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 Luke chapter 8, we're going to read from verse 22 to the end of the chapter,

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 a day in the life of Jesus.

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 So page 1037, as we look at this day in the life of Jesus.

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 So let's hear God's word together.

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 One day, Jesus said to his disciples, let's go over to the other side of the lake.

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 So they got into a boat and set out.

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 As they sailed, he fell asleep.

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 A squall came down on the lake so that the boat was being swamped and they were in great danger.

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 The disciples went and woke him saying, master, master, we're going to drown.

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 He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters.

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 The storm subsided and all was calm.

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 Where is your faith?

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 He asked his disciples.

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 In fear and amazement, they asked one another, who is this?

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 He commands even the winds and the water and they obey him.

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 They sailed to the region of the Gerasenes, which is across the lake from Galilee.

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 When Jesus stepped ashore, he was met by a demon-possessed man from the town.

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 For a long time, this man had not worn clothes or lived in a house, but had lived in the tombs.

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 When he saw Jesus, he cried out and fell at his feet, shouting at the top of his voice,

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 what do you want with me, Jesus, son of the most high God?

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 I beg you, don't torture me.

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 For Jesus had commanded the evil spirit to come out of the man.

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 Many times it had seized him, and though he was chained hand and foot and kept under guard,

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 he had broken his chains and had been driven by the demon into solitary places.

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 Jesus asked him, what is your name?

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 Legion, he replied, because many demons had gone into him.

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 And they begged him repeatedly not to order them to go into the abyss.

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 A large herd of pigs was feeding there on the hillside.

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 The demons begged Jesus to let them go into them, and he gave them permission.

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 When the demons came out of the man, they went into the pigs,

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 and they heard rust down the steep bank into the lake and was drowned.

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 When those tending the pigs saw what had happened,

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 they ran off and reported this in the town and countryside,

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 and the people went out to see what had happened.

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 When they came to Jesus, they found the man from whom the demons had gone out,

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 sitting at Jesus' feet, dressed and in his right mind.

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 And they were afraid.

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 Those who had seen it told the people how the demon-possessed man had been cured.

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 Then all the people of the region of the Gerasenes asked Jesus to leave them,

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 because they were overcome with fear.

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 So he got into the boat and left.

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 The man from whom the demons had gone out begged to go with him,

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 but Jesus sent him away, saying,

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 return home and tell how much God has done for you.

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 So the man went away and told all over the town how much Jesus had done for him.

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 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him.

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 Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at Jesus' feet,

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 pleading with him to come to his house,

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 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying.

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 As Jesus was on his way, the crowd almost crushed him.

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 And a woman who was there had been subject to bleeding for twelve years,

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 but no one could heal her.

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 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak,

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 and immediately her bleeding stopped.

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 Who touched me?

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 Jesus asked.

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 When they all denied it, Peter said,

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 Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.

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 But Jesus said, someone touched me.

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 I know that power has gone out from me.

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 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed,

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 came trembling and fell at his feet.

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 In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him

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 and how she had been instantly healed.

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 Then he said to her,

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 Daughter, your faith has healed you.

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 Go in peace.

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 While Jesus was still speaking,

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 someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler.

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 Your daughter is dead, he said.

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 Don't bother the teacher anymore.

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 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus,

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Just believe, and she will be healed.

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 When he arrived at the house of Jairus,

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 he did not let anyone go in with him

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 except Peter, John, and James,

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 and the child's father and mother.

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 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her.

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 Stop wailing, Jesus said.

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 She is not dead, but asleep.

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 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead.

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 But he took her by the hand and said,

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 My child, get up.

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 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up.

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 Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.

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 Her parents were astonished,

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 but he ordered them not to tell anyone what had happened.

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 Amen.

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 We're continuing with this study,

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 enjoying God as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,

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 thinking about how the way the three persons of the Trinity relate to us

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 and how we relate to them can help us in our walk of faith.

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 And today we're going to think about the truth

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 that in every pain and trouble we experience,

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 we can enjoy the Son's presence.

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 It was probably about this time last year,

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 I think, that as a church,

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 we thought about the fact that God is eternal and unchanging,

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 and that's good news.

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 This evening we're thinking about the fact that Jesus is unchanging,

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 that as Hebrews 13 says,

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 Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.

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 And I want us to think about why that's particularly good news for us

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 when we find ourselves walking through pain and suffering.

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 And it's good news for us as we remember that what Jesus was then,

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 as we encounter him in the Gospels,

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 Jesus is now and always will be for his people.

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 It's good for us to remember that while we are always changing,

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 that while our response to others is affected by all kinds of things,

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 by our own personal circumstances,

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 by our physical well-being or otherwise,

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 by the emotions or stresses that we go through,

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 the same is not true of Jesus.

