When the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said, “Do not weep.”When the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Don’t cry.”And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not.
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… the only son of his mother, and she was a widow. And a large crowd from the town was with her. When the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her, and he said, Don't cry. Then he went up and touched the beer they were carrying him on, and the bearers stood still. He said, Young man, I say to you, Get up. And watch this. Verse 15. The dead man sat up. Even a body that isn't breathing knows that voice. I said, even a body that has ceased breathing knows that voice. Don't even have a pulse, but I know that voice. Being carried out of the gate. Then the Bible says he sat up and began to talk. Jesus was talking, and then he was talking, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. They were all filled with awe and praised God. A great prophet has appeared among us, they said. God has come to help his people. This news about Jesus spread throughout Judea and the surrounding country. Remember, that isn't the story I want to preach about. Here's what I want to talk about today. Verse 18. John's disciples told him about all these things. Calling two of them, he sent them to the Lord to ask, are you the one who is to come? Or should we expect someone else What kind of crazy question is that? …
… Verse 13. when the Lord saw her he had compassion on her when the Lord saw her we're going to deal with that lower piece in a little bit because as Dr. Haynes said on Sunday this is the first time that Luke uses the word Kyrios translated from the Old Testament Adonai Lord and it is watch this to affirm his authority as a source of compassion before he says anything to her, he sees her. I like this because the widow never asked Jesus for help. She never calls his name. She never makes a request. But Jesus notices her before she ever speaks. Here it is. here you are and you don't think that you can voice what bothers you some one writer said it another way you are as sick as your secrets and as we talk about mental health we are confound confronted by the reality that we don't talk about what it is that we've been through This is, we don't talk about what it is that we've been through. …
… The text says, the dead man sat up and began to speak. Jesus gave him to his mama. Fear seized all of them, meaning reverence, and they glorified God, saying a great prophet has risen among us and God has looked favorably on God's people. And word spread all throughout Judea and the countryside. They saw something. And they had to say something. I'm not coming through. Y'all know that ain't original with me. You go to the airport and they got signs in certain spots that's basically say, if you see something, say something. And the last time I saw that thing, I had just witnessed God do something amazing in my life. And I said, I ain't going to use that in order to look for somebody doing what they shouldn't do right now. I'm going to use that to say something about what God has done for me. If you see something, you ought to say something. And, y'all, that has been one of the superpowers of black folk. …
The third I will give you is from Mark 5:19. It was the demoniac. There met Christ a man so possessed with a devil as to be mad! And instead of belief in Christ or asking for healing, this spirit within the man compelled him to say, "Will You torment us before the time?"—and rather to stand against Christ healing him than to ask for it. But Christ was moved with compassion and He bade the evil spirit come out of the evil man. Oh, I am so glad of this instance of His being moved with compassion! I do not so much wonder that He has pity on those that believe in Him, neither do I so much marvel that He has pity, even, on weak faith—but here was a case in which there was no faith, no desire, nor anything that could commend him to our Lord's sympathy! Is there no such case among the crowds gathered together here? You do not know why you have come into this assembly. You scarcely feel at home in this place. Though you have led a very sad life, you do not want to be converted—not you! You almost shun the thought! Yet it is written, "He will have compassion on whom He will have compassion." Well, we have known it in this house, and I hope we shall know it again and again that the Lord has laid violent hands of love upon unprepared souls! They have been struck down with repentance, renewed in heart and saved from their sins! Saul of Tarsus had no thought that he would ever be an Apostle of Christ, but the Lord stopped the persecutor and changed him into a preacher—so that ever afterwards he propagated the faith which once he destroyed! May the Lord have compassion on you tonight! Well may we offer that prayer, for what will beyour fate if you die as you are? What will be your eternal doom if you pass out of this world as soon you must, without being sprinkled with the blood of Christ and forgiven your iniquities? Jesus knows the terrors of the world to come! He describes the torments of Hell. He sees your danger. He warns you. He pities you—He sends His messengers to counsel you. He bids me say to the very chief of sinners, "Come unto Me, and I will give you rest." "Only return unto Me and confess your iniquity, and I will have mercy upon you," says the Lord. May God grant that the compassion of Christ may be seen in your case! …