Today’s 333 Devotional: “The Resurrection Proves Jesus is God”

The resurrection proves that Jesus has the power over life and death.

Jesus said, “No one takes it from Me, but I lay it down of Myself. I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again. This command I have received from My Father.” (John 10:18)

As far as Jesus having the power over life, it is seen in many places.

First, He was the one who created life in the beginning.

“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God … All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him was life, and the life was the light of men.” (John 1:1-4 NKJV)

In the Genesis account it says for each day of creation God spoke the words to create and it was done. And then what we read from John’s gospel is that it was the Father who spoke the word of creation, and it was then Jesus, the Son of God, the Word, who brought into existence what the Father spoke.

And Jesus power over death can be seen in several location, but none more pronounced as when he raised Lazarus from the dead. After lying in the tomb for four days, Jesus had the stone rolled away, and Martha, being Martha, said, “Lord, by this time there’s a stench.” And Jesus said, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?” (John 11:40)

You see, earlier Jesus said to Martha, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die.” (John 11:25)

And then Jesus went to the tomb and cried out, “Lazarus, come forth!” and out came Lazarus, with his grave clothes still wrapped around him (John 11:43-44).