Don’t Be Afraid, Just Believe - Mar 22, 2020

“Don’t be Afraid, just believe”

Text: Mark 5: 21-24; 35-43

Thesis: “Perfect love casts out all fear” and God loves us perfectly! (1 John 4:18)

 

1. Jairus received some terrible news… “Your daughter is dead.” (vs. 35)
2. Jairus had come personally to Jesus and had explained to him that his daughter was very sick. (Read vss. 22-23 again)
3. Jairus must have been frustrated that Jesus’ travels to his home were interrupted. (see last week’s sermon- “A Healing within a Healing”)
4. We must confess that we do not like when it appears that God is not responding to our prayers.
5. However, Jairus’ Faith in Jesus must have been strengthened by Jesus power to heal the Woman in need.
6. Then Jairus received the bad news, “Your daughter is dead.” (vs 35)

 

1. Jesus ignores the messengers of the obvious, who only can see with their physical eyes. (vs 36)
2. Jesus with the eye of Faith speaks hope into the heart of Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
3. The eye of Faith views life differently. A God-World View recognizes that God loves them and there is HOPE in Jesus Christ.

• “I can do all things through Christ Jesus.” (Philippians 4:13)
• “Jesus looked at them and said, "With man this is impossible, but not with God; all things are possible with God." (Mark 10:27)
• “The Apostle Paul said, ‘If God be for you, who can be against you.” (Romans 8:31b)

1. Jesus took control of the situation and would not allow the scoffing crowds to go with him. He only took Peter, James and John to go to Jairus’ house.
2. We must totally surrender our situation over to the control of God.

• Job states, “Though he slay me, yet will I hope in him;” (Job 13:15)
• The Apostle’s resolve, “For to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.”

1. Jesus arrives at Jairus’ house and finds it full of hopeless people that are hysterical. (Listen to vs38 to 39)
2. “But they laughed at Him (Jesus) , so “Jesus put them all out.” (vs 40)
3. Have you caught on that Jesus is not impressed with scoffers? They even rob others of their faith. (example is when Moses sent the 12 spies out and only two came back with a good report-see Numbers 13)

 

III. Jesus then raises the little girl to life. (40b-43)

1. In an intimate setting with only the parents and the three disciples present, Jesus speaks life into the little girl.

      “He took her by the hand and said to her, "Talitha koum!" (which        means    "Little girl, I say to you, get up!"). Immediately the girl stood up and began to         walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely aston-           ished” (Mark 5:41-42)
B. Jesus gave some final practical instruction. (vs 43)

 

Jesus said, “Don’t Be Afraid, Just Believe”