WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:20.580 Let me begin this afternoon by asking you all a question. How much of your faith do you really think that Jesus Christ is worth, if any at all? 00:00:20.580 --> 00:00:20.580 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:51.799 Just think of life being rocked by a disaster. How far can we really go in trusting him? Where could the limit of your faith be tested? What's the worst that could happen to you? And in that moment, how much faith is Jesus really worth? 00:00:51.799 --> 00:01:08.420 Well, it's been a couple of weeks, hasn't it, since we've looked at Mark's Gospel together. And you may remember we're in a section here where Mark puts together for us a collection of three miracles in a group performed by the Lord Jesus. 00:01:08.420 --> 00:01:30.140 And the big call, the big challenge, in humanly impossible circumstances, has been for faith in Jesus Christ and the power of his word. The calming of the storm, the healing of the demon-possessed man, and now at the end of chapter 5, the resurrection of a dead 12-year-old girl. 00:01:30.140 --> 00:01:49.740 Daddy, the father, the synagogue leader, Jairus, is the main figure here. And as he comes to terms with this grave situation of his little daughter's illness and subsequent death, there's a question that he must wrestle with here. 00:01:50.740 --> 00:01:52.379 Verse 35. 00:01:52.379 --> 00:02:16.359 Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the teacher any further? Why trouble the teacher any further? What reason can you give Jairus to trust in Jesus now? Hope is lost. So why bother Jesus further? 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:26.700 Is Jesus still worth trusting? Surely the death of your daughter Jairus should challenge the limit of your faith in him. 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:41.800 And the challenge Mark puts to us in this account is whether we believe only in the circumstances and what seems possible, or in the God who can do the impossible. 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:52.920 And as with the other two miracles in this section, there's the interplay, isn't there, between fear of a situation and faith. 00:02:53.080 --> 00:02:55.300 Have a look at verse 36 there. 00:02:55.400 --> 00:03:02.740 Overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, do not fear, only believe. 00:03:02.740 --> 00:03:14.240 In that moment of the grave news, Jesus says to him, yes, even now Jairus, don't fear, but believe. 00:03:15.500 --> 00:03:23.379 You can trust me. You can trust me and the power of my word all the way, Jairus. 00:03:23.379 --> 00:03:26.939 Trust me. This is how much faith you can put in me. 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:33.699 That even when death itself comes, trust me. Trust me. 00:03:35.299 --> 00:03:39.139 And of course it's not only Jairus who has to learn this lesson, is it? 00:03:39.199 --> 00:03:46.479 Ever since chapter 3, Jesus has spent particular time teaching his own followers, his disciples, 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:51.300 about faith in his power and in his word. 00:03:51.300 --> 00:03:53.900 Like a little seed, do you remember? 00:03:54.640 --> 00:03:58.000 That word is imperceptible. It's so small. 00:03:58.620 --> 00:03:59.980 And yet it's so powerful. 00:04:00.620 --> 00:04:04.719 And the disciples themselves must learn, commissioned by Jesus himself, 00:04:05.120 --> 00:04:08.100 to go out and preach his word later on, 00:04:08.360 --> 00:04:13.540 they must learn the authority that they go with as Jesus sends them. 00:04:14.260 --> 00:04:18.740 The power and authority to bring life from death. 00:04:18.740 --> 00:04:24.280 They're still learning the answer to that vital question, aren't they, at the end of chapter 4. 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:27.780 Who then is this, Jesus? 00:04:28.960 --> 00:04:32.180 How much faith is he really worth? 00:04:32.180 --> 00:04:37.939 So I've got three headings this afternoon, as is often the case, isn't it? 00:04:37.939 --> 00:04:42.040 To take us through this miracle account that Mark gives us. 00:04:42.139 --> 00:04:45.480 First of all, we see here a prayer of faith. 00:04:46.240 --> 00:04:47.480 A prayer of faith. 00:04:49.399 --> 00:04:54.280 The great Ormond Street Hospital treats severely ill children. 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:56.860 There's a programme on TV about it, isn't it? 00:04:56.860 --> 00:04:59.520 And I don't know about you, but when I watch that programme, 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:05.720 it is such a saddening thing to see children that young, so ill. 00:05:07.060 --> 00:05:12.180 And if this were a modern day account here, a modern day history, 00:05:12.300 --> 00:05:15.340 there's no doubt that this young girl in the story, the daughter, 00:05:16.080 --> 00:05:18.699 would be in the intensive care unit there. 00:05:18.699 --> 00:05:26.240 Jairus, we're told, sees Jesus and, verse 23, falls at his feet, 00:05:26.899 --> 00:05:28.879 imploring him earnestly, saying, 00:05:28.979 --> 00:05:31.699 My little daughter is at the point of death. 00:05:32.699 --> 00:05:37.459 Lord, come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be well. 00:05:38.819 --> 00:05:41.300 At the point of death. 