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Introduction
Sarah Winchester's husband had acquired a fortune by manufacturing and selling rifles.
After he died of influenza in 1918, she moved to San Jose, California.
Because of her grief and her long time interest in spiritism, Sarah sought out a medium to contact her dead husband.
The medium told her, "As long as you keep building your home, you will never face death."
Sarah Winchester's husband had acquired a fortune by manufacturing and selling rifles.
After he died of influenza in 1918, she moved to San Jose, California.
Because of her grief and her long time interest in spiritism, Sarah sought out a medium to contact her dead husband.
The medium told her, "As long as you keep building your home, you will never face death."
Sarah believed the spiritist, so she bought an unfinished 17-room mansion and started to expand it.
The project continued until she died at the age of 85.
It cost 5 million dollars at a time when workmen earned 50 cents a day.
The mansion had 150 rooms, 13 bathrooms, 2,000 doors, 47 fireplaces, and 10,000 windows.
And Mrs. Winchester left enough materials so that they could have continued building for another 80 years.
Today that house stands as more than a tourist attraction.
It is a silent witness to the dread of death that holds millions of people in bondage ().
Our Daily Bread, April 2, 1994
Death is a reality that we all face.
Whether it be of loved ones or our own.
We are all confronted with it.
And with that death, the ache of mourning and sorrow.
This morning we will witness the passing of Sarah’s life and we will see Abraham mourn.
In so studying this passage, we will consider the reality of mourning and look at the provision God has made for us in that.
Outline
Abraham buries Sarah - A time of mourning - -
What does it mean to mourn?
What causes mourning?
Is it sinful to mourn?
For what does the Bible say we ought to mourn?
What resources does God give to us for mourning?
His Grace -
His Comfort -
His Mercy - 5
His Son -
His Love -
His Sympathy - ;
7. Abraham Obtains Burial Place – Vs. 3-18, 20
8. Abraham Buries Sarah – Vs. 19
Sermon Body
Last week,
Abraham tested - Passed - willing to sacrifice son, believing God would raise him.
God prevented him, affirmed His promise.
Challenge
That we would possess such faith
Today
Grief, sorrow, mourning.
Death of Sarah
Leads us to consider to topic of mourning.
Abraham Buries Sarah – 23A time of mourning – Vs. 1-2
Sarah lived 127 years; these were the years of the life of Sarah.
And Sarah died at Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron) in the land of Canaan, and Abraham went in to mourn for Sarah and to weep for her.
On an interesting note, Sarah is the only woman in scripture whose age, death, and burial are mentioned.
No doubt due to the honor and influence she had over the rest of history.
But you will never find another’s woman’s age, death, or burial specifically addressed in scripture again.
She lived to be 127 years old Saw Isaac become 36 years oldSarah was 90 when God came and told her that this time next year she would have a son.
iii.Isaac was therefore born when she was 91.
Even in her old age, she was given a long enough life to enjoy her son for a good many years before her physical death.
They were still living in Hebron (Kiriath-Arba), in the land of Canaan at the time.Abraham wept and mourned for her death.
Mourning is a natural part of life.
Death in this physical realm is an experience that none of us are strangers too and none of us are immune to.
We all must face death of the ones we love, eventually, and even our own death.
The challenge for us is how to do we handle our mourning so as to honor God?For many - inability to reconcile their grief with God’s person, has destroyed their meager faith.
Thus, this is a critical issue for us to consider.
Mourning
What does it mean to mourn?
Mourn
MOURN, v.i.
[L.
maereo.]
1.
To express grief or sorrow; to grieve; to be sorrowful.
Mourning may be expressed by weeping or audible sounds, or by sobs, sighs or inward silent grief.
Abraham came to mourn for Sarah and to weep. .
Blessed are they that mourn, for they shall be comforted. .
MOURN, v.t.
To grieve for; to lament.
But there is an ellipsis of for, the verb not being transitive.
When we say, we mourn a friend or a child, the real sense and complete phrase is, we mourn for a friend, or mourn for the loss of a friend.
"He mourn'd his rival's ill success," that is,he mourned for his rival's ill success.
1.
To utter in a sorrowful manner.
What causes mourning?
Death of loved ones
Jacob for Joseph ()
- The ruler whose daughter died
Injury and sickness
Woman who was plague her whole life with sickness
You see lepers, cripples, etc mourning over their afflictions.
Loss of property and possessions
Hurts and offenses
Israel mourning for their captivity and abuse under the hand of pagan nations (albeit for their own rebellion)
Disappointments in life
Sin (Will return to in a few moments)
Loss, pain, unfulfilled desires, sickness, etc are reasons why we suffering in this life, why we grieve and mourn.
Application:
What has your heart gripped in mourning today?
Share that with someone you trust and ask them to pray with you for God’s strength and comfort.
Is it sinful to mourn?
No.
Not necessarily.
In fact, , says blessed are those who do it.
Christ mourned and wept for Lazarus when he died in
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