Jesus Rules Over All

Intro: How many have been enjoying our series in Mark?

I am really enjoying it and I hope you have kept up with the reading plan. As of today we are 1/3 of the way through the book of Mark, so before we get into our text today. I wanted to do some review to discuss where we have been.

Mark started off stating “the beginning of the gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.” Mark shares with us the life changing history making news of Jesus Christ, the Son of God coming into our world. the messiah, our king is here!

Jesus who is sinless, perfect in every way, identifies with sinful man by being baptized by John the Baptist. Then he is victorious over Satan’s temptations and begins preaching for people to repent and believe, the kingdom of God is here.

Now if you remember Mark 1-8, Mark is wanting us to know who Jesus is. He tells us about his identity through the various encounters Jesus had. He wants us to see Jesus rules over all.

In Mark 1:16-20, we discover there is power in his Call when he calls Simon, Andrew, James and John to follow me and they drop everything and follow Jesus.

In Mark 1:21 we discover there is power in his teaching because everyone is amazed because he teaches with authority.

In Mark 1:23-27 we discover the demons know that Jesus is the Holy one of God and he has power to silence the demons and cast them out.

In Mark 1:29 - 45, Mark tells us that Jesus has the power to heal, cast out demons, cleanse lepers and thenJesus says he needs to go and preach at the neighboring villages because that is why he came, to preach the Gospel of the kingdom.

In Mark 2, we see Jesus has the power to forgive sins and heal the paralyzed. We see he has the power to change a tax collector into one of his followers. We also see that Jesus is not only powerful and king over all, but Jesus is a loving king.

Mark 2:17 (ESV)

And when Jesus heard it, he said to them, “Those who are well have no need of a physician, but those who are sick. I came not to call the righteous, but sinners.”

17 Al oír esto, Jesús les dijo*: «Los que están sanos[a] no tienen necesidad de médico, sino los que están enfermos; no he venido a llamar a justos, sino a pecadores».

This king has come to provide eternal rest because he is Lord, even of the Sabbath.

In Mark 3 we see the crowd coming to see Jesus is growing, and because Jesus saw the crowds of people coming, so he selects, invests and disciples twelve men known as the Apostles, so they could preach to the Gospel of the kingdom to the crowds and grow God’s kingdom.

We also learn there are those who are not excited to see that the king has come. The tension between Jesus and the religious leaders continues to grow. The religious leaders continue to reject Jesus and they accuse him of having a partnership with the devil. Not only is king Jesus rejected by the religious leaders but we discover he is rejected by his family, at this time Jesus makes an astounding statement;

Mark 3:34–35 (ESV)

And looking about at those who sat around him, he said, “Here are my mother and my brothers! For whoever does the will of God, he is my brother and sister and mother.”

34 Y mirando a los que estaban sentados en círculo alrededor de Él, dijo*: «Aquí están Mi madre y Mis hermanos. 35 Porque cualquiera que hace la voluntad de Dios, ese es Mi hermano, y hermana y madre».

After all this rejection, one has to wonder why people are rejecting this loving king? In Mark 4, We learn why and last week Mark Henry did an excellent job of explaining the parable of the sower and how the different types of soil explain why people reject our king.

After Jesus teaches the disciples through parables, we see that Jesus has power over nature. Jesus and his crew get in a boat to cross to the other side and a storm comes while Jesus is sleeping and the disciples freak out, how can he sleep at a time like this, we are going to die. Then they wake him up and Jesus says “Peace! Be Still! Now the disciples are no longer are in fear of the storm but they are in fear of Jesus the King because King Jesus rules over the wind and the sea. Jesus our king has power in his call to follow him, King Jesus has power over satan and the demons, Our King has the power to heal the sick and diseased, Jesus our king has the power to forgive sins. Jesus our king is great, powerful and has the power, even over the winds, the sea and nature. King Jesus is awesome and the disciples are in awe of him.

Are you in awe of our King? Are you in awe of Jesus?

