WEBVTT 00:00:00.959 --> 00:00:03.520 The Gospel of Mark starting in chapter 5. 00:00:03.680 --> 00:00:08.480 We're going to read verses 21 through 43, but I just want to give us a little refresher. 00:00:08.880 --> 00:00:15.119 Like I mentioned last week, chapter 5 has three different people, three different stories that we looked at. 00:00:15.199 --> 00:00:19.280 And then last week we looked at the man with the legion of demons. 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:22.719 And then today we're going to look at the next two people. 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:28.719 But all three of the people that we see in chapter 5, they've all been given up on. 00:00:28.960 --> 00:00:32.640 That's a common theme that you're going to see on all three of these people. 00:00:32.799 --> 00:00:37.679 And all three need only what Jesus can provide. 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:42.799 So last week we looked at the demon-possessed man, and now we're going to look at these next two. 00:00:42.960 --> 00:00:48.799 And we're looking at these next two together because their stories intersect as Jesus is on his journey. 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:50.799 So let's stand for the reading of God's word. 00:00:51.359 --> 00:00:55.039 Mark chapter 5, starting in verse 21. 00:00:55.439 --> 00:01:02.880 It says, when Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea. 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:12.239 One of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet and begged him earnestly, My little daughter is dying. 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:16.159 Come and lay your hands on her, so that she can get well and live. 00:01:16.400 --> 00:01:20.719 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him. 00:01:20.879 --> 00:01:27.680 Now a woman suffering from bleeding for twelve years had endured much under many doctors. 00:01:27.840 --> 00:01:31.280 She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. 00:01:31.519 --> 00:01:33.840 On the contrary, she became worse. 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:38.959 Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing. 00:01:39.200 --> 00:01:44.079 For she said, If I just touch his clothes, I'll be made well. 00:01:44.319 --> 00:01:50.480 Instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction. 00:01:51.200 --> 00:01:55.200 Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. 00:01:55.359 --> 00:01:58.719 He turned around in the crowd and said, Who touched my clothes? 00:01:58.959 --> 00:02:04.799 His disciples said to him, You see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, Who touched me? 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:09.599 But he was looking around to see what had who had done this. 00:02:09.840 --> 00:02:19.840 The woman with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:23.599 Daughter, he said to her, your faith has saved you. 00:02:23.840 --> 00:02:26.479 Go in peace and be healed from your affliction. 00:02:26.719 --> 00:02:35.680 While he was still speaking, the people came from the synagogue, uh people came from the synagogue leader's house and said, Your daughter is dead. 00:02:35.840 --> 00:02:37.759 Why bother the teacher any more? 00:02:38.000 --> 00:02:44.240 When Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, Don't be afraid, only believe. 00:02:44.479 --> 00:02:49.599 He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James's brother. 00:02:49.840 --> 00:02:54.960 They came to the leader's house, and he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 00:02:55.120 --> 00:02:59.520 He went in and said to them, Why are you making a commotion and weeping? 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:02.000 The child is not dead, but asleep. 00:03:02.240 --> 00:03:03.599 They laughed at him. 00:03:03.759 --> 00:03:05.840 But he put them all outside. 00:03:06.159 --> 00:03:11.919 He took the child's father, mother, and those who were with him, and entered the place where the child was. 00:03:12.080 --> 00:03:20.719 Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, Talitha Kaum, which is translated, Little girl, I say to you, get up. 00:03:20.960 --> 00:03:23.759 Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. 00:03:23.919 --> 00:03:25.439 She was twelve years old. 00:03:25.680 --> 00:03:28.159 At this they were utterly astounded. 00:03:28.400 --> 00:03:35.360 Then he gave them strict orders that no one should know about this, and told them to give her something to eat. 00:03:35.599 --> 00:03:37.840 Lord, I thank you so much for your word. 00:03:38.319 --> 00:03:45.520 I pray, God, that you would open our eyes and our minds and our hearts to the things that you have for us. 00:03:45.759 --> 00:03:51.360 That, Lord, we know that you want to change us by your word, that you want to wash us with your word. 00:03:51.520 --> 00:03:53.599 And I pray that you would do just that here today. 00:03:53.840 --> 00:04:01.680 Pray that you would help me to rightly divide it, that you would use me as your mouthpiece, and that it would be your spirit speaking here today, we pray. 00:04:01.840 --> 00:04:03.759 In Jesus' name, amen. 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:05.280 You may be seated. 00:04:06.240 --> 00:04:15.199 So as we wrap up chapter five today, I hope we can see a theme that Jesus is no respecter of man. 