00:05:41.300 --> 00:05:48.579 These are the last few moments of this little girl's precious life. 00:05:49.520 --> 00:05:52.699 You could translate what he says to Jesus there as, 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:54.740 Lord, she's sinking fast. 00:05:55.800 --> 00:05:57.379 Or, she's at death's door. 00:05:58.699 --> 00:06:01.439 It's truly a heartbreaking scene, isn't it? 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:03.860 A horrible, horrible thing. 00:06:03.960 --> 00:06:08.800 This man is torn apart by what's happening. 00:06:08.800 --> 00:06:12.040 And just imagine the room in the hospital. 00:06:13.259 --> 00:06:14.660 The girl is unconscious. 00:06:16.120 --> 00:06:19.160 Perhaps she's hooked up to various apparatus. 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:24.259 And all is quiet, apart from the regular beep of the heart monitor. 00:06:24.580 --> 00:06:28.199 Perhaps there's one or two family there sat at the bedside. 00:06:29.080 --> 00:06:32.019 Her favourite teddy snuggled up to her. 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:34.600 But this is it. 00:06:35.720 --> 00:06:38.199 At the point of death. 00:06:38.800 --> 00:06:40.439 A doctor comes in. 00:06:40.540 --> 00:06:43.680 He says, you know, there is nothing more we can do. 00:06:44.879 --> 00:06:48.079 And so dad, he faces his worst nightmare, doesn't he? 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:51.100 Watching his girl about to perish. 00:06:52.220 --> 00:06:54.100 Just a desperate situation. 00:06:54.360 --> 00:06:58.120 But how much faith is Jesus actually worth? 00:06:59.259 --> 00:07:00.879 There is a glimmer of hope, isn't there? 00:07:00.939 --> 00:07:02.540 As Jesus approaches. 00:07:02.759 --> 00:07:03.860 He approaches Jesus. 00:07:03.860 --> 00:07:11.960 And perhaps this incredible man can heal his daughter like he healed the leper or the paralytic. 00:07:12.100 --> 00:07:13.300 Earlier in Mark's Gospel. 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:15.060 It's worth a shot, isn't it? 00:07:15.439 --> 00:07:17.500 So dad implores Jesus. 00:07:18.740 --> 00:07:25.840 He has a certain measure of faith in Jesus to be able to do something about this situation. 00:07:25.839 --> 00:07:29.299 He offers a prayer to him. 00:07:29.639 --> 00:07:33.500 Lord, come and lay your hands on her. 00:07:34.459 --> 00:07:37.119 A prayer offered perhaps in desperation. 00:07:37.120 --> 00:07:40.280 But it's no less a prayer, is it? 00:07:40.680 --> 00:07:41.800 In that situation. 00:07:42.720 --> 00:07:47.879 Sometimes it is true, isn't it, that we can treat Jesus a bit like the fourth emergency service. 00:07:47.879 --> 00:07:49.439 As a sort of last resort. 00:07:50.120 --> 00:07:51.480 When things go wrong. 00:07:51.579 --> 00:07:54.579 We don't pray or contact him at any of the time. 00:07:54.800 --> 00:07:56.660 Apart from when disaster hits. 00:07:56.660 --> 00:08:03.320 But that doesn't mean, does it, that he will refuse to listen. 00:08:03.960 --> 00:08:05.100 Just out of spite. 00:08:06.320 --> 00:08:11.560 That doesn't mean that he will refuse to listen to us when and if disaster does come. 00:08:12.340 --> 00:08:15.340 Sometimes that's what it takes for us to pray, isn't it? 00:08:15.780 --> 00:08:17.460 Some desperate situation. 00:08:18.260 --> 00:08:21.800 For us to realise that all along we were so weak. 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.160 And we relied upon God. 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:30.600 And this otherwise powerful and influential man could have let Jesus pass him by, couldn't he? 00:08:30.640 --> 00:08:32.540 Maybe confident in his own position. 00:08:33.620 --> 00:08:38.820 But as the circumstances arise, he offers Jesus this simple prayer. 00:08:38.960 --> 00:08:40.080 This simple request. 00:08:41.000 --> 00:08:43.160 Showing a desperate faith. 00:08:44.100 --> 00:08:45.620 Lord, I'm powerless here. 00:08:46.680 --> 00:08:47.620 Can't do anything. 00:08:48.660 --> 00:08:51.879 Please come and lay your hands on her. 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:56.000 Now isn't it so encouraging here? 00:08:56.480 --> 00:09:03.379 But given the terrible reception Jesus has had from the religious leaders so far, 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:07.639 he is willing to deal with this Jewish synagogue leader. 00:09:08.580 --> 00:09:10.840 So you remember a few weeks ago we saw, didn't we, 00:09:10.860 --> 00:09:14.600 the rejection of Jesus by the Jewish religious leaders 00:09:14.600 --> 00:09:21.580 has brought the rejection by Jesus upon the old faithless Israel. 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.700 But even amongst a rejected, rebellious people, 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:31.779 he listens to and helps individuals who break that mould. 00:09:32.820 --> 00:09:35.360 The mould of faithlessness in Jesus. 00:09:36.159 --> 00:09:39.000 Those who come to him in faith and desperation. 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:40.740 Just a simple prayer. 00:09:41.600 --> 00:09:44.559 Offered in great need and desperation. 00:09:45.379 --> 00:09:48.360 You and your faith may be terribly weak. 00:09:49.299 --> 00:09:50.659 But Jesus listens. 00:09:51.720 --> 00:09:54.700 Even if you come from a people, if you come from a background 00:09:54.700 --> 00:09:57.200 that has rejected Jesus. 00:09:58.240 --> 00:10:00.240 There's always a new start. 00:10:00.620 --> 00:10:04.179 Prayer is always open to us today. 