Unbinding

John 11:43-44 (ESV)
⁴³ When he had said these things, he cried out with a loud voice, "Lazarus, come out."
⁴⁴ The man who had died came out, his hands and feet bound with linen strips, and his face wrapped with a cloth. Jesus said to them, "Unbind him, and let him go."

Jesus called out to His friend Lazarus to come out of the tomb.  He called out with full authority as the Son of God that we might recognize and know that fact, and that we might believe.  Lazarus comes forth, heeding that call.  

Jesus then gives another command, not to Lazarus, but to those around the tomb watching in expectation.  Jesus had raised him from the dead but it was left to others to unbind him and let him go. 

Today Jesus still calls to those lost and spiritually dead to come out of the darkness into the light of His grace.  It is up to us, you and I, to accept them into the body of Christ and to unwrap the bindings of the grave clothes of those answering His call into the fellowship of believers.  It is there in that fellowship that freedom is seen and learned.  The Spirit of Jesus is present in a unique way when two or more are gathered. We build up each other as we commune collectively in the Spirit, whether few or many it matters not. As others have said, we are the hands of Christ here on earth.  Let us be intentional of unbinding our brothers and sisters in the name of Jesus.