WEBVTT 00:00:00.239 --> 00:00:00.560 Amen. 00:00:01.280 --> 00:00:06.480 As you pass the baskets this morning, I just want to say happy 16 years. 00:00:06.719 --> 00:00:09.599 Can we give God one more hand for 16 years? 00:00:14.720 --> 00:00:20.480 16 years ago today, it wasn't actually the first meeting of Hope Church. 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:23.199 It's just what we celebrate as our birthday. 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:31.039 People were meeting and getting ready because don't you know that sometimes a church has to get things together before they start inviting other people? 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:31.760 Amen. 00:00:32.159 --> 00:00:35.600 You know, sometimes you got to clean your house before you invite people over, right? 00:00:36.240 --> 00:00:38.320 Some of us don't have a clean house all the time. 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:42.159 So we have to invite people, we have to clean house before we invite people over. 00:00:42.399 --> 00:00:43.520 And that's what we were doing. 00:00:43.600 --> 00:00:45.439 We were getting ready for our launch. 00:00:45.679 --> 00:00:56.079 And 16 years ago today, a group of about 120 people met across town in the Cleveland Conference Center and met. 00:00:56.159 --> 00:01:00.719 And don't be impressed by that 120 number because the next week it was 40. 00:01:00.960 --> 00:01:04.400 We were we just had guests there that day that wanted to celebrate with us. 00:01:17.280 --> 00:01:21.200 But the first two years of Hope Church, we were not uh in charge. 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:25.920 In fact, God brought us into a support role uh from the beginning. 00:01:26.159 --> 00:01:31.439 And what Crystal and I did was come to this place in faith. 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:37.120 And so this morning I want you to know that you are sitting in faith. 00:01:39.040 --> 00:01:54.799 Crystal and I left the wilderness of Midland, Texas without a promise of anything, just a word from the Lord that says, I want you to go to help a church in Cleburn, Texas called Hope Church. 00:01:54.959 --> 00:01:56.799 You've all heard of Hope Church. 00:01:56.879 --> 00:01:58.640 Guess who had never heard of Hope Church? 00:01:58.959 --> 00:01:59.599 Us. 00:02:01.200 --> 00:02:04.719 And he, I want you to go and I want you to lead worship. 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:09.759 Listen, I had gone to school to lead worship as a trade. 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:11.039 And guess what? 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:13.840 Guess what my starting salary at Hope Church was? 00:02:13.919 --> 00:02:14.800 Anybody want to guess? 00:02:15.919 --> 00:02:17.759 Zero is the answer. 00:02:18.639 --> 00:02:21.039 I had a sugar mama that took care of me. 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:21.759 Amen. 00:02:25.599 --> 00:02:26.639 That's right, guys. 00:02:26.800 --> 00:02:29.840 Find you a woman in the medical field, and you'll never have to work a day in your life. 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:31.360 I'm just kidding. 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:33.439 I could have done that. 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:34.240 That would have been great. 00:02:34.560 --> 00:02:36.080 But a stay-at-home dad could have worked on it. 00:02:36.159 --> 00:02:36.879 I'd have gone crazy. 00:02:36.960 --> 00:02:39.680 I'd have taken over the world eventually. 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:46.879 But you know, you you sit in today and you go, wow, isn't God faithful? 00:02:48.000 --> 00:02:52.159 But you weren't there on the days that we wanted to quit. 00:02:53.599 --> 00:02:58.159 You weren't there on the days that we went, God, are you sure? 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.000 Are you sure this is what you called us to do? 00:03:02.400 --> 00:03:05.759 And I'd like to say there's aren't there aren't those days today. 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:07.280 There absolutely is. 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:11.360 And we have people that were in that are in this room today that were at the first service. 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:12.879 I think Cheryl and Mel were there. 00:03:12.960 --> 00:03:14.400 I think Dis and Ruby were there. 00:03:14.560 --> 00:03:16.080 I think Ronnie and Marianna were there. 00:03:16.159 --> 00:03:17.120 Did I miss anybody? 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:17.680 Please. 00:03:18.000 --> 00:03:19.520 Hopefully I didn't miss anybody. 