00:10:04.179 --> 00:10:08.039 So Jairus shows some faith, doesn't he? 00:10:08.419 --> 00:10:11.120 He goes to Jesus on the verge of a personal tragedy, 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:12.399 a prayer of faith. 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:19.359 But just how much faith is Jesus really worth here? 00:10:20.899 --> 00:10:24.599 Now Mark really loves putting things in sandwiches in his gospel. 00:10:24.739 --> 00:10:27.299 He puts things out in sets of three. 00:10:27.959 --> 00:10:29.539 So you've got the bread in the centre. 00:10:30.099 --> 00:10:33.299 He often does that to help us to see his point. 00:10:34.240 --> 00:10:35.620 And he does that here, doesn't he? 00:10:35.679 --> 00:10:39.059 He stops in verses 24 to 34. 00:10:40.359 --> 00:10:43.819 He stops the story of the ill dying daughter 00:10:43.819 --> 00:10:46.859 with what looks like an unrelated case 00:10:46.859 --> 00:10:50.719 of an ill woman with a long-term illness, 00:10:50.779 --> 00:10:51.740 a bleeding problem. 00:10:52.000 --> 00:10:53.620 There she is in verse 25. 00:10:53.620 --> 00:10:58.559 There was a woman who'd had a discharge of blood for 12 years. 00:10:59.019 --> 00:11:00.459 Now it just seems like here, doesn't it, 00:11:00.479 --> 00:11:02.719 that Mark is a poor editor. 00:11:03.299 --> 00:11:04.919 He's gone away, had a cup of coffee, 00:11:05.339 --> 00:11:07.759 forgotten that he was talking about Jairus' daughter, 00:11:08.259 --> 00:11:09.879 and now he's talking about this woman. 00:11:11.500 --> 00:11:13.679 But actually this woman is here 00:11:13.679 --> 00:11:16.299 as the filling of a sandwich, 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:20.159 designed to show us an exemplary faith. 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.100 In the context of the dying daughter, 00:11:23.100 --> 00:11:26.120 this woman is an example to Jairus, 00:11:26.620 --> 00:11:28.879 and to all of us, and to the disciples, 00:11:29.719 --> 00:11:33.860 of how much faith Jesus is really worth. 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:36.939 So we've heard the prayer of faith, 00:11:37.079 --> 00:11:40.539 but Mark secondly interrupts Jairus' story 00:11:40.539 --> 00:11:43.120 with an exemplary faith. 00:11:43.120 --> 00:11:48.299 Now the two incidences are put closely together 00:11:48.299 --> 00:11:50.139 as a comparison. 00:11:51.500 --> 00:11:54.600 So Jesus calls both the young girl 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:56.940 and the woman daughter. 00:11:57.299 --> 00:11:58.679 We'll see that a bit later on. 00:11:59.560 --> 00:12:02.399 The girl is 12 years old, we're told. 00:12:03.460 --> 00:12:05.179 And the woman coincidentally 00:12:05.179 --> 00:12:07.840 has had a discharge of blood for 12 years. 00:12:07.840 --> 00:12:12.960 Both of them are, according to Levitical law, 00:12:13.500 --> 00:12:16.420 ritually unclean in some way. 00:12:17.120 --> 00:12:18.600 The woman from the discharge 00:12:18.600 --> 00:12:21.740 and the girl later on as a corpse. 00:12:23.100 --> 00:12:26.180 Both of them receive a touch from Jesus 00:12:26.180 --> 00:12:31.120 and receive an immediate healing or resurrection. 00:12:32.620 --> 00:12:35.620 So Mark lays these two closely together 00:12:35.620 --> 00:12:37.940 to show us something particular. 00:12:38.879 --> 00:12:42.980 To show us how much faith Jesus is really worth. 00:12:43.940 --> 00:12:47.220 To show us how far we can trust in him. 00:12:48.960 --> 00:12:50.519 Now I hope that you can see here 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:54.019 the chances of the woman receiving anything from Jesus 00:12:54.019 --> 00:12:56.100 are actually much, much lower 00:12:56.100 --> 00:12:58.720 than the synagogue ruler's chances. 00:13:00.220 --> 00:13:01.460 So look at the comparison. 00:13:01.740 --> 00:13:03.519 Rather than a pillar of society, 00:13:03.519 --> 00:13:06.919 she was ostracised by others. 00:13:07.740 --> 00:13:10.120 She would have been kept from temple worship 00:13:10.120 --> 00:13:11.879 because of her condition. 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.019 Mark is emphatic about her condition, isn't he? 00:13:15.240 --> 00:13:16.519 In verse 26. 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:19.860 She'd had this discharge for 12 years 00:13:19.860 --> 00:13:22.980 who had suffered much under many physicians, 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:25.899 had spent all that she had 00:13:25.899 --> 00:13:27.740 and was no better, 00:13:28.340 --> 00:13:30.059 but rather grew worse. 00:13:30.059 --> 00:13:32.839 Now although we don't know 00:13:32.839 --> 00:13:35.359 whether this woman's condition is life-threatening, 00:13:35.919 --> 00:13:37.959 the feeling is there, isn't it, 00:13:37.979 --> 00:13:41.099 that her life really feels like 00:13:41.099 --> 00:13:42.399 it isn't worth living. 00:13:43.239 --> 00:13:44.659 It is a living torment. 00:13:46.139 --> 00:13:47.439 Suffered much. 00:13:48.579 --> 00:13:50.139 Many physicians. 00:13:51.500 --> 00:13:53.259 Spent all she had. 00:13:54.259 --> 00:13:55.279 Was no better. 00:13:56.179 --> 00:13:58.819 Just grew worse and worse. 00:13:58.820 --> 00:13:59.840 No answers. 00:14:00.060 --> 00:14:00.840 No improvements. 00:14:01.760 --> 00:14:02.980 No signs of hope. 00:14:03.340 --> 00:14:04.940 For 12 long years. 00:14:05.740 --> 00:14:06.800 The doctor's fees. 00:14:07.260 --> 00:14:08.340 The dirty looks. 