luk 07v14 Young Man I say Unto Thee Arise
"YOUNG MAN, I SAY UNTO THEE, ARISE!"
Luke 7:14
Our Lord spoke to this dead man
as though he were alive. He did not wait for signs of life to appear. He simply
commanded the dead to "Arise". This is the New Testament way of
preaching the gospel. We call upon men and women to believe on the Lord Jesus
Christ, even though we know that they are dead in trespasses and sins, and that
faith is the gift of the operation of God. We preach the gospel, telling dead sinners
to believe on Christ, and the power of God goes with the Word of God, and God's
elect do believe. It is by this word of faith which we preach that the voice of
Christ sounds out to men. The young man who could not
hear and could not arise, because he was dead, nevertheless did hear and did
arise, when the Son of God called him. Even so, when the Lord Jesus Christ
speaks by his servants the gospel command, "Believe and Live", is obeyed, and dead men live! Therefore, "Awake thou that
sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall
give thee light."