Will the Child Live?

When we do not yet know the will of God in a matter, God's revealed will commands us to continue to pray and not to give up, no matter how impossible the circumstances may be.

(I made a mistake at the beginning by saying that all sexual activity apart from a man and woman married to each other carried the death penalty, but there is one exception: when the couple was not married at all. The penalty of that was life-long marriage.)

1. David's Agony: 2 Samuel 12:13-25

2. Resurrection: Now and Not Yet
   2.1. Elijah: the son of the widow of Zarephath (1 Kings 17:17-22).
   2.2. Elisha: the son of the Shunammite (2 Kings 4:32-35).
   2.3. Elisha's bones: the man whose body touched (2 Kings 13:20-21).
   2.4. Jesus: the son of the widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-15).
   2.5. Jesus: the daughter of Jairus (Luke 8:41, 42, 49-55).
   2.6. Jesus: Lazarus (John 11:1-44).
   2.7. Peter: Dorcas (Acts 9:36-41).
   2.8. Paul: Eutychus (Acts 20:9-10).

3. How to pray:
   3.1. Paul in 2 Corinthians 12:7-10
   3.2. The Lord Jesus in Mark 14:36

4. Results:
   4.1. Sometimes: Exodus 32:10-14
   4.1. Sometimes: 2 Samuel 12:13-23