最大的神迹
约翰福音十一章14、15、30-44节
14耶稣就明明的告诉他们说：拉撒路死了。
15我没有在那里就欢喜，这是为你们的缘故，好叫你们相信。如今我们可以往他那里去罢。
30那时，耶稣还没有进村子，仍在马大迎接他的地方。
31那些同马利亚在家里安慰他的犹太人，见他急忙起来出去，就跟着他，以为他要往坟墓那里去哭。
32马利亚到了耶稣那里，看见他，就俯伏在他脚前，说：主阿，你若早在这里，我兄弟必不死。
33耶稣看见他哭，并看见与他同来的犹太人也哭，就心里悲叹，又甚忧愁，
34便说：你们把他安放在那里？他们回答说：请主来看。
35耶稣哭了。
36犹太人就说：你看他爱这人是何等恳切。
37其中有人说：他既然开了瞎子的眼睛，岂不能叫这人不死么？
38耶稣又心里悲叹，来到坟墓前；那坟墓是个洞，有一块石头挡着。
39耶稣说：你们把石头挪开。那死人的姐姐马大对他说：主阿，他现在必是臭了，因为他死了已经四天了。
40耶稣说：我不是对你说过，你若信，就必看见神的荣耀么？
41他们就把石头挪开。耶稣举目望天，说：父阿，我感谢你，因为你已经听我。
42我也知道你常听我，但我说这话是为周围站着的众人，叫他们信是你差了我来。
43说了这话，就大声呼叫说：拉撒路出来！
44那死人就出来了，手脚裹着布，脸上包着手巾。耶稣对他们说，解开，叫他走！
信息分享
而且，我们还可以在这段经文之中听到基督发表的一些伟大宣言，请读第25、26节。我们往往认为，我们若有甚么伟大的言论，就必须等到有一大群听众围着自己的时候才好去发表。然而，耶稣却只是在一个人面前讲出这句伟大的宣言。
综合四卷福音书的记载，耶稣曾经使三个人从死里复活：一个是拿因城寡妇的儿子、一个是睚鲁的女儿，还有一个便是拉撒路。昔日，耶稣使他们三人从死里复活；今天，耶稣仍然把属灵的生命赐给每个信靠祂的人，不论是男女老少，不论他是甚么身分。
耶稣怎么哭起来呢(35节)？是否因为祂眼见这个祂一直爱护的家庭，遭到死亡的沉重打击，而深感哀伤？是否因为祂步往坟墓的当儿，发觉自己又要面对罪恶对这世界所造成的残害，而心里伤痛？是否因为祂看见罪恶和死亡的可怕，而禁不住流泪？抑或，是因为上述的全部原因？
得着耶稣拯救，得以从死里复活的那三个人，全都是听见耶稣的呼唤之后活过来的。当耶稣再来的时候，情况将会是一样。「主必亲自从天降临，有呼叫的声音和天使长的声音…」(帖前四16)；「时候要到，凡在坟墓里的，都要听见他的声音，就出来」(约五28)。那时，当耶稣呼叫「出来」，那些已死的信徒，便会以复活了的身体从坟墓走出来。他们的灵魂将与他们的身体结连，从此之后，他们便永远与基督在一起了。
基督真的可以叫死人复活吗？从祂昔日使三人从死里复活，以及祂亲自复活的事实中，祂已证明祂有复活的大能。我们信徒在基督里有何等奇妙的盼望！我们将有新的身体、新的大家庭，而且，它们都是在我们如今所获得的一切以外，再额外赐给我们的！难道还不值得我们为此而献上深深的感恩吗？
CHRIST’S GREATEST MIRACLE
John 11:14, 15, 30-44
14 Then Jesus said to them plainly, “Lazarus is dead.
15 And I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, that you may believe. Nevertheless let us go to him.”
30 Now Jesus had not yet come into the town, but was in the place where Martha met Him.
31 Then the Jews who were with her in the house, and comforting her, when they saw that Mary rose up quickly and went out, followed her, saying, “She is going to the tomb to weep there.”
32 Then, when Mary came where Jesus was, and saw Him, she fell down at His feet, saying to Him, “Lord, if You had been here, my brother would not have died.”
33 Therefore, when Jesus saw her weeping, and the Jews who came with her weeping, He groaned in the spirit and was troubled.
34 And He said, “Where have you laid him?”
They said to Him, “Lord, come and see.”
35 Jesus wept.
36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
37 And some of them said, “Could not this Man, who opened the eyes of the blind, also have kept this man from dying?”
38 Then Jesus, again groaning in Himself, came to the tomb. It was a cave, and a stone lay against it.
39 Jesus said, “Take away the stone.”
Martha, the sister of him who was dead, said to Him, “Lord, by this time there is a stench, for he has been dead four days.”
40 Jesus said to her, “Did I not say to you that if you would believe you would see the glory of God?”
41 Then they took away the stone from the place where the dead man was lying. And Jesus lifted up His eyes and said, “Father, I thank You that You have heard Me.
42 And I know that You always hear Me, but because of the people who are standing by I said this, that they may believe that You sent Me.”
43 Now when He had said these things, He cried with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth!”
44 And he who had died came out bound hand and foot with graveclothes, and his face was wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, “Loose him, and let him go.
Message
Here too are some of Christ’s greatest words. Read verses 25 and 26. We often think we need a crowd of people when we want to say something we think is important. Jesus said these tremendous words to one person.
There are three miracles in the gospels where Christ raised someone from the dead. There was the widow of Nain’s son. There was the daughter of Jairus and there was Lazarus. Christ gave life to them all. He still gives spiritual life to those who trust in him, no matter how old or how young they may be.
Why did Jesus weep? (v.35). Was it because he saw what death had done to the family he loved? Did he realise as he went toward the grave that here was an example of all that sin had brought into the world? Did he see again how terrible sin and death are. Did he weep because of all this?
All three persons whom Jesus raised from the dead, heard his voice and came back to life. When Jesus comes again, it will be the same. ‘The Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout and the voice of the archangel.’ In another place it says, ‘all that are in the grave shall hear his voice’ (John 5:28). When Jesus says ‘Come forth’ the bodies of all those who have died trusting in him, will come out of the graves as resurrection bodies. Their souls will join their bodies and be with Christ for all eternity.
Can Christ do it? He proved he could, both by the raising of these three and by his own resurrection. What a wonderful hope we have in Christ. A new body, a new home and that is in addition to all we have here now. Have you thanked him for all these things today?