I was relaxing on my bed after a long football match when I heard a knock on my door. I felt very reluctant to stand up and open the door. It was really fun to play the round leather game, but my thighs were crying for help because I had not done such a stressful exercise for a very long time. When the person knocking my door wouldn’t give up, I dragged my body out of bed and opened to see the person who has decided not to allow me to rest.
It was one of my friends that we just finished playing football together. The information he gave me somehow gave some strength to my body because I followed him immediately to confirm what he told me. When we got out, I saw a large crowd in front of a house and everybody stretching their necks to see what was happening. My curiosity was too heavy for me to stand at the back of the crowd. I pushed my way to the very front of the crowd and I saw a group of pastors standing close by and the prophet.
We have heard the news of a prophet who healed the sick and raised the dead. He had visited our town a couple of times and made some outrageous statements that made some of us to doubt him. The pastors saw him as a threat and even warned us not to listen or download his messages and to also avoid his followers. For me, I am so sure that he is a fake person. We have seen several people come out and claim to be some sort of an important person, but they were found out eventually to be fake. Thanks to our diligent pastors who took time to guard and guide us on each one of them. I am sure that this one is no exemption to the pack.
Some days ago, a man died in the house that he lodges whenever he was in our town. Before his death, his sisters had sent for the prophet, but he didn’t show up till the man died. After his death, the prophet did not show for days. This confirmed my perception that he is fake. I was sure that when he eventually comes, he would have an excuse that he was busy with some ministry stuffs. After 3 days that the man died and the prophet did not show up, I knew his plan would be to say that it is too late.
But my friend just told me that he is around and he is in front of the tomb of the man that died. I cannot be told this story; I must see it with my very eyes. ‘This man will be disgraced today’, I thought. The dead man had been buried for 4 days and he is standing in front of the tomb saying that he would bring him back to life. Today is the day that we will all know that this prophet is indeed fraud. Almost everyone in the community was standing to see what will happen.
Suddenly, he began to weep. Someone said behind me that he must have really loved the man that died. I immediately gave him a nasty look and said that if indeed he opened the eyes of the blind, why can he not prevent the man from dying? With my nasty look, I turned back to see what the prophet was going to do. At this point, the stone in front of the tomb was being rolled away and we could perceive some horrible aroma that must be coming from the decaying body.
The prophet looked up as if he was talking to someone upstairs and he shouted: ‘Lazarus, come forth’. For a time that was like years, we wall waited to see if Lazarus was truly going to come out. For a time that seemed so long, nothing happened, but I felt there was something different about the point. Suddenly, we saw a man wrapped up like a corpse walking out of the tomb. It is Lazarus! I went back to my room shivering. God is real!
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