1 00:00:00,360 --> 00:00:03,560 This morning, today actually is the day of Pentecost and I don't 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:06,600 know how how many of you this resonates, but there are 3 00:00:06,600 --> 00:00:10,000 churches this morning that have a baptism service and that's the 4 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:13,960 standard practice for them every year on June the 8th or not on 5 00:00:13,960 --> 00:00:16,560 June the 8th on Pentecost Sunday, rather, they celebrate 6 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:18,200 baptism. That's the day when the Spirit 7 00:00:18,200 --> 00:00:21,000 came down and fill the apostles, the disciples. 8 00:00:21,000 --> 00:00:25,520 They were together in prayer and there was a big sound of rushing 9 00:00:25,520 --> 00:00:28,520 wind, and the disciples were filled with the Holy Spirit and 10 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:30,920 it was an exciting and an eventful time. 11 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:34,600 And Peter preached A sermon. At the end of that day, 3000 12 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:37,520 people were baptized and received into membership. 13 00:00:37,560 --> 00:00:39,320 Well, they didn't have membership per SE, let's say. 14 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:41,320 We don't know for sure, but they were then part of the Church of 15 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:45,200 Jesus Christ. We tonight as well want to 16 00:00:45,200 --> 00:00:48,440 celebrate with baptism. We did not plan it with that in 17 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:51,160 mind because that's Pentecost that didn't cross our minds when 18 00:00:51,160 --> 00:00:53,200 we picked June the 8th, but just so happens to be. 19 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:56,280 So I think it's very fitting. So tonight, everyone's welcome 20 00:00:56,280 --> 00:01:00,680 here at 6:00 for a baptism ceremony and members of 21 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,840 Transfer. The sermon this morning is not 22 00:01:03,840 --> 00:01:06,360 geared toward Pentecost. It's a sermon based again out of 23 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,520 the gospel of Mark. We're going through the gospel 24 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,560 of Mark in our, in our sermon series and our title this 25 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:17,000 morning is we can trust Jesus. We can trust Jesus. 26 00:01:17,680 --> 00:01:19,720 I want to begin with this question this morning. 27 00:01:20,840 --> 00:01:26,120 When does a person grow the most in their relationship, in their 28 00:01:26,120 --> 00:01:30,800 trust relationship with Jesus? Trusting God is a big deal it's 29 00:01:30,800 --> 00:01:35,840 not always easy, and we all know that sometimes trusting is very 30 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:40,320 hard The disciples of Jesus, they were not that great and 31 00:01:40,320 --> 00:01:44,960 always trusting Jesus and neither are we, so we're in good 32 00:01:44,960 --> 00:01:49,160 company with them. There are circumstances in life 33 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,520 where we just know there's no easy way out of the problem we 34 00:01:53,520 --> 00:01:58,480 face. We we sometimes face issues and 35 00:01:58,480 --> 00:02:00,840 struggles where we have to what we say. 36 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:05,280 Unless God has a miracle, it's not going to turn out well. 37 00:02:07,000 --> 00:02:10,560 Unless God has something that's out of the ordinary, then things 38 00:02:10,560 --> 00:02:13,960 will be difficult. I want us to envision it like 39 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:15,320 this. Let's say a person's going 40 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:18,920 through a hard time. The person does pray for healing 41 00:02:20,360 --> 00:02:23,520 or removal of an obstacle or a challenge in life, Let's say. 42 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:28,160 Whatever the question may be, here's here's what I want to 43 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:32,880 ask. Does God have the same objective 44 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:35,920 in mind and allowing a person to go through suffering as the 45 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,440 believer has in praying for the suffering to be removed? 46 00:02:40,920 --> 00:02:45,360 Does that the same? I think it's a valid question. 47 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:49,880 In other words, we live in a sin broken world and God allows 48 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:54,320 people to suffer to reveal His power over sin and his reveal 49 00:02:54,320 --> 00:02:57,480 his glory, but the suffering person prays that God will 50 00:02:57,480 --> 00:03:00,560 remove the suffering, trusting God will do so for his glory. 51 00:03:01,200 --> 00:03:03,960 There's a story in the Bible. Before we get into Mark chapter 52 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:08,320 4 and five, I want to just draw reference to the story in John 53 00:03:08,320 --> 00:03:10,160 Chapter 9. The first few verses, there's a 54 00:03:10,160 --> 00:03:13,720 story where there's a blind man and the disciples said, hey 55 00:03:13,720 --> 00:03:16,680 master, who sinned? He or his parents that he's born 56 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,600 blind to them. It was not a question had 57 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,320 somebody sinned. The question was who sinned 58 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:22,800 Jesus? Nobody. 59 00:03:23,920 --> 00:03:26,520 This happened that God's power may be revealed. 60 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:31,080 That's why it happened. Often times when someone 61 00:03:31,080 --> 00:03:35,360 suffers, as did the blind man in John 9, it may not be because 62 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:40,200 somebody did wrong. It can be people inflict evil on 63 00:03:40,200 --> 00:03:42,440 people, and so people suffer because of sin, that sense. 64 00:03:42,720 --> 00:03:45,160 But sometimes sin is not the issue. 65 00:03:45,160 --> 00:03:49,200 Sin doesn't happen. We must learn to trust Jesus no 66 00:03:49,200 --> 00:03:52,080 matter what the the reason may be why we're suffering. 67 00:03:52,280 --> 00:03:53,480 Is it just something that happened? 68 00:03:53,480 --> 00:03:55,680 Maybe a person is born a certain way and suffers. 69 00:03:56,920 --> 00:03:59,520 Maybe a person has an accident through no fault of anybody. 70 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,200 Maybe somebody did something bad. 71 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,920 But whatever the the purpose of suffering is, God allows it for 72 00:04:05,920 --> 00:04:07,800 reasons which he does not explain to us. 73 00:04:09,080 --> 00:04:13,960 But this much we can say only when we align our will with 74 00:04:13,960 --> 00:04:18,240 God's will should we expect God to do anything, either remove 75 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,480 the suffering or give us what we need to go through the 76 00:04:20,480 --> 00:04:24,480 suffering. And if we trust God, he will do 77 00:04:24,480 --> 00:04:27,360 one of two things. He will remove the suffering or 78 00:04:27,360 --> 00:04:28,920 He will give us strength to endure the suffering. 