A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                      NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION B PART IV 

"I, a widow in Nain, told you today was the most amazing day of my life... And I told you as well that it did not start off well... I had to walk behind the coffin of my son, my only son... But everything changed when I met Jesus... He told me to stop crying.... I did not understand why He wanted me to stop crying....But I tried.... He stopped the funeral procession... Through my tears I then saw Him walk up to the bearers to put down the coffin with the dead body of my son in it....I did not know what He was going to do next....He spoke to the dead body of my son.... His words were in the form of a command....They were spoken with great authority.... I saw life return to the dead body of my son.... He next sat up.... He spoke.... He then stood up.... Jesus then helped him get out of the coffin... I then knew it was real... My son is alive and well!!... It is not a dream.... I cried again.... This time my tears were tears of joy.... Now I know that Jesus is indeed who He claims to be.... He is the Resurrection and the Life."... Please read the typed out attachment when you will learn that Jesus is the Resurrection and the life...

                     ATTACHMENT A PURPOSEFUL LIFE; NEW TESTAMENT STORIES

                                      NOT WORTHY OF ATTENTION B PART IV

Having told the woman to stop crying, Jesus next walks up to the coffin and then speaks to the dead young man lying in it, commanding the young man to get up. Jesus' approach is an no-nonsense approach. He does not go through a series of rituals to make this miracle happen. After all, He is the Resurrection and the Life as you can read in John 11:25 where Jesus is speaking to a woman named Martha as follows

Jesus said to her, "I am the Resurrection and the Life, He who believes in Me will live, even though he dies."

Therefore, Jesus has power over death as demonstrated here by bringing this young man back to life. The moment the young man hears the command to sit up, he does, and he begins to talk as a sign that he really is alive. Jesus then helps him climb out of his coffin and gives him back to his mother. What a reunion that will have been.