Things to Come – Part 3

October 8, 2025

Broadcast

                        Things to Come - Part 3
                               Luke 7:13
                              10/08/2025

        13   And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on
             her and said to her, ``Do not weep.''  (ESV)

        Jesus, while entering the city of Nain in Galilee, met a
   funeral procession which was carrying a young man for burial.
   This man was the only son of his mother, and she was a widow.

        We can imagine the procession, the large crowd from the
   city, the mourners crying and lamenting, the widow dumbfounded
   and overwhelmed with the grief of losing both her husband and
   son.  The separation of death causes pain no matter the
   circumstances.

        ``And when the Lord saw her, he had compassion on her and
   said to her, `Do not weep.'''  Often we hear the trite promises
   and assurances, ``do not weep for everything will work out.''
   Yet we have nothing concrete to offer the bereaved except empty
   phrases meant to console.

        When Jesus says, ``Do not weep,'' He gives reason for hope.
   Our Lord Jesus Christ took upon Himself our sin and the guilt of
   our transgression.  When He assures us that God is in control,
   that we have the hope and promise of eternal life, those words
   are filled with the truth.

        Jesus said, ``Blessed are those who mourn, for they shall be
   comforted.''[1] Saint Paul wrote: ``But we do not want you to be
   uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may
   not grieve as others do who have no hope.''[2] We weep, we mourn,
   but do so knowing that our Lord has given His life for the
   redemption of those we love.

        May our Lord grant us hope even in times of distress for the
   sake of His Son.  Amen.














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   1. Matthew 5:4

   2. 1 Thessalonians 4:13 (ESV)