1 00:00:02,920 --> 00:00:08,119 Our scripture today comes from Luke 8, starting at verse 40 in 2 00:00:08,119 --> 00:00:10,240 the Bibles that are in the seat back in front of you. 3 00:00:10,600 --> 00:00:16,040 It's page 918. When Jesus returned, the crowd 4 00:00:16,040 --> 00:00:18,360 welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 5 00:00:19,200 --> 00:00:21,440 Just then a man named Jairus came. 6 00:00:22,360 --> 00:00:23,920 He was a leader in the synagogue. 7 00:00:24,800 --> 00:00:28,560 He fell down at Jesus feet and pleaded with him to come to his 8 00:00:28,560 --> 00:00:32,479 house because he had an only daughter, about 12 years old, 9 00:00:32,560 --> 00:00:35,680 and she was dying. While he was going. 10 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:37,840 The crowds were nearly crushing him. 11 00:00:39,000 --> 00:00:42,520 A woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years who had spent all 12 00:00:42,520 --> 00:00:47,160 she had on doctors and yet could not be healed by any approach 13 00:00:47,160 --> 00:00:50,480 from behind and touched the end of his robe. 14 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:55,720 Instantly her bleeding stopped. Who touched me? 15 00:00:56,160 --> 00:00:59,760 Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter 16 00:00:59,760 --> 00:01:04,040 said, Master, the crowds are Hemming you in and pressing 17 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:07,880 against you. Someone did touch me, said 18 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,560 Jesus. I know that power has gone out 19 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,560 of me. When the woman saw that she was 20 00:01:14,560 --> 00:01:18,680 discovered, she came trembling and fell down before him in the 21 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:21,400 presence of all the people. She declared the reason she had 22 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:24,080 touched him and how she was instantly healed. 23 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,720 Daughter, he said, your faith has healed you, go in peace. 24 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,840 While he was still speaking, someone came from the synagogue 25 00:01:33,840 --> 00:01:37,880 leaders house and said, your daughter is dead, don't bother 26 00:01:37,880 --> 00:01:41,920 the teacher anymore. When Jesus heard it he answered 27 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:45,920 him, don't be afraid, only believe and she will be saved. 28 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:50,240 After he came to the house, he let no one enter with him except 29 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:53,960 Peter, John, James and the child's father and mother. 30 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:59,120 Everyone was crying and mourning for her, but he said stop crying 31 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,080 because she is not dead but asleep. 32 00:02:02,160 --> 00:02:04,520 They laughed at him because they knew she was dead. 33 00:02:05,360 --> 00:02:08,440 So he took her by the hand and called out, Child get up. 34 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:11,840 Her spirit returned and she got up at once. 35 00:02:12,640 --> 00:02:15,480 Then he gave her orders. But then he gave orders that she 36 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:19,520 be given something to eat. Her parents were astounded, but 37 00:02:19,520 --> 00:02:22,000 he instructed them to tell no one what had happened. 38 00:02:22,000 --> 00:02:30,160 Good. Morning Church. 39 00:02:30,160 --> 00:02:35,920 We've been in this great section of stories of Jesus and his 40 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,840 power. Luke stacked these together. 41 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:42,920 We're going to continue on. Today is a startup so I was 42 00:02:42,920 --> 00:02:45,600 going through this story this week. 43 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:50,920 I was reminded of a story from 2010 in the news. 44 00:02:50,920 --> 00:02:55,320 Maybe you remember this story of a mine collapse in Chile was a 45 00:02:55,320 --> 00:02:59,760 golden copper mine. The entire mine collapsed in on 46 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:04,600 itself and 33 miners ended up trapped 2000 plus feet 47 00:03:04,600 --> 00:03:08,960 underground. There was tons of rock sealing 48 00:03:08,960 --> 00:03:10,680 the entrance, blocking the way out. 49 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:19,120 For 17 days, the family members of those miners came and they 50 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:24,360 gathered outside of this mine with no sense of what had 51 00:03:24,360 --> 00:03:27,800 happened to their loved ones who were deep underground. 52 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:34,920 All they could do was come and hope and pray and ask for a 53 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:39,280 miracle and wait to see if any news would be given. 54 00:03:39,280 --> 00:03:45,040 And it was on Day 17, AS rescuers were attempting to 55 00:03:45,040 --> 00:03:50,240 drill a shaft down through the mountain and figure out just how 56 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,120 blocked everything was, just exactly what was going on 57 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:57,560 underground, that when the drill came back up, something 58 00:03:57,560 --> 00:04:01,960 incredible came up with it. The attach to the drill bit was 59 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:06,400 a single piece of paper and with red marker written on it was a 60 00:04:06,400 --> 00:04:11,200 note that said we're alive in the shelter, all 33 of us. 61 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:14,640 But there was still this huge problem, right? 62 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:20,320 Because the miners were down there under 2000 feet of rock 63 00:04:21,480 --> 00:04:25,000 and freedom and escape was on the other side of all of that 64 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:27,080 rock. There was no way that they could 65 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:31,280 dig themselves out. They needed rescue from above. 66 00:04:33,840 --> 00:04:41,960 For the next 52 days, the world watched as as engineers, as 67 00:04:41,960 --> 00:04:47,280 excavators worked around the clock 24/7 to try and reach 68 00:04:47,280 --> 00:04:50,760 those 33 miners trapped over 2000 feet underground. 