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 That while our ability to help others has limits,

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 there are those drains on our resources.

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 We have our own stuff to deal with.

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 People talk about compassion fatigue.

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 We see so much suffering on our screens

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 that we can become immune to feeling pain

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 and expressing sympathy.

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 When we do invest in others,

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 there's an emotional drain that makes it hard for us sometimes

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 to do that for the long haul.

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 And again, that's not like Jesus.

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 So Jesus is like us in that he became one of us,

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 in that he experienced weakness and suffering,

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 and so is able to sympathize with us.

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 But he is unlike us in that he is eternal God,

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 in that he has unlimited resources.

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 And here in this context,

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 that means he has unlimited resources for caring for you and for me.

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 And we meet in Jesus someone who is never too busy,

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 never too tired,

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 never too preoccupied to care for us.

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 We find in Jesus someone who never becomes desensitized

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 to our pain and suffering.

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 Jesus knows everything that's happening all around the world,

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 and yet he cares for each one of us.

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 We are precious to him.

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 So it is good news for us to recognize that Jesus is unchanging.

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 The character of Jesus we discover in the Gospels

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 is the character of the Jesus who sits in heaven for us.

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 So I want us to do this evening

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 is just to look at a few hours in the life of Jesus

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 that we find here in Luke chapter 8

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 in order to give us hope,

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 to remind ourselves that in every pain,

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 we can enjoy the Son's presence.

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 So we're going to look at verse 40 to verse 56.

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 And we're going to discover there,

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 as we have already,

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 two very different people,

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 but they have one shared need.

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 Now one of the things about the way

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 the Gospel writers put their Gospels together

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 is that they typically move from one person's story

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 to another person's story,

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 to some teaching of Jesus,

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 and it can feel very busy.

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 I think we all appreciate Jesus lived a very busy life,

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 but sometimes it can seem quite well-ordered

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 and structured from here to here to here.

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 But Luke, in this little section,

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 it shows us Jesus in his extreme busyness,

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 but also these different complex needs

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 pressing in at once.

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 And what we see at the same time

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 is Jesus showing compassion, love, and power

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 for whoever comes to him,

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 making time for them,

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 serving, healing, saving.

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 So let's meet these two people

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 with one shared need who come to Jesus.

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 First of all, let's think about Jairus.

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 Who is Jairus?

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 Verse 41, we discover something of him.

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 Then a man named Jairus,

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 a ruler of the synagogue,

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 came and fell at Jesus' feet,

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 pleading with him to come to his house,

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 because his only daughter,

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 a girl of about 12, was dying.

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 So he's a ruler of the synagogue.

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 So we're presented with somebody

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 who is part of the religious elite,

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 somebody who had a reputation for godliness,

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 somebody who is able to understand

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 and to teach the Bible.

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 And in that day,

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 to be part of the religious elite

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 meant you had high status in society.

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 But we know something else about Jairus.

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 Despite all of that privilege

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 and status and standing,

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 he is also in a desperate nightmare situation.

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 Ask any parent their worst fear,

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 and this is it.

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 This is Jairus' experience.

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 And so what we discover about Jairus

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 is that he forgets his status

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 to come to Jesus,

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 to fall on his knees,

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 to publicly beg and plead for help.

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 Jesus is his only hope,

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 and he knows it.

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 So that's Jairus.

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 But he's not the only person we meet.

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 As Jesus walks towards Jairus' house,

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 we also meet a woman unnamed.

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 Verse 43, what do we learn about her?

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 A woman was there who'd been subject to bleeding

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 for 12 years,

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 but no one could heal her.

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 In other accounts,

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 we discover she spent all her money

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 going to different doctors,

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 but nobody could help.

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 But we certainly know this lady

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 is on the other end of the social spectrum.

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 For 12 years,

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 she has been suffering physically with bleeding.

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 The same length of time

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 that Jairus' daughter has been alive,

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 she has suffered from bleeding.

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 And because of that bleeding,

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 she is regarded as being religiously unclean.

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 Jairus, worship leader,

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 this woman denied access to worship.

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 Jairus at the center of society,

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 this lady socially isolated.

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 Nobody wants to come into contact with her

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 lest they too become unclean.

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 So she is penniless,

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 she is hopeless,

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 but she comes to Jesus in her need.

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 So they're different in so many ways,

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 in terms of gender,

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 in terms of class,

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 in terms of religious worship,

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 even in terms of how they approach.

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 Jairus comes publicly,

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 this woman comes privately, secretly.

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 But they're the same in this one crucial way.

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 There is a situation they are facing

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 that lies beyond human help.

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 And they both make the same response.

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 They turn to Jesus.

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 It's interesting,

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 as Luke presents us with these two stories,

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 he's also at the same time

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 pointing us towards the fact

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 that there were large crowds present.

