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 Our scripture reading this morning is from Luke chapter 8. We'll be looking at verses 40 through 56.

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 If you would like a physical copy of the Bible, there are some in the back there, and the passage will be found on page 866 in those Bibles.

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 Luke chapter 8, verses 40 through 56.

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 Now, when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him.

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 And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler in the synagogue.

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 And falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about 12 years of age, and she was dying.

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 And as Jesus went, the people pressed around him.

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 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for 12 years, and though she had spent all her living on physicians, she could not be healed by anyone.

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 She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased.

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 And Jesus said,

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 Who was it that touched me?

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 When all denied it, Peter said,

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 Master, the crowd surrounds you and are pressing in on you.

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 But Jesus said,

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 Someone touch me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me.

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 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling,

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 and falling down before him, declared in the presence of all the people why she had touched him,

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 and how she had been immediately healed.

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 And he said to her,

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 And while he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said,

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 Your daughter is dead.

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 Do not trouble the teacher anymore.

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 But Jesus, on hearing this, answered him,

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 Do not fear.

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 Only believe, and she will be well.

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 And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him,

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 except Peter and John and James,

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 and the father and mother of the child.

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 And all were weeping and mourning for her.

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 But he said,

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 Do not weep, for she is not dead, but sleeping.

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 And they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

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 But taking her by the hand, he called, saying,

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 Child, arise.

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 And her spirit returned, and she got up at once.

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 And he directed that something should be given her to eat.

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 And her parents were amazed.

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 But he charged them to tell no one what had happened.

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 This is God's Word.

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 If you have a Bible, please turn to Luke chapter 8, verses 40 through 56.

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 We're doing a series in the morning here at St. Columba's on encounters with Jesus.

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 And you'll notice in this passage,

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 there are, in fact, not just one encounter, but two encounters.

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 So, this morning, it's kind of two for the price of one.

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 Although, I'll try to make sure that the sermon doesn't last twice as long.

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 The film was called Desperate Measures.

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 Released back, I think, in 1998,

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 it featured Michael Keaton, Andy Garcia, Brian Cox.

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 And it told a story of a San Francisco police officer

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 who embarks on a frantic search for a compatible bone marrow donor

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 for his leukemia-stricken son.

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 And it's a Hollywood film.

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 In his desperation, he breaks into the FBI headquarters

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 to find a suitable donor.

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 He finds a match on the computer.

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 Unfortunately, it turns out to be some violent killer.

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 He's then plunged into a series of increasingly desperate actions

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 as he tries to save his son's life.

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 And the film really depicts the desperate,

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 the extreme measures that a person might go

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 in order to save their child's life.

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 We ourselves sometimes quote the proverb,

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 Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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 And in our text today from Luke chapter 8,

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 we're introduced to two desperate individuals,

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 two people who've been pushed to the very limit,

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 two people who've been taken to that place of utter desperation,

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 pushed into taking desperate measures.

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 And in their desperation,

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 with no one else to turn to,

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 they reach out in faith to Jesus Christ.

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 And sometimes that is the way of it.

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 It's in the difficult experiences of life,

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 in the desperate times,

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 that people turn and cast themselves on the mercy of God.

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 It's in the hard times that people turn to Jesus.

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 How often it is that God uses circumstances of desperation and difficulty

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 to break into people's lives

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 and to bring them hope and salvation.

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 C.S. Lewis famously put it like this,

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 God whispers to us in our pleasures,

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 speaks in our conscience,

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 but shouts in our pain.

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 It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.

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 And here in our text this morning,

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 we find these two very different people

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 being awakened and stirred up by desperate times

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 that push them into taking desperate measures.

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 I want to look at this passage under three headings.

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 The first thing I want you to notice is this,

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 is that Jesus here encounters the faith of the desperate.

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 Jesus encounters the faith of the desperate.

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 And as I mentioned,

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 this passage at the end of Luke 8

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 centers around these two very different individuals.

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 The stories are entwined together

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 as each in their own way comes to Jesus for help and healing.

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 Two desperate people reaching out to Jesus in faith.

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 And the scene is set,

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 you'll notice it there in verse 40,

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 as a crowd of people throng around Jesus.

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 The crowd, when Jesus returned,

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 the crowd welcomed Him.

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 They were all waiting for Him.

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 And there came a man named Jairus,

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 ruler of the synagogue,

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 falling at Jesus' feet.

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 He implored him to come to his house.

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 For he had an only daughter,

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 about 12 years of age,

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 and she was dying.

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 So the first person we're introduced to is Jairus,

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 a ruler in the synagogue,

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 charge perhaps of arranging the services there,

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 a prominent religious leader in the community,

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 man of standing and status,

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 perhaps a man of wealth,

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 certainly a man of devotion to God.

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 Everyone would have known him.

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 They would have known who he was.

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 He was a man perhaps used to getting his own way,

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 used to being in control,

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 used to being in charge,

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 used to other people coming to him.

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 But here the tables are turned.

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 And as the crowd mills around,

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 this man Jairus approaches Jesus

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 and throws himself down at his feet.

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 Now for such a man to abase himself in such a way,

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 that would have been, I think,

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 a shock and a surprise

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 to all who were gathered there.

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 He falls on his knees.

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 He begs Jesus to come to his house

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 because his 12-year-old daughter is dying.

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 And we're not told the nature of the illness,

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 only that there's not much time.

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 The implication here is that a quick and speedy response

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 is required if she is to be saved.

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 There are, of course,

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 many difficult and hard things in this life,

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 but there are not many more traumatic to a parent

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 than a sick or dying child.

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 I wonder if there is anything as hard

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 and difficult to deal with as that.

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 I know there are people here,

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 people listening,

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 and they know exactly,

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 you know exactly what that is like.

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 And in falling down at Jesus' feet,

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 you get a sense of this man's fear

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 and panic and desperation.

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 Jairus will do anything

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 to see his little girl restored.

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 He's terrified she's going to die.

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 He's terrified he's going to lose her.

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 And so driven by need and desperation

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 in a very public way,

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 he humbles himself

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 and he throws himself upon Jesus' mercy.

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 Desperate times call for desperate measures.

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 And you can imagine how his hopes

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 start to rise

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 as Jesus agrees to go with him,

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 his insides churning with fear and anxiety.

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 Will they make it in time?

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 And so Jesus,

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 Jairus,

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 and the crowd

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 hurry toward Jairus' home.

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 There's a sense of anticipation

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 in the crowd.

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 Are they going to witness

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 yet another miracle?

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 And it's as they make that journey

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 that we're introduced

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 to another person

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 of desperate faith.

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 Verse 42,

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 as Jesus went,

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 the people pressed around him,

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 and there was a woman

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 who had a discharge of blood

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 for twelve years.

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 And though she'd spent

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 all her living on physicians,

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 she could not be healed by anyone.

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 She came up behind him

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 and touched the fringe of his garment,

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 and immediately

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 her discharge of blood ceased.

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 Here is a woman

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 of quiet desperation.

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 Unlike Jairus,

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 she had no social standing

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 or position in the community.

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 She's not even named.

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 She had lived

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 with a private medical condition

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 for some twelve years,

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 probably some kind

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 of menstrual problem.

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 It had rendered her

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 religiously,

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 socially unclean,

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 according to Levitical law.

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 She was in reality

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 in a perpetual state

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 of uncleanness,

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 socially isolated,

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 ostracized.

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 She perhaps couldn't even visit

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 others in their homes.

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 The synagogue services

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 were off limits.

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 For her,

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 it was physical debility

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 and social isolation

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 to the maximum degree.

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 And not only that,

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 but this ailment

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 had drained

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 all her financial resources.

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 She'd sought the help

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 of doctors,

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 but to no avail.

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 This condition

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 absolutely dominated her life.

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 In fact,

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 it was sucking

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 the life out of her.

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 It affected her

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 physically,

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 socially,

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 financially,

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 spiritually,

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 emotionally.

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 She lived

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 with an inner sense

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 of shame

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 and grief.

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 What an unhappy woman

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 she had become,

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 driven to the very end

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 of her tether

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 by this persistent

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 and apparently

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 untreatable

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 medical condition.

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 She longed

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 to be healed.

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 She longed

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 for a normal life.

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 She longed

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 to be made clean.

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 She longed

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 to be set free

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 from this illness.

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 And the shame

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 that she felt.

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 How many there are

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 in this world

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 just like her.

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 And many feel

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 for whatever reason

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 that they don't fit in,

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 that they're unacceptable,

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 that they're unclean,

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 that they're a disgrace.

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 Sometimes,

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 as I say,

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 through no fault

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 of their own.

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 Here's the words

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 of Ed Welch,

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 a Christian counselor.

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 He says this

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 about shame.

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 What is shame?

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 You are shunned.

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 Faces are turned

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 from you.

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 They ignore you

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 as if you didn't exist.

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 You're naked.

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 Faces are turned

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 towards you.

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 They stare at you

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 as if you were hideous.

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 You're worthless

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 and it's no secret.

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 You are of little

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 or no value

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 to those

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 whose opinions

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 matter to you.

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 And this unnamed

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 woman,

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 I think,

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 had a deep sense

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 of shame.

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 Not because

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 she'd done

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 something wrong,

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 but because

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 of this condition

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 that dominated

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 her life.

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 She carried

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 around with her

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 a profound

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 sense of dis-ease.

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 And those

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 kinds of feelings,

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 however they arise,

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 often cause people

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 to hide away,

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 to retreat.

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 Maybe to hide away

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 even in a marriage,

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 to hide away

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 from former friends,

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 to hide away

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 from church,

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 even to hide away

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 from themselves.

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 And this woman,

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 I think,

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 was used to hiding.

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 And here she was,

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 hiding in the crowd.

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 We're not told,

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 but some commentators

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 suggest she may

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 even have been

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 disguised.

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 But as she sees

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 Jesus in the crowd,

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 she devises a plan.

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 She'd heard of

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 the wonderful things

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 He'd done for others.

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 Maybe,

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 just maybe,

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 He could do

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 something for her.

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 If only she could

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 touch the fringe

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 of His garment,

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 then perhaps she too

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 could be healed

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 and be restored.

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 And she believes

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 that Jesus has the power

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 to do what others

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 could not do.

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 And yes,

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 in some ways,

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 her thinking is

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 quite superstitious.

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 Yet such is her

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 sense of desperate need

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 that amidst

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 this bustling crowd,

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 she reaches out

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 in secret

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 to touch Jesus

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 and be healed.