69 00:04:52,000 --> 00:05:00,040 And finally, on day 69, a narrow rescue capsule was sent down the 70 00:05:00,040 --> 00:05:04,400 shaft. And that's the shaft right 71 00:05:04,400 --> 00:05:05,640 there. That's the rescue capsule. 72 00:05:05,640 --> 00:05:13,680 You can see a guy in it. 1 by 1, 33 miners were raised up out of 73 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:20,320 the darkness and back into the daylight. 1 by 133 miners were 74 00:05:20,320 --> 00:05:25,280 taken from what seemed like certain death to the life, love, 75 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:29,000 and laughter of the people that they loved and cared about. 76 00:05:30,560 --> 00:05:35,480 Now, I'm going to assume that no one in this room has ever found 77 00:05:35,480 --> 00:05:38,680 themselves trapped 2000 feet underground in a Chilean mind. 78 00:05:39,280 --> 00:05:41,800 I'm just assuming that I'm guessing that that's not us. 79 00:05:43,880 --> 00:05:48,600 But I'm also going to guess that sooner or later, every single 80 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:54,160 one of us in this room will find ourselves in spots where we're 81 00:05:54,160 --> 00:06:00,000 in need of some rescue, we're in need of some intervention, where 82 00:06:00,000 --> 00:06:02,640 we're in a spot that we can't seem to dig ourselves out of, 83 00:06:04,280 --> 00:06:06,040 right? It's a situation that you can't 84 00:06:06,040 --> 00:06:09,200 fix. It's a problem that you can't 85 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,960 solve. So so maybe, maybe it's a spot 86 00:06:13,960 --> 00:06:17,680 where you find yourself with the grief that is too much and too 87 00:06:17,680 --> 00:06:22,960 heavy for you to carry. Maybe you've got a challenge in 88 00:06:22,960 --> 00:06:27,520 front of you that requires wisdom, that you just are 89 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:32,680 sitting there thinking, I don't have the wisdom, the experience 90 00:06:32,680 --> 00:06:38,440 necessary to navigate this. Maybe it's a family that feels 91 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:43,160 like it's beyond repair. We already talked about the debt 92 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:45,040 center today. What a great morning to have 93 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:48,960 that, man. I've met so many people who 94 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:53,480 found themselves in spots where they just have a financial need, 95 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:58,240 a crushing debt, and there just doesn't appear to be any 96 00:06:58,240 --> 00:07:03,480 solution to it. Or maybe it's a health problem 97 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:09,200 and all the diet and exercise and right living in the world is 98 00:07:09,200 --> 00:07:10,800 not going to fix what you're going through. 99 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:15,440 In fact, maybe one of those moments brought here today. 100 00:07:15,440 --> 00:07:18,760 And if today is the first day that you've been at church in a 101 00:07:18,760 --> 00:07:21,120 while, I'm going to guess it was a desperate situation to bring 102 00:07:21,120 --> 00:07:22,240 you out on time. Change Sunday. 103 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,640 If if you have found yourself in a spot where you are running out 104 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:37,280 of hope and you're just looking for someone or something that 105 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:42,000 can do what you can't do for yourself, then this is a great 106 00:07:42,000 --> 00:07:44,040 story for you to be here for today. 107 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:51,040 Because in Luke chapter 8 we find 2 stories, 2 individuals 108 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,440 who are just in that exact place. 109 00:07:56,440 --> 00:08:01,200 First we have a father whose daughter is dying, and then we 110 00:08:01,200 --> 00:08:06,600 have a woman who has been suffering in in just really 111 00:08:06,600 --> 00:08:12,600 devastating ways for 12 years. There are two people who are out 112 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:15,240 of options, two people who are desperate. 113 00:08:16,800 --> 00:08:19,400 And Luke is going to show us this morning, there's good news 114 00:08:19,400 --> 00:08:24,080 for desperate people because Jesus is the one who meets us in 115 00:08:24,080 --> 00:08:27,360 our desperation. So let's dive into the passage 116 00:08:27,360 --> 00:08:30,760 that Amanda just read and unpack it a little bit and see what we 117 00:08:30,760 --> 00:08:32,600 learned today about who Jesus is. 118 00:08:33,640 --> 00:08:38,200 So in verse 41, we're introduced to a man by the name of Gyrus 119 00:08:39,240 --> 00:08:43,919 and says that a man named Gyrus came and he was the leader of 120 00:08:43,919 --> 00:08:47,560 the synagogue. He fell down at Jesus feet and 121 00:08:47,560 --> 00:08:49,800 pleaded with him to come to his house. 122 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:53,720 Now Luke gave us in that sentence a really interesting 123 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:57,000 little fact about Gyrus. Gyrus was the leader of the 124 00:08:57,000 --> 00:08:59,360 synagogue. Luke says so. 125 00:08:59,520 --> 00:09:04,560 So Gyrus isn't just any old guy. Gyrus is a guy in the community 126 00:09:04,560 --> 00:09:09,120 who is respected, who's influential. 127 00:09:10,120 --> 00:09:12,840 He's a religious guy, right? He's the leader of the 128 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:18,280 synagogue. But none of his influence, none 129 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:20,800 of the respect that other people have for him, and none of his 130 00:09:20,800 --> 00:09:24,520 religious piety mean a darn thing in this moment because his 131 00:09:24,520 --> 00:09:32,080 daughter is dying. Nothing about his life can fix 132 00:09:32,080 --> 00:09:34,720 what is breaking in his life right now. 133 00:09:35,560 --> 00:09:38,480 And so this is what he does. He falls down at the feet of 134 00:09:38,480 --> 00:09:41,840 Jesus. He fell down at the feet of 135 00:09:41,880 --> 00:09:48,040 Jesus because he had an only daughter, about 12 years old, 136 00:09:48,040 --> 00:09:54,120 and she was dying. I mean, if you're a dad and 137 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,800 anything happens to your kids, you know, this dads everything 138 00:09:57,800 --> 00:09:59,680 in you as a dad wants to fix things. 