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 Well, verses 35 to 43 that we just read is really the conclusion of the narrative that

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 began back in verse 21.

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 It's not so much a story on its own as it is just kind of the final chapter of this

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 narrative that we began to study last week.

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 And it was in verses 21 to 24 that we were introduced by Mark to this ruler of the synagogue.

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 His name was Jairus, and he went to Jesus because his 12-year-old little daughter was

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 deathly ill.

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 And one of the interesting notes about Jairus is that as a ruler of the synagogue, he was

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 connected to the religious establishment of the day that was not typically friendly to

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 Jesus.

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 And perhaps, we don't know for sure, but it's likely that even up to this point in

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 Jesus's ministry, perhaps Jairus at some point in that time had even positioned himself as

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 somewhat of an enemy of Jesus.

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 Maybe he wasn't as vocal as the Pharisees that had come from Jerusalem and declared that Jesus

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 was possessed by Satan.

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 But perhaps he was uncertain about the claims that Jesus was making, and perhaps he was frustrated

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 by how Jesus was literally turning the Jewish religion and culture upside down in Galilee.

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 But then we see something significant here.

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 As he comes to Jesus, he shows this incredible amount of faith as he sought the Lord's help.

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 And we noted last week, he had come to the end of his rope.

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 He was desperate.

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 And in this moment, he knew that Jesus was the only hope that he had.

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 And there are times in our lives where we get that way.

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 Perhaps even in your life before becoming a Christian, there were things that maybe you

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 were acquainted with about Jesus.

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 You weren't willing to commit to him as Savior and Lord.

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 You weren't quite sure if you were willing to commit to all of these things that the Bible

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 says about him.

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 But in a moment of despair, you realize through the work of the Holy Spirit in your life that

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 you have actually no hope but him.

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 And in that moment, you too run to Jesus as Jairus ran to Jesus.

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 And you didn't know a lot about him.

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 You didn't know everything there was to know.

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 You didn't know everything there was to know about the Bible.

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 You were uncertain of a lot of things.

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 But the one thing that you knew is that you were in a desperate need and that the only hope

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 that you had was Jesus Christ.

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 And that's where Jairus is.

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 He doesn't know everything.

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 What he knows is that he has a need and he runs to Jesus and he bows before Jesus and

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 he says, I know if you will come, she will live.

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 If you will just come.

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 And so he demonstrates this great faith and whatever reservations he might have had about

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 Jesus were abandoned as he ran at that moment.

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 We call that repentance.

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 Because for us to really know the Lord and receive salvation, it is not merely about giving

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 some type of intellectual assent to the things that we read in the Bible, but it's actually

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 abandoning all the other things in order to pursue him alone.

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 So whatever reservations Jairus might have had, he abandons and he runs to Jesus.

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 It's proof that even the hardest of hearts can be transformed to follow Christ.

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 And we noted that despair is often a prelude to grace.

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 And in this case, in the case of Jairus at least, his desperation led him right to Jesus.

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 But even more remarkable than Jairus, this person tied in likely with the religious establishment,

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 even more remarkable than him running to Jesus is the fact that when he made it to Jesus,

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 Jesus so willingly and compassionately agreed with him.

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 That is, he agreed to his request.

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 And this is significant to our understanding here.

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 Verse 24 says that Jesus immediately stopped what he was doing to go with Jairus.

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 And it's a simple statement, but it's an important one.

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 Look again at verse 24.

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 And Jesus went with him.

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 This one who probably at that point had been an enemy of Jesus.

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 It didn't matter.

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 He had come to Jesus.

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 And Jesus went with him.

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 And he received him as he was in that moment of his faith.

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 And Jesus' love and compassion are so great that he will turn no person away who comes to him in faith.

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 And that's the interaction that he has with people often in the New Testament.

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 We see his invitation for people to come.

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 And then we see his promise that if you do come to him in faith, he will not turn you away.

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 And we quote this verse all the time.

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 John chapter 6 and verse 37.

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 Jesus himself said,

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 All that the Father gives me will come to me.

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 And whoever comes to me, I will never cast away.

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 We don't know everything that there is to know.

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 We don't know much at all actually about Jairus.

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 But let's say that he was one of those Pharisees that was telling everybody in Galilee,

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 This man is possessed by Satan.

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 And yet in this moment, he runs to Jesus in faith.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 He goes with him.

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 He accepts them at the point of his faith.

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 And it is only from there that Jesus begins to do this work in his life.

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 He gives him more understanding.

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 His faith is strengthened because of the wonderful grace of our Savior.

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 And so Jesus's willingness to go with Jairus, it doesn't only reveal his compassion,

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 but it is actually significant for us to understand the unfolding nature of the story that we just read.

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 This conclusion in verses 35 to 43.

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 Now listen, when Jesus agreed to go with Jairus, he was agreeing to heal his daughter.

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 Are you with me?

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 When we see in verse 24 that Jesus went with him, it wasn't just for fun.

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 Jesus wasn't just going along with this and saying,

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 Okay, well, we'll just, we'll see what we can do.

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 No.

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 Jairus comes to Jesus, pleading for Jesus to come and lay hands on his daughter so that she might live.

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 And Jesus, in going with Jairus, agrees to do that thing.

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 Not merely to go with him, but to go to his house, lay his hands on his daughter in order that she might live.

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 That's significant for us to understand everything that's going to unfold now as we work through these verses together.

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 The issue here was not about whether Jairus believed Jesus's power,

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 but whether Jairus believed Jesus's promise.

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 Because this faith that he exemplified in verses 22 and 23 was about to be severely tested.

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 Every step of the way, think about this.

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 Every step from where he met Jesus until he got to his house where his daughter was,

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 he was hit time and time again with every reason why he shouldn't believe that Jesus was going to be able to do anything.

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 Think about it.

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 Perhaps he gets excited at first because Jesus is actually going with him.

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 And on the way, what happens?

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 Jesus stops.

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 Jairus is over here urgent because his daughter's about to die.

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 And if Jesus doesn't get there, she's not going to live.

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 He needs Jesus to, come on, Jesus, let's pick up the pace.

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 And what does Jesus do?

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 Somebody touches him in the crowd and he stops and just decides to have a conversation.

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 And right there, he's hit.

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 Maybe this isn't going to work out.

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 And then he gets this news.

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 She's dead.

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 And he's tested again.

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 It's too late.

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 And then he gets to the house.

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 And they're already wailing.

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 And he's tested again.

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 The point was not, was Jairus going to believe Jesus's power?

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 We already know that he believed Jesus's power.

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 The point of this passage was, is Jairus going to believe the promise that Jesus made?

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 When Jesus said, I'm going to go to your house and I'm going to lay my hands on your daughter

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 so that she will live.

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 Was Jairus going to believe that?

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 Was he going to continue in that faith?

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 And that becomes the unfolding issue as we come to this today.

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 So we not only see his power over death, but we see the necessity of faith

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 in experiencing the life-giving power of Jesus.

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 While Jesus was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house some who said,

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 Your daughter is dead.

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 Why trouble the teacher any further?

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 So knowing the urgency of the situation, you can imagine, as we mentioned before,

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 how flustered Jairus must have felt when Jesus stopped to interact with this woman.

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 We don't know how long Jesus spent talking to her, but during their conversation,

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 some messengers from Jairus' house came with the news that his daughter was actually now dead.

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 And what a devastating moment this must have been for him.

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 He knew this was a possibility, but he had had hope.

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 Now that Jesus was coming with him, he had perked up.

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 Jesus agreed to heal the girl, but now all of his hopes seem to be crushed underneath the news.

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 However, it does seem like there is somewhat of an exchange, an unwritten exchange,

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 but I think it's safe for us to say that they don't immediately say,

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 Why trouble the master anymore?

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 It seems as if maybe they come and they say,

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 Jairus, we're sorry to tell you this, but your little girl, she's dead now.

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 And maybe Jairus still, with a little bit of energy and hope,

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 I mean, Jesus is right here and the house is just down the way,

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 and he's thinking, Well, maybe we can still bring Jesus.

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 Maybe he can still do something.

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 And then eventually the messengers say, No, it's too late.

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 Why bother Jesus anymore?

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 The messengers assume that Jesus's power could do nothing once death had arrived.

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 And if we're honest, most of us would have been just like the messengers.

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 We're not told that they had any doubt that Jesus could have done something in the beginning,

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 but now that she was dead, why was there any reason for them to think that Jesus would be of help to them?

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 And so this question that the messengers ask really sets the stage for the drama that's about to unfold.

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 So they didn't deny that Jesus has power,

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 but to them, Jesus was just a uniquely gifted rabbi whose power was limited by death.

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 They would have understood that only God has power over life and death.

