MARK 5:21-24, 35-43 HELP IS ON THE WAY 2

INTRODUCTION

ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR A PERSON TO DO IS ADMIT THAT THEY NEED HELP

ESPECIALLY WHEN WE ARE CONFIDENT IN OUR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY

YET THERE WILL ALWAYS BE SOMETHING THAT IS ABOVE OUR KNOWLEDGE AND ABILITY

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS DRIVING IN A CITY AND WAS ABSOLUTELY SURE THAT I KNEW WHERE I WAS GOING

HOWEVER, I HAD DRIVEN AROUND THE PLACE SEVERAL TIMES WITHOUT KNOWING

I HAD REFUSED TO STOP AND ASK SOMEONE FOR HELP AS I WAS SURE THAT I KNEW THE PLACE

FINALLY, AFTER HOURS OF DRIVING IN CIRCLES, I DECIDED TO ADMIT I NEEDED SOME HELP

I STOPPED AND ASKED AND ENDED UP REACHING MY DESTINATION WITHIN 10 MINUTES

IN THE REFUSAL OR PRIDE TO ADMIT THAT I NEEDED HELP, I WASTED OVER TWO HOURS OF TIME

THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE WHEN WE ALL NEED HELP AND WHEN WE NEED HELP, WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE AND CALL OUT FOR HELP

RECOGNIZING IS JUST NOT ENOUGH, WE NEED TO CALL OUT FOR HELP

WE NEED TO KNOW WHEN TO CALL, WHERE TO CALL, AND WHO TO CALL

IF YOUR HOUSE IS ON FIRE, YOU DO NOT CALL A DOCTOR

IF YOUR CAR IS BROKEN, YOU DO NOT CALL A DENTIST

IF YOU ARE SICK, YOU DO NOT CALL AN ACOOUNTANT

HOWEVER, THERE ARE TIMES IN LIFE THAT IT WILL APPEAR THAT NO ONE WILL BE ABLE TO HELP YOU

BUT, THERE IS ONE THAT YOU CAN CALL UPON AND HELP WILL BE ON ITS WAY

HE SAID,

Jeremiah 33:3 KJV 1900

Call unto me, and I will answer thee, and shew thee great and mighty things, which thou knowest not.

THE BIBLE ALSO TELLS US TO CALL UPON THE NAME OF THE LORD AND YOU SHALL BE SAVED

HE IS SHAMMAH, AN EVER PRESENT HELP IN TIME OF NEED

HE IS NEVER TOO FAR THAT HE CAN’T BE REACHED

NOTHING CAN CATCH HIM BY SURPRISE

NO PROBLEM IS STRONGER THAN THE MOST HIGH

ARE YOU IN NEED OF HELP TODAY

IS THERE SOMETHING THAT YOU ARE FACING THAT IS TOO BIG FOR MAN?

THEN HELP IS ON THE WAY

LET’S LOOK AT 3 TRUTHS IN THIS PASSAGE ABOUT YOUR HELP

I. THE DESPERATE REQUEST (VS. 21-24)

A. THE APPROACH OF THE MAN

AFTER JESUS HAD CROSSED BACK OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE SEA OF GALILEE FROM GADARA A GREAT NUMBER OF PEOPLE GATHERED AROUND HIM.

HE HAD JUST GOTTEN OUT OF THE BOAT WHEN HE WAS APPROACHED BY JAIRUS

JAIRUS WAS ONE OF THE RULERS OF THE SYNAGOGUE WHICH MEANT THAT HE WAS AN ELECTED OFFICIAL WHO SUPERVISED AND ORGANIZED THE SYNAGOGUE WORSHIP SERVICES

SYNAGOGUE RULERS WERE WELL RESPECTED BY THE PEOPLE AND HE WAS A WEALTHY MAN

HOWEVER, JESUS DID NOT GRANT HIS REQUEST BECAUSE HE HAD MONEY

JESUS GRANTED HIS REQUEST BECAUSE JAIRUS APPROACHED HIM IN DESPERATION

JAIRUS LAID ASIDE HIS REPUTATION, HIS DIGNITY, HIS PRIDE, AND DID NOT WORRY ABOUT THE OPINIONS OF OTHERS AS HE FELL AT THE FEET OF JESUS.