79 00:04:29,080 --> 00:04:33,160 But he won't leave us. He won't leave us either way. 80 00:04:33,440 --> 00:04:36,480 We're called to trust Jesus. We're called to trust him. 81 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:40,520 And we will never fully understand this on this side of 82 00:04:40,520 --> 00:04:42,000 eternity. Let's just face it. 83 00:04:42,000 --> 00:04:46,720 Let's just accept that there is sometimes no answer on this side 84 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:49,520 of heaven. There is no answer as in chapter 85 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:55,120 58, verse 55, verse 8 and 9, The pot the prophet writes for. 86 00:04:55,120 --> 00:04:56,680 My thoughts are not your thoughts. 87 00:04:56,680 --> 00:05:00,680 God is writing to the prophet, nor are your ways my ways, says 88 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,480 the Lord. For as the heavens are higher 89 00:05:03,680 --> 00:05:07,320 than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways, and my 90 00:05:07,320 --> 00:05:10,440 thoughts than your thoughts. OK, Lord, explain it to me. 91 00:05:10,800 --> 00:05:13,880 Not a chance. He can't explain some things, he 92 00:05:13,880 --> 00:05:16,680 does some things, but on the big scheme, we will never really 93 00:05:16,680 --> 00:05:19,080 know. We just don't. 94 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:21,840 This does not mean, however, that we shouldn't pray for 95 00:05:21,840 --> 00:05:24,920 healing or that we should not pray for the removal of the 96 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:28,240 issues we face. We should, and we do, but 97 00:05:28,240 --> 00:05:33,640 there's a lot more at stake than us wanting a problem removed or 98 00:05:33,640 --> 00:05:37,160 a sick individual healed. The question is, is our desire 99 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,600 for physical healing and removal of problems greater than our 100 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:47,200 desire for God's glory? Last Sunday we left off in Mark 101 00:05:47,200 --> 00:05:51,360 chapter 4 where Jesus taught the people in parables and he says 102 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:55,320 to those on the outside I speak only in parables, but to the 103 00:05:55,320 --> 00:05:57,760 disciples on the inside he explained the parables. 104 00:05:58,480 --> 00:06:02,200 So this morning we're continuing in Mark's Gospel and in chapter 105 00:06:02,200 --> 00:06:06,160 4, verse 35, Mark shifts. There's a shift if you read the 106 00:06:06,160 --> 00:06:09,840 gospel, the shift from Jesus talking in parables, Mark's 107 00:06:09,840 --> 00:06:11,640 writing about parables that Jesus told. 108 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,600 Now Mark is writing about miracles that Jesus did. 109 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:20,040 There's a shift in the story in Mark chapter 4, verse 35 to Mark 110 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:22,600 chapter 5. Through the chapter, Mark writes 111 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:27,240 about four different miracles that Jesus did and demonstrated 112 00:06:27,240 --> 00:06:28,840 his power in four different ways. 113 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,520 It's a fascinating story. Unfortunately, our time in in a, 114 00:06:32,520 --> 00:06:35,280 in a Sunday morning is too short to do justice to all four 115 00:06:35,280 --> 00:06:37,360 stories. So I won't do all four stories, 116 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:39,840 but I'll do a kind of a brief fly over, if you want to call it 117 00:06:39,840 --> 00:06:43,440 that, or brief overview observation of these 4 miracles. 118 00:06:43,440 --> 00:06:46,120 Just a few words about each, each miracle that happened. 119 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:50,720 So the first miracle was the miracle of the storm at sea. 120 00:06:51,720 --> 00:06:55,320 Jesus had been speaking. He gets in the boat and sails 121 00:06:55,320 --> 00:06:58,720 across the sea and it's night time and it's, it's, well, it's, 122 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:00,280 it's stormy. It gets very stormy. 123 00:07:00,280 --> 00:07:02,240 And what's he doing? He's in the back of the boat 124 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:04,480 sleeping on a pillow. And the disciples are fighting 125 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,200 for their lives, trying to not sink. 126 00:07:06,560 --> 00:07:08,920 And they asked him in verse 40, don't you care that we're 127 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:13,840 perishing? And then Jesus, as Jesus often 128 00:07:13,840 --> 00:07:18,760 does, he does a miracle. He calms the storm and rebukes 129 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,000 his disciples. You have no faith or little 130 00:07:21,000 --> 00:07:22,920 faith. And then the disciples being 131 00:07:22,920 --> 00:07:25,440 scared of drowning, they're not scared of drowning anymore. 132 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:27,880 And others are scared of him. They fear him. 133 00:07:28,040 --> 00:07:31,000 Who is this guy? They learned a bit about trust 134 00:07:31,000 --> 00:07:33,880 right there. Then there's a second miracle. 135 00:07:33,880 --> 00:07:37,000 Continuing on in chapter 5, the 1st 10 verses, Jesus heals a 136 00:07:37,000 --> 00:07:40,680 demon possessed man. They come to shore and right 137 00:07:40,680 --> 00:07:44,080 away on shore, this, this demon possessed man comes running to 138 00:07:44,080 --> 00:07:48,320 Jesus and falls before him and addresses Jesus, the Son of God. 139 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:52,680 And Jesus has this conversation with this demon. 140 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:58,160 What's your name and legion and they know it's coming. 141 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,880 They know what's up. This is going to end badly for 142 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,000 them. And then they beg, don't send us 143 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:07,960 out of the region and and don't torment us and and so on and let 144 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,480 us go into those pigs that are feeding over there by the 145 00:08:10,480 --> 00:08:13,000 hillside. And Jesus gives them permission. 146 00:08:13,400 --> 00:08:17,360 They go into the pigs. The pigs all run down the steep 147 00:08:17,360 --> 00:08:19,520 bank into the ocean to the sea and they drown. 148 00:08:19,520 --> 00:08:22,600 And that's the end of them. And the these guys who are 149 00:08:22,600 --> 00:08:25,200 hurting, who are shepherding and hurting the pigs or feeding the 150 00:08:25,200 --> 00:08:28,320 pigs there, they run off into the community and tell what 151 00:08:28,320 --> 00:08:29,920 happened. This demon possessed guy, he's 152 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:35,080 now, he's now healed and pigs are dead and the people come out 153 00:08:35,159 --> 00:08:37,799 and they begin to plead with Jesus to leave them. 154 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:42,640 The disciples had a first hand witness and eyewitness, the 1st 155 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,800 and eyewitnesses of what Jesus did, He actually healed a demon 156 00:08:45,800 --> 00:08:48,160 possessed man. Then the third miracle's over a 157 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:49,600 sickness. There's a woman who's had a 158 00:08:49,600 --> 00:08:54,560 blood flow verse 21 to 34 for 12 years and she spent all her 159 00:08:54,560 --> 00:08:56,760 money on doctors and nothing's working. 160 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,360 And it doesn't get better, gets worse. 