00:03:19.759 --> 00:03:20.560 Anyone else? 00:03:20.800 --> 00:03:21.120 Okay. 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:23.199 Don't want to get an email. 00:03:24.800 --> 00:03:30.400 So a grand total of six people that sit in this room today were there at the first service. 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:39.520 The rest of you were here, are here because of the blood, sweat, and faithful tears of those people. 00:03:41.280 --> 00:03:47.039 So let me ask you this question: Have you ever reached a place where you've done everything that you know to do? 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:56.319 You've prayed, you've waited, you've tried to fix everything you know to fix, and still nothing changes. 00:03:56.960 --> 00:03:58.400 I always joke with you. 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.639 There were 37 people. 00:04:00.960 --> 00:04:03.520 My first Sunday as lead pastor. 00:04:03.759 --> 00:04:06.560 Would you believe that wasn't even the lowest Sunday? 00:04:06.879 --> 00:04:08.560 Six months later. 00:04:09.360 --> 00:04:10.159 You had that right. 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:11.680 Six months later. 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.879 Six months after laboring at the church. 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:17.600 Our lowest day was 32 people. 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:25.839 And let me tell you, that Monday, always pray for your pastor on Monday because every pastor usually quits on Monday. 00:04:26.160 --> 00:04:31.759 That Monday I went, I'm gonna find the nearest, tallest bridge and jump off of it. 00:04:34.160 --> 00:04:40.480 Because Lord, you brought me to this place and you've shown me that I'm a terrible pastor. 00:04:41.839 --> 00:04:42.399 Never. 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:44.319 And that's the thing. 00:04:44.639 --> 00:04:49.519 Sometimes God's faithfulness doesn't happen as fast as we think it can happen. 00:04:50.480 --> 00:05:01.279 But sometimes, if you labor in the ways that God tells you that he wants you to, it's amazing at what he can do in 16 years. 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:10.959 I don't think any of us in that room, if you'd have showed us a picture of today, 16 years later, with we have this amazing facility. 00:05:11.199 --> 00:05:17.680 We have one church that's meeting this morning in Meridian, Texas, and one that's on the way in Alvaredo, Texas. 00:05:17.920 --> 00:05:23.040 We would not have believed we could barely pay our bills, much less the bills of two more kids. 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:26.079 Don't laugh, Amanda, out loud. 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:27.439 That way they can't hear it. 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:32.879 One day they'll grow up and pay their own bills, one day. 00:05:33.279 --> 00:05:34.720 Meridian's doing an okay job. 00:05:34.800 --> 00:05:36.000 Alvaredo's getting there. 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:37.839 But that's the thing. 00:05:38.079 --> 00:05:42.560 Never did I think that we could figure it out. 00:05:42.879 --> 00:05:46.720 Never did I think that God would do all this. 00:05:47.120 --> 00:05:52.959 Now, Luke 8 today introduces us to two people in that kind of desperation. 00:05:53.120 --> 00:05:56.079 They have nowhere else to go but to God. 00:05:56.800 --> 00:06:02.720 Jairus is respected and known, but his 12-year-old daughter is dying. 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:09.680 Then there's an unnamed woman who has been suffering for 12 years with an infirmity. 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:13.519 One person's nightmare had just begun. 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:17.279 The other has been living in it for 12 years. 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.319 But both come to the same conclusion. 00:06:20.480 --> 00:06:22.399 And you know what that conclusion is? 00:06:22.720 --> 00:06:25.519 I need Jesus. 00:06:26.560 --> 00:06:31.600 Listen, over the past few weeks, Jesus has already shown his authority over storms. 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:33.680 He's shown his authority over demons. 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:38.959 Now Luke shows us his authority over sickness and death. 