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:19.439 Or in more modern English, he does not show favoritism. 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:24.240 He's not impressed with social standing, with position, or with wealth. 00:04:24.399 --> 00:04:30.319 And as you'll recall, two Sundays ago, we saw Jesus have a very long day of ministry. 00:04:30.480 --> 00:04:38.720 And then we see him get in a boat, he faces a huge storm, he crosses from the western shore of the Sea of Galilee to the eastern shore. 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:45.920 Um, and then he uh last Sunday we saw that he met up with the man with a legion of demons on that eastern shore. 00:04:46.079 --> 00:04:54.720 The locals asked him to leave, so he turned around, he heads back to the western shore again, uh back to Galilee, and that's where we're picking up this morning. 00:04:54.879 --> 00:05:00.160 He's on his trip back, he arrives on the shore of Galilee, and we pick up in verse 21. 00:05:00.240 --> 00:05:07.920 It says, When Jesus had crossed over again by boat to the other side, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the sea. 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:15.199 So, as is Jesus' custom, he's teaching by the Sea of Galilee, and these huge crowds start showing up. 00:05:15.439 --> 00:05:19.439 And if you haven't noticed yet, Jesus really likes to move around. 00:05:19.600 --> 00:05:21.839 You don't see him stationary for very long. 00:05:22.000 --> 00:05:34.000 And if you'll recall, way back in Mark chapter 1, verse 38, Jesus was telling his disciples, he said, Let's go on to the neighboring villages so that I may preach thereto. 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:37.199 This is why I have come. 00:05:37.759 --> 00:05:43.519 Jesus didn't come just to make people feel better and to heal their ailments. 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:48.800 He didn't come to give the paralytic two good legs to walk into hell with. 00:05:49.600 --> 00:05:58.319 He came to preach the good news, the gospel, to offer eternal spiritual healing to all that would receive it. 00:05:58.639 --> 00:06:01.199 So we see Jesus moving around. 00:06:01.439 --> 00:06:06.079 He's casting out seeds of truth to as many as he possibly can. 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:21.360 And remember, the miracles are to back up what he's saying, to prove that he has the authority of God over the physical, so that people would realize that he also has the authority of God in the words that he's speaking. 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:31.920 And here he is in the middle of this huge crowd, and somebody in great need runs in and approaches him. 00:06:32.079 --> 00:06:33.279 Verse 22. 00:06:33.519 --> 00:06:43.120 One of the synagogue leaders named Jairus came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet, and he begged him earnestly, My little daughter is dying. 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:47.600 Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well and live. 00:06:47.839 --> 00:06:54.480 So, first off, we should note that not all of the religious leaders are against Jesus. 00:06:54.879 --> 00:06:57.839 So far in Mark, that's really kind of all we've seen. 00:06:58.079 --> 00:07:01.519 But here's Jairus, and he's not that way at all. 00:07:02.160 --> 00:07:08.160 And a synagogue leader at this time was much like a modern-day pastor or an elder in a church. 00:07:08.399 --> 00:07:14.879 They were in charge of administration, they were in charge of everything that had to do with the building of the synagogue. 00:07:15.040 --> 00:07:21.600 They had just duties to do, they would organize the services, you know, things like that. 00:07:21.759 --> 00:07:27.199 So people looked up to these men both for spiritual direction and for spiritual leadership. 00:07:27.360 --> 00:07:32.079 And this was a very prominent position in any Jewish town. 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:34.399 So this guy's probably well off. 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:37.920 He's probably very well taken care of in his community. 00:07:38.160 --> 00:07:39.839 He's a prominent man. 00:07:40.160 --> 00:07:46.639 And this prominent man in desperation, he comes and he throws himself at the feet of Jesus. 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:50.879 So desperate that he's not concerned about his reputation. 00:07:51.120 --> 00:07:59.360 He's not concerned with the other religious leaders that might be opposing Jesus, seeing what he's doing as he throws himself at Jesus' feet. 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.399 He's in desperation for his only daughter. 00:08:02.560 --> 00:08:03.519 We learn that in another gospel. 00:08:03.759 --> 00:08:05.439 This was his only daughter. 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:10.480 And this only daughter is no doubt probably the apple of this guy's eye. 00:08:11.279 --> 00:08:14.079 So he humbles himself before Jesus. 00:08:14.319 --> 00:08:18.959 And if you'll notice, there's no if you can heal my daughter, Jesus. 00:08:19.360 --> 00:08:21.920 Or would you be willing to heal my daughter? 00:08:22.240 --> 00:08:25.759 He just says, please, please, please come and do it. 00:08:26.720 --> 00:08:27.759 I beg you. 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:35.279 You know, I don't get the sense that this guy has any doubt in Jesus' abilities or his authority in this moment. 