A TRUE MOTHER'S DAY GIFT

Luke 7:11-15 (KJV) 11  And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. 12  Now when he came nigh to the gate of the city, behold, there was a dead man carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow: and much people of the city was with her. 13  And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her, and said unto her, Weep not. 14  And he came and touched the bier: and they that bare him stood still. And he said, Young man, I say unto thee, Arise. 15  And he that was dead sat up, and began to speak. And he delivered him to his mother.

IF YOU GIVE YOUR CHILDREN TO JESUS

HE WILL GIVE THEM BACK TO YOU…

JESUS BROKE UP 3 FUNERALS IN THE BIBLE AND 4 OVERALL IF YOU COUNT ME.

JARIUS’ DAUGHTER

LAZARUS

AND THE YOUNG MAN IN OUR TEXT.

HIS MOTHER IS ON HER WAY TO BURY HER BOY AND HE WAS MORE THAN JUST A SON.

SHE HAD ALREADY LOST HER HUSBAND

NAIN WAS A CITY THAT SAT HIGH UPON A HILL

THE GATE TO THE CITY IS AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HILL

THE CEMETERY WAS ABOUT 8-10 MILES AWAY.

NAIN SITS HIGH ON A HILL AND TO GET TO THE GATE SHE HAS TO COME DOWN TO THE GATE.

IT IS WHEN SHE WAS DOWN OR COMING DOWN THAT SHE ENCOUNTERS JESUS.

MOST FOLKS DON’T MEET JESUS WHEN THEY ARE UP OR ON THE MOUNTAIN.

BUT WHEN YOU ARE DOWN AND WEEPING MOST FOLKS ENCOUNTER JESUS

SHE WAS IN DISTRESS:

SHE HAD ALREADY LOST HER HUSBAND

SHE WAS ON HER WAY TO BURY HER SON

THERE IS NO SOCIAL SECURITY IN THAT DAY

SHE WILL EITHER BECOME A BEGGAR OR A PROSTITUTE

SHE IS BURYING HER ONLY MEANS OF SUPPORT.

NOBODY WILL CARE FOR HER,

RELIGIOUSLY,

EMOTIONALLY,

SOCIALLY,

IN THAT DAY THEY DIDN’T HAVE REST HOME FOR PEOPLE.

THE CHILDREN TOOK CARE OF THEIR PARENTS.

BUT THAT WILL NOT HAPPEN WITH HER.

BUT WHAT HAPPENS WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERS JESUS

SHE DISCOVERS

TWO CROWDS:

ONE CROWD FOLLOWING THE WOMAN

ONE CROWD FOLLOWING JESUS

ONE CROWD IS MOURNING, WEEPING, PEOPLE COULD TELL BY HER GARMENT BEING TORN THAT SHE WAS IN MOURNING.

AND THE OTHER CROWD FOLLOWS JESUS

THEY INTERSECT….THEY MEET…AND SOMETHING HAPPENS.

TWO CROWDS….

TWO SONS IN THOSE TWO CROWDS

ONE SON IS ALIVE ON HIS WAY TO DIE

ONE SON IS DEAD ON HIS WAY TO BE BROUGHT BACK TO LIFE

TWO CROWDS…

TWO SONS IN THOSE TWO CROWDS…

AND TWO ENEMIES THAT ARE ABOUT TO INTERSECT.

DEATH IS FOLLOWING THE WOMAN

LIFE IS CHRIST AND FOLLOWS HIM

AND WHEN THESE ENEMIES CROSS PATH SOMETHING HAS TO GIVE.

SOMETHING HAS TO CHANGE…

SOMEONE HAS TO GET ON THE SIDEWALK AND GIVE UP THE RIGHT OF WAY!!!!

DEATH CANNOT ABIDE WHEN LIFE SHOWS UP.

TWO CROWDS…

TWO SONS….

TWO ENEMIES…

AND THEY ARE N THEIR WAY TO TWO DIFFERENT CITIES…

ONE ON THEIR WAY TO THE CITY OF THE DEAD.