139 00:09:59,680 --> 00:10:02,600 And yet sometimes as parents, we run into stuff then we can't 140 00:10:02,600 --> 00:10:04,760 fix. It's the worst part of being a 141 00:10:04,760 --> 00:10:06,400 parent. It's the worst part about 142 00:10:06,400 --> 00:10:11,320 watching my kids grow up is the problems get bigger and I can't 143 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:15,440 fix them anymore. And this man is in that spot. 144 00:10:15,440 --> 00:10:17,440 He's desperate. He has no answers. 145 00:10:17,440 --> 00:10:23,320 He has no options. And and, and desperation reveals 146 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,320 something, right? It reveals the truth that all of 147 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:29,960 us struggle so hard to deny we are not in control. 148 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,880 Some of you, you just hate hearing that right now to to 149 00:10:35,880 --> 00:10:39,280 even grapple with the fact that you are not in control. 150 00:10:39,600 --> 00:10:41,720 But there are moments that happen in life. 151 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:44,400 They just kind of lay that bare about us. 152 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:49,480 Do we really don't control much? There are moments like what is 153 00:10:49,480 --> 00:10:54,880 happening in Gyrus's life. They just absolutely wreck us. 154 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,240 It just strip us of all pride, like that's what we see here, 155 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:01,520 right? Look what Jairus does. 156 00:11:01,520 --> 00:11:05,200 He is so wrecked. He's so desperate. 157 00:11:06,000 --> 00:11:08,560 He does not care what people think. 158 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:14,400 He throws himself down at the feet of Jesus because the only 159 00:11:14,400 --> 00:11:20,440 thing that matters in that moment is the possibility that 160 00:11:20,440 --> 00:11:25,640 maybe Jesus could do what nobody else seems to be able to do. 161 00:11:27,200 --> 00:11:31,600 Maybe Jesus can fix what nobody else seems to be able to fix. 162 00:11:32,720 --> 00:11:37,200 Maybe Jesus can heal what no one else has been able to heal. 163 00:11:38,160 --> 00:11:43,160 If there's even the slightest possibility that Jesus can save 164 00:11:43,160 --> 00:11:46,720 his daughter, he does not care what it looks like. 165 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:49,160 He does not care what other people think. 166 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:51,560 He's going to throw himself at the feet of Jesus. 167 00:11:53,480 --> 00:11:57,800 And I just look at this and I, I was thinking this week, 168 00:11:57,800 --> 00:12:01,400 sometimes the very thing that I think all of us hate so much 169 00:12:02,840 --> 00:12:06,720 that that realization, that feeling of hopelessness and 170 00:12:06,720 --> 00:12:11,000 desperation, you know, sometimes that can be the greatest gift 171 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:15,840 that God could ever give us. It can be the greatest gift that 172 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:20,200 God gives you if it drives you to the feet of Jesus, the one 173 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:22,880 who actually can do something about it. 174 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:29,760 And sometimes the most powerful prayers start like this. 175 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:37,640 Jesus, I don't know what else to do Jesus, I'm, I'm at the end of 176 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:41,040 myself. I can't do anything about this 177 00:12:42,560 --> 00:12:48,120 because although our power, our authority, our ability has 178 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:51,120 significant limits and limitations, as we've seen over 179 00:12:51,120 --> 00:12:54,960 these past couple weeks and we're going to see again, Jesus 180 00:12:54,960 --> 00:13:01,560 power has no limits. The first thing that you see in 181 00:13:01,560 --> 00:13:06,480 this story is that Jesus is the one who notices desperate faith. 182 00:13:10,680 --> 00:13:12,960 He meets Gyrus in his desperate faith. 183 00:13:12,960 --> 00:13:17,120 And as we're going to see, he's going to notice desperate faith 184 00:13:17,120 --> 00:13:18,760 when it's presented to him in a different way. 185 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,320 See, it says Jesus heads on his way to go see Gyrus's daughter, 186 00:13:22,320 --> 00:13:24,160 and a crowd is pressing in on him. 187 00:13:25,200 --> 00:13:27,200 And this is where Luke introduces us to the second 188 00:13:27,200 --> 00:13:30,760 desperate person. He says there was a woman 189 00:13:31,320 --> 00:13:35,840 suffering from bleeding for 12 years who had spent all that she 190 00:13:35,840 --> 00:13:39,120 had on doctors and yet she could not be healed by any. 191 00:13:39,120 --> 00:13:40,400 So what? What do we learn about this 192 00:13:40,400 --> 00:13:41,960 woman? Will we learn? 193 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:49,280 First of all, she is sick and absolutely physically exhausted 194 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:54,480 and she's totally and utterly financially drained, right? 195 00:13:54,560 --> 00:13:58,440 She spent all that she had on doctors and yet no one has done 196 00:13:58,440 --> 00:14:00,320 anything for her. But there's actually something 197 00:14:00,320 --> 00:14:04,320 else here that if you don't actually understand the culture 198 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:10,000 and the context, you'll miss. See, not only is she broke, not 199 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:15,400 only is she sick, she's a total social outcast at this point. 200 00:14:16,720 --> 00:14:20,800 If she's been bleeding for 12 years, for 12 years in Jewish 201 00:14:20,800 --> 00:14:24,520 society, she has been religiously unclean. 202 00:14:25,440 --> 00:14:31,280 That means she is isolated. She is alone and she's broke and 203 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:35,600 she's sick and in her desperation, what do we see her? 204 00:14:35,600 --> 00:14:38,880 Do we see her reach out for Jesus? 205 00:14:40,200 --> 00:14:44,200 Verse 44, it says that she approached Jesus from bind as 206 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,400 he's navigating through the crowds that are coming in on him 207 00:14:49,480 --> 00:14:55,560 and she touches the very end of his robe and again, look at 208 00:14:55,560 --> 00:15:01,000 this. This is she is desperate, but 209 00:15:01,000 --> 00:15:02,320 it's a different type of desperation. 