161 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:02,480 And she hears Jesus is around and she sneaks into the crowd 162 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,440 and pushes forward and touches his garment and she's healed on 163 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:11,360 the spot. And she wants to get away. 164 00:09:11,520 --> 00:09:16,120 And Jesus calls her out and he addresses her and she's, she's 165 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:17,400 totally fine. And she's healed. 166 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:20,320 And body and soul both. And the final miracles over 167 00:09:20,320 --> 00:09:22,160 death. This young 12 year old girl is 168 00:09:22,160 --> 00:09:24,840 her dad, her father, the synagogue ruler, J Iris. 169 00:09:25,240 --> 00:09:28,040 He's come to Jesus and he wants them to come and come and heal 170 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:29,520 my daughter, lay hands on her and heal her. 171 00:09:29,520 --> 00:09:32,320 And he wants to. But before he gets there, the 172 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,280 girl dies and Jesus does still go and heal her. 173 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:40,720 These last two stories, the kind of interwoven, interconnected. 174 00:09:40,960 --> 00:09:43,600 So that's where we want to spend our time with this morning. 175 00:09:43,600 --> 00:09:46,960 So let's look at these two stories and we want to read out 176 00:09:46,960 --> 00:09:50,240 of Mark chapter 5 beginning verse 21 to 43. 177 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:57,000 Mark 5, verse 21 to 43. Now when Jesus had crossed over 178 00:09:57,000 --> 00:10:00,320 again by boat to the other side, a great multitude gathered to 179 00:10:00,320 --> 00:10:04,440 him, and he was by the sea. And behold, one of the rulers of 180 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:06,680 the synagogue came, Jairus by name. 181 00:10:06,960 --> 00:10:09,560 And when he saw him, he fell at his feet, and begged him 182 00:10:09,560 --> 00:10:13,040 earnestly, saying, My little daughter lies at the point of 183 00:10:13,040 --> 00:10:17,120 death, Come and lay your hands on her, that she may be healed, 184 00:10:17,280 --> 00:10:20,680 and she will live. So Jesus went with him, and a 185 00:10:20,680 --> 00:10:23,440 great multitude followed him and thronged him. 186 00:10:24,200 --> 00:10:28,160 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for 12 years and hadn't 187 00:10:28,160 --> 00:10:30,600 suffered many things from many physicians. 188 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,960 She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather 189 00:10:33,960 --> 00:10:36,840 grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she 190 00:10:36,840 --> 00:10:39,640 came behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. 191 00:10:39,920 --> 00:10:43,120 For she said, If only I may touch his clothes, I shall be 192 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,560 made well. Immediately the fountain of her 193 00:10:46,560 --> 00:10:49,600 blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed 194 00:10:49,600 --> 00:10:52,680 of the affliction. And Jesus immediately, 195 00:10:52,920 --> 00:10:55,960 immediately, and knowing in Himself that power had gone out 196 00:10:55,960 --> 00:10:58,840 of him, turned around in the crowd and said, Who touched my 197 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,400 clothes? But his disciples said to him, 198 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,040 You see the multitude thronging, thronging you, and you say, Who 199 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,880 touched me? And he looked around to see who 200 00:11:07,880 --> 00:11:10,440 had to see her, who had done this thing. 201 00:11:11,040 --> 00:11:13,800 But the woman, fearing and trembling, knowing what had 202 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,600 happened to her, came and fell down before him, and told him 203 00:11:16,600 --> 00:11:19,600 the whole truth. And he said to her, daughter, 204 00:11:19,600 --> 00:11:23,320 Your faith has made you well, Go in peace and be healed of your 205 00:11:23,320 --> 00:11:26,240 affliction. While he was still speaking, 206 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,160 some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house, who said, 207 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:32,200 Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any 208 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,720 further? As soon as Jesus heard the word 209 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:37,520 that was spoken, he said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not 210 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,520 be afraid, only believe. And he permitted no one to 211 00:11:40,520 --> 00:11:44,160 follow him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James. 212 00:11:45,720 --> 00:11:48,560 Then he came to the House of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw 213 00:11:48,560 --> 00:11:50,840 a tumult. And those who wept and wailed 214 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:55,040 loudly when he came in, he said to them, Why make this commotion 215 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:56,920 and weep? The child's not dead, but it's 216 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,480 but sleeping. Then they ridiculed him. 217 00:12:00,200 --> 00:12:03,040 But when he had put them all outside, he took the father and 218 00:12:03,040 --> 00:12:05,960 mother of the child, and those were with him, and entered where 219 00:12:05,960 --> 00:12:08,920 the child was lying. Then he took the child by the 220 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,920 hand and said her said to her Talitha Kumi, which is 221 00:12:11,920 --> 00:12:14,920 translated, Little girl, I say to you, Arise. 222 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:18,440 Immediately the girl arose and walked for she was 12 years of 223 00:12:18,440 --> 00:12:20,880 age and they were overcome with great amazement. 224 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,040 But he commanded them strictly that no one should know it and 225 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:26,800 said that something should be given her to eat. 226 00:12:27,040 --> 00:12:28,640 Thus far, the reading of the Scripture. 227 00:12:28,840 --> 00:12:31,280 I want you to keep your Bibles or devices open because we'll 228 00:12:31,280 --> 00:12:33,120 refer back to this as we go along. 229 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:39,200 It's interesting how Jesus and people's needs somehow always 230 00:12:39,200 --> 00:12:41,680 seem to meet each other and get attracted to each other like 231 00:12:41,680 --> 00:12:44,120 magnets. I don't want to say trouble 232 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,360 found Jesus, but in a way it's like that. 233 00:12:46,680 --> 00:12:49,960 Difficulties always seem to follow Jesus around. 234 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:52,200 People have people had them struggles and challenges and 235 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,160 they followed him. Where Jesus went, there people 236 00:12:55,160 --> 00:12:57,120 came who had needs, and that's proper. 237 00:12:57,280 --> 00:12:58,360 And that's what we should do too. 238 00:12:58,640 --> 00:13:00,360 There's nothing wrong with it. In fact, that's what we're 239 00:13:00,360 --> 00:13:03,120 supposed to do. The people were doing the right 240 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,960 thing. Now, mind you, of course not 241 00:13:05,960 --> 00:13:08,280 everybody who always came was there for the right reasons. 