WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:11.040 Good morning. My name is Matthew Capone and I'm the pastor here at Cheyenne Mountain Presbyterian Church and it's my joy to bring God's word to you today. 00:00:11.800 --> 00:00:21.219 I was up this morning getting excited about this passage and then I saw the snow and my first thought was, man, I really hope we don't have to cancel worship. 00:00:22.240 --> 00:00:28.199 I'd much rather be with you all here in person than try to preach to you through a screen. 00:00:28.199 --> 00:00:36.619 So I appreciate you all being here. I'm glad you all made it. Of course, I'm certainly glad for those who made the decision that it was wise for them to stay home as well. 00:00:36.799 --> 00:00:42.939 So don't hear what I'm not saying, but I'm glad that we are all here together and I'm thankful that you're here. 00:00:43.859 --> 00:00:52.519 Special welcome if you're new or visiting with us. We're glad that you're here and we're glad that you're here not because we're trying to fill seats, 00:00:52.520 --> 00:00:58.520 but because we're following Jesus together as one community and as we follow Jesus together, 00:00:58.520 --> 00:01:04.920 we become convinced that there's no one so good, they don't need God's grace and no one so bad that they can't have it, 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:10.640 which is why we come back week after week to hear what God has to say to us in his word. 00:01:11.500 --> 00:01:15.079 We're continuing our series in the Gospel of Mark. 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:20.819 You'll remember that the Gospels tell the story of Jesus and his life and his death and his resurrection. 00:01:21.200 --> 00:01:24.480 And we come today to the second half of Mark chapter 5. 00:01:24.659 --> 00:01:29.400 You'll remember the last two weeks we've had these two stories that were pairs that went together. 00:01:29.780 --> 00:01:32.980 The first one was Jesus' power and control over nature. 00:01:33.539 --> 00:01:38.680 And the second one last week was Jesus' power and control over evil and demonic forces. 00:01:39.180 --> 00:01:41.140 This week we come against something interesting. 00:01:41.140 --> 00:01:46.299 We have what might be called a sandwich or a bookend or a split screen, 00:01:46.420 --> 00:01:48.739 which is a way of saying we have two stories. 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:51.040 One wraps around the other. 00:01:51.579 --> 00:01:54.379 And so it's a way that Mark is putting these two things together. 00:01:54.719 --> 00:01:58.099 We have the bread of the story, which is about this man named Jairus, 00:01:58.240 --> 00:01:59.719 whose daughter needs to be healed. 00:02:00.140 --> 00:02:03.340 That story gets split in half and there's a story in the middle 00:02:03.340 --> 00:02:07.659 about this woman who needs to be healed from 12 years of bleeding. 00:02:07.659 --> 00:02:09.719 And when we run into something like this in the Bible, 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:12.840 when we hit up against a sandwich, it is not by accident. 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:16.659 It is something extremely intentional on the part of the narrator 00:02:16.659 --> 00:02:21.199 to connect these two stories to teach us something we would not learn otherwise 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:22.979 if they were apart. 00:02:23.400 --> 00:02:26.280 And so we're going to do both of these stories together this morning, 00:02:26.340 --> 00:02:28.620 which means we're going to have a slightly longer passage. 00:02:29.060 --> 00:02:33.159 It also means I'm going to say something, not everything, 00:02:34.099 --> 00:02:37.000 because we're handling two stories at the same time. 00:02:37.000 --> 00:02:41.879 And so our focus, our strategy going in is we're going to look at what we learn 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:44.400 by the fact that these are both together, 00:02:44.939 --> 00:02:47.740 which means we're not going to talk about every detail of every story. 00:02:47.939 --> 00:02:49.580 We're not going to answer every question. 00:02:49.819 --> 00:02:51.659 In fact, not all my questions are answered. 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:55.000 These two stories raise all kinds of interesting issues. 00:02:55.719 --> 00:02:57.539 But as you listen this morning and as I read, 00:02:57.620 --> 00:02:59.539 I'm going to ask you to think about this question. 00:02:59.939 --> 00:03:02.240 Why are these two stories placed together? 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:08.420 What is it that we learn from the two of them wrapped around each other 00:03:08.420 --> 00:03:11.500 that we wouldn't learn if we read each of them separately? 00:03:11.960 --> 00:03:14.780 And our focus is going to be two different questions. 00:03:14.920 --> 00:03:16.140 I bet you can't guess what they are. 00:03:17.020 --> 00:03:18.780 Question one, who is Jesus? 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:21.879 Question two, how do we respond to him? 00:03:22.240 --> 00:03:24.879 And so with that, I invite you to turn with me in your Bible 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:28.540 or in your worship guide or on your phone to Mark chapter 5. 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:31.400 No matter where you turn, remember that this is God's word. 00:03:31.400 --> 00:03:35.439 And God tells us that his word is more precious than gold, 00:03:35.580 --> 00:03:38.420 even the finest gold, and it's sweeter than honey, 00:03:38.640 --> 00:03:41.520 even honey that comes straight from the honeycomb. 00:03:42.140 --> 00:03:45.219 And so that's why we read now, starting at verse 21. 00:03:45.219 --> 00:03:49.800 And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, 00:03:49.879 --> 00:03:53.379 a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. 00:03:54.140 --> 00:03:57.460 Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, 00:03:57.460 --> 00:04:01.760 and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, 00:04:02.240 --> 00:04:04.400 My little daughter is at the point of death. 00:04:05.060 --> 00:04:09.659 Come and lay your hands on her so that she may be made well and live. 00:04:10.200 --> 00:04:11.280 And he went with him. 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:14.900 And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him. 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:19.040 And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for 12 years 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:23.819 and who had suffered much under many physicians and had spent all that she had 00:04:23.819 --> 00:04:26.760 and was no better, but rather grew worse. 00:04:27.400 --> 00:04:31.520 She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd 00:04:31.520 --> 00:04:32.480 and touched his garment. 00:04:33.080 --> 00:04:36.820 For she said, If I touch even his garments, I will be made well. 00:04:37.820 --> 00:04:40.040 And immediately the flow of blood dried up, 00:04:40.280 --> 00:04:43.600 and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 00:04:43.600 --> 00:04:47.960 And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, 00:04:48.500 --> 00:04:50.879 immediately turned about in the crowd and said, 00:04:51.320 --> 00:04:52.580 Who touched my garments? 00:04:53.300 --> 00:04:54.980 And his disciples said to him, 00:04:55.300 --> 00:04:59.200 You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, Who touched me? 00:04:59.939 --> 00:05:02.220 And he looked around to see who had done it. 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:05.220 But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, 00:05:05.379 --> 00:05:06.700 came in fear and trembling, 00:05:07.120 --> 00:05:10.220 and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:14.640 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. 00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:18.300 Go in peace and be healed of your disease. 00:05:19.260 --> 00:05:19.960 Verse 35. 00:05:20.840 --> 00:05:23.440 While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler's house 00:05:23.440 --> 00:05:25.500 some who said, Your daughter is dead. 00:05:26.000 --> 00:05:27.760 Why trouble the teacher any further? 00:05:28.580 --> 00:05:29.940 But overhearing what they said, 00:05:30.040 --> 00:05:31.720 Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, 00:05:32.340 --> 00:05:34.360 Do not fear, only believe. 00:05:35.220 --> 00:05:37.380 And he allowed no one to follow him 00:05:37.380 --> 00:05:40.120 except Peter and James and John, the brother of James. 00:05:40.880 --> 00:05:43.020 They came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, 00:05:43.340 --> 00:05:46.900 and Jesus saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 00:05:47.640 --> 00:05:49.340 And when he had entered, he said to them, 00:05:49.840 --> 00:05:52.400 Why are you making a commotion and weeping? 00:05:52.920 --> 00:05:55.300 The child is not dead, but sleeping. 00:05:56.100 --> 00:05:57.280 And they laughed at him. 00:05:57.860 --> 00:06:01.220 But he put them all outside and took the child's father and mother 00:06:01.220 --> 00:06:05.040 and those who were with him and went in where the child was. 00:06:05.040 --> 00:06:07.560 Taking her by the hand, he said to her, 00:06:08.100 --> 00:06:12.000 Talitha kumi, which means little girl, I say to you, arise. 00:06:12.660 --> 00:06:15.100 And immediately the girl got up and began walking, 00:06:15.379 --> 00:06:16.939 for she was 12 years of age, 00:06:17.200 --> 00:06:19.939 and they were immediately overcome with amazement. 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:23.640 And he strictly charged them that no one should know this 00:06:23.640 --> 00:06:26.640 and told them to give her something to eat. 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:31.360 I invite you to pray with me as we come to this portion of God's word. 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:37.100 Our Father in heaven, we praise you again, 00:06:37.580 --> 00:06:41.540 that you speak to us, that you haven't abandoned us, 00:06:41.699 --> 00:06:43.220 but instead you instruct us. 00:06:43.520 --> 00:06:48.000 We ask that you would remind us of the miracle that this is, 00:06:48.379 --> 00:06:50.100 the love that it shows from you. 00:06:50.980 --> 00:06:52.699 And we ask for your help this morning, 00:06:52.920 --> 00:06:56.000 that you would help us to focus and attend to your word. 00:06:56.000 --> 00:06:59.040 Lord, you would help us to hear and to understand, 00:06:59.519 --> 00:07:00.860 that you would challenge us, 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:02.779 that you'd encourage us, 00:07:03.240 --> 00:07:04.279 that you'd show us Jesus, 00:07:04.500 --> 00:07:07.720 that you'd grow our love and our affection for him. 00:07:08.339 --> 00:07:10.759 You'd grow our reverence and our all of him, 00:07:11.399 --> 00:07:14.459 that we would look to him and see him more and more. 00:07:14.759 --> 00:07:17.680 And we ask these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:18.500 Amen. 00:07:18.500 --> 00:07:18.680 Amen. 