Latest / Bible in a Year with Jack Graham / The Little Girl and Bleeding Woman - The Gospels

Transcript

The Little Girl and Bleeding Woman - The Gospels · Bible in a Year with Jack Graham

• 0:00
  Speaker 1: Let us pray. And when the woman saw that she
• 0:04
  Speaker 1: was not hid, she came trembling and falling down before him.
• 0:09
  Speaker 1: She declared unto him before all the people for what
• 0:13
  Speaker 1: cause she had touched him and how she was healed immediately.
• 0:18
  Speaker 1: Luke 8 47 Jesus, you are the author of life.
• 0:25
  Speaker 1: You are the one that can make dead things alive again.
• 0:29
  Speaker 1: And with this truth, I release faith and anticipation into
• 0:34
  Speaker 1: my day. I believe that with my whole heart, that
• 0:40
  Speaker 1: when life deals me blows of disappointment, and I'm bleeding
• 0:44
  Speaker 1: defeat from within, that just one touch from you can
• 0:50
  Speaker 1: change everything. When my faith is low and my energy
• 0:56
  Speaker 1: is drained, position me, Holy Spirit, in the place where
• 1:00
  Speaker 1: Jesus is, so that I can receive my healing and restoration.
• 1:07
  Speaker 1: I don't care about what others are saying or about
• 1:10
  Speaker 1: how many times I might get knocked down. I will
• 1:14
  Speaker 1: not stop until I am restored and made whole. In
• 1:21
  Speaker 1: the same way you healed the girl, Jesus, I pronounce
• 1:24
  Speaker 1: healing and life to flow into every place of my life.
• 1:30
  Speaker 1: because you are willing, Jesus. I realize that as I
• 1:35
  Speaker 1: activate my faith like Jarius, dormant dreams and dormant promises
• 1:41
  Speaker 1: will arise to meet my attention and affection. In Jesus' name, amen.
• 1:52
  Speaker 1: Thank you for making prayer a priority in your day.
• 1:55
  Speaker 1: To learn more about the Bible, stay tuned for today's story,
• 1:59
  Speaker 1: brought to you.
• 2:15
  Speaker 2: The Little Girl and Bleeding Woman In our last story,
• 2:19
  Speaker 2: Jesus showed his authority over wind, rain, and sea. With
• 2:24
  Speaker 2: a word of might, he calmed the raging storm and
• 2:27
  Speaker 2: saved the apostles from certain death. Once the storm had subsided,
• 2:31
  Speaker 2: Jesus faced a man who was plagued with a legion
• 2:34
  Speaker 2: of demons. The man raged and thrashed with the unholy
• 2:38
  Speaker 2: spirit controlling his body. Jesus calmed the man's soul just
• 2:42
  Speaker 2: as he did the storm. Now we see the tender
• 2:45
  Speaker 2: heart of Christ take care of two girls. One had
• 2:49
  Speaker 2: suffered from a debilitating illness. The other had tasted death itself.
• 2:54
  Speaker 2: Jesus showed his compassionate power by kneeling down and healing
• 2:57
  Speaker 2: both of them. As inspired, by the Gospels.
• 3:04
  Speaker 3: Hello and welcome once again to the Bible in a
• 3:07
  Speaker 3: Year podcast. I'm Jack Graham. In our last episode, we
• 3:11
  Speaker 3: heard how Jesus calmed the stormy seas and cast out
• 3:14
  Speaker 3: a legion of demons with nothing more than his words.
• 3:19
  Speaker 3: He demonstrates his powerful command over the forces of nature
• 3:22
  Speaker 3: and the forces of evil in this world. As the
• 3:26
  Speaker 3: disciples witnessed his power, their wonder and amazement grew. even
• 3:30
  Speaker 3: though their faith remained immature and easily shaken. Today, we'll
• 3:36
  Speaker 3: see how the Lord cares for a long-suffering woman and
• 3:39
  Speaker 3: a dying girl. We will once again hear how God's mercy, grace,
• 3:44
  Speaker 3: and healing truly knows no limits and is available to
• 3:47
  Speaker 3: all without respect for age, gender, position, or background. So,
• 3:52
  Speaker 3: let's hear the Word of God today.