242 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:09,840 But the people with needs, they came. 243 00:13:10,800 --> 00:13:14,120 And it's safe to say that for Jesus as a man, his ministry on 244 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:18,520 earth was not an easy one. It was riddled with problems and 245 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,200 challenges because every time someone had a problem, it became 246 00:13:21,200 --> 00:13:23,360 his problem, his issue to deal with. 247 00:13:23,560 --> 00:13:26,960 And he did. So in this story, Jesus has now 248 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:29,920 crossed the sea. He's landed on the shore, and 249 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:31,760 someone comes hurriedly to Jesus. 250 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:36,600 And this man named Jairus comes and he says to him, hey, master 251 00:13:36,600 --> 00:13:39,760 or rabbi, quickly come, my daughter's the point of death, 252 00:13:40,000 --> 00:13:43,760 please come. And then a little bit later on 253 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,280 the story of the woman, see this, this man, Jairus, he's 254 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,280 even named, he was a man of status, we could say in the 255 00:13:50,280 --> 00:13:53,040 local town, he was maybe the local pastor. 256 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,960 We could say he was the guy who would preach on the Sabbath to 257 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:00,200 the to the congregation. He was the man people looked up 258 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:03,600 to, people revered, people respected him. 259 00:14:03,840 --> 00:14:06,480 He was a pillar in society and the culture and the community. 260 00:14:06,480 --> 00:14:10,440 We can say if somebody had a need, let's go talk to pastor to 261 00:14:10,440 --> 00:14:12,840 Rabbi Gyrus. Let's go see what he would say. 262 00:14:12,840 --> 00:14:15,440 Let's go ask him for support, things like that. 263 00:14:15,600 --> 00:14:17,560 But now he was in need of support. 264 00:14:17,680 --> 00:14:22,200 Now he was on the end where he needed someone and he, oh, Jesus 265 00:14:22,200 --> 00:14:23,720 has come. I'm going to go to him. 266 00:14:24,080 --> 00:14:25,520 I'm going to go to him and ask him. 267 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:28,840 And he does. He faces a situation that he 268 00:14:28,840 --> 00:14:30,560 needs help with. His 12 year old daughter is 269 00:14:30,600 --> 00:14:33,280 almost dying, hanging on to life by a thread. 270 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:37,600 He needs he needs to come urgently and Jesus, true to his 271 00:14:37,600 --> 00:14:42,720 nature, walks with him. It's not just Jesus and the Iris 272 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:45,480 who are now walking. There's a throng of people 273 00:14:45,480 --> 00:14:48,040 following. It's like everybody in the 274 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,760 community wants to be close to Jesus. 275 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:53,800 But the Iris had trust Jesus walking with him, and we can 276 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,320 just imagine the mind he must have had there walking along. 277 00:14:56,320 --> 00:14:58,800 Hopefully we're not too late. Hopefully we make it on time. 278 00:14:58,800 --> 00:15:00,320 Hopefully she's alive when we get home. 279 00:15:00,640 --> 00:15:02,280 We do not know how far they walked. 280 00:15:02,280 --> 00:15:04,400 We do not know what exactly was in his mind. 281 00:15:04,560 --> 00:15:07,720 But we can't imagine if it was my 12 year old child, what would 282 00:15:07,720 --> 00:15:10,320 have gone through my mind. Let's get there, let's get 283 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:13,360 going. Well, there's an interruption in 284 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:15,640 the story. Something happens in the story 285 00:15:15,640 --> 00:15:19,640 that's could not have waited. She'd had a full of blood for 12 286 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,600 years. Why not just wait till after the 287 00:15:21,600 --> 00:15:23,920 healing of the dead girl? I mean the almost dead girl. 288 00:15:24,640 --> 00:15:27,480 This woman comes along. She's also heard that she's in 289 00:15:27,480 --> 00:15:30,080 the community. She's had her problem for 12 290 00:15:30,080 --> 00:15:33,040 years, 12 years and she's not even named. 291 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:34,960 Here's a certain woman, she's not named. 292 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:38,080 She spent all she had problems still there. 293 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:40,440 It's gotten worse. In fact, she's there and she has 294 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:43,480 this idea. If I only touch his garment, 295 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:48,080 I'll be made. Well, the man, he's a, everybody 296 00:15:48,080 --> 00:15:50,320 knows Gyrus. But this woman, we don't know if 297 00:15:50,320 --> 00:15:53,120 anybody knew her, someone no doubt did, but she's not named 298 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:55,720 her problems. one-of-a-kind. That's not kind of embarrassing. 299 00:15:55,720 --> 00:15:57,760 If you know what this is referring to, you know what it's 300 00:15:57,760 --> 00:15:59,600 talking about. And this has been with her for a 301 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:04,040 long time and she was unclean. She was a woman who should not 302 00:16:04,040 --> 00:16:06,880 be out in public. She should be by herself, not 303 00:16:06,880 --> 00:16:08,920 with people. I want to read out of Leviticus 304 00:16:08,920 --> 00:16:10,240 15. I'll have this in the PowerPoint 305 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:12,760 here. Leviticus 15, verse 25. 306 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:17,080 This is the law of Moses for a woman who had her issue. 307 00:16:17,960 --> 00:16:20,200 Let's read. If a woman has a discharge of 308 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:24,680 blood for many days other than at the time of her customary 309 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:29,480 impurity, or if it runs beyond her usual time of impurity, all 310 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,880 the days of her unclean discharge shall be as the days 311 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,800 of her customary impurity. She shall be unclean. 312 00:16:38,520 --> 00:16:42,720 Get that? Not only that, every bed on 313 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,920 which she lies, all the days of her discharge shall be to her as 314 00:16:45,920 --> 00:16:49,040 the bed of her impurity, and whatever she sits on shall be 315 00:16:49,040 --> 00:16:51,400 unclean as the uncleanness of her impurity. 316 00:16:51,480 --> 00:16:54,040 Whoever touches those things shall be unclean. 317 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:58,640 He shall wash his clothes and bathe in water and be unclean 318 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,720 till evening. Not just don't touch her. 319 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:05,000 Don't touch what she touched. Imagine living like that. 320 00:17:05,079 --> 00:17:09,480 Imagine living that for 12 years and you've been here and there 321 00:17:09,480 --> 00:17:12,000 and everywhere, spent all your money and nothing is working. 