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 It seems like wherever Jesus went,

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 there were lots of people who would gather

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 who seemed to be there,

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 at least in part for the show.

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 What will Jesus do next?

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 But not these two.

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 These two came in their need

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 and they came with faith.

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 And as we read their stories,

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 we're also discovering

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 the unchanging Savior, Jesus.

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 He is the one who will help them both.

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 He is not distant.

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 He is not disinterested.

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 He makes time for them both.

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 And we are invited to learn from them

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 to run to Jesus

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 in our pain,

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 through our tears,

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 with the shame that we carry.

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 When we think about our own circumstances,

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 what is that pain?

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 What is that burden that you carry?

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 Jesus says,

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 Jesus says,

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 come to me,

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 take your burden to me,

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 find rest from me.

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 And remember this Jesus,

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 his heart is as big as ever it was.

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 He sympathizes,

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 and he draws near,

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 and he is strong to comfort,

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 and he is mighty to save.

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 Or maybe like this woman,

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 it's shame that we wear.

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 Perhaps because of failures in our past.

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 Perhaps because of addictions that we wrestle with,

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 patterns of sin that we struggle with.

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 Jesus knows our shame,

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 and he can give us peace.

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 He can clothe us with his honor.

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 Maybe we come with doubts and fears this evening

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 when we think about our situation and our struggles.

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 I don't think anyone else would understand

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 what I'm going through.

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 Perhaps we feel overwhelmed,

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 and we find ourselves,

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 I can't face this alone.

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 Where can I turn?

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 As we think about these stories,

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 and as we think about our unchanging Savior,

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 we're invited to see Jesus as the answer for our fear.

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 To think of him in heaven,

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 that unchanging Savior,

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 still for his people,

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 wanting to love us.

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 So let's think of these two different stories.

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 Let's think of these stories of faith,

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 and let's think some more about our strong Savior.

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 It's interesting,

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 when Luke has written his account here,

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 we're invited to see two healing stories,

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 but the word for healing in the Greek

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 is literally saved.

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 When the woman is healed,

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 in verse 43 and 44,

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 and then in the presence of all the people,

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 verse 47,

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 she told why she touched him

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 and how she'd been instantly healed.

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 And Jesus says in verse 48,

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 your faith has healed you.

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 Those healed words are the same as the word saved.

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 And same when Jesus raises Jairus' daughter

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 from death,

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 healing and salvation.

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 Why combine the two?

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 Because in these healing stories,

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 we're being shown a window

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 into the kingdom to come.

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 And we are being invited to see

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 in all of the miracle stories,

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 here is how the world was meant to be,

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 and here is how the world will one day be.

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 Remember that rich and glorious promise

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 at the end of Revelation?

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 The hope for the people of God

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 is a renewed world.

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 Will there be no more pain or tears

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 or sadness or death?

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 Jesus is giving us a window

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 into that great hope.

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 These miracle stories are a lens

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 through which to view Jesus, the Savior,

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 to see that he truly is

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 the resurrection and the life,

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 to see that he is the one who has come

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 to make everything new,

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 including us.

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 In the time of Jesus,

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 it happened then,

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 often for us,

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 our hope of healing and deliverance.

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 Maybe lands in eternity,

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 but still we trust in this same Savior

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 who has come as the servant of the Lord

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 in order to give the hope

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 of new and perfect life.

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 So let's take a look at these two stories

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 of faith and salvation.

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 We'll begin with the woman.

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 So in verse 44,

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 we discover that she comes behind Jesus,

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 secretly touches the edge of his cloak,

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 and immediately her bleeding stopped.

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 Who touched me?

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 Jesus asked.

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 Master, the people are crowding

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 and pressing against you,

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 but Jesus said,

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 someone touched me.

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 I know that power has gone out from me.

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 That question, who touched me,

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 may or may not be similar

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 to the question that God asks

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 in Genesis chapter 3.

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 As Adam and Eve,

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 in their sin,

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 in their sense of shame,

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 try and hide from God,

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 God comes into the garden

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 and asks Adam and Eve,

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 where are you?

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 In that case,

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 God is not ignorant of the situation.

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 He wants to draw them out for their good.

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 It may very well be that Jesus

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 is doing the same thing here.

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 Jesus wants to draw this woman out

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 to speak to her for her sake

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 and for the sake of the crowd

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 to make it clear that her faith,

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 as Jesus says in verse 48,

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 has healed her.

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 But maybe it might be helpful for us to think,

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 well, why has she come secretly to Jesus?

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 Why hasn't she done what Jairus did,

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 fall on her knees and beg?

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 Most likely because of these 12 years

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 of being isolated and unclean.

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 Most likely because of a fear of rejection.

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 People may have been offended

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 by her attempt to get close to Jesus

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 and by extension getting close to them.