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 And like so many others in Mark's gospel,

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 it hadn't occurred to them that Jesus was anything more than a man.

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 So they responded to Jairus like any one of us would have responded.

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 Why bother Jesus anymore?

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 It's too late.

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 She's dead.

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 And they were urging Jairus then to let it go.

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 Go home.

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 Mourn and move on.

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 That's essentially what they're saying in this statement.

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 There's nothing you can do now.

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 There's nothing Jesus can do now.

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 Just go home.

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 And the question then becomes,

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 was Jairus' faith only about receiving a miracle?

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 Or did he believe that there was something more to Jesus

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 than simply being a powerful healer?

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 And that's significant.

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 And it reminds us here that appreciating Jesus doesn't make you a Christian.

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 These messengers weren't bad people from all that we can tell.

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 They probably were even somewhat hopeful that Jesus would actually come to the house

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 and that he would heal the girl before she died.

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 But their understanding and their faith in Jesus was limited.

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 They thought that he was nothing more than just this significant teacher.

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 Maybe he's got this power and maybe he can help.

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 But at the time that their faith reached its limit,

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 they thought that it was over.

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 And so they had an appreciation for Jesus.

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 But an appreciation for Jesus is not enough.

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 We must believe in who he is and what he's done.

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 Verse 36, overhearing what they said,

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 Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue,

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 do not fear, only believe.

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 Literally here in the present tense,

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 stop being afraid,

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 keep on believing.

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 Stop being afraid, Jairus.

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 Keep on believing.

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 And so Jesus overhears the conversation with the messengers,

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 knowing the doubt that was developing in Jairus' heart.

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 Jesus does what he always does.

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 And he gently and lovingly interjects

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 to encourage Jairus' faith.

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 And I love this.

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 Because do you ever have moments in your life

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 where you believe Jesus,

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 you're passionate about Jesus,

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 but you just don't understand what's going on,

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 and you're hurt, and you're discouraged,

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 and you don't know how it's going to turn out,

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 and your heart begins to doubt a little bit.

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 It begins to doubt a little bit.

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 And then the Holy Spirit comes right along

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 and encourages that faith.

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 And that's exactly what Jesus is doing for Jairus.

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 He gets this message and he's hit once again.

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 Is he going to continue in this faith?

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 And Jesus interjects.

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 He doesn't interact at all with the message.

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 He just focuses on Jairus.

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 And his statement to Jairus is literally,

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 stop being afraid, keep on believing.

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 But what is it that Jairus was supposed to keep on believing

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 now that his daughter was dead?

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 He was to keep on believing the thing that gave him hope in the beginning.

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 And that is the promise of Jesus, the word of Christ.

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 I remember what we noted about Jesus agreeing to go with Jairus.

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 He wasn't going to evaluate the situation.

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 His response to Jairus wasn't,

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 no promises, Jairus, but I'll come along with you

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 and we'll see what happens.

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 Maybe I can help you out.

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 That's not how Jesus operated.

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 And that's not how Jesus was operating here.

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 When he agreed to go with Jairus,

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 he was promising to restore the girl's life.

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 So when Jesus commanded for Jairus to keep on believing,

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 he meant for Jairus to keep on believing Jesus's word.

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 Keep believing me, Jesus says.

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 The basis of Jairus's faith was to be the promise of Christ,

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 the word of Christ.

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 And we need to be careful that when we come to passages like this,

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 we aren't seduced into a sort of name it and claim it type of theology.

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 Jesus wasn't teaching here that we will receive everything that we want

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 if we just believe hard enough.

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 And the takeaway from this text is not that Jesus will raise

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 your loved one from the dead if you just keep believing.

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 That's not the takeaway here.

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 That's not what Jesus is getting at.

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 Faith is not a means by which we satisfy our lust for material gain

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 and the wants that we want in life.

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 And beware of the people that try to present Jesus

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 not as the savior of your sin,

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 not as the one who rules the world

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 and as the Lord who governs your life,

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 but beware of the people that come to you and say,

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 Jesus is somewhat of a bellhop for you.

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 That if you just believe hard enough

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 and you just make your request,

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 he's obligated to give you whatever you want.

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 That is not what's happening here.

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 That's not what's happening.

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 Jesus wasn't saying that we can believe something into existence.

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 He was telling Jairus, keep believing me.

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 And what was it about Jesus?

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 He was to keep believing the fact that Jesus agreed

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 to do what Jairus had requested.

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 Yes, the Bible promises that those who belong to Christ

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 will receive blessing and peace and joy in all these things.

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 But it also promises that we will endure hardship and persecution.

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 And true faith is simply submitting to the word of Christ,

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 not just this generic faith that if we just have the most positive thinking

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 that we can have, that God is just going to give us what we want.

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 No, believe his word.

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 And what was his word to Jairus?

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 I'll go with you.

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 I'll lay my hands on your daughter and she'll have life.

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 In fact, Luke tells us that that's exactly what Jesus said.

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 She will live.

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 And what he's being tempted by in this moment

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 is not a doubt of Jesus's power,

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 but a doubt of Jesus's promise.

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 Now notice quickly that Jesus didn't engage at all

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 with the message that the messengers brought.

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 He didn't engage with them.

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 In fact, some have even translated that word overhearing.

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 They've translated it as ignoring.

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 He almost pretends like they're not even there.

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 He focuses in on Jairus.

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 And he didn't stop to explain what was happening

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 or how he was going to resolve this situation.

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 And this frustrates us, doesn't it?

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 It frustrates us.

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 Maybe it frustrates me.

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 Maybe you're better than me.

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 It frustrates me sometimes.

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 Well, like, why didn't Jesus just tell him?

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 Why didn't he just tell him?

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 Jairus here, look, listen, it's okay.

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 I'm going to go.

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 She's going to be dead.

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 It's okay.

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 I'm going to say this Aramaic thing,

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 and she's going to get up.

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 You're going to give her some food.

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 He doesn't do any of that.

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 Because when it comes to our faith

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 and the perplexities of our life,

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 God often deals in promises, not explanations.

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 That doesn't mean that we can't logically reason

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 through the scriptures.

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 Of course we can do that.

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 But it's true that there's just a lot of things

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 about our lives we don't understand.

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 We don't understand all the whys.

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 We don't understand all the hows.

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 But what we have in the word is a book of promises

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 from the God who has never broken one.

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 And in Jairus' case, it wasn't about understanding

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 how Jesus was going to help his daughter.

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 It was just trusting that Jesus would fulfill

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 the promise that he made.

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 And listen, that's the case for our lives too.

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 It's not about knowing how things are going to work out.

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 It's not about knowing how God is going to do this thing for you.

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 It's not about knowing how Jesus is going to work out

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 his purposes in your life.

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 It's just trusting that he is.

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 And casting your hope, casting your care,

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 casting your faith wholly on the promise of God.

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 Jairus didn't need to know how it was going to happen.

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 He just needed to trust the Lord.

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 And I don't know what's going on in your life right now

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 where your faith is being tested.

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 And the faith of whether or not you're really going to trust

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 the promises of God's word.

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 I don't know how that's being tested right now.

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 But I can tell you this, that God's not going to explain it to you.

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 He's just going to say, trust me.

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 Just believe me.

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 I haven't broken a promise.

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 I'm not going to start with you.

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 Just trust my word.

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 Look with me at verse 38.

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 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue.

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 And Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly.

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 And so as Jesus approached Jairus' house,

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 Mark wrote that there was a great commotion taking place

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 regarding the death of this little girl.

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 And the description is somewhat interesting.

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 The description of what the commotion was

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 tells us verbs of things that we hear.

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 It says that they were weeping and wailing.

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 Those are things that we hear.

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 But when it uses the action of Jesus,

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 what it says that he was doing is that he was seeing.

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 In other words, the mourning, the commotion at the house

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 was so intense that it could not only be heard,

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 but it could be seen.

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 It was a visible and an audible grief and mourning.

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 And it was a commotion.

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 A tumult was taking place.

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 And as they are approaching the house,

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 not even quite on the house yet,

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 they can clearly see and hear that there is a problem

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 and that people are hurt and that they're mourning.

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 And so when you consider the circumstance,

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 a 12-year-old girl dying, perhaps unexpectedly,

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 it's not surprising at all that this would be the case.

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 The description of this verse also conveys a Jewish custom

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 that's foreign to our American culture.

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 Whenever someone died in this particular day,

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 there were professional mourners that came to their home

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 and were hired to quite literally weep and well

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 as if the loss was their own.

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 In fact, it was not only a customary thing,

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 but it was actually a requirement in Jewish law.

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 Even poor families had to hire at least one mourner

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 and two flute players whenever they had a funeral

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 in their house.

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 And there were a number of reasons for this.

