about praying and we stop there but the word does not. It continues with And... In verse 25, saying And when you stand praying.... Forgive!
It is possibly more like who you know and who knows you than in what you believe.
Anyone can believe In something, but never get the answer!
Martha believed In something, but kept thinking of tomorrow, but her tomorrow was now.
She told Jesus, “I believe In the resurrection” and He replied, “I Am the resurrection.”
I wonder if she had heard Jesus say this before when Jesus had been harassed by the religious leaders and replied-
“I tell you the truth, the Son can do nothing by himself. He does only what he sees the Father doing. Whatever the Father does, the Son also does.
For the Father loves the Son and shows him everything he is doing.
In fact, the Father will show him how to do even greater works than healing this man. Then you will truly be astonished.
For just as the Father gives life to those he raises from the dead, so the Son gives life to anyone he wants.
In addition, the Father judges no one. Instead, he has given the Son absolute authority to judge,
so that everyone will honor the Son, just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son is certainly not honoring the Father who sent him.
“I tell you the truth, those who listen to my message and believe in God who sent me have eternal life. They will never be condemned for their sins, but they have already passed from death into life.
“And I assure you that the time is coming, indeed it’s here now, when the dead will hear my voice—the voice of the Son of God. And those who listen will live.
The Father has life in himself, and he has granted that same life-giving power to his Son.
And he has given him authority to judge everyone because he is the Son of Man.
Don’t be so surprised! Indeed, the time is coming when all the dead in their graves will hear the voice of God’s Son, and they will rise again. Those who have done good will rise to experience eternal life, and those who have continued in evil will rise to experience judgment.
I can do nothing on my own. I judge as God tells me. Therefore, my judgment is just, because I carry out the will of the one who sent me, not my own will. John 5:19-30.
Jesus had to break through her mindset and when he did, she really believed then and went to Mary to tell her that Jesus had arrived. He was on the outskirts of town at the time and when people saw Mary get up quickly and leave, they followed her. I’d like you to look closely at the next thing that happened.
Mary
John 11:19 says that many Jews came to Martha and Mary to comfort them. It was in their house and someone told them that Jesus was coming. Who was it? Was it the person who sent the original message to Jesus that Lazarus was sick? Perhaps.
Nevertheless, Martha immediately went out to meet Him.
Mary sat still in the house. I understand that in times of grief, we often want to be alone, or not want to go somewhere but this was Jesus; not just another friend, neighbour or well wisher. This was the man who had healed the sick and she knew it. This was the man who declared loudly in the temple on the last great day of the feast (the Feast of Tabernacles) to come to Him and drink (John 7:37-40). This was the man who had previously fed the five thousand with a boy’s 2-piece fish dinner and more…
Surely, she had heard of some of the things Jesus did and she remained in the house?
When Martha came back and told her that Jesus was coming, she then got up to go to Him. On first appearances, this could be classed as a good thing to do, but something was wrong! I think that she was sitting in the house brooding, sulking, hurt and disappointed of course, but was she holding a grudge against Jesus because He had not come to her when she wanted Him to, four days ago?
We need to be careful in keeping our attitudes correct in all matters, including in times of disappointment and distress. We need to keep our focus on the Lord and not on the situation and circumstance. It is easy to succumb to our feelings, rather than keep our eyes on the goal. Imagine how Abraham must have felt, when as 75 years of age God promised him a son and 24 years later, the legitimate heir had not arrived. He had Sarah had indeed heard from the Lord, but got out of step in that waiting process that we all experience from time to time. Don’t create an Ishmael. Wait for the promise.
Mary went to the place where Jesus was and out came the feelings and emotions.
when Mary was come where Jesus was, and saw him, she fell down at his feet, saying unto him, Lord, if thou hadst been here, my brother had not died. John 11:32.
John did not say that she worshipped. Other accounts in scripture reveal people often fell at His feet and worshipped, but she did not! Something was wrong!
Please take not of my emphasis. If! If! If!
“Oh, God... if only this had not have happened to me.
God, if only that had have worked for me.” Have you said that? I have! Does it work? No!
I can imagine someone like Mary telling Jesus, “We have done this for you. We let you sleep here when you were passing through. We have served you. We sowed into the Jesus of Nazareth Evangelistic Organization.
Don’t forget what we have done for you and...by the way... it’s Lazarus. You know... the one you love!
Why didn’t you come when we needed you?