210 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,880 And we have Gyrus, who throws himself down at the feet of 211 00:15:04,880 --> 00:15:07,560 Jesus, a very public cry of desperation. 212 00:15:07,800 --> 00:15:12,240 Here we have a woman who is quietly desperate, alone, 213 00:15:13,360 --> 00:15:17,480 silently just reaching out with a shred of hope that Jesus can 214 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,600 do something. She's trying not to draw any 215 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,800 attention to herself because she knows she shouldn't be there. 216 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:28,360 But when she reaches out and she touches the end of that robe, 217 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,200 Luke tells us that something happens. 218 00:15:31,680 --> 00:15:35,800 It says instantly her bleeding stopped again. 219 00:15:36,800 --> 00:15:40,360 This scene is total chaos. I was saying to the team back in 220 00:15:40,360 --> 00:15:42,960 the green room as we were doing communion together before coming 221 00:15:42,960 --> 00:15:46,760 out. If you've ever been in Toronto, 222 00:15:46,760 --> 00:15:50,880 like when a Blue Jays game releases and then at the same 223 00:15:50,880 --> 00:15:55,520 time, maybe at the Scotiabank Center, a Leafs game or a 224 00:15:55,520 --> 00:15:58,440 Raptors game or a concerts coming out at the same time and 225 00:15:58,440 --> 00:15:59,920 you're trying to get on public transit. 226 00:15:59,920 --> 00:16:02,040 Maybe you're trying to get on a GO train or the subway. 227 00:16:02,720 --> 00:16:04,720 That's the scene. It is utter Panama. 228 00:16:04,720 --> 00:16:08,400 There's just crowds and you're just trying to kind of navigate 229 00:16:08,400 --> 00:16:11,320 through and Jesus trying to get somewhere quickly, right? 230 00:16:13,400 --> 00:16:16,280 And in the midst of this, it says the crowds are pressing in 231 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:18,040 as Jesus trying to navigate through them. 232 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,560 When when he's touched, Jesus is like, who touched me? 233 00:16:25,240 --> 00:16:27,640 Luke said. Peter's like Jesus. 234 00:16:28,320 --> 00:16:32,560 There's like a whole bunch of people touching you right now. 235 00:16:32,560 --> 00:16:35,320 Like, there, there, there are tons of people around here. 236 00:16:37,200 --> 00:16:40,040 And Jesus, Jesus is like Peter. No, no, no. 237 00:16:40,840 --> 00:16:43,600 Something different is taking place here. 238 00:16:44,440 --> 00:16:46,800 This power that just went out for me. 239 00:16:48,440 --> 00:16:50,640 Then we read. When the woman saw that she was 240 00:16:50,640 --> 00:16:54,520 discovered, when she saw that Jesus had stopped, Dennis 241 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,680 tracks. He knew something had happened. 242 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:02,880 She came trembling and she falls down before him, and now she's 243 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,960 in the presence of the people. She declares the reason she had 244 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:09,079 touched him and how she was instantly healed again. 245 00:17:09,079 --> 00:17:15,400 She's not holding anything back. Now, surely this was not the 246 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:19,440 only woman in that moment or the only person in that moment who 247 00:17:19,440 --> 00:17:22,800 was touching Jesus, who was sick or suffering. 248 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:29,640 So what was it about her in her sickness, in her suffering, that 249 00:17:29,640 --> 00:17:33,560 led to the power flowing out from Jesus and bringing her 250 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:37,640 healing? Jesus tells us verse 48. 251 00:17:37,640 --> 00:17:42,760 He says, daughter, your faith has saved you, Go in peace. 252 00:17:43,840 --> 00:17:46,360 Now. First of all, the way Jesus 253 00:17:46,360 --> 00:17:50,120 responds to this woman, you just have to stop and read that first 254 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:52,360 word first. It's just beautiful. 255 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:56,040 Look what he calls her. I mean, she's in fear, She's 256 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:57,600 terrified. She's been found out. 257 00:17:58,160 --> 00:18:05,280 Jesus looks at her and he says, daughter, daughter, imagine just 258 00:18:05,280 --> 00:18:10,480 with those words must have meant to a woman who for 12 years had 259 00:18:10,480 --> 00:18:15,400 been an outcast, who for 12 years had been isolated. 260 00:18:16,600 --> 00:18:20,680 So, so you see, Jesus, Jesus doesn't just restore her health 261 00:18:20,680 --> 00:18:23,960 here. Just like last week when we 262 00:18:23,960 --> 00:18:27,200 looked at the story of the demoniac, Jesus isn't just 263 00:18:27,480 --> 00:18:29,880 restoring health. He's not just restoring saying 264 00:18:30,040 --> 00:18:32,560 no. He's restoring her to community. 265 00:18:34,120 --> 00:18:38,440 He's restoring her dignity. He's restoring her personhood 266 00:18:39,240 --> 00:18:42,320 and look how he finishes it. He says go in peace. 267 00:18:42,320 --> 00:18:48,240 It would have been the Jewish greeting, the Jewish blessing of 268 00:18:48,240 --> 00:18:51,000 Shalom, which is this idea of wholeness. 269 00:18:51,000 --> 00:18:56,680 It's this idea of restoration, because that's what Jesus does. 270 00:18:56,680 --> 00:18:59,920 He, he brings wholeness, he brings restoration. 271 00:18:59,920 --> 00:19:06,480 He says daughter and and he says daughter, this your faith has 272 00:19:06,480 --> 00:19:10,960 saved you. It was not her touching of the 273 00:19:10,960 --> 00:19:14,680 robe as if the robe had some type of magical power in it. 274 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:23,440 It it wasn't her faith in anything other than the fact 275 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:32,280 that Jesus was her hope. Jesus was her rescue in and 276 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:37,720 Jesus always responds to those who reach out in faith to him. 277 00:19:40,720 --> 00:19:46,200 You're never too unclean to reach out to Jesus, right? 