HE CAME TO JESUS BECAUSE HE HAD A GREAT NEED

JAIRUS WAS LIKE SO MANY IN THEIR COMING TO CHRIST

IT WAS NOT HIS LOVE FOR CHRIST THAT BROUGHT HIM

IT WAS NOT THAT WHAT HE COULD DO FOR CHRIST

IT WAS HIS NEED

IT WAS HIS DESPERATION AND CHRIST WAS HIS GREATEST HOPE

MANY TIMES DESPAIR IS A PRELUDE TO GRACE

THE GREAT MULTITUDE WAS STANDING THERE AS JAIRUS IN HUMILITY FELL AT HIS FEET

HERE IS A RULER OF THE SYNAGOGUE, WITH MUCH PRESTIGE AMONGST THE PEOPLE AND HE IS WORSHIPPING CHRIST

PRIDE AND ARROGANCE RECEIVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING BUT REBUKE FROM THE LORD

HAVE YOU EVER SEEN PEOPLE QUOTE SCRIPTURE WITH PRIDE AND ARROGANCE AS THEY ARE PRAYING FOR SOMEONE AND NOTHING HAPPENS

YOU HAVE TO WORSHIP GOD REGARDLESS OF THE TROUBLES

BUT OFTEN WE REPLACE WORSHIP WITH WORRY AND END UP SPENDING MOST OF THE TIME WORRYING WITH LITTLE OR NO WORSHIP

YOU HAVE TO WORSHIP HIM IN THE MIDDLE OF TROUBLE

WORSHIP WILL TAKE YOU TO ANOTHER DIMENSION

WORSHIP WILL ESCORT YOU INTO THE THRONE ROOM OF GOD WHERE NO FLESH CAN GLORY

WHERE NO SICKNESS CAN STAND, WHERE NO DISAPPOINTMENT CAN FOLLOW

WHERE NO DISCOURAGEMENT CAN BRING YOU DOWN

AND IN THE MIDST OF JAIRUS’ WORSHIP, HE BEGGED FOR CHRIST’S MERCY

B. HIS APPEAL FOR MERCY

AS HE LAY AT CHRIST’S FEET HE APPEALED FOR MERCY

HIS DESPERATE REQUEST IS VISIBLE IN HIM BEGGING JESUS TO COME AND TOUCH HIS DAUGHTER

HIS DAUGHTER IS AT THE POINT OF DEATH AND JAIRUS NEEDS THE MASTER’S TOUCH

I WONDER IF THERE IS ANYTHING IN YOUR LIFE RIGHT NOW THAT IS LAYING AT THE POINT OF DEATH

YOUR MARRIAGE, YOUR MINISTRY, YOUR BUSINESS, YOUR HEALTH, YOUR FINANCES

THEN, YOU NEED TO BE WORSHIPPING CHRIST ASKING HIM FOR HIS MERCY

MERCY OVER MY CHILDREN, MERCY OVER MY SPOUSE, MERCY OVER MY DECISIONS, MERCY OVER MY MINISTRY, MERCY OVER MY HEALTH, MERCY OVER MY BOSS

LORD, MY DAUGHTER IS AT THE POINT OF DEATH.

COME AND LAY YOUR HANDS ON HER, THAT SHE MAY BE HEALED

NO ONE ELSE CAN MEET MY NEED

JUST ONE TOUCH AND EVERYTHING CHANGES

ONE TOUCH AND BLIND EYES OPEN

ONE TOUCH AND DEAF EARS OPEN

ONE TOUCH AND ADDICTS ARE SET FREE

ONE TOUCH, LORD

NOT EVEN A TOUCH LORD

JUST ONE WORD

LIKE THE ROMAN CENTURION

SPEAK THE WORD ONLY

HOWEVER, ONE MAN WROTE, “THE PRACTICE OF ‘LAYING ON OF HANDS’ IN HEALING SYMBOLIZED THE TRANSFER OF VITALITY TO A NEEDY RECIPIENT.”