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 Desperate times

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 call for desperate

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 measures.

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 It's the briefest

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 of touches.

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 It's only

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 the fingertips

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 of faith.

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 But it transpires

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 that this is all

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 that is needed

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 for her

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 to be delivered.

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 So here are these

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 two very different

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 individuals,

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 both coming to Jesus

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 in desperate faith,

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 conscious of their

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 weakness,

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 their frailty,

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 their powerlessness,

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 and they reach out

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 to Jesus.

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 they reach out

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 the hand of faith

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 to connect with him.

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 Jesus encounters

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 the faith

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 of the desperate.

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 And that brings me

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 to the second thing here.

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 And that is that

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 Jesus tests

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 the faith

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 of the desperate.

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 This unnamed woman

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 did not want to

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 grab the limelight.

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 She was perhaps

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 a private person,

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 her medical condition,

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 the shame that she felt

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 about it,

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 probably had reinforced

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 that outlook.

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 For a woman

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 in her condition

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 to touch a rabbi

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 was a great taboo.

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 And ashamed,

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 she didn't want

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 to be in the spotlight.

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 Like many people,

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 she preferred

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 to be in the background.

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 She wanted

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 to keep hidden.

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 And that's why

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 she resolved

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 to reach out

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 to Jesus in secret.

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 She thought

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 she could be healed

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 quietly and then

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 just steal away.

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 What transpires

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 is that Jesus

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 is not prepared

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 to let her do that.

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 And Jesus said,

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 verse 45,

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 who was it

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 that touched me?

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 When all denied it,

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 Peter said,

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 Master,

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 the crowds

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 are surrounding you

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 and are pressing

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 in on you.

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 But Jesus said,

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 someone touched me.

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 For I perceive

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 that power

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 has gone out from me.

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 Jesus is conscious

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 that in some way

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 power has proceeded

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 from him.

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 And the touch

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 he asks about

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 is not simply

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 a physical touch,

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 but a touch

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 that sought help

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 and found it.

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 And he determines

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 that the silent

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 and secret faith

00:15:58.019 --> 00:15:58.680
 of this woman

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 needs to be exposed.

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 Perhaps we might

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 think that was

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 a kind of cruel thing

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 for Jesus to do.

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 Why didn't he just

00:16:06.979 --> 00:16:08.359
 let her slip away

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 unnoticed into the crowd?

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 Why does he embarrass

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 her in this way?

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 It must have been

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 very frightening

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 for the woman.

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 Why did he make

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 her go public?

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 Verse 47,

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 when the woman saw

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 that she was not hidden,

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 she came trembling,

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 falling down before him,

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 declared in the presence

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 of all the people,

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 why she had touched him

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 and how she had been

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 immediately healed.

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 The woman actually

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 comes forward

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 of her own accord.

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 She saw that she

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 was not hidden.

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 Trembling,

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 she comes,

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 and like Jairus,

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 falls at Jesus' feet.

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 She's afraid

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 of public exposure.

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 She's embarrassed

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 at being the center

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 of attention,

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 but she comes clean.

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 She gives her testimony

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 nonetheless.

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 And whatever fears

00:16:59.919 --> 00:17:01.899
 her fears might have been,

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 they are soon dissolved

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 as she hears

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 these words of Jesus.

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 And he said to her,

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 Daughter,

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 your faith has made you well.

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 Go in peace.

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 It's the only time

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 in the Gospels,

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 I think,

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 that Jesus uses

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 this term daughter.

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 A word of tenderness

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 and affection.

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 It's interesting,

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 isn't it?

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 We've got Jairus' daughter

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 on the one hand

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 and this daughter

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 on the other.

00:17:25.819 --> 00:17:27.439
 Jairus' daughter

00:17:27.439 --> 00:17:28.939
 is 12 years old.

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 This woman

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 has had a medical condition

00:17:32.720 --> 00:17:33.939
 for 12 years.

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 And Jesus underlines

00:17:36.500 --> 00:17:37.099
 this point

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:38.200
 that it's her faith

00:17:38.200 --> 00:17:39.319
 that has made her well.

00:17:40.259 --> 00:17:40.919
 As I said,

00:17:41.000 --> 00:17:42.159
 she appears to have

00:17:42.159 --> 00:17:44.319
 a somewhat superstitious

00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:45.159
 understanding

00:17:45.159 --> 00:17:46.119
 of Jesus' powers.

00:17:46.339 --> 00:17:47.359
 She thought that she

00:17:47.359 --> 00:17:48.159
 could be healed

00:17:48.159 --> 00:17:49.200
 on her own terms.

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 That is never the case.

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 And that's why Jesus

00:17:52.839 --> 00:17:54.039
 makes her publicly

00:17:54.039 --> 00:17:55.339
 identify herself.

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 It wasn't the touch

00:17:56.359 --> 00:17:57.480
 of His garment

00:17:57.480 --> 00:17:58.599
 that had healed her.

00:17:58.720 --> 00:17:59.659
 It was her faith

00:17:59.659 --> 00:18:00.240
 in Him.

00:18:01.059 --> 00:18:01.519
 Her healing

00:18:01.519 --> 00:18:02.199
 was not about

00:18:02.199 --> 00:18:03.319
 superstition.

00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:05.539
 It was about faith

00:18:05.539 --> 00:18:06.720
 in Jesus Christ.

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 It's very important

00:18:07.639 --> 00:18:10.500
 to see that distinction

00:18:10.500 --> 00:18:11.000
 because,

00:18:11.539 --> 00:18:12.379
 unfortunately,

00:18:12.679 --> 00:18:13.439
 superstition

00:18:13.439 --> 00:18:14.119
 still rules

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:14.559
 the lives

00:18:14.559 --> 00:18:14.959
 of many,

00:18:15.079 --> 00:18:15.559
 many people,

00:18:17.059 --> 00:18:17.679
 often giving

00:18:17.679 --> 00:18:18.319
 the illusion

00:18:18.319 --> 00:18:19.500
 that we're in control

00:18:19.500 --> 00:18:20.339
 because of

00:18:20.339 --> 00:18:22.339
 certain artifacts

00:18:22.339 --> 00:18:22.939
 or rituals

00:18:22.939 --> 00:18:23.959
 or ceremonies

00:18:23.959 --> 00:18:26.439
 and confusing

00:18:26.439 --> 00:18:27.959
 these outward signs

00:18:27.959 --> 00:18:29.939
 with real faith

00:18:29.939 --> 00:18:30.539
 and trust

00:18:30.539 --> 00:18:31.539
 in Jesus Christ.

00:18:32.799 --> 00:18:34.039
 And real faith

00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:34.919
 is the hand

00:18:34.919 --> 00:18:35.599
 that receives

00:18:35.599 --> 00:18:36.179
 the blessing.

00:18:36.359 --> 00:18:36.779
 It may be

00:18:36.779 --> 00:18:37.859
 a shaking hand,

00:18:37.899 --> 00:18:38.259
 it may be

00:18:38.259 --> 00:18:39.459
 a trembling hand,

00:18:40.259 --> 00:18:41.319
 yet Christ

00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:42.500
 feels that touch

00:18:42.500 --> 00:18:44.599
 though a whole world

00:18:44.599 --> 00:18:45.099
 of need

00:18:45.099 --> 00:18:47.059
 presses upon Him.

00:18:47.059 --> 00:18:49.379
 And so the woman

00:18:49.379 --> 00:18:50.139
 comes clean

00:18:50.139 --> 00:18:51.980
 and falls trembling

00:18:51.980 --> 00:18:52.940
 at Jesus' feet.

00:18:53.039 --> 00:18:54.019
 Her secret faith

00:18:54.019 --> 00:18:54.819
 made public.

00:18:56.000 --> 00:18:56.960
 And she and the crowd

00:18:56.960 --> 00:18:57.700
 are reminded

00:18:57.700 --> 00:19:00.299
 the wholeness

00:19:00.299 --> 00:19:00.879
 and healing

00:19:00.879 --> 00:19:01.879
 and salvation

00:19:01.879 --> 00:19:03.039
 come

00:19:03.039 --> 00:19:04.480
 by faith

00:19:04.480 --> 00:19:05.139
 alone.

00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:08.220
 And yet,

00:19:08.299 --> 00:19:09.220
 if this woman's

00:19:09.220 --> 00:19:10.200
 faith is exposed

00:19:10.200 --> 00:19:10.980
 and in some way

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:12.119
 tested by Jesus,

00:19:13.019 --> 00:19:13.819
 so too

00:19:13.819 --> 00:19:15.000
 is that of Jairus.

00:19:15.000 --> 00:19:17.079
 because this whole

00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.039
 incident with the woman

00:19:18.039 --> 00:19:19.400
 seriously interrupts

00:19:19.400 --> 00:19:19.859
 and delays

00:19:19.859 --> 00:19:20.839
 Jesus coming

00:19:20.839 --> 00:19:21.279
 to deal

00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:21.920
 with His daughter.

00:19:23.700 --> 00:19:24.160
 Now,

00:19:24.539 --> 00:19:24.819
 you know,

00:19:24.859 --> 00:19:25.400
 we all know

00:19:25.400 --> 00:19:26.000
 what it's like

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 when we're anxious

00:19:26.660 --> 00:19:27.599
 to get somewhere.

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 Perhaps it's for

00:19:28.759 --> 00:19:29.400
 an appointment

00:19:29.400 --> 00:19:30.240
 or a meeting

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 and then we're detained

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 or we're delayed

00:19:32.799 --> 00:19:33.660
 unexpectedly.

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 You know,

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 there's a traffic jam.

00:19:36.559 --> 00:19:37.319
 Every light

00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:38.440
 turns to red.

00:19:39.000 --> 00:19:39.559
 We're stuck

00:19:39.559 --> 00:19:40.839
 behind a slow-moving

00:19:40.839 --> 00:19:41.440
 vehicle

00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:43.039
 or a cyclist.

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 If you're here

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 in Edinburgh,

00:19:46.180 --> 00:19:47.039
 the city council

00:19:47.039 --> 00:19:47.920
 have suddenly

00:19:47.920 --> 00:19:50.859
 created roadworks

00:19:50.859 --> 00:19:51.539
 overnight

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 that you didn't

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 know they were there.

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 And it can be

00:19:54.920 --> 00:19:56.299
 hugely stressful

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 and incredibly

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 frustrating.