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.439 We see at the beginning of this story, 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:27.279 we are back to the area of Capernaum, 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:29.740 which means we finished our little incursion 00:07:29.740 --> 00:07:31.740 over into Gentile territory, 00:07:31.740 --> 00:07:33.079 which we saw last week. 00:07:33.120 --> 00:07:34.819 And in verse 21, we see again, 00:07:34.939 --> 00:07:36.040 we're beside the sea, 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:38.639 which is this setting that we've become familiar with. 00:07:38.680 --> 00:07:41.379 It seems to be a common location for Jesus. 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:45.159 Perhaps he's using the sea again as this natural sound system 00:07:45.159 --> 00:07:48.480 where he's able to speak out and be heard by a large crowd. 00:07:48.959 --> 00:07:50.659 And we find here as he comes, 00:07:50.659 --> 00:07:51.500 verse 22, 00:07:51.500 --> 00:07:54.959 one of the rulers of the synagogue comes up to Jesus. 00:07:55.860 --> 00:07:59.259 Now, this should be probably the ruler of the same synagogue 00:07:59.259 --> 00:08:02.100 we saw Jesus preaching at in Capernaum earlier 00:08:02.100 --> 00:08:03.540 in the Gospel of Mark, 00:08:03.720 --> 00:08:06.100 but this is an unlikely candidate. 00:08:07.339 --> 00:08:09.839 And so there's a sense in which we should be surprised, 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:12.899 and there's a sense in which this is to be expected. 00:08:13.180 --> 00:08:15.459 We should be surprised on the one hand 00:08:15.459 --> 00:08:17.199 that this is the ruler of the synagogue. 00:08:17.199 --> 00:08:19.279 The Jewish leaders, as we've seen, 00:08:19.379 --> 00:08:21.620 are not exactly on Jesus' side. 00:08:22.219 --> 00:08:24.240 In fact, Jesus presents something of a threat 00:08:24.240 --> 00:08:26.259 to their power and their identity. 00:08:26.399 --> 00:08:27.519 So that's the surprise. 00:08:28.459 --> 00:08:29.339 On the other hand, 00:08:29.399 --> 00:08:32.100 this is completely to be expected for this reason. 00:08:32.919 --> 00:08:36.039 Desperation is a great motivator. 00:08:37.039 --> 00:08:39.419 Desperation is a great equalizer. 00:08:39.419 --> 00:08:43.339 This man's daughter is at death. 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:45.059 When you're in dire need, 00:08:45.120 --> 00:08:47.639 it matters less and less who's on your side. 00:08:48.179 --> 00:08:50.379 It matters more and more who can help. 00:08:51.579 --> 00:08:52.639 And so in that sense, 00:08:52.699 --> 00:08:54.939 it's exactly what we would be expecting, 00:08:55.079 --> 00:08:56.519 that this man would run to Jesus. 00:08:56.659 --> 00:08:58.919 We know that need and desperation 00:08:58.919 --> 00:09:00.360 levels the playing field. 00:09:00.459 --> 00:09:03.019 There are those who would come to Jesus 00:09:03.019 --> 00:09:06.759 only where they're in these extreme dire straits. 00:09:06.759 --> 00:09:10.120 And so we're in this unusual situation 00:09:10.120 --> 00:09:11.419 in this ruler of the synagogues 00:09:11.419 --> 00:09:12.500 coming up to Jesus. 00:09:13.279 --> 00:09:14.460 And by my count, 00:09:14.500 --> 00:09:16.379 as we look back over the gospel of Mark 00:09:16.379 --> 00:09:17.819 that we've seen so far, 00:09:18.019 --> 00:09:21.519 there are six people that Jesus has either healed 00:09:21.519 --> 00:09:23.279 or cast a demon out of. 00:09:23.679 --> 00:09:25.819 Now I'm wondering if you can name 00:09:25.819 --> 00:09:27.080 any of those six people, 00:09:27.159 --> 00:09:28.740 if you remember from the previous weeks. 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.480 You can't because we weren't told their names. 00:09:34.700 --> 00:09:36.480 Not a single one of them. 00:09:36.920 --> 00:09:39.080 Last week, we found out the name of the demon 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:39.840 was Legion. 00:09:40.220 --> 00:09:41.259 That's the name of the demon, 00:09:41.420 --> 00:09:42.659 not the man who was cured. 00:09:42.740 --> 00:09:45.320 We have no idea what his name is. 00:09:45.360 --> 00:09:47.279 And when we see a pattern break 00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:48.820 as we're reading a story in the Bible, 00:09:49.060 --> 00:09:50.720 that should raise our attention. 00:09:50.840 --> 00:09:51.800 We should ask ourselves, 00:09:52.220 --> 00:09:54.279 why is this detail suddenly changing? 00:09:54.379 --> 00:09:56.039 We didn't need to know the name 00:09:56.039 --> 00:09:58.039 of the six people who came before 00:09:58.039 --> 00:09:59.500 from the very beginning of the gospel. 00:09:59.920 --> 00:10:01.639 Suddenly, it's important that we know 00:10:01.639 --> 00:10:03.740 that this guy's name is Jairus. 00:10:04.460 --> 00:10:05.539 I'm gonna answer that in a bit. 00:10:05.539 --> 00:10:07.259 I want you to hold that question in your mind. 00:10:07.620 --> 00:10:09.159 Before we answer that question, 00:10:09.159 --> 00:10:11.019 we have to understand the distinction 00:10:11.019 --> 00:10:13.519 between clean and unclean 00:10:13.519 --> 00:10:15.699 because it's an important factor in this story. 00:10:16.500 --> 00:10:18.059 Now there's many terrible things 00:10:18.059 --> 00:10:20.079 that have come out of COVID 00:10:20.079 --> 00:10:21.279 over the last two years. 00:10:21.480 --> 00:10:23.399 There's one good thing that's come out 00:10:23.399 --> 00:10:24.980 for preachers and it's this. 00:10:25.259 --> 00:10:27.099 It is easier than ever before 00:10:27.099 --> 00:10:28.639 to explain the purity laws 00:10:28.639 --> 00:10:29.480 from the Old Testament. 00:10:29.480 --> 00:10:31.899 And so as we go here, 00:10:31.940 --> 00:10:33.399 I'm gonna talk in terms of COVID 00:10:33.399 --> 00:10:35.420 so you understand what we're dealing with. 00:10:35.820 --> 00:10:37.220 And as I talk about this, 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:39.940 I know everyone's got their political opinions 00:10:39.940 --> 00:10:40.879 about COVID, okay? 00:10:41.860 --> 00:10:45.200 Whether you have opinions about masks or no mask, 00:10:45.259 --> 00:10:46.560 whether it's serious or not serious, 00:10:46.639 --> 00:10:48.320 whether you'd have a vaccine or not have a vaccine, 00:10:48.560 --> 00:10:50.480 just please put all of that to the side. 00:10:51.019 --> 00:10:52.240 That's not what we're talking about. 00:10:52.279 --> 00:10:53.379 I'm just using this. 00:10:53.500 --> 00:10:54.519 I'm not taking sides. 00:10:54.580 --> 00:10:55.879 I'm just using it as an illustration 00:10:55.879 --> 00:10:57.940 so we understand what's going on in the passage. 00:10:57.940 --> 00:10:59.360 So just track with me, okay? 00:11:02.080 --> 00:11:05.460 If you have COVID or you've been exposed to COVID, 00:11:06.500 --> 00:11:07.660 especially if you have it, 00:11:07.720 --> 00:11:09.840 there is a sense in which you are unclean. 00:11:10.520 --> 00:11:12.440 And there's three things you need to know 00:11:12.440 --> 00:11:13.280 if you're unclean. 00:11:13.520 --> 00:11:16.460 One, you can make other people unclean. 00:11:17.100 --> 00:11:19.200 So what happens if you're around someone 00:11:19.200 --> 00:11:21.120 who later is tested positive for COVID? 00:11:21.220 --> 00:11:22.820 Well, if you were less than six feet 00:11:22.820 --> 00:11:25.460 and you interacted for a certain amount of time, 00:11:25.520 --> 00:11:26.680 maybe if you gave them a hug, 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:28.639 you're now considered exposed, 00:11:28.739 --> 00:11:30.659 which means you are now unclean. 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:34.519 So unclean people can make other people unclean. 00:11:34.859 --> 00:11:36.439 Principle two, there's a separation. 00:11:36.899 --> 00:11:38.099 Once you're unclean, 00:11:38.159 --> 00:11:40.339 you're supposed to remove yourself from other people 00:11:40.339 --> 00:11:42.059 so you don't infect them as well. 00:11:42.299 --> 00:11:44.059 If you have COVID, you're supposed to quarantine. 00:11:44.559 --> 00:11:46.559 It's less true now, but if you were exposed, 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:48.239 you were also supposed to quarantine 00:11:48.239 --> 00:11:49.459 for a certain amount of time 00:11:49.459 --> 00:11:51.699 to make sure you didn't make anyone else sick. 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:54.439 So you can make other people unclean. 00:11:54.440 --> 00:11:57.280 You have to quarantine or separate yourself. 00:11:57.380 --> 00:12:00.100 And then there's a third element to cleanliness laws, 00:12:00.260 --> 00:12:02.480 and that is there's a way to purify yourself. 00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:05.460 There's a process by which you can make yourself clean. 00:12:05.900 --> 00:12:08.020 We know that process is twofold. 00:12:08.160 --> 00:12:09.920 Either you get your negative test, 00:12:10.380 --> 00:12:13.160 so you can prove to everyone you're clean once again, 00:12:13.740 --> 00:12:16.580 or you quarantine for a certain amount of time, right? 00:12:16.580 --> 00:12:19.280 That's your process to know 00:12:19.280 --> 00:12:21.820 that you have finished your time of uncleanness. 00:12:21.940 --> 00:12:22.820 You're pure now. 00:12:23.139 --> 00:12:25.379 You're no longer going to infect other people. 00:12:26.080 --> 00:12:28.820 So we've sort of lived this reality 00:12:28.820 --> 00:12:30.080 for the last couple of years 00:12:30.080 --> 00:12:31.620 where it's intuitive for us 00:12:31.620 --> 00:12:35.060 in a way it would not have been, say, back in 2019. 00:12:35.940 --> 00:12:39.200 In the Old Testament, it wasn't necessarily COVID, obviously, 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:40.820 but there were all sorts of things 00:12:40.820 --> 00:12:41.960 that could make you unclean. 00:12:42.580 --> 00:12:44.259 And if you became unclean, 00:12:44.259 --> 00:12:46.259 you had the potential, just like we've talked about, 00:12:46.319 --> 00:12:47.679 to make other people unclean. 00:12:47.740 --> 00:12:49.700 There was this factor of separating yourself 00:12:49.700 --> 00:12:51.439 from the community for a while. 00:12:51.740 --> 00:12:54.159 There was a process of making yourself clean again. 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:55.899 In fact, that's what we read about, 00:12:56.039 --> 00:12:59.120 John read for us in Leviticus chapter 15. 00:12:59.460 --> 00:13:01.279 And the purpose of this in the Old Testament 00:13:01.279 --> 00:13:03.419 was for it to be this object lesson 00:13:03.419 --> 00:13:06.759 that taught people about how holy God was. 00:13:07.700 --> 00:13:09.639 It was meant to be this daily practice 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:11.279 that reminded God's people 00:13:11.279 --> 00:13:13.759 of the seriousness of moral purity. 