The Resurrection and The Life

Jesus makes the bold claim that he is “the Resurrection and the Life,” to two of his friends who are mourning the loss of their brother. It seems insensitive until he does the unthinkable, resurrecting his dead friend, Lazarus. We learn 5 important things from this statement and story of resurrection; Jesus has the power of resurrection, Jesus’ resurrection power is already in us (believers), there will be a bodily resurrection of the righteous and the unrighteous, our resurrected bodies are made for God’s new world, and the resurrection is the rest of the story.