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 She may have worried about humiliation,

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 so she came privately.

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 But yet she came with faith.

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 Jesus can identify the touch of faith.

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 And so as he's dealing with

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 the critical situation of Jairus,

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 he still makes time to stop.

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 So let's think, why does Jesus stop?

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 One thing that becomes clear

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 is Jesus stops,

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 so this woman can give clear testimony

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 to the work of Jesus in her life.

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 She has moved from being

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 a secret believer in Jesus

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 to being a powerful public witness

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 for Jesus.

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 Here she is before Jesus

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 and before the crowds,

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 and she's saying,

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 well, here was my life before Jesus.

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 This is what has brought me here.

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 I came in my needs

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 and my uncleanness

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 and my suffering.

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 This was my identity.

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 Isolated, unable to worship.

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 I came with faith

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 and I stand before you

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 healed and saved

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 by Jesus' power

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 and by Jesus' grace.

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 So by Jesus stopping,

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 he has allowed this woman

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 to publicly share her story

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 and to share it in such a way

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 that glory is given to God

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 and honor is given to Jesus.

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 Jesus.

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 That's a wonderful moment

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 for her life.

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 I wonder if you and I

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 have had that privilege

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 of telling our own story

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 in that same way.

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 This is what I was like.

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 This was my past.

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 Then I met Jesus

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 and this is the difference

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 that he has made.

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 It can be a very useful piece

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 of homework

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 to think for ourselves.

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 If I had two minutes,

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 three minutes to talk

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 to a friend

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 or a family member

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 about what my faith

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 is all about,

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 how would I do that

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 in such a way

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 that like this woman,

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 glory is given to Jesus.

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 So Jesus stops

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 so this woman

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 can give testimony.

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 Jesus stops also

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 so that we can get

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 an understanding

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 into the transfer

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 that has taken place.

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 So normally,

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 and you find this

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 all through the Old Testament laws,

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 if a person

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 who is unclean

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 touched another person,

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 and then the uncleanness

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 transferred to them.

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 But here,

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 what we discover

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 rather is that

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 Jesus' cleanness

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 flows to her.

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 She is instantly healed.

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 She is instantly

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 made clean.

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 In this battle,

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 I'm at the stage

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 where we think

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 about superheroes

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 and battles.

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 Here is Jesus

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 and his power

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 is greater.

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 The force of uncleanness

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 is no match

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 for the perfect holiness

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 of Jesus,

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 the Savior.

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 In the Old Testament,

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 all those laws

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 about uncleanness

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 were because uncleanness

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 represented sin.

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 So in this wonderful

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 little moment,

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 Jesus is reminding us

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 his grace,

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 his power,

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 his love

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 is greater than

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 our sin.

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 It has the power

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 to deal with

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 to remove

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 sin.

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 And ultimately,

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 we see that

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 at the cross

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 where Jesus dies

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 and he disarms

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 the powers

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 and authorities

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 that were

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 against us.

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 He cancels

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 the record

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 of our debt

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 against God

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 that stood

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 against us

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 so that by faith

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 we too

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 become clean

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 through contact

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 with Jesus

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 and that transfer

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 that takes place.

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 Then one other

00:23:05.579 --> 00:23:06.559
 significant thing

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 about this

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 stopping of Jesus

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 is that it confirms

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 to this woman

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 a change

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 of relationship.

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 See how Jesus

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 speaks of her

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 in verse 48.

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 Then he said

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 to her,

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 daughter,

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 your faith

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 has healed you.

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 Go in peace.

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 Wonderful message.

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 Somebody who's lived

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 in isolation

00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.399
 for 12 years,

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 now Jesus

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 calls her

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 daughter.

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 The grace

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 of God

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 that adopts

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 people

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 into his family

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 is a glorious

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 thing.

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 To remember

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 Jesus,

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 our elder brother,

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 our strong

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 savior,

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 who's always

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 present,

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 the one who's

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 brought that

00:23:48.139 --> 00:23:48.679
 change of

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 relationship

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 is a wonderful

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 thing.

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 Philip Riken,

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 the Bible teacher,

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 said,

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 Jesus had

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 called this

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 woman

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 not to

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 humiliate her,

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 which perhaps

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 she was used

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 to,

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 but to save

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 her,

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 to heal

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 her,

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 and to love

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 her as God's

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 own dear

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 child.

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 And nothing

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 has changed

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 because Jesus

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 hasn't changed.

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 We can come

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 to him in our

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 chaos.

