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Tragically, many Christians are like Lazarus (John 11:30,44) as he comes out of the tomb alive in Christ, but still bound by the grave clothes of the world. They cannot work for their hands are bound, nor witness because their mouths are bound. They cannot see because their faces and eyes are covered by the personality of death. The only possibility of freedom and productiveness for the Believer is to be loosed from the rags of this old world.

Jesus displays His distain against bondage and the inability to produce. He commands that Lazarus be loosed from his captor. When Jesus gives the command to loose Lazarus, it would appear that the miracle is finished. Not So! Just six days before the pass over, when Jesus would observe the last supper, He and Lazarus were enjoying sweet blessed fellowship at dinner with Mary and Martha serving. Nothing is more important to a believer who has been set free from the bondage of sin than that of fellowship with the living Savior. Why? Because Jesus is a great and wonderful Savior and friend. Amen!

Sincerely, Dr. Arthur Belanger

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