JAIRUS BELIEVED THAT JESUS NEEDED TO BE PRESENT TO LAY HIS HANDS ON HIS DAUGHTER SO THAT SHE COULD LIVE

SO, THIS FATHER CAME TO JESUS IN SEARCH OF MERCY FOR HIS DAUGHTER

FATHER’S NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY BRING THEIR CHILDREN TO JESUS

WE NEED TO STAND IN THE GAP FOR OUR CHILDREN-BRINGING THEIR NEEDS TO THE LORD

JAIRUS APPROACHED CHRIST, APPEALED TO CHRIST AND WAS ACCEPTED BY CHRIST

C. THE ACCEPTANCE BY CHRIST

CHRIST ACCEPTED THE INVITATION AND IS NOW IN THE PROCESS OF ANSWERING HIS PRAYER

HIS COMPASSION WOULD NOT ALLOW HIM TO TURN DOWN A HURTING AND HELPLESS SOUL

AFTER THE REQUEST CAME TO CHRIST, HELP WAS ON THE WAY

THAT IS GOOD NEWS FOR YOU AND YOUR FAMILY, HELP IS ON THE WAY

THAT IS THE GOOD NEWS FOR ME, HELP IS ON THE WAY

THE BIBLE SAYS, JESUS WENT WITH HIM

THIS IS A SITUATION THAT EVERYONE OF US SHOULD DESIRE IN LIFE

THE PRESENCE OF JESUS CHRIST IN YOUR LIFE IS THE KEY TO BLESSING YOUR LIFE

WHEN JOSEPH WAS SOLD AS A SLAVE INTO EGYPT AND CONTINUED GOING THROUGH DIFFERENT STRUGGLES, THERE IS A SCRIPTURE THAT IS REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN

THE LORD WAS WITH JOSEPH

THIS IS WHY JOSEPH EXCELLED IN EVERYTHING THAT HE DID-THE LORD WAS WITH HIM

BUT THE PRESENCE OF GOD DID NOT KEEP THE TROUBLES AND TRIALS AWAY BUT, IT BROUGHT GREAT BLESSING TO JOSEPH

AFTER THE DESPERATE REQUEST COMES THE DEVASTATING REPORT

II. THE DEVASTATING REPORT (VS. 35-36)

A. THE TIMING OF THE REPORT (VS. 35)

Mark 5:35 KJV 1900

While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue’s house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?

THERE IS NEVER A GOOD TIME TO RECEIVE BAD NEWS

BUT IT SEEMS THAT BAD NEWS USUALLY COMES AT THE WORST OF TIMES

AND BAD NEWS HAS A WAY OF DEVASTATING US, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE SITUATION APPEARS TO BE IMPOSSIBLE

REMEMBER, WHILE THEY ARE ON THE WAY TO JAIRUS’ HOUSE, A WOMAN HAD INTERRUPTED THE ENTIRE PLAN

JAIRUS’ REQUEST IS ABSOLUTELY URGENT AND NOW THERE IS A DELAY

ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS TO MAKE IT THROUGH IS A DELAY

WHEN YOU ARE GOING THROUGH A DELAY, THE SITUATION GETS WORSE BEFORE IT GETS BETTER

THAT’S WHY YOU CANNOT GIVE UP

HOLD ONTO HOPE

THE REPORT WAS ALMOST DEVASTATING TO JAIRUS

JESUS HAS ALMOST REACHED HIS HOUSE WHEN THE BAD NEWS CAME-DON’T BOTHER JESUS ANY MORE, YOUR DAUGHTER IS DEAD

LOOK AT THE TIMING

HE’S ALMOST THERE

IT IS NEVER A GOOD TIME FOR THE DOCTOR TO TELL YOU THAT YOU HAVE CANCER

THERE IS NOT A GOOD TIME FOR YOUR SPOUSE TO TELL YOU THAT THEY WANT A DIVORCE

THERE IS NEVER A GOOD TIME FOR THE BANK TO TELL YOU THAT YOU WILL LOSE THE HOUSE

HAVE YOU EVER RECEIVED A BAD REPORT AT THE WORST POSSIBLE TIME?

