Mark 5:23-29, 34-36 And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet and begged Him earnestly, saying, "My little daughter lies at the point of death. Come and lay Your hands on her, that she may be healed, and she will live." So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him. Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years, and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse. When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment; for she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well." Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction. And Jesus, immediately knowing in Himself that power had gone out of Him, turned around in the crowd and said, "Who touched My clothes?"…. And He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace, and be healed of your affliction." While He was still speaking, some came from the ruler of the synagogue's house who said, "Your daughter is dead. Why trouble the Teacher any further?" As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, He said to the ruler of the synagogue, "Do not be afraid; only believe.」
Jairus was a religious man humble enough to come before Jesus to ask Him to lay hands on his dying daughter. In his hopeless situation, he came to Jesus and acknowledged Him as the Son of God and the answer. His faith level was for Jesus to go to his house and lay hands on his daughter to heal her. Jesus was willing and went with him.
The woman with the bleeding problem also had a hopeless situation, but she heard about Jesus and faith rose within her. Her faith level was if she could touch Jesus』 robe, she would be healed. As she did that, she was immediately healed, and Jesus told her that her faith had made her well.
When Jairus witnessed Jesus saying that power had gone out of Him, he probably wondered if there was any more power left. Then even more disappointing, someone told him his daughter had already died. This was his weakest moment and the easiest time to give up. The enemy wanted to use disappointment and fear to make Jairus let go of God’s Word.
Faith and fear cannot co-exist, but God can work with our faith and watch over His Word to perform it in our lives. He doesn’t lie or change His mind. When He has promised you, He will do it!
Jesus immediately told Jairus, 「Do not be afraid! Only believe」. Therefore, don’t entertain fear, hopelessness and quit. Press on and hold on to the Word!
Sermon Series: Fight the Good Fight of Faith
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持定在神的話語裡
馬可福音5：23-30 有一個管會堂的人，當他來見耶穌，就俯伏在他腳前，再三地求他，說：「我的小女兒快要死了，求你去按手在她身上，使她痊癒，得以活過來。耶穌就和他同去，有許多人跟隨擁擠他。有一個女人，患了十二年的血漏，在好些醫生手裡受了許多的苦，又花盡了她所有的，一點也不見好，病勢反倒更重了。她聽見耶穌的事，就從後頭來，雜在眾人中間，摸耶穌的衣裳；意思說：「我只摸他的衣裳，就必痊癒。於是她血漏的源頭立刻幹了，她便覺得身上的災病好了。耶穌頓時心裡覺得有能力從自己身上出去，就在眾人中間轉過來，說：「誰摸我的衣裳？」……耶穌對她說：「女兒，你的信救了你，平平安安地回去吧！你的災病痊癒了。」 還說話的時候，有人從管會堂的家裡來，說：「你的女兒死了！何必還勞動先生呢？」 耶穌聽見所說的話，就對管會堂的說：「不要怕，只要信！」