In Mark 5:1-20, we see Jesus power over demons again, when he liberates a man who has been tormented night and day. We see our all powerful king, look at this man with compassion and mercy and brings freedom and this man is transformed immediately because at the end of the story, we see him sitting at Jesus feet and when Jesus leaves he began to preach the Gospel of Jesus Christ, the Son of God to the gentile cities known as the Decapolis.

This brings us to our passage today, we will continue to see Jesus, our king Rules over all. But we will also see that Jesus, our king is also a compassionate king, full of grace and mercy.

I. The Compassion of Our King

In our passage to we have a Markan Sandwhich, Mark does this a few times in his Gospel. A Markan Sandwhich is where Mark begins to tell us a story, then cuts off into another story or topic and then ends with the story he started telling. We seen this last week, Mark told us the parable of the sower, then explained why Jesus spoke in parables, then gave us the interpretation of the parable.

In our Markan sandwhich, the encounters Mark tells us about we see the compassion of our king on display.

Mark 5:21–24 (ESV)

And when Jesus had crossed again in the boat to the other side, a great crowd gathered about him, and he was beside the sea. Then came one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name, and seeing him, he fell at his feet and implored him earnestly, saying, “My little daughter is at the point of death. Come and lay your hands on her, so that she may be made well and live.” And he went with him.

And a great crowd followed him and thronged about him.

21 Cuando Jesús pasó otra vez en la barca al otro lado, se reunió una gran multitud alrededor de Él; así que Él se quedó[a] junto al mar.

22 Y vino uno de los oficiales[b] de la sinagoga, llamado Jairo, y al ver a Jesús, se postró* a Sus pies, 23 y le rogaba* con insistencia: «Mi hijita está al borde de la muerte; te ruego que vengas y pongas las manos sobre ella para que sane[c] y viva». 24 Jesús fue con él; y una gran multitud lo seguía y oprimía.

A. Jesus has compassion for the distressed.

Jairus, was a ruler of the synagogue, which means he was the caretaker of the building where the people gathered to hear God’s word. Which means he was a respected person within the religious community. Which would also mean he was a well respected man in the community. But Jairus did not care what position he has in the synagogue, he didn’t care what position he had in the community, he didn’t care what the religious leaders thought of him, all Jairus knew is that a man named Jesus just showed up in his town, this man has displayed power over sickness. He believed Jesus could help him and was willing to give up anything to receive his help.

What are you willing to give up to be associated with Jesus? What are you willing to give up to receive his help?

Jairus through himself at the feet of Jesus and begged him to come and touch my daughter and she will be healed and live. We see that Jesus had compassion on him and went with him. Jesus is full of compassion for this distressed man.

Do you have faith in Jesus when facing difficult times in your life? Do you believe Jesus could do for you what no one else can do?

B. Jesus has compassion on the diseased

While Jesus is on his way, there is a huge crowd following him lets find out what happens...

Mark 5:25–34 (ESV)

And there was a woman who had had a discharge of blood for twelve years, and who had suffered much under many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was no better but rather grew worse. She had heard the reports about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his garment. For she said, “If I touch even his garments, I will be made well.” And immediately the flow of blood dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. And Jesus, perceiving in himself that power had gone out from him, immediately turned about in the crowd and said, “Who touched my garments?” And his disciples said to him, “You see the crowd pressing around you, and yet you say, ‘Who touched me?’ ” And he looked around to see who had done it. But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling and fell down before him and told him the whole truth. And he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has made you well; go in peace, and be healed of your disease.”

25 Había una mujer que padecía de flujo de sangre por doce años.26 Había sufrido mucho a manos de muchos médicos, y había gastado todo lo que tenía sin provecho alguno, sino que al contrario, había empeorado.

