e house of Jairus He said, "Damsel, I
say unto thee, Arise." (Mark v. 41.)

He had power to impart life. When they were carrying the young man
out of Nain He had compassion on the widowed mother and came and
touched the bier and said, "Young man, I say unto thee, Arise." (Luke
vii. 14.)

He spake; and the dead arose.

And when He raised Lazarus He called with a loud voice, "Lazarus,
come forth!" (John xi. 43.) And Lazarus heard, and came forth.

Some one has said, It was a good thing that Lazarus was mentioned by
name, or all the dead within the sound of Christ's voice would
immediately have risen.

In John v. 25, Jesus says: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour
is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son
of God; and they that hear shall live." What blasphemy would this
have been, had He not been divine! The proof is overwhelming, if you
will but examine the Word of God.

And then another thing--no good man except Jesus Christ has ever
allowed anybody to worship him. When this was done He never rebuked
the worshiper. In John ix. 38, we read that when the blind man was
found by Christ he said, "Lord, I believe. And he worshiped Him." The
Lord did not rebuke him.

Then again, Revelation xxii. 6, runs thus: "And he said unto me,
These things are faithful and true; and the Lord God of the holy
prophets sent His angel to show unto His servants the things which
must shortly be done. Behold, I come quickly: blessed is he that
keepeth the sayings of the prophecy of this book. And I John saw
these things and heard them. And when I had heard and seen, I fell
down to worship before the feet of the angel which showed me these
things. Then saith He unto me, See thou do it not; for I am thy
fellow-servant and of thy brethren the prophets, and of them which
keep the sayings of this book, _worship God_."

We see here that even that angel would not allow John to worship him.
Even an angel from heaven! And if Gabriel came down here from the
presence of God it would be a sin to worship him, or any seraph, or
any cherub, or Michael, or any archangel.

"Worship God!" And if Jesus Christ were not God manifest in the flesh
we are guilty of idolatry in worshiping Him. In Matthew xiv. 33, we
read: "Then they that were in the ship came and _worshiped_ Him,
saying, Of a truth Thou art the Son of God." He did not rebuke them.

And in Matthew viii. 2, we also read: "And, behold, there came a
leper and _wo