00:06:39.600 --> 00:06:47.040 Listen, guys, we serve a God this morning that there is no category of brokenness over which Jesus is not the Lord. 00:06:49.439 --> 00:06:59.600 So, guys, when life pushes us to the edge of what we can control, Jesus invites us to trust what only He can do. 00:07:01.360 --> 00:07:07.519 So, the title of my message this morning, if you're reading the ESV version, this is something that Jesus says. 00:07:07.600 --> 00:07:13.120 And I think this should be something that we should all say over Hope Church and over our lives. 00:07:13.199 --> 00:07:17.600 It's do not fear, only believe. 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:22.000 Do not fear, only believe. 00:07:22.160 --> 00:07:24.720 If you have your Bibles, grab them, go to Luke chapter 8. 00:07:24.800 --> 00:07:27.120 We're going to start in verse 40 this morning. 00:07:27.279 --> 00:07:28.720 Couple of announcements I'd like to make. 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.160 Number one, after second service today, we will have lunch. 00:07:32.319 --> 00:07:42.879 Uh, the staff is is, if you don't believe our staff is prophetic, uh, I'd like to tell you today, today is number 12 day of September of over 100. 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:45.680 And the staff said, I think it's really gonna be hot. 00:07:45.839 --> 00:07:47.839 We should probably have lunch inside. 00:07:48.639 --> 00:07:50.560 Aren't you glad that the staff said that? 00:07:50.720 --> 00:07:51.040 Amen. 00:07:51.439 --> 00:07:54.800 It's gonna be over 100 by the time we eat lunch today. 00:07:54.879 --> 00:07:59.199 Uh, we used to eat outside and we're like, it kind of gets cool in September, right? 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:00.240 Wrong. 00:08:00.399 --> 00:08:05.680 Uh, and so today we're gonna clear out the sanctuary in just a few moments, and we're gonna have lunch in here. 00:08:05.759 --> 00:08:12.000 Um, if you came to the first service and you'd like to come back to the second, you're always welcome uh to come back and have lunch with us. 00:08:12.160 --> 00:08:13.519 No pressure either way. 00:08:13.680 --> 00:08:18.399 The other announcement I want to make is trunk or treat is coming. 00:08:18.560 --> 00:08:20.480 Anyone excited about trunk or treat? 00:08:21.759 --> 00:08:24.240 The funeral home has invited us back. 00:08:24.959 --> 00:08:28.480 Nothing says church like have an event at a funeral home, amen. 00:08:30.399 --> 00:08:35.679 You know, believe it or not, I still haven't gotten any emails about that, but you can be the first person if you'd like. 00:08:35.840 --> 00:08:40.399 Uh, so we are now collecting uh candy if you'd like to donate. 00:08:40.559 --> 00:08:43.120 Candy is our biggest expense for that event. 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:47.120 Uh, you could also get on your church center app and you can sign up uh and be a trunk. 00:08:47.279 --> 00:08:52.799 Listen, guys, we we have um this is our biggest outreach of the year. 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:55.519 This is our biggest presence in the community all year. 00:08:55.600 --> 00:08:58.159 Uh, and every year it's gotten better and better and better. 00:08:58.320 --> 00:08:59.679 But you know why it's gotten better? 00:08:59.840 --> 00:09:01.679 Because you have volunteered. 00:09:01.919 --> 00:09:08.639 And so if you want to go spread the love of Jesus on a dark day at a funeral home, we would love to have you, right? 00:09:09.200 --> 00:09:11.039 They don't write that in the pastor books. 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:13.039 Let's go have an outreach at a funeral home. 00:09:13.120 --> 00:09:13.440 Amen. 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:15.679 Well, they do, it's just a different never mind. 00:09:15.759 --> 00:09:16.799 I'm not gonna get into that. 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:19.279 Um, how about we get into the Bible? 00:09:19.440 --> 00:09:19.919 Does that sound good? 00:09:20.080 --> 00:09:21.120 Luke chapter 8. 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:23.279 Gonna start in verse 40. 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:27.919 So now, when Jesus returned, the crowd welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. 00:09:28.080 --> 00:09:43.519 And there came a man named Jairus, who was a ruler, who was a ruler of the synagogue, and falling at Jesus' feet, he implored him to come to his house, for he had an only daughter, about 12 of age, and she was dying. 00:09:44.480 --> 00:09:46.159 Did I read the wrong thing? 00:09:46.399 --> 00:09:46.720 Yes. 00:09:47.440 --> 00:09:49.120 When did I read the wrong thing? 00:09:49.840 --> 00:09:54.399 And Jesus, as Jesus went, the 42 keeps going. 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.480 As Jesus went, the people pressed around him. 00:09:59.200 --> 00:10:03.279 So as Jesus went, the people were already pressing around him to see what was happening. 