27 Cuando ella oyó hablar de Jesús, se llegó a Él por detrás entre la multitud y tocó Su manto. 28 Porque decía[d]: «Si tan solo toco Sus ropas, sanaré[e]». 29 Al instante la fuente de su sangre se secó, y sintió en su cuerpo que estaba curada de su aflicción. 30 Enseguida Jesús, dándose cuenta de que había salido poder de Él, volviéndose entre la gente, dijo: «¿Quién ha tocado Mi ropa?». 31 Y Sus discípulos le dijeron: «Ves que la multitud te oprime, y preguntas: “¿Quién me ha tocado?”».32 Pero Él miraba a su alrededor para ver a la mujer que lo había tocado[f].

33 Entonces la mujer, temerosa y temblando, dándose cuenta de lo que le había sucedido, vino y se postró delante de Él y le dijo toda la verdad.34 «Hija, tu fe te ha sanado[g]», le dijo Jesús; «vete en paz y queda sana de tu aflicción».

Mark introduces us to a woman, this woman had a chronic illness that had to do with a discharge of blood. She suffered for 12 years, spent all she had on Dr’s, who most likely took advantage of her situation. She was poor because of her medical condition. But if you look at the Levitical laws if you had a discharge of blood, you were removed from the community and taken outside the camp to protect the people from getting sick. So this woman hears that Jesus is in town, heard about what he has done, and believes that Jesus can change her life, if I can just touch him.

This woman hidden among the crowd, so she doesn’t get caught and thrown outside the city, is pushing her way through the crowd and finally gets to touch the hem of his Garment and is immediately healed.

In our suffering, we must have the tenacity of this woman, who was rushing to Jesus, the only one who could help her in her suffering. We must go to him because he cares for us.

Do you run to Jesus or do you run away from Jesus in your suffering?

Jesus, knowing she was healed, asks “who touched me?” His disciples looking around, are you kidding? Who hasn’t touched you? Jesus, still waiting for the woman to come forward and when she finally comes forward and associates herself with Jesus. In fear of what the people may do to her, afraid what Jesus may do, she told him the whole truth. Jesus says “your faith has made you well, go in peace, and be healed of your disease”.

Just like the paralytic in chapter 2 Jesus doesn’t just want to heal her, he wants to save her soul. he states that her faith has made her well and brought peace and then he says be healed of you disease.

C. Jesus is compassionate, but moves on his timing.

Mark 5:35–36 (ESV)

While he was still speaking, there came from the ruler’s house some who said, “Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?” But overhearing what they said, Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, “Do not fear, only believe.”

35 Mientras Él estaba todavía hablando, vinieron* unos enviados de la casa del oficial de la sinagoga, diciendo: «Tu hija ha muerto, ¿para qué molestas aún al Maestro?». 36 Pero Jesús, oyendo lo que se hablaba, dijo* al oficial de la sinagoga: «No temas, cree solamente[h]».

While all this is going on Jairus’ daughter dies. People tell Jairus, its over, leave Jesus alone, if you only you made it a few minutes earlier.

You see many times we as people want Jesus to move on our time, but Jesus does not bend to my will, we must bend to his will. Jesus our king is always on time and is never late. After the news breaks about Jairus’ daughter, he turns to look at him and says, trust me.

Can you trust Jesus even in the face of death? Even if he doesn’t heal you hear and now?

This little girl was did, Jesus says she is sleeping, the people laughed because they knew she was dead. But Jesus our king

Mark 5:41–42 (ESV)

Taking her by the hand he said to her, “Talitha cumi,” which means, “Little girl, I say to you, arise.” And immediately the girl got up and began walking (for she was twelve years of age), and they were immediately overcome with amazement.

41 Tomando a la niña por la mano, le dijo*: «Talita cum», que traducido significa: «Niña, a ti te digo, ¡levántate!».

42 Al instante la niña se levantó y comenzó a caminar, pues tenía doce años. Y al momento todos se quedaron completamente atónitos.

Jesus comes to the bedside and says “Talitha cumi”… Talitha cumi is something parents would say to their children when it was tim to wake up, it is like a term of endearment. I call my kids babe as a term of endearment and some days when they were sleeping I would come along side their bed and say babe, its time to get up. Jesus, full of compassion comes to the little girls bedside and says babe, its time to wake up.