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 Well,

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 just imagine

00:20:00.559 --> 00:20:01.180
 how this whole

00:20:01.180 --> 00:20:02.119
 encounter with the

00:20:02.119 --> 00:20:02.779
 woman must have

00:20:02.779 --> 00:20:03.740
 affected Jairus.

00:20:04.539 --> 00:20:05.299
 He's desperate

00:20:05.299 --> 00:20:06.139
 to get home.

00:20:06.399 --> 00:20:07.119
 He's desperate

00:20:07.119 --> 00:20:07.720
 for Jesus

00:20:07.720 --> 00:20:08.639
 to heal his daughter.

00:20:09.240 --> 00:20:10.079
 Time is short.

00:20:10.159 --> 00:20:10.740
 It's an urgent

00:20:10.740 --> 00:20:11.700
 situation.

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 They must get

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 home before

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 she dies.

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 And yet,

00:20:16.160 --> 00:20:16.980
 Jesus keeps

00:20:16.980 --> 00:20:17.819
 both Jairus

00:20:17.819 --> 00:20:19.360
 and his daughter

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 waiting.

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 And it must have

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 seemed to Jairus

00:20:23.259 --> 00:20:23.980
 and the disciples

00:20:23.980 --> 00:20:24.960
 that Jesus was

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 delaying,

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 really,

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 for no good reason.

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 This was actually,

00:20:28.160 --> 00:20:28.799
 this was a matter

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 of life and death.

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 Why doesn't Jesus

00:20:31.180 --> 00:20:31.920
 hurry up?

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 Why does he delay?

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 And sometimes

00:20:34.600 --> 00:20:35.600
 we can feel the same.

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 We question God.

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 We wonder why

00:20:37.779 --> 00:20:38.539
 things are taking

00:20:38.539 --> 00:20:39.200
 so long.

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 Why doesn't he

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.980
 just sort things

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 out now?

00:20:42.500 --> 00:20:43.000
 It can be very

00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.460
 difficult.

00:20:45.000 --> 00:20:45.559
 Maybe God is

00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:46.279
 delaying something

00:20:46.279 --> 00:20:47.140
 in your life.

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 How are you

00:20:48.180 --> 00:20:48.700
 responding?

00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:49.380
 Are you just

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 going to give up,

00:20:50.519 --> 00:20:51.339
 throw in the towel?

00:20:51.579 --> 00:20:52.400
 Are you frantic

00:20:52.400 --> 00:20:53.140
 and impatient

00:20:53.140 --> 00:20:54.240
 for some kind

00:20:54.240 --> 00:20:55.140
 of resolution?

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 Or do you

00:20:56.640 --> 00:20:57.599
 trust him?

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 And there comes

00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:01.819
 the news

00:21:01.819 --> 00:21:02.720
 that Jairus

00:21:02.720 --> 00:21:03.180
 must have been

00:21:03.180 --> 00:21:03.640
 dreading,

00:21:04.640 --> 00:21:05.319
 how his heart

00:21:05.319 --> 00:21:05.980
 must have sunk.

00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:08.099
 Verse 49,

00:21:08.259 --> 00:21:08.620
 while he was

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 still speaking,

00:21:09.240 --> 00:21:10.380
 someone from

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 the ruler's

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 house came

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 and said,

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 your daughter

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 is dead.

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 Do not

00:21:15.700 --> 00:21:16.539
 trouble the

00:21:16.539 --> 00:21:17.000
 teacher

00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.819
 anymore.

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 But Jesus,

00:21:20.779 --> 00:21:21.380
 on hearing

00:21:21.380 --> 00:21:21.859
 this,

00:21:22.019 --> 00:21:22.660
 answered him,

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 do not fear,

00:21:25.039 --> 00:21:26.200
 only believe,

00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:27.779
 and she

00:21:27.779 --> 00:21:28.900
 will be

00:21:28.900 --> 00:21:29.579
 well.

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 A test

00:21:31.720 --> 00:21:32.279
 of faith

00:21:32.279 --> 00:21:32.920
 for Jairus.

00:21:33.980 --> 00:21:34.819
 Jesus looks

00:21:34.819 --> 00:21:35.660
 into his eyes

00:21:35.660 --> 00:21:36.299
 and says,

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 trust me.

00:21:38.759 --> 00:21:39.740
 Do not fear,

00:21:40.339 --> 00:21:40.940
 believe.

00:21:43.180 --> 00:21:43.700
 Maybe he's

00:21:43.700 --> 00:21:44.279
 looking at you

00:21:44.279 --> 00:21:45.539
 today and

00:21:45.539 --> 00:21:46.059
 he's saying

00:21:46.059 --> 00:21:46.919
 the very same

00:21:46.919 --> 00:21:47.339
 thing.

00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:49.139
 Despite the

00:21:49.139 --> 00:21:49.960
 way things

00:21:49.960 --> 00:21:50.799
 appear,

00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:52.759
 just now,

00:21:53.240 --> 00:21:54.180
 trust me.

00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.139
 Have

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 faith.

00:21:57.659 --> 00:21:58.019
 William

00:21:58.019 --> 00:21:58.680
 Cooper's

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 famous hymn

00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:01.240
 has the

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 verse,

00:22:01.680 --> 00:22:03.100
 judge not

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 the Lord

00:22:03.640 --> 00:22:04.400
 by feeble

00:22:04.400 --> 00:22:05.000
 sense,

00:22:05.460 --> 00:22:06.240
 but trust

00:22:06.240 --> 00:22:06.940
 him for

00:22:06.940 --> 00:22:07.840
 his grace.

00:22:08.860 --> 00:22:09.799
 Behind a

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 frowning

00:22:10.279 --> 00:22:11.039
 providence,

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.320
 he hides

00:22:12.320 --> 00:22:13.360
 a smiling

00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.160
 face.

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 When he

00:22:16.340 --> 00:22:16.660
 came,

00:22:16.779 --> 00:22:17.320
 verse 51,

00:22:17.500 --> 00:22:18.080
 to the house,

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 he allowed

00:22:18.539 --> 00:22:19.080
 no one to

00:22:19.080 --> 00:22:19.660
 enter with

00:22:19.660 --> 00:22:19.940
 him,

00:22:20.180 --> 00:22:20.799
 except Peter

00:22:20.799 --> 00:22:21.320
 and John

00:22:21.320 --> 00:22:21.860
 and James

00:22:21.860 --> 00:22:22.180
 and the

00:22:22.180 --> 00:22:22.880
 father and

00:22:22.880 --> 00:22:23.240
 mother of

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 the child.

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 All were

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 weeping and

00:22:25.299 --> 00:22:25.940
 mourning for

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 her,

00:22:26.259 --> 00:22:27.000
 but he

00:22:27.000 --> 00:22:27.299
 said,

00:22:27.380 --> 00:22:27.680
 do not

00:22:27.680 --> 00:22:28.039
 weep,

00:22:28.700 --> 00:22:29.340
 for she

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:29.700
 is not

00:22:29.700 --> 00:22:30.080
 dead,

00:22:30.400 --> 00:22:30.980
 but sleeping.

00:22:31.680 --> 00:22:33.039
 And they

00:22:33.039 --> 00:22:33.580
 laughed at

00:22:33.580 --> 00:22:33.820
 him,

00:22:34.620 --> 00:22:35.299
 knowing that

00:22:35.299 --> 00:22:36.000
 she was

00:22:36.000 --> 00:22:36.560
 dead.

00:22:38.720 --> 00:22:39.180
 Jesus

00:22:39.180 --> 00:22:40.279
 eventually gets

00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:40.600
 to the

00:22:40.600 --> 00:22:40.920
 house,

00:22:41.039 --> 00:22:42.019
 he encounters

00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:42.720
 the scene

00:22:42.720 --> 00:22:43.460
 of profound

00:22:43.460 --> 00:22:44.500
 grief and

00:22:44.500 --> 00:22:45.620
 loud mourning

00:22:45.620 --> 00:22:47.299
 in the

00:22:47.299 --> 00:22:47.920
 Jewish culture

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.380
 of the day.

00:22:48.519 --> 00:22:49.140
 Mourners were

00:22:49.140 --> 00:22:49.920
 only called

00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.840
 after death

00:22:50.840 --> 00:22:51.340
 had been

00:22:51.340 --> 00:22:51.960
 established.

00:22:52.720 --> 00:22:53.240
 And in the

00:22:53.240 --> 00:22:53.880
 midst of this

00:22:53.880 --> 00:22:54.700
 tumult of

00:22:54.700 --> 00:22:55.740
 sorrow and

00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.320
 anguish,

00:22:56.500 --> 00:22:57.340
 Jesus calls

00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.080
 on those

00:22:58.080 --> 00:22:58.900
 present to

00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.560
 stop their

00:22:59.560 --> 00:23:00.279
 lamentation,

00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:01.220
 because he

00:23:01.220 --> 00:23:01.560
 says the

00:23:01.559 --> 00:23:01.899
 girl is

00:23:01.899 --> 00:23:02.559
 not dead,

00:23:03.240 --> 00:23:04.240
 only asleep.

00:23:06.759 --> 00:23:07.299
 But his

00:23:07.299 --> 00:23:08.099
 words prompt

00:23:08.099 --> 00:23:08.819
 not faith

00:23:08.819 --> 00:23:09.500
 and obedience,

00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:11.039
 but just

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.879
 laughter and

00:23:11.879 --> 00:23:12.599
 derision from

00:23:12.599 --> 00:23:12.980
 those who

00:23:12.980 --> 00:23:13.419
 are gathered.

00:23:14.480 --> 00:23:14.720
 They

00:23:14.720 --> 00:23:15.460
 consider Jesus'

00:23:15.679 --> 00:23:16.179
 statement to

00:23:16.179 --> 00:23:16.700
 be utterly

00:23:16.700 --> 00:23:17.819
 ludicrous,

00:23:17.919 --> 00:23:18.659
 a fantasy,

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.539
 a fiction.

00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.039
 This girl is

00:23:21.039 --> 00:23:21.720
 now beyond

00:23:21.720 --> 00:23:22.599
 all human

00:23:22.599 --> 00:23:23.099
 help.

00:23:23.720 --> 00:23:24.299
 What else

00:23:24.299 --> 00:23:25.059
 is there to

00:23:25.059 --> 00:23:25.539
 do but

00:23:25.539 --> 00:23:27.059
 grieve and

00:23:27.059 --> 00:23:27.559
 mourn?