Jesus, if you had been here, Lazarus wouldn’t have died.
If only... If only... If only...”
She started crying.
Jesus groaned
The Lord then saw people running to them and he groaned in the spirit. That groaning was embrimaomai.
It means to snort with anger! Jesus was livid! It was a deep and heavy sigh! He was troubled and then asked, “Where is he?” What was troubling Him?
It wasn’t because Lazarus was dead.
He already knew that before He arrived and knew that in a few moments Lazarus would come out of the grave.
They replied, “Come and see” and He then wept! He was shedding tears, but they were sobbing and wailing!
He was not grief stricken as they were, because death is not final and it has no power over us.
I urge you to read 1 Corinthians chapter eleven and 2 Corinthians chapter five where Paul speaks about the resurrection. If Jesus does not return in my lifetime, when my physical body dies, I leave it behind and go home! These things are not a problem. Our understanding is the issue. The way we handle things is the issue.
They were not aware of that hope and promise, but had heard Jesus speak of the resurrection. There was something that they were doing that aroused Him so.
It was doubt and unbelief. I know that because they said in John11:37, “If He could heal others before, why couldn’t he have prevented this man from dying?”
He was shedding tears over their unbelief. He was snorting with anger because of their doubt, negativity and questioning. That kind of thing can shut God down and did so. Jesus could not function properly in His own home town because of it. See Matthew 13:58 and Mark 6:6.
I’ve heard many Christians say that they never see God in operation any more, or that the day of miracles is over and they have what they say, because they have tied God’s hands by their attitude and unbelief. It is then a cycle that continues until they stop their attitude. If someone says, “I don’t believe in that”, or, “Those things don’t happen any longer”, they will have what they say—they don’t happen! Sadly it is due to lack of knowledge.
Many Christians never stop to ask what God really says about the matter. They seem to believe what their church, pastor or denomination says and ask others their opinions on matters that could be life and death issues.
It seems that they do not ask God’s opinion and find out what He really says.
In many instances it is a case of the blind leading the blind.
I make no apology for saying such things, because it is true.
Jesus spoke to the seven churches in Revelation and in one place asked to be let inside! He was not there! See Revelation 3:20.
Little wonder Jesus was angry and wept!
The religious folk thought that He was weeping because His friend was dead and some of them started to gossip and slander Him asking, “Why? He healed others who were blind, why couldn’t He have prevented Lazarus’ death?” They were approaching this matter from the natural dimension, or from the reasoning and intellect. God gave us those qualities and we are to use them, but because of the fall, they are in the devil’s territory now.
This is one reason why we have to renew our minds according to Romans 12:1-3 and control our thought lives. Please read 2 Corinthians 4:3-6.
They had no understanding or revelation of what was happening.
It is possible to parse scripture by tense and mood and so on and by following mans’ commentaries, but miss hearing the voice of the holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures and not see the hidden treasures God has stored up for us.
I possess an extensive library and avail myself of all those study resources, but still return to the source. I ask God what He meant when a certain scripture was penned. Some of them had heard Jesus teaching before. Some of them had witnessed His miracles and they still did not get it!
Jesus groaned again within Himself as He had done back in verse 33.
It was a powerful thing. He sighed with chagrin, He murmured against those people, and He snorted with anger (all part of the meaning of that word groaned) as He walked up to the graveside.
It is possible to parse scripture by tense and mood and so on and by following mans’ commentaries, but miss hearing the voice of the holy Spirit who inspired the scriptures and not see the hidden treasures God has stored up for us.
I possess an extensive library and avail myself of all those study resources, but still return to the source. I ask God what He meant when a certain scripture was penned. Some of them had heard Jesus teaching before. Some of them had witnessed His miracles and they still did not get it!
Jesus groaned again within Himself as He had done back in verse 33.
It was a powerful thing. He sighed with chagrin, He murmured against those people, and He snorted with anger (all part of the meaning of that word groaned) as He walked up to the graveside.
Remove the stone
On arrival, He issued an instruction, “Remove the stone.” Obviously the tomb was sealed by a large stone that had to be removed, but Jesus was not going to do that—they had to. When Jesus fed the multitude with a fish roll, He broke the physical limitations of that boy’s lunch and the miracle happened, but the disciples had to seat the people in orderly manner and pass the food around.
There are times when we ask Him to do what He expects us to do!