322 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:15,079 And then you hear the physician of all physicians, the man who 323 00:17:15,079 --> 00:17:17,800 can heal anything. That man's around. 324 00:17:18,000 --> 00:17:19,880 Would you keep the law and still not touch? 325 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:23,119 Would you still keep away? No, no, she doesn't do that. 326 00:17:24,240 --> 00:17:26,319 You see, she couldn't go to the marketplace, to the public, 327 00:17:26,319 --> 00:17:29,960 places where people would know her, never mind a synagogue or a 328 00:17:29,960 --> 00:17:35,280 worship service. But she had a lot of trust and a 329 00:17:35,280 --> 00:17:39,800 lot of faith. Her, her faith was stronger than 330 00:17:39,800 --> 00:17:44,560 her fear of disobeying the law. See, sometimes desperate 331 00:17:44,560 --> 00:17:47,560 situations call for desperate measures. 332 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:50,960 She's been like this for 12 years. 333 00:17:51,120 --> 00:17:54,760 Let's we, we can't even really wrap our brain around this 12 334 00:17:54,760 --> 00:17:58,120 long years of this situation. It's a long time. 335 00:17:59,400 --> 00:18:03,040 Here she is, Jesus coming and Jesus walking, and she joins the 336 00:18:03,040 --> 00:18:06,160 throng. She didn't want to go public. 337 00:18:06,160 --> 00:18:08,240 She didn't want to expose who she was. 338 00:18:08,840 --> 00:18:11,440 She reasoned, if I can only touch him, I'll just touch him. 339 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:12,840 It'll work. It'll work. 340 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:17,600 And so women in those days, they basically wore head coverings 341 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,920 like this, this, this veil over their head, this, this, this 342 00:18:19,920 --> 00:18:22,760 large something on their head. You couldn't really see them, 343 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:24,440 who they were unless you looked in the face. 344 00:18:24,440 --> 00:18:26,760 And she must have just come along. 345 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:29,920 And maybe if she would look down, we can't say, but imagine 346 00:18:29,920 --> 00:18:31,960 it must have been like that. And she has her head down and 347 00:18:32,360 --> 00:18:35,440 nobody will recognize me. And just just, if I can touch 348 00:18:35,440 --> 00:18:39,280 him, just touch him. She works her way into the crowd 349 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:41,800 and through the throng and gets close to Jesus. 350 00:18:41,800 --> 00:18:43,240 And sure enough, she gets close enough. 351 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,520 Just touch him. And immediately she's healed. 352 00:18:46,640 --> 00:18:48,280 Just like that, suffering's over. 353 00:18:49,400 --> 00:18:52,880 Now it's time to get out, get right, get a hasty retreat. 354 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:57,320 Before somebody knows, right, The 12 year old, 12 year ordeal 355 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,240 is done. Having lived with us forever, 356 00:18:59,480 --> 00:19:03,520 the sickness, the stigma, she's healed, no longer unclean, but 357 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:08,040 not quite so fast. This act on her part was real. 358 00:19:08,040 --> 00:19:11,720 It was true, but also for Jesus. And he noticed something 359 00:19:11,720 --> 00:19:16,480 happened. And then verse 30 to 34, he 360 00:19:16,600 --> 00:19:19,280 turns around and says who touched me? 361 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,120 And the disciples jaws dropping. Master, what are you talking 362 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:24,640 about? Look at the crowd who touched 363 00:19:24,640 --> 00:19:25,880 me? What are you asking? 364 00:19:26,320 --> 00:19:30,240 Another lesson for them, another jaw-dropping lesson for them. 365 00:19:32,040 --> 00:19:34,440 They're normal men. But I would have asked too. 366 00:19:34,720 --> 00:19:37,880 Hey, what are you talking about? Look, there's, you can't even 367 00:19:37,880 --> 00:19:41,520 walk fast here. But he's not paying attention to 368 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,040 his disciples. He's not asking them. 369 00:19:44,320 --> 00:19:46,520 He's saying, who touched my clothes? 370 00:19:49,200 --> 00:19:53,840 And it says here. He looked around to see her. 371 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:56,200 Verse 32. He looked around to see her who 372 00:19:56,200 --> 00:19:59,760 had done this thing? And the woman knows it's over. 373 00:20:00,440 --> 00:20:02,720 I'm exposed now everybody will know. 374 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,200 It's just like, could we not do this somewhere private? 375 00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:08,600 It's on, it's on the street in broad daylight where everybody's 376 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:13,920 walking traffic and Jesus doesn't seem to care. 377 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,680 So how does the woman respond? Not run away? 378 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,160 She doesn't do that. It says. 379 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,280 She comes fearing and trembling, verse 33, knowing what had 380 00:20:25,280 --> 00:20:29,160 happened to her, and verse 3 three and came down, came and 381 00:20:29,160 --> 00:20:32,920 fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 382 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:34,920 Meanwhile, Gyrus is standing there. 383 00:20:35,480 --> 00:20:37,600 OK, here goes my time for my daughter. 384 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:39,480 We don't know if he thought that or not, but this was an 385 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:44,160 interruption. She'd been found out. 386 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,920 She couldn't hide. And fear and trembling, she 387 00:20:49,280 --> 00:20:55,480 comes forward in front of everybody, falls down before 388 00:20:55,480 --> 00:20:58,120 him. She was the unclean woman, had 389 00:20:58,120 --> 00:21:00,760 been for 12 years. Who would believe her? 390 00:21:01,800 --> 00:21:05,200 Well, Jesus obviously, because he says who touched me. 391 00:21:07,520 --> 00:21:10,800 She was afraid. She's broken, but she was 392 00:21:10,800 --> 00:21:13,240 honest. She told him the whole story, 393 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:17,600 what had happened to her and her and how her faith had been 394 00:21:17,600 --> 00:21:21,360 rewarded. But here she was publicly 395 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:25,680 exposed. She told him everything and then 396 00:21:25,680 --> 00:21:30,560 she waits. What's he going to say? 397 00:21:30,920 --> 00:21:34,360 He's the rabbi after all. You don't touch my neighbor. 398 00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:38,120 Never mind him. She'd broken the rules. 399 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:41,080 But notice this word in verse 34. 400 00:21:41,080 --> 00:21:43,720 And I put it here. He said to her daughter, your 401 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:49,560 faith has made you well. Go in peace and be healed of 402 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,760 your affliction. Jesus did not say I healed you, 403 00:21:53,760 --> 00:21:55,720 He says. Daughter, let's pause over that 404 00:21:55,720 --> 00:22:00,360 word for just a moment. We don't know even the name of 405 00:22:00,360 --> 00:22:03,840 the woman or anything about her other than this little bit a 406 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,640 certain woman. But we know what Jesus called 407 00:22:05,640 --> 00:22:12,360 her. Daughter doesn't get better than 408 00:22:12,360 --> 00:22:17,080 that, better than her own name. She was safe with Jesus. 