• 3:55
  Speaker 2: Another crowd flurried around Jesus. Their desperate cries for more
• 4:00
  Speaker 2: words of wisdom and acts of healing were deafening. His
• 4:03
  Speaker 2: popularity had stretched to the furthest reaches of Judea and Samaria.
• 4:07
  Speaker 2: Not a traveler passed through the land without hearing his name.
• 4:11
  Speaker 2: As Jesus often did, he walked beside the sea. He
• 4:14
  Speaker 2: enjoyed the way the water and wind amplified his voice
• 4:17
  Speaker 2: for all to hear. And if need be, he could
• 4:20
  Speaker 2: make a quick escape onto a boat if things got
• 4:23
  Speaker 2: out of hand. Jesus was tending to the crowd, teaching
• 4:27
  Speaker 2: them the ways of the kingdom. A faint yell could
• 4:30
  Speaker 2: be heard from the sea of faces. Jesus! he yelled.
• 4:34
  Speaker 2: His head was barely poking out of the vast crowd. However,
• 4:37
  Speaker 2: Jesus knew his voice. It was the voice of Jairus,
• 4:41
  Speaker 2: one of the synagogue rulers. Jesus gestured for him to
• 4:44
  Speaker 2: be let through. Jairus fell at his feet, sobbing. It
• 4:48
  Speaker 2: was odd for the people to see a man of
• 4:49
  Speaker 2: such power groveling before anybody. This showed Jesus' true influence.
• 4:55
  Speaker 2: Jairus looked up at Jesus and said, Please, Lord, my daughter,
• 4:58
  Speaker 2: my little girl, is sick to the point of death.
• 5:01
  Speaker 2: There is no pain like a parent in fear of
• 5:03
  Speaker 2: losing a child. Jesus could feel its palpable presence in Jairus.
• 5:09
  Speaker 2: Say no more, Jesus said. Lead on, and I will
• 5:12
  Speaker 2: go to your daughter. So Jesus got down from the
• 5:15
  Speaker 2: boat where he was sitting and stepped into the crowd.
• 5:18
  Speaker 2: They were violently seeking his attention. His fame had caused
• 5:21
  Speaker 2: a great deal of chaos wherever he went. The crowd
• 5:24
  Speaker 2: grabbed at him and shoved him in every direction. His
• 5:28
  Speaker 2: disciples took it upon themselves to make a way for
• 5:30
  Speaker 2: Jesus and Jairus to get through, but it was an
• 5:33
  Speaker 2: exhausting task. As Jesus made his way through the forceful crowd,
• 5:37
  Speaker 2: a small and quiet presence followed him. Her hand was
• 5:40
  Speaker 2: small and shaking. Her once beautifully lush face was gray
• 5:44
  Speaker 2: and fading. A woman followed closely behind Jesus, reaching out
• 5:48
  Speaker 2: to touch him. Her entire body trembled as blood slowly
• 5:52
  Speaker 2: dripped down her inner thighs. She had had a discharge
• 5:55
  Speaker 2: of blood for over twelve years. The seeping blood from
• 5:59
  Speaker 2: her lower half caused a great deal of pain and
• 6:01
  Speaker 2: sapped much energy from her. Yet worst of all, it
• 6:04
  Speaker 2: made her unclean in Jewish tradition. She was unable to
• 6:08
  Speaker 2: enter the synagogues or temples. She was unable to go
• 6:11
  Speaker 2: to feasts and celebrations. She was unable to marry. Her
• 6:15
  Speaker 2: last penny was spent on physicians. They could not help her.
• 6:19
  Speaker 2: She was hopeless and alone, until she heard about the
• 6:22
  Speaker 2: man named Jesus. She could see Jesus, so close yet
• 6:27
  Speaker 2: so far. He was only a few feet away, but
• 6:29
  Speaker 2: the violent crowd was continually tugging or tossing her to
• 6:32
  Speaker 2: the ground. She reached for him and missed. She tried
• 6:36
  Speaker 2: to call out his name, but the people were too loud.
