It defines Biblical Christianity.Īnother ramification of God visiting His people is that truth has come into our world. Is this staggering truth shaping our lives? Is knowing God the chief pursuit in our lives? God visited His people that we may know Him. Friends, the greatest experience we will ever have is knowing God and He makes this possible by taking the initiative to visit and then permanently dwell within us. The writer of Hebrews tells us, “Long ago, at many times and in many ways, God spoke to our fathers by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by his Son, whom he appointed the heir of all things, through whom also he created the world” (Hebrews 1:1-2). Real deeper and think of the ramifications in our lives right now, today, and throughout each day that unfolds in the five words, “God has visited His people.”įirst, God has taken the initiative to make Himself known and that through His Son, the Lord Jesus. Now don’t reduce our thinking to Christmas when God first came to His people in the birth of Christ. Think about this God has visited His people. This led to the only proper public cry, “A great prophet has arisen among us. Again, the scripture reads, “Fear seized them all”. And it wasn’t a few impacted by what just happened. The scripture reads, “And when the Lord saw her, He had compassion on her and said to her, ‘Do not weep.’” I am sure confusion flooded the grieving mother’s mind but before she could clear her head at what she just heard, Jesus speaks the Word and her son is brought back to life – “Young man, I say to you arise.” From loud wailing of sorrow, now comes great fear and loud celebration. As the sorrow-filled mother followed the body of her son, she paused and locked eyes with One in the crowd. Perhaps it was a well-known family as “considerable” is the description of the crowd. Enter into the scene of today’s scripture. 16 Fear seized them all, and they glorified God, saying, “A great prophet has arisen among us!” and “God has visited his people!” And he said, “Young man, I say to you, arise.” 15 And the dead man sat up and began to speak, and Jesus gave him to his mother. 13 And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and said to her, “Do not weep.” 14 Then he came up and touched the bier, and the bearers stood still. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son of his mother, and she was a widow, and a considerable crowd from the town was with her. upcomingregionalsection.cms?parentid=61017241&genere=*:* /upcomingregionalsection.LUKE 7:11-16 – Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
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