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:08.960 So the first point of four today is desperation has a way of driving us to Jesus. 00:10:09.919 --> 00:10:13.759 Desperation has a way of driving us to Jesus. 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:17.679 Maybe some of you are here today because you're like, you know what? 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:19.600 I don't have anywhere else to go. 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.679 I don't have anywhere else to turn to. 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:23.120 I'm gonna go to church. 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:24.799 Can I tell you something today? 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:26.480 You came to the right place. 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:33.360 Jairus was a respected synagogue leader with influence and reputation. 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:37.919 But when his 12-year-old daughter was dying, none of that mattered. 00:10:38.799 --> 00:10:42.240 Desperation brought him to the feet of Jesus. 00:10:42.559 --> 00:10:50.879 When it's your child, when it's your your marriage, your health, or someone you love, you don't care who sees you, cry out for help. 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:53.519 And I love what happens next. 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:58.960 Jairus brings his knee to Jesus, and what does Jesus do? 00:10:59.440 --> 00:11:00.960 Jesus goes with him. 00:11:03.120 --> 00:11:08.879 Guys, when something happens to your child, everything else becomes secondary. 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:14.399 I remember when Noah was little, he came to our room crying. 00:11:15.039 --> 00:11:16.799 And that wasn't uncommon. 00:11:16.879 --> 00:11:23.360 Uh and back in that day, I would I would take him, and he was small enough that I'd go and just toss him in his bed. 00:11:24.080 --> 00:11:26.000 Because that's what dads do, right? 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:29.679 Moms are for hugs, dads are for throwing, okay? 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:34.240 Um, and so today he was he was crying. 00:11:34.399 --> 00:11:38.159 I'm like, bud, go go get in your bed, go get in your bed, go get in your bed. 00:11:38.320 --> 00:11:40.320 And and I went and I picked him up. 00:11:40.480 --> 00:11:43.919 He was crying, and he said, he said, Dad, I fell out of my bed. 00:11:44.000 --> 00:11:44.720 Dad, I fell out. 00:11:44.799 --> 00:11:45.600 You're okay, son. 00:11:45.679 --> 00:11:46.639 It's not a big deal. 00:11:46.799 --> 00:11:49.679 So I go and throw him into his bed. 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:56.399 And he just usually he'd laugh and cry, but this time he just laid there and was shaking. 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:59.519 I'm like, something's different. 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:01.360 So I pick him up and I go, What's wrong? 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:04.159 He goes, Dad, it's my shoulder. 00:12:04.399 --> 00:12:05.919 And I go, hmm. 00:12:06.320 --> 00:12:08.559 I just threw the kid on the bed. 00:12:09.679 --> 00:12:12.399 His shoulder was already hurting, and I just threw him on the bed. 00:12:12.559 --> 00:12:14.240 So I did the collarbone check. 00:12:14.399 --> 00:12:19.360 Anyone know the collarbone check where you raise, if you can't raise your arm past here, your collarbone's broken. 00:12:19.440 --> 00:12:20.960 So he went to about here. 00:12:21.360 --> 00:12:26.399 So I had all the parent guilt of I'd just thrown my son with a broken collarbone onto the bed. 00:12:29.120 --> 00:12:31.679 Don't worry, I'll pay for the therapy one day for that. 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:37.279 But uh but instantly, it's two in the morning. 00:12:37.440 --> 00:12:38.320 What am I worried about? 00:12:38.480 --> 00:12:40.320 Am I worried about going back to bed? 00:12:40.639 --> 00:12:42.000 No, what am I worried about? 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:51.519 Taking my son, who also has a black eye from getting kicked in the face by a swing set to walls. 00:12:51.600 --> 00:12:54.559 And I'm going, CPS is coming today. 00:12:58.720 --> 00:13:03.360 So I'll walk in, and all the nurses are like, so how did he get the black eye? 00:13:03.600 --> 00:13:05.360 And I'm like, tell him, son. 00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:10.159 Because I know, I know they're looking for dad to manipulate the story, right? 