00:14:08.460 --> 00:14:09.220 The isolation. 00:14:09.860 --> 00:14:10.940 And the humiliation. 00:14:11.480 --> 00:14:13.480 Of this particular illness. 00:14:15.120 --> 00:14:17.440 But in the midst of this thronging crowd 00:14:17.440 --> 00:14:18.140 around Jesus, 00:14:18.280 --> 00:14:19.560 she manages, doesn't she, 00:14:19.640 --> 00:14:21.220 to force her way to Jesus 00:14:21.220 --> 00:14:23.020 and to touch his garment. 00:14:23.180 --> 00:14:23.820 In verse 28. 00:14:23.820 --> 00:14:24.340 28. 00:14:24.560 --> 00:14:26.620 If I touch even his garment, 00:14:27.080 --> 00:14:28.560 I'll be made well. 00:14:30.420 --> 00:14:31.280 Now after that, 00:14:31.340 --> 00:14:32.440 there is a funny moment, 00:14:32.540 --> 00:14:33.100 isn't there? 00:14:33.340 --> 00:14:35.640 It probably took us by surprise 00:14:35.640 --> 00:14:36.379 as Steve read it, 00:14:36.460 --> 00:14:38.180 where Jesus turns around 00:14:38.180 --> 00:14:39.700 and says in verse 30, 00:14:40.060 --> 00:14:41.300 Who touched my garments? 00:14:42.600 --> 00:14:43.660 Who touched my garments? 00:14:43.740 --> 00:14:44.879 Now the disciples think 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:46.200 that this is some kind of joke, 00:14:46.280 --> 00:14:46.680 don't they? 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:47.500 Come on Lord, 00:14:47.560 --> 00:14:48.780 you see this crown 00:14:48.780 --> 00:14:50.280 pressing around you here, 00:14:50.279 --> 00:14:51.399 and you're asking 00:14:51.399 --> 00:14:52.899 who touched your garments? 00:14:53.139 --> 00:14:53.779 Ridiculous. 00:14:54.819 --> 00:14:55.939 Jesus looks around, 00:14:56.019 --> 00:14:56.459 doesn't he, 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:57.759 to see who's done it. 00:14:59.259 --> 00:15:00.120 Now the point Mark 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.000 is trying to make there, 00:15:01.059 --> 00:15:01.919 he's trying to show us 00:15:01.919 --> 00:15:02.919 that this woman 00:15:02.919 --> 00:15:05.299 was different in some way 00:15:05.299 --> 00:15:06.339 to all the other people 00:15:06.339 --> 00:15:07.480 who were touching Jesus. 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:10.159 There was something about her 00:15:10.159 --> 00:15:11.259 that was unique. 00:15:12.059 --> 00:15:13.519 Something that Jesus felt 00:15:13.519 --> 00:15:14.819 that he noticed. 00:15:15.740 --> 00:15:17.879 Her touch of his garment 00:15:17.879 --> 00:15:18.699 was different. 00:15:18.700 --> 00:15:22.020 Just look at verse 34 00:15:22.020 --> 00:15:23.520 for a second. 00:15:24.980 --> 00:15:26.120 He said to her, 00:15:26.700 --> 00:15:27.080 Daughter, 00:15:27.240 --> 00:15:28.200 your faith 00:15:28.200 --> 00:15:29.759 has made you well. 00:15:30.520 --> 00:15:31.420 Go in peace 00:15:31.420 --> 00:15:32.200 and be healed 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:33.280 of your disease. 00:15:35.040 --> 00:15:35.840 See the woman 00:15:35.840 --> 00:15:36.960 is highlighted 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:39.160 because of her 00:15:39.160 --> 00:15:40.700 exemplary faith. 00:15:41.980 --> 00:15:42.920 The woman 00:15:42.920 --> 00:15:44.780 who had the least chance 00:15:44.780 --> 00:15:45.920 of getting anything 00:15:45.920 --> 00:15:46.700 from Jesus, 00:15:46.700 --> 00:15:48.720 who was ritually 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:49.620 unclean, 00:15:49.879 --> 00:15:50.879 who has to even 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.379 violate the law 00:15:52.379 --> 00:15:54.400 to go near Jesus, 00:15:55.540 --> 00:15:56.980 she has no position 00:15:56.980 --> 00:15:57.940 or status 00:15:57.940 --> 00:15:59.160 unlike Jairus. 00:15:59.220 --> 00:15:59.860 As a woman, 00:15:59.960 --> 00:16:00.480 that was probably 00:16:00.480 --> 00:16:01.540 made even worse 00:16:01.540 --> 00:16:02.400 in those days. 00:16:02.800 --> 00:16:03.740 She's nameless, 00:16:03.860 --> 00:16:04.400 isn't she? 00:16:05.220 --> 00:16:06.640 We know Jairus' name, 00:16:06.639 --> 00:16:07.879 we don't know her name. 00:16:07.960 --> 00:16:09.159 We only know her 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:09.679 as the woman 00:16:09.679 --> 00:16:10.679 who had this 00:16:10.679 --> 00:16:11.659 bleeding issue. 00:16:12.939 --> 00:16:13.819 She approaches 00:16:13.819 --> 00:16:15.379 Jesus in shame. 00:16:15.500 --> 00:16:15.779 Notice, 00:16:15.899 --> 00:16:16.500 she approaches 00:16:16.500 --> 00:16:18.039 Jesus from behind. 00:16:19.139 --> 00:16:20.120 Whereas Jairus 00:16:20.120 --> 00:16:21.000 can come straight 00:16:21.000 --> 00:16:21.419 to him 00:16:21.419 --> 00:16:22.539 and fall at his feet. 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:23.179 You see, 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:24.600 the woman's faith 00:16:24.600 --> 00:16:26.439 stretches beyond 00:16:26.439 --> 00:16:27.919 what circumstances 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:28.559 for her 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:29.439 make possible 00:16:29.439 --> 00:16:31.740 to the God 00:16:31.740 --> 00:16:33.340 of the impossible 00:16:33.340 --> 00:16:35.399 who thinks 00:16:35.399 --> 00:16:36.460 all I have to do 00:16:36.460 --> 00:16:37.100 is touch 00:16:37.100 --> 00:16:38.060 his clothes. 