{"id":200,"date":"2011-07-24T11:45:00","date_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/sunday-brunch-the-early-christians-raising-people-from-the-dead.html"},"modified":"2011-07-24T11:45:00","modified_gmt":"2011-07-24T11:45:00","slug":"sunday-brunch-early-christians-raising","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ceceliadowdy.com\/blog\/2011\/07\/sunday-brunch-early-christians-raising\/","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Brunch – The Early Christians Raising People From The Dead!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Here’s what’s on the brunch “menu” for today:
Scrambled eggs
Bagels and cream cheese
Toast
Bacon
Cinnamon rolls
Coffee
Non-alcoholic champagne punch<\/p>\n

Let’s imagine we’ve just finished eating the tasty food listed above before we discuss the following scriptures.<\/p>\n

Can you imagine what it would be like if your loved ones were raised from the dead?<\/b> I wanted to talk about how some of the early Christians raised people from the dead through the power of Jesus. When you read these scriptures, what goes through your mind?
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Acts 9:40-42
40 Peter sent them all out of the room; then he got down on his knees and prayed. Turning toward the dead woman, he said, \u201cTabitha, get up.\u201d She opened her eyes, and seeing Peter she sat up. 41 He took her by the hand and helped her to her feet. Then he called the believers and the widows and presented her to them alive. 42 This became known all over Joppa, and many people believed in the Lord.<\/b><\/i> <\/p>\n

Eutychus Raised From the Dead at Troas \u2013 Acts 20:9-12
9 Seated in a window was a young man named Eutychus, who was sinking into a deep sleep as Paul talked on and on. When he was sound asleep, he fell to the ground from the third story and was picked up dead. 10 Paul went down, threw himself on the young man and put his arms around him. \u201cDon\u2019t be alarmed,\u201d he said. \u201cHe\u2019s alive!\u201d 11 Then he went upstairs again and broke bread and ate. After talking until daylight, he left. 12 The people took the young man home alive and were greatly comforted.
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Both Paul and Peter were able to raise someone from the dead through hte power of Jesus! I know we talk about Jesus healing people and raising people from the dead but, I don’t notice much discussion about Paul and Peter doing this. The two above-mentioned scriptures remind me of the scripture in Luke where Jesus raised a girl from the dead.<\/p>\n

Luke 8:49-56
49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. \u201cYour daughter is dead,\u201d he said. \u201cDon\u2019t bother the teacher any more.\u201d 50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, \u201cDon\u2019t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.\u201d 51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child\u2019s father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. \u201cStop wailing,\u201d Jesus said. \u201cShe is not dead but asleep.\u201d 53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and said, \u201cMy child, get up!\u201d 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat. 56 Her parents were astonished, but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.
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It’s important to note that Jesus ordered them not to tell anybody about what had happened. I wonder why? I’m wondering if such miraculous resurrections may occur today, somewhere in the world, and people are keeping silent about it?
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It\u2019s almost as if, back then – in the book of Acts, the early saints were closer to Jesus, and could perform miracles that were similiar to what Jesus did while he was on the earth? Yes, I do believe people can be raised from the dead today, but, I feel that such happenings are extremely rare if\/when they do occur. As I\u2019ve stated on this blog before, I feel that the early Christians had a closer connection to Jesus than we have today. I think their faith was so strong\u2026so strong that it\u2019s almost hard for us to imagine or understand such a deep faith.<\/p>\n

So, when you read these scriptures, what goes through your mind?<\/b> When I read those scriptures, I\u2019m just awed and amazed by the healing power of Jesus \u2013 the most profound power of all! <\/p>\n

Leave a comment and share your thoughts!
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<\/b>~Cecelia Dowdy~
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