00:08:35.440 --> 00:08:37.519 He just comes and says, I know you can do it. 00:08:37.840 --> 00:08:40.320 Just please come and do it, Jesus. 00:08:41.200 --> 00:08:49.600 So he fell at his feet, he begged earnestly, and some of your translations will actually say that he pleaded fervently or he implored of Jesus. 00:08:49.840 --> 00:08:58.320 And just like we need to find ourselves, in this man's greatest time of need, he comes straight to Jesus. 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:05.039 And we can learn a lot about making our requests made known to God through this man's story. 00:09:05.679 --> 00:09:07.360 First, he comes to Jesus. 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:10.559 Second, he humbly falls at his feet. 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:14.639 Third, he makes his requests known to Jesus. 00:09:14.960 --> 00:09:22.080 And fourth, he has faith that Jesus has the power and the authority to actually do what he's asking. 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:25.679 I think that's a great example of how we should pray. 00:09:25.840 --> 00:09:27.120 I mean, look at this man's faith. 00:09:27.200 --> 00:09:32.159 He just says, Come and lay your hands on her so that she can get well and live. 00:09:32.399 --> 00:09:34.399 There's just no doubt in that statement. 00:09:34.559 --> 00:09:37.360 It's just begging for Jesus to actually do it. 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:39.440 Let's move on to verse 24. 00:09:39.759 --> 00:09:45.759 So Jesus went with him, and a large crowd was following and pressing against him. 00:09:45.919 --> 00:09:52.559 Now, if you look up that word pressing in the Greek, it means to press on all sides from all directions. 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:56.960 So picture this crowd, and everyone's trying to get closer to Jesus. 00:09:57.200 --> 00:10:03.679 So that the ones that actually are close to Jesus are actually getting pushed in to him from all sides. 00:10:03.840 --> 00:10:05.279 And Jesus is trying to walk. 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:12.320 So you can imagine, you know, in your head how hard this is for Jesus to kind of navigate to get to Jairus' house. 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:22.480 And I don't know about you all, but as somebody that doesn't like big crowds in tight spaces, this sounds like my worst nightmare that Jesus is living right here. 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:28.399 Now, if I mention the name Bill Romanowski, who here has heard that name before? 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:30.159 Any any football fans here? 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:30.720 Okay. 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:38.799 So anyway, he was a very famous linebacker for the 49ers from 1988 to 1993. 00:10:39.440 --> 00:10:49.679 And somebody that I thought at the time was a wonderful, amazing football player, but I Googled his name to find out what dates he played for the 49ers. 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:53.279 You know, when you Google something, it says, you know, other people have also searched this. 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:55.679 You know, people that searched what you're searching have also. 00:10:56.000 --> 00:11:04.399 So when I typed in his name to find those dates, Google pops up and it says, People also asked, who is the dirtiest NFL player of all time? 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:10.799 Anyway, I'm telling you this, it's going somewhere, I promise. 00:11:11.120 --> 00:11:21.600 Is when I was a kid in the late 80s, the 49ers sent some of their players down to Salinas to play the Salinas Fire Department for a fundraiser in a basketball game. 00:11:21.759 --> 00:11:25.440 And my dad got tickets, and so I think it was him and me and my brother. 00:11:25.519 --> 00:11:31.519 We all went to this junior college in Salinas, and we're just so at least I was extremely excited. 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:33.440 Huge football fan at the time. 00:11:33.519 --> 00:11:38.080 The Niners are kind of at the height of their dynasty at that time, and I was just thrilled. 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:46.080 So we go and the 49ers start coming on the court and I was like, I don't know who any of these players all like all the bench players showed up to play this game. 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:50.559 But Bill Romanowski showed up, and I was just so ecstatic. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:53.840 And we had these programs, and I just kept thinking, I gotta get his autograph. 00:11:53.919 --> 00:11:55.120 I gotta get his autograph. 00:11:55.519 --> 00:12:03.120 And so after the game, in the lobby, they set out all these tables, and the players are sitting behind the tables, you know, and signing autographs, and I'm looking around. 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:05.519 It's like all these guys I've never heard of before. 00:12:05.679 --> 00:12:11.279 And Bill Romanowski wasn't out there, and so you know, I'm going and I'm still getting these autographs from these people. 00:12:11.360 --> 00:12:12.639 I have no clue who they are. 00:12:12.799 --> 00:12:26.720 But then Romanowski comes out of the gym, and I'm guessing he's trying to get to his car, and everybody kind of had the same idea I was, and they just came and just thronged the guy, and everybody's just you know coming up to him, autograph, autograph, and all that stuff. 