• 6:39
  Speaker 2: She got up to her feet and tried to run
• 6:41
  Speaker 2: towards him, but someone pulled her back and her face
• 6:43
  Speaker 2: fell into the stony ground. She thought of giving up
• 6:47
  Speaker 2: and just remaining on the ground. She would be trampled
• 6:50
  Speaker 2: and her miserable life would be ended. No, she thought
• 6:54
  Speaker 2: to herself. If I could just touch his garments, I
• 6:57
  Speaker 2: know I will be healed. She lifted herself up and
• 7:00
  Speaker 2: crawled towards Jesus. In one last effort, she threw herself
• 7:04
  Speaker 2: towards him and barely touched the hem of his garment.
• 7:07
  Speaker 2: She fell to her knees. Jesus stopped and turned around.'
• 7:10
  Speaker 2: Who touched me?' he asked his disciples. They laughed. At
• 7:15
  Speaker 2: first they thought he was joking.' Are you serious? they
• 7:19
  Speaker 2: asked him. Thousands of people are grabbing at you, and
• 7:21
  Speaker 2: you ask, who touched me? Jesus shook his head. No,
• 7:26
  Speaker 2: he clarified, this was different. Jesus looked around and saw
• 7:30
  Speaker 2: the woman kneeling on the floor, being rammed in the
• 7:32
  Speaker 2: head by random people in the crowd. Jesus knelt down
• 7:36
  Speaker 2: and touched her shoulders. My daughter, your faith has made
• 7:40
  Speaker 2: you well. Go and be free, Jesus said with a
• 7:44
  Speaker 2: warm smile. Tears streamed down the woman's face. She was speechless.
• 7:49
  Speaker 2: No words could quite thank Jesus properly. So she bowed
• 7:53
  Speaker 2: to him and left. Please, Lord, we will be too late,
• 7:57
  Speaker 2: Jairus begged. Jesus stood to his feet and continued to
• 8:01
  Speaker 2: walk forward. As they made their way out of the
• 8:04
  Speaker 2: main streets, the crowd began to settle. Only a few
• 8:07
  Speaker 2: people remained, Jesus, Jairus, and the twelve disciples. They approached
• 8:12
  Speaker 2: the home and a member of Jairus' family ran to them,
• 8:15
  Speaker 2: His face was grim. Dried tears and dirt caked his face.
• 8:20
  Speaker 2: She's gone, he whispered to Jairus. Do not trouble the
• 8:24
  Speaker 2: teacher any further. Jesus overheard the two men whispering. He
• 8:28
  Speaker 2: interrupted them and said, It is not so, he said.
• 8:32
  Speaker 2: Do not be afraid. Believe in me and watch. Jesus
• 8:37
  Speaker 2: gestured for Peter, James, and John to come with him
• 8:39
  Speaker 2: into the house. In a small courtyard, many people were
• 8:43
  Speaker 2: wailing and weeping on the floor. The halls echoed with
• 8:46
  Speaker 2: tears and mourning. It was the saddest thing Peter, James,
• 8:50
  Speaker 2: or John had ever witnessed. It was clear that the
• 8:53
  Speaker 2: little girl meant a great deal to them. Jesus walked
• 8:57
  Speaker 2: up to the women weeping and asked,' Why is everyone
• 9:00
  Speaker 2: making such a commotion? The child is only sleeping.' The
• 9:03
  Speaker 2: woman scoffed at him. His words seemed insensitive and almost evil. However,
• 9:08
  Speaker 2: behind Jesus' questions were a promise. He took Jairus, his wife,
• 9:14
  Speaker 2: and the three men with him upstairs. They entered the
• 9:17
  Speaker 2: door and there lying on the bed was the girl's
• 9:19
  Speaker 2: lifeless body. She could not have been more than twelve.
• 9:23
  Speaker 2: Her once rosy cheeks were white. Jesus walked over to
• 9:26
  Speaker 2: her body slowly and knelt by the side of her bed.