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 Partly it was to give the family an opportunity

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 to express an intense grief

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 without having more attention drawn to them.

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 But you can imagine Jairus being probably somewhat wealthy

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 and well-known in the community

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 has had his family that has obviously hired

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 many of these mourners.

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 And so just a great way off from the house,

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 they can already hear them.

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 And perhaps it's overcomplicating the issue

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 with what's going on.

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 And so that's what they're walking into.

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 And we don't know how long the girl had been dead,

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 but it was at least long enough for these mourners

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 to have been hired and in place before Jesus arrives.

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 Now, if we think through this timeline,

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 we're going all the way back to verse 21 now.

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 If we think through this timeline,

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 when Jairus leaves the house,

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 his daughter is still alive,

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 though she could die at any moment.

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 And he finally gets to wherever Jesus is.

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 He finally gets through the crowd.

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 They have this conversation and Jesus goes

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 and then they get held up

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 and all the things begin to unfold.

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 She had at least been dead long enough

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 that the mourners had already been alerted.

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 They had already gathered at the house

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 and they were already doing the thing.

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 Okay, so this has been quite some time.

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 If we follow this timeline,

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 it's likely that Jairus' daughter

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 probably was already dead

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 before he even made it to Jesus to begin with.

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 Which tells us something significant.

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 Jesus never intended to heal Jairus' daughter

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 of her sickness.

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 This was never about a sickness.

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 This was always about a resurrection.

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 Jairus didn't understand that.

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 He didn't know.

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 Jesus didn't tell him.

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 But he never intended to heal the illness.

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 He actually had something much more spectacular.

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 Which just brings us to another point

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 as we're just making kind of these random applications

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 as we work through.

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 Be careful that your despair

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 doesn't lead you to become a critic

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 of God's work in your life.

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 Now think about Jairus here.

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 You won't always understand

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 why God allows the things in your life

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 to unfold in the way that they do.

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 But the one thing that you can trust

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 is that he is always working out

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 what's right and what's best in your life.

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 Jairus didn't realize what was about to happen.

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 But Jesus knew all along what this was going to be.

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 It wasn't a problem for him to stop and help the woman.

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 Jesus knew this was going to be a resurrection.

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 Abraham said

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 in relation to God's judgment

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 on Sodom and Gomorrah.

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 Abraham said

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 shall not the judge of all the earth

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 do what is right?

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 And I found that to be a comforting verse

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 at a number of moments in my life

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 when I was doubting

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 whether or not

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 God's work was actually good

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 and was actually right.

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 And then we come to a moment

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 and we begin to see that God is always right.

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 He's always right.

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 He does all things well.

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 And he does all things

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 for our good

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 and for his purposes

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 and for his glory in our life.

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 And that doesn't mean

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 that his way is always easy.

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 It's often not very easy actually.

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 But it is always right.

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 And you may not understand

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 why exactly you're going through

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 the things that you are right now

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 but you can trust that he's right.

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 Keep on believing.

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 Stop being afraid.

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 Verse 39

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 When he had entered

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 he said to them

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 why are you making a commotion

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 and weeping?

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 The child is not dead

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 but sleeping.

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 And they laughed at him.

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 So once Jesus entered into the house

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 he immediately confronted the commotion.

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 And he did this

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 in somewhat of an unusual way.

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 He proclaimed all the people

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 that were there weeping and wailing.

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 That the girl is not dead.

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 She is sleeping.

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 Now Jesus wasn't lying.

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 Okay.

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 He wasn't being deceitful.

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 He wasn't trying to be mysterious.

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 He wasn't actually speaking

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 of a literal sleep.

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 He was referring to the fact

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 that her death was only temporary.

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 And we understand this is the case

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 because the New Testament

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 often deals with the death of believers

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 with this type of metaphor.

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 This metaphor of sleeping.

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 Paul used it in 1 Corinthians 15.

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 He said,

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 Behold I tell you a mystery.

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 We shall not all sleep

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 but we all shall be raised.

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 In other words,

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 not every Christian is going to die

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 because at some point

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 the Lord is going to come back.

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 And those who are living

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 are going to be united with the Lord

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 in those moments.

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 Jesus said this to his disciples

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 on another occasion.

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 You'll remember when his friend Lazarus

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 had died.

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 In John chapter 11

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 it says,

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 After saying these things

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 he said to his disciples,

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 Our friend Lazarus

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 has fallen asleep

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 but I go to awaken him.

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 And the disciples didn't get it.

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 Here's what they said.

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 The disciples said to him,

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 Lord if he has fallen asleep

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 he'll recover.

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 Now Jesus had spoken of his death.

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 They thought he had meant

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 taking rest and sleep.

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 And then Jesus told them plainly,

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 Lazarus has died.

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 So Jesus clearly isn't speaking

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 of a literal sleep here.

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 He's talking about the temporary nature

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 of this young girl's death.

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 It was a real death.

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 But the mourners

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 that were in the house that day

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 didn't understand the metaphor.

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 They took Jesus' words

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 literally in that moment.

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 And the task that they performed

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 in this mourning

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 was something that they did

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 professionally.

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 They weren't in the habit

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 of mistaking a comatose patient

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 for someone who was dead.

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 They weren't in the habit

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 of coming home

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 and seeing that someone's

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 taking a nap in the bed

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 and just assuming

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 that they're dead

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 and calling all the other mourners.

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 Okay?

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 They knew what death was.

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 They knew what it means

00:27:50.859 --> 00:27:51.519
 to be dead.

00:27:51.779 --> 00:27:52.779
 And they didn't understand

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.319
 the metaphor

00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:54.699
 that Jesus was saying.

00:27:54.819 --> 00:27:55.759
 And their reaction

00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:58.059
 was not to trust Jesus

00:27:58.059 --> 00:27:59.399
 as Jairus had done

00:27:59.399 --> 00:28:00.799
 and was continuing to do.

00:28:00.959 --> 00:28:01.819
 Their reaction

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:03.939
 was far opposite of that.

00:28:03.939 --> 00:28:06.099
 They mocked him instead.

00:28:07.079 --> 00:28:09.179
 Laughed him to scorn.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.539
 We're told they did.

00:28:11.539 --> 00:28:14.039
 And it was an indication

00:28:14.039 --> 00:28:15.359
 of the hardness

00:28:15.359 --> 00:28:16.240
 of their heart.

00:28:17.019 --> 00:28:18.319
 Which is probably

00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:19.440
 why Jesus said it

00:28:19.440 --> 00:28:20.359
 the way that he did.

00:28:21.639 --> 00:28:23.559
 Because Jesus was exposing

00:28:23.559 --> 00:28:24.159
 the hardness

00:28:24.159 --> 00:28:25.799
 in their heart.

00:28:27.599 --> 00:28:29.319
 It was also a validation

00:28:29.319 --> 00:28:30.879
 that she was actually dead

00:28:30.879 --> 00:28:31.779
 and everybody there

00:28:31.779 --> 00:28:32.700
 knew it.

00:28:33.259 --> 00:28:34.420
 And so Jesus says,

00:28:34.619 --> 00:28:35.659
 she's just sleeping.

00:28:36.240 --> 00:28:37.159
 They laughed

00:28:37.159 --> 00:28:38.319
 and mocked him to scorn.

00:28:38.319 --> 00:28:40.379
 And everybody in the house

00:28:40.379 --> 00:28:42.399
 knew who was truly believing

00:28:42.399 --> 00:28:44.319
 and who wasn't truly believing.

00:28:45.419 --> 00:28:46.559
 Look at verse 40.

00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:48.319
 Here's how Jesus responds.

00:28:49.700 --> 00:28:50.939
 He put them all outside

00:28:50.939 --> 00:28:53.059
 and he took the child's father

00:28:53.059 --> 00:28:53.480
 and mother

00:28:53.480 --> 00:28:54.559
 and those who were with him

00:28:54.559 --> 00:28:55.259
 and went in

00:28:55.259 --> 00:28:57.559
 where the child was.

00:28:58.359 --> 00:28:59.319
 So Jesus responded

00:28:59.859 --> 00:29:00.539
 to the mockery

00:29:00.539 --> 00:29:01.139
 of the mourners

00:29:01.139 --> 00:29:02.720
 by forcing them

00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:04.119
 to leave the house.

00:29:04.679 --> 00:29:05.679
 So the only people

00:29:05.679 --> 00:29:06.579
 that remained then

00:29:06.579 --> 00:29:08.259
 were Jairus, his wife,

00:29:08.839 --> 00:29:10.339
 Peter, James, and John.

00:29:11.519 --> 00:29:12.579
 But that just brings us

00:29:12.579 --> 00:29:13.480
 to another question.