Jesus is our compassionate king.

II. The Power of Our King

Again we see the power of the king on display. Jesus rules over everything, demons, sickness, chronic illness, nature and Jesus even has power over death. That is the power of our king!

But Jesus’ power is even greater than Jairus imagined, greater than the woman with the issue of blood imagined, even greater than we can imagine and we cannot move on from this text without talking about it. In Numbers 5 we read some commands that Lord gave Moses,

Numbers 5:2–4 (ESV)

“Command the people of Israel that they put out of the camp everyone who is leprous or has a discharge and everyone who is unclean through contact with the dead. You shall put out both male and female, putting them outside the camp, that they may not defile their camp, in the midst of which I dwell.” And the people of Israel did so, and put them outside the camp; as the Lord said to Moses, so the people of Israel did.

2 «Manda a los israelitas que echen del campamento a todo leproso, a todo el que padece de flujo y a todo el que es inmundo por causa de un muerto. 3 Ustedes echarán tanto a hombres como a mujeres. Los echarán fuera del campamento para que no contaminen su campamento, donde Yo habito en medio de ellos». 4 Y así lo hicieron los israelitas, y los echaron fuera del campamento. Tal como el Señor había dicho a Moisés, así lo hicieron los israelitas.

If you were a leper, or had a discharge of blood, or touched a dead body. You were considered unclean, and were put outside the camp. This was done to protect the community from illness spreading. After 2 years of covid and different quarantine guidelines, this passage has come to life. This is Israel’s way of quarantining the sick and keeping the rest of the community safe.

Anyone who was leprous, or had a discharge of blood, came in contact with someone with a discharge of blood, or touched a dead body was considered unclean and would have to be put out side the camp. You see I need you to understand, that people who had leprosy or this woman with the issue of blood for 12 years, they do not experience human touch. They don’t get hugs, no one holds there hand, no one touches them on the cheek. Fast forward to the compassion of Jesus our king, we have seen him reach out and touch a leper in Mark 1, in our passage today, the woman with the issue of blood touches Jesus and to top it all off Jesus touches the body of the dead girl. All of these should have made Jesus unclean.

But Jesus our king is like no other, Jesus our king has power over demons, nature, illness, death. When Jesus reaches out to touch the leper, Jesus doesn’t become unclean the leper becomes clean, When the woman with the issue of blood touches Jesus, he doesn’t become unclean the woman becomes clean. When Jesus touches the dead body Jesus doesn’t become unclean the little girl comes to life. Jesus has the power to make those who are unclean clean.

When Jesus comes and calls us to follow him and we repent of our sin, Jesus doesn’t become unclean, we become clean, we are made well, our sins are forgiven. Who is this compassionate king who has the power to make the unclean clean?

The book of Hebrews tells us that all this is made possible because

Hebrews 13:12–14 (ESV)

So Jesus also suffered outside the gate in order to sanctify the people through his own blood. Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured. For here we have no lasting city, but we seek the city that is to come.

12 Por lo cual también Jesús, para santificar al pueblo mediante Su propia sangre, padeció fuera de la puerta. 13 Así pues, salgamos a Su encuentro fuera del campamento, llevando Su oprobio. 14 Porque no tenemos aquí una ciudad permanente, sino que buscamos la que está por venir.

Jesus was crucified on a cross outside the camp, he identified with sinful humanity and became the sacrifice that we needed, why? To sanctify, which is the biblical term meaning to make us clean, holy.

So here is the invitation from our compassionate king “Therefore let us go to him outside the camp and bear the reproach he endured.”

Jesus identified with you, the invitation is now open to all, will you identify with him, will you go meet him at the cross outside the camp, will you repent and believe so he can make you clean and give you hope of a “city that is to come” where there is no leprosy, cancer, covid or death. A city where all who trusted in Jesus will be made whole because they have been made clean.