00:23:27.559 --> 00:23:29.619
 Jesus'

00:23:29.619 --> 00:23:29.240
 hope and

00:23:29.240 --> 00:23:29.839
 Jesus

00:23:29.839 --> 00:23:31.279
 sometimes

00:23:31.279 --> 00:23:32.659
 tests the

00:23:32.659 --> 00:23:33.659
 faith of

00:23:33.659 --> 00:23:34.200
 the desperate.

00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.059
 That brings

00:23:37.059 --> 00:23:37.500
 us to our

00:23:37.500 --> 00:23:38.119
 third point.

00:23:38.779 --> 00:23:39.279
 Not just

00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:40.240
 Jesus encounters

00:23:40.240 --> 00:23:40.879
 the faith of

00:23:40.879 --> 00:23:41.480
 the desperate,

00:23:41.899 --> 00:23:42.559
 tests the

00:23:42.559 --> 00:23:43.079
 faith of the

00:23:43.079 --> 00:23:43.480
 desperate,

00:23:43.859 --> 00:23:44.579
 but thirdly

00:23:44.579 --> 00:23:45.059
 here, Jesus

00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:45.960
 rewards the

00:23:45.960 --> 00:23:46.899
 faith of

00:23:46.899 --> 00:23:47.399
 the desperate.

00:23:49.539 --> 00:23:50.519
 The miracles

00:23:50.519 --> 00:23:51.259
 of Jesus

00:23:51.259 --> 00:23:51.720
 in the

00:23:51.720 --> 00:23:52.319
 Gospels,

00:23:52.399 --> 00:23:52.960
 it's important

00:23:52.960 --> 00:23:53.960
 to understand

00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:55.000
 what they

00:23:55.000 --> 00:23:55.440
 are.

00:23:56.200 --> 00:23:56.640
 And these

00:23:56.640 --> 00:23:57.420
 two miracles

00:23:57.420 --> 00:23:58.039
 here of

00:23:58.039 --> 00:23:58.720
 Jesus are

00:23:58.720 --> 00:23:59.680
 really pictures

00:23:59.680 --> 00:24:00.200
 of what

00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:00.779
 Jesus has

00:24:00.779 --> 00:24:01.200
 come to

00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:01.519
 do.

00:24:01.960 --> 00:24:02.140
 They're

00:24:02.140 --> 00:24:02.960
 windows into

00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:03.460
 the work

00:24:03.460 --> 00:24:04.180
 of salvation

00:24:04.180 --> 00:24:05.019
 that He is

00:24:05.019 --> 00:24:05.620
 bringing to

00:24:05.620 --> 00:24:06.200
 His people,

00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:07.160
 visual aids

00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:07.880
 designed to

00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:08.279
 help us

00:24:08.279 --> 00:24:10.299
 grasp just

00:24:10.299 --> 00:24:11.079
 what Jesus

00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:12.180
 and His

00:24:12.180 --> 00:24:12.920
 in-breaking

00:24:12.920 --> 00:24:14.180
 kingdom will

00:24:14.180 --> 00:24:14.840
 accomplish.

00:24:15.180 --> 00:24:15.480
 The New

00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:15.860
 Testament

00:24:15.860 --> 00:24:16.940
 commentator

00:24:16.940 --> 00:24:17.299
 Darrell

00:24:17.299 --> 00:24:17.880
 Bopp writes

00:24:17.880 --> 00:24:18.259
 this,

00:24:19.160 --> 00:24:20.039
 these miracles

00:24:20.039 --> 00:24:20.860
 are audio

00:24:20.860 --> 00:24:21.559
 visuals of

00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:22.660
 important truths

00:24:22.660 --> 00:24:23.579
 related to

00:24:23.579 --> 00:24:23.879
 Jesus'

00:24:23.879 --> 00:24:24.559
 sovereignty.

00:24:24.899 --> 00:24:25.699
 As important

00:24:25.699 --> 00:24:26.379
 as each

00:24:26.379 --> 00:24:27.039
 event is

00:24:27.039 --> 00:24:27.740
 in itself,

00:24:28.179 --> 00:24:28.960
 even more

00:24:28.960 --> 00:24:29.859
 important is

00:24:29.859 --> 00:24:30.559
 the picture

00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:31.279
 involved.

00:24:31.799 --> 00:24:32.579
 The overcoming

00:24:32.579 --> 00:24:33.439
 of disease

00:24:33.439 --> 00:24:34.099
 and death

00:24:34.099 --> 00:24:34.659
 in this

00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.740
 passage is

00:24:35.740 --> 00:24:36.220
 but a

00:24:36.220 --> 00:24:36.879
 foretaste

00:24:36.879 --> 00:24:37.519
 of the

00:24:37.519 --> 00:24:38.139
 ultimate

00:24:38.139 --> 00:24:39.379
 comprehensive

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:40.619
 overcoming

00:24:40.619 --> 00:24:41.839
 of disease

00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:42.559
 and death.

00:24:42.819 --> 00:24:43.559
 These events

00:24:43.559 --> 00:24:44.839
 point beyond

00:24:44.839 --> 00:24:45.899
 to eternal

00:24:45.899 --> 00:24:46.639
 realities.

00:24:47.779 --> 00:24:48.579
 And it's

00:24:48.579 --> 00:24:49.279
 important that

00:24:49.279 --> 00:24:49.859
 we bear that

00:24:49.859 --> 00:24:50.359
 in mind.

00:24:51.299 --> 00:24:51.899
 And in both

00:24:51.899 --> 00:24:52.859
 these instances

00:24:52.859 --> 00:24:53.699
 we discover

00:24:53.699 --> 00:24:54.319
 that faith

00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:54.819
 in Jesus

00:24:54.819 --> 00:24:56.240
 is rewarded.

00:24:56.699 --> 00:24:57.099
 He said

00:24:57.099 --> 00:24:57.399
 to her

00:24:57.399 --> 00:24:57.899
 daughter,

00:24:58.240 --> 00:24:58.779
 verse 48,

00:24:59.119 --> 00:25:00.019
 your faith

00:25:00.019 --> 00:25:00.679
 has made

00:25:00.679 --> 00:25:01.139
 you well,

00:25:01.240 --> 00:25:01.899
 go in peace.

00:25:02.219 --> 00:25:02.479
 The word

00:25:02.479 --> 00:25:03.079
 translated,

00:25:03.479 --> 00:25:03.879
 made you

00:25:03.879 --> 00:25:04.279
 well,

00:25:04.399 --> 00:25:05.059
 same word

00:25:05.059 --> 00:25:06.619
 Luke uses

00:25:06.619 --> 00:25:07.579
 of salvation.

00:25:07.979 --> 00:25:08.439
 You could

00:25:08.439 --> 00:25:09.000
 read verse

00:25:09.000 --> 00:25:09.959
 48 as

00:25:09.959 --> 00:25:10.879
 your faith

00:25:10.879 --> 00:25:11.479
 has saved

00:25:11.479 --> 00:25:11.779
 you.

00:25:12.459 --> 00:25:12.619
 Her

00:25:12.619 --> 00:25:13.359
 desperation

00:25:13.359 --> 00:25:14.159
 gives way

00:25:14.159 --> 00:25:15.019
 to salvation,

00:25:15.319 --> 00:25:15.719
 to healing,

00:25:15.839 --> 00:25:16.419
 to wholeness.

00:25:16.799 --> 00:25:17.099
 She is

00:25:17.099 --> 00:25:17.919
 rendered whole

00:25:17.919 --> 00:25:18.479
 and happy

00:25:18.479 --> 00:25:19.119
 and complete.

00:25:19.119 --> 00:25:19.319
 read.

00:25:21.479 --> 00:25:22.000
 Friends,

00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:22.279
 it's important

00:25:22.279 --> 00:25:22.639
 to understand

00:25:22.639 --> 00:25:23.039
 faith is

00:25:23.039 --> 00:25:23.579
 not magic.

00:25:24.659 --> 00:25:25.159
 It is

00:25:25.159 --> 00:25:25.659
 a laying

00:25:25.659 --> 00:25:26.179
 hold

00:25:26.179 --> 00:25:27.039
 of Jesus

00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:27.619
 Christ.

00:25:28.159 --> 00:25:28.519
 It is

00:25:28.519 --> 00:25:28.919
 the key

00:25:28.919 --> 00:25:29.459
 instrument

00:25:29.459 --> 00:25:30.239
 in receiving

00:25:30.239 --> 00:25:31.059
 the salvation

00:25:31.059 --> 00:25:32.259
 that God

00:25:32.259 --> 00:25:32.579
 offers.

00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:33.399
 Without

00:25:33.399 --> 00:25:33.739
 it,

00:25:33.799 --> 00:25:34.099
 we will

00:25:34.099 --> 00:25:34.379
 never

00:25:34.379 --> 00:25:34.839
 find

00:25:34.839 --> 00:25:35.419
 wholeness.

00:25:35.859 --> 00:25:36.199
 We will

00:25:36.199 --> 00:25:36.439
 never

00:25:36.439 --> 00:25:36.839
 find

00:25:36.839 --> 00:25:37.479
 deliverance

00:25:37.479 --> 00:25:38.199
 and we

00:25:38.199 --> 00:25:38.359
 will

00:25:38.359 --> 00:25:38.639
 never

00:25:38.639 --> 00:25:38.979
 find

00:25:38.979 --> 00:25:39.439
 peace.

00:25:39.819 --> 00:25:40.000
 We

00:25:40.000 --> 00:25:40.139
 can

00:25:40.139 --> 00:25:40.299
 be

00:25:40.299 --> 00:25:40.679
 moral,

00:25:41.019 --> 00:25:41.139
 we

00:25:41.139 --> 00:25:41.279
 can

00:25:41.279 --> 00:25:41.459
 be

00:25:41.459 --> 00:25:41.879
 religious,

00:25:42.239 --> 00:25:42.439
 we

00:25:42.439 --> 00:25:42.599
 can

00:25:42.599 --> 00:25:42.939
 attend

00:25:42.939 --> 00:25:43.459
 church,

00:25:43.679 --> 00:25:43.779
 we

00:25:43.779 --> 00:25:43.939
 can

00:25:43.939 --> 00:25:44.099
 be

00:25:44.099 --> 00:25:44.579
 devout,

00:25:44.859 --> 00:25:44.959
 we

00:25:44.959 --> 00:25:45.519
 can

00:25:45.519 --> 00:25:45.859
 become

00:25:45.859 --> 00:25:47.500
 conscientious,

00:25:47.500 --> 00:25:47.859
 we

00:25:47.859 --> 00:25:48.220
 may

00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.640
 do

00:25:48.640 --> 00:25:48.839
 may

00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:49.180
 all

00:25:49.180 --> 00:25:49.460
 manner

00:25:49.460 --> 00:25:49.680
 of

00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:49.859
 good

00:25:49.859 --> 00:25:50.299
 works.