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 We can come

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 near to him

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 through our

00:24:20.579 --> 00:24:21.279
 tears,

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 and we too

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 can leave

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 with his

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 peace,

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 knowing his

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 strong presence

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 with us

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 when our

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 faith is in

00:24:31.060 --> 00:24:31.360
 Jesus,

00:24:31.480 --> 00:24:31.900
 the one who

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:32.540
 died and

00:24:32.540 --> 00:24:33.020
 rose to

00:24:33.020 --> 00:24:34.240
 rescue and

00:24:34.240 --> 00:24:34.900
 to restore

00:24:34.900 --> 00:24:35.880
 and to be

00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:37.040
 present with

00:24:37.040 --> 00:24:37.740
 his people

00:24:37.740 --> 00:24:39.060
 always.

00:24:41.500 --> 00:24:42.240
 That's the

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.960
 woman's story

00:24:42.960 --> 00:24:43.880
 of faith and

00:24:43.880 --> 00:24:44.640
 discovering a

00:24:44.640 --> 00:24:45.460
 strong savior,

00:24:45.620 --> 00:24:46.680
 but what of

00:24:46.680 --> 00:24:48.120
 Jairus?

00:24:49.440 --> 00:24:50.520
 Something of

00:24:50.520 --> 00:24:51.680
 an emotional

00:24:51.680 --> 00:24:53.280
 rollercoaster

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:54.079
 for Jairus

00:24:54.079 --> 00:24:55.220
 these few

00:24:55.220 --> 00:24:57.279
 minutes of

00:24:57.279 --> 00:24:57.960
 his life.

00:24:58.339 --> 00:24:59.079
 He comes

00:24:59.079 --> 00:25:00.119
 with desperation

00:25:00.119 --> 00:25:01.039
 to Jesus.

00:25:01.200 --> 00:25:01.680
 This is his

00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:02.660
 last chance

00:25:02.660 --> 00:25:03.019
 for his

00:25:03.019 --> 00:25:03.399
 daughter,

00:25:03.740 --> 00:25:04.700
 so he falls

00:25:04.700 --> 00:25:05.019
 on his

00:25:05.019 --> 00:25:06.139
 knees and

00:25:06.139 --> 00:25:07.160
 he begs,

00:25:08.460 --> 00:25:08.839
 and they're

00:25:08.839 --> 00:25:09.420
 on the move,

00:25:09.500 --> 00:25:10.200
 so hopes are

00:25:10.200 --> 00:25:10.519
 raised,

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.019
 and then there's

00:25:11.019 --> 00:25:11.960
 this delay.

00:25:13.720 --> 00:25:14.359
 What was Jairus

00:25:14.359 --> 00:25:15.160
 thinking at that

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.460
 point?

00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:16.539
 But then perhaps

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.879
 hope bloomed

00:25:17.879 --> 00:25:18.700
 again as he

00:25:18.700 --> 00:25:20.440
 saw Jesus,

00:25:20.619 --> 00:25:21.279
 by his grace,

00:25:21.379 --> 00:25:21.960
 working this

00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:22.700
 miracle in

00:25:22.700 --> 00:25:23.240
 the woman's

00:25:23.240 --> 00:25:23.740
 life, but

00:25:23.740 --> 00:25:24.880
 then his

00:25:24.880 --> 00:25:26.500
 hopes appear

00:25:26.500 --> 00:25:28.440
 dashed by

00:25:28.440 --> 00:25:28.960
 the message

00:25:28.960 --> 00:25:30.140
 of verse 49.

00:25:31.240 --> 00:25:31.980
 As his

00:25:31.980 --> 00:25:33.000
 servants come,

00:25:33.720 --> 00:25:34.299
 your daughter

00:25:34.299 --> 00:25:35.000
 is dead.

00:25:36.000 --> 00:25:36.640
 Don't bother

00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:37.180
 the teacher

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.720
 anymore.

00:25:38.980 --> 00:25:40.380
 I read an

00:25:40.380 --> 00:25:41.079
 account last

00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:41.519
 week of a

00:25:41.519 --> 00:25:43.039
 mum talking

00:25:43.039 --> 00:25:43.559
 about the

00:25:43.559 --> 00:25:44.340
 anniversary of

00:25:44.340 --> 00:25:44.880
 the loss of

00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:45.480
 her daughter,

00:25:46.440 --> 00:25:47.220
 and she said

00:25:47.220 --> 00:25:47.799
 it was like

00:25:47.799 --> 00:25:48.559
 someone pulled

00:25:48.559 --> 00:25:49.480
 out my heart,

00:25:49.819 --> 00:25:50.740
 my battery,

00:25:50.740 --> 00:25:51.900
 had been

00:25:51.900 --> 00:25:52.599
 taken out.

00:25:53.180 --> 00:25:54.640
 It's almost

00:25:54.640 --> 00:25:55.519
 impossible to

00:25:55.519 --> 00:25:57.099
 imagine what

00:25:57.099 --> 00:25:57.920
 Jairus is going

00:25:57.920 --> 00:25:59.120
 through at this

00:25:59.120 --> 00:26:00.079
 moment, the pain

00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:01.359
 that he experienced,

00:26:01.460 --> 00:26:02.079
 but where is

00:26:02.079 --> 00:26:02.519
 Jesus?