278 00:19:46,640 --> 00:19:50,320 That idea of being religiously unclean, religiously unworthy, 279 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,400 Maybe you feel that. Maybe you feel like there's too 280 00:19:54,400 --> 00:19:57,760 much garbage in my life, there's too much sin in my life. 281 00:19:57,760 --> 00:20:00,240 There's been too much history in back story. 282 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,720 Jesus wouldn't want anything to do with me. 283 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,720 He couldn't bring healing into my life and into my story. 284 00:20:07,680 --> 00:20:08,880 That's not the way Jesus operates. 285 00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,200 There's never anyone who is too unclean. 286 00:20:13,240 --> 00:20:15,760 Jesus is never too busy. He's never too distracted. 287 00:20:16,000 --> 00:20:19,280 Jesus has important stuff. He's trying to get to Gyrus's 288 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,120 daughter, but he's not too busy for this woman. 289 00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:29,240 Again, I love the contrast of how these two individuals come. 290 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:31,320 Jesus 11 is coming publicly, right? 291 00:20:32,000 --> 00:20:36,520 Coming, the fullness of just everybody seeing and not caring, 292 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:38,840 and the other is trying to come silently to Jesus. 293 00:20:38,840 --> 00:20:45,480 But Jesus meets them both. There is never a desperate act 294 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:50,400 of faith, no matter how loud or how silent, that escapes Jesus's 295 00:20:50,400 --> 00:20:55,760 notice. But as this exchange is taking 296 00:20:55,760 --> 00:21:00,080 place, as Jesus is talking to and having this conversation 297 00:21:00,080 --> 00:21:04,120 with this woman, someone comes up at the same time and 298 00:21:04,120 --> 00:21:07,760 approaches. Gyrus says while he was still 299 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,400 speaking, someone came from the synagogue leaders house and 300 00:21:11,400 --> 00:21:16,760 said, your daughter is dead, don't bother the teacher 301 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:22,080 anymore. We aren't told in this moment 302 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:26,440 what Gyrus is thinking, but I've got some thoughts. 303 00:21:27,600 --> 00:21:30,720 If I put myself in Gyruss's shoes, I can imagine some of the 304 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:32,080 things that might have been running through her head. 305 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:39,400 Maybe you can too. Geez, why did you stop you? 306 00:21:39,560 --> 00:21:42,200 You knew my daughter was in desperate situation. 307 00:21:42,200 --> 00:21:45,360 Why? Why did you stop with this 308 00:21:45,360 --> 00:21:48,000 woman? If you hadn't stopped with that 309 00:21:48,000 --> 00:21:50,840 woman, maybe my daughter wouldn't be dead. 310 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:59,360 I think the delay in this story for Jairus had to feel 311 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:05,400 absolutely devastating. His hope had just been kindled a 312 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:06,840 little bit. Jesus was going to come with 313 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:13,040 them. And yet Jesus doesn't apologize 314 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:16,600 to Jairus here. You think he'd say, Jairus, I'm 315 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:20,320 oh, man, I'm so sorry for your your loss. 316 00:22:20,320 --> 00:22:23,800 I can't believe I got held up like that. 317 00:22:24,320 --> 00:22:30,160 This is what he says. He says, don't be afraid, only 318 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,400 believe, and she will be saved. She's dead. 319 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:38,240 How's she going to be saved? And then he arrives at the house 320 00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:43,560 and instead of greeting the grieving mother of this daughter 321 00:22:43,560 --> 00:22:48,120 in the household and saying, guys, my heart breaks. 322 00:22:48,120 --> 00:22:52,440 I'm so sorry for your loss. I can't believe what's happened. 323 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:58,080 He says stop crying. If you go back, remember right 324 00:22:58,080 --> 00:23:00,800 at the beginning of this, this section of Luke, but a similar 325 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,760 deal. Jesus stopped the funeral 326 00:23:02,760 --> 00:23:05,800 procession and he said stop crying. 327 00:23:07,280 --> 00:23:11,000 He says stop crying. She's not dead, she's asleep. 328 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:15,600 And at this point it says they all laugh at him, but I don't I 329 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:19,400 don't think this is the like the oh, Jesus, you're so funny type 330 00:23:19,400 --> 00:23:23,240 of laugh. I think this is the like, I'm so 331 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:25,720 angry at what Jesus is saying right now. 332 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:28,160 I, I can't help. I'm either going to hit him or 333 00:23:28,160 --> 00:23:31,680 laugh like I, I think this is total shock. 334 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:36,440 Can you believe this guy? He was supposed to come help our 335 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:38,680 daughter. He got distracted. 336 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:43,120 Now he's telling us, don't cry, it's OK, she's going to be 337 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:47,120 saved. Look what happens next. 338 00:23:47,120 --> 00:23:50,320 So he took her, the little girl by the hand and called out, 339 00:23:50,320 --> 00:23:56,320 child, get up. Her spirit returned and she got 340 00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:59,800 up at once. And I just want to say this to 341 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:02,520 you because I know some of you heard the last part that I said 342 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:06,160 about Jesus always responding to our desperate faith. 343 00:24:06,160 --> 00:24:08,320 And you're like, well, I've been desperate and he's not 344 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:11,080 responding. Don't despair if Jesus is 345 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:13,880 delayed in answering your desperate cry. 346 00:24:16,160 --> 00:24:20,000 Jesus is never late, even when he feels like it is. 347 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:26,680 I've been there, been there where you're going through stuff 348 00:24:26,680 --> 00:24:28,880 and you fall into doubting Jesus. 