NOT ONLY IS THE TIMING BAD, IT IS A TROUBLED REPORT

JAIRUS, YOUR DAUGHTER IS NOT SICK ANYMORE, SHE IS DEAD

THIS WOULD HAVE DEVASTATED ANYONE

STOP HOPING, YOUR DREAM IS DEAD

YOUR VISION IS DEAD, MARRIAGE IS DEAD, YOUR INVESTMENT IS DEAD, YOUR CHILD IS DEAD

ALL THE WHILE IT SEEMED THAT SOMEONE MESSED UP THE TIMING

HAVE YOU EVER HAD SOMEONE MESS UP YOUR TIMING

AND WHILE YOU THOUGHT IF THAT WOULD HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, EVERYTHING WOULD BE OK NOW

BUT, OUR TIMES ARE IN THE HANDS ON THE LORD

AND DIVINE TIMING IS NOT WITHOUT DIVINE BENEFIT

YOUR HEART MAY SINK BUT DON’T LET IT SINK TOO FAR

BECAUSE, SOME TRUST IN CHARIOTS AND SOME IN HORSES BUT WE WILL REMEMBER THE NAME OF THE LORD MY GOD

B. THE TRUSTING THROUGH THE REPORT (V. 36)

Mark 5:36 KJV 1900

As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.

AS SOON AS JESUS HEARD THE REPORT, HE SPOKE WORDS OF CHALLENGE AND ENCOURAGEMENT

JAIRUS BELIEVE THAT JESUS COULD HEAL HIS DAUGHTER

BUT, NOW JESUS WAS TELLING HIM TO BELIEVE FOR A RESURRECTION

WHAT JAIRUS DIDN’T KNOW IS THAT HE WAS WALKING WITH THE RESURRECTION AND LIFE THE KING OF KINGS AND

LORD OF LORDS, THE ALPHA AND THE OMEGA, THE BEGINNING AND THE ENDING, THE FIRST AND THE LAST, THE GREAT I AM, THE ONE IS IS AND WAS AND IS TO COME, THE ROSE OF SHARON, THE LILY OF THE VALLEY, MY ROCK, MY REDEEMER, MY DAYMAN, MY GREAT INTERCESSOR, MY PASSOVER, MY PENTECOST, MY TABERNACLE, MY WAY MAKER, THE PERFORMER OF THE IMPOSSIBLE

Mark 9:23 KJV 1900

Jesus said unto him, If thou canst believe, all things are possible to him that believeth.

Luke 1:45 KJV 1900

And blessed is she that believed: for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord.

John 11:40 KJV 1900

Jesus saith unto her, Said I not unto thee, that, if thou wouldest believe, thou shouldest see the glory of God?

CHRIST WAS CALLING JAIRUS TO A DEEPER FAITH

HE WILL CALL US TO A DEEPER FAITH AS WELL

THE LORD HEARD THE BAD REPORT AND IMMEDIATELY MINISTERED HOPE TO JAIRUS

HE IS TELLING JAIRUS NOT TO GIVE UP.

