Raising the Dead

The Bible says, "But if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who dwells in you"
Romans 8:11.

The Spirit of God, whose power raised the Lord Jesus Christ from the dead, will one day give resurrection life to our bodies as well.

But that same Spirit also dwells in us today.

His power is now present in us and is able to bring life and health to our bodies.

Accounts in the New Testament of people being raised from the dead are not immortal but restored to life.

Their lives were the result of sickness and disease which is death.
They encourage us that there is no sickness, disease or any other condition that is too difficult for God to deal with.
He is able to restore the health of a person fully and completely, even when the very breath of life has gone out of them.

The power of God that raises the dead is the same power that heals the sick.

We need to enlarge our expectations.

In the Old Testament, a few dead were raised to life.
In the New Testament, even more were restored.
In fact, Jesus sent His disciples to "heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out demons"
Matthew 10:8

At the Great Commission, He charged them to make other disciples, "Teaching them to observe all things that I have commanded you"
Matthew 28:20

This would include raising the dead. Nothing in the words of Jesus leaves it out.
In fact, Jesus said, "He who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father"
John 14:12.

Jesus and His disciples raised the dead, and many other restorations have been recorded in Church history, particularly in this last century.

We should expect to see it happen more and more.