The Great Voice of God

Text: John 5:25:

“Most assuredly I say to you, the hour is coming and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live”

It is God's desire to always speak to us. He spoke through the prophets in the old dispensation and the writer of the book of Hebrews in Chapter 1: 2 confirms our text - Jesus speaks and He still speaks today!

Jesus speaks for different reasons for example -

1. He speaks to give direction (Isaiah 30;21)

2. He speaks to bring about restoration (life, health, lost opportunities, etc - Luke 7:2-10;5:4)

3. He speaks to bring deliverance (John 11:43)

Without a doubt, we need God to speak into our lives for direction when faced with different options; for restoration, for deliverance and so on. All we need to do is to remind Him of His word. Next is to apply our faith like the centurion in Luke 7:7b did. Jesus wasted no time to speak the word needed for the healing of the centurion's servant because of the centurion's faith.

Are you busy nursing the pain of a dying or dead business, a dwindling career, a failing health, a bad marriage and stagnation in different areas of life? Please turn to God. He can make all these to live again. He spoke and the storm the disciples faced became calm (Mark 4:39). He is more than able to bring calmness and peace to that overwhelming situation. He is the God of all flesh. Nothing is too hard for Him!

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The Voice of God can raise the dead

Text: John 11:43-44

God created man in His own image. This also means that man is supposed to carry the immortal nature of God. This immortality or life in abundance is supposed to be upon on that we do - our career, business, marriages, health, finances and so on. But when Adam sinned, death came to man. Since then, death has become part of humanity and an instrument in the hands of the devil to frustrate man's effort (John 10:10a).

We say that something is dead when:

1. It is stagnant, that is, it has lost capacity to grow

2. It is not working, no matter the level of input made

3. When it becomes unimpactful or uninfluential

Death also connotes or suggests captivity. No wonder Jesus commanded that Lazarus be loosed and allowed to move on after raising him from the dead.

Today, God's power is still available to bring life in abundance to every situation of life.(John 10:10b) and all-round fruitfulness is assured (Jeremiah 17:8).

Shalom