He has given us power of attorney and it is up to us to exercise that right and privilege.
A series of events followed whereby Jesus did not do a thing other than speak!
They had to do certain things for the miracle to happen and it started with the removal of a blockage or an obstacle.
There are many terms that associate blockages and obstacles with hardness of heart with stony-ness.
In Ezekiel 11:19 and 36:26, God said that He would put a new spirit in men, remove the stony heart and replace it with a soft heart or a heart of flesh. Belief, it is said, is in the heart and what is in the heart is eventually verbally expressed. Look at the salvation prayer of Romans 10:8-10, starting with verse one. Notice my emphasis.
Dear brothers and sisters, the longing of my heart and my prayer to God is for the people of Israel to be saved. I know what enthusiasm they have for God, but it is misdirected zeal. For they don’t understand God’s way of making people right with himself. Refusing to accept God’s way, they cling to their own way of getting right with God by trying to keep the law.
For Christ has already accomplished the purpose for which the law was given. As a result, all who believe in him are made right with God.
For Moses writes that the law’s way of making a person right with God requires obedience to all of its commands.
But faith’s way of getting right with God says, “Don’t say in your heart, ‘Who will go up to heaven’ (to bring Christ down to earth). And don’t say, ‘Who will go down to the place of the dead’ (to bring Christ back to life again).”
In fact, it says, “The message is very close at hand; it is on your lips and in your heart.” And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:
If you confess with your mouth that Jesus is Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is by believing in your heart that you are made right with God, and it is by confessing with your mouth that you are saved.
As the Scriptures tell us, “Anyone who trusts in him will never be disgraced.”
Jew and Gentile are the same in this respect. They have the same Lord, who gives generously to all who call on him.
For “Everyone who calls on the name of the LORD will be saved.”
But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?
And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”
But not everyone welcomes the Good News, for Isaiah the prophet said, “LORD, who has believed our message?”
So faith comes from hearing, that is, hearing the Good News about Christ. Romans 10:1-17.
This passage causes many religious people to baulk. For some folk this faith and confessing thing is a stumbling stone!
The first thing Jesus had to do was ensure that there were no stumbling stones.
If those stumbling stones had remained, Lazarus would never have come back from the dead!
According to verse 38, Lazarus’ grave was a cave and a stone or Lithos was laid upon it. Lithos was a literal stone, but it was also symbolical of a millstone or a stumbling stone. Those people had to remove all possible obstacles or things what would offend them before He would do a thing.
He told them to remove it. As I said, there are things that God will never do—we must. He will grant us the ability to do it, but you and I have to do it. We have to apply it. It is a personal matter.
When He told them to do this, Martha immediately retorted! There is a small word in our vocabulary that can prevent our miracle. It is “But”. The Lord of all creation had just issued a command and someone replied, “But”.
He may ask you to do a certain thing, knowing all the time that you need money to do it, or need restoration of your health, or fuel in your car, or an airplane ticket to go where He sends you. Never reply, “But Lord.” You will have precisely what you believe and say! When you reply, “But”, you are in disbelief, which is disobedience. Just do what He says and leave the miracle up to the one who specializes in the miracle business. Almost every miracle He did required someone else to follow His instructions.
He told a lame man who couldn’t do that to stand and walk.
He told a blind man to wash his eyes in the pool. How did he see where to go?
He told Peter to cast his nets out of the fishing boat. They had done all that before without success.
He told the twelve disciples to feed the multitudes with a boy’s lunch and there was more than enough to go round.
It might never make sense, but it sure makes faith, so do not question Him, determine in your heart that He is speaking to you and just go ahead and do it!
“Remove the stone”.
That miracle could have been prevented right there and then by people refusing to comply.
Martha put her foot in it and blurted out, “But... He is dead.” She blurted something out without stopping to listen to what He said or thinking it through. Her mind was already focussed on a corpse, but Jesus was thinking of having dinner with him later.
She said, “He has been dead for four days and by now he stinks.”
Sure he stunk. Unbelief stinks also! Jesus knew that he was dead! She was right in that part, if in nothing else.
He replied, “Didn’t I tell you that if you can only believe, you would see God in action?’
If you do not believe, then nothing will happen. They won’t happen if you put a time constraint on it. Your timetable might not be the same as His!
Never forget that all things are possible to those who believe in the possibilities of the impossible.
They removed the stone and Jesus stepped into action. He stood at the entrance and spoke.
