WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.919 Jesus being summoned to heal a sick person by someone important. 00:00:05.120 --> 00:00:12.160 But then if we look back to chapter 7, we see that these are two different stories with just a few similarities. 00:00:13.240 --> 00:00:22.140 Back in chapter 7, we heard about how Jesus healed a centurion's servant from a distance as he was on the way to the centurion's house. 00:00:23.019 --> 00:00:29.379 You may remember the striking moment of that story where the centurion sends messengers to Jesus saying, 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:40.179 Lord, don't trouble yourself, for I do not deserve to have you come under my roof, but say the word and my servant will be healed. 00:00:41.840 --> 00:00:45.179 But this account here in Luke chapter 8 is different. 00:00:45.519 --> 00:00:53.840 Jesus has just arrived back from the other side of the Sea of Galilee, and a man named Jairus is waiting there for him. 00:00:55.200 --> 00:00:56.340 Now, who is Jairus? 00:00:56.340 --> 00:01:01.660 Luke tells us that he was a synagogue ruler or leader. 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:08.740 So the centurion from chapter 7 was a soldier and likely a Gentile, a non-Jew. 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:13.840 But Jairus is one of the religious leaders of the local synagogue and almost certainly a Jew. 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:20.980 Back in Luke 7, it was the centurion's servant who was sick and about to die. 00:01:20.980 --> 00:01:26.260 But here in Luke chapter 8, we discover that it's Jairus' own daughter who was sick. 00:01:27.680 --> 00:01:31.640 Luke tells us that she was a girl about 12 years old. 00:01:33.140 --> 00:01:34.980 Jairus' only daughter. 00:01:37.260 --> 00:01:38.719 And how serious is this? 00:01:38.800 --> 00:01:40.520 Well, Luke just says she was dying. 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:46.939 No cause for death is mentioned, whether sickness or injury, just that death seems imminent. 00:01:47.120 --> 00:01:47.780 She was dying. 00:01:47.780 --> 00:01:57.960 With the centurion in chapter 7, we remember how he sent messengers to Jesus to come and heal his servants. 00:01:58.099 --> 00:02:03.120 But here we see that Jairus, the girl's father, has come himself to Jesus. 00:02:05.040 --> 00:02:11.259 Can you imagine the desperation of Jairus and his wife in these moments? 00:02:11.259 --> 00:02:15.899 Jairus' precious daughter lay dying in the bed. 00:02:18.139 --> 00:02:20.419 Probably doctors had already been sought out. 00:02:21.359 --> 00:02:24.599 And probably the prognosis had already been given. 00:02:25.159 --> 00:02:26.159 And so what was left? 00:02:27.680 --> 00:02:33.819 Can you imagine Jairus leaving the house where his own daughter is dying in search of Jesus? 00:02:33.939 --> 00:02:36.519 The one that he has heard can heal. 00:02:36.520 --> 00:02:44.580 Can you imagine Jairus waiting anxiously for Jesus and his disciples to get to the shore and get out of the boat? 00:02:47.480 --> 00:02:50.060 Look at how Jairus approached Jesus. 00:02:51.320 --> 00:02:54.500 It says he came and fell at Jesus' feet. 00:02:56.020 --> 00:02:59.160 Pleading with him to come to his house. 00:02:59.159 --> 00:03:03.120 And Jesus agrees to go. 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:09.259 But unlike with the previous miracle with the centurion, 00:03:09.539 --> 00:03:13.000 getting to Jairus' house proves to be a challenge. 00:03:14.900 --> 00:03:18.639 As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 00:03:19.699 --> 00:03:21.659 That word crushed is very strong. 00:03:21.659 --> 00:03:28.479 It's a word that was used to describe the act of applying pressure around the neck in order to kill someone. 00:03:29.259 --> 00:03:35.240 And of course it's used figuratively here to describe just how tightly the crowd pressed and squeezed in around Jesus. 00:03:36.819 --> 00:03:40.079 Can you imagine Jesus trying to get through these narrow streets 00:03:40.079 --> 00:03:45.519 with all these people tightly packed in there, 00:03:46.699 --> 00:03:48.259 clamoring around him? 00:03:48.259 --> 00:03:52.439 Maybe you remember a time when you were at a large gathering, 00:03:52.620 --> 00:03:57.019 whether a sporting event or a conference or a concert. 00:03:57.799 --> 00:03:59.780 And there's people everywhere. 00:04:00.459 --> 00:04:02.039 And what do we do in those situations? 00:04:02.239 --> 00:04:06.259 Well, if you're like me, you try to just kind of slither through the crowd 00:04:06.259 --> 00:04:10.280 and take those measured steps so as to not collide with anybody. 00:04:12.060 --> 00:04:16.620 But the problem here for Jesus is that he is the one that everybody is trying to get to. 00:04:16.620 --> 00:04:19.860 And so there's no slithering through the crowd for Jesus. 00:04:20.980 --> 00:04:23.579 They're all there to get to him. 00:04:24.139 --> 00:04:25.199 To see him. 00:04:27.000 --> 00:04:28.420 Coming straight for him. 00:04:30.379 --> 00:04:33.639 And I wonder what was going on in Jairus' mind in this moment. 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:36.959 Is Jesus going to make it in time? 00:04:36.959 --> 00:04:43.639 All of a sudden, this slow procession grinds to a complete stop 00:04:43.639 --> 00:04:45.759 as Jesus calls out, 00:04:46.319 --> 00:04:47.879 Who touched me? 00:04:50.959 --> 00:04:52.839 An ironic question, isn't it? 00:04:53.799 --> 00:04:55.579 And Peter states the obvious. 00:04:55.740 --> 00:04:59.199 Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you. 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:04.379 Lots of people have touched you in the last few minutes. 00:05:04.379 --> 00:05:08.659 We can hardly move without brushing up against someone on every side. 00:05:10.060 --> 00:05:11.519 But Jesus persists. 00:05:12.659 --> 00:05:13.620 Someone touched me. 00:05:14.579 --> 00:05:17.199 I know that power has gone out from me. 00:05:19.719 --> 00:05:21.899 Unbeknownst to everyone around Jesus, 00:05:22.219 --> 00:05:24.920 Luke tells us that there was this woman in the crowd 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:29.699 who had snuck in close and touched the edge of Jesus' cloak. 00:05:29.699 --> 00:05:32.759 Nobody else noticed it. 00:05:33.599 --> 00:05:35.579 But all of a sudden, Jesus became aware 00:05:35.579 --> 00:05:37.599 that power had gone out from him. 00:05:39.219 --> 00:05:40.420 Who was this woman? 00:05:41.560 --> 00:05:43.659 Well, Luke tells us in verse 43 00:05:43.659 --> 00:05:47.240 that she had been subject to bleeding for 12 years. 00:05:49.120 --> 00:05:51.360 But no one could heal her. 00:05:51.360 --> 00:05:57.540 So in the midst of this very public moment of desperation for Jairus 00:05:57.540 --> 00:06:00.780 and Jairus' daughter and his family, 00:06:01.139 --> 00:06:03.740 there is this whole other story of desperation 00:06:03.740 --> 00:06:05.660 going on with this woman. 