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:28.799 I think I'm like eight or nine at the time. 00:12:28.960 --> 00:12:31.919 He's 6'4, 200 something pounds, linebacker. 00:12:32.080 --> 00:12:36.559 And I remember just being in this crowd, and it's just pushing in and it's pushing in. 00:12:36.639 --> 00:12:41.360 And I remember just being like right there holding up my program and my pin and just trying to get it. 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:44.000 He's grabbing everybody's except mine. 00:12:44.639 --> 00:12:47.759 And so finally I thought, I gotta do something about this. 00:12:48.080 --> 00:12:55.360 So I get in front of him and I just kind of lean forward like this, and he runs into me, and I'm just not gonna budge. 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:58.639 He's like, I'm gonna get this guy's, you know, his autograph. 00:12:58.960 --> 00:13:02.159 And I just remember looking at him, he's like, take it easy, little man. 00:13:02.399 --> 00:13:07.039 And he grabs my program and he signs it and he shows it back and he just takes off it. 00:13:07.279 --> 00:13:09.759 I was like, ah, I got his autograph, you know. 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:18.000 But when I think of the crowds around Jesus, you know, pressing in and pushing in on him, that's what I think of. 00:13:18.159 --> 00:13:20.799 That's the only experience I have of something like this. 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:25.519 Of just, it's just chaos and it's crazy, and it's pressing in from all sides. 00:13:25.679 --> 00:13:29.679 So that's the image I have in my head when I when I look at this. 00:13:30.240 --> 00:13:35.679 But the thing is that I think we should notice is Jesus never gets frustrated. 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:38.159 And he never loses his cool. 00:13:38.559 --> 00:13:42.879 He just keeps on loving and showing compassion on these people. 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:49.120 Because Jesus, as we've seen and we're gonna continue to see, is the ultimate servant. 00:13:50.080 --> 00:13:54.000 We never see one act of selfishness from him. 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:59.279 He came to serve and not be served. 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:08.639 And as these people are hanging all over him and begging for who knows what, Jesus continues to love them and he continues to serve them. 00:14:09.039 --> 00:14:17.200 They say an easy way to tell if you have a servant's heart is how you respond when you're treated like a servant. 00:14:18.240 --> 00:14:19.600 I want to read that again. 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:26.480 An easy way to tell if you have a servant's heart is how you respond when you're treated like a servant. 00:14:27.440 --> 00:14:30.960 I'll be honest, if I was Jesus in this moment, I probably would have lost it. 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:41.279 I would have gone all Bill Romanowski on these people and just been like, I've had it, leave me alone, you selfish horde of needy people, just out of my presence. 00:14:41.840 --> 00:14:46.799 But Jesus is treated like a servant and he continues to serve. 00:14:48.720 --> 00:14:54.720 So, do you feel like you're kind of getting a mental picture of what's going on in this scene right now with Jesus? 00:14:54.879 --> 00:15:08.799 And I hope you are because it's gonna become very important that we're picturing exactly what's going on as we look at his disciples' response in verse 31, but also as we look to this woman in our next verse with the flow of blood. 00:15:09.120 --> 00:15:18.080 Verse 25 says, now a woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years had endured much under many doctors. 00:15:18.240 --> 00:15:22.399 She had spent everything she had and was not helped at all. 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:25.279 On the contrary, she became worse. 00:15:25.519 --> 00:15:30.639 Now, this woman has a condition of bleeding for 12 years. 00:15:30.879 --> 00:15:34.480 And it's probably menstrual, but it doesn't say for sure. 00:15:34.639 --> 00:15:43.440 But regardless of what it is, this ailment that she has would have had major social ramifications on her life. 00:15:43.679 --> 00:15:51.120 If you want to learn more about it and read, you know, in a little more depth, you can find that in Leviticus 15, what that what this would mean for her. 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:52.720 But I'm just gonna summarize it. 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:56.080 It meant that she's considered unclean. 00:15:56.480 --> 00:15:59.840 It means that she cannot worship with her community. 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.000 No one can touch her, otherwise, they're gonna be made unclean as well. 00:16:04.240 --> 00:16:09.360 Everything that she sits on, everything that she lays down on is gonna be considered unclean. 00:16:09.519 --> 00:16:12.879 And this isn't Mosaic law, but it was a traditional law at the time. 00:16:13.039 --> 00:16:15.279 This was grounds for her husband to divorce her. 00:16:15.600 --> 00:16:28.799 We don't know if she was married or not, but if she did have a family, it would mean that she'd be banished from her own household because she's gonna defile all the people and all the things within her house with this 12-year flow that she had. 00:16:28.960 --> 00:16:37.039 And on top of that, could you imagine if you're bleeding for 12 years how weak and how sickly that you would be? 