00:13:10.399 --> 00:13:13.759 They're looking for the man, do you know the big scary man? 00:13:13.840 --> 00:13:16.799 So I just sat quietly in the corner, I was like, ask him, he'll tell you. 00:13:17.519 --> 00:13:26.240 Thankfully, thankfully, a three-year-old story was consistent enough to convince the nurses that I was not beating him. 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:34.159 Um thankfully, you left the part out of the story where I threw him into the bed uh because I felt really bad about that. 00:13:34.320 --> 00:13:35.440 Um, but it's okay. 00:13:35.600 --> 00:13:39.519 I fell off the couch when I was a child when my dad was watching the Mavericks and broke my leg. 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:41.679 Uh, but like father, like son. 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:50.639 And so, you know, when your child is hurting, everything else in life is secondary. 00:13:51.120 --> 00:13:54.240 And imagine even worse, that's that's where Jairus is. 00:13:54.480 --> 00:13:58.399 He isn't coming to Jesus as a as a synagogue ruler, as a leader. 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:02.639 He's coming as a dad who is desperate and needs help. 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:07.840 Sometimes faith begins simply by saying, Jesus, I need you. 00:14:09.120 --> 00:14:12.480 Desperation isn't always evidence of weak faith. 00:14:13.039 --> 00:14:18.080 It can actually lead us to a deeper faith when it drives us towards Jesus. 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.519 When you don't know what to do, start here. 00:14:22.000 --> 00:14:23.200 Go to Jesus. 00:14:23.840 --> 00:14:25.679 Bring him what you can't fix. 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:33.840 Bring him what you can't change or control because you are never too desperate to fall at his feet. 00:14:35.600 --> 00:14:42.960 Listen, guys, when you've reached the end of yourself, you've found the perfect place to reach for Jesus. 00:14:43.919 --> 00:14:51.840 You know, some of you are here today, maybe a friend brought you, or maybe you're just here for the free food later, and that's okay. 00:14:52.960 --> 00:14:59.039 But you're at the perfect place to be at the feet of Jesus. 00:14:59.279 --> 00:15:11.919 And I truly believe just in how he has made this church with miraculous miracles, I believe he can truly transform your life. 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:13.919 Verse 43, let's keep reading. 00:15:14.000 --> 00:15:16.639 We're gonna go 43 through 48. 00:15:17.360 --> 00:15:28.639 And there was a woman who had a discharge of blood for twelve years and thought she had spent all her life, though she had spent all her life on physicians, she could not be healed of by anyone. 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:34.320 She came up behind him and touched the fringe of his garment, and immediately her discharge of blood ceased. 00:15:34.480 --> 00:15:37.200 And Jesus said, Who was it who touched me? 00:15:37.360 --> 00:15:42.080 When all denied it, Peter said, Bastard, the crowd surrounded you, and you are pressing in on you. 00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:47.759 But Jesus said, Someone touch me, for I perceive that power has gone out from me. 00:15:48.000 --> 00:16:00.960 And when the woman saw that she was not hidden, she came trembling, and falling down before him, declared in his presence of all people why she had touched him, and how she had been immediately healed. 00:16:01.200 --> 00:16:05.600 And he said to her, Daughter, your faith has made you well. 00:16:06.000 --> 00:16:07.919 Go in peace. 00:16:09.360 --> 00:16:13.279 The second thing this morning is faith pushes through. 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.919 Faith pushes through. 00:16:16.159 --> 00:16:26.159 On the way to Jairus' house, a woman who had suffered for 12 years reaches out through the crowd and touches Jesus and immediately is healed. 00:16:26.799 --> 00:16:32.000 Everyone was touching Jesus, but her touch was different. 00:16:32.320 --> 00:16:37.759 There was some difference between being around Jesus and reaching for Jesus. 00:16:38.159 --> 00:16:44.000 Some of us are just spending too much time bumping into Jesus when Jesus says, I want you to reach out for me. 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:52.879 Jesus calls her daughter and sends her away healed, restored, and at peace. 00:16:54.399 --> 00:17:02.320 Listen, tell you, let me tell you, in a crowded room, if I went to the Cowboys game today, I know it's in New York, bumping into people. 00:17:02.480 --> 00:17:03.759 You know, I hate crowds. 00:17:03.919 --> 00:17:06.160 The older I get, the more I hate Walmart. 