00:25:52.140 --> 00:25:52.460
 And yet

00:25:52.460 --> 00:25:52.960
 one true

00:25:52.960 --> 00:25:53.279
 believing

00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:53.599
 touch

00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:53.759
 of

00:25:53.759 --> 00:25:54.200
 Christ

00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:55.279
 is

00:25:55.279 --> 00:25:55.500
 worth

00:25:55.500 --> 00:25:55.720
 more

00:25:55.720 --> 00:25:55.880
 than

00:25:55.880 --> 00:25:56.059
 all

00:25:56.059 --> 00:25:56.259
 these

00:25:56.259 --> 00:25:56.480
 things

00:25:56.480 --> 00:25:56.660
 put

00:25:56.660 --> 00:25:57.019
 together.

00:25:58.339 --> 00:25:58.579
 Our

00:25:58.579 --> 00:25:58.819
 pride

00:25:58.819 --> 00:25:58.980
 may

00:25:58.980 --> 00:25:59.140
 not

00:25:59.140 --> 00:25:59.440
 like

00:25:59.440 --> 00:25:59.680
 it,

00:26:00.400 --> 00:26:00.619
 but

00:26:00.619 --> 00:26:00.759
 it

00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:00.920
 is

00:26:00.920 --> 00:26:01.059
 true

00:26:01.059 --> 00:26:01.440
 nonetheless.

00:26:02.920 --> 00:26:03.440
 We

00:26:03.440 --> 00:26:03.779
 have

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.019
 no

00:26:04.019 --> 00:26:04.579
 claim

00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.099
 upon

00:26:05.099 --> 00:26:05.420
 Jesus

00:26:05.420 --> 00:26:05.920
 Christ.

00:26:06.359 --> 00:26:06.559
 We

00:26:06.559 --> 00:26:06.859
 can't

00:26:06.859 --> 00:26:07.299
 control

00:26:07.299 --> 00:26:07.519
 Him.

00:26:07.660 --> 00:26:07.859
 We

00:26:07.859 --> 00:26:08.200
 can't

00:26:08.200 --> 00:26:08.740
 manipulate

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:09.160
 Him.

00:26:09.359 --> 00:26:09.599
 We

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:09.779
 have

00:26:09.779 --> 00:26:10.019
 nothing

00:26:10.019 --> 00:26:10.259
 to

00:26:10.259 --> 00:26:10.559
 offer

00:26:10.559 --> 00:26:10.900
 Him.

00:26:11.220 --> 00:26:11.460
 We

00:26:11.460 --> 00:26:11.579
 have

00:26:11.579 --> 00:26:11.799
 nothing

00:26:11.799 --> 00:26:12.039
 to

00:26:12.039 --> 00:26:12.319
 give

00:26:12.319 --> 00:26:12.559
 Him.

00:26:12.680 --> 00:26:12.900
 We

00:26:12.900 --> 00:26:13.319
 can't

00:26:13.319 --> 00:26:13.759
 bend

00:26:13.759 --> 00:26:14.259
 His

00:26:14.259 --> 00:26:14.559
 will

00:26:14.559 --> 00:26:14.799
 to

00:26:14.799 --> 00:26:15.359
 ours.

00:26:17.500 --> 00:26:21.740
 faith.

00:26:22.259 --> 00:26:22.740
 Simple

00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.220
 faith,

00:26:23.339 --> 00:26:23.640
 naked

00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:24.119
 faith,

00:26:24.400 --> 00:26:24.680
 faith

00:26:24.680 --> 00:26:25.259
 alone

00:26:25.259 --> 00:26:25.660
 in

00:26:25.660 --> 00:26:26.019
 Christ

00:26:26.019 --> 00:26:26.460
 alone.

00:26:28.240 --> 00:26:28.480
 And

00:26:28.480 --> 00:26:28.619
 you'll

00:26:28.619 --> 00:26:28.839
 notice

00:26:28.839 --> 00:26:29.079
 here

00:26:29.079 --> 00:26:29.279
 that

00:26:29.279 --> 00:26:29.700
 Jairus'

00:26:29.880 --> 00:26:30.599
 patient

00:26:30.599 --> 00:26:30.859
 and

00:26:30.859 --> 00:26:31.259
 trusting

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.700
 faith

00:26:31.700 --> 00:26:31.880
 is

00:26:31.880 --> 00:26:32.200
 also

00:26:32.200 --> 00:26:32.720
 rewarded

00:26:32.720 --> 00:26:33.200
 as

00:26:33.200 --> 00:26:33.579
 Jesus

00:26:33.579 --> 00:26:34.099
 raises

00:26:34.099 --> 00:26:34.460
 His

00:26:34.460 --> 00:26:34.700
 little

00:26:34.700 --> 00:26:35.079
 girl

00:26:35.079 --> 00:26:35.460
 from

00:26:35.460 --> 00:26:35.640
 the

00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:36.059
 dead

00:26:36.059 --> 00:26:36.720
 amidst

00:26:36.720 --> 00:26:36.880
 the

00:26:36.880 --> 00:26:37.240
 scorn

00:26:37.240 --> 00:26:37.420
 and

00:26:37.420 --> 00:26:37.839
 derision

00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:38.259
 of

00:26:38.259 --> 00:26:38.400
 the

00:26:38.400 --> 00:26:39.039
 faithless.

00:26:39.519 --> 00:26:39.900
 Taking

00:26:39.900 --> 00:26:40.140
 her

00:26:40.140 --> 00:26:40.599
 by

00:26:40.599 --> 00:26:40.779
 the

00:26:40.779 --> 00:26:41.119
 hand,

00:26:41.220 --> 00:26:41.400
 verse

00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:41.880
 54,

00:26:42.920 --> 00:26:43.299
 saying,

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:43.740
 Child,

00:26:43.859 --> 00:26:44.380
 arise,

00:26:44.460 --> 00:26:44.740
 and her

00:26:44.740 --> 00:26:45.039
 spirit

00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:45.579
 returned.

00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:45.960
 She

00:26:45.960 --> 00:26:46.380
 got up

00:26:46.380 --> 00:26:46.539
 at

00:26:46.539 --> 00:26:46.960
 once.

00:26:46.960 --> 00:26:47.319
 He

00:26:47.319 --> 00:26:47.779
 directed

00:26:47.779 --> 00:26:48.039
 that

00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:48.420
 something

00:26:48.420 --> 00:26:48.640
 should

00:26:48.640 --> 00:26:48.779
 be

00:26:48.779 --> 00:26:49.019
 given

00:26:49.019 --> 00:26:49.240
 her

00:26:49.240 --> 00:26:49.440
 to

00:26:49.440 --> 00:26:49.740
 eat,

00:26:50.400 --> 00:26:50.620
 and

00:26:50.620 --> 00:26:50.759
 her

00:26:50.759 --> 00:26:51.140
 parents

00:26:51.140 --> 00:26:51.340
 were

00:26:51.340 --> 00:26:51.900
 amazed,

00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:52.960
 but He

00:26:52.960 --> 00:26:53.340
 charged

00:26:53.340 --> 00:26:53.700
 them to

00:26:53.700 --> 00:26:54.100
 tell no

00:26:54.100 --> 00:26:54.340
 one

00:26:54.340 --> 00:26:54.920
 what had

00:26:54.920 --> 00:26:55.319
 happened.

00:26:57.319 --> 00:26:57.920
 With

00:26:57.920 --> 00:26:58.160
 tender

00:26:58.160 --> 00:26:58.640
 love,

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.100
 Jesus

00:27:00.100 --> 00:27:00.740
 takes

00:27:00.740 --> 00:27:01.279
 the

00:27:01.279 --> 00:27:01.460
 little

00:27:01.460 --> 00:27:01.740
 girl

00:27:01.740 --> 00:27:02.000
 by

00:27:02.000 --> 00:27:02.200
 the

00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:02.680
 hand

00:27:02.680 --> 00:27:03.340
 and

00:27:03.340 --> 00:27:03.620
 bids

00:27:03.620 --> 00:27:03.880
 her

00:27:03.880 --> 00:27:04.360
 to

00:27:04.360 --> 00:27:04.600
 get

00:27:04.600 --> 00:27:04.940
 up.

00:27:06.539 --> 00:27:06.940
 In

00:27:06.940 --> 00:27:07.200
 one

00:27:07.200 --> 00:27:07.640
 sense

00:27:07.640 --> 00:27:08.019
 here,

00:27:08.140 --> 00:27:08.259
 the

00:27:08.259 --> 00:27:08.620
 death

00:27:08.620 --> 00:27:08.779
 of

00:27:08.779 --> 00:27:08.980
 this

00:27:08.980 --> 00:27:09.299
 young

00:27:09.299 --> 00:27:09.720
 girl

00:27:09.720 --> 00:27:11.100
 issued

00:27:11.100 --> 00:27:11.460
 a

00:27:11.460 --> 00:27:11.980
 challenge

00:27:11.980 --> 00:27:12.500
 to

00:27:12.500 --> 00:27:12.700
 the

00:27:12.700 --> 00:27:13.059
 power

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.259
 of

00:27:13.259 --> 00:27:13.519
 Jesus

00:27:13.519 --> 00:27:14.039
 Christ.

00:27:15.019 --> 00:27:15.240
 Here

00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:15.400
 is

00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:15.740
 death

00:27:15.740 --> 00:27:16.100
 throwing

00:27:16.100 --> 00:27:16.340
 its

00:27:16.340 --> 00:27:16.900
 gauntlet

00:27:16.900 --> 00:27:17.820
 down at

00:27:17.820 --> 00:27:18.240
 his feet,

00:27:18.320 --> 00:27:18.560
 as it

00:27:18.560 --> 00:27:18.800
 were.

00:27:19.759 --> 00:27:19.960
 When

00:27:19.960 --> 00:27:20.460
 faced

00:27:20.460 --> 00:27:21.040
 with

00:27:21.040 --> 00:27:21.560
 death,

00:27:21.680 --> 00:27:21.920
 must

00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:22.400
 Jesus,

00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:23.040
 like every

00:27:23.040 --> 00:27:23.280
 other

00:27:23.280 --> 00:27:23.820
 person,

00:27:24.180 --> 00:27:24.640
 bow the

00:27:24.640 --> 00:27:25.440
 knee and

00:27:25.440 --> 00:27:25.940
 surrender?