00:06:07.319 --> 00:06:09.860 And as I first read through this earlier in the week, 00:06:09.920 --> 00:06:13.900 I was struck again by how long this woman had suffered with this bleeding. 00:06:15.180 --> 00:06:16.360 12 years. 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:17.040 12 years. 00:06:20.080 --> 00:06:22.319 Commentators and scholars suggest 00:06:22.319 --> 00:06:26.240 that this was most likely some form of uterine hemorrhaging. 00:06:27.220 --> 00:06:28.960 Likely a menstrual disorder. 00:06:30.040 --> 00:06:33.360 And the cause of this, it's not stated here. 00:06:34.139 --> 00:06:37.819 What is stated is that the doctors were baffled by this. 00:06:38.920 --> 00:06:41.780 No one could heal her, says Luke. 00:06:41.779 --> 00:06:46.259 In Mark's gospel are a few extra details. 00:06:47.619 --> 00:06:49.739 Mark 5, 26. 00:06:50.500 --> 00:06:53.719 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors 00:06:53.719 --> 00:06:56.139 and had spent all she had. 00:06:57.219 --> 00:06:58.679 Yet instead of getting better, 00:06:59.959 --> 00:07:00.819 she grew worse. 00:07:02.519 --> 00:07:03.659 And so this was rare. 00:07:03.979 --> 00:07:04.839 This was abnormal. 00:07:05.719 --> 00:07:08.179 Something was really off in this woman's body. 00:07:08.180 --> 00:07:12.459 Whether caused by issues with particular organs or hormones, 00:07:12.699 --> 00:07:14.079 they didn't know what to do with her. 00:07:15.900 --> 00:07:17.240 They'd never seen this. 00:07:17.740 --> 00:07:20.319 Probably she'd already tried all kinds of treatments, 00:07:20.900 --> 00:07:22.199 but nothing was working. 00:07:26.699 --> 00:07:30.319 Obviously this couldn't have been a constant heavy flow of blood 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.460 for 12 years or she would have died. 00:07:32.459 --> 00:07:37.439 But probably a persistent, weakly, moderate flow. 00:07:37.579 --> 00:07:39.019 Perhaps somewhat unpredictable. 00:07:40.379 --> 00:07:44.779 Probably she was somewhat anemic and weak because of it. 00:07:46.500 --> 00:07:48.000 And then on top of all that, 00:07:48.099 --> 00:07:52.179 there was the social and emotional side of things for this woman. 00:07:52.279 --> 00:07:53.599 There would have been great embarrassment. 00:07:53.600 --> 00:07:57.300 This would have been a great struggle 00:07:57.300 --> 00:08:00.120 with wondering why she was suffering with this thing 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:02.600 that nobody had ever seen or heard of before. 00:08:06.680 --> 00:08:08.939 I'm not going to go into all the details of this, 00:08:09.040 --> 00:08:11.420 but this condition also, we know, 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:13.340 made her ceremonially unclean 00:08:13.340 --> 00:08:16.140 according to the law of Moses. 00:08:16.500 --> 00:08:20.760 That would have had big implications on her life as well. 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.319 She would have been unable to participate 00:08:22.319 --> 00:08:26.819 in the annual festivals in Jerusalem at the temple. 00:08:27.920 --> 00:08:30.360 And then there was probably on top of all of that, 00:08:30.439 --> 00:08:33.759 the burdensome rules and extras of the Pharisees, 00:08:34.539 --> 00:08:38.059 which might have mean that she was even socially ostracized 00:08:38.059 --> 00:08:40.720 as well for her ceremonial uncleanness. 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:43.899 And this just seemed to go on for years, 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:46.659 year after year after year, 12 years. 00:08:46.659 --> 00:08:50.559 We can only imagine, most of us, 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.139 what life has been like for her 00:08:52.139 --> 00:08:54.159 these 12 long years. 00:08:55.919 --> 00:08:57.620 And I think we kind of have to know 00:08:57.620 --> 00:08:59.579 that there's got to be a backstory here 00:08:59.579 --> 00:09:02.100 that we don't get all the details of. 00:09:02.740 --> 00:09:05.159 At some point, she first heard about Jesus 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.500 and the things that he was doing, 00:09:08.139 --> 00:09:09.679 how he'd been healing people. 00:09:09.679 --> 00:09:12.899 No doubt, she began to hear the things 00:09:12.899 --> 00:09:14.699 Jesus was teaching and saying, 00:09:15.519 --> 00:09:18.120 and hope began to rise in her heart. 00:09:20.139 --> 00:09:22.719 Unlike the countless doctors who had seen her, 00:09:24.359 --> 00:09:25.979 a hope that Jesus was different, 00:09:27.099 --> 00:09:29.819 that he could be the one to deliver her 00:09:29.819 --> 00:09:30.979 from this suffering. 00:09:31.819 --> 00:09:33.419 And somewhere along the line, 00:09:33.579 --> 00:09:37.099 hope turns into confidence and faith. 00:09:37.100 --> 00:09:40.600 Her thought, according to Mark's gospel, 00:09:40.740 --> 00:09:41.040 was, 00:09:42.159 --> 00:09:43.960 if I just touch his clothes, 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.340 I will be healed. 00:09:48.980 --> 00:09:50.300 Those are words of faith. 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:53.740 She believes that Jesus has 00:09:53.740 --> 00:09:56.700 the power of God to heal. 00:09:57.580 --> 00:09:59.220 She believes it so strongly 00:09:59.220 --> 00:10:00.759 that she doesn't even need 00:10:00.759 --> 00:10:02.740 to have a one-on-one conversation with Jesus. 00:10:02.879 --> 00:10:04.940 She doesn't need Jesus to lay hands on her 00:10:04.940 --> 00:10:07.800 or even to see her or notice her. 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:13.020 If I just touch his clothes, 00:10:13.420 --> 00:10:15.440 I will be healed. 00:10:17.020 --> 00:10:18.020 Think about this. 00:10:18.240 --> 00:10:20.120 There's nothing special about the clothes 00:10:20.120 --> 00:10:21.000 or the cloak. 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:23.360 What makes this cloak different 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:24.560 is the one who wears it. 00:10:25.800 --> 00:10:27.120 That's what she's thinking about. 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:31.020 She was right. 00:10:31.019 --> 00:10:34.079 She reaches out. 00:10:34.199 --> 00:10:35.120 She touches Jesus. 00:10:36.860 --> 00:10:37.860 And she's healed. 00:10:39.100 --> 00:10:40.579 And Jesus calls in that moment 00:10:40.579 --> 00:10:41.960 for the one who touched him 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:43.639 to show themselves. 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.220 Verse 47, back in Luke. 00:10:47.939 --> 00:10:48.419 Then the woman, 00:10:48.579 --> 00:10:50.240 seeing that she could not go unnoticed, 00:10:50.360 --> 00:10:52.860 came trembling and fell at Jesus' feet. 00:10:53.720 --> 00:10:55.159 In the presence of all the people, 00:10:55.240 --> 00:10:57.000 she told why she had touched him 00:10:57.000 --> 00:11:00.779 and how she had been instantly healed. 