00:26:03.519 --> 00:26:04.480
 He is present in

00:26:04.480 --> 00:26:05.099
 this pain,

00:26:06.099 --> 00:26:07.759
 and he calls to

00:26:07.759 --> 00:26:09.140
 Jairus in verse

00:26:09.140 --> 00:26:09.559
 50,

00:26:09.680 --> 00:26:10.500
 have faith,

00:26:11.740 --> 00:26:12.660
 do not fear,

00:26:13.720 --> 00:26:14.839
 don't be afraid,

00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:16.759
 just believe,

00:26:16.759 --> 00:26:18.119
 and she will

00:26:18.119 --> 00:26:18.819
 be healed.

00:26:19.299 --> 00:26:19.879
 From anyone

00:26:19.879 --> 00:26:20.440
 else.

00:26:21.220 --> 00:26:21.920
 These words are

00:26:21.920 --> 00:26:22.700
 just cruel,

00:26:22.980 --> 00:26:23.720
 hurtful,

00:26:23.859 --> 00:26:24.660
 heartless,

00:26:25.059 --> 00:26:25.839
 but from an

00:26:25.839 --> 00:26:26.640
 unchanging,

00:26:27.039 --> 00:26:27.900
 all-powerful

00:26:27.900 --> 00:26:28.779
 son of God.

00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:30.119
 From this

00:26:30.119 --> 00:26:31.019
 Jesus who has

00:26:31.019 --> 00:26:31.839
 just healed

00:26:31.839 --> 00:26:32.440
 someone from

00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:33.700
 12 years of

00:26:33.700 --> 00:26:34.119
 pain,

00:26:34.480 --> 00:26:35.099
 there is solid

00:26:35.099 --> 00:26:35.720
 hope that he

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:37.299
 can bring new

00:26:37.299 --> 00:26:38.240
 life to a

00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:39.079
 12-year-old

00:26:39.079 --> 00:26:39.519
 girl.

00:26:40.039 --> 00:26:40.619
 And so we

00:26:40.619 --> 00:26:41.879
 see Jairus

00:26:41.879 --> 00:26:43.420
 holding on,

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:44.680
 keeping his

00:26:44.680 --> 00:26:45.860
 faith in

00:26:45.860 --> 00:26:46.240
 Jesus,

00:26:46.420 --> 00:26:48.140
 continuing that

00:26:48.140 --> 00:26:49.320
 journey.

00:26:51.400 --> 00:26:52.580
 The commandment

00:26:52.580 --> 00:26:53.740
 most frequently

00:26:53.740 --> 00:26:54.980
 mentioned in

00:26:54.980 --> 00:26:55.779
 the Bible is

00:26:55.779 --> 00:26:57.640
 do not fear.

00:26:58.860 --> 00:26:59.840
 Faith and fear

00:26:59.840 --> 00:27:00.700
 are like oil

00:27:00.700 --> 00:27:02.160
 and water,

00:27:02.299 --> 00:27:03.440
 they just do

00:27:03.440 --> 00:27:04.640
 not mix,

00:27:04.720 --> 00:27:05.039
 they're like

00:27:05.039 --> 00:27:07.220
 opponents in

00:27:07.220 --> 00:27:08.160
 a battle.

00:27:09.500 --> 00:27:10.000
 And Jesus

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.920
 says to Jairus

00:27:10.920 --> 00:27:11.360
 and Jesus

00:27:11.360 --> 00:27:12.380
 says to us,

00:27:13.100 --> 00:27:14.140
 fight to

00:27:14.140 --> 00:27:14.940
 hold on to

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.380
 faith,

00:27:16.180 --> 00:27:16.840
 don't give

00:27:16.840 --> 00:27:17.660
 in to fear.

00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:19.600
 Here is Jairus

00:27:19.600 --> 00:27:20.580
 confronted with

00:27:20.580 --> 00:27:21.960
 our deepest

00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:22.460
 fear,

00:27:23.360 --> 00:27:23.980
 the fear of

00:27:23.980 --> 00:27:24.880
 death itself.

00:27:26.000 --> 00:27:26.500
 And we're

00:27:26.500 --> 00:27:27.460
 being reminded

00:27:27.460 --> 00:27:27.960
 that with

00:27:27.960 --> 00:27:28.700
 faith in

00:27:28.700 --> 00:27:29.140
 Jesus,

00:27:30.500 --> 00:27:31.980
 death is not

00:27:31.980 --> 00:27:32.680
 the end.