00:16:39.100 --> 00:16:39.759 She has 00:16:39.759 --> 00:16:40.720 an exemplary 00:16:40.720 --> 00:16:41.280 faith 00:16:41.280 --> 00:16:42.399 in him. 00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.980 She knows 00:16:43.980 --> 00:16:44.800 all of the factors, 00:16:44.940 --> 00:16:45.620 doesn't she? 00:16:45.860 --> 00:16:46.800 That humanly 00:16:46.800 --> 00:16:47.800 speaking mean 00:16:47.800 --> 00:16:48.800 that nothing 00:16:48.800 --> 00:16:49.519 can be done 00:16:49.519 --> 00:16:50.139 for her. 00:16:51.420 --> 00:16:52.160 She could have 00:16:52.160 --> 00:16:52.920 easily asked 00:16:52.920 --> 00:16:53.580 at that moment, 00:16:53.700 --> 00:16:54.259 couldn't she, 00:16:54.820 --> 00:16:55.980 why bother 00:16:55.980 --> 00:16:56.740 Jesus 00:16:56.740 --> 00:16:57.700 further? 00:16:58.340 --> 00:16:59.480 Why bother 00:16:59.480 --> 00:16:59.860 Jesus? 00:16:59.860 --> 00:17:01.940 Yet, 00:17:02.139 --> 00:17:02.860 she forces 00:17:02.860 --> 00:17:03.620 her way 00:17:03.620 --> 00:17:05.420 through the crowds 00:17:05.420 --> 00:17:06.759 to him 00:17:06.759 --> 00:17:08.279 and she 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:08.860 believes. 00:17:10.759 --> 00:17:11.120 Now, 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:11.500 isn't it 00:17:11.500 --> 00:17:12.579 a lovely thing 00:17:12.579 --> 00:17:13.839 that Jesus 00:17:13.839 --> 00:17:14.920 isn't prepared 00:17:14.920 --> 00:17:16.579 to simply 00:17:16.579 --> 00:17:17.500 dispatch 00:17:17.500 --> 00:17:18.680 a healing miracle 00:17:18.680 --> 00:17:19.460 to this woman? 00:17:19.579 --> 00:17:20.240 She's immediately 00:17:20.240 --> 00:17:20.680 healed, 00:17:20.740 --> 00:17:21.240 isn't she? 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:23.180 But he's not 00:17:23.180 --> 00:17:23.940 happy to just 00:17:23.940 --> 00:17:24.900 simply dispatch 00:17:24.900 --> 00:17:25.680 that to her. 00:17:26.079 --> 00:17:26.319 No, 00:17:26.400 --> 00:17:27.120 he searches 00:17:27.120 --> 00:17:28.240 out the person 00:17:28.240 --> 00:17:28.920 herself. 00:17:30.539 --> 00:17:30.839 Jesus 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:31.819 wants her 00:17:31.819 --> 00:17:32.839 to have 00:17:32.839 --> 00:17:33.259 the most 00:17:33.259 --> 00:17:34.079 important thing 00:17:34.079 --> 00:17:34.599 which is a 00:17:34.599 --> 00:17:35.859 personal encounter 00:17:35.859 --> 00:17:36.579 with him. 00:17:37.139 --> 00:17:38.000 Not just to 00:17:38.000 --> 00:17:38.619 receive his 00:17:38.619 --> 00:17:38.959 healing. 00:17:40.179 --> 00:17:41.019 He searches 00:17:41.019 --> 00:17:41.919 her out. 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:44.019 And you 00:17:44.019 --> 00:17:44.879 get the sense, 00:17:44.979 --> 00:17:45.359 don't you, 00:17:45.419 --> 00:17:46.419 of the shame 00:17:46.419 --> 00:17:47.000 she felt 00:17:47.000 --> 00:17:47.859 coming to Jesus 00:17:47.859 --> 00:17:48.779 in the first place. 00:17:48.839 --> 00:17:49.319 Just look at 00:17:49.319 --> 00:17:51.179 verse 33 there. 00:17:51.500 --> 00:17:51.859 The woman 00:17:51.859 --> 00:17:52.439 knowing what 00:17:52.439 --> 00:17:52.819 had happened 00:17:52.819 --> 00:17:53.139 to her 00:17:53.139 --> 00:17:54.299 came in fear 00:17:54.299 --> 00:17:55.339 and trembling 00:17:55.339 --> 00:17:56.119 and fell down 00:17:56.119 --> 00:17:56.659 before him 00:17:56.659 --> 00:17:57.659 and told him 00:17:57.659 --> 00:17:59.039 the whole truth. 00:17:59.859 --> 00:18:00.559 told him 00:18:00.559 --> 00:18:01.479 the whole truth. 00:18:02.879 --> 00:18:04.079 She came in fear 00:18:04.079 --> 00:18:04.959 and in trembling 00:18:04.959 --> 00:18:06.619 and she bared 00:18:06.619 --> 00:18:07.279 her soul 00:18:07.279 --> 00:18:08.899 to Jesus. 00:18:09.859 --> 00:18:11.059 The whole truth 00:18:11.059 --> 00:18:12.979 of her situation, 00:18:13.839 --> 00:18:15.079 her uncleanness, 00:18:15.139 --> 00:18:16.539 the past 12 years, 00:18:17.919 --> 00:18:18.539 shamed. 00:18:20.759 --> 00:18:21.679 Shouldn't she 00:18:21.679 --> 00:18:22.839 at that point 00:18:22.839 --> 00:18:24.379 in the first place? 00:18:24.479 --> 00:18:25.219 Shamed that she was 00:18:25.220 --> 00:18:25.839 even there, 00:18:25.940 --> 00:18:26.720 unclean. 00:18:27.900 --> 00:18:28.400 Shame, 00:18:28.559 --> 00:18:28.860 perhaps, 00:18:29.039 --> 00:18:29.759 is the barrier 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:30.339 sometimes, 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:30.720 isn't it, 00:18:30.759 --> 00:18:31.700 for us to put 00:18:31.700 --> 00:18:32.480 our faith in 00:18:32.480 --> 00:18:32.779 Jesus, 00:18:32.880 --> 00:18:33.640 to go to him. 00:18:34.600 --> 00:18:35.759 But she bears 00:18:35.759 --> 00:18:36.559 all to him. 00:18:37.380 --> 00:18:38.160 She tells him 00:18:38.160 --> 00:18:39.120 the whole truth. 00:18:39.240 --> 00:18:40.079 She confesses 00:18:40.079 --> 00:18:41.559 it all. 00:18:41.779 --> 00:18:42.759 The unclean 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:43.319 woman 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:44.940 comes clean 00:18:44.940 --> 00:18:46.120 to Jesus. 00:18:47.220 --> 00:18:48.339 She tells him 00:18:48.339 --> 00:18:49.519 her whole life. 00:18:50.920 --> 00:18:51.759 Opens the flood 00:18:51.759 --> 00:18:52.120 boats. 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:52.779 And it's great, 00:18:52.860 --> 00:18:53.059 isn't it? 00:18:53.059 --> 00:18:53.799 It doesn't shock 00:18:53.799 --> 00:18:54.179 Jesus. 