00:11:02.100 --> 00:11:03.399 Mark adds the detail 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:05.120 that upon touching Jesus' cloak, 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.139 immediately her bleeding stopped 00:11:07.139 --> 00:11:08.740 and she felt in her body 00:11:08.740 --> 00:11:11.460 that she was freed from her suffering. 00:11:13.139 --> 00:11:14.759 Those words might even be a clue 00:11:14.759 --> 00:11:17.399 that there could have been some pain 00:11:17.399 --> 00:11:19.179 or cramping that went with her condition. 00:11:19.779 --> 00:11:21.379 Now instantly gone. 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:24.779 No symptoms whatsoever. 00:11:25.259 --> 00:11:26.620 She knew she was healed. 00:11:27.000 --> 00:11:28.480 This is quite the moment here 00:11:28.480 --> 00:11:29.980 as she speaks to Jesus 00:11:29.980 --> 00:11:31.980 from the ground at his feet. 00:11:33.059 --> 00:11:34.240 You can almost picture her 00:11:34.240 --> 00:11:35.500 just trembling with fear 00:11:35.500 --> 00:11:38.480 and yet rejoicing 00:11:38.480 --> 00:11:41.980 as she tells what has just happened to her. 00:11:42.179 --> 00:11:43.679 Twelve years of suffering 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:47.059 just ended in a moment. 00:11:49.639 --> 00:11:50.779 Jesus says to her, 00:11:50.779 --> 00:11:52.519 daughter, your faith has healed you. 00:11:53.820 --> 00:11:55.019 Go in peace. 00:11:57.480 --> 00:11:59.500 As I was reflecting on these words, 00:11:59.659 --> 00:12:01.820 I think there's deep encouragement here 00:12:01.820 --> 00:12:04.980 for any who have suffered 00:12:04.980 --> 00:12:06.279 or struggled with something 00:12:06.279 --> 00:12:07.320 for a long time. 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:11.279 Maybe it's a health issue 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.059 that you've been struggling with for years 00:12:13.059 --> 00:12:14.480 or a disability. 00:12:16.159 --> 00:12:18.080 Or maybe it's not even a health issue 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.279 but some other persistent difficulty 00:12:20.279 --> 00:12:24.240 or trial that you've been stuck with for years. 00:12:28.980 --> 00:12:30.620 God notices those things. 00:12:30.779 --> 00:12:31.299 He sees. 00:12:31.399 --> 00:12:31.939 He knows. 00:12:33.100 --> 00:12:34.480 And this story is not a guarantee 00:12:34.480 --> 00:12:35.799 that if you just have enough faith 00:12:35.799 --> 00:12:36.799 and pray a certain way, 00:12:36.879 --> 00:12:38.939 it's going to be gone in an instant. 00:12:39.699 --> 00:12:40.779 But it's a sampling. 00:12:40.779 --> 00:12:42.860 It's a foretaste of what Jesus will do 00:12:42.860 --> 00:12:44.539 for all who have faith in Him 00:12:44.539 --> 00:12:46.939 one day when He returns. 00:12:46.940 --> 00:12:49.580 He will deliver us from every affliction. 00:12:51.160 --> 00:12:52.240 And how wonderful, 00:12:52.400 --> 00:12:53.420 how sweet it will be 00:12:53.420 --> 00:12:56.100 for those who have suffered long. 00:13:02.760 --> 00:13:04.560 Now as all of this is unfolding, 00:13:05.680 --> 00:13:07.540 Jesus and the crowd come to a stop. 00:13:08.180 --> 00:13:10.340 The stories being told by this woman, 00:13:10.540 --> 00:13:11.780 I can't help but wonder 00:13:11.780 --> 00:13:14.000 what was going on in Jairus' heart and mind. 00:13:14.000 --> 00:13:18.940 Knowing that His daughter is close to death 00:13:18.940 --> 00:13:21.379 and that time is of the essence. 00:13:22.320 --> 00:13:24.440 How long will this interruption take? 00:13:25.220 --> 00:13:28.120 What if there's more moments like this along the way? 00:13:28.639 --> 00:13:30.279 Will Jesus get there in time? 00:13:34.799 --> 00:13:35.720 Verse 49, 00:13:35.899 --> 00:13:37.379 While Jesus was still speaking, 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:40.080 someone came from the house of Jairus, 00:13:40.159 --> 00:13:41.120 the synagogue leader. 00:13:41.120 --> 00:13:44.840 Your daughter is dead, 00:13:45.460 --> 00:13:46.000 he said. 00:13:47.220 --> 00:13:49.000 Don't bother the teacher anymore. 00:13:51.240 --> 00:13:53.440 What a tough moment that must have been 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:55.620 for Jairus to hear those words. 00:13:56.080 --> 00:13:57.740 Your daughter is dead. 00:13:59.399 --> 00:14:02.340 I imagine a shot of grief and pain 00:14:02.340 --> 00:14:03.820 just struck right through his heart. 00:14:07.580 --> 00:14:10.000 And the words that come after or with it 00:14:10.000 --> 00:14:11.000 are just as difficult. 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:13.320 Don't bother the teacher anymore. 00:14:15.700 --> 00:14:17.220 We don't even know who said this. 00:14:17.299 --> 00:14:18.840 Just someone from Jairus' house 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:19.919 who had just arrived. 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:22.460 But you can almost hear in those words, 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:23.919 these other words. 00:14:24.980 --> 00:14:26.799 It's too late, Jairus. 00:14:28.860 --> 00:14:30.779 There's nothing more that can be done. 00:14:31.259 --> 00:14:32.539 Maybe he could have healed her 00:14:32.539 --> 00:14:33.820 if he had got there in time. 00:14:33.820 --> 00:14:35.740 But now that she's dead, 00:14:35.820 --> 00:14:37.040 there's nothing he can do. 00:14:37.780 --> 00:14:39.440 Come back to the house with us. 00:14:39.660 --> 00:14:42.140 Let the teacher be on his way. 00:14:47.140 --> 00:14:48.040 Hearing this, 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:49.940 Jesus said to Jairus, 00:14:50.200 --> 00:14:51.980 don't be afraid. 00:14:53.480 --> 00:14:55.000 Just believe. 00:14:55.000 --> 00:14:57.559 and she will be healed. 00:15:01.279 --> 00:15:02.279 Don't be afraid. 00:15:03.919 --> 00:15:04.879 Just believe. 00:15:05.720 --> 00:15:07.059 And she will be healed. 00:15:07.059 --> 00:15:12.939 This is the great moment of testing for Jairus. 00:15:14.699 --> 00:15:16.539 Jesus is flat out telling him 00:15:16.539 --> 00:15:17.659 that though she's dead, 00:15:18.339 --> 00:15:19.479 she will be healed. 00:15:19.959 --> 00:15:20.839 In other words, 00:15:21.119 --> 00:15:22.319 I'm going to raise her 00:15:22.319 --> 00:15:24.239 back to life from the dead, Jairus. 00:15:25.699 --> 00:15:26.759 Just believe. 00:15:27.719 --> 00:15:28.879 And she will be healed. 00:15:29.559 --> 00:15:31.559 Imagine yourself in Jairus' shoes. 