00:27:33.759 --> 00:27:34.259
 We're being

00:27:34.259 --> 00:27:34.880
 reminded that

00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:35.500
 our greatest

00:27:35.500 --> 00:27:36.500
 enemy is

00:27:36.500 --> 00:27:37.060
 powerless

00:27:37.060 --> 00:27:38.820
 compared to

00:27:38.820 --> 00:27:39.180
 Jesus.

00:27:40.060 --> 00:27:40.600
 Jesus,

00:27:40.740 --> 00:27:41.240
 the one who

00:27:41.240 --> 00:27:42.920
 offers eternal

00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:43.380
 life,

00:27:43.840 --> 00:27:44.880
 who is our

00:27:44.880 --> 00:27:45.580
 only hope

00:27:45.580 --> 00:27:46.160
 in life

00:27:46.160 --> 00:27:47.560
 and in

00:27:47.560 --> 00:27:48.000
 death.

00:27:49.100 --> 00:27:49.680
 And we

00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:50.460
 see that

00:27:50.460 --> 00:27:51.620
 in the

00:27:51.620 --> 00:27:52.620
 healing,

00:27:52.779 --> 00:27:53.400
 the saving

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:53.820
 that he

00:27:53.820 --> 00:27:54.360
 does.

00:27:55.180 --> 00:27:56.320
 Verse 44,

00:27:56.519 --> 00:27:57.160
 Jesus took

00:27:57.160 --> 00:27:57.660
 the girl

00:27:57.660 --> 00:27:58.840
 by the

00:27:58.840 --> 00:27:59.060
 hand,

00:27:59.120 --> 00:27:59.519
 the crowd

00:27:59.519 --> 00:28:00.160
 knows she's

00:28:00.160 --> 00:28:00.539
 dead,

00:28:01.080 --> 00:28:01.560
 but he took

00:28:01.560 --> 00:28:01.980
 her by the

00:28:01.980 --> 00:28:02.380
 hand and

00:28:02.380 --> 00:28:02.519
 said,

00:28:02.600 --> 00:28:03.160
 my child,

00:28:03.300 --> 00:28:03.759
 get up.

00:28:04.500 --> 00:28:05.019
 Her spirit

00:28:05.019 --> 00:28:05.680
 returned and

00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.240
 at once she

00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:07.660
 stood up and

00:28:07.660 --> 00:28:08.400
 Jesus told them

00:28:08.400 --> 00:28:08.840
 to give her

00:28:08.840 --> 00:28:09.480
 something to

00:28:09.480 --> 00:28:09.759
 eat.

00:28:09.759 --> 00:28:11.180
 moment in

00:28:11.180 --> 00:28:13.180
 this power,

00:28:13.319 --> 00:28:13.960
 in this story

00:28:13.960 --> 00:28:14.759
 of resurrection,

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.720
 power in this

00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:16.319
 story of a

00:28:16.319 --> 00:28:17.660
 strong saviour,

00:28:17.740 --> 00:28:18.200
 that there's a

00:28:18.200 --> 00:28:18.980
 signpost to

00:28:18.980 --> 00:28:19.859
 his own

00:28:19.859 --> 00:28:21.039
 resurrection,

00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:23.079
 a reminder that

00:28:23.079 --> 00:28:23.940
 Jesus is

00:28:23.940 --> 00:28:25.079
 stronger than

00:28:25.079 --> 00:28:25.519
 death.

00:28:25.640 --> 00:28:26.279
 Death has no

00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:27.200
 claim on him

00:28:27.200 --> 00:28:28.619
 and death has

00:28:28.619 --> 00:28:29.980
 no hold on

00:28:29.980 --> 00:28:30.279
 him.

00:28:30.660 --> 00:28:31.319
 He is our

00:28:31.319 --> 00:28:31.940
 sinless

00:28:31.940 --> 00:28:33.119
 saviour.

00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:34.640
 And there is

00:28:34.640 --> 00:28:35.700
 too hope for

00:28:35.700 --> 00:28:36.440
 our

00:28:36.440 --> 00:28:37.599
 resurrection,

00:28:38.279 --> 00:28:38.859
 a resurrection

00:28:38.859 --> 00:28:39.619
 that will be

00:28:39.619 --> 00:28:40.979
 permanent and

00:28:40.979 --> 00:28:42.000
 that will be

00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:42.879
 glorious.

00:28:43.879 --> 00:28:44.399
 For this

00:28:44.399 --> 00:28:45.079
 little girl,

00:28:45.679 --> 00:28:46.779
 she would die

00:28:46.779 --> 00:28:48.000
 once again,

00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:48.799
 but for us,

00:28:48.879 --> 00:28:49.639
 when our faith

00:28:49.639 --> 00:28:50.740
 is in Jesus,

00:28:51.219 --> 00:28:51.839
 death is the

00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:52.599
 gateway to

00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:53.639
 eternal life,

00:28:53.719 --> 00:28:54.439
 to resurrection

00:28:54.439 --> 00:28:55.959
 life that is

00:28:55.959 --> 00:28:57.500
 permanent and

00:28:57.500 --> 00:28:57.819
 that is

00:28:57.819 --> 00:28:58.259
 glorious.