00:18:56.480 --> 00:18:57.319 That puts 00:18:57.319 --> 00:18:58.259 Jesus' power 00:18:58.259 --> 00:18:59.419 above the shame 00:18:59.419 --> 00:19:00.940 and circumstances 00:19:00.940 --> 00:19:01.700 in our life. 00:19:01.779 --> 00:19:02.659 It is a faith 00:19:02.659 --> 00:19:04.000 that knows 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:04.740 no limits 00:19:04.740 --> 00:19:05.200 here. 00:19:05.859 --> 00:19:06.819 An exemplary 00:19:06.819 --> 00:19:07.299 faith. 00:19:09.819 --> 00:19:10.579 And so we come 00:19:10.579 --> 00:19:11.000 lastly, 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:11.419 don't we, 00:19:11.519 --> 00:19:11.659 here, 00:19:11.740 --> 00:19:12.519 to the lesson 00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:13.639 that Jairus 00:19:13.639 --> 00:19:15.220 has to learn. 00:19:15.940 --> 00:19:16.559 How much 00:19:16.559 --> 00:19:17.460 faith is Jesus 00:19:17.460 --> 00:19:18.480 really worth? 00:19:19.639 --> 00:19:20.639 Mark brings us 00:19:20.639 --> 00:19:21.720 back to the story 00:19:21.720 --> 00:19:22.799 of the dying girl, 00:19:22.799 --> 00:19:23.399 doesn't he? 00:19:24.379 --> 00:19:25.259 John's gospel 00:19:25.259 --> 00:19:26.299 tells us that 00:19:26.299 --> 00:19:27.319 there was a delay 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:27.859 here, 00:19:28.200 --> 00:19:29.019 long enough 00:19:29.019 --> 00:19:30.500 for the girl's 00:19:30.500 --> 00:19:31.419 condition to 00:19:31.419 --> 00:19:32.440 deteriorate 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:33.700 and eventually 00:19:33.700 --> 00:19:34.899 for her to die. 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.159 Why bother 00:19:37.159 --> 00:19:37.759 the teacher 00:19:37.759 --> 00:19:38.440 anymore? 00:19:39.299 --> 00:19:39.960 They say. 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:41.659 Your daughter 00:19:41.659 --> 00:19:42.759 is dead. 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:44.619 It's a prayer 00:19:44.619 --> 00:19:45.079 of faith, 00:19:45.139 --> 00:19:45.779 an exemplary 00:19:45.779 --> 00:19:46.099 faith, 00:19:46.200 --> 00:19:47.119 but we close 00:19:47.119 --> 00:19:48.399 with a lesson 00:19:48.399 --> 00:19:49.059 in faith. 00:19:49.059 --> 00:19:51.299 Now one writer 00:19:51.299 --> 00:19:52.279 sums this passage 00:19:52.279 --> 00:19:53.259 up really well 00:19:53.259 --> 00:19:54.099 by saying that 00:19:54.099 --> 00:19:54.759 the story 00:19:54.759 --> 00:19:55.779 swings on the 00:19:55.779 --> 00:19:56.359 pendulum 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:57.659 of human 00:19:57.659 --> 00:19:58.319 despair 00:19:58.319 --> 00:19:59.619 and divine 00:19:59.619 --> 00:20:00.419 possibility. 00:20:00.919 --> 00:20:01.579 So true, 00:20:01.659 --> 00:20:01.960 isn't it? 00:20:02.159 --> 00:20:03.279 What little hope 00:20:03.279 --> 00:20:04.440 Jairus has 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:05.519 is surely 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:06.419 snatched away 00:20:06.419 --> 00:20:06.759 here, 00:20:06.799 --> 00:20:07.159 isn't it? 00:20:07.339 --> 00:20:08.039 The report 00:20:08.039 --> 00:20:08.960 comes to him 00:20:08.960 --> 00:20:10.720 of his 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:11.259 daughter's 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:11.740 death. 00:20:12.740 --> 00:20:13.419 But Jesus' 00:20:13.679 --> 00:20:14.460 perspective on 00:20:14.460 --> 00:20:15.099 the situation 00:20:15.099 --> 00:20:15.740 is totally 00:20:15.740 --> 00:20:16.220 different, 00:20:16.299 --> 00:20:16.639 isn't it? 00:20:16.640 --> 00:20:17.520 Look at verse 00:20:17.520 --> 00:20:18.600 36, 00:20:18.920 --> 00:20:19.620 just over the 00:20:19.620 --> 00:20:20.140 page. 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:21.800 Overhearing 00:20:21.800 --> 00:20:22.259 what they 00:20:22.259 --> 00:20:22.560 said, 00:20:22.660 --> 00:20:23.200 Jesus said 00:20:23.200 --> 00:20:23.680 to the ruler 00:20:23.680 --> 00:20:24.500 of the synagogue, 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:25.820 Do not 00:20:25.820 --> 00:20:26.420 fear, 00:20:27.420 --> 00:20:28.720 only believe. 00:20:29.420 --> 00:20:30.380 He overhears 00:20:30.380 --> 00:20:31.060 the message. 00:20:32.000 --> 00:20:32.400 Do not 00:20:32.400 --> 00:20:32.740 fear, 00:20:33.360 --> 00:20:34.460 only believe. 00:20:35.680 --> 00:20:36.259 Now Mark 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.200 is masterful 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:38.540 here in 00:20:38.540 --> 00:20:39.220 his word 00:20:39.220 --> 00:20:40.800 overhearing 00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:41.320 there. 00:20:41.780 --> 00:20:42.220 It's kind 00:20:42.220 --> 00:20:42.600 of lost 00:20:42.600 --> 00:20:43.000 in our 00:20:43.000 --> 00:20:43.540 English 00:20:43.540 --> 00:20:43.980 translation, 00:20:44.300 --> 00:20:44.660 but in the 00:20:44.660 --> 00:20:45.360 original Greek 00:20:45.360 --> 00:20:45.740 it's an 00:20:45.740 --> 00:20:46.180 interesting 00:20:46.180 --> 00:20:46.580 word. 00:20:46.640 --> 00:20:46.880 It can 00:20:46.880 --> 00:20:47.520 mean several 00:20:47.520 --> 00:20:48.200 things. 