00:15:32.179 --> 00:15:33.459 And Jesus looks you in the eye 00:15:33.460 --> 00:15:34.259 and says to you, 00:15:34.660 --> 00:15:35.680 trust in me 00:15:35.680 --> 00:15:39.080 and I will raise your daughter 00:15:39.080 --> 00:15:40.259 back to life from the dead. 00:15:43.160 --> 00:15:43.860 Now, of course, 00:15:43.900 --> 00:15:44.780 you'd wish for that 00:15:44.780 --> 00:15:45.780 and you would hope for that. 00:15:45.840 --> 00:15:46.600 But would you believe 00:15:46.600 --> 00:15:47.420 that he could do it? 00:15:51.120 --> 00:15:52.200 Would you be confident 00:15:52.200 --> 00:15:54.320 that because Jesus says it, 00:15:55.220 --> 00:15:56.220 it's going to happen? 00:15:59.840 --> 00:16:00.680 Verse 51, 00:16:00.840 --> 00:16:01.700 when Jesus arrived 00:16:01.700 --> 00:16:02.800 at the house of Jairus, 00:16:02.799 --> 00:16:03.779 he did not let anyone 00:16:03.779 --> 00:16:04.419 go in with him 00:16:04.419 --> 00:16:05.019 except Peter, 00:16:05.179 --> 00:16:05.399 John, 00:16:05.479 --> 00:16:05.959 and James 00:16:05.959 --> 00:16:07.500 and the child's father 00:16:07.500 --> 00:16:08.500 and mother. 00:16:08.959 --> 00:16:09.139 So, 00:16:09.299 --> 00:16:10.299 three of the disciples 00:16:10.299 --> 00:16:11.339 get to go in with 00:16:11.339 --> 00:16:13.240 Jairus and his wife 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:14.719 and the rest 00:16:14.719 --> 00:16:15.979 stay out with the crowd. 00:16:16.719 --> 00:16:16.939 Peter, 00:16:17.099 --> 00:16:17.279 James, 00:16:17.339 --> 00:16:17.679 and John 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:18.279 were part of that 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:19.339 inner circle of three 00:16:19.339 --> 00:16:20.319 that Jesus had 00:16:20.319 --> 00:16:21.399 who he invited 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:23.740 to some special things 00:16:23.740 --> 00:16:24.679 that they got to see 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:25.579 and this was one of them. 00:16:27.319 --> 00:16:27.719 Meanwhile, 00:16:27.719 --> 00:16:28.599 all the people 00:16:28.599 --> 00:16:29.299 were wailing 00:16:29.299 --> 00:16:30.379 and mourning for her. 00:16:30.379 --> 00:16:33.439 stop wailing, 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:34.240 Jesus said. 00:16:35.200 --> 00:16:36.379 She's not dead 00:16:36.379 --> 00:16:37.580 but asleep. 00:16:38.480 --> 00:16:38.840 So, 00:16:38.899 --> 00:16:39.500 these are the people 00:16:39.500 --> 00:16:40.519 already in the house 00:16:40.519 --> 00:16:42.159 who have been there 00:16:42.159 --> 00:16:43.799 leading up to the death 00:16:43.799 --> 00:16:45.659 and probably some 00:16:45.659 --> 00:16:46.320 who have arrived 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:48.759 after the death 00:16:48.759 --> 00:16:50.620 and they're wailing 00:16:50.620 --> 00:16:51.240 and they're mourning 00:16:51.240 --> 00:16:51.720 for her. 00:16:52.559 --> 00:16:53.620 In our culture, 00:16:53.820 --> 00:16:55.500 we tend to grieve quietly. 00:16:55.500 --> 00:16:58.440 It's maybe expected 00:16:58.440 --> 00:16:59.659 that the immediate family 00:16:59.659 --> 00:17:00.279 will cry 00:17:00.279 --> 00:17:02.679 or lose control 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:03.539 of their emotions 00:17:03.539 --> 00:17:05.299 the language we use 00:17:05.299 --> 00:17:06.660 but the rest of us 00:17:06.660 --> 00:17:07.680 would just sort of 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:08.200 sit there 00:17:08.200 --> 00:17:10.480 and keep inside 00:17:10.480 --> 00:17:11.539 what we're feeling. 00:17:12.180 --> 00:17:13.119 But in other cultures 00:17:13.119 --> 00:17:14.500 including the Jewish culture, 00:17:15.559 --> 00:17:17.200 grieving was a very raw 00:17:17.200 --> 00:17:18.240 emotional 00:17:18.240 --> 00:17:19.160 and public 00:17:19.160 --> 00:17:20.200 outpouring 00:17:20.200 --> 00:17:21.700 and it was quite common 00:17:21.700 --> 00:17:22.220 for people 00:17:22.220 --> 00:17:23.859 to wail loudly 00:17:23.859 --> 00:17:25.079 and to weep loudly. 00:17:25.240 --> 00:17:26.399 Just let it all out. 00:17:27.919 --> 00:17:29.000 Especially in tragic 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:30.339 circumstances like this 00:17:30.339 --> 00:17:31.919 where a 12-year-old girl 00:17:31.919 --> 00:17:33.259 has just died. 00:17:34.879 --> 00:17:35.719 And in the midst 00:17:35.719 --> 00:17:36.240 of all of this, 00:17:36.299 --> 00:17:37.119 Jesus says to them, 00:17:37.259 --> 00:17:37.859 stop wailing. 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.619 She's not dead 00:17:40.619 --> 00:17:42.539 but asleep. 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:45.379 This would have been 00:17:45.379 --> 00:17:46.539 a total shock to them 00:17:46.539 --> 00:17:49.259 especially after 00:17:49.259 --> 00:17:49.799 some of them 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:50.359 had been there 00:17:50.359 --> 00:17:51.359 long before Jesus 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:52.059 had arrived. 00:17:52.059 --> 00:17:54.119 It was fact. 00:17:55.240 --> 00:17:56.319 They were witnesses. 00:17:59.440 --> 00:17:59.919 Probably 00:17:59.919 --> 00:18:02.039 all of them 00:18:02.039 --> 00:18:02.899 that were in the house 00:18:02.899 --> 00:18:03.579 at this point 00:18:03.579 --> 00:18:04.960 had spent considerable time 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:05.679 just looking at 00:18:05.679 --> 00:18:06.639 the lifeless body 00:18:06.639 --> 00:18:07.859 of this girl. 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:10.700 And who does this guy 00:18:10.700 --> 00:18:11.339 think he is 00:18:11.339 --> 00:18:12.019 coming in here 00:18:12.019 --> 00:18:12.519 just now 00:18:12.519 --> 00:18:13.139 and telling us 00:18:13.139 --> 00:18:14.279 stop crying 00:18:14.279 --> 00:18:15.480 because she's not dead 00:18:15.480 --> 00:18:16.659 but asleep. 00:18:16.660 --> 00:18:20.880 And we might wonder 00:18:20.880 --> 00:18:21.660 about that choice 00:18:21.660 --> 00:18:22.060 of words 00:18:22.060 --> 00:18:22.620 on Jesus' 00:18:22.620 --> 00:18:23.519 part. 00:18:26.000 --> 00:18:26.519 Of course, 00:18:26.620 --> 00:18:27.120 Jesus knew 00:18:27.120 --> 00:18:27.880 that she was 00:18:27.880 --> 00:18:28.519 actually 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:30.040 dead 00:18:30.040 --> 00:18:31.900 but he was 00:18:31.900 --> 00:18:32.660 making a point. 00:18:35.640 --> 00:18:36.420 Just like with 00:18:36.420 --> 00:18:36.860 the person 00:18:36.860 --> 00:18:37.759 who is asleep 00:18:37.759 --> 00:18:39.140 she will awaken. 00:18:40.240 --> 00:18:41.240 She's going to get up. 00:18:41.540 --> 00:18:42.000 Death is 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:42.860 permanent. 00:18:43.200 --> 00:18:43.720 It's final. 00:18:43.720 --> 00:18:44.579 But what's 00:18:44.579 --> 00:18:45.400 happening to her 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:45.960 now is more 00:18:45.960 --> 00:18:46.519 like sleep. 00:18:46.620 --> 00:18:46.940 It's only 00:18:46.940 --> 00:18:47.500 temporary. 