00:13:13.759 --> 00:13:16.720 So it's a physical lesson about a spiritual reality. 00:13:17.319 --> 00:13:19.399 There were also some real health concerns 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:20.799 that went along with the purity laws. 00:13:20.899 --> 00:13:22.220 So they're practical things 00:13:22.220 --> 00:13:24.419 that were meant to prevent sickness 00:13:24.419 --> 00:13:27.000 from spreading among the Old Testament community. 00:13:27.840 --> 00:13:29.200 It's with that background 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:32.500 that we come to verses 25 and 26. 00:13:32.700 --> 00:13:34.600 So I want you to jump back in the story with me. 00:13:35.019 --> 00:13:36.659 We've met this man, Jairus, 00:13:36.679 --> 00:13:37.819 who's the ruler of the synagogue. 00:13:38.159 --> 00:13:40.460 Now we meet this other individual, this woman. 00:13:40.460 --> 00:13:44.740 We find out she's had a discharge of blood for 12 years, 00:13:44.920 --> 00:13:46.800 which is another way of saying 00:13:46.800 --> 00:13:50.519 she has been unclean for 12 years straight. 00:13:50.840 --> 00:13:53.240 There's been 12 years of her saying, 00:13:54.120 --> 00:13:55.800 don't come over to the house. 00:13:56.320 --> 00:13:57.820 I don't want to make you unclean. 00:13:58.560 --> 00:14:01.879 There's been 12 years of her being a social pariah. 00:14:02.200 --> 00:14:04.800 There have been 12 years of this woman being isolated. 00:14:04.799 --> 00:14:07.379 And we're told here she's penniless 00:14:07.379 --> 00:14:09.679 because she spent all her money on doctors. 00:14:10.199 --> 00:14:12.240 She is close to hopeless. 00:14:12.979 --> 00:14:14.139 I mean, imagine if you were some, 00:14:14.219 --> 00:14:15.039 I mean, you can think, right? 00:14:15.039 --> 00:14:17.000 If you were someone who was quarantined for a while, 00:14:17.079 --> 00:14:19.199 how hard it was to be isolated 00:14:19.199 --> 00:14:20.839 for maybe 10 to 14 days. 00:14:21.979 --> 00:14:23.959 Here's a woman who's been isolated, 00:14:24.099 --> 00:14:27.339 not for 10 to 14 days, but for 12 years. 00:14:27.779 --> 00:14:28.959 Even more than that, 00:14:29.019 --> 00:14:30.659 she has the hopelessness that's come 00:14:30.659 --> 00:14:32.919 from going to doctor after doctor after doctor 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:35.240 and not being able to find a cure. 00:14:35.679 --> 00:14:37.699 We find out here, I believe it's verse 26, 00:14:37.839 --> 00:14:39.279 that she spent all the money 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:40.620 that she has on these doctors. 00:14:40.879 --> 00:14:42.459 And so she has nothing left. 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.659 It's in that context then 00:14:46.659 --> 00:14:48.579 that we are going to compare both of these characters. 00:14:48.740 --> 00:14:51.039 Remember, we're not reading this as two stories. 00:14:51.039 --> 00:14:52.799 We're reading it as one story. 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:54.659 The purpose of Mark and Jesus here 00:14:54.659 --> 00:14:57.699 is for us to take this man, Jairus, and this woman 00:14:57.699 --> 00:14:59.459 and to put them side by side, 00:14:59.539 --> 00:15:01.579 to see them in that split screen. 00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:02.980 And of course, as we look at them, 00:15:03.020 --> 00:15:05.200 we see there's major differences between them. 00:15:05.259 --> 00:15:06.020 First, on the one hand, 00:15:06.060 --> 00:15:09.320 you have this prominent man and this unknown woman. 00:15:10.500 --> 00:15:12.800 You have a man who is confident 00:15:12.800 --> 00:15:15.360 and has no problem coming out in public 00:15:15.360 --> 00:15:18.600 and declaring before a great crowd to Jesus his need. 00:15:18.879 --> 00:15:19.660 On the other hand, 00:15:19.720 --> 00:15:22.020 you have this woman who is filled with shame 00:15:22.020 --> 00:15:23.540 and wants to stay anonymous. 00:15:24.800 --> 00:15:26.640 He is a ruler of the synagogue. 00:15:26.900 --> 00:15:28.400 He's on the inside track 00:15:28.400 --> 00:15:30.300 of those who are powerful and influential. 00:15:30.299 --> 00:15:32.120 She is on the outside. 00:15:32.699 --> 00:15:35.500 She's been separated and isolated for 12 years. 00:15:35.859 --> 00:15:37.699 He leads the religious community. 00:15:38.039 --> 00:15:40.019 She's unclean in the religious community. 00:15:40.379 --> 00:15:43.219 He is known and respected by the world. 00:15:43.399 --> 00:15:44.219 She is not. 00:15:45.879 --> 00:15:48.259 There's one more important difference. 00:15:50.659 --> 00:15:53.079 We know his name. 00:15:53.080 --> 00:15:55.480 We don't know hers. 00:15:57.980 --> 00:16:00.900 He is a person of note and power 00:16:00.900 --> 00:16:02.580 and influence in the community. 00:16:03.460 --> 00:16:05.620 She is a nobody. 00:16:07.000 --> 00:16:08.440 That's what we need to keep in mind 00:16:08.440 --> 00:16:11.200 as we come here to verses 30 and 34. 00:16:11.400 --> 00:16:12.400 Because she comes up, 00:16:12.460 --> 00:16:14.220 she's sneaking up behind Jesus, 00:16:14.620 --> 00:16:15.780 hoping to remain anonymous, 00:16:15.980 --> 00:16:17.060 hoping not to be seen. 00:16:17.300 --> 00:16:18.340 And it's the midst of that 00:16:18.340 --> 00:16:20.580 that Jesus decides to completely stop 00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:22.759 this great crowd that's following him. 00:16:23.720 --> 00:16:24.160 Verse 30, 00:16:24.280 --> 00:16:25.620 Jesus perceiving in himself 00:16:25.620 --> 00:16:27.420 that power had gone out from him 00:16:27.420 --> 00:16:29.139 immediately turned about in the crowd 00:16:29.139 --> 00:16:29.480 and said, 00:16:29.620 --> 00:16:31.420 who touched my garments? 00:16:32.379 --> 00:16:34.120 Disciples think he's crazy here. 00:16:34.200 --> 00:16:34.740 Verse 31, 00:16:34.860 --> 00:16:35.460 they're asking him 00:16:35.460 --> 00:16:37.440 why he would be asking this question 00:16:37.440 --> 00:16:38.740 when he has this great crowd 00:16:38.740 --> 00:16:40.420 pressing in all around him. 00:16:40.440 --> 00:16:42.019 But Jesus won't let go of it 00:16:42.019 --> 00:16:43.720 until this woman comes forward 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:45.899 and confesses that she is the one 00:16:45.899 --> 00:16:48.080 who has come to be healed by Jesus. 00:16:49.279 --> 00:16:51.980 It is during this stop 00:16:51.980 --> 00:16:55.300 that Jairus' daughter dies. 00:16:55.879 --> 00:16:56.080 Okay? 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.540 Look at verse 35. 00:16:58.040 --> 00:17:00.279 While he was still speaking. 00:17:01.080 --> 00:17:01.560 In other words, 00:17:01.700 --> 00:17:03.240 Jesus is talking. 00:17:04.579 --> 00:17:05.620 There came from the rulers 00:17:05.620 --> 00:17:06.680 how some who said, 00:17:06.819 --> 00:17:07.900 your daughter is dead. 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:11.380 Why trouble the teacher any further? 00:17:12.400 --> 00:17:13.259 Think for a minute 00:17:13.259 --> 00:17:14.839 about what's probably going through 00:17:14.839 --> 00:17:16.779 the minds of the crowd in Jairus. 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:20.059 Jesus had an urgent situation 00:17:20.059 --> 00:17:22.460 where someone was on the brink of death 00:17:22.460 --> 00:17:24.779 and instead of making it in time, 00:17:25.059 --> 00:17:28.099 he needed to stop and chat for a little bit. 00:17:29.759 --> 00:17:31.180 In fact, had he not, 00:17:31.400 --> 00:17:32.740 maybe he could have made it 00:17:32.740 --> 00:17:33.720 to this house in time. 00:17:33.920 --> 00:17:36.940 If Jesus could just figure out his priorities 00:17:36.940 --> 00:17:39.519 and have the right sense of urgency, 00:17:39.980 --> 00:17:42.720 perhaps this child would not have died. 00:17:43.259 --> 00:17:47.960 Jesus pauses his work 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:50.079 with a powerful man 00:17:50.079 --> 00:17:52.460 to stop and help 00:17:52.460 --> 00:17:55.900 a powerless, penniless woman. 00:17:57.519 --> 00:18:00.000 Jesus pauses his work 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:01.500 with a powerful man 00:18:01.500 --> 00:18:03.240 to stop and help 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:05.619 a powerless, penniless woman. 00:18:05.619 --> 00:18:08.599 Jesus pauses something 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:10.679 that's incredibly urgent 00:18:10.679 --> 00:18:14.000 to deal with something 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:15.719 that is not urgent. 00:18:17.419 --> 00:18:19.099 The point is this. 00:18:19.619 --> 00:18:21.399 Jesus does not give 00:18:21.399 --> 00:18:22.779 preferential treatment 00:18:22.779 --> 00:18:24.019 to the rich 00:18:24.019 --> 00:18:25.279 or the powerful. 00:18:26.699 --> 00:18:28.519 Jesus does not give 00:18:28.519 --> 00:18:29.639 preferential treatment 00:18:29.639 --> 00:18:30.579 to the rich 00:18:30.579 --> 00:18:31.519 and the powerful. 00:18:31.519 --> 00:18:32.720 you may have 00:18:32.720 --> 00:18:34.539 standing in this world. 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:36.279 It does not give you 00:18:36.279 --> 00:18:37.920 standing with Jesus. 00:18:38.720 --> 00:18:40.099 Jesus does not choose 00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:40.720 the young 00:18:40.720 --> 00:18:41.480 over the old. 00:18:41.559 --> 00:18:42.379 He does not choose 00:18:42.379 --> 00:18:42.900 officers 00:18:42.900 --> 00:18:43.879 over the enlisted. 00:18:44.099 --> 00:18:45.240 Jesus does not choose 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:46.819 people with a college degree 00:18:46.819 --> 00:18:47.460 over those 00:18:47.460 --> 00:18:48.759 who only have a GED. 00:18:49.220 --> 00:18:50.420 Jesus does not choose 00:18:50.420 --> 00:18:50.859 the rich 00:18:50.859 --> 00:18:51.539 over the poor. 00:18:51.799 --> 00:18:52.680 He does not choose 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.680 those who are beautiful 00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:54.579 over those who are 00:18:54.579 --> 00:18:55.139 average 00:18:55.139 --> 00:18:55.519 or unattractive. 00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:57.759 Jesus doesn't prefer 00:18:57.759 --> 00:18:59.259 people whose names 00:18:59.259 --> 00:19:00.079 are known. 00:19:01.539 --> 00:19:03.139 And Jesus does not 00:19:03.139 --> 00:19:04.259 despise people 00:19:04.259 --> 00:19:04.920 whose names 00:19:04.920 --> 00:19:05.940 are unknown. 00:19:06.639 --> 00:19:07.819 Jesus does not prefer 00:19:07.819 --> 00:19:08.639 people who live 00:19:08.639 --> 00:19:09.319 in the Broadmoor 00:19:09.319 --> 00:19:10.440 over people who live 00:19:10.440 --> 00:19:10.980 in Fountain. 00:19:11.400 --> 00:19:12.900 Jesus does not operate 00:19:12.900 --> 00:19:14.160 according to the values 00:19:14.160 --> 00:19:15.139 and hierarchies 00:19:15.139 --> 00:19:15.980 of this world. 