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:43.679 You know, if you start thinking about iron deficiencies and you start thinking about um all those different kinds of things, anemia. 00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:51.120 And it says that she had endured much under many doctors. 00:16:51.360 --> 00:16:57.679 You know, I've seen enough Westerns to know that I wouldn't want a doctor from the 1800s working on me. 00:16:58.799 --> 00:17:02.320 But imagine 2,000 years ago what these doctors are doing. 00:17:02.399 --> 00:17:13.599 You know, with the limited knowledge that they had of the human body, equipment, you know, no anesthesia, no sanitation practices, or very little, I should say. 00:17:14.160 --> 00:17:20.640 This woman was probably the equivalent of a lab rat to these doctors of, well, I wonder what this is gonna do. 00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:22.720 Or here, let's try this and let's see what happens. 00:17:22.880 --> 00:17:25.680 Oh, by the way, give me all your money before you leave. 00:17:26.160 --> 00:17:28.480 Which we learned that she actually does all those things. 00:17:28.640 --> 00:17:34.000 And it says that she had spent everything that she had and she had suffered greatly. 00:17:34.400 --> 00:17:39.119 This woman has tried everything, and nothing has worked. 00:17:39.839 --> 00:17:41.839 And we see this theme again. 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:47.599 Like the like the synagogue leader and the demon-possessed man, just absolute desperation. 00:17:48.319 --> 00:17:50.799 And here's what she does, verse 27. 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:57.119 Having heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his clothing. 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:01.519 For she said, If I just touch his clothes, I'll be made well. 00:18:02.880 --> 00:18:07.119 You can imagine why this woman doesn't want to make a scene. 00:18:07.599 --> 00:18:13.839 She's ceremonially unclean in a huge crowd that is pressing against itself. 00:18:15.279 --> 00:18:19.599 She has to make her way through that crowd just to get to Jesus. 00:18:19.839 --> 00:18:26.640 You know, she doesn't want everyone that she just touched to know that by the way, I just made you unclean. 00:18:28.079 --> 00:18:29.440 She shouldn't be there. 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:32.960 She's breaking the law of Moses just by being there in that crowd. 00:18:33.200 --> 00:18:44.720 So in her mind, she's probably thinking, you know, I'll just slip in, I'll touch the hem of his clothes, I'll be healed, and I'll slip out without anybody knowing, without drawing any attention to myself. 00:18:44.880 --> 00:18:48.640 I'll just get healed without making a scene, and then I'll just escape and be done. 00:18:48.880 --> 00:18:52.720 And so far, the first half of her plan is actually working. 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:54.319 Verse 29. 00:18:54.720 --> 00:19:01.519 And instantly her flow of blood ceased, and she sensed in her body that she was healed of her affliction. 00:19:01.680 --> 00:19:04.559 So again, we see incredible faith. 00:19:04.799 --> 00:19:06.079 There's no doubt in her. 00:19:06.400 --> 00:19:11.200 Just a complete faith in Jesus and his authority over everything. 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:16.720 And when I picture this, I don't see her, you know, right up next to Jesus and just, you know, tap and touch his clothing. 00:19:16.880 --> 00:19:19.440 I see her fighting just to try and get close enough. 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:26.400 You know, either reaching through a couple people, or maybe even down on her knees, just reaching through legs, just trying to grab the hem of his garment. 00:19:28.480 --> 00:19:29.519 And she does. 00:19:29.759 --> 00:19:33.359 She gets a hold of it and she's healed. 00:19:34.000 --> 00:19:34.960 Instantly. 00:19:35.200 --> 00:19:41.119 Her flow of blood ceased, and she could sense that her affliction was healed inside of her. 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.279 So her plan is working perfectly so far. 00:19:45.759 --> 00:19:49.519 But just as quickly as she's healed, Jesus stops. 00:19:49.759 --> 00:19:54.799 And verse 30 says, Immediately Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. 00:19:55.119 --> 00:19:59.599 He turned around in the crowd and said, Who touched my clothes? 00:20:00.160 --> 00:20:00.799 Uh-oh. 00:20:01.920 --> 00:20:04.079 She just got caught in her plan. 00:20:04.799 --> 00:20:06.160 And nobody else, think about it. 00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:10.480 Nobody else had a clue what was going on except for Jesus and this woman. 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:13.759 What must be going through her mind right now? 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:15.279 I mean, think of the mixed emotions. 00:20:15.440 --> 00:20:17.440 One, she's healed of a 12-year ailment. 00:20:17.519 --> 00:20:24.480 So there's got to be this excitement and crazy emotion, but at the same time, she just got caught by God. 00:20:27.920 --> 00:20:31.680 So she's probably just experiencing all of this, you know, this craziness. 