00:20:49.020 --> 00:20:49.500 It means 00:20:49.500 --> 00:20:50.980 to overhear 00:20:50.980 --> 00:20:51.420 and yet 00:20:51.420 --> 00:20:52.480 to discount 00:20:52.480 --> 00:20:53.280 the truth 00:20:53.280 --> 00:20:54.720 or to 00:20:54.720 --> 00:20:55.620 ignore it, 00:20:56.400 --> 00:20:57.400 to eavesdrop 00:20:57.400 --> 00:20:58.220 and decide 00:20:58.220 --> 00:20:58.700 to forget 00:20:58.700 --> 00:20:59.160 what you've 00:20:59.160 --> 00:20:59.580 heard. 00:21:01.160 --> 00:21:01.620 It's to 00:21:01.620 --> 00:21:02.580 disregard 00:21:02.580 --> 00:21:03.680 the words 00:21:03.680 --> 00:21:04.500 that you've 00:21:04.500 --> 00:21:04.980 accidentally 00:21:04.980 --> 00:21:05.560 heard. 00:21:05.800 --> 00:21:06.420 So Jesus 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.060 hears this 00:21:07.060 --> 00:21:07.840 report of 00:21:07.840 --> 00:21:08.340 death, 00:21:09.020 --> 00:21:09.460 and even 00:21:09.460 --> 00:21:09.800 though it 00:21:09.800 --> 00:21:10.160 may be 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:10.580 true, 00:21:10.880 --> 00:21:11.600 so great 00:21:11.600 --> 00:21:12.259 is Jesus' 00:21:12.259 --> 00:21:12.900 power 00:21:12.900 --> 00:21:14.660 that the 00:21:14.660 --> 00:21:15.620 one certainty 00:21:15.620 --> 00:21:16.380 in life, 00:21:16.380 --> 00:21:17.140 death, 00:21:18.180 --> 00:21:18.700 he has 00:21:18.700 --> 00:21:19.160 the liberty 00:21:19.160 --> 00:21:19.840 to simply 00:21:19.840 --> 00:21:20.340 ignore. 00:21:21.740 --> 00:21:22.420 How much 00:21:22.420 --> 00:21:23.860 faith is 00:21:23.860 --> 00:21:24.600 Jesus really 00:21:24.600 --> 00:21:25.140 worth? 00:21:26.340 --> 00:21:26.740 Jesus' 00:21:26.980 --> 00:21:27.580 power is 00:21:27.580 --> 00:21:28.460 so great, 00:21:29.340 --> 00:21:29.740 he can 00:21:29.740 --> 00:21:30.740 afford to 00:21:30.740 --> 00:21:31.440 disregard 00:21:31.440 --> 00:21:32.640 this report 00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:34.720 and say, 00:21:34.900 --> 00:21:35.460 don't fear, 00:21:36.100 --> 00:21:37.320 only believe. 00:21:37.319 --> 00:21:37.419 death. 00:21:38.700 --> 00:21:39.179 And then 00:21:39.179 --> 00:21:39.839 notice what 00:21:39.839 --> 00:21:40.319 he says 00:21:40.319 --> 00:21:40.779 to the 00:21:40.779 --> 00:21:41.200 wailing 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:41.839 crowds 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:42.599 outside the 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:43.039 house in 00:21:43.039 --> 00:21:44.099 verse 39. 00:21:44.859 --> 00:21:45.319 If you look 00:21:45.319 --> 00:21:45.720 there. 00:21:46.599 --> 00:21:47.079 He entered, 00:21:47.200 --> 00:21:47.599 he said to 00:21:47.599 --> 00:21:47.720 them, 00:21:47.799 --> 00:21:48.359 why are you 00:21:48.359 --> 00:21:48.919 making a 00:21:48.919 --> 00:21:49.599 commotion and 00:21:49.599 --> 00:21:50.039 weeping? 00:21:50.319 --> 00:21:51.019 The child is 00:21:51.019 --> 00:21:51.740 not dead, 00:21:52.339 --> 00:21:53.240 but asleep. 00:21:54.599 --> 00:21:55.480 So great 00:21:55.480 --> 00:21:56.200 is Jesus' 00:21:56.460 --> 00:21:58.220 power that 00:21:58.220 --> 00:21:59.839 death can 00:21:59.839 --> 00:22:00.619 be disturbed 00:22:00.619 --> 00:22:01.299 like an 00:22:01.299 --> 00:22:02.399 afternoon nap. 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:03.680 And of 00:22:03.680 --> 00:22:04.080 course it's 00:22:04.080 --> 00:22:04.800 ludicrous, 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.220 isn't it, 00:22:05.240 --> 00:22:05.960 to say such 00:22:05.960 --> 00:22:07.180 a thing at 00:22:07.180 --> 00:22:08.160 the graveside 00:22:08.160 --> 00:22:09.019 at a funeral. 00:22:10.060 --> 00:22:11.140 Why bother 00:22:11.140 --> 00:22:11.800 the teacher 00:22:11.800 --> 00:22:12.700 any more? 00:22:14.360 --> 00:22:15.620 But those in 00:22:15.620 --> 00:22:16.600 the house are 00:22:16.600 --> 00:22:17.640 overwhelmed, 00:22:18.360 --> 00:22:19.019 they are 00:22:19.019 --> 00:22:20.940 overcome with 00:22:20.940 --> 00:22:21.660 amazement. 00:22:21.660 --> 00:22:23.840 He takes 00:22:23.840 --> 00:22:24.320 the girl 00:22:24.320 --> 00:22:24.840 by the 00:22:24.840 --> 00:22:26.580 hand and 00:22:26.580 --> 00:22:27.120 he says, 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:28.259 little girl 00:22:28.259 --> 00:22:29.259 or daughter, 00:22:30.180 --> 00:22:31.040 I say to 00:22:31.040 --> 00:22:31.320 you, 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:32.060 arise. 00:22:33.340 --> 00:22:34.100 This is no 00:22:34.100 --> 00:22:34.560 longer the 00:22:34.560 --> 00:22:34.960 hospital, 00:22:35.160 --> 00:22:35.340 is it? 00:22:35.380 --> 00:22:35.880 This is in 00:22:35.880 --> 00:22:36.600 the morgue. 00:22:37.500 --> 00:22:38.759 I say 00:22:38.759 --> 00:22:40.000 to you, 00:22:40.740 --> 00:22:41.340 arise. 00:22:42.800 --> 00:22:43.279 And Mark 00:22:43.279 --> 00:22:43.620 says, 00:22:43.720 --> 00:22:44.380 immediately 00:22:44.380 --> 00:22:46.060 she got 00:22:46.060 --> 00:22:46.880 up and 00:22:46.880 --> 00:22:47.340 walked. 00:22:49.420 --> 00:22:49.940 Jesus 00:22:49.940 --> 00:22:50.900 suspends 00:22:50.900 --> 00:22:52.580 time with 00:22:52.580 --> 00:22:53.320 the woman, 00:22:54.420 --> 00:22:55.460 not instead 00:22:55.460 --> 00:22:56.400 of Jairus, 00:22:57.340 --> 00:22:58.340 but for 00:22:58.340 --> 00:22:58.900 the sake 00:22:58.900 --> 00:22:59.800 of Jairus. 00:23:01.160 --> 00:23:01.560 Don't 00:23:01.560 --> 00:23:01.920 fear, 00:23:02.820 --> 00:23:03.280 only 00:23:03.280 --> 00:23:04.019 believe. 