00:29:14.720 --> 00:29:15.759
 Why would Jesus

00:29:15.759 --> 00:29:16.659
 make them leave?

00:29:18.480 --> 00:29:20.579
 I mean, wouldn't it make sense

00:29:20.579 --> 00:29:22.299
 if Jesus would allow

00:29:22.299 --> 00:29:23.240
 these mourners

00:29:23.240 --> 00:29:24.839
 to stay in the house

00:29:24.839 --> 00:29:26.139
 and actually witness

00:29:26.139 --> 00:29:27.379
 this resurrection?

00:29:27.619 --> 00:29:28.579
 They would verify

00:29:28.579 --> 00:29:30.659
 this incredible power

00:29:30.659 --> 00:29:31.299
 that he has

00:29:31.299 --> 00:29:32.079
 in this moment.

00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:33.939
 And so have you picked up

00:29:33.940 --> 00:29:35.460
 on how my mind

00:29:35.460 --> 00:29:37.120
 critically and cynically

00:29:37.120 --> 00:29:38.460
 engages with the scripture

00:29:38.460 --> 00:29:39.259
 from time to time.

00:29:39.400 --> 00:29:40.340
 We've come through this

00:29:40.340 --> 00:29:41.259
 and every time,

00:29:41.460 --> 00:29:42.700
 what have my biggest questions been?

00:29:43.220 --> 00:29:44.759
 Why did Jesus do it that way?

00:29:45.759 --> 00:29:46.840
 Because I often think

00:29:46.840 --> 00:29:47.759
 that I could do it better.

00:29:48.279 --> 00:29:49.200
 We often do, don't we?

00:29:50.240 --> 00:29:51.980
 But Jesus is always right.

00:29:52.360 --> 00:29:53.600
 As the song goes,

00:29:54.160 --> 00:29:56.660
 Jesus doeth all things well.

00:29:57.860 --> 00:29:59.680
 And Jesus had a purpose in this.

00:29:59.799 --> 00:30:01.299
 I think it's actually threefold.

00:30:01.420 --> 00:30:01.660
 In fact,

00:30:01.720 --> 00:30:02.380
 if you're going to write

00:30:02.380 --> 00:30:02.860
 anything down,

00:30:03.120 --> 00:30:04.120
 write these three things down.

00:30:04.320 --> 00:30:05.080
 Here's why I think

00:30:05.080 --> 00:30:06.220
 Jesus did this.

00:30:06.460 --> 00:30:06.980
 Number one,

00:30:07.280 --> 00:30:08.920
 though Jesus desires our faith,

00:30:09.160 --> 00:30:10.220
 he is not desperate

00:30:10.220 --> 00:30:11.380
 for our approval.

00:30:12.760 --> 00:30:14.180
 Though he desires our faith,

00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:14.860
 he's not desperate

00:30:14.860 --> 00:30:15.500
 for our approval.

00:30:15.980 --> 00:30:17.180
 Jesus wasn't like

00:30:17.180 --> 00:30:20.000
 the modern social media addicts.

00:30:21.180 --> 00:30:22.260
 He wasn't spending

00:30:22.260 --> 00:30:23.000
 all of his time

00:30:23.000 --> 00:30:24.080
 and doing all these miracles

00:30:24.080 --> 00:30:26.540
 in order to stroke his own ego.

00:30:26.720 --> 00:30:28.280
 That's not what this was about.

00:30:29.520 --> 00:30:30.960
 Jesus isn't desperate

00:30:30.960 --> 00:30:32.079
 for our approval.

00:30:32.240 --> 00:30:33.440
 He desires our faith

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:34.559
 because he desires

00:30:34.559 --> 00:30:35.600
 our salvation.

00:30:35.600 --> 00:30:36.980
 But he's not desperate

00:30:36.980 --> 00:30:38.579
 for us to come along

00:30:38.579 --> 00:30:40.559
 and boost his ego

00:30:40.559 --> 00:30:42.900
 as if he were some prideful man.

00:30:43.120 --> 00:30:43.400
 Okay?

00:30:43.700 --> 00:30:44.480
 So that's one reason.

00:30:44.539 --> 00:30:45.819
 He doesn't have to keep them around.

00:30:46.600 --> 00:30:47.059
 Number two,

00:30:47.900 --> 00:30:48.980
 Jesus' miracles

00:30:48.980 --> 00:30:50.559
 weren't for the purpose

00:30:50.559 --> 00:30:51.240
 of entertainment.

00:30:52.019 --> 00:30:53.140
 That's not why he did

00:30:53.140 --> 00:30:54.100
 the things that he did.

00:30:54.940 --> 00:30:56.480
 The crowds treated him

00:30:56.480 --> 00:30:57.340
 as if he was just

00:30:57.340 --> 00:30:58.680
 an entertainer or magician.

00:30:58.680 --> 00:30:59.660
 In fact,

00:30:59.700 --> 00:31:00.420
 many of the people

00:31:00.420 --> 00:31:01.299
 that followed Jesus

00:31:01.299 --> 00:31:02.360
 around in these crowds,

00:31:02.480 --> 00:31:03.400
 they were either just looking

00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:04.660
 to get something from him

00:31:04.660 --> 00:31:05.740
 or they were just looking

00:31:05.740 --> 00:31:07.440
 to see something magnificent

00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:09.240
 from him.

00:31:09.560 --> 00:31:10.860
 But Jesus didn't do

00:31:10.860 --> 00:31:11.680
 the things he did

00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:12.900
 to entertain us.

00:31:14.299 --> 00:31:15.240
 There's a reason

00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:15.900
 he didn't allow

00:31:15.900 --> 00:31:16.720
 the massive crowd

00:31:16.720 --> 00:31:17.380
 to follow him

00:31:17.380 --> 00:31:18.420
 to Jairus' house.

00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:20.180
 And it's the same reason

00:31:20.180 --> 00:31:20.920
 he often asked

00:31:20.920 --> 00:31:21.460
 those he healed

00:31:21.460 --> 00:31:22.920
 not to say anything about it.

00:31:23.320 --> 00:31:24.500
 The miracle here

00:31:24.500 --> 00:31:25.980
 was about the restoration

00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:27.259
 of the girl's health

00:31:27.259 --> 00:31:28.680
 and the strengthening

00:31:28.680 --> 00:31:30.640
 of Jairus' faith.

00:31:30.839 --> 00:31:31.640
 That was the purpose

00:31:31.640 --> 00:31:32.460
 of what he was doing.

00:31:32.579 --> 00:31:34.160
 Not to let everybody know

00:31:34.160 --> 00:31:35.700
 what was going on.

00:31:35.860 --> 00:31:36.019
 Okay?

00:31:36.680 --> 00:31:37.339
 Number three,

00:31:38.160 --> 00:31:39.380
 I think this is

00:31:39.380 --> 00:31:40.819
 a real life example

00:31:40.819 --> 00:31:42.620
 of Jesus' parable

00:31:42.620 --> 00:31:44.000
 in chapter four,

00:31:44.380 --> 00:31:45.440
 verse 25.

00:31:45.799 --> 00:31:46.519
 425.

00:31:47.319 --> 00:31:48.160
 Flip back there with me.

00:31:48.220 --> 00:31:48.720
 Let's read it.

00:31:49.500 --> 00:31:50.220
 Chapter four,

00:31:50.559 --> 00:31:51.140
 verse 25.

00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:51.920
 Remember,

00:31:52.059 --> 00:31:54.000
 this is a further explanation

00:31:54.000 --> 00:31:55.720
 about the parable

00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:56.599
 of the soils.

00:31:57.140 --> 00:31:57.799
 And Jesus says

00:31:57.799 --> 00:31:58.660
 in verse 25,

00:31:59.420 --> 00:32:00.460
 He that hath

00:32:00.460 --> 00:32:03.180
 to him shall more be given.

00:32:04.059 --> 00:32:05.640
 And he that hath not

00:32:05.640 --> 00:32:07.240
 from him

00:32:07.240 --> 00:32:08.660
 shall be taken away

00:32:08.660 --> 00:32:10.880
 even that which he has.

00:32:11.480 --> 00:32:12.140
 Now remember,

00:32:12.240 --> 00:32:12.720
 when we were going

00:32:12.720 --> 00:32:13.519
 through that passage,

00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:14.519
 this is in relation

00:32:14.519 --> 00:32:15.200
 to the parable

00:32:15.200 --> 00:32:16.000
 of the soils.

00:32:16.559 --> 00:32:17.720
 And think about the soils.

00:32:18.160 --> 00:32:19.000
 There were three

00:32:19.000 --> 00:32:20.740
 in which the seed

00:32:20.740 --> 00:32:21.539
 was sown,

00:32:21.859 --> 00:32:22.759
 but they produced

00:32:22.759 --> 00:32:23.779
 no fruit.