00:19:16.879 --> 00:19:18.279 And he gives us 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:19.500 both of these characters 00:19:19.500 --> 00:19:20.799 side by side 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:22.539 to drive that point 00:19:22.539 --> 00:19:24.339 home for us. 00:19:25.519 --> 00:19:26.700 As we come 00:19:26.700 --> 00:19:27.339 to the scriptures 00:19:27.339 --> 00:19:28.379 we want to look 00:19:28.379 --> 00:19:29.700 always for encouragement 00:19:29.700 --> 00:19:30.940 and challenge 00:19:30.940 --> 00:19:31.859 that God's word 00:19:31.859 --> 00:19:32.960 would stir us up 00:19:32.960 --> 00:19:34.519 and it would convict us. 00:19:34.779 --> 00:19:35.480 Our encouragement 00:19:35.480 --> 00:19:36.279 here is this 00:19:36.279 --> 00:19:37.980 you may be nameless 00:19:37.980 --> 00:19:38.940 to the world 00:19:38.940 --> 00:19:41.920 you are not nameless 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:42.559 to Jesus. 00:19:44.099 --> 00:19:45.900 You may be nameless 00:19:45.900 --> 00:19:46.619 to the world 00:19:46.619 --> 00:19:48.460 you are not nameless 00:19:48.460 --> 00:19:49.319 to Jesus. 00:19:50.500 --> 00:19:52.220 You may be nobody 00:19:52.220 --> 00:19:53.960 to those around you. 00:19:53.960 --> 00:19:56.100 That doesn't make you 00:19:56.100 --> 00:19:57.680 worth any less 00:19:57.680 --> 00:19:59.600 in Jesus' eyes. 00:20:01.460 --> 00:20:02.620 James chapter 2 00:20:02.620 --> 00:20:03.440 James tells us 00:20:03.440 --> 00:20:04.380 about this natural 00:20:04.380 --> 00:20:06.200 tendency among humans 00:20:06.200 --> 00:20:07.319 to treat the rich 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:08.600 better than the poor. 00:20:09.059 --> 00:20:10.400 And he warns the church 00:20:10.400 --> 00:20:11.259 not to give in 00:20:11.259 --> 00:20:12.039 to this temptation. 00:20:13.559 --> 00:20:15.160 Jesus does not respect 00:20:15.160 --> 00:20:16.920 the things that this world 00:20:16.920 --> 00:20:18.519 loves and values. 00:20:18.519 --> 00:20:22.960 our challenge 00:20:22.960 --> 00:20:23.619 is this 00:20:23.619 --> 00:20:26.079 many people 00:20:26.079 --> 00:20:27.579 may be impressed 00:20:27.579 --> 00:20:28.059 with you 00:20:28.059 --> 00:20:30.299 Jesus 00:20:30.299 --> 00:20:31.279 is not. 00:20:34.079 --> 00:20:35.039 Many people 00:20:35.039 --> 00:20:35.819 may be impressed 00:20:35.819 --> 00:20:36.259 with you 00:20:36.259 --> 00:20:37.420 Jesus is not. 00:20:38.000 --> 00:20:39.039 Jesus does not care 00:20:39.039 --> 00:20:39.720 if you're the ruler 00:20:39.720 --> 00:20:40.339 of the synagogue. 00:20:40.599 --> 00:20:41.339 He does not care 00:20:41.339 --> 00:20:42.059 if other people 00:20:42.059 --> 00:20:42.900 know your name. 00:20:43.180 --> 00:20:44.000 He doesn't care 00:20:44.000 --> 00:20:44.960 if you have power 00:20:44.960 --> 00:20:45.960 and influence 00:20:45.960 --> 00:20:47.759 in a religious community. 00:20:48.220 --> 00:20:49.600 That does not 00:20:49.600 --> 00:20:51.059 get this man 00:20:51.059 --> 00:20:52.420 any sort 00:20:52.420 --> 00:20:53.279 of preferential 00:20:53.279 --> 00:20:54.079 treatment. 00:20:56.240 --> 00:20:57.380 If you've been 00:20:57.380 --> 00:20:58.440 to the airport 00:20:58.440 --> 00:20:59.200 of course you know 00:20:59.200 --> 00:21:00.019 when you line up 00:21:00.019 --> 00:21:01.059 there's two different lines. 00:21:01.299 --> 00:21:02.440 There's the regular line 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:03.660 for the common people 00:21:03.660 --> 00:21:05.799 and you also have 00:21:05.799 --> 00:21:06.420 for the elites 00:21:06.420 --> 00:21:07.680 the TSA pre-check. 00:21:08.779 --> 00:21:09.759 And if you have 00:21:09.759 --> 00:21:10.860 TSA pre-check 00:21:10.859 --> 00:21:12.059 my understanding 00:21:12.059 --> 00:21:13.179 is I have not 00:21:13.179 --> 00:21:14.159 reached this level 00:21:14.159 --> 00:21:15.039 of influence yet 00:21:15.039 --> 00:21:16.479 but my understanding 00:21:16.479 --> 00:21:17.259 is you do not 00:21:17.259 --> 00:21:17.819 have to take off 00:21:17.819 --> 00:21:18.299 your shoes. 00:21:19.500 --> 00:21:20.319 You may not even 00:21:20.319 --> 00:21:20.699 have to take 00:21:20.699 --> 00:21:21.500 your laptop out. 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:22.459 You get to go 00:21:22.459 --> 00:21:23.459 to a shorter line 00:21:23.459 --> 00:21:23.659 right? 00:21:23.740 --> 00:21:24.619 There's preferences 00:21:24.619 --> 00:21:25.219 that you get 00:21:25.219 --> 00:21:25.919 there's privileges 00:21:25.919 --> 00:21:27.099 that you receive. 00:21:29.399 --> 00:21:30.259 Some people 00:21:30.259 --> 00:21:31.159 are used to 00:21:31.159 --> 00:21:32.519 having a TSA 00:21:32.519 --> 00:21:33.159 pre-check 00:21:33.159 --> 00:21:34.699 in all the areas 00:21:34.699 --> 00:21:35.339 of their life. 00:21:36.959 --> 00:21:37.839 People will 00:21:37.839 --> 00:21:38.699 show you 00:21:38.699 --> 00:21:39.240 deference 00:21:39.240 --> 00:21:40.720 they will give 00:21:40.720 --> 00:21:41.799 you benefits 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:42.700 and privileges 00:21:42.700 --> 00:21:43.460 if you are 00:21:43.460 --> 00:21:44.339 powerful enough 00:21:44.339 --> 00:21:45.099 beautiful enough 00:21:45.099 --> 00:21:45.819 young enough 00:21:45.819 --> 00:21:47.240 influential enough 00:21:47.240 --> 00:21:49.680 and it's easy 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:50.519 to not even 00:21:50.519 --> 00:21:51.279 see it happen. 00:21:53.599 --> 00:21:54.799 Jesus doesn't 00:21:54.799 --> 00:21:55.779 have a TSA 00:21:55.779 --> 00:21:56.420 pre-check 00:21:56.420 --> 00:21:58.500 and even 00:21:58.500 --> 00:21:59.240 if the rest 00:21:59.240 --> 00:21:59.960 of the world 00:21:59.960 --> 00:22:00.779 gives you 00:22:00.779 --> 00:22:02.059 a shorter line 00:22:02.059 --> 00:22:02.759 Jesus 00:22:02.759 --> 00:22:03.920 will not. 00:22:05.640 --> 00:22:06.200 And so there 00:22:06.200 --> 00:22:06.640 are many 00:22:06.640 --> 00:22:07.680 powerful people 00:22:07.680 --> 00:22:09.140 who are surprised 00:22:09.140 --> 00:22:10.120 because they 00:22:10.120 --> 00:22:11.120 expect the same. 00:22:11.220 --> 00:22:11.780 The world 00:22:11.780 --> 00:22:12.759 gives them 00:22:12.759 --> 00:22:13.360 preferences 00:22:13.360 --> 00:22:14.380 and defers to 00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:14.580 them. 00:22:15.040 --> 00:22:15.540 They expect 00:22:15.540 --> 00:22:16.420 Jesus to do 00:22:16.420 --> 00:22:17.120 the same. 00:22:18.500 --> 00:22:19.320 And yet 1 Corinthians 00:22:19.320 --> 00:22:19.960 chapter 1 00:22:19.960 --> 00:22:20.700 tells us this 00:22:20.700 --> 00:22:21.300 God chose 00:22:21.300 --> 00:22:21.960 what is foolish 00:22:21.960 --> 00:22:22.500 in the world 00:22:22.500 --> 00:22:22.920 to shame 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:23.500 the wise. 00:22:24.020 --> 00:22:24.560 God chose 00:22:24.560 --> 00:22:25.120 what is weak 00:22:25.120 --> 00:22:25.640 in the world 00:22:25.640 --> 00:22:26.140 to shame 00:22:26.140 --> 00:22:26.720 the strong. 00:22:27.360 --> 00:22:27.860 God chose 00:22:27.860 --> 00:22:28.460 what is low 00:22:28.460 --> 00:22:29.220 and despised 00:22:29.220 --> 00:22:29.660 in the world 00:22:29.660 --> 00:22:30.280 even things 00:22:30.280 --> 00:22:30.800 that are not 00:22:30.800 --> 00:22:31.340 to bring 00:22:31.340 --> 00:22:31.900 to nothing 00:22:31.900 --> 00:22:33.080 things that are 00:22:33.080 --> 00:22:34.360 so that no 00:22:34.360 --> 00:22:35.120 human being 00:22:35.120 --> 00:22:35.860 might boast 00:22:35.860 --> 00:22:37.080 in the presence 00:22:37.079 --> 00:22:38.099 of God. 00:22:40.899 --> 00:22:41.539 The point 00:22:41.539 --> 00:22:42.019 is this 00:22:42.019 --> 00:22:44.379 others might 00:22:44.379 --> 00:22:44.879 be impressed 00:22:44.879 --> 00:22:45.299 with you 00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.740 Jesus isn't. 00:22:47.460 --> 00:22:48.279 Others might 00:22:48.279 --> 00:22:49.139 overlook you 00:22:49.139 --> 00:22:50.339 Jesus doesn't. 00:22:51.539 --> 00:22:52.199 Others might 00:22:52.199 --> 00:22:52.699 be impressed 00:22:52.699 --> 00:22:53.119 with you 00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:54.059 Jesus isn't. 00:22:54.559 --> 00:22:54.980 Others might 00:22:54.980 --> 00:22:55.740 overlook you 00:22:55.740 --> 00:22:56.399 Jesus 00:22:56.399 --> 00:22:57.460 doesn't. 00:22:58.000 --> 00:22:58.460 He doesn't 00:22:58.460 --> 00:22:59.299 care that this 00:22:59.299 --> 00:23:00.079 man is a ruler 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:00.779 of the synagogue 00:23:00.779 --> 00:23:03.000 and he's not 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:03.779 put up by the 00:23:03.779 --> 00:23:04.899 fact that this 00:23:04.899 --> 00:23:06.019 woman is unclean. 00:23:06.019 --> 00:23:08.019 And what we 00:23:08.019 --> 00:23:08.539 see here is 00:23:08.539 --> 00:23:09.200 this picture 00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:10.019 of the gospel 00:23:10.019 --> 00:23:10.579 which is that 00:23:10.579 --> 00:23:11.500 your merit 00:23:11.500 --> 00:23:12.819 is irrelevant. 00:23:14.019 --> 00:23:14.460 The clout 00:23:14.460 --> 00:23:15.079 and power 00:23:15.079 --> 00:23:15.839 and influence 00:23:15.839 --> 00:23:16.599 that you have 00:23:16.599 --> 00:23:17.339 in this world 00:23:17.339 --> 00:23:18.379 means nothing 00:23:18.379 --> 00:23:18.900 in the kingdom 00:23:18.900 --> 00:23:19.379 of God. 00:23:19.619 --> 00:23:20.079 God does not 00:23:20.079 --> 00:23:20.759 care how much 00:23:20.759 --> 00:23:21.379 money you have 00:23:21.379 --> 00:23:22.000 how powerful 00:23:22.000 --> 00:23:22.519 you are. 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:23.200 He does not 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:23.879 give you any 00:23:23.879 --> 00:23:24.559 sort of special 00:23:24.559 --> 00:23:24.960 access. 00:23:25.480 --> 00:23:25.980 God does not 00:23:25.980 --> 00:23:26.639 operate according 00:23:26.639 --> 00:23:27.240 to the standards 00:23:27.240 --> 00:23:27.960 of our world 00:23:27.960 --> 00:23:28.480 based on what 00:23:28.480 --> 00:23:29.099 is urgent 00:23:29.099 --> 00:23:30.180 and not urgent. 00:23:30.980 --> 00:23:32.279 In his world 00:23:32.279 --> 00:23:33.099 he can choose 00:23:33.099 --> 00:23:33.720 to heal 00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.579 bleeding on his 00:23:34.579 --> 00:23:35.720 way to raise 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:36.720 someone from 00:23:36.720 --> 00:23:37.140 the dead. 00:23:38.839 --> 00:23:39.519 Who is 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:39.819 Jesus? 00:23:40.319 --> 00:23:41.140 Jesus is the 00:23:41.140 --> 00:23:41.920 one who does 00:23:41.920 --> 00:23:42.839 not give 00:23:42.839 --> 00:23:43.759 preferential 00:23:43.759 --> 00:23:44.380 treatment to 00:23:44.380 --> 00:23:44.880 the rich 00:23:44.880 --> 00:23:45.660 and the 00:23:45.660 --> 00:23:46.079 powerful. 