John 11:25

John 11:25 says, Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:  Jesus said to Martha that He was the resurrection, and the life: and that anyone who believed on Him, even though he were dead, would yet live.  Though the soul will never die, if we want to live with Jesus forever instead of being in the torment of hell, we must put our faith in Him. Verse twenty-six adds, And whosoever liveth and believeth in me shall never die. Believest thou this?  Jesus asked Martha if she believed this.  Notice that once again Jesus did not say that He was a way but the way to the resurrection and the life.  Resurrection and life are through Him alone.  Also, He did not say that one day He would be the resurrection and the life.  When we accept Jesus as our Savior, everlasting life with Him begins.  We, as His follower, are not promised, as the saying goes, pie in the sky by and by.  We have the gift of everlasting life with God as soon as we accept Christ as our Savior.  We, like Martha, sometimes try to focus on the physical, instead of the everlasting aspects of life.  If we truly believe that when we leave this world that death has no victory over us, we will begin to focus on the important things of God. Then, the key to Jesus' statement to Martha, and to all since, is the question, "Believest thou this?"  Until we believe that no matter what happens in this world that we can trust God to see us through, we do not believe as we should. Our profession of faith, though made in the world to those around us, must first be directed to Christ. Verse twenty-seven continues, She saith unto Him, Yea, Lord: I believe that Thou art the Christ, the Son of God, which cometh into the world.  Our profession of faith, though made in the world to those around us, must first be directed to Christ. We should tell others, but first we should say to Jesus, "Yea, Lord.  I believe you are the Savior of the world, and my Savior personally.