GOD BLESSES THOSE PEOPLE THAT DO NOT GIVE UP

JESUS TOLD JAIRUS, STOP FEARING THAT YOU WILL NEVER GET TO COMB YOUR DAUGHTER’S HAIR

IN GREEK JESUS USED WORDS THAT FORBID THE CONTINUANCE OF AN ACTION

AS LONG AS MANIFESTED PRESENCE WAS STANDING NEXT TO JAIRUS, HE COULD BELIEVE FOR ANYTHING

SOMEONE SAID, FAITH IS TRUSTING WHAT THE EYE CANNOT SEE

EYES SEE THE LIONS IN THE DEN

FAITH SEES THE ANGELS THAT WERE WITH DANIEL

EYES SEE POURING RAINS

FAITH SEES NOAH’S RAINBOW

EYES SEE GIANTS

FAITH SEES CANAAN

YOUR EYES SEE YOUR FAULTS AND MISTAKES

FAITH SEES YOUR SAVIOR

CHRIST WANTS US TO BELIEVE IN THE TOUGHEST TIME

WE CANNOT TAKE ONE DAY OFF FROM BELIEVING

THERE WAS A DESPERATE REQUEST, THE DEVASTATING REPORT, AND NOW THE DELIGHTFUL RESULT

III. THE DELIGHTFUL RESULT (VS. 39-43)

A. HE CALMED THEM (VS. 39)

WHEN THE LORD STEPPED INTO THE HOUSE, HE TOOK MATTERS INTO HIS OWN HANDS

HE IS THE POTTER, WE ARE THE CLAY

WE HAVE SO MANY PLANS, TACTICS, ATTEMPTS

BUT THE BEST THING TO DO IS JUST HAND IT OVER TO GOD

THERE WAS A HUGE COMMOTION AND FUSS BEING MADE, BUT THE LORD OF GLORY HAD STEPPED ONTO THE SCENE

WHEN THE LORD CAME INTO THE HOUSE, HE SPOKE UP

HE DID NOT SIT BY AND LET THE CROWD WEEP AND WAIL

FOR CHRIST, RAISING SOMEONE FROM THE DEAD WAS AS EASY AS WAKING SOMEONE UP FOR A NAP

SO, THE LORD VIEWED DEATH AS A PHYSICAL SLEEP

OTHERS COULDN’T UNDERSTAND THIS AND LAUGHED AT HIM, SCORNED HIM, AND MADE FUN OF HIM

THE PRESENCE OF SOME PEOPLE WILL RUIN THE ATMOSPHERE FOR SPIRITUAL WORK

SOME PEOPLE BRING A NEGATIVE SPIRIT TO WORSHIP

SOME ARE NEGATIVE AND COMPLAINING AND ARE NEVER SATISFIED

AND JESUS PUT THESE KIND OF PEOPLE OUT BEFORE HE WORKED THE MIRACLE

THEN HE RAISED HER UP

B. HE RAISED HER (VS. 41)

Mark 5:41 KJV 1900

And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.

MARK TELLS US OF THE METHOD IN WHICH JESUS RAISED JAIRUS DAUGHTER

JESUS DID WHAT JAIRUS HAD ASKED HIM TO DO IN THE WAY THAT HE ASKED JESUS TO DO IT

JAIRUS ASKED JESUS TO COME LAY HANDS ON HER AND SHE WOULD RECOVER

JESUS CAME, LAID HIS HAND ON HER AND THEN SPOKE THE WORD AND THE GIRLD WAS RESURRECTED

WE KNOW BY PREVIOUS MIRACLES THAT THE LORD DID NOT HAVE TO BE PRESENT TO HEAL THE SICK

HE CAME AT THE HUMBLE REQUEST OF THE RULER AND BROUGHT HIS LIFELESS DAUGHTER BACK TO LIFE

THERE IS POWER IN THE MASTER’S TOUCH

BUT, I WANT TO DRAW YOUR ATTENTION TO SOMETHING ELSE

EVERYONE THAT THE LORD RAISED BACK TO LIFE, HE SPOKE THE WORD TO THEM

THERE IS POWER IN THE WORD OF THE LORD

THE BIBLE SAYS THAT LIFE AND DEATH ARE IN THE POWER OF THE TONGUE

THE GIRL HEARD THE WORD OF THE LORD AND OBEYED THE VOICE OF THE LORD

THERE IS NOT A TRAGIC END TO THIS STORY

THERE WAS A DELIGHTFUL RESULT AS THE LORD VISITED THE HOUSE THAT DAY

DIVINE COMMANDS OR GOD’S WORD ARE OFTEN FOUND IN THE MIRACLE WORKING OF CHRIST AND THEY ARE A PART OF THE DIVINE BLESSINGS

THE WORLD AND THE DEVIL DESPISE THE WORD OF GOD SAYING THAT IT LIMITS ONE ‘S HAPPINESS AND JOY

BUT THESE ARE THE WORDS OF LIFE AND THEY DO JUST THE OPPOSITE

HE TOOK THE GIRL BY THE HAND AND TOLD HER TO ARISE

HE TOLD EVERY DEAD THING IN THE ROOM TO GET UP

HE WILL RAISE YOUR MARRIAGE UP, MINISTRY UP, BUSINESS UP, HOPES UP, VISION UP, DREAMS UP, FAITH UP, FIGHT UP, WORSHIP UP, PRAYER LIFE