349 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:36,080 Just think, really, Jesus? You get disappointed with Jesus 350 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:39,440 because you've been calling out in desperation, in belief that 351 00:24:39,440 --> 00:24:42,400 he could do something. And Jesus just doesn't seem to 352 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:49,240 be answering. I, I know in this place, some of 353 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:51,680 you are there today. Maybe you haven't verbalized it 354 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:53,680 or articulated any. I mean, you haven't said those 355 00:24:53,680 --> 00:24:57,760 words, but you're just like, I'm just about done with Jesus. 356 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:06,680 I just want to say if you call out to Jesus with faith, you 357 00:25:06,680 --> 00:25:12,320 never have to fear if he's going to fix things and if he can fix 358 00:25:12,320 --> 00:25:16,440 what you can. It's so easy for us to mistake 359 00:25:17,240 --> 00:25:22,600 delay for denial with Jesus, and then we end up disappointed, 360 00:25:22,600 --> 00:25:25,720 right? But look at what Luke is telling 361 00:25:25,720 --> 00:25:27,320 us here, what Luke wants us to know. 362 00:25:28,080 --> 00:25:32,400 Even death isn't beyond Jesus's fixing. 363 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,200 Jesus makes this promise at another point to a woman by the 364 00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,800 name of Martha who has also lost her brother who was a dear 365 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:45,880 friend of Jesus. And in John 1125, Jesus makes 366 00:25:45,880 --> 00:25:50,240 this statement about himself. He says I am the resurrection 367 00:25:50,240 --> 00:25:52,520 and the life, the one who believes in me. 368 00:25:52,520 --> 00:26:03,160 Even if he dies, he will live every day in my prayers. 369 00:26:05,360 --> 00:26:15,040 I pray that Jesus will heal my wife of type 1 diabetes and 370 00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:24,080 celiac every day. And for 25 years that prayer has 371 00:26:24,080 --> 00:26:28,760 yet to be answered. But here's what I am confident 372 00:26:28,760 --> 00:26:31,040 of. One one thing I know without a 373 00:26:31,040 --> 00:26:39,240 doubt, one day that prayer will be answered in this life or in 374 00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:43,480 the next, and if in the next, for all eternity that prayer 375 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:50,640 will be answered. And that is true for every 376 00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:54,640 person who places their faith in Jesus Christ. 377 00:26:56,520 --> 00:27:00,720 Death doesn't stop Jesus from fulfilling and fixing what is 378 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,320 broken. In fact, sometimes death is how 379 00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,200 he goes about fixing what is broken. 380 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:14,960 If your faith is in Jesus, my promise to you is this. 381 00:27:14,960 --> 00:27:16,560 Your story will end in a miracle. 382 00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,200 See, one day, no matter what your financial struggles are 383 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,200 right now and no matter how difficult it is. 384 00:27:24,280 --> 00:27:28,680 And I know it's hard out there for so many people. 385 00:27:30,680 --> 00:27:33,160 Jesus is going to make it so that you never struggle again. 386 00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:36,520 You think I'm never going to be able to afford or buy a house in 387 00:27:36,520 --> 00:27:38,960 this market? I'm telling you, the promise of 388 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,040 Jesus is that for eternity you're going to have a mansion 389 00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:46,600 beyond compare. If you know and trust Jesus one 390 00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:53,000 day, that addiction that you may be so weary of because it feels 391 00:27:53,000 --> 00:27:58,800 it's a fight every single day of this life between you and your 392 00:27:58,800 --> 00:28:02,760 addiction and the struggle there, one day that fight is 393 00:28:02,760 --> 00:28:05,680 going to be over and won forever because of Jesus. 394 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:13,320 One day your heart that has been so broken that really your only 395 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:17,920 hope right now is that it it scars over and scabs over enough 396 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:20,520 that it doesn't keep on bleeding out all the time. 397 00:28:22,360 --> 00:28:26,520 One day, the promise that we find in Revelation 21 of a new 398 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,400 heaven, a new earth, means that your heart is going to be fully 399 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:33,640 fixed and repaired and there will be no more sadness or 400 00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:39,440 crying or tears. I don't know if it's going to 401 00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:42,360 happen today. I don't know if it's going to 402 00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:44,960 happen tomorrow. I don't know if it's going to 403 00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:52,160 happen a year from now, but whether it happens on this side 404 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:56,160 of heaven or the next, if your faith is in Jesus, it's coming. 405 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,320 This whole series we've been saying who is Jesus? 406 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:04,320 Who is Jesus? Start. 407 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,520 He said. He's the one who teaches like 408 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:08,480 nobody else. He has an authority in his 409 00:29:08,480 --> 00:29:11,640 teaching like nobody else. He's the one who who forgives 410 00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,000 sins like nobody else is able to forgive. 