#Bible Expressions of Faith. Acts Ch 20. Eutychus

35. Eutychus

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. “Don’t be alarmed,” he said. “He’s alive!”

Acts 20:9-10

Years ago, media started using the term “15-minutes of fame” to describe often questionable actions by people desiring to be a celebrity.

I doubt Eutychus planed on getting his 15-minutes by falling asleep and face-planting at the end of a three story drop.

Paul isn’t concerned with fame, he is part of a miracle that happens.

In fact, he performs an action similar to what Peter does with Tabitha in Acts 9:40.

They brought the boy in alive and were greatly comforted. 

Acts 20:12 (WEB)

What’s the takeaway here?

• Don’t sit it a window in a room full of lantern oil smoke on the third floor of a poorly ventilated home while a preacher preaches past midnight.

Not the number one answer.

• Don’t worry about dying if you have a famous missionary/evangelist nearby.

Hardly.

Some teaching points I draw from Scripture are immediately clear.

Not in this case.

You have to look beyond the obvious.

God is faithful to His followers.

That’s my takeaway.

Eutychus was a follower of Christ. He fell asleep. He fell.

No sin committed. No evil intent.

Careless?

Perhaps, but God used this event to “greatly comfort” Christians living in a pagan city.

This miracle was not for the masses as some are.

This miracle was to “greatly comfort’ believers.

When you’re feeling anxious or upset, look around.

What/Who is present to greatly comfort you?

Then again, you just might be the current Eutychus, the vehicle God uses to comfort others!

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