00:32:24.000 --> 00:32:24.660
 And in each one

00:32:24.660 --> 00:32:25.339
 of those cases,

00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:26.359
 the seed that they

00:32:26.359 --> 00:32:26.900
 were given

00:32:26.900 --> 00:32:27.900
 was destroyed.

00:32:28.680 --> 00:32:29.680
 On the pathway,

00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:31.240
 the seed was taken

00:32:31.240 --> 00:32:31.779
 and devoured

00:32:31.779 --> 00:32:32.539
 by the birds.

00:32:32.740 --> 00:32:34.460
 In the thorny soil,

00:32:34.579 --> 00:32:35.299
 it was choked out

00:32:35.299 --> 00:32:35.799
 and destroyed

00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:36.859
 by the weeds.

00:32:37.000 --> 00:32:38.319
 In the shallow soil,

00:32:38.460 --> 00:32:39.000
 it sprouted

00:32:39.000 --> 00:32:39.599
 for just a moment

00:32:39.599 --> 00:32:40.079
 and then it was

00:32:40.079 --> 00:32:40.799
 baked in the sun.

00:32:41.019 --> 00:32:42.160
 What they had been given

00:32:42.160 --> 00:32:43.259
 was taken away.

00:32:43.720 --> 00:32:44.759
 But the good soil

00:32:44.759 --> 00:32:45.700
 that actually were

00:32:45.700 --> 00:32:47.000
 good hearers of the word

00:32:47.000 --> 00:32:48.599
 actually had the work

00:32:48.599 --> 00:32:49.799
 of God producing fruit

00:32:49.799 --> 00:32:50.859
 in their lives.

00:32:50.960 --> 00:32:51.079
 Okay?

00:32:51.180 --> 00:32:51.579
 And then we get

00:32:51.579 --> 00:32:52.240
 to verse 25

00:32:52.240 --> 00:32:53.099
 and Jesus explains

00:32:53.099 --> 00:32:53.539
 that further.

00:32:53.640 --> 00:32:53.880
 He says,

00:32:54.000 --> 00:32:54.839
 he that hath

00:32:54.839 --> 00:32:56.099
 more shall be given.

00:32:56.099 --> 00:32:57.420
 He that hath faith,

00:32:57.799 --> 00:32:58.680
 more understanding

00:32:58.680 --> 00:32:59.339
 will be given.

00:32:59.700 --> 00:33:00.920
 He that has not faith,

00:33:01.220 --> 00:33:02.140
 even the opportunity

00:33:02.140 --> 00:33:02.940
 that he has

00:33:02.940 --> 00:33:03.819
 will be taken away.

00:33:04.099 --> 00:33:04.299
 Now,

00:33:04.640 --> 00:33:05.460
 fast forward back

00:33:05.460 --> 00:33:06.200
 to this story

00:33:06.200 --> 00:33:06.859
 with Jairus.

00:33:06.980 --> 00:33:07.940
 What's happening here?

00:33:09.220 --> 00:33:10.119
 Jairus shows up

00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:11.339
 to Jesus in the crowd

00:33:11.339 --> 00:33:12.240
 with what?

00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:13.240
 Faith.

00:33:15.059 --> 00:33:16.500
 It's an imperfect faith.

00:33:17.339 --> 00:33:17.799
 He doesn't know

00:33:17.799 --> 00:33:18.519
 everything that he needs

00:33:18.519 --> 00:33:18.960
 to know

00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:19.420
 or everything

00:33:19.420 --> 00:33:20.039
 that there is

00:33:20.039 --> 00:33:21.160
 possible to know,

00:33:21.220 --> 00:33:21.960
 but he shows up

00:33:21.960 --> 00:33:22.420
 with faith.

00:33:22.420 --> 00:33:23.640
 And what does Jesus do?

00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:24.900
 Every step of the way,

00:33:25.019 --> 00:33:26.039
 he reassures him.

00:33:26.220 --> 00:33:27.300
 He strengthens his faith.

00:33:27.460 --> 00:33:28.500
 He gives him more.

00:33:28.759 --> 00:33:29.700
 He gives him more

00:33:29.700 --> 00:33:31.019
 and more understanding

00:33:31.019 --> 00:33:32.039
 and then he is allowed

00:33:32.039 --> 00:33:32.720
 to experience

00:33:32.720 --> 00:33:33.880
 this magnificent

00:33:33.880 --> 00:33:36.060
 miracle of resurrection.

00:33:36.360 --> 00:33:37.200
 But what happens

00:33:37.200 --> 00:33:37.620
 with those

00:33:37.620 --> 00:33:38.880
 that don't have faith?

00:33:39.560 --> 00:33:40.820
 Even the opportunity

00:33:40.820 --> 00:33:42.039
 that they had

00:33:42.039 --> 00:33:43.860
 was taken away.

00:33:43.859 --> 00:33:48.439
 And then we understand

00:33:48.439 --> 00:33:51.240
 that just because

00:33:51.240 --> 00:33:52.199
 they saw the resurrection

00:33:52.199 --> 00:33:52.719
 doesn't mean

00:33:52.719 --> 00:33:53.079
 they would have

00:33:53.079 --> 00:33:53.740
 believed anyways.

00:33:53.859 --> 00:33:54.199
 In fact,

00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.179
 Jesus said,

00:33:55.779 --> 00:33:56.379
 if they won't believe

00:33:56.379 --> 00:33:56.899
 my word,

00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.819
 neither will they

00:33:57.819 --> 00:33:58.439
 believe someone

00:33:58.439 --> 00:33:59.119
 even if they come

00:33:59.119 --> 00:33:59.759
 back from the dead.

00:34:01.839 --> 00:34:02.699
 And so Jesus

00:34:02.699 --> 00:34:03.439
 cast them out.

00:34:04.119 --> 00:34:04.579
 Number three,

00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.319
 if you're keeping up,

00:34:05.419 --> 00:34:06.479
 the life-giving Savior.

00:34:06.619 --> 00:34:07.099
 And we'll wrap it

00:34:07.099 --> 00:34:07.639
 with this, okay?

00:34:08.019 --> 00:34:09.179
 The life-giving Savior.

00:34:09.179 --> 00:34:09.779
 This is verses

00:34:09.779 --> 00:34:11.079
 41 to 43.

00:34:11.079 --> 00:34:36.779
 And so we once again

00:34:36.779 --> 00:34:37.559
 see the tender

00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:38.719
 compassion of the Lord.

00:34:38.719 --> 00:34:40.879
 what was it

00:34:40.879 --> 00:34:41.759
 that he told

00:34:41.759 --> 00:34:44.079
 Jairus he would do?

00:34:44.179 --> 00:34:45.219
 What did he agree to do?

00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:47.579
 He agreed to lay hands

00:34:47.579 --> 00:34:48.559
 on his daughter.

00:34:49.279 --> 00:34:50.159
 He agreed

00:34:50.159 --> 00:34:51.480
 that she would

00:34:51.480 --> 00:34:52.339
 live.

00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:53.839
 And what does Jesus

00:34:53.839 --> 00:34:54.759
 do as he comes in?

00:34:55.359 --> 00:34:56.739
 He lays his hands

00:34:56.739 --> 00:34:57.839
 on the daughter.

00:34:59.059 --> 00:34:59.939
 He fulfilled

00:34:59.939 --> 00:35:01.299
 every part

00:35:01.299 --> 00:35:02.379
 of the promise

00:35:02.379 --> 00:35:03.659
 to the smallest

00:35:03.659 --> 00:35:04.679
 detail.

00:35:06.000 --> 00:35:07.299
 He always does.

00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:09.459
 And he comes

00:35:09.459 --> 00:35:09.959
 in the room

00:35:09.959 --> 00:35:10.859
 and in his tender

00:35:10.859 --> 00:35:11.480
 compassion,

00:35:11.719 --> 00:35:12.959
 he takes her hand

00:35:12.959 --> 00:35:14.199
 and he says this

00:35:14.199 --> 00:35:15.739
 phrase in Aramaic

00:35:15.739 --> 00:35:16.539
 is how Mark

00:35:16.539 --> 00:35:17.399
 records it.

00:35:17.480 --> 00:35:18.119
 Aramaic would have

00:35:18.119 --> 00:35:18.859
 been the common

00:35:18.859 --> 00:35:20.119
 language of the

00:35:20.119 --> 00:35:21.159
 Hebrews in that day.

00:35:21.239 --> 00:35:21.799
 And he says,

00:35:21.879 --> 00:35:22.459
 Talitha kum,

00:35:22.539 --> 00:35:23.199
 which means

00:35:23.199 --> 00:35:24.619
 little girl,

00:35:25.799 --> 00:35:26.179
 wakey,

00:35:26.239 --> 00:35:27.119
 wakey,

00:35:27.119 --> 00:35:27.559
 essentially.