409 00:22:17,320 --> 00:22:20,160 She trusted. You see, it doesn't matter where 410 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:24,880 you're in life when you come to Jesus and faith. 411 00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:28,360 Notice what He wants to call those who come. 412 00:22:28,360 --> 00:22:30,080 He wants to call them son or daughter. 413 00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:36,280 That is sacred. We can only imagine this woman's 414 00:22:36,960 --> 00:22:48,560 trembling shoulders, the fear, her shaking knees when she comes 415 00:22:52,400 --> 00:22:56,200 and how that just drained away before Jesus when he called her 416 00:22:56,200 --> 00:22:59,920 daughter. And not just did he call her 417 00:22:59,920 --> 00:23:03,440 daughter, He says your faith has healed you. 418 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:10,160 Your faith has made you well. She trusted power had gone from 419 00:23:10,160 --> 00:23:12,600 him to her. She was on the right track. 420 00:23:13,520 --> 00:23:17,360 Not that this act of touching Jesus garment had a magical 421 00:23:17,360 --> 00:23:18,160 power. No, no, no. 422 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:21,880 But she trusted in Jesus and that was the power that healed 423 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:25,320 her. He says go in peace, be healed 424 00:23:25,840 --> 00:23:32,520 of your affliction, life change. We don't know how long this 425 00:23:32,520 --> 00:23:35,440 took. I'm assuming that took longer 426 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:39,320 than just a short little 5 minute reading of the passage. 427 00:23:39,320 --> 00:23:40,840 I think it took quite a bit longer. 428 00:23:41,880 --> 00:23:45,280 And these things do take time. And meanwhile, he was Gyrus, 429 00:23:45,760 --> 00:23:47,920 when we're going to get going with my daughter, we need to get 430 00:23:47,920 --> 00:23:51,240 there because she's sick and she's going to die if we don't 431 00:23:51,240 --> 00:23:53,960 get there soon. Well, this interruption did 432 00:23:53,960 --> 00:23:57,280 'cause just that. And it says in verse 35, but he 433 00:23:57,280 --> 00:23:59,520 was still speaking. Some came from the ruler of the 434 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:01,160 synagogue's house that your daughter's dead. 435 00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:02,280 Why trouble the teacher any further? 436 00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:04,640 Case over, It's finished, it's done, it's too late. 437 00:24:06,960 --> 00:24:09,440 And Jesus knows this. And he says to the ruler, don't 438 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,120 be afraid, only believe. And then Jesus does something 439 00:24:13,120 --> 00:24:16,640 interesting. He won't allow anybody to 440 00:24:16,640 --> 00:24:17,960 follow. He disperses the throng. 441 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,160 OK, guys, I got something to do. I got something important. 442 00:24:22,000 --> 00:24:24,600 I, I need you to leave. I'm, I'm, I'm going to be busy 443 00:24:24,600 --> 00:24:27,280 for a little bit. We don't know exactly how he did 444 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:29,960 that, but he does not allow the throng to follow. 445 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:32,880 It says we're 37. He permitted no one to follow 446 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,320 him except Peter, James and John, the brother of James. 447 00:24:35,320 --> 00:24:40,280 And so now off they go to to Jairus house. 448 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,680 Now, Gyrus, imagine his mind, OK, my daughter's dead. 449 00:24:44,680 --> 00:24:47,920 What are we going to do now? I don't think it registered with 450 00:24:47,920 --> 00:24:50,360 him necessarily that, OK, Jesus could heal that. 451 00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:55,160 Will he heal my dead daughter? And logically speaking, would 452 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:56,640 have been the time to call off the trip. 453 00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,160 You know, I mean, dead people are just dead, right? 454 00:25:00,520 --> 00:25:03,160 And but Jesus doesn't do that. He says only believe, only 455 00:25:03,160 --> 00:25:05,000 believe. And from that point on, just 456 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,200 Jesus, Peter, James and John go there and the crowd can no 457 00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,240 longer come. They arrive at the house. 458 00:25:10,240 --> 00:25:13,840 Things are not good we're 38 to come to the House of the ruler 459 00:25:13,840 --> 00:25:16,800 of the synagogue. There's already a crowd there 460 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:20,720 and there's this loud wailing or this says they wailed loudly. 461 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:25,120 The crowd has gathered there's a funeral in the process funeral 462 00:25:25,120 --> 00:25:29,600 making it prepare, preparation of the process and the ones 463 00:25:29,600 --> 00:25:32,040 whose job it was to lead the mourning process, they're busy 464 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:35,360 weeping in mourning loudly. By the way, just in the side 465 00:25:35,360 --> 00:25:39,120 note here, I did did Google and research wailing in mourning a 466 00:25:39,120 --> 00:25:42,000 little bit and that's actually a thing and I knew it was back 467 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,320 then, but it's actually a modern thing too in some countries 468 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,560 still. And actually, I don't know how 469 00:25:47,560 --> 00:25:50,760 true Google is, but there's mourners for hire. 470 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,960 You can actually hire them in some countries. 471 00:25:55,320 --> 00:25:56,480 And so that's what's happening here. 472 00:25:56,480 --> 00:25:58,600 They're called, they do their thing, they do the morning. 473 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:02,560 And then Jesus says, and get this, he says, why make this 474 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:05,560 commotion and weep? The child's not dead, but 475 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:10,040 sleeping. If it was my child in bed lying 476 00:26:10,040 --> 00:26:11,960 dead, I wouldn't like that being said. 477 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:14,920 And I don't think they did either. 478 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:19,480 In fact, we know they didn't because when he says the child 479 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:21,600 is sleeping, it says in verse 40 they ridiculed him. 480 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:25,080 Everybody knows she's dead. What's your problem? 481 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,440 The professional mourners, they've been to funerals many 482 00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:29,800 times. They knew death. 483 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,000 They'd arrived on, maybe because they were called. 484 00:26:33,440 --> 00:26:36,760 I think they were called, and now Jesus, this Jewish rabbi is 485 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,280 saying this is not a big deal. It's not a big issue. 