00:27:25.940 --> 00:27:28.500
 By no

00:27:28.500 --> 00:27:29.019
 means.

00:27:30.340 --> 00:27:30.740
 For here

00:27:30.740 --> 00:27:31.300
 is Jesus

00:27:31.300 --> 00:27:32.100
 facing the

00:27:32.100 --> 00:27:32.400
 greatest

00:27:32.400 --> 00:27:32.880
 enemy,

00:27:33.259 --> 00:27:33.640
 the most

00:27:33.640 --> 00:27:34.259
 formidable

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:35.160
 of opponents,

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.320
 the strongest

00:27:36.320 --> 00:27:37.060
 of foes,

00:27:37.059 --> 00:27:42.440
 God

00:27:42.440 --> 00:27:42.639
 of

00:27:42.639 --> 00:27:43.319
 God

00:27:43.319 --> 00:27:43.579
 is

00:27:43.579 --> 00:27:43.919
 God

00:27:43.919 --> 00:27:44.399
 of

00:27:44.399 --> 00:27:45.319
 God.

00:27:45.319 --> 00:27:45.519
 For if

00:27:45.519 --> 00:27:45.799
 Jesus

00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:46.379
 has us

00:27:46.379 --> 00:27:46.759
 by the

00:27:46.759 --> 00:27:47.339
 hand,

00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.440
 nothing

00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:48.740
 can

00:27:48.740 --> 00:27:49.419
 ultimately

00:27:49.419 --> 00:27:50.819
 destroy

00:27:50.819 --> 00:27:51.559
 us or

00:27:51.559 --> 00:27:52.279
 hurt us,

00:27:52.480 --> 00:27:53.000
 not even

00:27:53.000 --> 00:27:53.379
 death.

00:27:54.480 --> 00:27:54.879
 Even

00:27:54.879 --> 00:27:55.759
 death must

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:56.279
 bow the

00:27:56.279 --> 00:27:57.339
 knee before

00:27:57.339 --> 00:27:57.720
 Jesus

00:27:57.720 --> 00:27:58.259
 Christ.

00:27:59.480 --> 00:27:59.859
 He is

00:27:59.859 --> 00:28:00.279
 King of

00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:00.759
 Kings,

00:28:01.359 --> 00:28:01.740
 Lord of

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.240
 Lords.

00:28:02.240 --> 00:28:04.099
 how vital

00:28:04.099 --> 00:28:04.599
 it is

00:28:04.599 --> 00:28:05.099
 that we

00:28:05.099 --> 00:28:06.480
 understand

00:28:06.480 --> 00:28:07.420
 and grasp

00:28:07.420 --> 00:28:08.259
 that truth.

00:28:09.539 --> 00:28:09.900
 The old

00:28:09.900 --> 00:28:10.620
 commentator

00:28:10.620 --> 00:28:11.940
 J.C.

00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:12.380
 Ryle

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:14.359
 writes this

00:28:14.359 --> 00:28:14.680
 in his

00:28:14.680 --> 00:28:15.359
 expository

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:15.839
 thoughts on

00:28:15.839 --> 00:28:16.460
 the Gospels.

00:28:17.240 --> 00:28:17.980
 Death is

00:28:17.980 --> 00:28:18.620
 indeed a

00:28:18.620 --> 00:28:19.200
 cruel enemy.

00:28:20.259 --> 00:28:20.620
 He makes

00:28:20.620 --> 00:28:21.299
 no distinction

00:28:21.299 --> 00:28:21.880
 in his

00:28:21.880 --> 00:28:22.420
 attacks.

00:28:22.980 --> 00:28:23.400
 He comes

00:28:23.400 --> 00:28:23.740
 to the

00:28:23.740 --> 00:28:24.400
 rich man's

00:28:24.400 --> 00:28:24.859
 mansion

00:28:24.859 --> 00:28:25.500
 as well as

00:28:25.500 --> 00:28:25.779
 to the

00:28:25.779 --> 00:28:26.359
 poor man's

00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:26.620
 cottage.

00:28:27.180 --> 00:28:27.620
 He doesn't

00:28:27.620 --> 00:28:28.120
 spare the

00:28:28.120 --> 00:28:28.380
 young,

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:29.000
 the strong,

00:28:29.039 --> 00:28:29.240
 and the

00:28:29.240 --> 00:28:29.660
 beautiful

00:28:29.660 --> 00:28:30.620
 any more

00:28:30.620 --> 00:28:31.059
 than the

00:28:31.059 --> 00:28:31.380
 old,

00:28:31.480 --> 00:28:32.059
 the infirm,

00:28:32.059 --> 00:28:32.339
 and the

00:28:32.339 --> 00:28:32.940
 gray-haired.

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:33.759
 Not all

00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:34.220
 the gold

00:28:34.220 --> 00:28:34.960
 of Australia,

00:28:35.779 --> 00:28:36.220
 not all

00:28:36.220 --> 00:28:36.659
 the skill

00:28:36.659 --> 00:28:37.419
 of doctors

00:28:37.419 --> 00:28:38.679
 can keep

00:28:38.679 --> 00:28:39.099
 the hand

00:28:39.099 --> 00:28:39.519
 of death

00:28:39.519 --> 00:28:39.899
 from our

00:28:39.899 --> 00:28:40.359
 bodies

00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:40.940
 in the

00:28:40.940 --> 00:28:41.200
 day of

00:28:41.200 --> 00:28:41.700
 his power.

00:28:42.740 --> 00:28:43.179
 Death will

00:28:43.179 --> 00:28:43.599
 come to

00:28:43.599 --> 00:28:44.119
 our houses

00:28:44.119 --> 00:28:44.659
 whether we

00:28:44.659 --> 00:28:45.000
 like it

00:28:45.000 --> 00:28:45.419
 or not.

00:28:46.139 --> 00:28:46.539
 Death will

00:28:46.539 --> 00:28:47.000
 take each

00:28:47.000 --> 00:28:47.259
 of us

00:28:47.259 --> 00:28:48.019
 away despite

00:28:48.019 --> 00:28:48.819
 our dislike

00:28:48.819 --> 00:28:49.220
 to hearing

00:28:49.220 --> 00:28:49.819
 about it.

00:28:50.679 --> 00:28:50.960
 Surely

00:28:50.960 --> 00:28:51.559
 it is the

00:28:51.559 --> 00:28:52.220
 part of a

00:28:52.220 --> 00:28:52.879
 wise man

00:28:52.879 --> 00:28:53.220
 to get

00:28:53.220 --> 00:28:53.919
 ready for

00:28:53.919 --> 00:28:54.419
 this great

00:28:54.419 --> 00:28:54.940
 change.

00:28:55.299 --> 00:28:55.700
 Why should

00:28:55.700 --> 00:28:56.019
 we not

00:28:56.019 --> 00:28:56.500
 be ready?

00:28:58.480 --> 00:28:58.799
 There is

00:28:58.799 --> 00:28:59.220
 one who

00:28:59.220 --> 00:28:59.639
 can deliver

00:28:59.639 --> 00:29:00.440
 us from

00:29:00.440 --> 00:29:00.740
 the fear

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:01.279
 of death.

00:29:02.059 --> 00:29:03.059
 Christ has

00:29:03.059 --> 00:29:03.519
 overcome

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:04.879
 death and

00:29:04.879 --> 00:29:05.460
 brought life

00:29:05.460 --> 00:29:06.279
 and immortality

00:29:06.279 --> 00:29:06.740
 to light

00:29:06.740 --> 00:29:07.079
 through the

00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:07.460
 gospel.

00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:08.500
 He who

00:29:08.500 --> 00:29:09.079
 believes on

00:29:09.079 --> 00:29:10.039
 him has

00:29:10.039 --> 00:29:10.619
 everlasting

00:29:10.619 --> 00:29:11.159
 life.

00:29:11.339 --> 00:29:11.720
 Though he

00:29:11.720 --> 00:29:12.619
 dies, yet

00:29:12.619 --> 00:29:13.059
 he shall

00:29:13.059 --> 00:29:13.460
 live.

00:29:13.460 --> 00:29:14.099
 Let us

00:29:14.099 --> 00:29:14.679
 believe in

00:29:14.679 --> 00:29:15.059
 the Lord

00:29:15.059 --> 00:29:15.500
 Jesus,

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.559
 then death

00:29:16.559 --> 00:29:17.179
 will lose

00:29:17.179 --> 00:29:17.940
 its sting.

00:29:20.879 --> 00:29:21.639
 Some years

00:29:21.639 --> 00:29:22.079
 ago, the

00:29:22.079 --> 00:29:22.879
 vicar of

00:29:22.879 --> 00:29:23.559
 St.

00:29:23.619 --> 00:29:24.079
 Andrew, the

00:29:24.079 --> 00:29:24.599
 great church

00:29:24.599 --> 00:29:25.200
 in Cambridge,

00:29:25.339 --> 00:29:25.819
 a man called

00:29:25.819 --> 00:29:27.179
 Mark Ashton,

00:29:27.819 --> 00:29:28.319
 he was

00:29:28.319 --> 00:29:29.519
 diagnosed with

00:29:29.519 --> 00:29:30.259
 an inoperable

00:29:30.259 --> 00:29:30.859
 cancer.

00:29:31.359 --> 00:29:31.660
 And he

00:29:31.660 --> 00:29:31.960
 wrote a

00:29:31.960 --> 00:29:32.539
 book about

00:29:32.539 --> 00:29:33.759
 his experience

00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:35.059
 called,

00:29:35.639 --> 00:29:36.220
 his little

00:29:36.220 --> 00:29:36.740
 book, On

00:29:36.740 --> 00:29:37.319
 My Way

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.920
 to Heaven,

00:29:38.240 --> 00:29:38.619
 Facing

00:29:38.619 --> 00:29:39.799
 Death with

00:29:39.799 --> 00:29:40.299
 Christ.

00:29:41.619 --> 00:29:42.799
 And in

00:29:42.799 --> 00:29:43.119
 the book,

00:29:43.180 --> 00:29:44.019
 he recounts a

00:29:44.019 --> 00:29:44.579
 story of

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.160
 going to

00:29:45.160 --> 00:29:45.500
 the

00:29:45.500 --> 00:29:46.339
 hairdressers,

00:29:46.379 --> 00:29:46.720
 I think in

00:29:46.720 --> 00:29:47.139
 Eastbourne.

