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given up before it is possible to have the church life. How we need to learn the lesson of being silent in the church instead of voicing our opin ion! We should simply send a message to the Lord—that is all. Then Lazarus will be saved. Whether the Lord answers or not and whether He comes or not, we are simply quiet. We just leave the matter completely in the hands of the Lord. Then we will never be wrong, and He will never be late. When He comes, we must not say a word. We should just let Him speak and give Him the opportunity to do whatever He wants. We should simply be available to cooperate with Him. This is the proper way to have the church life. If we do this, we shall experience Christ as the resurrection life.
This chapter in John is very meaningful when it is related to the church life. The Lord is the One who comes to the church as the resurrection life, but there are two categories of hindrances. One is religion and the other is human opinion. Even Christianity as a religion is absolutely a hindrance to the Lord's purpose of bringing life. Today, there are many so-called free groups of Christians who have given up Christianity as a religion. They have come out of the de nominations and other Christian organizations.