486 00:26:39,680 --> 00:26:44,560 It was a big deal and they all knew it. 487 00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:47,600 But then he tells them to leave, too. 488 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,800 Not just the crowd left behind on the street, on the road, 489 00:26:49,800 --> 00:26:52,560 wherever they were. Now that he puts this crowd out, 490 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:54,680 too, all the mourners don't know how many there were, but they 491 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:56,360 all have to leave too. Get out. 492 00:26:58,440 --> 00:27:03,160 He puts them outside and walks into this room where the dead 493 00:27:03,160 --> 00:27:04,560 girl is. And takes her by the. 494 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:10,240 Hand and says in Aramaic Talitha Kumi, which means little girl, I 495 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:14,000 say to you arise and then she gets up. 496 00:27:16,320 --> 00:27:18,760 Mark then tells us that Jesus did not want the story to 497 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:20,840 spread. You see, Jesus was never entered 498 00:27:20,840 --> 00:27:24,480 for the publicity for the attention and notoriety that it 499 00:27:24,480 --> 00:27:27,360 would gain him. He just wanted to help this 500 00:27:27,360 --> 00:27:31,640 couple, this man in this, this gyrus and his wife's and their 501 00:27:31,640 --> 00:27:33,880 little daughter. It does. 502 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:36,840 Tell us that they were overcome with great amazement, rightly 503 00:27:36,840 --> 00:27:40,480 so. And no doubt everybody would 504 00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:41,560 have wanted to share this, right? 505 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,840 But they're told not to. And just a side note too. 506 00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:46,840 Makes me wonder about those mourners outside. 507 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:49,760 Knowing for certain he's. Going to come out and nothing's 508 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:52,280 happened, only to find out, oh, wait a minute, this girl did 509 00:27:52,280 --> 00:27:55,760 rise from the dead. And as far as these these 510 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,760 mourners, I'm not sure. Did they get paid for their 511 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:00,560 little thing or was it called off and they have to go home? 512 00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:05,280 I don't know, but it's almost a bit like they're proven wrong, 513 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:08,800 not Jesus is. This story has 2 characters. 514 00:28:08,800 --> 00:28:10,080 This this story about these miracles. 515 00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:12,640 Two people, this well known respected pillar of the 516 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:15,840 community, the synagogue ruler, the gyrus, this woman who's not 517 00:28:15,840 --> 00:28:20,200 even named just a person living as an as a as a unclean woman. 518 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:24,600 Yet at the end of both of them walk away with a new experience, 519 00:28:24,600 --> 00:28:27,840 a new knowledge, a new understanding, a new perception 520 00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:33,800 of Jesus and His power. Maybe we need that sometimes. 521 00:28:33,800 --> 00:28:37,560 We need a new understanding, a new perception, a new experience 522 00:28:37,560 --> 00:28:40,520 with Jesus. In each case, they were drawn 523 00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:44,040 closer to Jesus because of what they went through and what they 524 00:28:44,040 --> 00:28:47,600 experienced, and that in that they learned to trust Jesus. 525 00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:51,520 Maybe if Jairus's daughter had not gotten sick, he would have 526 00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:52,960 never got to know Jesus this way. 527 00:28:53,760 --> 00:28:56,880 Maybe if the woman had not had 12 years of experience with her 528 00:28:56,880 --> 00:29:00,240 uncleanness, she would not have gotten to know Jesus this way. 529 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:02,800 And back to the story of the boat in the sea. 530 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:06,040 If the storm hadn't come, the disciples may never have learned 531 00:29:06,040 --> 00:29:09,240 that Jesus, oh he actually has power over nature as well. 532 00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:12,280 The story of the demonic. Maybe if the disciples hadn't 533 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,520 witnessed that, they wouldn't have noticed. 534 00:29:14,520 --> 00:29:17,560 Oh Jesus does have total control over the demonic as well. 535 00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:22,160 One thing to note, I've. Read and listened to different 536 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,560 writers and read different writers on this passage and this 537 00:29:25,560 --> 00:29:28,240 thing is pointed out. These miracles were great. 538 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,320 They were awesome, but they were not permanent. 539 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:33,680 There would be other storms at sea. 540 00:29:35,120 --> 00:29:38,360 Sometimes people drown at sea. There'd be other times when the 541 00:29:38,360 --> 00:29:41,440 forces of darkness would exercise demonic attack and 542 00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:45,480 control still goes on today. Healing a sick person. 543 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:47,680 Is a great a great thing. But that didn't mean this woman 544 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,760 would never die. She did die later on, we don't 545 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:53,200 know from what, but she did die. Raising this dead child to life 546 00:29:53,200 --> 00:29:55,360 was a good thing, but she died as well. 547 00:29:55,360 --> 00:29:56,720 Maybe of old age. But she died. 548 00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,360 So what's the lesson here? The. 549 00:30:00,360 --> 00:30:04,760 Miracles that Jesus performed, they were not primarily for 550 00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:09,000 making storm seas or sick people well or cast out Satan, although 551 00:30:09,000 --> 00:30:11,480 he's going to do that one day for for real, I mean forever. 552 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,360 Those were miracles he did not because he needed to do them or 553 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:18,400 even because the people needed them. 554 00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,160 There was a greater purpose because. 555 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,480 We know he didn't heal. All sick people. 