Believers in Jesus Christ will experience resurrection because, having the life Jesus gives, it is impossible for death to defeat them (1 Corinthians 15:53-57). Jesus confers this spiritual life on those who believe in Him, so that they share His triumph over death (1 John 5:11-12).
He does more than give life He is life, and therefore death has no ultimate power over Him. Beyond that, Jesus was also making a statement concerning His divine nature. There is no resurrection apart from Christ, and there is no eternal life apart from Christ. When Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life,” He was claiming to be the source of both. Martha responded again in faith: “I know he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day.” At this point, Jesus makes His fifth “I Am” statement in John’s gospel, “I am the resurrection and the life,” and He follows it with a call to faith: “He who believes in me will live, even though he dies, and whoever lives and believes in me will never die” (John 11:21-24). Jesus replied by assuring Martha that her brother would rise again. “If you had been here,” she said, “my brother would not have died.” Such was her faith in Jesus’ power to heal. Outside Bethany, Lazarus’s sister Martha went out to meet Jesus. Significantly, when Jesus informed His disciples that Lazarus was dead, He simply said His friend was “asleep, but I am going there to wake him up” (John 11:11).
After Lazarus died, Jesus began a journey to Bethany, Lazarus’s home. He explained to His puzzled disciples that the sickness was “for God’s glory, that God’s Son may be glorified through it” (v.
Earlier, Jesus had heard that His good friend was sick, but instead of going to visit Lazarus, Jesus “stayed where he was for two more days” (John 11:6). “I am the Resurrection and the Life” (John 11:25) is the fifth of the seven “ I am” statements of Jesus.
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