• 9:29
  Speaker 2: He held her little hand in his. Jesus' eyes watered
• 9:33
  Speaker 2: as he held the little girl. Death was never God's intention.
• 9:38
  Speaker 2: He is the author of life. Jesus kissed the little
• 9:42
  Speaker 2: girl's hand and said, Talitha kumi, which means, little girl, arise.
• 9:50
  Speaker 2: The girl's chest began to rise steadily up and down.
• 9:54
  Speaker 2: Color was slowly returning to her face. Jesus smiled as
• 9:57
  Speaker 2: her beautiful brown eyes opened. She sat up, stretched, and
• 10:01
  Speaker 2: yawned as if she had awoken from a long nap.
• 10:04
  Speaker 2: Jesus laughed with joy as the others in the room
• 10:07
  Speaker 2: awed in amazement. The two parents rushed to their daughter's side,
• 10:12
  Speaker 2: kissing her and hugging her. Jairus wiped tears from his
• 10:15
  Speaker 2: eyes and looked up at Jesus with a face of gratitude. Jesus, Peter, James,
• 10:20
  Speaker 2: and John left the room so the family could be together.
• 10:23
  Speaker 2: As he left, he turned to one of the servants
• 10:25
  Speaker 2: and asked for her to bring the little girl some food.
• 10:32
  Speaker 3: As we begin today's reading, we find Jesus once again
• 10:35
  Speaker 3: surrounded by great crowds of people, each one eager to
• 10:39
  Speaker 3: hear his words and perhaps even witness a miraculous sign
• 10:43
  Speaker 3: as he heals someone from the crowd. Jesus' renown was
• 10:47
  Speaker 3: growing by leaps and bounds as more and more people
• 10:49
  Speaker 3: in the region heard what he could do. This was
• 10:52
  Speaker 3: certainly an annoyance, even a threat, to the religious leaders.
• 10:56
  Speaker 3: They wanted Jesus just to go away so they could
• 10:59
  Speaker 3: have control and power over the people. Of course, not
• 11:02
  Speaker 3: all of the religious elite despised Jesus, and today we
• 11:06
  Speaker 3: meet one such person, a synagogue ruler by the name
• 11:09
  Speaker 3: of Jairus. He had gone out that day to find Jesus.
• 11:13
  Speaker 3: Whether out of true respect and belief or just out
• 11:16
  Speaker 3: of sheer desperation, we do not know. But the fact
• 11:19
  Speaker 3: was that his precious young daughter was in bed at home,
• 11:22
  Speaker 3: sick and dying. Sickness and death are really the great equalizers.
• 11:28
  Speaker 3: No matter what one's wealth or power or position may
• 11:31
  Speaker 3: be in society, when illness or the threat of death comes,
• 11:35
  Speaker 3: we are all the same. We are all in a
• 11:38
  Speaker 3: helpless state. And so Jairus did what any loving parent
• 11:43
  Speaker 3: would do. He sought out every last answer in order
• 11:46
  Speaker 3: to try to save his child. Jesus was seemingly his
• 11:51
  Speaker 3: last hope. So when he found him that day, he
• 11:54
  Speaker 3: pleaded with Jesus, not from a position of authority, but
• 11:58
  Speaker 3: one of deep and desperate need of help. Jesus immediately
• 12:02
  Speaker 3: stopped what he was doing and went with Jairus. It
• 12:05
  Speaker 3: is a reminder that so often in life, the interruptions
• 12:08
  Speaker 3: are in fact an opportunity to for ministry. As Jairus
• 12:12
  Speaker 3: led him and they pushed through the crowd, suddenly Jesus
• 12:15
  Speaker 3: stopped and asked an unusual question. Who touched me? To
• 12:20
  Speaker 3: all around, it seemed to be a ridiculous question. There
• 12:23
  Speaker 3: were people everywhere. He was being touched all the time.
• 12:27
  Speaker 3: But Jesus had felt something different. Power had gone out
• 12:31
  Speaker 3: from him in that moment. And so a woman confessed
• 12:34
  Speaker 3: to touching him. hoping that even just a brush against
• 12:38
  Speaker 3: the hem of his garment would heal her disease, a
• 12:41
  Speaker 3: lifelong problem with bleeding which made her unclean and unhealthy.