411 00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:17,160 He's the one who calms storms and casts out demons. 412 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,240 And today, Luke answers this question one more time. 413 00:29:21,240 --> 00:29:25,040 Again. He is the one who hears and 414 00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:30,720 answers desperate prayers. He's the one who stops for those 415 00:29:30,720 --> 00:29:35,000 that everybody else ignores. He's the one whose timing is 416 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:40,160 never late. And he's the one who has 417 00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,360 authority. Not over, not just over storms. 418 00:29:43,880 --> 00:29:48,120 Not just over demons, but over death itself. 419 00:29:50,280 --> 00:29:54,240 And it shows us again that there's no situation that you 420 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:58,640 can bring to him, that he is beyond his power and his ability 421 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,760 to fix. It started this morning by 422 00:30:01,760 --> 00:30:06,280 talking about 33 men trapped in darkness for 69 days. 423 00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:09,560 They couldn't get themselves out. 424 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,880 They needed a rescue to come from above. 425 00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:19,520 And then eventually a rescue capsule comes and breaks through 426 00:30:19,520 --> 00:30:23,240 the darkness. For the first time in 69 days. 427 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:28,840 Something breaks through that darkness, and one by one they 428 00:30:28,840 --> 00:30:32,120 get into that capsule, they're lifted out, and they step into 429 00:30:33,040 --> 00:30:37,720 the light. But in Luke 8, we see something 430 00:30:37,720 --> 00:30:43,440 even greater than that rescue. See, Luke doesn't just rescue 431 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:47,120 the living, he raises the dead. Or Jesus doesn't just rescue the 432 00:30:47,120 --> 00:30:50,520 living, he raises the dead. And the only the question isn't, 433 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:56,680 can Jesus rescue? The question isn't whether you 434 00:30:56,680 --> 00:31:00,560 need rescue. The question is whether you will 435 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:05,840 admit that you need rescue and that Jesus is the only one who 436 00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:10,160 can rescue you. The question is, have you come 437 00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,760 to a point where you realize you are in a spot where you can't 438 00:31:14,760 --> 00:31:18,560 fix it? You can't fix your sin, You 439 00:31:18,560 --> 00:31:23,160 can't fix your brokenness. You can't work your way out of 440 00:31:23,160 --> 00:31:26,760 the darkness that you're in. You can't raise yourself from 441 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:31,640 the dead, that Jesus had to come down from above and bring rescue 442 00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,000 to you. That Jesus had to die on the 443 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:38,200 cross for your sin so that you could be taken from darkness to 444 00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:44,200 light, from death to life. And that's the invitation that 445 00:31:44,200 --> 00:31:48,440 is available to any and every person is that Jesus offers 446 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,480 rescue if you call to out to him in faith, believing that he and 447 00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:56,720 he alone can save you. And the moment we do that, we 448 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:01,200 enter from darkness to light. We enter from life or from death 449 00:32:01,200 --> 00:32:06,880 to life. But if you've already called out 450 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:12,440 to Jesus to rescue you from sin and death, and you find yourself 451 00:32:12,440 --> 00:32:17,320 still in desperate situations, the question for you this 452 00:32:17,320 --> 00:32:22,280 morning is, will you lay your unfixable situation at his feet? 453 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,720 Will you fall down at his feet and trust Him again? 454 00:32:27,360 --> 00:32:33,280 Will you cry out to Him over the problem that you can't solve? 455 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:38,320 Will you trust Him with your financial debt? 456 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:41,080 Will you trust him with your broken family? 457 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,440 Will you trust him with your crippling fear? 458 00:32:43,440 --> 00:32:46,920 Will you trust him with your grief and loss and addiction? 459 00:32:48,840 --> 00:32:52,840 Will you trust him with your seemingly unanswered prayers 460 00:32:52,840 --> 00:33:02,560 that seem to be delayed Because Jesus is the one who always 461 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,280 meets us in our desperate situation? 462 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:07,440 We're going to close this sermon. 463 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,800 We're going to close this series and section of Luke with 464 00:33:10,800 --> 00:33:14,240 communion today. And so we've got some of our 465 00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:18,200 hospitality team who have some community elements. 466 00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:21,200 If you don't have those, they're going to come down to the front. 467 00:33:21,200 --> 00:33:25,120 You can put your hand up and they will make sure to get that 468 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:32,520 to you. If you're a follower of Jesus, I 469 00:33:32,520 --> 00:33:35,480 want to invite you to take communion with us. 470 00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:36,920 You don't have to attend this church rarely. 471 00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:40,920 Just if you placed your faith in Jesus as your rescuer, as your 472 00:33:40,920 --> 00:33:45,080 Savior, as your Lord, then then let's take this together. 