Luke 7:11-17 And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people.… How splendid the career of Jesus! Observe here — I. WHAT THE REDEEMER BEHELD. II. WHAT CHRIST FELT — "Compassion." His eye affected His heart. 1. Agreeable to His nature. 2. Agreeable to all His works. III. WHAT CHRIST SAID — "Weep not." Was it not a very harsh and unreasonable demand? 1. Might she not have reminded Him that to weep was in accordance with the feelings of our nature? 2. Have not the best of men wept? 3. This was an extremely afflictive case. Still He insists that she must weep not. We shall soon perceive the reason: He was about to remove the cause of sorrow. IV. WHAT THE REDEEMER DID. 1. He touched the bier. Arrested it in its course; bearers felt it impossible to advance; finger of God was upon it. Hence they stood still-astonished, amazed. 2. He commanded the corpse to arise. Although dead, he heard the voice of the Son of God, and lived. His spirit heard it in Hades — the invisible state, and came back. 3. He delivered him to his mother. Christ might have insisted on the consecration of himself to His service, as a disciple, evangelist, or apostle. Compassion commenced, and compassion gave the finishing stroke to this splendid and Divine scene. 4. The people glorified God. The glory of God was the grand object and end of Christ's undertakings.Application: See in this young man — 1. A striking picture of the natural state of man. 2. Learn the only means of restoration. 3. God is greatly glorified in the salvation of sinners. (J. Burns, D. D.) Parallel Verses KJV: And it came to pass the day after, that he went into a city called Nain; and many of his disciples went with him, and much people. |
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