John 12:17

John 12:17 says, The people therefore that was with him when he called Lazarus out of his grave, and raised him from the dead, bare record. The people who had been with Jesus at the raising of Lazarus from the dead bore witness to Jesus.  We today need to bear witness to the fact that Jesus raised us from spiritual death to spiritual life.  I believe these people were excited about what Jesus had done, and we should be also.  We get very excited about sporting events, but we almost act dead when it comes to worship.  We should be excited about worshipping but should make sure that all the excitement points to Him.  Lazarus would physically die again, but because of what Christ did on the cross, Lazarus, and everyone who believes in Jesus, would never die spiritually.  We need to daily lift up Jesus to the world and give praise to Him.  Verse eighteen adds, For this cause the people also met him, for that they heard that he had done this miracle. Many people came and met Jesus because of the miracle of raising Lazarus.  Our lives should be so transformed by Christ that people will want to know what is different about us, and then we should point them to Jesus.  Verse nineteen states, The Pharisees therefore said among themselves, Perceive ye how ye prevail nothing? behold, the world is gone after him. When we do, those that oppose Him will be like the Pharisees.  They will wonder what they are going to do, because the whole world is coming to Jesus. They had a death warrant out for Jesus, but they prevailed nothing.  We can rest assured that the world will not prevail against God today.  In verse twenty we see the truth of the words of the Pharisees. Verse twenty adds, And there were certain Greeks among them that came up to worship at the feast:   There were certain Greeks that had come to worship, and they desired to see Jesus.  If we, as His people, are truly effective witnesses, people will come to us desiring to see Jesus, and the whole world will be drawn to Him.  We need to live in victory and not despair.