Post by MikeV on Sept 28, 2020 12:38:32 GMT -5
We often hear of people being saved after hearing a sermon, but did you know someone has died from one? Here is the story of Eutychus and how he died from longitvis sermonitis.
“On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.”
Don’t worry; it has a happy ending. Paul found Eutychus and brought him back to life. But guess what? He resumed his preaching as if nothing happened and continued until daybreak! You can’t say Paul wasn’t committed to his teaching. I think this story is the reason why pastors started doing sermon series.
Moral of the story: pastors, don’t preach for too long, congregants just don’t fall asleep in church!
“On the first day of the week, when we were gathered together to break bread, Paul talked with them, intending to depart on the next day, and he prolonged his speech until midnight. There were many lamps in the upper room where we were gathered. And a young man named Eutychus, sitting at the window, sank into a deep sleep as Paul talked still longer. And being overcome by sleep, he fell down from the third story and was taken up dead.”
Don’t worry; it has a happy ending. Paul found Eutychus and brought him back to life. But guess what? He resumed his preaching as if nothing happened and continued until daybreak! You can’t say Paul wasn’t committed to his teaching. I think this story is the reason why pastors started doing sermon series.
Moral of the story: pastors, don’t preach for too long, congregants just don’t fall asleep in church!
