Please pray for our service on Sunday, (Resurrection Day) as we reflect on one of the signs and miracles of the Lord Jesus Christ: the raising of Lazarus. Here we see in this miracle a coming attraction of what God is going to accomplish in the cross and resurrection of the Lord Jesus Christ: the reordering of chaos brought on by sin and death. That is, when Christ was raised, the new creation age was inaugurated and Christ is the first-fruits of that new creation (1 Cor 15:20-49).
Lazarus's walking out of the tomb points to that reality--the reality of Christ's resurrection; and the reality of the blessed resurrection of those who who are in Christ by faith.
As is typical in a Resurrection Day service, several people may be there who are not yet Christians. Pray that even as we seek to edify God's people on the gospel, the Spirit will convict sinners of their sin and their need to repentantly embrace Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior.
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