00:23:48.240 --> 00:23:48.860 Now I've 00:23:48.860 --> 00:23:49.339 given you a 00:23:49.339 --> 00:23:50.660 list of all 00:23:50.660 --> 00:23:51.180 the things 00:23:51.180 --> 00:23:52.000 that this man 00:23:52.000 --> 00:23:52.460 and woman 00:23:52.460 --> 00:23:53.900 are different 00:23:53.900 --> 00:23:54.120 in. 00:23:54.200 --> 00:23:54.660 There's actually 00:23:54.660 --> 00:23:55.039 a lot of 00:23:55.039 --> 00:23:55.559 things that 00:23:55.559 --> 00:23:56.160 they have 00:23:56.160 --> 00:23:57.259 in common. 00:23:57.579 --> 00:23:57.940 They're both 00:23:57.940 --> 00:23:58.600 very similar. 00:24:00.039 --> 00:24:00.720 Both of 00:24:00.720 --> 00:24:01.640 them present 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:02.940 situations to 00:24:02.940 --> 00:24:03.779 Jesus that 00:24:03.779 --> 00:24:04.259 would make 00:24:04.259 --> 00:24:05.500 him unclean. 00:24:05.720 --> 00:24:07.160 they present 00:24:07.160 --> 00:24:08.039 situations that 00:24:08.039 --> 00:24:08.880 would contaminate 00:24:08.880 --> 00:24:09.140 him. 00:24:09.940 --> 00:24:10.380 So verse 00:24:10.380 --> 00:24:13.200 35 we find 00:24:13.200 --> 00:24:13.640 out of course 00:24:13.640 --> 00:24:14.259 we know that 00:24:14.259 --> 00:24:14.740 this woman's 00:24:14.740 --> 00:24:15.360 unclean right? 00:24:15.420 --> 00:24:15.700 She's been 00:24:15.700 --> 00:24:15.940 bleeding. 00:24:16.059 --> 00:24:16.480 We read that 00:24:16.480 --> 00:24:16.920 section in 00:24:16.920 --> 00:24:17.779 Leviticus 15 00:24:17.779 --> 00:24:18.259 earlier. 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:19.339 But then verse 00:24:19.339 --> 00:24:20.360 35 we find 00:24:20.360 --> 00:24:21.240 out that this 00:24:21.240 --> 00:24:21.940 man's daughter 00:24:21.940 --> 00:24:23.120 is dead. 00:24:24.240 --> 00:24:24.680 In verse 00:24:24.680 --> 00:24:25.860 41 Jesus 00:24:25.860 --> 00:24:26.799 touches this 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:27.380 dead body. 00:24:28.100 --> 00:24:28.299 You know 00:24:28.299 --> 00:24:28.640 what makes 00:24:28.640 --> 00:24:29.059 you even 00:24:29.059 --> 00:24:30.319 more unclean 00:24:30.319 --> 00:24:32.120 perhaps than 00:24:32.120 --> 00:24:32.799 touching someone 00:24:32.799 --> 00:24:33.139 who's been 00:24:33.139 --> 00:24:33.460 bleeding? 00:24:34.659 --> 00:24:35.379 Let's try 00:24:35.379 --> 00:24:36.059 touching someone 00:24:36.059 --> 00:24:36.519 who's dead. 00:24:38.220 --> 00:24:38.940 Both of 00:24:38.940 --> 00:24:39.799 these situations 00:24:39.799 --> 00:24:40.680 present a 00:24:40.680 --> 00:24:41.319 threat to 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:41.720 Jesus' 00:24:41.919 --> 00:24:42.619 ability as 00:24:42.619 --> 00:24:43.019 a Jewish 00:24:43.019 --> 00:24:43.940 man to 00:24:43.940 --> 00:24:44.500 remain 00:24:44.500 --> 00:24:46.039 ceremonially 00:24:46.039 --> 00:24:46.539 clean. 00:24:48.000 --> 00:24:48.220 And so 00:24:48.220 --> 00:24:48.539 Jesus 00:24:48.539 --> 00:24:49.319 accomplishes 00:24:49.319 --> 00:24:49.720 something. 00:24:50.039 --> 00:24:50.399 There's a lot 00:24:50.399 --> 00:24:50.960 of reasons I 00:24:50.960 --> 00:24:51.399 believe Jesus 00:24:51.399 --> 00:24:52.139 stops to 00:24:52.139 --> 00:24:52.460 talk with 00:24:52.460 --> 00:24:52.879 this woman. 00:24:53.200 --> 00:24:53.740 One of 00:24:53.740 --> 00:24:54.319 them is 00:24:54.319 --> 00:24:55.279 he gives 00:24:55.279 --> 00:24:56.440 time for 00:24:56.440 --> 00:24:57.039 this little 00:24:57.039 --> 00:24:57.500 girl to 00:24:57.500 --> 00:24:57.799 die. 00:24:57.799 --> 00:25:00.000 Jesus 00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:01.000 allows this 00:25:01.000 --> 00:25:01.839 situation to 00:25:01.839 --> 00:25:02.579 come to a 00:25:02.579 --> 00:25:03.079 point where 00:25:03.079 --> 00:25:03.839 he's going 00:25:03.839 --> 00:25:04.759 to become 00:25:04.759 --> 00:25:06.359 as unclean 00:25:06.359 --> 00:25:07.059 as possible. 00:25:09.180 --> 00:25:10.019 Because in a 00:25:10.019 --> 00:25:10.559 sense this 00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.059 woman and 00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:12.259 this man are 00:25:12.259 --> 00:25:13.119 much clearer 00:25:13.119 --> 00:25:13.519 than they 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:13.940 appear. 00:25:14.519 --> 00:25:14.919 Now you 00:25:14.919 --> 00:25:15.399 might remember 00:25:15.399 --> 00:25:15.799 from our 00:25:15.799 --> 00:25:16.299 passage in 00:25:16.299 --> 00:25:16.700 Leviticus 00:25:16.700 --> 00:25:17.379 chapter 15 00:25:17.379 --> 00:25:17.819 that it's 00:25:17.819 --> 00:25:18.480 touching that 00:25:18.480 --> 00:25:18.839 you need to 00:25:18.839 --> 00:25:19.319 be careful 00:25:19.319 --> 00:25:20.059 about when 00:25:20.059 --> 00:25:20.539 you're dealing 00:25:20.539 --> 00:25:20.980 with things 00:25:20.980 --> 00:25:21.240 that are 00:25:21.240 --> 00:25:21.759 unclean. 00:25:21.819 --> 00:25:22.000 And we 00:25:22.000 --> 00:25:22.500 see this 00:25:22.500 --> 00:25:22.980 theme of 00:25:22.980 --> 00:25:23.319 touching 00:25:23.319 --> 00:25:24.319 appear over 00:25:24.319 --> 00:25:24.639 and over 00:25:24.639 --> 00:25:25.059 again in 00:25:25.059 --> 00:25:25.720 this passage. 00:25:26.059 --> 00:25:27.480 Verse 23 00:25:27.480 --> 00:25:28.380 Jairus 00:25:28.380 --> 00:25:28.920 comes and 00:25:28.920 --> 00:25:29.319 he wants 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:29.779 him to 00:25:29.779 --> 00:25:30.740 lay his 00:25:30.740 --> 00:25:31.420 hands on 00:25:31.420 --> 00:25:31.920 his daughter. 00:25:32.599 --> 00:25:33.539 Verse 28 00:25:33.539 --> 00:25:34.279 what does 00:25:34.279 --> 00:25:34.640 this woman 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:34.920 do? 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:35.339 She says 00:25:35.339 --> 00:25:35.660 if I 00:25:35.660 --> 00:25:36.779 touch even 00:25:36.779 --> 00:25:37.279 his garments 00:25:37.279 --> 00:25:37.579 I will 00:25:37.579 --> 00:25:37.940 be made 00:25:37.940 --> 00:25:38.240 well. 00:25:38.700 --> 00:25:39.500 Verse 30 00:25:39.500 --> 00:25:41.880 there's this 00:25:41.880 --> 00:25:42.240 hope. 00:25:42.880 --> 00:25:43.579 Jesus says 00:25:43.579 --> 00:25:44.740 who touched 00:25:44.740 --> 00:25:45.720 my garments? 00:25:46.420 --> 00:25:46.880 What does 00:25:46.880 --> 00:25:47.259 he do with 00:25:47.259 --> 00:25:47.599 this dead 00:25:47.599 --> 00:25:47.799 girl? 00:25:47.860 --> 00:25:48.220 He takes 00:25:48.220 --> 00:25:48.420 her by 00:25:48.420 --> 00:25:48.880 the hand 00:25:48.880 --> 00:25:49.660 he touches 00:25:49.660 --> 00:25:49.960 her. 00:25:50.860 --> 00:25:51.099 Jesus 00:25:51.099 --> 00:25:51.740 chooses a 00:25:51.740 --> 00:25:52.319 variety of 00:25:52.319 --> 00:25:52.819 different ways 00:25:52.819 --> 00:25:53.339 to heal 00:25:53.339 --> 00:25:54.039 people throughout 00:25:54.039 --> 00:25:54.740 the gospels. 00:25:55.079 --> 00:25:55.360 He does 00:25:55.360 --> 00:25:56.039 not always 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:56.519 have to do 00:25:56.519 --> 00:25:56.960 it simply 00:25:56.960 --> 00:25:57.579 by touching 00:25:57.579 --> 00:25:57.900 them. 00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.960 Here he 00:25:58.960 --> 00:25:59.680 does to 00:25:59.680 --> 00:26:00.240 highlight 00:26:00.240 --> 00:26:01.220 and underscore 00:26:01.220 --> 00:26:02.000 that he's 00:26:02.000 --> 00:26:02.840 doing exactly 00:26:02.840 --> 00:26:03.539 the opposite 00:26:03.539 --> 00:26:04.039 of what you 00:26:04.039 --> 00:26:04.579 want to do 00:26:04.579 --> 00:26:05.279 to remain 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:06.200 ceremonially 00:26:06.200 --> 00:26:07.340 pure and 00:26:07.340 --> 00:26:07.700 clean. 00:26:08.059 --> 00:26:08.559 Jesus is 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:09.180 putting himself 00:26:09.180 --> 00:26:09.840 in the exact 00:26:09.840 --> 00:26:10.460 situation 00:26:10.460 --> 00:26:11.100 where he 00:26:11.100 --> 00:26:11.779 is going 00:26:11.779 --> 00:26:12.360 to become 00:26:12.360 --> 00:26:13.180 the unclean 00:26:13.180 --> 00:26:13.640 one who 00:26:13.640 --> 00:26:14.180 has to 00:26:14.180 --> 00:26:14.539 separate 00:26:14.539 --> 00:26:15.000 himself 00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:15.960 from others. 00:26:17.860 --> 00:26:18.779 Except there's 00:26:18.779 --> 00:26:19.539 something that's 00:26:19.539 --> 00:26:20.740 different about 00:26:20.740 --> 00:26:21.160 Jesus 00:26:21.160 --> 00:26:22.740 than everyone 00:26:22.740 --> 00:26:23.140 else. 00:26:23.140 --> 00:26:25.420 we know 00:26:25.420 --> 00:26:25.900 this going 00:26:25.900 --> 00:26:26.380 back to 00:26:26.380 --> 00:26:26.860 talking about 00:26:26.860 --> 00:26:27.180 COVID. 00:26:27.720 --> 00:26:28.560 Being exposed 00:26:28.560 --> 00:26:29.660 to a sick 00:26:29.660 --> 00:26:30.560 person hurts 00:26:30.560 --> 00:26:30.900 you. 00:26:31.600 --> 00:26:31.700 Right? 00:26:32.040 --> 00:26:32.840 Being exposed 00:26:32.840 --> 00:26:33.320 to a sick 00:26:33.320 --> 00:26:33.900 person makes 00:26:33.900 --> 00:26:34.580 you exposed. 00:26:35.560 --> 00:26:36.000 However, 00:26:36.340 --> 00:26:36.960 the opposite 00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:37.640 is not 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.000 true. 00:26:39.040 --> 00:26:39.720 Being exposed 00:26:39.720 --> 00:26:40.420 to a healthy 00:26:40.420 --> 00:26:41.380 person doesn't 00:26:41.380 --> 00:26:41.900 help you. 00:26:42.620 --> 00:26:43.100 So if you're 00:26:43.100 --> 00:26:43.860 exposed to 00:26:43.860 --> 00:26:44.160 COVID, 00:26:44.860 --> 00:26:45.280 you don't 00:26:45.280 --> 00:26:45.759 then find 00:26:45.759 --> 00:26:46.400 someone who's 00:26:46.400 --> 00:26:47.620 not infected 00:26:47.620 --> 00:26:48.100 with COVID 00:26:48.100 --> 00:26:48.660 and stay 00:26:48.660 --> 00:26:49.340 within them 00:26:49.340 --> 00:26:50.040 for six feet 00:26:50.040 --> 00:26:50.680 for more 00:26:50.680 --> 00:26:51.160 than 15 00:26:51.160 --> 00:26:51.540 minutes and 00:26:51.540 --> 00:26:51.920 then suddenly 00:26:51.920 --> 00:26:52.380 you're healed. 00:26:52.560 --> 00:26:52.680 Right? 00:26:52.940 --> 00:26:53.860 It only works 00:26:53.860 --> 00:26:54.300 one way. 00:26:54.420 --> 00:26:55.200 You can infect 00:26:55.200 --> 00:26:55.820 other people 00:26:55.820 --> 00:26:56.220 with your 00:26:56.220 --> 00:26:56.620 presence. 00:26:56.920 --> 00:26:57.500 You cannot 00:26:57.500 --> 00:26:58.279 heal them 00:26:58.279 --> 00:26:58.940 with your 00:26:58.940 --> 00:26:59.360 presence. 00:27:01.120 --> 00:27:01.720 Exposure 00:27:01.720 --> 00:27:02.500 is a one 00:27:02.500 --> 00:27:03.440 way street 00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:05.340 except 00:27:05.340 --> 00:27:06.620 for Jesus. 