00:35:28.219 --> 00:35:29.219
 This was just

00:35:29.219 --> 00:35:29.899
 a common phrase.

00:35:29.980 --> 00:35:30.619
 What's the whole

00:35:30.619 --> 00:35:31.399
 purpose of this?

00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:32.839
 This was not

00:35:32.839 --> 00:35:33.480
 some magical

00:35:33.480 --> 00:35:34.399
 incantation.

00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:36.780
 The power

00:35:36.780 --> 00:35:37.460
 wasn't in the

00:35:37.460 --> 00:35:38.480
 words because

00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:39.240
 every parent

00:35:39.240 --> 00:35:39.840
 woke their kids

00:35:39.840 --> 00:35:40.500
 up this way.

00:35:41.320 --> 00:35:42.139
 Little girl,

00:35:42.800 --> 00:35:43.680
 time to get up.

00:35:45.680 --> 00:35:46.519
 Jesus just

00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:47.300
 uses an everyday

00:35:47.300 --> 00:35:48.079
 phrase because

00:35:48.079 --> 00:35:48.880
 the power is not

00:35:48.880 --> 00:35:49.460
 in the words.

00:35:49.559 --> 00:35:50.160
 The power was

00:35:50.160 --> 00:35:50.539
 in the one

00:35:50.539 --> 00:35:51.200
 who spoke

00:35:51.200 --> 00:35:51.820
 the words.

00:35:52.519 --> 00:35:53.000
 And Jesus

00:35:53.000 --> 00:35:53.780
 comes in and

00:35:53.780 --> 00:35:54.079
 he says,

00:35:54.180 --> 00:35:54.619
 little girl,

00:35:54.720 --> 00:35:55.119
 awake.

00:35:55.300 --> 00:35:55.980
 And immediately,

00:35:56.380 --> 00:35:57.180
 just as every

00:35:57.180 --> 00:35:57.860
 one of Jesus'

00:35:58.119 --> 00:35:58.500
 miracles,

00:35:58.880 --> 00:35:59.900
 immediately she

00:35:59.900 --> 00:36:00.579
 gets up off

00:36:00.579 --> 00:36:01.340
 the bed and

00:36:01.340 --> 00:36:02.160
 begins to walk

00:36:02.160 --> 00:36:03.420
 around fully

00:36:03.420 --> 00:36:05.000
 restored to

00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:05.619
 life.

00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.940
 What once was

00:36:06.940 --> 00:36:07.420
 dead,

00:36:07.680 --> 00:36:08.980
 immediately is

00:36:08.980 --> 00:36:09.840
 brought back

00:36:09.840 --> 00:36:10.659
 to life.

00:36:10.740 --> 00:36:11.260
 Why?

00:36:11.460 --> 00:36:12.320
 Not because

00:36:12.320 --> 00:36:13.039
 Jesus said

00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:13.559
 the magical

00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:14.119
 words,

00:36:14.220 --> 00:36:14.880
 but because

00:36:14.880 --> 00:36:16.039
 Jesus himself

00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:16.840
 is God

00:36:16.840 --> 00:36:17.599
 incarnate,

00:36:17.659 --> 00:36:18.300
 which is the

00:36:18.300 --> 00:36:18.840
 purpose of

00:36:18.840 --> 00:36:19.360
 all of these

00:36:19.360 --> 00:36:19.840
 stories.

00:36:20.180 --> 00:36:20.720
 He calmed

00:36:20.720 --> 00:36:21.300
 the storm

00:36:21.300 --> 00:36:22.019
 because he's

00:36:22.019 --> 00:36:22.480
 God.

00:36:22.599 --> 00:36:23.639
 He cast out

00:36:23.639 --> 00:36:24.139
 the demons

00:36:24.139 --> 00:36:24.920
 because he's

00:36:24.920 --> 00:36:25.400
 God.

00:36:25.519 --> 00:36:26.200
 He healed

00:36:26.200 --> 00:36:26.800
 the disease

00:36:26.800 --> 00:36:27.420
 of the woman

00:36:27.420 --> 00:36:28.139
 because he's

00:36:28.139 --> 00:36:28.539
 God.

00:36:28.639 --> 00:36:29.460
 And he raised

00:36:29.460 --> 00:36:29.860
 the girl

00:36:29.860 --> 00:36:30.500
 from the dead

00:36:30.500 --> 00:36:32.019
 because he's

00:36:32.019 --> 00:36:32.700
 God.

00:36:32.699 --> 00:36:32.739
 God.

00:36:32.919 --> 00:36:33.759
 That's the

00:36:33.759 --> 00:36:34.259
 point.

00:36:35.219 --> 00:36:35.839
 The point

00:36:35.839 --> 00:36:36.919
 is Jesus

00:36:36.919 --> 00:36:37.819
 of Nazareth

00:36:37.819 --> 00:36:38.239
 is the

00:36:38.239 --> 00:36:39.099
 Messiah and

00:36:39.099 --> 00:36:39.659
 the Son of

00:36:39.659 --> 00:36:39.980
 God.

00:36:40.339 --> 00:36:41.319
 Repent and

00:36:41.319 --> 00:36:42.439
 believe the

00:36:42.439 --> 00:36:43.019
 gospel.

00:36:44.899 --> 00:36:45.339
 That's the

00:36:45.339 --> 00:36:45.980
 whole thing.

00:36:49.439 --> 00:36:50.179
 People in

00:36:50.179 --> 00:36:50.599
 the room

00:36:50.599 --> 00:36:51.139
 didn't have a

00:36:51.139 --> 00:36:51.939
 perfect faith,

00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:54.179
 but they

00:36:54.179 --> 00:36:54.719
 didn't have to

00:36:54.719 --> 00:36:55.339
 have a perfect

00:36:55.339 --> 00:36:55.839
 faith.

00:36:57.480 --> 00:36:58.460
 None of us

00:36:58.460 --> 00:36:59.119
 have a perfect

00:36:59.119 --> 00:36:59.559
 faith.

00:36:59.559 --> 00:36:59.619
 faith.

00:37:01.619 --> 00:37:02.519
 But even

00:37:02.519 --> 00:37:02.860
 with the

00:37:02.860 --> 00:37:03.320
 faith,

00:37:03.960 --> 00:37:04.519
 the size

00:37:04.519 --> 00:37:05.119
 of a tiny

00:37:05.119 --> 00:37:06.059
 mustard seed,

00:37:06.340 --> 00:37:07.360
 they experience

00:37:07.360 --> 00:37:08.699
 the life-giving

00:37:08.699 --> 00:37:10.259
 power of our

00:37:10.259 --> 00:37:11.420
 Lord and

00:37:11.420 --> 00:37:11.840
 Savior.

00:37:13.320 --> 00:37:14.460
 The same

00:37:14.460 --> 00:37:15.139
 life-giving

00:37:15.139 --> 00:37:16.139
 power that

00:37:16.139 --> 00:37:17.000
 he gave to

00:37:17.000 --> 00:37:17.820
 each of us

00:37:17.820 --> 00:37:18.719
 that came to

00:37:18.719 --> 00:37:19.719
 him with just

00:37:19.719 --> 00:37:20.719
 a mustard seed

00:37:20.719 --> 00:37:21.639
 of faith.

00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:21.739
 faith.

00:37:21.739 --> 00:37:24.579
 And the

00:37:24.579 --> 00:37:25.279
 narrative finishes

00:37:25.279 --> 00:37:25.739
 with two

00:37:25.739 --> 00:37:26.079
 simple

00:37:26.079 --> 00:37:26.739
 instructions.

00:37:27.559 --> 00:37:27.819
 Give the

00:37:27.819 --> 00:37:28.239
 girl some

00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:29.519
 food and

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:30.000
 don't tell

00:37:30.000 --> 00:37:30.459
 anyone what

00:37:30.459 --> 00:37:30.859
 happened.

00:37:32.279 --> 00:37:32.919
 Giving the

00:37:32.919 --> 00:37:33.319
 girl some

00:37:33.319 --> 00:37:34.439
 food was to

00:37:34.439 --> 00:37:35.339
 verify that

00:37:35.339 --> 00:37:35.939
 this was a

00:37:35.939 --> 00:37:36.279
 bodily

00:37:36.279 --> 00:37:37.039
 resurrection,

00:37:37.299 --> 00:37:37.559
 that it

00:37:37.559 --> 00:37:37.939
 wasn't an

00:37:37.939 --> 00:37:38.539
 apparition.