00:29:48.319 --> 00:29:49.279
 And, you

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.579
 know, in the

00:29:49.579 --> 00:29:50.759
 hairdresser,

00:29:50.900 --> 00:29:51.160
 there's a lot

00:29:51.160 --> 00:29:51.879
 of talk and

00:29:51.879 --> 00:29:52.500
 chat and all

00:29:52.500 --> 00:29:52.960
 the rest of

00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:53.099
 it.

00:29:53.539 --> 00:29:53.980
 This is what

00:29:53.980 --> 00:29:54.420
 he said.

00:29:54.420 --> 00:29:56.640
 When she

00:29:56.640 --> 00:29:57.400
 asked me how

00:29:57.400 --> 00:29:58.940
 I was, and

00:29:58.940 --> 00:29:59.779
 I replied that

00:29:59.779 --> 00:30:00.759
 I'd been told

00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:01.259
 that I'd just

00:30:01.259 --> 00:30:01.740
 got a few

00:30:01.740 --> 00:30:02.220
 months more

00:30:02.220 --> 00:30:03.519
 to live, the

00:30:03.519 --> 00:30:04.140
 ordinary

00:30:04.140 --> 00:30:05.180
 friendliness

00:30:05.180 --> 00:30:06.060
 and chattiness

00:30:06.060 --> 00:30:06.980
 of the

00:30:06.980 --> 00:30:07.980
 place ceased.

00:30:08.980 --> 00:30:09.800
 I could not

00:30:09.800 --> 00:30:10.759
 get another

00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:11.720
 word out of

00:30:11.720 --> 00:30:12.779
 her for the

00:30:12.779 --> 00:30:13.860
 rest of the

00:30:13.860 --> 00:30:14.200
 haircut.

00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:16.320
 I think that's

00:30:16.320 --> 00:30:17.000
 fairly typical.

00:30:18.160 --> 00:30:18.860
 Rather than

00:30:18.860 --> 00:30:20.900
 accept and

00:30:20.900 --> 00:30:21.680
 prepare for the

00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:22.519
 inevitable, we

00:30:22.519 --> 00:30:23.680
 try to close

00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:25.380
 our eyes to

00:30:25.380 --> 00:30:25.980
 the reality

00:30:25.980 --> 00:30:26.500
 of death.

00:30:26.620 --> 00:30:27.240
 Ashton wrote,

00:30:27.720 --> 00:30:28.519
 our age is

00:30:28.519 --> 00:30:29.920
 so devoid of

00:30:29.920 --> 00:30:30.900
 hope in the

00:30:30.900 --> 00:30:31.860
 face of death

00:30:31.860 --> 00:30:32.860
 that the

00:30:32.860 --> 00:30:34.039
 topic has

00:30:34.039 --> 00:30:34.519
 become

00:30:34.519 --> 00:30:35.740
 unmentionable.

00:30:37.320 --> 00:30:38.100
 And that's

00:30:38.100 --> 00:30:38.360
 true.

00:30:39.140 --> 00:30:39.900
 We don't

00:30:39.900 --> 00:30:40.420
 even want to

00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.920
 talk about

00:30:40.920 --> 00:30:41.220
 it.

00:30:42.400 --> 00:30:42.799
 And yet,

00:30:42.880 --> 00:30:43.299
 surely we

00:30:43.299 --> 00:30:43.660
 must.

00:30:44.799 --> 00:30:45.580
 Not in

00:30:45.580 --> 00:30:46.519
 some morose,

00:30:46.820 --> 00:30:47.220
 morbid

00:30:47.220 --> 00:30:49.080
 fashion, but

00:30:49.080 --> 00:30:49.480
 with the

00:30:49.480 --> 00:30:50.100
 hope that

00:30:50.100 --> 00:30:50.940
 only Jesus

00:30:50.940 --> 00:30:51.900
 Christ can

00:30:51.900 --> 00:30:52.340
 give.

00:30:53.680 --> 00:30:54.440
 Jesus said,

00:30:54.519 --> 00:30:54.960
 my sheep

00:30:54.960 --> 00:30:55.360
 hear my

00:30:55.360 --> 00:30:55.759
 voice.

00:30:55.840 --> 00:30:56.180
 I know

00:30:56.180 --> 00:30:56.360
 them.

00:30:56.539 --> 00:30:56.660
 They

00:30:56.660 --> 00:30:57.220
 follow me.

00:30:57.420 --> 00:30:57.799
 I give

00:30:57.799 --> 00:30:58.519
 them eternal

00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.580
 life, and

00:30:59.580 --> 00:31:00.000
 they will

00:31:00.000 --> 00:31:00.799
 never perish,

00:31:01.560 --> 00:31:02.200
 and no one

00:31:02.200 --> 00:31:02.820
 will snatch

00:31:02.820 --> 00:31:03.740
 them from

00:31:03.740 --> 00:31:04.480
 my hands.

00:31:06.299 --> 00:31:07.019
 According to

00:31:07.019 --> 00:31:07.799
 Jewish custom,

00:31:08.420 --> 00:31:08.960
 both the

00:31:08.960 --> 00:31:09.660
 little girl and

00:31:09.660 --> 00:31:10.980
 the woman here

00:31:10.980 --> 00:31:11.840
 were viewed as

00:31:11.840 --> 00:31:13.860
 being ceremonially

00:31:13.860 --> 00:31:14.600
 unclean.

00:31:15.320 --> 00:31:16.060
 Touching them

00:31:16.060 --> 00:31:16.480
 should have

00:31:16.480 --> 00:31:17.259
 rendered Jesus

00:31:17.259 --> 00:31:18.940
 unclean, but

00:31:18.940 --> 00:31:19.400
 the reverse

00:31:19.400 --> 00:31:20.120
 proves true.

00:31:20.119 --> 00:31:21.579
 cleansing,

00:31:21.859 --> 00:31:22.519
 healing, and

00:31:22.519 --> 00:31:23.819
 new life flow

00:31:23.819 --> 00:31:25.359
 from Jesus to

00:31:25.359 --> 00:31:26.139
 those who reach

00:31:26.139 --> 00:31:27.199
 out to him in

00:31:27.199 --> 00:31:27.679
 faith.

00:31:28.639 --> 00:31:29.719
 The good news

00:31:29.719 --> 00:31:30.699
 for unclean

00:31:30.699 --> 00:31:31.439
 sinners of

00:31:31.439 --> 00:31:32.679
 whatever hue is

00:31:32.679 --> 00:31:33.259
 that Jesus

00:31:33.259 --> 00:31:34.179
 Christ is the

00:31:34.179 --> 00:31:35.619
 contagiously clean

00:31:35.619 --> 00:31:36.059
 man.

00:31:36.719 --> 00:31:37.500
 In him the

00:31:37.500 --> 00:31:38.500
 unclean are

00:31:38.500 --> 00:31:39.139
 made clean.

00:31:40.339 --> 00:31:40.959
 That's what we

00:31:40.959 --> 00:31:41.359
 see at the

00:31:41.359 --> 00:31:42.859
 cross, where

00:31:42.859 --> 00:31:43.500
 Jesus took

00:31:43.500 --> 00:31:44.279
 upon himself

00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:45.459
 the curse of

00:31:45.459 --> 00:31:46.299
 our unclean

00:31:46.299 --> 00:31:47.779
 condition, and

00:31:47.779 --> 00:31:48.779
 carried our sin

00:31:48.779 --> 00:31:49.680
 all the way

00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:50.460
 down to the

00:31:50.460 --> 00:31:51.319
 grave and

00:31:51.319 --> 00:31:51.779
 buried it

00:31:51.779 --> 00:31:52.519
 there for

00:31:52.519 --> 00:31:52.839
 good.

00:31:55.379 --> 00:31:56.079
 Yes, at

00:31:56.079 --> 00:31:56.639
 times we

00:31:56.639 --> 00:31:57.879
 live in a

00:31:57.879 --> 00:31:58.559
 world full of

00:31:58.559 --> 00:31:59.319
 desperate people,

00:31:59.799 --> 00:32:00.619
 and sometimes

00:32:00.619 --> 00:32:01.339
 it's a quiet

00:32:01.339 --> 00:32:02.279
 desperation, like

00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:03.240
 the unnamed

00:32:03.240 --> 00:32:03.940
 woman in our

00:32:03.940 --> 00:32:04.339
 text.

00:32:04.440 --> 00:32:05.299
 No one really

00:32:05.299 --> 00:32:05.839
 sees or

00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.720
 understands, all

00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:07.500
 hidden away,

00:32:08.440 --> 00:32:09.099
 behind closed

00:32:09.099 --> 00:32:10.139
 doors, often

00:32:10.139 --> 00:32:11.279
 in a solitary

00:32:11.279 --> 00:32:11.839
 life.

00:32:12.759 --> 00:32:13.440
 And yet at

00:32:13.440 --> 00:32:14.259
 other times it's

00:32:14.259 --> 00:32:14.980
 like Jairus, it's

00:32:14.980 --> 00:32:15.539
 open, it's

00:32:15.539 --> 00:32:16.160
 public, it's

00:32:16.160 --> 00:32:16.519
 visible.

00:32:18.779 --> 00:32:19.599
 Maybe you're

00:32:19.599 --> 00:32:20.059
 someone in

00:32:20.059 --> 00:32:21.680
 desperation over

00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.859
 your sins, or

00:32:23.859 --> 00:32:24.740
 overwhelmed with

00:32:24.740 --> 00:32:25.579
 feelings of guilt

00:32:25.579 --> 00:32:26.480
 for the things

00:32:26.480 --> 00:32:27.559
 you've done, the

00:32:27.559 --> 00:32:28.039
 people you've

00:32:28.039 --> 00:32:28.460
 hurt.

00:32:29.399 --> 00:32:31.059
 Maybe it feels

00:32:31.059 --> 00:32:31.980
 as if life is

00:32:31.980 --> 00:32:33.279
 crashing down

00:32:33.279 --> 00:32:34.240
 upon you.

00:32:34.879 --> 00:32:35.559
 Maybe you're

00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:35.879
 filled with

00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.639
 anxiety over

00:32:36.639 --> 00:32:37.240
 the future.

00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.680
 Maybe you're

00:32:39.680 --> 00:32:40.259
 struggling to

00:32:40.259 --> 00:32:41.000
 make sense of

00:32:41.000 --> 00:32:41.519
 what's happening

00:32:41.519 --> 00:32:42.119
 in your life.

