A touch of Love
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Measureless: God’s Love / A touch of Love
(Bulletin)
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 leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He 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. A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering. 30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ” 32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.” 35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?” 36 Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
(Bulletin)
41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.
(Slides)
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.
There was a crowd but there where two people who had to reach Jesus because it was a matter of life or death.
One wealthy, One poor / One honored, One outcast / One man (a father), One woman.
We will see that both Jairus and a poor woman both saw the crowds and were willing to risk everything to get to Jesus.
22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He 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.”
Synagogue Leaders: It was not easy for Jairus to come to Jesus publicly and ask for His help. The religious leaders who were opposed to Jesus would certainly not approve, nor would some of the other synagogue leaders.
The things that Jesus had done and taught in the synagogues had aroused the anger of the scribes and Pharisees, some of whom were probably Jairus’ friends.
But Jairus was desperate, as many people are when they come to Jesus. He would rather lose his friends and save his beloved daughter.
There’s probably not a dad of young children who can’t sympathize with how desperate this man was.
*Your faith comes to life at the place you end.
Jairus has wealth, status, authority, and still can’t save his daughter.
*You’ve Tried Everything But Jesus.
22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet.
The crowd reacting to Jairus at Jesus feet. He does not bow to anyone but God.
A humble heart at Jesus’ feet.
23 He 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.”
Come to my home / Put your hands on her (touch) / So she will be healed.
Jairus’ desperate request and faith that Jesus could do it.
24 So Jesus went with him. A large crowd followed and pressed around him.
Jesus agrees to go. Jairus faith must have been growing by the second.
The crowd watching: we can’t miss this. Pressing around Jesus.
Jairus must be thinking get out of the way we are in a hurry.
25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years.
*This women did not just have a problem, she was a problem. Leviticus 15:19-22 (Touched or sat on, ceremonial unclean / wash clothes and body)
Alienation:
Social Isolation: She would have been largely excluded from community life. People would avoid touching her or anything she touched, making normal social interaction extremely difficult. She likely couldn't participate in many public gatherings or celebrations.
Religious Exclusion: She would have been prevented from entering the Temple or synagogue, as ritual purity was required for worship. This would have cut her off from a vital aspect of her spiritual and communal life.
Marital/Family Strain: Intimacy with her husband would have been forbidden, potentially leading to marital breakdown or severe strain. She might not have been able to properly care for children or interact closely with family members without making them unclean.
Constant Stigma: Her condition was visible, or at least its effects (her avoidance of others, her inability to participate in daily life) would have been. She would have carried a constant stigma of impurity.
Personal Feelings:
Despair and Hopelessness: Twelve years is a long time to suffer from an incurable condition, facing constant social isolation. She likely felt immense despair and a sense of hopelessness.
Shame and Guilt: In that culture, ritual impurity was often associated with sin or divine displeasure. She might have felt a profound sense of shame and guilt, believing herself to be defiled or cursed.
Loneliness: Being cut off from physical touch, intimate relationships, and community life would have led to deep loneliness.
Physical Weakness and Pain: The continuous bleeding would have caused physical weakness, fatigue, and likely discomfort or pain, adding to her suffering.
Desperation: Her act of pushing through the crowd to touch Jesus' cloak, despite the social transgression and effort involved, speaks to an overwhelming desperation for healing.
Fear: Fear of making others unclean, fear of being discovered and ostracized further, and fear that her condition would never end.
To add to all of that.
26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse.
Economic Hardship: Her condition, combined with the continuous need for expensive treatments likely left her impoverished and unable to earn a living.
Dr. Luke in his recording of this story leaves out this part. (Malpractice?)
She at the end of herself *Your faith comes to life at the place you end.
The women spent all her money, and still is not healed.
*You’ve Tried Everything But Jesus.
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.”
This implies someone told her?
What did she hear that would have given her faith and hope?
40 A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are willing, you can make me clean.” 41 Jesus was indignant. He reached out his hand and touched the man. “I am willing,” he said. “Be clean!” 42 Immediately the leprosy left him and he was cleansed.
Women: He touched a man with leprosy (Unclean) and he was healed?
Jesus is willing to touch and reach out to those willing to reach out to him when others won’t.
Are you willing to reach out to Jesus. "The Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo
https://share.google/images/i8lHtqnUVDdRSw1dP (Slide)
29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
12 years of suffering gone by one touch of faith.
30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?” 31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
Who was just healed? Did Jesus already know the answer to this question? Yes.
What was he doing? Calling this women full of faith and fear to come out of her isolation and pain.
Maybe you are at church today, sitting in the crowd with everyone around you not knowing, what you are going through. Jesus might touch you with His power today and heal whatever wound you walked in with.
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth.
Falling at Jesus’ feet with a fearful confession.
The woman planned to slip away and get lost in the crowd, but Jesus turned and stopped her. Why, to chastise her for making him unclean? No.
To tenderly love her. He pulls out of her a wonderful testimony of what the Lord had done for her.
34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
Why did Jesus deal with her publicly? Why did He not simply permit her to remain anonymous and go her way?
For one thing, He did it for her own sake. He wanted to be to her something more than a healer: He wanted to be her Savior and Friend as well.
He wanted her to look into His face, feel His tenderness, and hear His loving words of assurance.
By the time He finished speaking to her, she experienced something more than physical healing.
He called her “daughter” and sent her on her way with a benediction of peace.
She received much more than a mere physical healing. Jesus had given her a spiritual healing as well!
He dealt with her publicly not only for her sake, but also for the sake of Jairus.
His daughter was close to death, and he needed all the encouragement he could get. It was bad enough that the crowd was impeding their progress, but now this woman interfered and stop Jesus!
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
J: Jesus stops to attend to this women, heals her, then calls her daughter. What about my daughter?! Now she is dead. It’s over!
W: Jesus stopped to help me. He called me daughter. Then I hear that Jairus daughter is dead.
It is not over!
36 Overhearing what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
At this point, Jairus had to believe either his friend or the Lord Jesus.
No doubt all of his being responded with overwhelming sorrow when he heard that his beloved daughter was dead.
But Jesus assured him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
In other words, “You had a certain amount of faith when you came to Me, and your faith was helped when you saw what I did for that woman.
Don’t quit! Keep on believing! (X3)
Tells everyone to stay and takes Peter, James, and John and arrives at Jairus
People are crying
Jesus said she is not “dead” she is sleeping (it’s not over)
Vs.40 - they laughed at Jesus (The world does this all the time)
He kicks them all out except his three disciples and the child’s Mom and Dad.
41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished.
Touching the dead made Jesus ceremonial unclean. Does Jesus care about that?
What a day?
A father that had 12 yrs of joy and love for a dying daughter. Came to Jesus for help.
A woman, that had suffered with physical and emotional pain for 12yrs. Came to Jesus for help.
Lover of Both: Jesus answered their call for help.
You’ve Tried Everything But Jesus. Is it your turn to come to Jesus.
A touch of Love
