April 25, 2007
Review
Thanks to Rick for covering last week
So far we’ve talked about:
- Those touched at Christ’s birth
- Mary
- Joseph
- Simeon
- Anna
- The Innocent Children
- John the Baptist
Goals for our study:
- To be reminded of the wonder of God’s story
- To learn from the people that touched Christ
The Great Physician
Healing Many
Matthew 4:23-24
23 Jesus went throughout Galilee, teaching in their
synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom, and healing every disease
and sickness among the people. 24 News about him spread all over Syria, and
people brought to him all who were ill with various diseases, those suffering
severe pain, the demon-possessed, those having seizures, and the paralyzed, and
he healed them.
Matthew 9:35 - Jesus went through all the towns and
villages, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the good news of the kingdom
and healing every disease and sickness.
Matthew 12:15 - Aware of this, Jesus withdrew from that
place. Many followed him, and he healed all their sick
Matthew 15:30 - Great crowds came to him, bringing the
lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute and many others, and laid them at his
feet; and he healed them.
Mark 1:32-34 (also Matthew 8, Luke 4)
32 That evening after sunset the people brought to Jesus
all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole town gathered at the door, 34 and
Jesus healed many who had various diseases.
Mark 3:9-10
9 Because of the crowd he told his disciples to have a
small boat ready for him, to keep the people from crowding him. 10 For he had
healed many, so that those with diseases were pushing forward to touch him.
Luke 5:15 - Yet the news about him spread all the more, so
that crowds of people came to hear him and to be healed of their sicknesses.
Why Did Jesus Come?
Mark 1:38 Jesus replied, “Let us go somewhere else—to the
nearby villages—so I can preach there also. That is why I have come.”
Luke 4:43 But he said, “I must preach the good news of the
kingdom of God to the other towns also, because that is why I was sent.”
Luke 19:10 For the Son of Man came to seek and to save what
was lost.”
John 4:34 “My food,” said Jesus, “is to do the will of him
who sent me and to finish his work.
John 10:10 The thief comes only to steal and kill and
destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
Raising the Dead
Who did Jesus raise from the dead?
- Jairus’ daughter (Matthew 9:18-26, Mark 5:21-43, Luke
8:40-56)
- Son of the widow of Nain (Luke 7:11-17)
- Lazarus (John 11)
Did Jesus not raise anyone from the dead?
Jesus and Jairus - Mark 5
Also Matthew 9:18-26; Luke 8:41-56
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the
other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the
lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing
Jesus, he fell at his feet 23 and pleaded earnestly with him, “My little
daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be
healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
- This happens right after Jesus casts the demons into
the swine in the Gadarenes
- He crosses back over the lake probably into Capernaum
in Galilee
- Mark 1:32-33 - 32 That evening after sunset the
people brought to Jesus all the sick and demon-possessed. 33 The whole
town gathered at the door, 34and Jesus healed many who had various
diseases.
- Mark 2:1-2 - 1 A few days later, when Jesus
again entered Capernaum, the people heard that he had come home. 2 So
many gathered that there was no room left, not even outside the door,
and he preached the word to them.
- Then Jairus shows up
- Ruler of the synagogue
- Directed the synagogue worship
- Selected the others that would take part in
the service
- Mark 1:21-22 - 21 They went to Capernaum,
and when the Sabbath came, Jesus went into the synagogue and began
to teach. 22 The people were amazed at his teaching, because he
taught them as one who had authority, not as the teachers of the
law.
- Mark 3:1-6 - 1 Another time he went into
the synagogue, and a man with a shriveled hand was there. 2 Some of
them were looking for a reason to accuse Jesus, so they watched him
closely to see if he would heal him on the Sabbath. 3 Jesus said to
the man with the shriveled hand, "Stand up in front of everyone." 4
Then Jesus asked them, "Which is lawful on the Sabbath: to do good
or to do evil, to save life or to kill?" But they remained silent. 5
He looked around at them in anger and, deeply distressed at their
stubborn hearts, said to the man, "Stretch out your hand." He
stretched it out, and his hand was completely restored. 6 Then the
Pharisees went out and began to plot with the Herodians how they
might kill Jesus.
- Probably well known
- Possibly well off financially
- Was he a Pharisee?
- Jairus’ situation
- His only daughter (Luke 8:42) was at the point of
death at only 12 years of age (vs. 42)
- Now we’ve hit what’s really important in this
story
- “The Great Physician” becomes much more than a
catch phrase to Jairus
- How long had she been sick? Was this something
sudden?
- What led to him leaving their house to go and find
Jesus?
- What conversations had passed between him and his
wife?
- How many sleepless nights had he and his wife gone
through?
- How many tears had they cried?
- What did he go through to get to Jesus and to get
through the crowds?
- Did the crowds let him through because of his
position?
- Hopelessness
- We all know the feeling of hopelessness to some
degree.
- And if the situation feels hopeless then the
degree doesn’t really matter.
- My situation may not be wondering if my child’s
name will appear on a list of students that have been senselessly
murdered. That may help to put things into some kind of perspective, but
it doesn’t take away whatever is going on in one’s life.
- Jairus’ faith
- Fell at Jesus’ feet - sign of devotion and worship
- “My little daughter is dying. Please come and
put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.”
- If Jairus was a Pharisee, all politics and
religious discussions/differences were put aside for this
- That wasn’t always the case with synagogue rulers:
Luke 13:14-17
14 Indignant because Jesus
had healed on the Sabbath, the synagogue ruler said to the people, "There are
six days for work. So come and be healed on those days, not on the Sabbath."
15 The Lord answered him,
"You hypocrites! Doesn't each of you on the Sabbath untie his ox or donkey from
the stall and lead it out to give it water? 16 Then should not this woman, a
daughter of Abraham, whom Satan has kept bound for eighteen long years, be set
free on the Sabbath day from what bound her?"
17 When he said this, all his
opponents were humiliated, but the people were delighted with all the wonderful
things he was doing.
- Jesus’ reaction
- He goes with Jairus
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What does
Jairus feel at this point?