Yes I find the Bible humorous....

Ok, so for Easter last week I was home and in bible class at my church, we read and discussed Acts. Specifically, Acts 20: 7-12 -- I'll paraphrase: Paul's in Troas, he's been traveling and preaching about Jesus. So hin Troas, he starts preaching about Jesus, and he figures since he wants to leave the next morning, he'll just talk through the night. First of all I think it's pretty amazing that Paul can preach for hours about Jesus. I don't know many people who could do that, who could have enough to say. I certainly don't think I could out of shear exhaustion. But he's talking and talking and it's midnight and this guy Eutychus over in the corner falls asleep (ha how many of us have fallen asleep in church, say "I") but unfortunately for Eutychus, he's standing next to a third story window and falls right out, killing himself! So Paul goes down and raises him from the dead and then comes back and preaches until daylight!

Now you know that's the way to wake up an audience...bring someone back from the dead with the help of God of course. I bet there were some skeptics in that audience who changed heir mind reallll quick. They just saw a miracle! I don't know how I would have reacted myself.

I find the whole thing pretty humorous too. I mean, the Bible doesn't give a whole lot of detail, but my imagination tells me that someone probably screamed when Eutychus fell which gets Paul's attention. But he doesn't just peak out of the window and yell down, "Hey get up sleepy-head" he physically goes down to him, throws himself on him, and proclaims "He's alive!" and then gets a second wind in his preaching....probably brought up the story of Jesus raising Lazerus from the dead (it would make sense that he could segway into that after such an incident) Anyways, that's the way to keep an audience's attention all night.