Jesus responded, “Didn’t I tell you that you would see God’s glory if you believe?”
So they rolled the stone aside. Then Jesus looked up to heaven and said, “Father, thank you for hearing me. You always hear me, but I said it out loud for the sake of all these people standing here, so that they will believe you sent me.” John 11:40-42.
Sent ones
Please notice something extremely important. Jesus had told them that if they believed, they would see God in action. It seems that they forgot that and He had to remind them. We could say it this way, “Look! I’ve already told you. Believe! That’s all you have to do. Just believe.”
He knew that the Father always heard Him. The passage in mentioned in John 5 above is evidence enough.
He thanked God for hearing Him and always heard Him and confessed it.
Part of the answers or miracles we need are linked to what we confess!
His prayer was not really necessary, but He did so for their sakes and for our sake.
Some people there didn’t believe Him! Do you?
He had already heard from the Father and was following instructions.
Please never embark on a thing until you first seek the mind and will of God on the matter, even if it is for a noble cause. Yes, I know that God wants us to preach the Gospel, help the poor and more. I know that He does not want anyone to die without Christ, but there are also times when He says, “No! Don’t do that” or “Wait” and if we go ahead and ask Him to bless our efforts, we wonder why things do not work. In such an instance, it is nothing other than disobedience. A classic example of what I am saying is found in Acts 16:6-7 when Paul wanted to go to Asia to preach the Gospel. That’s a good enough reason, but the Holy Spirit told them not to do that! Paul would have been rebellious if he had gone there even if it were to preach, teach and win souls!
There was a time when I moved location and wanted to start a new church and the Lord angrily refused permission, stating that there were too many churches around that He had never ordained! It startled me, but as I pondered on it and looked at many churches, I saw what He meant. That is a serious matter and if I had ignored Him and done so, I would have been disobedient.
My efforts could have failed, most likely because I did them in the flesh. I would have been hurt or become disillusioned and offended others in the process.
There are many “went ones” in the church, whereas there should only be “sent ones”. The went ones more often than not muddy up the waters.
Wait until you hear from the Lord and then do what He says. Jesus did.
The messenger came with news of Lazarus and the Father told him to wait!
Jesus also stated that the Father had sent Him! The word for sent is Apostellō.
There is another word that sounds similar and it is Apostelos.
You may see the similarity to the word Apostle. It basically means a delegate, an ambassador, a representative or in plain language, someone who has been sent on an assignment by another. Paul said that Jesus called him to be an apostle in Romans 1:1.
In Galatians 1.1, he explained that he was never chosen by men to become an apostle, but by the Lord. This is consistent with Ephesians 4:1-16 where he teaches on the five ascension gift ministries that Jesus gave to the Church, one of which is the apostle. They have been set in place until Jesus returns, but He is the one who picks and chooses and ordains!
The Father had chosen Jesus and ordained Him for ministry and Jesus always functioned in the offices given Him.
Never try to do what God never asked you to do. You may step out of what God has for you or try to operate under a barred anointing. For example, God may want you to be a pastor but you want instead to be an evangelist. I pastor a church, but I am not really a pastor. My real office is that of an apostle and I thrive on teaching and evangelism. I’m not pastoring a church but building people. The minister is not supposed to be the builder of a Church, but the shepherd of a flock.
Please ensure my friend that you are functioning in the proper place in the Body of Christ and are not a little toe trying to be the nose! You could hurt yourself and that is not nice, but what is worse is that you could be a stumbling stone to others!
Please read Romans chapter twelve, particularly Romans 12:1-8.
When Jesus arrived at the graveside it was the right time, but it was four days after Martha’s timetable!
We want things in our time. You could have a God-given vision, but wait for the right timing! Jesus’ timing was perfect.
You could have a desire to serve the Lord and that is commendable, but only do so if He asks you and only do what He asks you.
After He had prayed, He stood at the entrance to that tomb and cried out with a loud voice. He did not yell. What we call yelling prayers are offensive! God is not deaf and yelling is not a sign of being spiritual. Long prayers are not always the way to approach God. He is not impressed with eloquence, but fervency. A three word prayer in Matthew 14:30, "Lord save me" was immediately answered!
We really need to look at our prayer life and see if it truly measures up to biblical principles.
Neither did the Lord whisper. He often spoke in normal tones, but on this occasion, what He said was a projected, mega three-word command...
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