00:17:07.680 --> 00:17:09.119 Because none of you are paying attention. 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:10.319 You're walking around Walmart. 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:11.440 Where's my phone right here? 00:17:11.519 --> 00:17:16.079 You're walking around Walmart like this, and you're bumping into me and you're bumping into everything. 00:17:16.240 --> 00:17:17.920 Like, get off me, right? 00:17:18.640 --> 00:17:22.000 And I'm a pastor and I know I can't end up on TMZ. 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:27.119 And so people are running into me, but you know what? 00:17:27.440 --> 00:17:33.599 If I was in Walmart surrounded by people, and my wife reached out and touched my hand, I would know it was her. 00:17:36.160 --> 00:17:38.559 Because her touch is different. 00:17:39.039 --> 00:17:42.640 Her touch is different in church. 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:48.640 You've been close to Jesus without actually trusting Jesus. 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:54.480 Maybe you've just carried something painful for years and it's been hidden. 00:17:55.440 --> 00:17:59.599 But Jesus is not too embarrassed by your brokenness. 00:18:01.279 --> 00:18:04.720 This woman's condition made others back away. 00:18:04.960 --> 00:18:13.200 Because if you don't know, in the Jewish tradition, when a woman is bleeding in such a way, in a feminine way, she is unclean. 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:17.920 And so if Jesus touched her, he in turn would be unclean. 00:18:18.240 --> 00:18:20.079 But notice a pattern with Jesus. 00:18:21.599 --> 00:18:25.039 He's not afraid to touch the people that nobody else is going to touch. 00:18:26.240 --> 00:18:28.400 But Jesus let her come near. 00:18:29.359 --> 00:18:32.799 Our brokenness doesn't can't contaminate Jesus. 00:18:33.359 --> 00:18:35.920 His holiness transforms us. 00:18:38.079 --> 00:18:43.519 But guys, listen, proximity to Jesus is not the same as faith in Jesus. 00:18:44.160 --> 00:18:50.079 You know, there's a lot of people that are going to be in the proximity of Jesus that are going to end up in hell. 00:18:50.480 --> 00:18:54.640 There's going to be a lot of people that come to church every Sunday that are going to end up in hell. 00:18:54.799 --> 00:18:55.759 You know why? 00:18:56.240 --> 00:19:00.000 Because proximity to Jesus is not the same as faith in Jesus. 00:19:00.240 --> 00:19:09.920 If what happens in this room doesn't transform how you live out there, nothing is going to change. 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:14.000 You don't get brownie points for coming to church. 00:19:14.240 --> 00:19:17.920 You get brownie points for church transforming your life. 00:19:18.960 --> 00:19:23.440 And that's the difference between bumping into Jesus and reaching out for Jesus. 00:19:23.839 --> 00:19:25.440 The woman reached for him. 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:28.240 Some of us are just bumping into him. 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:40.079 We sing in worship, and the Holy Spirit is bumping into us, and we're still like, every knee will bow, every tongue, in the name of Jesus. 00:19:42.880 --> 00:19:44.480 Yes, I can see you from up there. 00:19:44.559 --> 00:19:45.599 Okay, let's keep going. 00:19:48.559 --> 00:19:49.839 Verse 49. 00:19:50.720 --> 00:19:57.839 While, 49 through 50, while he was still speaking, someone from the ruler's house came and said, Your daughter is dead. 00:19:58.799 --> 00:19:59.759 Imagine. 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:02.400 He went to Jesus. 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:04.960 He went to find the solution to his problem. 00:20:05.039 --> 00:20:10.880 And on his way home, with the one that can fix the problem, there's not a problem anymore. 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:16.160 They said, Your daughter is dead. 00:20:16.240 --> 00:20:18.160 Don't trouble the teacher anymore. 00:20:19.119 --> 00:20:23.279 But Jesus hearing this, he answered him. 00:20:23.599 --> 00:20:25.440 Remember the title of the message? 00:20:25.759 --> 00:20:27.119 Do not fear. 00:20:28.079 --> 00:20:29.359 Only believe. 00:20:35.279 --> 00:20:40.960 Whatever's going on in your life, you may feel like you're in it at the end of your road this morning. 00:20:41.279 --> 00:20:44.000 Jesus says, Do not fear. 00:20:45.119 --> 00:20:46.960 Only believe. 