The Dead Are Raised
Luke 7:11-17; Ephesians 2:1-10
Part of Jesus: The Messiah—2024 Lent Sermon Series
March 17, 2024

Jesus raises a dead child
1. A widow without children was

.
2. By touching the body Jesus made himself .
3. By raising the child Jesus restored the woman to and .

We see ourselves in the dead child
1. We are dead in our

.
2. We prove it when we gratify and follow .
3. To help ourselves we can do .

Old Testament solution
1. The punishment for sin under Old Testament Law was often literally

.
2. God instituted the system of sacrifice. People could sacrifice , or .
3. Animal deaths became a sacrifice in place of human death.

The final solution
1. A single, perfect

death
2. Done for a reason: that we might .
3. By raising the dead child, Jesus revealed himself as to the Jews. By dying on the cross, he proved himself as to us.