00:18:47.680 --> 00:18:48.120 She's going to 00:18:48.120 --> 00:18:48.839 come out of this 00:18:48.839 --> 00:18:49.620 is what Jesus 00:18:49.620 --> 00:18:50.220 is saying 00:18:50.220 --> 00:18:50.940 with these words. 00:18:51.860 --> 00:18:52.480 But of course 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:53.180 they took this 00:18:53.180 --> 00:18:53.620 literally 00:18:53.620 --> 00:18:55.539 and they laughed 00:18:55.539 --> 00:18:55.900 at him. 00:19:00.900 --> 00:19:01.640 But Jesus 00:19:01.640 --> 00:19:02.299 took her by the 00:19:02.299 --> 00:19:02.900 hand and said 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:03.539 my child 00:19:03.539 --> 00:19:04.960 get up. 00:19:05.600 --> 00:19:06.460 Her spirit 00:19:06.460 --> 00:19:07.059 returned 00:19:07.059 --> 00:19:08.220 and at once 00:19:08.220 --> 00:19:09.059 she stood up. 00:19:09.059 --> 00:19:12.259 her parents 00:19:12.259 --> 00:19:13.179 were astonished 00:19:13.179 --> 00:19:15.019 but he ordered 00:19:15.019 --> 00:19:15.639 them not to 00:19:15.639 --> 00:19:16.519 tell anyone 00:19:16.519 --> 00:19:17.579 what had 00:19:17.579 --> 00:19:17.960 happened. 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:19.919 Absolutely 00:19:19.919 --> 00:19:20.539 amazing. 00:19:21.879 --> 00:19:22.279 A day 00:19:22.279 --> 00:19:23.240 never to be 00:19:23.240 --> 00:19:23.639 forgotten. 00:19:24.419 --> 00:19:25.059 Not by 00:19:25.059 --> 00:19:25.519 Jairus 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.200 or his wife 00:19:26.200 --> 00:19:27.039 by Peter 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:27.519 James 00:19:27.519 --> 00:19:27.919 John 00:19:27.919 --> 00:19:28.480 by all 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:28.740 in the 00:19:28.740 --> 00:19:28.980 house 00:19:28.980 --> 00:19:29.480 with them. 00:19:30.119 --> 00:19:30.399 Jesus 00:19:30.399 --> 00:19:30.919 raises 00:19:30.919 --> 00:19:31.480 this 12 00:19:31.480 --> 00:19:31.799 year old 00:19:31.799 --> 00:19:32.079 girl 00:19:32.079 --> 00:19:32.799 back to 00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.099 life 00:19:33.099 --> 00:19:33.619 from the 00:19:33.619 --> 00:19:33.839 dead 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:34.159 right in 00:19:34.159 --> 00:19:34.419 front of 00:19:34.419 --> 00:19:34.579 them. 00:19:34.579 --> 00:19:37.960 this is the 00:19:37.960 --> 00:19:38.799 proof that 00:19:38.799 --> 00:19:39.419 Jesus really 00:19:39.419 --> 00:19:40.000 is the 00:19:40.000 --> 00:19:40.319 son of 00:19:40.319 --> 00:19:40.599 God. 00:19:41.740 --> 00:19:42.419 That he 00:19:42.419 --> 00:19:42.879 is the 00:19:42.879 --> 00:19:43.279 Messiah. 00:19:44.259 --> 00:19:44.839 That he 00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:45.220 is the 00:19:45.220 --> 00:19:46.139 way and 00:19:46.139 --> 00:19:46.659 the truth 00:19:46.659 --> 00:19:47.419 and the 00:19:47.419 --> 00:19:47.779 life. 00:19:50.579 --> 00:19:51.299 It's the 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:51.819 proof that 00:19:51.819 --> 00:19:52.519 he is 00:19:52.519 --> 00:19:53.199 himself 00:19:53.199 --> 00:19:53.960 God 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:55.879 and has 00:19:55.879 --> 00:19:56.519 the power 00:19:56.519 --> 00:19:57.359 of God. 00:19:59.419 --> 00:19:59.980 First 00:19:59.980 --> 00:20:00.460 that woman 00:20:00.460 --> 00:20:00.819 with the 00:20:00.819 --> 00:20:01.119 bleeding 00:20:01.119 --> 00:20:02.039 who no 00:20:02.039 --> 00:20:02.659 doctor could 00:20:02.659 --> 00:20:02.939 help 00:20:02.939 --> 00:20:04.399 and then 00:20:04.400 --> 00:20:04.860 not long 00:20:04.860 --> 00:20:05.400 after this 00:20:05.400 --> 00:20:05.780 girl who 00:20:05.780 --> 00:20:06.220 had passed 00:20:06.220 --> 00:20:06.560 away. 00:20:07.560 --> 00:20:08.240 This is 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:09.180 why we 00:20:09.180 --> 00:20:09.480 need to 00:20:09.480 --> 00:20:10.220 take Jesus 00:20:10.220 --> 00:20:11.200 seriously. 00:20:15.519 --> 00:20:16.200 This is 00:20:16.200 --> 00:20:16.519 why we 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:16.860 need to 00:20:16.860 --> 00:20:17.540 like Jairus 00:20:17.540 --> 00:20:18.019 and the 00:20:18.019 --> 00:20:18.820 woman have 00:20:18.820 --> 00:20:20.280 real deep 00:20:20.280 --> 00:20:21.040 faith in 00:20:21.040 --> 00:20:21.400 Jesus. 00:20:22.580 --> 00:20:23.759 He possesses 00:20:23.759 --> 00:20:24.380 the power 00:20:24.380 --> 00:20:25.180 of God. 00:20:25.940 --> 00:20:26.820 He commands 00:20:26.820 --> 00:20:27.920 dead bodies 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:30.120 and the 00:20:30.120 --> 00:20:30.640 spirits of 00:20:30.640 --> 00:20:31.200 the people 00:20:31.200 --> 00:20:32.259 who were 00:20:32.259 --> 00:20:32.580 in there 00:20:32.580 --> 00:20:33.200 returned to 00:20:33.200 --> 00:20:33.400 them. 00:20:34.400 --> 00:20:35.580 who can 00:20:35.580 --> 00:20:36.100 do this 00:20:36.100 --> 00:20:36.759 but God? 00:20:37.400 --> 00:20:38.100 Who can 00:20:38.100 --> 00:20:38.519 do that? 00:20:38.960 --> 00:20:39.320 Who can 00:20:39.320 --> 00:20:39.720 resurrect 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:41.200 but God? 00:20:41.700 --> 00:20:42.440 The maker 00:20:42.440 --> 00:20:43.600 of life. 00:20:44.160 --> 00:20:44.600 The creator 00:20:44.600 --> 00:20:45.100 of life. 00:20:48.000 --> 00:20:48.900 This is it. 00:20:49.580 --> 00:20:50.220 This is God 00:20:50.220 --> 00:20:51.060 himself giving 00:20:51.060 --> 00:20:51.680 us a clear 00:20:51.680 --> 00:20:52.660 sign to 00:20:52.660 --> 00:20:53.160 follow so 00:20:53.160 --> 00:20:53.460 that we 00:20:53.460 --> 00:20:54.019 might come 00:20:54.019 --> 00:20:54.900 to his 00:20:54.900 --> 00:20:55.440 son Jesus 00:20:55.440 --> 00:20:56.860 and believe 00:20:56.860 --> 00:20:57.300 in him 00:20:57.300 --> 00:20:58.180 and be 00:20:58.180 --> 00:20:58.780 saved and 00:20:58.780 --> 00:21:00.019 find the 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:00.660 eternal life 00:21:00.660 --> 00:21:02.280 that Jesus 00:21:02.280 --> 00:21:02.820 promised. 00:21:02.819 --> 00:21:02.859 Christ. 00:21:04.639 --> 00:21:04.879 And so 00:21:04.879 --> 00:21:05.240 that's 00:21:05.240 --> 00:21:05.700 really the 00:21:05.700 --> 00:21:06.240 question that 00:21:06.240 --> 00:21:06.700 I want to 00:21:06.700 --> 00:21:08.339 press deepest 00:21:08.339 --> 00:21:08.759 today. 00:21:08.939 --> 00:21:09.240 Have you 00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:09.639 put your 00:21:09.639 --> 00:21:10.159 faith in 00:21:10.159 --> 00:21:10.480 Jesus? 00:21:13.480 --> 00:21:14.059 Have you 00:21:14.059 --> 00:21:14.619 believed 00:21:14.619 --> 00:21:16.319 that he is 00:21:16.319 --> 00:21:16.819 the son of 00:21:16.819 --> 00:21:17.119 God? 