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:34.960 And then, of course, the disciples need to interject here. 00:20:35.519 --> 00:20:41.200 And as they interject, I can't help reading verse 31 without a hint of sarcasm coming from them. 00:20:41.359 --> 00:20:49.920 It says, verse 31, his disciples said to him, Uh, you see the crowd pressing against you, and yet you say, Who touched me? 00:20:50.480 --> 00:20:56.480 You know, I could imagine the disciples thinking, oh man, we're gonna have to sit Jesus down again. 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:01.680 Talk to him about not appearing crazy in public, you know. 00:21:01.839 --> 00:21:05.359 We're gonna have to we're gonna have to do this as soon as we're out of here. 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:13.200 But the thing is, is only Jesus and only this woman know what happened. 00:21:13.359 --> 00:21:18.240 Everybody else thinks this Jesus guy's crazy because everybody is thronging him. 00:21:18.720 --> 00:21:26.720 But Jesus ignores everybody else, he ignores the disciples, and in verse 32 it says, But he was looking around to see who had done this. 00:21:27.279 --> 00:21:36.720 The woman with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. 00:21:37.599 --> 00:21:49.839 This woman had not asked permission, she was unclean, and she acted with incredible boldness towards somebody who had the power to heal and had authority over demons. 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:57.839 She took a big risk in this moment, and her plan of anonymity is absolutely destroyed. 00:21:58.640 --> 00:22:05.839 Now, in Luke's gospel, it Actually, she says that she only came forward after realizing that she could not remain hidden. 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:10.720 So she was like, Uh, he's asking, but I'm not really gonna say anything. 00:22:10.880 --> 00:22:13.519 And she just sat there and waited, and she's like, okay. 00:22:13.759 --> 00:22:16.400 Then she comes forward and confesses. 00:22:17.279 --> 00:22:19.279 So at this point, she might be thinking, you know what? 00:22:19.359 --> 00:22:20.960 I just made a huge mistake. 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:30.160 Because she comes and falls down with fear and trembling before Jesus at his feet, and she confesses everything that she had just done. 00:22:31.440 --> 00:22:36.559 And now she's kneeling there, waiting for Jesus' response. 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:43.920 And I want you to note the first word that Jesus says to this woman daughter. 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:48.240 Daughter, he said to her, Your faith has saved you. 00:22:48.559 --> 00:22:52.400 Go in peace and be healed from your affliction. 00:22:52.960 --> 00:22:58.079 The first word that Jesus spoke to her was a word to set her at ease. 00:22:58.319 --> 00:23:01.039 To tell her, don't fear, don't tremble. 00:23:01.440 --> 00:23:02.160 It's okay. 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:03.680 You can go in peace. 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:06.160 Your faith has saved you. 00:23:06.799 --> 00:23:17.359 And as we see as Jesus' custom, and we talked about this a couple weeks ago, Jesus always points out when he sees great faith and when he sees a lack of faith. 00:23:17.599 --> 00:23:19.440 And this woman has a lot. 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:21.279 And he points it out. 00:23:21.759 --> 00:23:24.079 And she just doesn't have just faith. 00:23:24.319 --> 00:23:30.960 As we see here, she has absolute bold faith that Jesus has absolute power and authority. 00:23:31.200 --> 00:23:39.359 And when Jesus says, your faith has saved you, I really don't think Jesus is talking about her physical ailment or physical problem at this time. 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.400 I think he was talking about her spiritual condition. 00:23:42.640 --> 00:23:44.799 Because notice there's two sentences. 00:23:45.279 --> 00:23:46.160 Look right in your Bibles. 00:23:46.319 --> 00:23:48.319 There's two sentences in verse 34. 00:23:48.960 --> 00:23:52.319 The first one is regarding her salvation. 00:23:52.720 --> 00:23:55.759 The second one is regarding her physical healing. 00:23:55.839 --> 00:23:59.680 He says, daughter, he said to her, your faith has saved you. 00:23:59.920 --> 00:24:01.039 Spiritual healing. 00:24:01.200 --> 00:24:03.519 Go in peace and be healed from your affliction. 00:24:03.759 --> 00:24:05.279 Physical healing. 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:08.240 And I ask you, which one's more important? 00:24:09.519 --> 00:24:11.839 That she's healed for eternity? 00:24:12.160 --> 00:24:14.720 Or that she's healed of her ailment? 00:24:14.960 --> 00:24:20.799 Because her feel her physical healing's only going to last as long as she does. 00:24:21.039 --> 00:24:23.440 When she dies, that's not really going to matter anymore. 00:24:23.680 --> 00:24:25.759 But her spiritual healing is lasting. 00:24:25.839 --> 00:24:29.039 And it's something that, think about it, she's enjoying today. 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:35.279 As she's worshiping Jesus in heaven right now, 200 or 2,000 years later. 00:24:36.079 --> 00:24:40.960 And it was by her faith in Jesus that she was saved. 00:24:42.000 --> 00:24:43.599 Now I want you to think about this. 00:24:43.839 --> 00:24:50.480 According to the law, according to Leviticus 15, her touching Jesus should have made Jesus unclean. 