May 9, 2019 - Thursday Night Sermon - Acts 9:36-43 "Bringing Dorcas Back to Life"

Last Thursday Night's Sermon covered the verses found in the Book of Acts, Chapter Nine, verses 36 to 43.  The point here is that God didn't make Dorcas die in order for Peter to demonstrate God's power by bringing her back to life.  No... God does not cause bad things to happen to any of us, but, what God can and will do is bring some good out of even the most tragic events in our lives.  Here Peter brings Dorcas back to life to witness to those gathered that death is not permanent.

Death holds no power over us as Christ followers.  Jesus' death and resurrection taught us this lesson and God through Peter, brings Dorcas back to life as a reminder to us all that death has been conquered.  It is not to be feared, for beyond this veil that we call life there exists something that we can scarcely imagine.

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In His Grace,
Roy

Acts 9:36-43 New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
Peter in Lydda and Joppa
36 Now in Joppa there was a disciple whose name was Tabitha, which in Greek is Dorcas.[a] She was devoted to good works and acts of charity. 37 At that time she became ill and died. When they had washed her, they laid her in a room upstairs. 38 Since Lydda was near Joppa, the disciples, who heard that Peter was there, sent two men to him with the request, “Please come to us without delay.” 39 So Peter got up and went with them; and when he arrived, they took him to the room upstairs. All the widows stood beside him, weeping and showing tunics and other clothing that Dorcas had made while she was with them. 40 Peter put all of them outside, and then he knelt down and prayed. He turned to the body and said, “Tabitha, get up.” Then she opened her eyes, and seeing Peter, she sat up. 41 He gave her his hand and helped her up. Then calling the saints and widows, he showed her to be alive. 42 This became known throughout Joppa, and many believed in the Lord. 43 Meanwhile he stayed in Joppa for some time with a certain Simon, a tanner.

Footnotes:
a) Acts 9:36 The name Tabitha in Aramaic and the name Dorcas in Greek mean a gazelle