00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:39.719
 Just in

00:37:39.719 --> 00:37:40.279
 case they were

00:37:40.279 --> 00:37:40.759
 worried that

00:37:40.759 --> 00:37:41.000
 they were

00:37:41.000 --> 00:37:41.439
 seeing a

00:37:41.439 --> 00:37:42.639
 ghost running

00:37:42.639 --> 00:37:43.119
 around the

00:37:43.119 --> 00:37:43.459
 room in

00:37:43.459 --> 00:37:43.979
 that moment,

00:37:44.559 --> 00:37:45.119
 Jesus says,

00:37:45.219 --> 00:37:45.559
 give her some

00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:45.839
 food.

00:37:45.840 --> 00:37:47.059
 food and

00:37:47.059 --> 00:37:47.360
 it was

00:37:47.360 --> 00:37:48.079
 verified in

00:37:48.079 --> 00:37:48.440
 that moment.

00:37:48.500 --> 00:37:48.740
 That's an

00:37:48.740 --> 00:37:49.320
 important note

00:37:49.320 --> 00:37:49.460
 here.

00:37:49.519 --> 00:37:49.700
 It doesn't

00:37:49.700 --> 00:37:50.140
 seem like it

00:37:50.140 --> 00:37:50.620
 but it is.

00:37:51.059 --> 00:37:51.740
 Jesus did the

00:37:51.740 --> 00:37:52.260
 same thing in

00:37:52.260 --> 00:37:52.960
 Luke 24.

00:37:53.360 --> 00:37:54.059
 After his own

00:37:54.059 --> 00:37:54.539
 resurrection,

00:37:54.940 --> 00:37:55.600
 he appears to

00:37:55.600 --> 00:37:56.220
 the disciples

00:37:56.220 --> 00:37:57.360
 out of nowhere

00:37:57.360 --> 00:37:59.039
 and yet it was

00:37:59.039 --> 00:37:59.820
 still a bodily

00:37:59.820 --> 00:38:01.460
 resurrection because

00:38:01.460 --> 00:38:02.160
 sitting in the

00:38:02.160 --> 00:38:02.640
 room with the

00:38:02.640 --> 00:38:03.820
 disciples, he

00:38:03.820 --> 00:38:04.579
 eats some fish

00:38:04.579 --> 00:38:05.559
 and he drinks

00:38:05.559 --> 00:38:07.160
 some water or

00:38:07.160 --> 00:38:07.559
 something else

00:38:07.559 --> 00:38:08.000
 that was with

00:38:08.000 --> 00:38:08.120
 him.

00:38:08.260 --> 00:38:09.120
 He ate some

00:38:09.120 --> 00:38:09.960
 food in that

00:38:09.960 --> 00:38:10.320
 moment.

00:38:10.539 --> 00:38:11.260
 It was a bodily

00:38:11.260 --> 00:38:12.240
 resurrection as

00:38:12.240 --> 00:38:12.880
 was this girl's.

00:38:12.880 --> 00:38:13.320
 But then we

00:38:13.320 --> 00:38:14.420
 perhaps get a

00:38:14.420 --> 00:38:15.039
 little bit confused

00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:15.820
 once again because

00:38:15.820 --> 00:38:16.640
 we get to the

00:38:16.640 --> 00:38:17.100
 end of this and

00:38:17.100 --> 00:38:17.539
 we think it's

00:38:17.539 --> 00:38:18.500
 so fantastic and

00:38:18.500 --> 00:38:19.120
 Jesus says,

00:38:19.260 --> 00:38:20.340
 don't tell

00:38:20.340 --> 00:38:20.780
 anybody.

00:38:22.180 --> 00:38:22.800
 Don't tell

00:38:22.800 --> 00:38:23.260
 anybody.

00:38:23.660 --> 00:38:24.680
 And every time I

00:38:24.680 --> 00:38:25.220
 read this, Jesus

00:38:25.220 --> 00:38:26.100
 does it a lot and

00:38:26.100 --> 00:38:26.860
 every time I read

00:38:26.860 --> 00:38:28.860
 it, I always

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:30.940
 wonder, why?

00:38:31.900 --> 00:38:32.340
 Why?

00:38:32.460 --> 00:38:33.039
 And we've really

00:38:33.039 --> 00:38:33.519
 dealt with it

00:38:33.519 --> 00:38:33.880
 already.

00:38:35.300 --> 00:38:35.700
 As Sinclair

00:38:35.700 --> 00:38:36.519
 Ferguson said,

00:38:36.620 --> 00:38:37.160
 those who will

00:38:37.160 --> 00:38:37.960
 not trust Jesus'

00:38:38.260 --> 00:38:39.580
 word will not

00:38:39.580 --> 00:38:40.360
 trust his deeds

00:38:40.360 --> 00:38:40.700
 either.

00:38:42.160 --> 00:38:43.080
 And it takes us

00:38:43.080 --> 00:38:43.580
 back to the

00:38:43.580 --> 00:38:45.400
 emphasis of what

00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:46.079
 Jesus was

00:38:46.079 --> 00:38:48.039
 commanding Jairus

00:38:48.039 --> 00:38:48.960
 to have faith

00:38:48.960 --> 00:38:49.220
 in.

00:38:49.920 --> 00:38:51.019
 And that was

00:38:51.019 --> 00:38:52.059
 his promised

00:38:52.059 --> 00:38:52.519
 word.

00:38:53.559 --> 00:38:54.300
 And I quoted

00:38:54.300 --> 00:38:54.780
 this a moment

00:38:54.780 --> 00:38:55.300
 ago in Luke

00:38:55.300 --> 00:38:56.019
 chapter 16.

00:38:56.019 --> 00:38:56.780
 You'll remember

00:38:56.780 --> 00:38:59.260
 Jesus mentioned

00:38:59.260 --> 00:39:00.260
 this in his

00:39:00.260 --> 00:39:01.599
 story about the

00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:02.260
 rich man and

00:39:02.260 --> 00:39:02.840
 Lazarus.

00:39:03.400 --> 00:39:03.900
 Remember they

00:39:03.900 --> 00:39:04.760
 both died and

00:39:04.760 --> 00:39:05.780
 the rich man

00:39:05.780 --> 00:39:06.360
 went to hell.

00:39:07.740 --> 00:39:08.599
 And he's having

00:39:08.599 --> 00:39:09.380
 this conversation

00:39:09.380 --> 00:39:10.380
 in the story with

00:39:10.380 --> 00:39:10.780
 Abraham.

00:39:11.480 --> 00:39:12.480
 Luke 16 says,

00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:13.639
 And he said,

00:39:13.699 --> 00:39:14.260
 I beg you,

00:39:14.380 --> 00:39:15.000
 Father Abraham,

00:39:15.119 --> 00:39:16.000
 to send him to

00:39:16.000 --> 00:39:17.059
 my father's house

00:39:17.059 --> 00:39:17.880
 for I have five

00:39:17.880 --> 00:39:18.699
 brothers that he

00:39:18.699 --> 00:39:19.539
 may warn them,

00:39:20.159 --> 00:39:20.820
 lest they also

00:39:20.820 --> 00:39:21.460
 come into this

00:39:21.460 --> 00:39:22.179
 place of torment.

00:39:22.480 --> 00:39:23.059
 But here's what

00:39:23.059 --> 00:39:23.980
 Abraham says in

00:39:23.980 --> 00:39:24.460
 the story.

00:39:25.199 --> 00:39:26.619
 They have Moses

00:39:26.619 --> 00:39:27.559
 and the prophets.

00:39:27.920 --> 00:39:28.539
 Let them hear

00:39:28.539 --> 00:39:28.940
 them.

00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:29.699
 In other words,

00:39:30.340 --> 00:39:31.019
 they have the

00:39:31.019 --> 00:39:31.380
 word.

00:39:32.219 --> 00:39:33.380
 And the word has

00:39:33.380 --> 00:39:34.159
 everything that they

00:39:34.159 --> 00:39:34.579
 need.

00:39:35.039 --> 00:39:36.000
 Let them go to the

00:39:36.000 --> 00:39:36.219
 word.

00:39:36.420 --> 00:39:36.940
 And here's how the

00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:37.760
 man responds in

00:39:37.760 --> 00:39:38.579
 Jesus' story.

00:39:38.579 --> 00:39:39.259
 No,

00:39:39.460 --> 00:39:40.199
 Father Abraham,

00:39:40.559 --> 00:39:41.420
 but if someone

00:39:41.420 --> 00:39:42.159
 goes to them

00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:43.179
 from the dead,

00:39:43.279 --> 00:39:45.480
 they will repent.