00:27:08.560 --> 00:27:09.560 Jesus here 00:27:09.560 --> 00:27:10.640 is demonstrating 00:27:10.640 --> 00:27:11.440 both by his 00:27:11.440 --> 00:27:12.060 touching of 00:27:12.060 --> 00:27:12.580 this woman 00:27:12.580 --> 00:27:13.440 and this 00:27:13.440 --> 00:27:14.039 dead body 00:27:14.039 --> 00:27:14.940 that his 00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.560 cleanliness 00:27:15.560 --> 00:27:16.640 operates in a 00:27:16.640 --> 00:27:17.519 way that is 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:18.259 not true for 00:27:18.259 --> 00:27:18.880 anyone else 00:27:18.880 --> 00:27:19.539 in this world. 00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.400 Most people 00:27:20.400 --> 00:27:21.220 would become 00:27:21.220 --> 00:27:22.019 unclean 00:27:22.019 --> 00:27:22.680 by being 00:27:22.680 --> 00:27:23.059 touched. 00:27:23.220 --> 00:27:23.980 Jesus touches 00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.400 and the 00:27:24.400 --> 00:27:25.200 opposite happens. 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.000 He in 00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.720 fact makes 00:27:26.720 --> 00:27:27.360 these people 00:27:27.360 --> 00:27:27.819 clean. 00:27:28.200 --> 00:27:28.740 Jesus is 00:27:28.740 --> 00:27:29.660 able by 00:27:29.660 --> 00:27:30.440 his presence 00:27:30.440 --> 00:27:31.460 to reverse 00:27:31.460 --> 00:27:32.900 the impurity 00:27:32.900 --> 00:27:33.500 and the 00:27:33.500 --> 00:27:33.960 infection. 00:27:34.319 --> 00:27:34.860 Jesus is 00:27:34.860 --> 00:27:35.319 able to 00:27:35.319 --> 00:27:35.960 come and 00:27:35.960 --> 00:27:36.620 touch things 00:27:36.620 --> 00:27:37.079 that other 00:27:37.079 --> 00:27:37.720 people want 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:38.319 to avoid 00:27:38.319 --> 00:27:38.759 and stay 00:27:38.759 --> 00:27:39.400 far away 00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:39.660 from. 00:27:40.039 --> 00:27:40.480 Jesus is 00:27:40.480 --> 00:27:41.019 able to 00:27:41.019 --> 00:27:41.519 be less 00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:42.079 than six 00:27:42.079 --> 00:27:42.539 feet and 00:27:42.539 --> 00:27:43.059 resolve 00:27:43.059 --> 00:27:44.059 the situation. 00:27:44.380 --> 00:27:44.720 In other 00:27:44.720 --> 00:27:44.920 words, 00:27:45.039 --> 00:27:45.680 Jesus is 00:27:45.680 --> 00:27:46.360 not just 00:27:46.360 --> 00:27:46.799 the one 00:27:46.799 --> 00:27:47.420 who doesn't 00:27:47.420 --> 00:27:48.200 give preferential 00:27:48.200 --> 00:27:48.779 treatment to 00:27:48.779 --> 00:27:49.120 the rich 00:27:49.120 --> 00:27:49.339 and the 00:27:49.339 --> 00:27:49.720 powerful. 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:50.700 Jesus is 00:27:50.700 --> 00:27:51.299 also the 00:27:51.299 --> 00:27:51.980 one and 00:27:51.980 --> 00:27:52.500 the only 00:27:52.500 --> 00:27:52.980 one who 00:27:52.980 --> 00:27:53.480 is able 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:54.000 to make 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:55.000 unclean 00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:55.420 things 00:27:55.420 --> 00:27:55.819 clean. 00:27:57.360 --> 00:27:58.240 Jesus is 00:27:58.240 --> 00:27:58.640 the one 00:27:58.640 --> 00:27:58.940 and the 00:27:58.940 --> 00:27:59.500 only one 00:27:59.500 --> 00:27:59.740 who is 00:27:59.740 --> 00:28:00.240 able to 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:00.779 come and 00:28:00.779 --> 00:28:01.740 bring real 00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:02.259 and full 00:28:02.259 --> 00:28:02.839 and ultimate 00:28:02.839 --> 00:28:03.539 healing. 00:28:05.700 --> 00:28:06.319 If you 00:28:06.319 --> 00:28:06.720 turn with 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:06.880 me, 00:28:07.019 --> 00:28:07.240 you look 00:28:07.240 --> 00:28:08.240 page seven 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:08.559 of your 00:28:08.559 --> 00:28:09.160 worship guide. 00:28:09.240 --> 00:28:09.480 We have 00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.940 this long 00:28:09.940 --> 00:28:10.380 quote about 00:28:10.380 --> 00:28:10.680 the Old 00:28:10.680 --> 00:28:10.980 Testament 00:28:10.980 --> 00:28:11.440 system, 00:28:11.559 --> 00:28:11.720 but I 00:28:11.720 --> 00:28:11.920 want you 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:12.160 to look 00:28:12.160 --> 00:28:12.559 just at 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:12.920 the last 00:28:12.920 --> 00:28:13.319 sentence. 00:28:14.059 --> 00:28:14.299 When 00:28:14.299 --> 00:28:14.720 Jesus, 00:28:14.920 --> 00:28:15.460 the clean 00:28:15.460 --> 00:28:15.880 one, 00:28:16.059 --> 00:28:16.380 touched 00:28:16.380 --> 00:28:17.220 an unclean 00:28:17.220 --> 00:28:17.559 sinner, 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.779 Christ did 00:28:18.779 --> 00:28:19.500 not become 00:28:19.500 --> 00:28:20.259 unclean. 00:28:20.700 --> 00:28:21.339 The sinner 00:28:21.339 --> 00:28:22.620 became 00:28:22.620 --> 00:28:23.360 clean. 00:28:24.539 --> 00:28:25.460 Jesus has 00:28:25.460 --> 00:28:26.000 a power 00:28:26.000 --> 00:28:26.559 that no 00:28:26.559 --> 00:28:27.200 one else 00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.200 in this 00:28:28.200 --> 00:28:28.720 world 00:28:28.720 --> 00:28:29.400 does. 00:28:31.160 --> 00:28:31.900 Jesus is 00:28:31.900 --> 00:28:32.440 the only 00:28:32.440 --> 00:28:33.120 one who 00:28:33.120 --> 00:28:33.779 can change 00:28:33.779 --> 00:28:34.799 you and 00:28:34.799 --> 00:28:35.400 clean you. 00:28:37.279 --> 00:28:38.240 Jesus is 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:38.660 the only 00:28:38.660 --> 00:28:39.680 one who 00:28:39.680 --> 00:28:40.299 can change 00:28:40.299 --> 00:28:41.539 you and 00:28:41.539 --> 00:28:42.079 clean you. 00:28:43.259 --> 00:28:44.279 Remember that 00:28:44.279 --> 00:28:44.860 these purity 00:28:44.860 --> 00:28:45.839 laws are meant 00:28:45.839 --> 00:28:46.799 to be an 00:28:46.799 --> 00:28:48.500 illustration of 00:28:48.500 --> 00:28:49.139 our spiritual 00:28:49.139 --> 00:28:49.659 lives. 00:28:51.019 --> 00:28:52.119 Jesus cleans 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:52.919 these people 00:28:52.919 --> 00:28:53.599 physically. 00:28:54.879 --> 00:28:55.480 He's the 00:28:55.480 --> 00:28:56.399 only one who 00:28:56.399 --> 00:28:57.139 can do that 00:28:57.139 --> 00:28:57.740 spiritually. 00:28:59.119 --> 00:29:00.099 Jesus is 00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:01.119 the only one 00:29:01.119 --> 00:29:01.519 who can 00:29:01.519 --> 00:29:02.379 actually make 00:29:02.379 --> 00:29:03.099 you pure and 00:29:03.099 --> 00:29:03.939 able to stand 00:29:03.939 --> 00:29:04.599 before God. 00:29:04.899 --> 00:29:05.480 Jesus is the 00:29:05.480 --> 00:29:06.259 only one who's 00:29:06.259 --> 00:29:07.259 able to remove 00:29:07.259 --> 00:29:08.059 the spots and 00:29:08.059 --> 00:29:08.759 stains of our 00:29:08.759 --> 00:29:09.000 sin. 00:29:09.319 --> 00:29:09.939 Jesus is the 00:29:09.939 --> 00:29:10.779 only one who's 00:29:10.779 --> 00:29:11.619 able to come 00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:12.159 and bring us 00:29:12.159 --> 00:29:13.279 real, life 00:29:13.279 --> 00:29:13.959 transforming, 00:29:14.179 --> 00:29:15.019 heart changing, 00:29:15.019 --> 00:29:16.259 alteration to 00:29:16.259 --> 00:29:16.700 our lives. 00:29:16.819 --> 00:29:17.420 Jesus is the 00:29:17.420 --> 00:29:18.220 one who's able 00:29:18.220 --> 00:29:19.220 to empower us 00:29:19.220 --> 00:29:20.200 to make a 00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:21.619 180 degree 00:29:21.619 --> 00:29:22.299 turn. 00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.160 Jesus doesn't 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:25.879 prefer people. 00:29:27.039 --> 00:29:27.639 Jesus makes 00:29:27.639 --> 00:29:28.279 the unclean 00:29:28.279 --> 00:29:28.559 clean. 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:31.019 That's who 00:29:31.019 --> 00:29:32.139 Jesus is. 00:29:33.900 --> 00:29:34.700 How do we 00:29:34.700 --> 00:29:35.500 respond to 00:29:35.500 --> 00:29:35.759 him? 00:29:36.759 --> 00:29:37.519 I mentioned 00:29:37.519 --> 00:29:38.559 before that 00:29:38.559 --> 00:29:39.259 desperation 00:29:39.259 --> 00:29:40.940 is an 00:29:40.940 --> 00:29:41.599 equalizer 00:29:41.599 --> 00:29:43.839 and desperation 00:29:43.839 --> 00:29:45.240 is a 00:29:45.240 --> 00:29:45.719 motivator. 00:29:47.219 --> 00:29:47.959 There are 00:29:47.959 --> 00:29:48.879 some things 00:29:48.879 --> 00:29:49.879 you wouldn't 00:29:49.879 --> 00:29:50.819 imagine doing 00:29:50.819 --> 00:29:52.319 unless you're 00:29:52.319 --> 00:29:52.740 desperate 00:29:52.740 --> 00:29:53.500 enough. 00:29:55.059 --> 00:29:55.480 Jairus 00:29:55.480 --> 00:29:56.279 probably didn't 00:29:56.279 --> 00:29:57.059 imagine that he 00:29:57.059 --> 00:29:57.699 was going to 00:29:57.699 --> 00:29:58.539 come begging 00:29:58.539 --> 00:29:59.599 Jesus for 00:29:59.599 --> 00:29:59.899 help. 00:30:01.339 --> 00:30:02.259 And this 00:30:02.259 --> 00:30:02.980 woman probably 00:30:02.980 --> 00:30:03.879 didn't imagine 00:30:03.879 --> 00:30:05.579 that she was 00:30:05.579 --> 00:30:06.259 going to go 00:30:06.259 --> 00:30:06.839 out in a 00:30:06.839 --> 00:30:08.039 crowd in the 00:30:08.039 --> 00:30:08.679 midst of her 00:30:08.679 --> 00:30:09.579 uncleanness, 00:30:10.019 --> 00:30:10.819 chase Jesus 00:30:10.819 --> 00:30:11.779 down secretly 00:30:11.779 --> 00:30:12.599 from behind 00:30:12.599 --> 00:30:13.039 and touch 00:30:13.039 --> 00:30:13.500 his cloak. 00:30:15.839 --> 00:30:17.159 And Jairus' 00:30:17.319 --> 00:30:17.960 need was 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:18.939 great enough. 00:30:19.359 --> 00:30:20.079 This woman's 00:30:20.079 --> 00:30:21.139 need was 00:30:21.139 --> 00:30:22.039 great enough. 00:30:22.299 --> 00:30:22.879 There is a 00:30:22.879 --> 00:30:23.279 sense, 00:30:23.619 --> 00:30:24.059 brothers and 00:30:24.059 --> 00:30:24.359 sisters, 00:30:25.419 --> 00:30:26.419 in which God 00:30:26.419 --> 00:30:27.339 can only work 00:30:27.339 --> 00:30:28.740 with us as 00:30:28.740 --> 00:30:29.359 we give up 00:30:29.359 --> 00:30:29.799 control. 00:30:31.839 --> 00:30:32.679 There is a 00:30:32.679 --> 00:30:33.419 sense in which 00:30:33.419 --> 00:30:34.339 God can only 00:30:34.339 --> 00:30:35.059 work with us 00:30:35.059 --> 00:30:35.960 as and when 00:30:35.960 --> 00:30:36.500 we give up 00:30:36.500 --> 00:30:36.960 control, 00:30:37.379 --> 00:30:38.500 as and when 00:30:38.500 --> 00:30:39.759 we are 00:30:39.759 --> 00:30:40.419 powerlessness, 00:30:40.420 --> 00:30:40.960 we are 00:30:40.960 --> 00:30:41.360 powerless. 00:30:43.600 --> 00:30:44.200 Desperation 00:30:44.200 --> 00:30:44.759 made this 00:30:44.759 --> 00:30:45.560 powerful man 00:30:45.560 --> 00:30:45.940 come to 00:30:45.940 --> 00:30:46.259 Jesus. 00:30:47.920 --> 00:30:48.480 Desperation 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:49.900 made this 00:30:49.900 --> 00:30:50.720 powerless woman 00:30:50.720 --> 00:30:51.980 chase down 00:30:51.980 --> 00:30:52.300 Jesus. 