Author	Thread: Lazarus, was he really dead?
Admin	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 16 Mar, 2011 05:27 PM Reformed Doctrine uses a verse in Ephesians ("As for you, you were dead in your transgressions and sins") to say every person is so dead that they can not respond to God when God calls. So what about Lazarus? Was he dead when Jesus called to him? If you say no, then Jesus really didn't raise him from the dead. If you say yes, then even a dead man can respond to God. The position of Reformed Doctrine on man being so dead that he cannot hear God, necessitates a small God who does not have the power to make himself heard even to the dead. Comments always welcome. :-) Post Reply
flyby View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 16 Mar, 2011 08:51 PM May loose some respect here but here goes. I believe Lazarus was physically dead. I also believe he was right with God when he died and therefor all his water in him was spiritual water giving Jesus Christ time to revive his physical body through the regeneration of his spiritual water. I also believe there is a same type of force used in the laying on of the hands, an actual transference of spiritual water into another body to assist in healing spiritually and physically. Don�t get me wrong, I also believe He could have brought him back from the dust or even a ghost figure but I think that would have been more that the witness could have taken. Therefor the water generation was sufficient for the situation. Laugh all you want, we all still praise Jesus Christ! ;~) Post Reply
View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 16 Mar, 2011 09:14 PM Lazarus was definitely dead. Nobody is so dead, physically or spiritually, that they cannot hear God when He calls. We serve a Mighty God! :yay: Post Reply
View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 17 Mar, 2011 01:44 AM My answer is the same as Saved. Yes he was dead. Did Jesus raise him from the dead? YES! Our God is an Awesome God! Post Reply
View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 17 Mar, 2011 08:05 AM Jesus called Lazarus by name because had he said rise from the dead all the dead at that location would have risen.:ROFL: Post Reply
View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 17 Mar, 2011 08:26 AM :laugh: Good one, Dennis. Post Reply
View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 17 Mar, 2011 08:30 AM Yup !...xo Post Reply
View Profile History	Lazarus, was he really dead? Posted : 17 Mar, 2011 10:43 AM All the responses are music to the ears, but what Dennis said should go off so strong in all of us. Man's state what ever it is when it comes to the word will be immediately changed. The written word is said to be Spirit and it is said to be life, the word of God is declared to be several other things also, the word is light, the word is water, the word is seed. It was the seed of God's word received by the will of the woman called Mary that brought the lord Jesus into the earth, that is not to say Mary willed it into being, but she simply heard how she would give birth to the lord Jesus and with an act of her will in her lost state, in spiritual darkness, (death) she accepted the seed of God's word, as she said let it be done according to your word, is that saying she did it, of course not she received the word of God and the word became flesh by the power of the holy spirit. It is the same word, the word of God that comes to any lost individual upon the earth at any time, any place that illuminates a darkened heart to the truth, the will of God for the hearer of the word, that either chooses to believe or not believe, that will bring a lost person from life unto death, or they will continue in death if they reject the word of God, the lord Jesus. The written word of God will bring to pass in any human heart declared by the word of God, what ever is believed and confessed according to the word of God. There is no limit to the ability of the word of God, accept that put on it by the will of man. Post Reply