00:32:42.220 --> 00:32:42.559
 Maybe you're

00:32:42.559 --> 00:32:43.680
 hiding away from

00:32:43.680 --> 00:32:44.180
 others.

00:32:45.839 --> 00:32:46.619
 Maybe you're

00:32:46.619 --> 00:32:47.180
 consumed with

00:32:47.180 --> 00:32:47.559
 shame.

00:32:48.779 --> 00:32:49.180
 Or you're

00:32:49.180 --> 00:32:49.940
 concerned about

00:32:49.940 --> 00:32:50.579
 illness and

00:32:50.579 --> 00:32:51.559
 approaching death.

00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:53.859
 Friend, let

00:32:53.859 --> 00:32:54.940
 your desperation

00:32:54.940 --> 00:32:56.299
 drive you into

00:32:56.299 --> 00:32:57.619
 the arms of

00:32:57.619 --> 00:32:57.940
 Jesus.

00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.059
 For there is

00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:01.259
 abundant grace

00:33:01.259 --> 00:33:02.519
 and mercy for

00:33:02.519 --> 00:33:03.160
 the desperate

00:33:03.160 --> 00:33:04.099
 in Jesus

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.619
 Christ.

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.160
 He is a

00:33:06.160 --> 00:33:07.059
 great and

00:33:07.059 --> 00:33:08.099
 mighty Savior.

00:33:08.960 --> 00:33:09.460
 Let me

00:33:09.460 --> 00:33:10.259
 encourage you

00:33:10.259 --> 00:33:11.200
 to reach out

00:33:11.200 --> 00:33:11.639
 to Him

00:33:11.639 --> 00:33:13.059
 today with

00:33:13.059 --> 00:33:13.779
 the empty

00:33:13.779 --> 00:33:14.660
 hands of

00:33:14.660 --> 00:33:15.079
 faith, or

00:33:15.079 --> 00:33:15.460
 even with

00:33:15.460 --> 00:33:16.319
 the fingertips

00:33:16.319 --> 00:33:17.180
 of faith,

00:33:17.180 --> 00:33:18.759
 and discover

00:33:18.759 --> 00:33:19.460
 for yourself

00:33:19.460 --> 00:33:19.920
 His love,

00:33:19.980 --> 00:33:20.519
 His blessing,

00:33:20.519 --> 00:33:21.100
 and His

00:33:21.100 --> 00:33:21.420
 power.

00:33:22.940 --> 00:33:23.860
 Jesus Christ

00:33:23.860 --> 00:33:24.519
 is utterly

00:33:24.519 --> 00:33:25.200
 approachable.

00:33:25.980 --> 00:33:26.560
 He invites

00:33:26.560 --> 00:33:27.360
 all men and

00:33:27.360 --> 00:33:27.759
 women to

00:33:27.759 --> 00:33:28.200
 come to

00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:29.220
 Him, to

00:33:29.220 --> 00:33:29.620
 come with

00:33:29.620 --> 00:33:30.180
 your shame,

00:33:30.299 --> 00:33:30.620
 come with

00:33:30.620 --> 00:33:31.259
 your fears,

00:33:31.539 --> 00:33:31.880
 come with

00:33:31.880 --> 00:33:32.420
 your sin.

00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:33.200
 You don't

00:33:33.200 --> 00:33:33.860
 have to

00:33:33.860 --> 00:33:34.600
 unburden

00:33:34.600 --> 00:33:35.759
 yourself to

00:33:35.759 --> 00:33:36.120
 come.

00:33:36.340 --> 00:33:36.799
 In fact,

00:33:36.860 --> 00:33:37.259
 it's your

00:33:37.259 --> 00:33:38.100
 burden that

00:33:38.100 --> 00:33:39.100
 qualifies you

00:33:39.100 --> 00:33:39.600
 to come.

00:33:39.600 --> 00:33:40.279
 Come to

00:33:40.279 --> 00:33:41.299
 me, all

00:33:41.299 --> 00:33:42.200
 who labor

00:33:42.200 --> 00:33:43.039
 and are

00:33:43.039 --> 00:33:43.720
 heavy laden,

00:33:43.880 --> 00:33:44.480
 and I will

00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:45.200
 give you rest

00:33:45.200 --> 00:33:45.720
 as Jesus.

00:33:45.720 --> 00:33:46.579
 Take my

00:33:46.579 --> 00:33:47.180
 yoke upon

00:33:47.180 --> 00:33:47.900
 you, learn

00:33:47.900 --> 00:33:48.519
 from me.

00:33:48.740 --> 00:33:49.500
 I am gentle

00:33:49.500 --> 00:33:50.240
 and lowly in

00:33:50.240 --> 00:33:51.120
 heart, and

00:33:51.120 --> 00:33:51.839
 you will find

00:33:51.839 --> 00:33:52.500
 rest for your

00:33:52.500 --> 00:33:52.860
 souls.

00:33:53.339 --> 00:33:54.339
 Jesus loves

00:33:54.339 --> 00:33:54.980
 to welcome

00:33:54.980 --> 00:33:55.860
 sinners still.

00:33:56.740 --> 00:33:57.339
 He delights

00:33:57.339 --> 00:33:58.200
 to give strength

00:33:58.200 --> 00:33:58.819
 to the weary

00:33:58.819 --> 00:33:59.799
 and the worried

00:33:59.799 --> 00:34:00.720
 and the weak.

00:34:01.480 --> 00:34:01.940
 He is the

00:34:01.940 --> 00:34:02.700
 great physician

00:34:02.700 --> 00:34:04.339
 who took on

00:34:04.339 --> 00:34:05.019
 our sickness

00:34:05.019 --> 00:34:06.579
 to heal

00:34:06.579 --> 00:34:07.240
 and to make

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:07.799
 us whole,

00:34:08.980 --> 00:34:09.340
 and who

00:34:09.340 --> 00:34:10.300
 tasted death

00:34:10.300 --> 00:34:11.119
 that we

00:34:11.119 --> 00:34:11.740
 might live.

00:34:13.220 --> 00:34:13.780
 And today,

00:34:13.900 --> 00:34:14.679
 He invites you

00:34:14.679 --> 00:34:15.319
 to reach out

00:34:15.319 --> 00:34:15.639
 to Him

00:34:15.639 --> 00:34:16.219
 in faith

00:34:16.219 --> 00:34:17.960
 and discover

00:34:17.960 --> 00:34:18.839
 for yourself

00:34:18.839 --> 00:34:19.440
 the God

00:34:19.440 --> 00:34:20.379
 who is in

00:34:20.379 --> 00:34:21.239
 Jesus Christ

00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:23.659
 already reaching

00:34:23.659 --> 00:34:25.079
 out to you.

00:34:26.799 --> 00:34:27.839
 For the Lord

00:34:27.839 --> 00:34:28.500
 is good

00:34:28.500 --> 00:34:29.319
 and faithful.

00:34:30.500 --> 00:34:31.199
 He will keep

00:34:31.199 --> 00:34:32.179
 us day

00:34:32.179 --> 00:34:32.799
 and night.

00:34:33.819 --> 00:34:34.359
 We can

00:34:34.359 --> 00:34:35.679
 always run

00:34:35.679 --> 00:34:36.599
 to Jesus.

00:34:37.699 --> 00:34:38.219
 Jesus,

00:34:38.739 --> 00:34:39.259
 strong

00:34:39.259 --> 00:34:40.440
 and kind.

00:34:41.159 --> 00:34:41.719
 Let's pray

00:34:41.719 --> 00:34:42.059
 together.

00:34:42.059 --> 00:34:42.119
 Amen.

00:34:42.119 --> 00:34:42.159
 Amen.

00:34:42.159 --> 00:34:42.159


00:34:44.679 --> 00:34:49.379
 God our

00:34:49.379 --> 00:34:49.619
 Father,

00:34:49.839 --> 00:34:50.460
 you know us

00:34:50.460 --> 00:34:51.480
 better than

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.159
 we know

00:34:52.159 --> 00:34:52.819
 ourselves.

00:34:53.779 --> 00:34:54.879
 We may

00:34:54.879 --> 00:34:55.819
 hide from

00:34:55.819 --> 00:34:56.259
 others.

00:34:57.519 --> 00:34:58.059
 We may

00:34:58.059 --> 00:34:58.859
 even try

00:34:58.859 --> 00:34:59.399
 to hide

00:34:59.399 --> 00:35:00.719
 from ourselves,

00:35:00.719 --> 00:35:01.239
 but we

00:35:01.239 --> 00:35:02.000
 cannot hide

00:35:02.000 --> 00:35:03.079
 from you.

00:35:04.199 --> 00:35:04.719
 Lord,

00:35:04.759 --> 00:35:05.259
 we pray

00:35:05.259 --> 00:35:06.019
 that by your

00:35:06.019 --> 00:35:06.679
 grace and

00:35:06.679 --> 00:35:07.019
 the work

00:35:07.019 --> 00:35:07.299
 of your

00:35:07.299 --> 00:35:07.919
 Holy Spirit,

00:35:08.359 --> 00:35:09.279
 you may

00:35:09.279 --> 00:35:09.940
 help us

00:35:09.940 --> 00:35:11.039
 that we

00:35:11.039 --> 00:35:12.059
 may rest

00:35:12.059 --> 00:35:12.800
 our faith

00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:13.619
 and trust

00:35:13.619 --> 00:35:14.800
 in Jesus

00:35:14.800 --> 00:35:15.360
 Christ.

00:35:18.099 --> 00:35:19.280
 May we

00:35:19.280 --> 00:35:19.840
 find

00:35:19.840 --> 00:35:21.320
 in Him

00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:23.599
 salvation,

00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:25.159
 forgiveness,

00:35:26.200 --> 00:35:26.700
 and new

00:35:26.700 --> 00:35:27.099
 life.

00:35:27.980 --> 00:35:28.940
 As we pray

00:35:28.940 --> 00:35:29.480
 these things

00:35:29.480 --> 00:35:30.179
 in His name.

00:35:30.679 --> 00:35:31.079
 Amen.

00:35:31.079 --> 00:35:31.260
 Amen.

00:35:31.260 --> 00:35:31.280
 Amen.

00:35:31.280 --> 00:35:31.300
 Amen.

00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.300


00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.300


00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.300


00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.300


00:35:31.300 --> 00:35:31.300