October 7, 2025
Things to Come - Part 2
Luke 7:11-12
10/07/2025
11 Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and
his disciples and a great crowd went with him.
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.
(ESV)
Soon afterward [Jesus] went to a town called Nain, and
his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 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.
Saint Paul wrote: ``For the wages of sin is death, but the
free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.''[1]
Herein lies the problem, we have all sinned and fallen short of
the glory of God. No one, except Christ Jesus, has lived a
perfect life, never breaking the least of God's commandments or
laws. We are conceived with sin, born with sin, live with sin,
and die because we sin.
There are three kinds of death, each overcome by the death
and resurrection of Jesus. The first is temporal death, where
this sinful and corrupt body rests awaiting the resurrection on
the day of judgment. All people are subject to temporal death
because this sinful body cannot live forever. The second is
spiritual death, where we reject God's tender grace, love, and
mercy. Christ Jesus overcomes this death through the
proclamation of the Gospel, both what we hear and what we see
through the sacraments. The third is eternal death, eternal
separation from God. Those who have rejected the Gospel of
salvation by grace through faith for the sake of Christ while
living, suffer this separation after they die. They wanted
nothing to do with God, and God gives them what they desire.
May our Lord grant that we have faith in Jesus who has
overcome death and the grave, giving us life everlasting. Amen.
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1. Romans 6:23 (ESV)