Jesus Raises a Widows Son

Location: Ballard Campus
Preacher:Mark Driscoll
Date:5/2/10
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Tags: Death, Parenting, Manhood

4:30pm food prep
5:30 service of dinner
5:30-7:00pm leader's children
7:00pm cleanup for meal
7:30-9:45pm children's ministry

Jesus Raises a Widows Son
"A sad face is good for the heart"
The First person that I lost: BRIAN
Luke 7:11-17
Video: Ruins of Nain
Manhood:
A desire to outlive your wife, so she is cared for every day of her life
take care of your mom until her death, care for her in her old age
Parenting:
Go out to breakfast with my grandson
Pick a topic and pursue it with my grandson (sci-fi, a tv show, a game...etc)
Grandpa George's Funeral @ 10 years old - The back board outlived George
1996 opening of Mars Hill - victims of abuse, addicts, broken homes, etc
First trauma visit to a hospital - new Christian's mother who lit herself on fire in public in her car, charred her lungs, brain dead, unplug the machine, mom will go to hell, he will be alone
Bill Clem, wife died slowly of cancer
Pastor Chris Swan, 23 miscarriages, 18, 21, 25 tatoos for the successful pregancies along with "Susan"
Twins Joshua and Caleb, Caleb died only hours after birth
Little David Bruskas, congenital heart defect, Pastor Dave Bruskas and Carra's son
Jesus Finds Wrecked People (a widow and her dead son)
Town of Nain not mentioned anywhere else, small town/village, insignificant, very small, 6 miles to Nazareth a no-where town
Not her first funeral, the mother has already burried her husband
She is poor and illiterate, no help, no safety nets to help her now that her son is dead
She is Burying her son
No one goes to Nain, but Jesus does
Community in Christ:
Gather around those who are suffering,
Have others to gather around me when I suffer
God wants his men to care and nurse their mothers in their old age
Reformed Theology (the view that God reaches into death and saves us)
Election - God pursues
Grace - given freely
This passage shows how we don't reach out to God for salvation, rather He reached out to the dead
Jesus touches dead people and Brings Life
Body Bearers are stunned by Jesus' contact with the dead (making the toucher rituallistically unclean)
Jesus was not made unclean, but the young man was made clean
We are spiritually dead and physically alive, no one seeks God b/c we are dead, God reaches out to us
Asking Jesus to save me is like the dead kid sitting up and speaking after God works
Three occasions of Jesus REVIVICATION (when the dead body is raised but will die again) of people
1. Jairus' daughter
2. Lazzarus
3. The widow's son
Glorified Body given at the end of the age
Quadratis (~100ad) writing to the Roman Emperor (historian reporting on Jesus) - Those who were healed and raised from death by Jesus lived a long time and are arround "for a considerable time" even into his own day
Judgeing for Heaven and Hell, only reserved for God

Death is not a normal condition, it wasn't supposed to be this way in God's creation
Jesus will call all the dead out the dust and there will be a judgement either to salvation or condemnation
Jesus will reunite all his people like the mother and son in his kingdom
The day of resurrection will be the transition from this funeral into the celebration of heaven
Judging God in the midst of our pain:
God has done only good, and we killed him
looking at evil and death should not result in bitterness toward God
He suffered and can relate to all the evil experiences to the horror
The fatehr is the one who understands
Don't accuse the father rather run to Him
Jesus is a greater Risen Son
Bothe loved sons
Both only sons
He died at an early age
He experienced resurrection (immortal body) not just vivavication (temporal body)
Good councelors/comforters must have been wrecked otherwise they can hurt instead of help (too analytical, too disconnected, etc)
Jason on the way to his basketball game in the rain
Dad got there couldn't get the door open, reached in and held his son's hand as he died
Text Message Questions:
Assurance of salvation for a dead person.
Can I weep when a christian dies?
Is anger and saddness justified in suffering?
Brother's life is wrecked fallen away from God, hope for his salvation?
When Christians die do they rest and then go to the father on the day of resurrection?
Day of Death: soul goes to God, body goes to the ground
Reserrection of the dead, spirit's reunification with a glorified body
The world is evil, god has a special plan for all of us...Huh?

Singing is an act of faith.
Today is a day of funeral
There is one day coming where a feast will happen.