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.619 That he's 00:21:19.619 --> 00:21:20.359 God's king 00:21:20.359 --> 00:21:21.759 for you? 00:21:24.259 --> 00:21:24.919 One of the 00:21:24.919 --> 00:21:26.139 things I love 00:21:26.139 --> 00:21:26.619 about this 00:21:26.619 --> 00:21:27.279 miracle is how 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:28.179 impossible this 00:21:28.179 --> 00:21:28.599 would be to 00:21:28.599 --> 00:21:28.879 fake. 00:21:28.880 --> 00:21:30.820 sometimes I 00:21:30.820 --> 00:21:31.220 get thinking 00:21:31.220 --> 00:21:31.740 about these 00:21:31.740 --> 00:21:32.120 things. 00:21:33.400 --> 00:21:33.760 You know 00:21:33.760 --> 00:21:34.180 there maybe 00:21:34.180 --> 00:21:34.660 was really 00:21:34.660 --> 00:21:35.120 only one 00:21:35.120 --> 00:21:35.440 way to 00:21:35.440 --> 00:21:35.940 fake this 00:21:35.940 --> 00:21:36.280 thing. 00:21:36.660 --> 00:21:37.320 Apart from 00:21:37.320 --> 00:21:38.020 God's power 00:21:38.020 --> 00:21:38.780 it is truly 00:21:38.780 --> 00:21:39.580 impossible to 00:21:39.580 --> 00:21:40.020 raise someone 00:21:40.020 --> 00:21:40.440 from the 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:40.720 dead. 00:21:41.340 --> 00:21:41.720 So the 00:21:41.720 --> 00:21:42.220 only way to 00:21:42.220 --> 00:21:42.640 fake this 00:21:42.640 --> 00:21:43.000 would be to 00:21:43.000 --> 00:21:43.520 have someone 00:21:43.520 --> 00:21:44.900 pretend to 00:21:44.900 --> 00:21:46.520 die and 00:21:46.520 --> 00:21:47.300 pretend to 00:21:47.300 --> 00:21:47.980 come back to 00:21:47.980 --> 00:21:48.320 life. 00:21:49.340 --> 00:21:49.600 And when 00:21:49.600 --> 00:21:50.080 would Jesus 00:21:50.080 --> 00:21:50.500 have made 00:21:50.500 --> 00:21:51.080 that arrangement? 00:21:51.260 --> 00:21:51.780 Before or 00:21:51.780 --> 00:21:52.240 after he 00:21:52.240 --> 00:21:52.740 went across 00:21:52.740 --> 00:21:53.020 to the 00:21:53.020 --> 00:21:53.480 other side 00:21:53.480 --> 00:21:53.740 of the 00:21:53.740 --> 00:21:54.020 Sea of 00:21:54.020 --> 00:21:54.480 Galilee? 00:21:54.480 --> 00:21:57.099 And how 00:21:57.099 --> 00:21:57.640 convincing 00:21:57.640 --> 00:21:58.000 would a 00:21:58.000 --> 00:21:58.480 12 year 00:21:58.480 --> 00:21:59.079 old girl 00:21:59.079 --> 00:21:59.720 be at 00:21:59.720 --> 00:22:00.259 faking her 00:22:00.259 --> 00:22:00.740 own death 00:22:00.740 --> 00:22:01.720 and lying 00:22:01.720 --> 00:22:02.400 there still 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:02.839 and getting 00:22:02.839 --> 00:22:03.519 pale and 00:22:03.519 --> 00:22:03.960 all those 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:04.559 signs that 00:22:04.559 --> 00:22:05.720 people saw? 00:22:06.539 --> 00:22:06.779 And was 00:22:06.779 --> 00:22:07.500 Jairus' 00:22:07.740 --> 00:22:09.019 wife in on 00:22:09.019 --> 00:22:09.380 it too? 00:22:10.980 --> 00:22:11.539 It says 00:22:11.539 --> 00:22:11.940 they all 00:22:11.940 --> 00:22:12.539 laughed at 00:22:12.539 --> 00:22:14.420 Jesus because 00:22:14.420 --> 00:22:15.240 they knew 00:22:15.240 --> 00:22:15.980 she was 00:22:15.980 --> 00:22:16.279 dead. 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:18.240 It was so 00:22:18.240 --> 00:22:18.759 obvious. 00:22:19.900 --> 00:22:20.400 It wasn't 00:22:20.400 --> 00:22:20.819 a trick. 00:22:22.019 --> 00:22:22.700 There were 00:22:22.700 --> 00:22:23.420 witnesses that 00:22:23.420 --> 00:22:24.120 she was alive 00:22:24.119 --> 00:22:24.719 when Jairus 00:22:24.719 --> 00:22:25.119 left. 00:22:27.939 --> 00:22:28.659 And there 00:22:28.659 --> 00:22:29.139 were witnesses 00:22:29.139 --> 00:22:29.799 that she was 00:22:29.799 --> 00:22:30.459 truly dead 00:22:30.459 --> 00:22:31.259 before Jairus 00:22:31.259 --> 00:22:32.179 returned with 00:22:32.179 --> 00:22:32.519 Jesus. 00:22:34.379 --> 00:22:35.099 And there 00:22:35.099 --> 00:22:35.619 were witnesses 00:22:35.619 --> 00:22:36.139 that she 00:22:36.139 --> 00:22:36.759 got up. 00:22:37.739 --> 00:22:38.179 They couldn't 00:22:38.179 --> 00:22:38.639 deny it. 00:22:38.699 --> 00:22:39.119 She was 00:22:39.119 --> 00:22:40.099 alive again 00:22:40.099 --> 00:22:41.019 walking around. 00:22:44.619 --> 00:22:45.339 And then 00:22:45.339 --> 00:22:45.679 there's this 00:22:45.679 --> 00:22:46.399 really surprising 00:22:46.399 --> 00:22:46.939 detail. 00:22:47.179 --> 00:22:47.339 You know 00:22:47.339 --> 00:22:47.839 if this was 00:22:47.839 --> 00:22:48.459 somehow some 00:22:48.459 --> 00:22:49.759 elaborate magic 00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:51.659 trick that 00:22:51.659 --> 00:22:51.979 would of 00:22:51.979 --> 00:22:52.379 course mean 00:22:52.379 --> 00:22:52.819 that Jesus 00:22:52.819 --> 00:22:53.519 was a liar 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:53.900 and a 00:22:53.900 --> 00:22:54.379 deceiver. 00:22:56.000 --> 00:22:56.660 It would 00:22:56.660 --> 00:22:57.019 mean that 00:22:57.019 --> 00:22:57.480 the purpose 00:22:57.480 --> 00:22:58.059 of all the 00:22:58.059 --> 00:22:58.639 tricks would 00:22:58.639 --> 00:22:59.139 be to 00:22:59.139 --> 00:22:59.940 maintain this 00:22:59.940 --> 00:23:00.740 illusion that 00:23:00.740 --> 00:23:01.160 he has 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.619 God-like 00:23:01.619 --> 00:23:02.680 powers and 00:23:02.680 --> 00:23:03.079 the goal 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:03.480 would be to 00:23:03.480 --> 00:23:03.799 fool as 00:23:03.799 --> 00:23:04.480 many people 00:23:04.480 --> 00:23:05.160 as possible 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:06.200 and perform 00:23:06.200 --> 00:23:07.960 these miracles, 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:08.639 these tricks 00:23:08.639 --> 00:23:09.139 in front of 00:23:09.139 --> 00:23:09.539 everyone. 00:23:10.079 --> 00:23:10.519 And yet here 00:23:10.519 --> 00:23:11.259 Jesus does 00:23:11.259 --> 00:23:11.920 the opposite. 00:23:12.440 --> 00:23:12.920 He doesn't 00:23:12.920 --> 00:23:13.680 grab the body 00:23:13.680 --> 00:23:14.200 of the girl 00:23:14.200 --> 00:23:14.759 and go out 00:23:14.759 --> 00:23:15.240 and parade 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:15.960 around and 00:23:15.960 --> 00:23:16.400 say hey 00:23:16.400 --> 00:23:17.099 everybody look 00:23:17.099 --> 00:23:17.839 check that 00:23:17.839 --> 00:23:18.379 she's dead. 00:23:18.460 --> 00:23:18.859 She really 00:23:18.859 --> 00:23:19.440 is dead. 00:23:19.519 --> 00:23:19.740 Right? 