473 00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:49,160 Because as we take communion, we're declaring that Jesus is 474 00:33:49,160 --> 00:33:52,000 the one who has already met us in our desperate need. 475 00:33:54,520 --> 00:33:58,760 We're declaring that him meeting us in our desperate need that 476 00:33:58,760 --> 00:34:05,640 did not come cheaply, that our rescue was at a cost that is 477 00:34:05,640 --> 00:34:12,840 beyond imagining. And we're declaring this if he 478 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,639 died to save us, we will be saved. 479 00:34:15,639 --> 00:34:22,239 I want to invite you to take the bread from the top here the way 480 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:30,880 firm Luke 2219 Jesus in the upper room says to his disciples 481 00:34:30,880 --> 00:34:32,960 as he takes bread and breaks it amongst them. 482 00:34:33,440 --> 00:34:35,840 This is my body which is given for you. 483 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:41,239 Do this of in remembrance of me and I just just invite you to 484 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:43,480 pray with me. We're going to pray over the 485 00:34:43,480 --> 00:34:49,320 bread and as we pray, would you just pray to him? 486 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:52,520 Jesus, thank you for paying the cost of my rescue. 487 00:34:53,000 --> 00:34:54,840 That's what this wafer represents. 488 00:34:56,840 --> 00:35:02,560 And pray to him. Jesus, I trust that you will 489 00:35:02,560 --> 00:35:09,320 complete what you start. If you have saved me from death 490 00:35:09,320 --> 00:35:13,680 to life, then life is where I'm headed, even when I'm struggling 491 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:21,240 in the midst of this life. And as you, as you take this 492 00:35:21,240 --> 00:35:24,200 bread on your hand, you remembered of the fact that 493 00:35:24,280 --> 00:35:29,360 Jesus has rescued you, that you have called out to him in faith 494 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:34,640 for that rescue. Can you also call out to him and 495 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:39,560 just say, I trust you with this situation. 496 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:50,040 I trust you with my kids, trust you with my marriage, trust you 497 00:35:50,040 --> 00:35:54,920 with my health situation, trust you with my job. 498 00:35:54,920 --> 00:36:06,190 I trust you with my finances. Father, thank you. 499 00:36:06,910 --> 00:36:13,030 Thank you for the beauty of communion, for the opportunity 500 00:36:13,030 --> 00:36:16,910 to remember together who our rescuer is and where our rescue 501 00:36:16,910 --> 00:36:21,230 comes from. Thank you that you have paid the 502 00:36:21,230 --> 00:36:25,150 cost, that our rescue has been paid in full. 503 00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:30,400 We've received the down payment of that rescue with your Holy 504 00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:37,200 Spirit in knowledge that one day we will be glorified with you 505 00:36:37,320 --> 00:36:41,280 and receive the fullness of all that you have promised. 506 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:48,040 But in the midst of this world of struggle and sin, of pain and 507 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:52,800 hurt, we pray that you would enter into it. 508 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:56,960 We we pray that you would meet us in our desperation even now 509 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:10,740 let's take and eat together. Says that in the same way Jesus 510 00:37:10,740 --> 00:37:16,860 took the cup in that upper room. He said this cup is the new 511 00:37:16,860 --> 00:37:20,780 covenant in my blood which is poured out for you. 512 00:37:20,780 --> 00:37:29,820 It is because of the blood of Jesus that we get to be called 513 00:37:29,820 --> 00:37:35,480 sons and daughters of the King, that we get to be brought into a 514 00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:41,880 relationship with God. It is because of the blood of 515 00:37:41,880 --> 00:37:44,880 Jesus that we have been rescued and forgiven. 516 00:37:44,880 --> 00:37:48,600 That's the way we stand in front of our heavenly Father because 517 00:37:48,600 --> 00:37:53,320 of Jesus. So let's pray together over this 518 00:37:53,320 --> 00:38:01,520 cup, let's thank Jesus, thank him not only that He hears our 519 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:05,880 prayers for healing, but that he brings us into wholeness. 520 00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,560 He brings us into right relationship with him. 521 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,080 And then just call out to him and save me. 522 00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,960 God, would you help me be faithful? 523 00:38:19,040 --> 00:38:24,080 Would you help me be patient? Help me to wait while you bring 524 00:38:24,080 --> 00:38:26,480 about the fullness of life that you have promised. 525 00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:41,120 Keep my faith strong in that. Father, thank you that if Jesus 526 00:38:41,120 --> 00:38:45,880 blood has covered our sins, we are set free. 527 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:51,960 There is no limit to the extent of your forgiveness. 528 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:56,920 We are called sons and daughters of the King. 529 00:38:57,800 --> 00:39:00,560 It is who we are because of Christ. 530 00:39:02,600 --> 00:39:06,800 And if we're your kids and you're our Father, then unlike 531 00:39:06,880 --> 00:39:12,640 we as heavenly, as earthly fathers, as earthly moms, as 532 00:39:12,640 --> 00:39:15,840 we're limited in our power to fix things, you are unlimited in 533 00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:17,600 your power to fix things for your kids. 534 00:39:20,760 --> 00:39:23,680 We love it, we love you. We love the fact that we can 535 00:39:23,680 --> 00:39:26,960 trust you in the midst of our difficulties. 536 00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,040 In Jesus name, let's take and drink together. 537 00:39:30,040 --> 00:39:38,040 We're going to close with a song that declares the truth. 538 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:42,640 Not only the story of these two individuals in our story in Luke 539 00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:47,080 today, but it's true for every single follower of Jesus. 540 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:51,960 Because the same Jesus that took a little girl by the hand and 541 00:39:51,960 --> 00:39:56,800 told her to get up and prod her from death to life does that for 542 00:39:56,800 --> 00:39:59,720 every single one of us. He brings us from death to life.