“Now Jesus had not yet entered the village, but was still at the place where Martha had met Him. So when the Jews who were with her in the house comforting her, saw how quickly Mary got up and left, they followed her, assuming that she was going to the tomb to weep there. When Mary came [to the place] where Jesus was and saw Him, she fell at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.” and said, “Where have you laid him?” They said, “Lord, come and see.” Jesus wept. So the Jews were saying, “See how He loved him [as a close friend]!” But some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the blind man’s eyes, have kept this man from dying?” So Jesus, again deeply moved within [to the point of anger], approached the tomb. It was a cave, and a boulder was lying against it [to cover the entrance]. Jesus said, “Take away the stone.” Martha, the sister of the dead man, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there will be an offensive odor, for he has been dead four days! [It is hopeless!]” Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you believe [in Me], you will see the glory of God [the expression of His excellence]?” So they took away the stone. And Jesus raised His eyes [toward heaven] and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me. I knew that You always hear Me and listen to Me; but I have said this because of the people standing around, so that they may believe that You have sent Me [and that You have made Me Your representative].” When He had said this, He shouted with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come out!” Out came the man who had been dead, his hands and feet tightly wrapped in burial cloths (linen strips), and with a [burial] cloth wrapped around his face. Jesus said to them, “Unwrap him and release him.””

John 11:30-32, 34-44 AMP

https://bible.com/bible/1588/jhn.11.32-37.AMP

I’ve heard it said that Jesus is perfect theology, in other words, He is the best representation of Papa God to us.  At the same time He modeled how to walk as a man fully alive and empowered with the Holy Spirit.   The Messiah was indeed fully God and fully man in one complete package.  We as believers are as He was in this world, that same one man, empowered by God.

This passage shows such a great example of how we are to live in this world.  We are to be filled to the brim with Holy Spirit, actually, you can’t be truly filled to less than full right? We are moved by the human tragedy we see but also infuriated by the works of the enemy behind it.  The Spirit dwelling in us generates righteous indignation when we see the results of sin.   

We are empowered to take a stand on the firm foundation of Jesus’ authority.  He delegated that authority to us to command them to be healed, delivered and yes even raised from the dead the same as our Messiah showed us.  

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