00:23:21.079 --> 00:23:21.420 And then 00:23:21.420 --> 00:23:21.960 raise her back 00:23:21.960 --> 00:23:22.440 to life. 00:23:22.759 --> 00:23:23.160 He doesn't 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:23.640 stand in 00:23:23.640 --> 00:23:23.880 front of 00:23:23.880 --> 00:23:24.220 the door 00:23:24.220 --> 00:23:24.460 of the 00:23:24.460 --> 00:23:24.960 house and 00:23:24.960 --> 00:23:25.579 sell tickets 00:23:25.579 --> 00:23:26.039 for people 00:23:26.039 --> 00:23:26.500 to come 00:23:26.500 --> 00:23:27.180 in and 00:23:27.180 --> 00:23:27.860 first verify 00:23:27.860 --> 00:23:28.420 that she's 00:23:28.420 --> 00:23:28.840 dead only 00:23:28.840 --> 00:23:29.380 to have her 00:23:29.380 --> 00:23:29.920 come walk 00:23:29.920 --> 00:23:30.480 out later 00:23:30.480 --> 00:23:31.480 alive. 00:23:32.440 --> 00:23:32.980 Instead he 00:23:32.980 --> 00:23:33.440 goes into 00:23:33.440 --> 00:23:33.900 the house, 00:23:34.000 --> 00:23:34.460 he shuts 00:23:34.460 --> 00:23:35.019 out nine 00:23:35.019 --> 00:23:35.380 of his 00:23:35.380 --> 00:23:36.840 disciples and 00:23:36.840 --> 00:23:37.340 the massive 00:23:37.340 --> 00:23:37.920 crowd that 00:23:37.920 --> 00:23:38.319 was with 00:23:38.319 --> 00:23:38.519 him. 00:23:38.519 --> 00:23:39.400 He raises 00:23:39.400 --> 00:23:39.819 her from 00:23:39.819 --> 00:23:40.319 the dead 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.100 and then 00:23:41.100 --> 00:23:41.680 orders her 00:23:41.680 --> 00:23:42.380 parents not 00:23:42.380 --> 00:23:42.840 to tell 00:23:42.840 --> 00:23:43.519 anyone 00:23:43.519 --> 00:23:44.920 what had 00:23:44.920 --> 00:23:45.299 happened. 00:23:46.740 --> 00:23:47.420 For a 00:23:47.420 --> 00:23:47.940 person whose 00:23:47.940 --> 00:23:48.600 goal is just 00:23:48.600 --> 00:23:49.860 fame or 00:23:49.860 --> 00:23:50.700 attention or 00:23:50.700 --> 00:23:51.140 profit, 00:23:51.140 --> 00:23:51.640 that doesn't 00:23:51.640 --> 00:23:51.940 fit. 00:23:53.220 --> 00:23:53.860 It's like 00:23:53.860 --> 00:23:54.640 Jesus doesn't 00:23:54.640 --> 00:23:55.620 want this 00:23:55.620 --> 00:23:56.980 family to 00:23:56.980 --> 00:23:57.420 become a 00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.240 public spectacle 00:23:58.240 --> 00:23:59.259 or to have 00:23:59.259 --> 00:23:59.800 to put up 00:23:59.800 --> 00:24:00.400 with countless 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:01.420 people invading 00:24:01.420 --> 00:24:02.140 their space. 00:24:04.220 --> 00:24:04.880 So just 00:24:04.880 --> 00:24:05.320 don't tell 00:24:05.320 --> 00:24:06.500 anyone what 00:24:06.500 --> 00:24:07.100 I just did. 00:24:07.240 --> 00:24:07.680 Keep it to 00:24:07.680 --> 00:24:08.140 yourselves. 00:24:08.740 --> 00:24:09.420 Jesus knows 00:24:09.420 --> 00:24:09.940 what it's like 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.840 to be swarmed 00:24:10.840 --> 00:24:11.700 by people and 00:24:11.700 --> 00:24:12.280 smothered by 00:24:12.280 --> 00:24:13.460 people and 00:24:13.460 --> 00:24:14.040 the last thing 00:24:14.040 --> 00:24:14.840 this family needs 00:24:14.840 --> 00:24:15.420 right now with 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.920 what they've been 00:24:15.920 --> 00:24:17.300 through is that. 00:24:18.280 --> 00:24:18.560 No. 00:24:19.300 --> 00:24:20.259 The person who 00:24:20.259 --> 00:24:21.180 is putting on 00:24:21.180 --> 00:24:22.619 a show and 00:24:22.619 --> 00:24:23.119 is in it for 00:24:23.119 --> 00:24:24.019 the prophet is 00:24:24.019 --> 00:24:25.180 always asking 00:24:25.180 --> 00:24:25.640 for the 00:24:25.640 --> 00:24:26.039 referral. 00:24:28.579 --> 00:24:29.059 Right? 00:24:29.319 --> 00:24:30.019 How many times 00:24:30.019 --> 00:24:30.440 have we heard 00:24:30.440 --> 00:24:30.579 it? 00:24:30.660 --> 00:24:30.920 Could you 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:31.460 please like 00:24:31.460 --> 00:24:31.960 and subscribe 00:24:31.960 --> 00:24:32.460 to my 00:24:32.460 --> 00:24:32.779 channel? 00:24:34.779 --> 00:24:35.440 Spread the 00:24:35.440 --> 00:24:35.779 word. 00:24:36.819 --> 00:24:37.299 Jairus, 00:24:37.339 --> 00:24:37.599 you're a 00:24:37.599 --> 00:24:38.240 prominent man. 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:39.240 You're the 00:24:39.240 --> 00:24:40.099 synagogue leader. 00:24:40.799 --> 00:24:41.140 Would you 00:24:41.140 --> 00:24:41.700 tell everyone 00:24:41.700 --> 00:24:42.160 what I just 00:24:42.160 --> 00:24:42.660 did for your 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:42.900 daughter? 00:24:43.859 --> 00:24:44.160 No. 00:24:44.579 --> 00:24:45.119 Jesus does 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:45.619 the opposite. 00:24:45.859 --> 00:24:46.359 As much as 00:24:46.359 --> 00:24:47.039 you might feel 00:24:47.039 --> 00:24:47.559 like telling 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:48.099 others what 00:24:48.099 --> 00:24:48.779 just happened, 00:24:48.779 --> 00:24:50.000 don't tell 00:24:50.000 --> 00:24:50.319 anyone. 00:24:51.319 --> 00:24:51.859 Keep it to 00:24:51.859 --> 00:24:52.259 yourself. 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.980 Don't say a 00:24:52.980 --> 00:24:53.460 word about 00:24:53.460 --> 00:24:54.200 this at 00:24:54.200 --> 00:24:54.559 synagogue. 00:24:56.960 --> 00:24:57.639 There's only 00:24:57.639 --> 00:24:58.339 one explanation 00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:58.899 that really 00:24:58.899 --> 00:24:59.299 fits. 00:25:00.099 --> 00:25:00.399 However 00:25:00.399 --> 00:25:01.500 spectacular or 00:25:01.500 --> 00:25:02.579 improbable it 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.200 may seem and 00:25:03.200 --> 00:25:03.859 it's that this 00:25:03.859 --> 00:25:04.940 little girl 00:25:04.940 --> 00:25:05.920 really did 00:25:05.920 --> 00:25:06.259 die. 00:25:08.019 --> 00:25:08.660 And that 00:25:08.660 --> 00:25:09.379 before that 00:25:09.379 --> 00:25:10.240 Jairus really 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:12.019 did come to 00:25:12.019 --> 00:25:12.819 Jesus, a 00:25:12.819 --> 00:25:13.599 desperate man, 00:25:15.740 --> 00:25:16.339 and that he, 00:25:16.339 --> 00:25:18.259 Jesus really 00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:19.000 did raise her 00:25:19.000 --> 00:25:19.619 back to life 00:25:19.619 --> 00:25:19.980 from the 00:25:19.980 --> 00:25:20.220 dead. 00:25:22.959 --> 00:25:23.599 Because he 00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.379 really is the 00:25:24.379 --> 00:25:25.519 almighty son 00:25:25.519 --> 00:25:25.939 of God. 00:25:28.220 --> 00:25:29.099 And so again, 00:25:29.179 --> 00:25:29.639 back to the 00:25:29.639 --> 00:25:30.220 question, have 00:25:30.220 --> 00:25:30.919 you put your 00:25:30.919 --> 00:25:31.659 faith in 00:25:31.659 --> 00:25:31.980 Jesus? 00:25:33.879 --> 00:25:34.480 Have you 00:25:34.480 --> 00:25:35.539 believed in 00:25:35.539 --> 00:25:35.759 him? 00:25:37.539 --> 00:25:38.059 That's what 00:25:38.059 --> 00:25:38.539 this is all 00:25:38.539 --> 00:25:38.759 about. 