556 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:26,640 He didn't heal all the demonic people, he didn't raise all the 557 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:28,960 people. What was His objective in doing 558 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:33,200 these miracles? He did them to demonstrate who 559 00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:37,680 God is, who He is, and God's desire for us to be with Him. 560 00:30:38,080 --> 00:30:41,600 That we must learn. Oh yes, there's a need. 561 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:45,000 For miracles, even today. But there's needs that are. 562 00:30:45,000 --> 00:30:48,360 Much greater. We must realize the Christian 563 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:51,840 life is not about the miracles. Jesus couldn't does miracles 564 00:30:51,840 --> 00:30:55,120 even today in some places, but it's not about them, it's about 565 00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:59,160 something deeper. Jesus wants to draw us to God, 566 00:30:59,160 --> 00:31:02,280 to him. He wants to call us sons and 567 00:31:02,600 --> 00:31:08,840 daughters. He loves us, He's concerned 568 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:14,080 about us, He wants us. The apostle John, when he wrote 569 00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:16,360 the letter to 1st John, what we call first John, he says, my 570 00:31:16,360 --> 00:31:20,120 little children, these things I write to you so you may not sin. 571 00:31:20,120 --> 00:31:23,240 And if anyone sins, we have an advocate with the Father, Jesus 572 00:31:23,240 --> 00:31:26,600 Christ the righteous. Not just in our good times does 573 00:31:26,600 --> 00:31:29,680 he stick up for us and advocate for us with the Father even when 574 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:33,840 we sin. You see, folks, that's family. 575 00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:37,960 We can trust. Him. 576 00:31:39,280 --> 00:31:41,520 In the end, Jesus. Does miracles, and if He does 577 00:31:41,520 --> 00:31:44,080 them, they're for His glory, because he wants people to do 578 00:31:44,080 --> 00:31:46,640 recognize Him. And if he does not do miracles, 579 00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:50,680 the same principle holds true. He sometimes delays for doing 580 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:53,360 miracles, sometimes not at all. I. 581 00:31:53,360 --> 00:31:56,480 Want to share a little? Story to close there's a woman 582 00:31:56,480 --> 00:31:58,920 she's living today, her name is Johnny Ericsson Tata. 583 00:31:58,920 --> 00:32:02,040 Some of you know her. She's a 75 years old now. 584 00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,320 As far as I know, she has a ministry called Johnny and 585 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,120 friends. She was paralyzed in a diving 586 00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:11,880 accident when she was 17 and she became a quadriplegic. 587 00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,160 Life has been a very difficult journey for her. 588 00:32:15,280 --> 00:32:17,720 Shortly after accident, of course, they prayed for healing 589 00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,800 and miraculous healing, and nothing happened of that nature, 590 00:32:20,800 --> 00:32:24,720 but something far better did. Shortly after her accident. 591 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,040 She became despondent, discouraged and depressed and 592 00:32:28,040 --> 00:32:31,160 wanted to die, but then in her pain and suffering, turned to 593 00:32:31,160 --> 00:32:33,960 Christ and she found New Hope. She's now been living as a 594 00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:36,760 quadriplegic for close to 60 years. 595 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:41,040 It's not quite that long. She's had many obstacles in 596 00:32:41,040 --> 00:32:45,320 life, not just not just her, her inability to walk, other issues 597 00:32:45,320 --> 00:32:47,880 as well. Not that she didn't pray. 598 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,320 And many didn't pray. They did, but the physical 599 00:32:50,320 --> 00:32:52,600 healing she so desperately wanted didn't come. 600 00:32:53,080 --> 00:32:58,040 But she has joy. And here's what she said. 601 00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:00,760 In one of her videos she has numerous videos out she said 602 00:33:00,760 --> 00:33:04,000 this and I'll quote her. I would not trade a Christ like 603 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:07,160 character for any amount of walking and I really would 604 00:33:07,160 --> 00:33:10,400 rather be in this wheelchair knowing these as I do. 605 00:33:11,960 --> 00:33:13,960 Than. Being on my feet and knowing 606 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:17,360 less of him. You see, folks? 607 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,360 It's not about the miracles as much as it is about the purpose 608 00:33:21,360 --> 00:33:24,680 of the miracles. God wants you and I. 609 00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:28,480 To glorify Him, and however He accomplishes that is for Him to 610 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:30,880 decide and not for me and you. That's up to Him. 611 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,840 We're invited to choose to do what's right, what honors Him. 612 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:39,120 No matter where we are or what we face, God's desire is for 613 00:33:39,120 --> 00:33:42,640 many people as possible, as many as possible, to turn to Him, to 614 00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:47,400 come to Him, to learn to trust Him, to live for Him and be with 615 00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:50,280 Him in eternity. You see, in this world we will 616 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,400 always face challenges of different kinds, spiritual 617 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,840 storms, spiritual oppression, sickness, disease, and death. 618 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,240 That does not change who Jesus is or what He wants from us. 619 00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:02,160 You see, when we walk with Jesus, we can trust that He will 620 00:34:02,160 --> 00:34:06,040 see us through on the path that He has set out for us, whether 621 00:34:06,040 --> 00:34:08,960 it's a path that's light and delightful as it sometimes can 622 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:12,199 and is, can be and is, or whether the path is hard and 623 00:34:12,199 --> 00:34:13,960 difficult as it sometimes can be. 624 00:34:14,560 --> 00:34:17,239 If we're on the path with Jesus, we have hope. 625 00:34:18,080 --> 00:34:20,080 You have comfort. We can trust Him. 626 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,679 I will encourage us this morning to learn to trust Jesus. 627 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,880 Some may be here for the first time, some here perhaps to learn 628 00:34:27,880 --> 00:34:31,320 to relearn to trust Him after having walked away for a time 629 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:35,040 with Jesus, we are secure. He will keep us. 630 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:37,600 We can trust him. Let us pray. 631 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,920 Thank you, Father. For sending your Son Jesus into 632 00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:46,120 this world to come, to teach, to suffer alongside us. 633 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:50,520 And to draw us close. To you, Lord, we pray that we'll 634 00:34:50,520 --> 00:34:54,679 be faithful and learn to trust you day by day, in totality and 635 00:34:54,679 --> 00:34:57,280 completely. Lord, may our hearts be in tune 636 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,480 with you. May we learn to lean on you in 637 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:01,800 all circumstances. Thank you Lord, for the stories 638 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,480 of Scripture, how you let your people, and how you're leading 639 00:35:04,480 --> 00:35:06,560 us. Today we thank in Jesus name, 640 00:35:07,040 --> 00:35:07,280 Amen.