ONE IS ON THEIR WAY TO THE CITY OF GOD (HEAVEN)

AND EVERYONE HERE THIS MORNING WE ARE WITH ONE OF THESE TWO CROWDS…

BUT JESUS SAW HER…

THE MIRACLE HAS NOT BEEN ASKED FOR.

THE WOMAN DOES NOT ASK NOR DOES SHE EXPECT HIM TO DO ANYTHING.

SHE IS ON HER WAY TO BURY HER SON…SHE IS OVERCOME WITH GRIEF…HER MIND IS ON NOTHING BUT HER BABY.

SHE COULD NOT SEE HIM…BUT HE SAW HER AND HAD COMPASSION ON HER.

I AM GLAD WHEN WE CAN’T SEE HIM HE SEES US…

AND JESUS SAYS…WEEP NOT, WHAT???

SHE HAD LOST HER SON AND HE SAID DON’T CRY?

HE IS NOT SAYING DON’T CRY BUT YOU CAN STOP CRYING FOR THE HELP THAT YOU NEED IS HERE.

STOP CRYING IS DIFFERENT FROM DON’T CRY.

AND COULD IT BE THIS MORNING THAT JESUS IS FIXING TO SAY STOP CRYING BECAUSE HELP HAS JUST ARRIVED.

WOMAN HAD MOURNERS WITH HER AND WE LIKE TO HAVE A CROWD AROUND US AGONIZING WITH US.

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BUT WHEN JESUS SHOWS UP HE STRENGTHENS YOU SO YOU DO NOT HAVE TO FEEL SORRY FOR YOURSELF.

HE IS GOING TO BE THE HELP YOU NEED.

JESUS DIDN’T JUST TELL HER TO STOP CRYING BUT HE DEMONSTARTES WHY SHE SHOULD STOP CRYING.

HE WAS GOING TO WAKE THAT BOY UP.

AND JESUS TOUCHED THE BIER AND IT MADE HIM CEREMONIALLY UNCLEAN BUT JESUS IS NOT WORRIED ABOUT CEREMONY BUT HE HAD COMPASSION.

I REMEMBER WHEN HE HAD COMPASSION ON ME.

HE TOUCHED THE FUNERAL BIER AND THE BOY SAT UP.

BUT HE WAS STILL COVERED IN A SHROUD OR FUNERAL CLOTHERS.

JESUS WANTS US TO GET UP BUT BEFORE WE CAN GET UP WE HAVE GOT TO GET OUT.

WHEN JESUS WAS DEALING WITH LAZARUS HE SAID LOOSE HIM AND LET HIM GO.

TO GET UP WE HAVE TO GET OUT AND THANK GOD FOR JESUS WHO CAN GIVE WHAT WE CANNOT SEE.

ILL. MY MOM WHEN DAD, PAT, TONY GOT SAVED. I WAS NOT COMING HOME AND SHE SAID I AM NOT SAVED YOU CAN COME HOME FOR ME.

ILL. IF I CAN JUST GIVE IT TO JESUS…HE JUST MIGHT GIVE LIFE BACK TO US.

HE JUST MIGHT HELP SOMEONE SWITHCH CROWDS,

HE JUST MIGHT STRENGTHEN,

HE JUST MIGHT HELP US TO GET UP BY GETTING OUT.

THE MOTHE’S HERE AT BEAR CREEK CARRY A GREAT BURDEN. BUT CAN I TELL YOU JESUS SEES YOU.

JUST MIGHT BE THIS MORNING THAT ONE OF OUR FAMILY MEMBERS ARE FOLLOWING THE WRONG CROWD, WITH THE WRONG SON, WITH THE WRONG ENEMY ON THEIR TRIAL, HEADING TO THE WRONG CITY,

WHAT A MOTHER’S DAT GIFT TO HERE JESUS SAY WEEP NOT THE HELP YOU NEED IS HERE.