00:24:51.599 --> 00:24:53.200 But the opposite happens. 00:24:53.440 --> 00:24:57.279 She touches Jesus, and she's the one that's made clean. 00:24:58.000 --> 00:25:04.400 And here we get a glimpse of the new covenant that's being ushered in by Jesus. 00:25:04.960 --> 00:25:13.039 Where we place our faith in Jesus, we cast our sin and our filth and our uncleanness on Jesus. 00:25:13.519 --> 00:25:20.240 And it doesn't make him dirty, it doesn't make him unclean, it doesn't make him a sinner, it makes us clean. 00:25:21.039 --> 00:25:23.200 It makes us new creations. 00:25:29.200 --> 00:25:34.720 We're the one that tried everything that the world had to offer, trying to make us feel whole. 00:25:34.960 --> 00:25:40.960 We're the ones that tried to live by the law and just realized that we couldn't do it on our own. 00:25:41.359 --> 00:25:46.240 And we we had tried everything and we found that nothing else worked. 00:25:46.559 --> 00:25:51.759 We finally came to Jesus in absolute desperation. 00:25:53.200 --> 00:25:54.960 And he made us whole. 00:25:58.240 --> 00:26:04.640 By taking what was killing us on himself and taking those things to the cross for us. 00:26:05.119 --> 00:26:08.960 Dying the death that we were headed for in our place. 00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:25.759 We've all been there before in some way or another. 00:26:26.079 --> 00:26:29.440 And it's Jesus that made us new creations. 00:26:30.880 --> 00:26:33.680 Just like we're gonna see with Jairus and his daughter here. 00:26:34.400 --> 00:26:38.480 So Jesus tells this woman that she is made new. 00:26:38.799 --> 00:26:49.920 And I want you to think about what a shot in the arm this must have been for Jairus to witness this as they're on the way for Jesus to heal his daughter. 00:26:50.799 --> 00:26:56.160 And he's gonna need that extra shot of faith because look at verse 35 with me. 00:26:56.400 --> 00:27:03.759 It says while he was still speaking, people came from the synagogue, uh leader's house, and said, Your daughter is dead. 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:06.400 Why bother the teacher anymore? 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:16.079 Now, we have some new people on the scene that don't have any faith, or maybe I should say they don't, they're not showing much faith in Jesus at this time. 00:27:16.319 --> 00:27:20.799 You know, they're saying, this teacher that you went to get, it's too late. 00:27:21.119 --> 00:27:23.920 You may think he has power to heal, but raise the dead. 00:27:24.079 --> 00:27:26.079 I mean, you know, come on, good luck with that. 00:27:26.319 --> 00:27:36.960 But I think if we were all to be honest, I think each one of us can probably relate to the struggle of having similar doubts at different times in our life. 00:27:37.200 --> 00:27:40.480 Where we think something might be too big for God. 00:27:41.039 --> 00:27:43.759 Or we think that maybe God is just too late. 00:27:44.000 --> 00:27:48.400 If only he worked quicker and on my schedule, then we'd get things worked out. 00:27:48.480 --> 00:27:50.319 Have you ever had that thought before? 00:27:50.640 --> 00:27:55.839 But Jesus jumps in before this guy loses heart in verse 36. 00:27:55.920 --> 00:28:05.200 And Jesus says, uh, it says, when Jesus overheard what was said, he told the synagogue leader, don't be afraid, only believe. 00:28:05.599 --> 00:28:10.880 Now think about Jairus in this moment and the waves of emotion that he must be going through. 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:16.480 First, he comes to Jesus, he's got faith and he's got hope, and Jesus is headed to his house. 00:28:16.640 --> 00:28:18.240 You know, things are going great. 00:28:18.400 --> 00:28:20.160 And then a gut punch. 00:28:20.319 --> 00:28:22.160 Your daughter is dead. 00:28:22.480 --> 00:28:26.400 Followed by Jesus telling him, Don't let these others bring doubt into your mind. 00:28:26.480 --> 00:28:28.160 Don't be afraid, only believe. 00:28:28.319 --> 00:28:29.759 Don't lose faith. 00:28:30.000 --> 00:28:35.359 The same God that began this good work is going to be faithful to complete it. 00:28:35.839 --> 00:28:39.119 Don't let the words of these others push your faith down. 00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:40.480 I'm still here. 00:28:40.720 --> 00:28:42.000 I'm still with you. 00:28:42.240 --> 00:28:43.759 I'm still for you. 00:28:44.000 --> 00:28:46.000 Don't be afraid, he tells them. 00:28:46.240 --> 00:28:47.599 Only believe. 00:28:48.880 --> 00:28:56.799 Have you ever noticed before how our measure of faith can so easily be influenced or affected by others? 00:28:57.039 --> 00:29:00.960 You know, this guy just got news that he should give up hope. 00:29:01.279 --> 00:29:07.119 And Jesus is right there to say, nope, I'm still here, I'm still God, and I still got this. 00:29:08.000 --> 00:29:12.559 And those are the same reminders that we constantly need in our daily walk, aren't they? 00:29:13.839 --> 00:29:22.319 It's so easy to get discouraged and to get disappointed and to lose hope when we just look around at all the conditions around us. 00:29:23.440 --> 00:29:31.200 We need that constant reminder that Jesus is not only close, but he's living and he's working inside of us. 00:29:32.480 --> 00:29:41.920 But sometimes we need to remind each other, and sometimes we need to remind ourselves that Jesus is near, that he sees, and that he cares. 