Then He went up and touched the coffin, and those carrying it stood still. “Young man,” He said, “I tell you, get up!”He came near and touched the coffin, and the bearers stood still. He said, “Young man, I tell you, arise!”And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.And he came nigh and touched the bier: and the bearers stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise.
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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? …
… mother and she was a widow and a large crowd from the town was with her. And when the Lord saw her, his heart went out to her and he said, don't cry. Then he went up and touched the coffin that they were carrying him in and the bear stood still. And he said, young man, I say to you, get up. And the dead man sat up and began to talk. And Jesus gave him back to his mother. write down point number two today. Jesus moves towards the broken filled with compassion. I just love this because Jesus, he finds himself, he's walking over to name. Name, you can't find it on Google or Apple maps. It's in the boondocks. It's in the woods. It's past Palmdale. you can't find name. Jesus rolls up into Nain. He like, dang, this is small. Y'all only got one stoplight. You ever be to a small town and the, and the gas station is also the grocery store. It's like a little Mart. …
… Luke 18, verse 42, Jesus speaks and the blind can now see. Luke 7, verse 14, Jesus speaks and a dead guy raises to life. Romans 10, verse 17 talks about how faith comes by hearing and hearing by the word of Christ. In other words, the only way we can be saved from our sins is when we hear the word of Christ. So the word of Christ is necessary for all of those things. and we are fools if we think we can manufacture the power of God in the church apart from his word. Why would you want to diminish the word that could cause blind guys to see and dead guys to get up out of the tomb? That's not a very smart way to do church. The power of the word, God revealing his character and his work through the word. Now, I want you to see how this relates to worship. I was with the worship staff on a retreat a couple weeks ago, and I describe worship as a rhythm of revelation and response. …