00:23:05.519 --> 00:23:06.100 Now Jairus 00:23:06.100 --> 00:23:06.820 wasn't a 00:23:06.820 --> 00:23:07.580 man with 00:23:07.580 --> 00:23:08.360 no faith 00:23:08.360 --> 00:23:08.860 at all, 00:23:08.940 --> 00:23:09.340 was he? 00:23:09.420 --> 00:23:09.900 He'd come 00:23:09.900 --> 00:23:10.680 to Jesus 00:23:10.680 --> 00:23:11.420 with a 00:23:11.420 --> 00:23:11.920 prayer of 00:23:11.920 --> 00:23:12.340 faith. 00:23:12.960 --> 00:23:13.360 It wasn't 00:23:13.360 --> 00:23:13.820 that he 00:23:13.820 --> 00:23:15.360 only feared 00:23:15.360 --> 00:23:15.780 and had 00:23:15.780 --> 00:23:16.620 no faith, 00:23:17.540 --> 00:23:18.440 but there 00:23:18.440 --> 00:23:19.660 came circumstances 00:23:19.660 --> 00:23:20.340 which put 00:23:20.339 --> 00:23:21.059 his faith 00:23:21.059 --> 00:23:21.500 on the 00:23:21.500 --> 00:23:21.899 line. 00:23:23.319 --> 00:23:23.899 And Jesus 00:23:23.899 --> 00:23:24.879 delays, 00:23:25.399 --> 00:23:26.000 as if to 00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:26.439 say to 00:23:26.439 --> 00:23:26.799 him, 00:23:27.439 --> 00:23:27.819 yes, 00:23:28.579 --> 00:23:29.539 even now 00:23:29.539 --> 00:23:30.299 Jairus, 00:23:31.099 --> 00:23:32.179 trust me. 00:23:33.779 --> 00:23:34.720 So this 00:23:34.720 --> 00:23:35.480 isn't about 00:23:35.480 --> 00:23:36.379 us believing 00:23:36.379 --> 00:23:38.379 enough so 00:23:38.379 --> 00:23:38.919 that Jesus 00:23:38.919 --> 00:23:39.599 will heal 00:23:39.599 --> 00:23:40.039 us. 00:23:40.759 --> 00:23:41.439 And if he 00:23:41.439 --> 00:23:42.059 hasn't healed 00:23:42.059 --> 00:23:42.839 me, then I 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.279 haven't got 00:23:43.279 --> 00:23:43.939 enough faith. 00:23:44.019 --> 00:23:45.359 We get in a 00:23:45.359 --> 00:23:45.899 mix of that 00:23:45.899 --> 00:23:46.500 sometimes, 00:23:46.599 --> 00:23:47.039 don't we? 00:23:47.039 --> 00:23:48.659 Now actually 00:23:48.659 --> 00:23:49.299 it's about 00:23:49.299 --> 00:23:50.460 believing Jesus 00:23:50.460 --> 00:23:51.420 even when he 00:23:51.420 --> 00:23:52.119 doesn't heal, 00:23:53.319 --> 00:23:53.960 even when 00:23:53.960 --> 00:23:54.779 there is a 00:23:54.779 --> 00:23:55.119 delay, 00:23:56.240 --> 00:23:56.859 even when 00:23:56.859 --> 00:23:57.940 the circumstances 00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:59.039 say to us, 00:23:59.759 --> 00:24:00.639 why bother 00:24:00.639 --> 00:24:01.379 the Lord 00:24:01.379 --> 00:24:02.460 anymore? 00:24:03.720 --> 00:24:04.379 How much 00:24:04.379 --> 00:24:04.839 faith is 00:24:04.839 --> 00:24:05.539 Jesus really 00:24:05.539 --> 00:24:06.000 worth? 00:24:07.299 --> 00:24:08.180 This isn't 00:24:08.180 --> 00:24:08.799 just about 00:24:08.799 --> 00:24:09.819 physical healing 00:24:09.819 --> 00:24:10.240 either. 00:24:10.240 --> 00:24:11.620 actually the 00:24:11.620 --> 00:24:12.500 words used 00:24:12.500 --> 00:24:12.880 for the 00:24:12.880 --> 00:24:13.660 woman healed 00:24:13.660 --> 00:24:14.440 in verse 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:15.059 28 and 00:24:15.059 --> 00:24:15.920 verse 34, 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.880 you can look 00:24:16.880 --> 00:24:17.500 at later, 00:24:18.120 --> 00:24:18.759 can also 00:24:18.759 --> 00:24:19.420 mean the 00:24:19.420 --> 00:24:20.059 word to 00:24:20.059 --> 00:24:21.039 be saved, 00:24:21.819 --> 00:24:22.440 to be healed, 00:24:22.539 --> 00:24:23.400 to be saved, 00:24:24.420 --> 00:24:25.680 to be rescued 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:27.539 from uncleanness, 00:24:28.480 --> 00:24:29.180 bearing the 00:24:29.180 --> 00:24:30.240 whole truth 00:24:30.240 --> 00:24:31.660 of our lives 00:24:31.660 --> 00:24:32.200 to him, 00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:33.740 and receiving 00:24:33.740 --> 00:24:35.120 his resurrection 00:24:35.120 --> 00:24:35.839 power, 00:24:36.140 --> 00:24:36.720 being brought 00:24:36.720 --> 00:24:37.539 from death 00:24:37.539 --> 00:24:38.700 to life. 00:24:40.240 --> 00:24:40.759 And the 00:24:40.759 --> 00:24:41.460 lesson for 00:24:41.460 --> 00:24:42.660 Jairus is 00:24:42.660 --> 00:24:43.880 that when 00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.700 circumstances 00:24:44.700 --> 00:24:45.279 make it 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:45.859 impossible, 00:24:47.200 --> 00:24:47.819 be like 00:24:47.819 --> 00:24:48.319 the woman. 00:24:49.519 --> 00:24:50.240 Be like 00:24:50.240 --> 00:24:50.680 the woman 00:24:50.680 --> 00:24:51.380 who trusts 00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.059 Jesus, 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:53.500 the God 00:24:53.500 --> 00:24:53.940 of the 00:24:53.940 --> 00:24:54.640 impossible, 00:24:55.779 --> 00:24:56.339 a faith 00:24:56.339 --> 00:24:57.059 that knows 00:24:57.059 --> 00:24:57.980 no limits. 00:24:59.339 --> 00:24:59.759 And on 00:24:59.759 --> 00:25:00.359 the day 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:01.180 of death 00:25:01.180 --> 00:25:01.940 itself, 00:25:02.859 --> 00:25:03.440 and even 00:25:03.440 --> 00:25:04.319 after death, 00:25:05.279 --> 00:25:05.940 Jesus says 00:25:05.940 --> 00:25:06.440 to those 00:25:06.440 --> 00:25:06.980 who trust 00:25:06.980 --> 00:25:07.500 in him, 00:25:08.299 --> 00:25:08.720 yes, 00:25:08.960 --> 00:25:09.980 even now, 00:25:10.240 --> 00:25:11.700 trust me, 00:25:12.740 --> 00:25:13.500 trust me, 00:25:15.059 --> 00:25:16.039 let's pray.