00:25:38.839 --> 00:25:39.179 It's about 00:25:39.179 --> 00:25:39.899 who Jesus 00:25:39.899 --> 00:25:40.419 is. 00:25:41.699 --> 00:25:42.399 God wants 00:25:42.399 --> 00:25:42.980 us to see 00:25:42.980 --> 00:25:43.159 it. 00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:44.279 He wants 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:44.819 us to know 00:25:44.819 --> 00:25:44.959 it. 00:25:45.019 --> 00:25:45.359 He wants 00:25:45.359 --> 00:25:45.959 us to believe 00:25:45.959 --> 00:25:46.179 it. 00:25:47.039 --> 00:25:47.599 God wants 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:48.139 us to find 00:25:48.139 --> 00:25:48.759 his love 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:49.500 and his 00:25:49.500 --> 00:25:50.059 grace and 00:25:50.059 --> 00:25:50.319 to be 00:25:50.319 --> 00:25:50.919 restored to 00:25:50.919 --> 00:25:51.179 him. 00:25:51.639 --> 00:25:52.059 And it 00:25:52.059 --> 00:25:52.500 comes through 00:25:52.500 --> 00:25:53.099 believing in 00:25:53.099 --> 00:25:54.279 Jesus, the 00:25:54.279 --> 00:25:54.699 one that he 00:25:54.699 --> 00:25:54.959 sent. 00:25:56.279 --> 00:25:57.079 I know I've 00:25:57.079 --> 00:25:57.500 shared these 00:25:57.500 --> 00:25:58.220 words so many 00:25:58.220 --> 00:25:58.819 times with you 00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:59.240 guys, you're 00:25:59.240 --> 00:25:59.759 probably sick 00:25:59.759 --> 00:26:00.279 of me saying 00:26:00.279 --> 00:26:00.699 them, but 00:26:00.699 --> 00:26:02.319 permit me one 00:26:02.319 --> 00:26:02.919 more time to 00:26:02.919 --> 00:26:03.419 share what's 00:26:03.419 --> 00:26:04.000 becoming my 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:04.699 favorite words 00:26:04.699 --> 00:26:05.220 of Jesus. 00:26:05.720 --> 00:26:06.379 John 6 00:26:06.379 --> 00:26:06.959 verse 40, 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:07.619 Jesus said 00:26:07.619 --> 00:26:08.099 this, he 00:26:08.099 --> 00:26:08.500 said, for 00:26:08.500 --> 00:26:09.199 my father's 00:26:09.199 --> 00:26:10.539 will is that 00:26:10.539 --> 00:26:11.359 everyone who 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:12.019 looks to the 00:26:12.019 --> 00:26:13.000 son and 00:26:13.000 --> 00:26:13.679 believes in 00:26:13.679 --> 00:26:14.899 him shall 00:26:14.899 --> 00:26:15.519 have eternal 00:26:15.519 --> 00:26:15.939 life. 00:26:15.940 --> 00:26:17.460 And I 00:26:17.460 --> 00:26:17.960 will raise 00:26:17.960 --> 00:26:19.120 them up at 00:26:19.120 --> 00:26:19.539 the last 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:19.820 day. 00:26:21.900 --> 00:26:22.480 That's what 00:26:22.480 --> 00:26:23.059 God wants to 00:26:23.059 --> 00:26:23.600 do for you. 00:26:24.440 --> 00:26:25.259 He doesn't 00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:26.100 want death 00:26:26.100 --> 00:26:27.000 to have you. 00:26:28.200 --> 00:26:29.019 He made you 00:26:29.019 --> 00:26:29.559 for life. 00:26:30.360 --> 00:26:30.940 He made you 00:26:30.940 --> 00:26:31.279 for a 00:26:31.279 --> 00:26:32.080 relationship with 00:26:32.080 --> 00:26:32.320 him. 00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.580 But that good 00:26:33.580 --> 00:26:34.360 outcome can only 00:26:34.360 --> 00:26:35.160 come for us if 00:26:35.160 --> 00:26:35.820 we look to his 00:26:35.820 --> 00:26:37.640 son and believe 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.059 in him. 00:26:39.400 --> 00:26:40.340 It's an amazing 00:26:40.340 --> 00:26:40.900 promise. 00:26:40.900 --> 00:26:42.000 Jesus has 00:26:42.000 --> 00:26:43.040 promised to 00:26:43.040 --> 00:26:44.440 raise all who 00:26:44.440 --> 00:26:44.960 believe in 00:26:44.960 --> 00:26:45.920 him back to 00:26:45.920 --> 00:26:47.740 life on the 00:26:47.740 --> 00:26:48.340 last day. 00:26:49.800 --> 00:26:50.519 And what he 00:26:50.519 --> 00:26:50.980 did for this 00:26:50.980 --> 00:26:51.519 12-year-old 00:26:51.519 --> 00:26:52.860 girl is the 00:26:52.860 --> 00:26:54.200 proof that he 00:26:54.200 --> 00:26:54.720 can deliver. 00:26:57.220 --> 00:26:57.920 Let's pray. 00:27:02.180 --> 00:27:02.960 Lord Jesus, 00:27:03.120 --> 00:27:03.500 press your 00:27:03.500 --> 00:27:04.019 words deep 00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:04.460 into our 00:27:04.460 --> 00:27:04.780 heart. 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:06.380 Convict us. 00:27:08.220 --> 00:27:09.000 Invite us in 00:27:09.000 --> 00:27:10.059 deeper than 00:27:10.059 --> 00:27:10.420 we've been 00:27:10.420 --> 00:27:10.880 before. 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:12.160 To know you 00:27:12.160 --> 00:27:12.700 and to see 00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.279 you for who 00:27:13.279 --> 00:27:13.920 you are and 00:27:13.920 --> 00:27:14.680 to understand 00:27:14.680 --> 00:27:15.819 and know and 00:27:15.819 --> 00:27:16.519 see your son 00:27:16.519 --> 00:27:17.180 for who he 00:27:17.180 --> 00:27:17.500 is. 00:27:19.660 --> 00:27:20.619 We long 00:27:20.619 --> 00:27:22.819 to have what 00:27:22.819 --> 00:27:23.140 you have 00:27:23.140 --> 00:27:23.579 promised. 00:27:24.339 --> 00:27:25.000 This life. 00:27:27.220 --> 00:27:27.839 We're in 00:27:27.839 --> 00:27:28.900 awe that you 00:27:28.900 --> 00:27:29.900 could just do 00:27:29.900 --> 00:27:30.279 this. 00:27:31.019 --> 00:27:31.660 Just take her 00:27:31.660 --> 00:27:32.240 by the hand 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.039 and raise her 00:27:34.039 --> 00:27:34.680 from the dead. 00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:38.720 Such a 00:27:38.720 --> 00:27:39.240 wonderful and 00:27:39.240 --> 00:27:39.920 amazing thing 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:40.339 and it just 00:27:40.339 --> 00:27:40.960 points to that 00:27:40.960 --> 00:27:41.579 great hope we 00:27:41.579 --> 00:27:42.120 have in you. 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:44.460 Life forever 00:27:44.460 --> 00:27:45.140 with you in 00:27:45.140 --> 00:27:45.579 your kingdom 00:27:45.579 --> 00:27:46.039 someday. 00:27:47.720 --> 00:27:48.500 We believe 00:27:48.500 --> 00:27:49.000 that, Lord. 00:27:49.960 --> 00:27:50.600 We ask that 00:27:50.600 --> 00:27:51.160 you would just 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:52.160 fill us with 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:52.940 hope and joy 00:27:52.940 --> 00:27:53.600 even in the 00:27:53.600 --> 00:27:54.079 midst of all 00:27:54.079 --> 00:27:55.579 the hard 00:27:55.579 --> 00:27:56.200 things going 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:56.640 on in our 00:27:56.640 --> 00:27:57.160 world today. 00:27:59.240 --> 00:27:59.819 Make us 00:27:59.819 --> 00:28:00.660 ambassadors of 00:28:00.660 --> 00:28:01.319 your hope and 00:28:01.319 --> 00:28:01.980 your good news. 00:28:02.500 --> 00:28:02.920 We pray. 00:28:04.400 --> 00:28:04.779 In your 00:28:04.779 --> 00:28:05.299 son's name. 00:28:06.079 --> 00:28:06.360 Amen.