00:28:59.939 --> 00:29:00.799
 So in these

00:29:00.799 --> 00:29:01.839
 few hours,

00:29:02.859 --> 00:29:03.519
 we are

00:29:03.519 --> 00:29:05.079
 reminded and

00:29:05.079 --> 00:29:06.859
 encouraged as

00:29:06.859 --> 00:29:07.599
 God's people

00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:08.299
 that in every

00:29:08.299 --> 00:29:10.059
 pain, we

00:29:10.059 --> 00:29:11.240
 can enjoy the

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.980
 Son's presence.

00:29:12.720 --> 00:29:13.539
 Whether that

00:29:13.539 --> 00:29:14.139
 pain and

00:29:14.139 --> 00:29:14.740
 suffering that

00:29:14.740 --> 00:29:15.519
 we endure is

00:29:15.519 --> 00:29:16.519
 private or

00:29:16.519 --> 00:29:16.980
 public,

00:29:18.440 --> 00:29:19.099
 whether it is

00:29:19.099 --> 00:29:20.200
 long-term or

00:29:20.200 --> 00:29:20.859
 temporary,

00:29:21.819 --> 00:29:22.359
 whether it is

00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:22.899
 physical,

00:29:23.299 --> 00:29:23.899
 emotional,

00:29:24.319 --> 00:29:25.399
 or spiritual,

00:29:26.399 --> 00:29:27.480
 we know

00:29:27.480 --> 00:29:29.019
 that Jesus is

00:29:29.019 --> 00:29:30.599
 not disinterested.

00:29:30.740 --> 00:29:31.460
 We know that

00:29:31.460 --> 00:29:32.379
 Jesus is not

00:29:32.379 --> 00:29:34.200
 distant in

00:29:34.200 --> 00:29:34.559
 heaven.

00:29:34.559 --> 00:29:38.480
 in our tears,

00:29:38.980 --> 00:29:40.619
 hear him say,

00:29:40.700 --> 00:29:41.379
 I am with you

00:29:41.379 --> 00:29:41.819
 always.

00:29:42.980 --> 00:29:43.899
 I will never

00:29:43.899 --> 00:29:44.579
 leave you or

00:29:44.579 --> 00:29:45.480
 abandon you.

00:29:46.859 --> 00:29:48.159
 In our pain,

00:29:48.919 --> 00:29:50.000
 in our struggles,

00:29:50.500 --> 00:29:51.259
 like Jairus,

00:29:51.339 --> 00:29:51.940
 like this woman,

00:29:52.159 --> 00:29:53.059
 come to him

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:54.440
 with faith.

00:29:55.639 --> 00:29:56.579
 Experience his

00:29:56.579 --> 00:29:57.099
 grace,

00:29:57.319 --> 00:29:58.259
 experience his

00:29:58.259 --> 00:29:58.879
 healing,

00:29:59.099 --> 00:30:00.039
 experience his

00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:00.619
 peace,

00:30:00.619 --> 00:30:01.959
 knowing that

00:30:01.959 --> 00:30:02.739
 he will draw

00:30:02.739 --> 00:30:05.079
 near to us.

00:30:05.079 --> 00:30:13.980
 Sacrifice latae C

00:30:19.299 --> 00:30:21.480
 grace,

00:30:21.480 --> 00:30:21.699
 access x

00:30:21.699 --> 00:30:22.379
 peace,

00:30:22.399 --> 00:30:23.199
 peace,

00:30:23.199 --> 00:30:23.259
 코로나19,

00:30:23.259 --> 00:30:23.579
 Different

00:30:23.579 --> 00:30:24.859
uhanح

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:25.679
 and

00:30:25.679 --> 00:30:25.839
öyle 운�

00:30:25.839 --> 00:30:26.339
empl Iz

00:30:26.339 --> 00:30:26.639
 果然

00:30:26.639 --> 00:30:27.359
 ń

00:30:27.359 --> 00:30:27.579
 miraculous

00:30:27.579 --> 00:30:27.939
 healing,

00:30:27.939 --> 00:30:29.599
 הע

00:30:29.740 --> 00:30:30.480
 tempor

00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:31.299
一點

00:30:31.299 --> 00:30:31.619
wang

00:30:31.619 --> 00:30:32.599
  Fried

00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:33.220
 és

00:30:33.220 --> 00:30:33.699
 Gesicht

00:30:33.699 --> 00:30:33.960
 ini

00:30:33.960 --> 00:30:34.599
 heard