00:20:48.480 --> 00:20:50.319 And if you do that, what did he say? 00:20:50.559 --> 00:20:52.160 And she will be well. 00:20:53.920 --> 00:20:56.400 So this morning, I don't know what's going on in your life. 00:20:56.559 --> 00:21:00.640 I want you to hear, do not fear, only believe, and it will be well. 00:21:01.680 --> 00:21:04.640 Do not fear and only believe and your marriage will be well. 00:21:04.799 --> 00:21:07.680 Do not fear and only believe and you're going to get pregnant. 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:10.960 Do not fear and only believe and you are going to be healed. 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:16.000 Do not fear and only believe and all those bills that you're worried about are going to be paid. 00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:23.119 Only if you do not fear and only believe. 00:21:23.279 --> 00:21:26.960 The third thing this morning is faith doesn't quit. 00:21:29.920 --> 00:21:36.720 Even when the lowest Sunday you've ever had comes six months after starting. 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:45.920 But here's the hard part. 00:21:46.160 --> 00:21:50.400 I didn't get to see today, on that Monday. 00:21:51.039 --> 00:21:55.200 I just got to see the devil telling me, You're the world's worst pastor. 00:21:55.279 --> 00:21:56.799 That's why they're not coming back. 00:21:58.720 --> 00:22:00.880 He tells me that every Low Sunday. 00:22:01.039 --> 00:22:04.880 Thankfully, we serve lunch today and it won't be low, so I won't quit on Monday. 00:22:06.079 --> 00:22:08.240 Give them food, they will show up, right? 00:22:08.640 --> 00:22:14.720 So when Jesus is healing the woman, Jairus' daughter is dying. 00:22:14.960 --> 00:22:16.880 And the message comes your daughter is dead. 00:22:16.960 --> 00:22:18.799 Do not trouble the teacher anymore. 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:24.000 Everyone else says it's too late, but Jesus says, do not fear, only believe. 00:22:24.319 --> 00:22:27.839 Faith doesn't ignore the reality of the situation. 00:22:28.000 --> 00:22:34.000 It chooses to believe what we see is never greater than who Jesus is. 00:22:36.640 --> 00:22:42.640 And so, how many of you have missed a turn in your GPS? 00:22:42.880 --> 00:22:44.559 How many of you are driving along? 00:22:44.720 --> 00:22:46.319 You missed a turn on your GPS. 00:22:46.400 --> 00:22:49.039 What does your GPS do when you miss a turn? 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:50.960 Recalculating. 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:53.920 It doesn't go, I give up, you're stupid, right? 00:22:57.119 --> 00:22:58.559 It doesn't. 00:23:00.400 --> 00:23:02.880 No, it says it recalculates, right? 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:06.720 Praise God, our GPS doesn't give up on us when we miss a turn. 00:23:06.880 --> 00:23:11.279 Or when you decide to take a turn and you don't tell your GPS and it's recalculating things. 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:13.759 I'm like, shut up, right? 00:23:15.680 --> 00:23:17.119 It recalculates. 00:23:17.519 --> 00:23:18.160 Why? 00:23:18.720 --> 00:23:21.119 Because your destination hasn't changed. 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:27.839 Sometimes life takes an unexpected turn. 00:23:29.599 --> 00:23:34.000 Aren't you glad that Jesus says, I'm gonna recalculate? 00:23:34.240 --> 00:23:37.359 He doesn't say, All right, dummy, I'm giving up on you, right? 00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:42.799 Because Jesus never gets lost. 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:45.440 We may get lost. 00:23:46.240 --> 00:23:49.920 When we're driving, we may get lost, but our GPS is never lost. 00:23:50.079 --> 00:23:53.119 In the same way, Jesus is never lost. 00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:59.599 Somebody needs to hear Jesus say today, do not fear, only believe. 00:24:00.319 --> 00:24:09.119 Faith doesn't mean knowing exactly what Jesus will do, it means knowing who Jesus is and trusting him even when things get worse. 00:24:10.319 --> 00:24:14.000 Sometimes when we pray, things get worse before they get better. 00:24:14.079 --> 00:24:15.599 And we're like, I said it. 00:24:16.319 --> 00:24:17.440 I give up. 00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:23.039 But listen, faith doesn't deny bad news. 00:24:23.839 --> 00:24:27.680 Faith refuses to let bad news have the final word. 00:24:29.920 --> 00:24:38.799 Because let me tell you today, even if the doctor tells me tomorrow that I have one day to live, it's gonna be a heck of a day. 00:24:39.039 --> 00:24:43.680 And if I don't live past that day, I'm gonna be with Jesus, so it's gonna be okay. 00:24:45.519 --> 00:24:54.079 Now my wife's gonna be sad, but she'll buy her new boyfriend with a truck with some money from my life insurance. 