Psalm 23, Psalm 27:1-6Luke 5:12-26 and Romans 8:31-39

A Scriptural Sermon For The Funeral Of OneWho Openly Acknowledged Suffering From AIDS

People who attend funerals in situations such as this often have a lot of unasked questions. We all know * openly acknowledged he was suffering from AIDS, and, as I see it, we should do the same.

But where do we go from there? "How will the preacher deal with *'s illness?" you may have been asking as you came here today.

I hope to deal with it much as I think Jesus would.

Jesus had this wonderful ability to love, to understand that illness is illness, no matter what its cause, and that people are so much more than just their illnesses.

If you listened to the Scripture for today, you heard the story of how Jesus healed a leper without any questions asked.

"Lor…