00:39:46.619 --> 00:39:47.779
 And he said to

00:39:47.779 --> 00:39:48.139
 him,

00:39:48.199 --> 00:39:49.579
 If they do not

00:39:49.579 --> 00:39:50.480
 hear Moses and

00:39:50.480 --> 00:39:51.119
 the prophets,

00:39:51.319 --> 00:39:52.400
 neither will they

00:39:52.400 --> 00:39:53.299
 be convinced if

00:39:53.299 --> 00:39:54.219
 someone should rise

00:39:54.219 --> 00:39:54.900
 from the dead.

00:39:55.639 --> 00:39:57.119
 Over and over

00:39:57.119 --> 00:39:57.940
 and over,

00:39:58.360 --> 00:39:59.679
 Jesus emphasized

00:39:59.679 --> 00:40:00.380
 the scripture

00:40:00.380 --> 00:40:02.360
 over experience.

00:40:03.079 --> 00:40:04.400
 We read it last

00:40:04.400 --> 00:40:05.319
 week in 2 Peter

00:40:05.319 --> 00:40:06.000
 chapter 1.

00:40:06.340 --> 00:40:07.179
 Peter referred to

00:40:07.179 --> 00:40:07.960
 this amazing

00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:08.840
 experience that

00:40:08.840 --> 00:40:09.440
 he had on the

00:40:09.440 --> 00:40:09.840
 Mount of

00:40:09.840 --> 00:40:10.659
 Transfiguration.

00:40:10.860 --> 00:40:11.579
 He literally

00:40:11.579 --> 00:40:13.059
 saw Jesus

00:40:13.059 --> 00:40:13.960
 transfigured on

00:40:13.960 --> 00:40:14.460
 the mountain and

00:40:14.460 --> 00:40:15.539
 he saw Moses and

00:40:15.539 --> 00:40:16.460
 Elijah and the

00:40:16.460 --> 00:40:17.900
 voice of God and

00:40:17.900 --> 00:40:19.119
 he relates that

00:40:19.119 --> 00:40:19.920
 experience that he

00:40:19.920 --> 00:40:20.079
 has.

00:40:20.159 --> 00:40:20.679
 And then he says,

00:40:20.860 --> 00:40:22.179
 But we have a

00:40:22.179 --> 00:40:24.519
 more sure word.

00:40:25.280 --> 00:40:26.900
 The emphasis is

00:40:26.900 --> 00:40:28.320
 always on the

00:40:28.320 --> 00:40:28.699
 scripture.

00:40:29.519 --> 00:40:29.960
 And there are

00:40:29.960 --> 00:40:30.559
 many that say,

00:40:30.659 --> 00:40:31.480
 I'll believe if

00:40:31.480 --> 00:40:32.440
 God will just do

00:40:32.440 --> 00:40:33.420
 something to prove

00:40:33.420 --> 00:40:33.900
 it to me.

00:40:34.000 --> 00:40:34.599
 But no.

00:40:35.559 --> 00:40:36.539
 No, you won't.

00:40:37.119 --> 00:40:37.940
 Because Jesus

00:40:37.940 --> 00:40:38.900
 said you won't.

00:40:39.220 --> 00:40:39.900
 If you won't

00:40:39.900 --> 00:40:40.840
 accept his word,

00:40:41.039 --> 00:40:41.940
 you won't accept

00:40:41.940 --> 00:40:42.619
 his work.

00:40:44.780 --> 00:40:45.619
 And there were a

00:40:45.619 --> 00:40:46.360
 lot of people in

00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:47.240
 Jesus' day that

00:40:47.240 --> 00:40:48.119
 that applied to.

00:40:48.420 --> 00:40:49.039
 They wouldn't

00:40:49.039 --> 00:40:49.679
 listen to his

00:40:49.679 --> 00:40:50.820
 word and they

00:40:50.820 --> 00:40:52.400
 saw his work and

00:40:52.400 --> 00:40:53.340
 they still didn't

00:40:53.340 --> 00:40:54.720
 believe what makes

00:40:54.720 --> 00:40:55.400
 you think you'd be

00:40:55.400 --> 00:40:55.860
 any different.

00:40:56.579 --> 00:40:57.500
 If you were any

00:40:57.500 --> 00:40:58.559
 different, Jesus

00:40:58.559 --> 00:40:59.340
 would be a liar.

00:41:00.619 --> 00:41:01.380
 So what does

00:41:01.380 --> 00:41:02.000
 Jesus say?

00:41:02.880 --> 00:41:04.740
 Go to the word.

00:41:05.220 --> 00:41:06.119
 What's our faith to

00:41:06.119 --> 00:41:06.559
 be in?

00:41:06.980 --> 00:41:08.359
 Not our experience.

00:41:08.920 --> 00:41:10.119
 The word of God.

00:41:10.699 --> 00:41:11.440
 What about when you

00:41:11.440 --> 00:41:11.739
 doubt?

00:41:12.359 --> 00:41:13.159
 You don't trust your

00:41:13.159 --> 00:41:13.559
 feelings.

00:41:14.039 --> 00:41:15.259
 Trust the word.

00:41:16.400 --> 00:41:17.500
 Trust the word.

00:41:18.900 --> 00:41:19.940
 The fact that Jesus

00:41:19.940 --> 00:41:21.139
 had power over nature

00:41:21.139 --> 00:41:22.079
 and demons and

00:41:22.079 --> 00:41:23.159
 disease is amazing.

00:41:24.519 --> 00:41:25.639
 But it's his power

00:41:25.639 --> 00:41:26.480
 over death that

00:41:26.480 --> 00:41:27.440
 fills our hearts with

00:41:27.440 --> 00:41:28.179
 joy and hope,

00:41:28.259 --> 00:41:28.579
 isn't it?

00:41:29.440 --> 00:41:30.319
 Of course, we

00:41:30.319 --> 00:41:30.920
 understand that in

00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:31.440
 his resurrection.

00:41:31.599 --> 00:41:32.159
 We understand it

00:41:32.159 --> 00:41:32.920
 primarily in his

00:41:32.920 --> 00:41:33.359
 resurrection.

00:41:33.360 --> 00:41:34.720
 But even when we

00:41:34.720 --> 00:41:35.440
 come to a passage

00:41:35.440 --> 00:41:36.160
 like this, we're

00:41:36.160 --> 00:41:38.460
 reminded that Jesus

00:41:38.460 --> 00:41:41.019
 has power over our

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 death.

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 And so when we

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 reflect on the

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 inevitability of that

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 death, we can't help

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 but ask that question.

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 Has anyone defeated

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 death?

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 And if so, can they

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 defeat it for us?

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 And the Bible has a

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 resounding guess.

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 It's Jesus Christ.

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 It's Jesus Christ.

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 The resurrection of

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 this little girl pointed

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 to his resurrection and

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 it prefigures the

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 resurrection that all

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 believers will have an

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 eternal life.

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 And I remind you of

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 Jesus' words in John

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 11.

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 I think it was to

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 Martha after Lazarus

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 had died and Jesus was

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 about to perform another

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 resurrection.

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 What was it that Jesus

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 said to Martha?

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 I am the resurrection

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 and the life.

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 Whoever believes in me

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 though he die, yet he

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 shall live.

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 And everyone who lives

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 and believes in me shall

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 never die, Jesus says.

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 And then stay with me

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 right here.

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 Stay with me.

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 We're almost done.

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 I know there's people

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 out there.

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 Just stay with me.

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 Jesus asked her an

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 important question after

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 that.

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 He makes this statement.

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 I'm the resurrection of

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 the life.

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 Believe in me.

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 You'll have eternal life.

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 And then he looks at

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 Martha and he says, do you

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 believe this?

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 And that's the question

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 I'll leave you with

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 today.

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 I know you're used to

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 church.

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 I know that.

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 I know that all of you

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 could probably tell me

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 all the stuff.

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 I know that.

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 But that's not my

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 question.

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 My question is not, do

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 you know all the stuff?

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 My question is, do you

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 believe this?

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 Do you believe that he

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 is the resurrection and

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 the life?

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 Do you believe that he

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 is the Messiah and son

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 of God?

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 You say, well, I don't

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 feel like I believe it

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 very strongly.

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 You don't have to

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 believe it all that

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 strongly as we've seen.

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 He will meet you where

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 you are.

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 But if your heart is

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 hardened to that, you'll

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 be cast out.

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 But if you will but

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 believe, you'll be

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 forgiven.

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 And you will not have

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 this death.

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 Because true death is

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 not the soul's

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 separation from the

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 body.

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 True death is the soul's

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 separation from God.

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 God.

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 And that's why he died

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 on the cross and rose

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 from the dead.

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 In order to reconcile

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 us to God.

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 And he says, all who

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 come to me with this

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 faith, I will never

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 cast out.

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 And that's you too.

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 Just believe.

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 Well, let's take aNINGNING

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