00:30:54.300 --> 00:30:54.800 Jesus' 00:30:55.440 --> 00:30:55.900 work with 00:30:55.900 --> 00:30:57.840 us does 00:30:57.840 --> 00:30:58.519 not happen 00:30:58.519 --> 00:30:59.220 within our 00:30:59.220 --> 00:31:01.900 comfort zones. 00:31:01.900 --> 00:31:02.519 God 00:31:02.519 --> 00:31:02.900 says, 00:31:02.900 --> 00:31:06.259 it is hard 00:31:06.259 --> 00:31:06.740 if not 00:31:06.740 --> 00:31:07.300 impossible 00:31:07.300 --> 00:31:10.380 to be in 00:31:10.380 --> 00:31:10.920 control 00:31:10.920 --> 00:31:13.160 and for 00:31:13.160 --> 00:31:13.740 God to be 00:31:13.740 --> 00:31:14.040 at work 00:31:14.040 --> 00:31:14.280 in your 00:31:14.280 --> 00:31:14.600 life. 00:31:16.080 --> 00:31:16.820 It is 00:31:16.820 --> 00:31:17.840 hard if not 00:31:17.840 --> 00:31:18.480 impossible 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:20.300 to be in 00:31:20.300 --> 00:31:20.780 control 00:31:20.780 --> 00:31:22.160 and for 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.080 God to be 00:31:23.080 --> 00:31:23.700 at work 00:31:23.700 --> 00:31:24.680 in your 00:31:24.680 --> 00:31:25.040 life. 00:31:27.040 --> 00:31:27.660 And of course 00:31:27.660 --> 00:31:28.080 that's what's 00:31:28.080 --> 00:31:28.759 happening here. 00:31:28.860 --> 00:31:29.540 Verse 23, 00:31:29.539 --> 00:31:31.220 this man's 00:31:31.220 --> 00:31:31.819 daughter is 00:31:31.819 --> 00:31:32.019 at the 00:31:32.019 --> 00:31:32.339 point of 00:31:32.339 --> 00:31:32.599 death. 00:31:33.879 --> 00:31:34.599 And there's 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:35.799 few things 00:31:35.799 --> 00:31:36.920 you won't 00:31:36.920 --> 00:31:37.259 do to 00:31:37.259 --> 00:31:37.639 save your 00:31:37.639 --> 00:31:37.920 children. 00:31:40.659 --> 00:31:41.740 Verses 25 00:31:41.740 --> 00:31:42.539 and 26, 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:43.299 there are 00:31:43.299 --> 00:31:44.059 very few 00:31:44.059 --> 00:31:44.680 things that 00:31:44.680 --> 00:31:45.119 make you 00:31:45.119 --> 00:31:45.779 crazier 00:31:45.779 --> 00:31:47.960 than searching 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:48.700 for a cure 00:31:48.700 --> 00:31:49.420 to a chronic 00:31:49.420 --> 00:31:49.839 illness. 00:31:49.839 --> 00:31:54.959 we come 00:31:54.959 --> 00:31:55.599 to Jesus 00:31:55.599 --> 00:31:57.039 with our 00:31:57.039 --> 00:31:57.599 powerlessness. 00:31:59.439 --> 00:32:00.039 And I'm 00:32:00.039 --> 00:32:00.220 going to be 00:32:00.220 --> 00:32:00.699 really blunt 00:32:00.699 --> 00:32:00.919 here. 00:32:02.419 --> 00:32:03.059 If you're 00:32:03.059 --> 00:32:03.539 not willing 00:32:03.539 --> 00:32:03.919 to be 00:32:03.919 --> 00:32:04.240 needy, 00:32:04.899 --> 00:32:05.839 if you 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:06.199 don't 00:32:06.199 --> 00:32:06.699 recognize 00:32:06.699 --> 00:32:07.439 your need, 00:32:08.639 --> 00:32:08.879 Jesus 00:32:08.879 --> 00:32:09.419 isn't for 00:32:09.419 --> 00:32:09.639 you. 00:32:12.519 --> 00:32:13.119 If you're 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:13.639 not willing 00:32:13.639 --> 00:32:14.019 to be 00:32:14.019 --> 00:32:14.379 needy, 00:32:15.179 --> 00:32:15.659 if you 00:32:15.659 --> 00:32:15.959 don't 00:32:15.959 --> 00:32:16.480 recognize 00:32:16.480 --> 00:32:16.980 your need, 00:32:17.959 --> 00:32:18.199 Jesus 00:32:18.199 --> 00:32:18.720 is not 00:32:18.720 --> 00:32:19.139 for you. 00:32:19.839 --> 00:32:23.379 need not 00:32:23.379 --> 00:32:23.919 just for 00:32:23.919 --> 00:32:24.679 the situations 00:32:24.679 --> 00:32:25.480 outside of 00:32:25.480 --> 00:32:25.679 you, 00:32:26.879 --> 00:32:28.079 need for 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:28.819 the situation 00:32:28.819 --> 00:32:30.119 inside of 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:30.299 you. 00:32:32.619 --> 00:32:33.319 If you 00:32:33.319 --> 00:32:34.759 say that 00:32:34.759 --> 00:32:35.220 you are a 00:32:35.220 --> 00:32:35.519 Christian, 00:32:35.879 --> 00:32:36.399 need is 00:32:36.399 --> 00:32:36.720 part of 00:32:36.720 --> 00:32:37.199 the package. 00:32:38.539 --> 00:32:38.959 Remember 00:32:38.959 --> 00:32:39.240 what I 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:39.619 told you 00:32:39.619 --> 00:32:40.159 very first 00:32:40.159 --> 00:32:40.399 sermon, 00:32:40.539 --> 00:32:40.699 Mark 00:32:40.699 --> 00:32:41.279 chapter 1 00:32:41.279 --> 00:32:41.859 verses 1 00:32:41.859 --> 00:32:42.379 through 8. 00:32:43.299 --> 00:32:43.699 If you 00:32:43.699 --> 00:32:44.179 want to 00:32:44.179 --> 00:32:44.740 take the 00:32:44.740 --> 00:32:45.319 journey of 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:45.559 Mark, 00:32:45.639 --> 00:32:45.899 you have 00:32:45.899 --> 00:32:46.319 to admit 00:32:46.319 --> 00:32:47.000 real need. 00:32:47.939 --> 00:32:48.639 That is 00:32:48.639 --> 00:32:49.339 the price 00:32:49.339 --> 00:32:49.839 of 00:32:49.839 --> 00:32:50.220 admission. 00:32:51.539 --> 00:32:52.259 I also 00:32:52.259 --> 00:32:52.679 told you 00:32:52.679 --> 00:32:52.980 we are 00:32:52.980 --> 00:32:53.220 not 00:32:53.220 --> 00:32:54.379 here for 00:32:54.379 --> 00:32:54.519 an 00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:55.019 intellectual 00:32:55.019 --> 00:32:55.720 exercise. 00:32:56.039 --> 00:32:56.259 We are 00:32:56.259 --> 00:32:56.759 not here 00:32:56.759 --> 00:32:57.199 to have 00:32:57.199 --> 00:32:57.839 profound 00:32:57.839 --> 00:32:58.519 insights. 00:32:59.359 --> 00:33:00.059 As we 00:33:00.059 --> 00:33:00.419 look at 00:33:00.419 --> 00:33:00.879 the gospel 00:33:00.879 --> 00:33:01.359 of Mark, 00:33:01.639 --> 00:33:02.480 we are 00:33:02.480 --> 00:33:03.379 here to 00:33:03.379 --> 00:33:04.039 be saved. 00:33:06.000 --> 00:33:06.679 We are 00:33:06.679 --> 00:33:07.179 here to 00:33:07.179 --> 00:33:07.899 come and 00:33:07.899 --> 00:33:08.480 bring our 00:33:08.480 --> 00:33:08.939 need to 00:33:08.939 --> 00:33:09.339 Jesus. 00:33:09.799 --> 00:33:10.059 Mark 00:33:10.059 --> 00:33:10.599 chapter 2 00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:11.379 verse 17, 00:33:11.380 --> 00:33:12.240 And when 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:12.780 Jesus heard 00:33:12.780 --> 00:33:12.900 it, 00:33:12.940 --> 00:33:13.220 he said 00:33:13.220 --> 00:33:13.500 to them, 00:33:13.580 --> 00:33:13.960 those who 00:33:13.960 --> 00:33:14.420 are well 00:33:14.420 --> 00:33:14.820 have no 00:33:14.820 --> 00:33:15.260 need of 00:33:15.260 --> 00:33:15.760 a physician 00:33:15.760 --> 00:33:16.820 but those 00:33:16.820 --> 00:33:17.080 who are 00:33:17.080 --> 00:33:17.380 sick. 00:33:18.120 --> 00:33:18.920 I came 00:33:18.920 --> 00:33:19.340 not to 00:33:19.340 --> 00:33:19.720 call the 00:33:19.720 --> 00:33:20.020 righteous 00:33:20.020 --> 00:33:21.300 but sinners. 00:33:23.880 --> 00:33:24.480 If you 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:24.940 want the 00:33:24.940 --> 00:33:25.640 gospel to 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:26.160 be alive 00:33:26.160 --> 00:33:26.640 for you, 00:33:27.480 --> 00:33:28.200 this is 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:28.680 the secret. 00:33:30.400 --> 00:33:31.000 If you 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:31.720 find the 00:33:31.720 --> 00:33:32.620 gospel boring, 00:33:33.060 --> 00:33:33.780 this is 00:33:33.780 --> 00:33:34.100 why. 00:33:35.720 --> 00:33:36.300 If you 00:33:36.300 --> 00:33:36.700 want the 00:33:36.700 --> 00:33:37.260 gospel to 00:33:37.260 --> 00:33:37.840 be alive 00:33:37.840 --> 00:33:38.340 for you, 00:33:38.460 --> 00:33:38.800 this is 00:33:38.800 --> 00:33:39.280 the secret. 00:33:39.279 --> 00:33:39.660 If you 00:33:39.660 --> 00:33:40.220 find the 00:33:40.220 --> 00:33:41.039 gospel boring, 00:33:41.460 --> 00:33:41.920 this is 00:33:41.920 --> 00:33:42.240 why. 00:33:44.000 --> 00:33:44.500 Jesus 00:33:44.500 --> 00:33:45.119 could have 00:33:45.119 --> 00:33:45.859 spoken to 00:33:45.859 --> 00:33:46.460 this woman 00:33:46.460 --> 00:33:46.940 in a 00:33:46.940 --> 00:33:47.500 monotone. 00:33:48.639 --> 00:33:49.259 And as 00:33:49.259 --> 00:33:49.639 he spoke 00:33:49.639 --> 00:33:49.980 to her 00:33:49.980 --> 00:33:50.259 in a 00:33:50.259 --> 00:33:50.799 monotone, 00:33:51.119 --> 00:33:51.339 Jesus 00:33:51.339 --> 00:33:51.700 could have 00:33:51.700 --> 00:33:52.299 been reading 00:33:52.299 --> 00:33:52.819 to her 00:33:52.819 --> 00:33:53.619 the ingredients 00:33:53.619 --> 00:33:54.079 off the 00:33:54.079 --> 00:33:54.519 back of 00:33:54.519 --> 00:33:55.039 a Wheaties 00:33:55.039 --> 00:33:55.440 box. 00:33:56.700 --> 00:33:57.319 And I 00:33:57.319 --> 00:33:57.799 guarantee 00:33:57.799 --> 00:33:58.299 you she 00:33:58.299 --> 00:33:58.700 would not 00:33:58.700 --> 00:33:59.079 have found 00:33:59.079 --> 00:33:59.599 him boring 00:33:59.599 --> 00:34:01.720 because her 00:34:01.720 --> 00:34:02.299 need was 00:34:02.299 --> 00:34:02.980 so great. 00:34:03.379 --> 00:34:03.720 Jesus 00:34:03.720 --> 00:34:04.639 was her 00:34:04.639 --> 00:34:05.139 answer, 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:05.680 her 00:34:05.680 --> 00:34:06.160 solution. 00:34:07.980 --> 00:34:08.619 If we 00:34:08.619 --> 00:34:08.800 want to 00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:09.420 have joy 00:34:09.420 --> 00:34:09.800 in the 00:34:09.800 --> 00:34:10.140 gospel, 00:34:10.920 --> 00:34:11.480 if we 00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:11.700 want it 00:34:11.700 --> 00:34:11.940 to be 00:34:11.940 --> 00:34:12.820 alive to 00:34:12.820 --> 00:34:13.200 us, 00:34:14.200 --> 00:34:15.380 if we 00:34:15.380 --> 00:34:15.820 want to 00:34:15.820 --> 00:34:17.220 escape it 00:34:17.220 --> 00:34:17.900 being something 00:34:17.900 --> 00:34:20.380 rote that 00:34:20.380 --> 00:34:20.820 we've heard 00:34:20.820 --> 00:34:21.360 many times 00:34:21.360 --> 00:34:21.800 before, 00:34:22.380 --> 00:34:22.820 there's an 00:34:22.820 --> 00:34:23.140 answer, 00:34:23.260 --> 00:34:23.620 there's one 00:34:23.620 --> 00:34:23.960 answer. 00:34:25.700 --> 00:34:26.400 We need 00:34:26.400 --> 00:34:26.880 to know, 00:34:26.980 --> 00:34:27.539 like this 00:34:27.539 --> 00:34:27.800 woman, 00:34:27.920 --> 00:34:28.340 that Jesus 00:34:28.340 --> 00:34:28.760 is the 00:34:28.760 --> 00:34:29.320 one who's 00:34:29.320 --> 00:34:29.760 able to 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:30.120 make us 00:34:30.120 --> 00:34:30.400 clean. 00:34:33.340 --> 00:34:34.200 We have 00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:34.720 to know 00:34:34.720 --> 00:34:35.780 our need. 00:34:36.760 --> 00:34:37.440 If you 00:34:37.440 --> 00:34:37.940 know your 00:34:37.940 --> 00:34:38.340 need, 00:34:38.800 --> 00:34:39.220 need, 00:34:39.220 --> 00:34:40.460 the gospel 00:34:40.460 --> 00:34:40.940 is not 00:34:40.940 --> 00:34:41.260 boring. 00:34:42.100 --> 00:34:42.360 Jesus 00:34:42.360 --> 00:34:43.800 is not 00:34:43.800 --> 00:34:44.660 stale. 