John 5:25 "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the SON of GOD: and they that hear shall live."
One of the most wonderful statements in the Gospel of John is in today's Scripture text wherein JESUS says, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the SON of GOD: and they that hear shall live." What a marvelous truth these WORDs unfold for us -- "the dead shall hear . . . and . . . live." This is not the future physical resurrection described in verse twenty-eight. What JESUS speaks of in our text verse is a spiritual resurrection here and now: "The hour . . . now is." It is an hour that has lasted two thousand years, for JESUS is speaking of the spiritually dead -- those "dead in trespasses and sins" as described by the Apostle Paul in Ephesians 2:1 (pictured above) -- "And you hath HE quickened (made alive), who were dead in trespasses and sins." JESUS CHRIST, the SON of GOD, makes it very clear that a spiritually dead man can do something -- he can "hear the voice of the SON Of GOD" (v.25). And if he hears and responds by faith, he will be made alive "together with CHRIST, (by grace ye are saved" (Ephesians 2:5 pictured below).
Notice, also, that JESUS CHRIST calls HIMSELF "the SON of GOD." Revel in this truth ! We who were born sinful creatures have the promise that if we "hear the voice of the SON of GOD" and respond to it by faith, we "shall live." We will come to life, spiritually speaking. It is the reality of John 3:16, pictured below
The invitation is open to "whosoever will." If you hear CHRIST's voice through the WORD and put your faith in HIM alone for your eternal salvation, then you will be SPIRITUALLY ALIVE ! JED
Your servant in CHRIST,
Julie
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