00:29:42.160 --> 00:29:45.200 And Jesus is doing this right now for Jairus. 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:46.799 Look at verse 37 with me. 00:29:46.960 --> 00:29:54.079 It says, He did not let anyone accompany him except Peter, James, and John, James's brother. 00:29:54.240 --> 00:29:56.319 So he tells the crowd, stay here, stay behind. 00:29:56.480 --> 00:29:57.920 I'm gonna go into this house. 00:29:58.079 --> 00:30:00.640 And he picks the three disciples. 00:30:00.799 --> 00:30:05.200 Uh, and it, you know, we see this often that these three disciples go with Jesus. 00:30:05.279 --> 00:30:06.960 Uh, it's Peter, James, and John. 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.119 You know, some say, oh, this is Jesus' inner circle, like his closest disciples. 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:15.279 Others say these are the firecrackers that Jesus is afraid to leave alone. 00:30:16.400 --> 00:30:22.400 We don't know, but Jesus continues to take those three with him on uh on little journeys. 00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.920 But anyway, verse 38. 00:30:24.160 --> 00:30:31.200 They came to the leader's house and he saw a commotion, people weeping and wailing loudly. 00:30:31.440 --> 00:30:44.960 It was Jewish tradition at this time that if someone had died, that they would hire professional mourners to actually come in to weep and to wail, to play flutes, and to kind of create this atmosphere of mourning. 00:30:45.839 --> 00:30:51.039 And the idea behind it was to help show the depth of the family's grief that they were going through. 00:30:51.200 --> 00:30:56.160 And usually the more wealthy you are, the more mourners and flute players that you could hire. 00:30:56.400 --> 00:31:11.119 But early church history tells us that even the poorest of poor were expected to hire at least two flute players and one professional mourner to come if they had a close relative that would that had passed away. 00:31:11.680 --> 00:31:17.920 And I know this sounds so foreign to us, and you know, but at this time this was a normal thing in this culture. 00:31:18.079 --> 00:31:21.440 And this is what Jesus encounters as he comes to Jairus' house. 00:31:21.599 --> 00:31:22.559 Verse 39. 00:31:22.799 --> 00:31:27.680 He went in and said to them, Why are you making a commotion and weeping? 00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:30.240 The child's not dead but asleep. 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:34.319 They laughed at him, but he put them all outside. 00:31:34.640 --> 00:31:43.519 Jesus hasn't even seen the child yet, and he's telling those that have seen the child or that are actually in the house where her body's laying that she's okay. 00:31:44.000 --> 00:31:47.279 You know, it's no wonder that they laughed at Jesus. 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:51.279 And the word laughed here in the Greek means to deride. 00:31:51.599 --> 00:31:55.119 And the tense of this word means that they did it continuously. 00:31:55.279 --> 00:31:59.920 So they just they weren't just laughing, they were mocking Jesus, they were ridiculing him. 00:32:00.319 --> 00:32:01.920 You know, who does this guy think he is? 00:32:02.160 --> 00:32:02.720 A doctor? 00:32:02.799 --> 00:32:06.240 And you know, now this guy thinks you know he can tell the difference between this and that. 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:08.000 We're professionals, you know. 00:32:10.000 --> 00:32:19.279 And I think we it proves that these people were professionals because they went from wailing and mourning to laughter and ridicule, you know, in two seconds. 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:21.599 And so Jesus just kicks them out. 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:24.240 Outside, all of you, just get out of here. 00:32:24.799 --> 00:32:26.799 Let's look at the second half of verse 40. 00:32:26.960 --> 00:32:33.440 He took the child's father, mother, and those who were with him and entered the place where the child was. 00:32:33.839 --> 00:32:43.839 Then he took the child by the hand and said to her, and this is in Aramaic, Talitha Kaum, which is translated, little girl, I say to you, get up. 00:32:44.079 --> 00:32:46.720 Immediately the girl got up and began to walk. 00:32:46.880 --> 00:32:48.640 She was twelve years old. 00:32:48.880 --> 00:32:52.000 At this, they were utterly astounded. 00:32:52.480 --> 00:32:58.640 Jesus heals this little girl that was left for dead, and she's restored. 00:32:59.279 --> 00:33:05.359 Just like the demon-possessed man that was left and rejected by his community, a hopeless case. 00:33:05.759 --> 00:33:07.279 Fully restored. 00:33:07.920 --> 00:33:16.000 Just like the woman with a flow of blood, cast out as unclean, given up on by the doctors, fully restored. 00:33:16.960 --> 00:33:21.920 Now this little girl left for dead, all had given up hope. 00:33:22.319 --> 00:33:23.839 Fully restored. 00:33:24.319 --> 00:33:25.599 You guys see the theme here? 00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:26.960 Chapter 5? 00:33:28.799 --> 00:33:34.640 Jesus loves taking the people that everyone has given up on and making new creations. 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:48.240 He's in the business of taking what is rejected, like these three in chapter 5, like his disciples, and confounding the world with them. 00:33:48.640 --> 00:33:54.240