Coffin Toucher

Lk.7:14-15 Then he walked over to the coffin and touched it, and the bearers stopped. “Young man,” he said, “I tell you, get up.” Then the dead boy sat up and began to talk! And Jesus gave him back to his mother. Jesus is just walking through a crowd, and he walks up on a funeral procession. A widow had lost her only son, and Jesus is moved with compassion over this. He tells the momma not to cry, and he walks over to the coffin and touched it, telling the bearers to stop. ---Then he tells the dead boy to get up. And he did! He began to talk, and Jesus gave him back to his mother. Wow! Jesus has compassion. He cares about people. Jesus can even throw a funeral in reverse! Those that cross his path find life, even if they’re in a box. Did you get that? How can any of us ever be the same after seeing or hearing about this Jesus? He interrupted a funeral. He was brash enough to walk over to the casket and touch it. He stopped the funeral procession. He talked to a dead person and told that person to get up...and he did! Who does that? ---Great fear swept the crowd that day.