Lazarus, Come Forth

Jesus again demonstrated the Power of words spoken with the right Kind of Faith outside the tomb of Lazarus, He cried out with a loud voice, “Lazarus, come forth” (John 11:43). Their brief command, energized by supernatural Faith, caused a man who was both dead and buried to come walking out of His tomb, alive and well.

The origin pattern of supernatural Faith is found in the act of creation itself. It was by Faith in His own word that God brought the Universe into being, “By the Word of the Lord the Heavens were made, & by the breath of His mouth all their host… for He spoke, and it was done, He commanded, and it stood fast.” (Psalm 33:6, 9)

God’s spoken Word, energized by His Spirit, was the effective agent in all creation. When the Gift of Faith is in operation, a man becomes a channel of God’s own Faith. The person who speaks is no longer important, but only the Faith that is expressed. If it is God’s own faith at work, it is equally effective whether the words are spoken through God’s mouth or whether they are uttered by the Holy Spirit, through the mouth of a human believer.