John 10, 11

Jesus told His Disciples that Lazarus was not dead … although his body was in the tomb for 4 days … but that he was merely sleeping. This must be the way God sees a dead person – they are merely sleeping. We bury dead people. God may want to wake them up. Christ Jesus woke Lazarus up with His Voice.

While on staff at a church in Columbus, Ohio, I became acquainted with David Hogan of Freedom Ministries. His ministry was primarily to Mexico and Central America. David’s passion was authentic Christianity with NO HYPOCRISY. If you hear him preach, this is what you will discern. Most notably, David frequently speaks of the dead being raised by his ministry and his associates. Realize that he traveled by foot to indigenous natives living in remote areas where hospitals and formal medical attention was scarce. When someone died prematurely, they would bring the dead to David for prayer rather than to the undertaker. He has many hair-raising testimonies of how God’s power raised many dead people.

Christ raised Lazarus from the dead. We have Christ’s power through faith in His Name.