When a Funeral Procession Turns into a Street Party.

Outline for a sermon preached on September 10, 2017, entitled “When a Funeral Procession Turns into a Street Party.”

INTRODUCTION

1. WWJD?
2. We love the hypothetical more than the historical.
3. It is time to ask, WDJD?
4. TEXT: Luke 7:11-17.
5. What/why are miracles?
6. A miracle is an evident occurrence that causes wonder by overcoming or circumventing natural law and is thereby seen as the work of a divine agency.

OUTLINE

1. Nain means beauty or pleasant (Luke 7:11).
   1. You cannot find paradise on this earth.
2. A seemingly coincidental run-in is in reality a providential appointment (Luke 7:11-12).
   1. God has a plan for His children.
   2. With which crowd are you traveling?
3. We serve a compassionate God (Luke 7:13).
   1. The plight of being a widow.
   2. Do not weep?
   3. Jesus knew what was going to happen next.
   4. Jesus restored life to the widow.
4. Jesus can stop your slow march to death (Luke 7:14).
   1. You do not have to go to the bottom.
5. Jesus still speaks to the dead (Luke 7:14).
   1. God’s word still has power!
6. God is at the gate.
7. You cannot invite life to your funeral and expect to have a respectable funeral.

CONCLUSION

1. PRAYER.