00:34:46.860 --> 00:34:47.260 Neediness 00:34:47.260 --> 00:34:47.840 is the 00:34:47.840 --> 00:34:49.019 price of 00:34:49.019 --> 00:34:49.360 admission. 00:34:51.360 --> 00:34:52.180 How do we 00:34:52.180 --> 00:34:52.920 respond to 00:34:52.920 --> 00:34:53.539 Jesus then? 00:34:53.620 --> 00:34:54.180 We come 00:34:54.180 --> 00:34:55.060 to him 00:34:55.060 --> 00:34:56.760 with our 00:34:56.760 --> 00:34:57.280 desperation. 00:34:58.300 --> 00:34:59.100 We come 00:34:59.100 --> 00:34:59.480 to him 00:34:59.480 --> 00:35:00.420 with our 00:35:00.420 --> 00:35:00.960 powerlessness. 00:35:02.560 --> 00:35:03.340 It's not 00:35:03.340 --> 00:35:03.980 simply need, 00:35:04.039 --> 00:35:04.160 though, 00:35:04.180 --> 00:35:04.519 that these 00:35:04.519 --> 00:35:05.519 characters show 00:35:05.519 --> 00:35:05.820 us. 00:35:05.820 --> 00:35:06.360 need. 00:35:06.360 --> 00:35:06.760 They also 00:35:06.760 --> 00:35:08.140 have faith. 00:35:09.580 --> 00:35:10.280 It's one 00:35:10.280 --> 00:35:10.640 thing to 00:35:10.640 --> 00:35:11.300 have need. 00:35:11.400 --> 00:35:11.820 It's another 00:35:11.820 --> 00:35:12.400 thing to 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:13.600 bring that 00:35:13.600 --> 00:35:14.240 need to 00:35:14.240 --> 00:35:14.600 Jesus, 00:35:14.740 --> 00:35:15.180 believing he 00:35:15.180 --> 00:35:15.539 can do 00:35:15.539 --> 00:35:16.100 something with 00:35:16.100 --> 00:35:16.260 it. 00:35:16.420 --> 00:35:16.820 That's the 00:35:16.820 --> 00:35:17.300 other thing 00:35:17.300 --> 00:35:18.240 that these 00:35:18.240 --> 00:35:18.980 characters have 00:35:18.980 --> 00:35:19.380 in common. 00:35:19.480 --> 00:35:19.860 It's not 00:35:19.860 --> 00:35:20.980 just that 00:35:20.980 --> 00:35:21.380 they're in 00:35:21.380 --> 00:35:22.059 these powerless 00:35:22.059 --> 00:35:22.720 situations, 00:35:22.720 --> 00:35:23.380 but it's also 00:35:23.380 --> 00:35:23.920 that they 00:35:23.920 --> 00:35:25.080 believe Jesus 00:35:25.080 --> 00:35:25.960 can do it 00:35:25.960 --> 00:35:27.220 and they 00:35:27.220 --> 00:35:27.680 come to 00:35:27.680 --> 00:35:28.380 him for 00:35:28.380 --> 00:35:28.620 it. 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:30.080 Verse 28, 00:35:30.079 --> 00:35:32.019 If I touch 00:35:32.019 --> 00:35:32.639 even his 00:35:32.639 --> 00:35:33.099 garments, 00:35:33.259 --> 00:35:33.719 I will be 00:35:33.719 --> 00:35:34.239 made well. 00:35:35.259 --> 00:35:36.039 Verse 34, 00:35:36.679 --> 00:35:37.000 Daughter, 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:37.759 your faith 00:35:37.759 --> 00:35:38.480 has made 00:35:38.480 --> 00:35:38.880 you well. 00:35:39.880 --> 00:35:40.659 Verse 36, 00:35:40.739 --> 00:35:40.960 What does 00:35:40.960 --> 00:35:41.380 he say to 00:35:41.380 --> 00:35:41.779 Jairus? 00:35:41.920 --> 00:35:42.360 Do not 00:35:42.360 --> 00:35:42.840 fear, 00:35:43.340 --> 00:35:44.880 only believe. 00:35:46.860 --> 00:35:47.739 Having need 00:35:47.739 --> 00:35:48.279 is the first 00:35:48.279 --> 00:35:48.579 part. 00:35:49.360 --> 00:35:49.960 Coming with 00:35:49.960 --> 00:35:50.719 confidence to 00:35:50.719 --> 00:35:52.119 Jesus is the 00:35:52.119 --> 00:35:52.739 second part. 00:35:53.819 --> 00:35:54.679 That's part of 00:35:54.679 --> 00:35:55.460 what we do 00:35:55.460 --> 00:35:56.420 every week 00:35:56.420 --> 00:35:57.019 when we gather 00:35:57.019 --> 00:35:57.719 together as a 00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:58.219 congregation, 00:35:58.860 --> 00:35:59.619 and John or 00:35:59.619 --> 00:36:00.179 whichever elder 00:36:00.179 --> 00:36:00.480 it is, 00:36:00.539 --> 00:36:01.119 comes up and 00:36:01.119 --> 00:36:01.420 gives the 00:36:01.420 --> 00:36:01.960 congregational 00:36:01.960 --> 00:36:02.279 prayer. 00:36:03.319 --> 00:36:04.139 We are not 00:36:04.139 --> 00:36:04.880 simply doing 00:36:04.880 --> 00:36:05.559 that as some 00:36:05.559 --> 00:36:05.880 sort of 00:36:05.880 --> 00:36:06.880 religious exercise. 00:36:07.159 --> 00:36:07.739 What we are 00:36:07.739 --> 00:36:08.559 doing is saying 00:36:08.559 --> 00:36:09.079 we as a 00:36:09.079 --> 00:36:10.179 congregation are 00:36:10.179 --> 00:36:11.059 incredibly needy. 00:36:12.480 --> 00:36:13.119 Here's the 00:36:13.119 --> 00:36:13.839 places and the 00:36:13.839 --> 00:36:14.460 ways in which 00:36:14.460 --> 00:36:15.279 we're needy, 00:36:15.339 --> 00:36:16.299 and we have 00:36:16.299 --> 00:36:17.039 faith that God 00:36:17.039 --> 00:36:18.099 cares enough and 00:36:18.099 --> 00:36:18.779 he's powerful 00:36:18.779 --> 00:36:19.779 enough to do 00:36:19.779 --> 00:36:20.339 something about 00:36:20.339 --> 00:36:20.539 it. 00:36:21.940 --> 00:36:22.719 And so we 00:36:22.719 --> 00:36:23.519 come week after 00:36:23.519 --> 00:36:24.179 week together 00:36:24.179 --> 00:36:25.159 as a church on 00:36:25.159 --> 00:36:26.199 Sunday morning to 00:36:26.199 --> 00:36:27.139 do this very 00:36:27.139 --> 00:36:28.219 thing together. 00:36:28.500 --> 00:36:29.599 We do it as 00:36:29.599 --> 00:36:30.199 a community 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:30.900 throughout the 00:36:30.900 --> 00:36:31.719 week as you 00:36:31.719 --> 00:36:32.579 share your 00:36:32.579 --> 00:36:33.480 needs with one 00:36:33.480 --> 00:36:34.319 another and with 00:36:34.319 --> 00:36:35.019 God in prayer. 00:36:35.319 --> 00:36:36.179 This is part of 00:36:36.179 --> 00:36:37.059 what we do as we 00:36:37.059 --> 00:36:38.079 walk as a church 00:36:38.079 --> 00:36:39.119 following Jesus 00:36:39.119 --> 00:36:39.559 together. 00:36:40.579 --> 00:36:41.460 We're admitting 00:36:41.460 --> 00:36:42.420 our need to 00:36:42.420 --> 00:36:43.460 Jesus and each 00:36:43.460 --> 00:36:44.099 other on the one 00:36:44.099 --> 00:36:44.360 hand. 00:36:44.500 --> 00:36:45.380 We're believing 00:36:45.380 --> 00:36:46.559 in faith on the 00:36:46.559 --> 00:36:47.159 other hand that 00:36:47.159 --> 00:36:48.860 God cares and 00:36:48.860 --> 00:36:49.400 he's powerful. 00:36:50.719 --> 00:36:51.639 We know our 00:36:51.639 --> 00:36:51.900 need. 00:36:52.739 --> 00:36:53.659 We bring our 00:36:53.659 --> 00:36:53.900 need. 00:36:53.900 --> 00:36:58.820 I mentioned 00:36:58.820 --> 00:36:59.559 earlier that 00:36:59.559 --> 00:37:01.180 there's a lot 00:37:01.180 --> 00:37:01.440 of different 00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:02.019 ways that you 00:37:02.019 --> 00:37:02.480 can become 00:37:02.480 --> 00:37:03.079 unclean. 00:37:05.260 --> 00:37:06.039 Perhaps the 00:37:06.039 --> 00:37:06.900 best way to 00:37:06.900 --> 00:37:07.660 become unclean 00:37:07.660 --> 00:37:08.160 is death. 00:37:09.960 --> 00:37:10.720 Jesus risks 00:37:10.720 --> 00:37:11.360 his cleanliness 00:37:11.360 --> 00:37:12.200 by coming to 00:37:12.200 --> 00:37:13.380 the dead body 00:37:13.380 --> 00:37:14.700 of this girl. 00:37:16.280 --> 00:37:17.139 He gives us 00:37:17.139 --> 00:37:18.000 a hint, 00:37:19.059 --> 00:37:20.059 a picture 00:37:20.059 --> 00:37:21.720 of what's to 00:37:21.720 --> 00:37:22.400 come later in 00:37:22.400 --> 00:37:23.000 the Gospel of 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:23.220 Mark. 00:37:23.219 --> 00:37:26.639 because Jesus is not just going to go into a room 00:37:26.639 --> 00:37:28.139 and touch a little girl by the hand. 00:37:28.239 --> 00:37:31.639 Jesus is in fact going to go all the way to the cross. 00:37:32.699 --> 00:37:35.619 And he's able to make the dead live 00:37:35.619 --> 00:37:38.739 by himself experiencing death. 00:37:40.159 --> 00:37:43.039 Jesus is able to make the unclean clean 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.819 by himself becoming unclean. 00:37:47.039 --> 00:37:51.239 Jesus brings the power here that comes from the cross, 00:37:51.239 --> 00:37:53.339 the power that he has as he stands 00:37:53.339 --> 00:37:55.879 and takes God's punishment for us, 00:37:56.439 --> 00:37:59.039 as he takes our uncleanness for us, 00:37:59.079 --> 00:38:04.299 as he takes our death for us so that we can live. 00:38:05.199 --> 00:38:08.599 This is not just a good story about Jesus. 00:38:08.739 --> 00:38:11.059 It is a story that points us forward 00:38:11.059 --> 00:38:15.119 to what Jesus is going to do fully and finally. 00:38:16.919 --> 00:38:18.979 Speaking of this story with a little girl, 00:38:18.979 --> 00:38:21.059 one man says this, 00:38:22.039 --> 00:38:24.779 Later on Calvary, Jesus would share again in death. 00:38:25.679 --> 00:38:27.159 This time it was our death. 00:38:28.199 --> 00:38:30.339 He would become unclean for our sake 00:38:30.339 --> 00:38:32.699 and bear God's judgment against our sin. 00:38:33.639 --> 00:38:35.639 In a sense, what he was doing here 00:38:35.639 --> 00:38:38.019 was but a preview of what he would do then. 00:38:38.819 --> 00:38:41.000 It was also a preview of what he will do 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:44.199 at the end of time when he will take us by the hand 00:38:44.199 --> 00:38:45.739 and say, arise. 00:38:45.739 --> 00:38:48.919 That will not be in secret but in public. 00:38:49.359 --> 00:38:51.699 Every eye will see him. 00:38:52.259 --> 00:38:55.619 Even those who mocked him that day will see him and mourn, 00:38:56.279 --> 00:38:58.359 this time for themselves. 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:04.740 Who is Jesus? 00:39:05.740 --> 00:39:09.059 Jesus is the one who doesn't show special treatment 00:39:09.059 --> 00:39:10.519 to the rich and the powerful. 00:39:11.640 --> 00:39:14.720 Jesus is the one who takes unclean people 00:39:14.720 --> 00:39:15.980 and makes them clean. 00:39:15.980 --> 00:39:18.840 How do we respond to him? 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:21.059 We admit our need. 00:39:22.340 --> 00:39:24.420 We bring Jesus our need. 00:39:24.420 --> 00:39:29.059 And we believe that Jesus meets our needs. 00:39:31.960 --> 00:39:33.019 Verse 34. 00:39:33.019 --> 00:39:36.820 And he said to her, 00:39:36.940 --> 00:39:38.599 daughter, your faith has made you well. 00:39:39.059 --> 00:39:41.900 Go in peace and be healed of your disease. 00:39:42.639 --> 00:39:43.099 Let's pray. 00:39:44.599 --> 00:39:45.860 Our Father in heaven, 00:39:46.179 --> 00:39:49.579 we thank you for your mercy and your compassion on us. 00:39:50.219 --> 00:39:52.059 That you're not just powerful, 00:39:52.460 --> 00:39:53.559 but you're also good. 00:39:53.820 --> 00:39:58.400 And you use that goodness to heal and cleanse us. 00:39:58.460 --> 00:40:00.079 We ask that you'd be at work in our lives, 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:00.639 in our hearts, 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:04.099 that you'd be moving us in humility to come to you, 00:40:04.199 --> 00:40:07.079 admitting our need to you and to one another. 00:40:07.599 --> 00:40:09.599 And that we would have the faith to come to you 00:40:09.599 --> 00:40:11.460 for the healing and the cleansing that you offer. 00:40:11.920 --> 00:40:14.859 We ask all these things in the mighty name of Jesus Christ. 00:40:15.279 --> 00:40:15.559 Amen.