00:24:54.240 --> 00:24:55.440 So she'll be okay. 00:24:55.599 --> 00:24:59.279 And like I said, she's a nurse, she was my sugar mama. 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:01.039 She can be the sugar mama for somebody else. 00:25:01.119 --> 00:25:02.319 It'll be fine. 00:25:05.440 --> 00:25:06.480 She's like, that's it. 00:25:06.559 --> 00:25:07.200 I quit. 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:09.519 16 years of this is enough. 00:25:11.200 --> 00:25:12.160 Jokes on y'all. 00:25:12.240 --> 00:25:13.759 She's been doing it for 17 years. 00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:18.559 So all right, I better get back into it. 00:25:18.640 --> 00:25:19.680 So the last 51. 00:25:19.759 --> 00:25:21.119 Let's end the story. 00:25:22.799 --> 00:25:34.480 And when he came to the house, he allowed no one to enter with him except Peter and John and James and the father and mother of the child, and were all weeping and mourning. 00:25:34.640 --> 00:25:37.599 They had already begun the funeral. 00:25:39.680 --> 00:25:44.480 But he said to them, Do not weep, for she is not dead, but she's sleeping. 00:25:44.720 --> 00:25:49.119 Can you imagine if Jesus walked in and somebody's not breathing? 00:25:49.519 --> 00:25:53.599 He's like, This is how I know the Bible is a little bit humorous. 00:25:53.839 --> 00:25:56.960 Because Jesus goes, They're not dead, they're only sleeping. 00:25:57.119 --> 00:26:01.599 I imagine there's one person in the room, if they're anything like me, like, no, bro, she's dead. 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:06.799 Like, she, I touched her, she's cold. 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:09.200 Like you ever touched someone and they're cold? 00:26:09.519 --> 00:26:12.559 Like, no, they're dead, Jesus. 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:16.160 Verse 53. 00:26:16.319 --> 00:26:17.359 And they laughed at him. 00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:19.039 See, I told you. 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:24.000 One person in the room, and they laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 00:26:24.480 --> 00:26:26.319 Todd was in the room. 00:26:27.920 --> 00:26:32.240 But taking her by the hand, calling her, saying, Child, arise. 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.920 And her spirit returned, and she got up at once. 00:26:36.160 --> 00:26:41.839 And he directed that something that something should be given to her to eat. 00:26:42.079 --> 00:26:43.920 And her parents were amazed. 00:26:44.160 --> 00:26:50.240 But he changed them, or he charged them all to tell no one what had happened. 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:53.599 Verse number four, or point number four this morning. 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:57.279 When Jesus speaks, even death listens. 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:02.799 When Jesus speaks, even death has to listen. 00:27:03.279 --> 00:27:07.440 What situation in your life do you need to surrender to Jesus today? 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:12.079 See, and say, Jesus, I don't know what you're going to do, but I trust you with it. 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:14.720 Think about what Luke is showing us. 00:27:14.880 --> 00:27:22.960 Jesus spoke to storms, demons, disease, and now he's speaking to death, and even death has to obey. 00:27:23.839 --> 00:27:25.759 It's like in a courtroom. 00:27:26.079 --> 00:27:32.720 Plenty of people can talk, argue, and give their opinion, but when the judge gives the ruling, it's final. 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:34.240 It's over. 00:27:34.480 --> 00:27:36.640 There's nothing else to talk about. 00:27:37.119 --> 00:27:43.119 The miracle points beyond Jairus' daughter to something greater than them. 00:27:43.680 --> 00:27:49.680 The same Jesus who says child arise would himself enter the grave and rise again. 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:57.359 And because he did, everyone who belongs to him has resurrection hope and resurrection life. 00:27:58.319 --> 00:28:03.920 Listen, guys, sickness, suffering, grief, and even death does not have the final word. 00:28:04.079 --> 00:28:05.119 Guess who does? 00:28:05.440 --> 00:28:06.880 Jesus does. 00:28:09.359 --> 00:28:13.839 Because death may speak, but Jesus has the final word. 00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:17.440 Let me ask you this question this morning. 00:28:18.640 --> 00:28:24.000 What in your life has death been spoken over? 00:28:25.599 --> 00:28:30.160 What are you needing to bring to Jesus today that you feel is dead? 00:28:31.279 --> 00:28:32.559