• 12:45
  Speaker 3: This tragic condition had left her destitute and alone, unable
• 12:49
  Speaker 3: to even enter the temple of worship to worship God
• 12:52
  Speaker 3: or to celebrate with her people. Jesus looked at her
• 12:56
  Speaker 3: with kindness and grace and told her to go home
• 12:59
  Speaker 3: in peace and fully healed her because of her faith.
• 13:03
  Speaker 3: This is a great moment in Scripture which shows us
• 13:06
  Speaker 3: not only our Lord's caring heart and immense power, but
• 13:09
  Speaker 3: His ability to know when we cry out to Him.
• 13:13
  Speaker 3: It also shows us that Jesus had both full control
• 13:15
  Speaker 3: and full awareness of His power. Not everyone who touched
• 13:19
  Speaker 3: Him was healed, though certainly some in the crowd had
• 13:22
  Speaker 3: ailments that Jesus could have healed. But when this woman
• 13:25
  Speaker 3: approached Him with such faith and touched Him, Jesus allowed
• 13:29
  Speaker 3: healing power to depart from His body to meet her
• 13:32
  Speaker 3: deep need of healing and restoration. It wasn't by her
• 13:35
  Speaker 3: might or her actions or even her touch that she
• 13:39
  Speaker 3: was healed, but by faith and power in Christ. While
• 13:43
  Speaker 3: he was still with the crowd, someone came to inform
• 13:46
  Speaker 3: Jairus that his daughter had passed away. There was no need,
• 13:50
  Speaker 3: it seemed, for Jesus to proceed to his home because
• 13:52
  Speaker 3: nothing could be done. But as we know, what is
• 13:56
  Speaker 3: impossible for man is possible with God. I love how
• 14:00
  Speaker 3: Jesus responds in Mark 5, 36. But overhearing what they said,
• 14:06
  Speaker 3: Jesus said to the ruler of the synagogue, Do not fear,
• 14:09
  Speaker 3: only believe. Oh, that we could live by those words.
• 14:14
  Speaker 3: Do not fear, only believe. Jesus continued on to the
• 14:19
  Speaker 3: home of Jairus, taking only his three closest disciples, Peter, James,
• 14:23
  Speaker 3: and John. They arrived to quite a scene. mourners already
• 14:27
  Speaker 3: wailing and making a commotion outside the home. He spoke
• 14:31
  Speaker 3: calmly to them, assuring them that the girl was not dead,
• 14:35
  Speaker 3: only sleeping. But nobody believed, and they laughed at his words.
• 14:40
  Speaker 3: Jesus then entered the home with his three disciples and
• 14:43
  Speaker 3: the girl's parents. And going to her bedside, he took
• 14:46
  Speaker 3: her hand and spoke tenderly over her. Arise, little girl.
• 14:52
  Speaker 3: And at his command, she shook off the chains of
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: death and rose, fully recovered and restored into the arms
• 15:00
  Speaker 3: of her joyous parents. Jesus is still speaking words to
• 15:05
  Speaker 3: God's children today, through the Bible, by his Spirit, calling
• 15:09
  Speaker 3: us who are spiritually dead to rise to a new
• 15:12
  Speaker 3: life that only he offers, the one who is the
• 15:15
  Speaker 3: resurrection and the life. This is the message, the glorious,
• 15:20
  Speaker 3: gracious message of the good news, the gospel. The God
• 15:24
  Speaker 3: who healed the sick and raised the dead, is able
• 15:27
  Speaker 3: to heal and give life to all who will call
• 15:29
  Speaker 3: upon his name. The Bible says, whoever calls upon the
• 15:33
  Speaker 3: name of the Lord will be saved. Lord, we call
• 15:37
  Speaker 3: upon your name and we trust you as our Lord
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: and Savior. May we follow you all the days of
• 15:44
  Speaker 3: our lives and may our hearts always be devoted to you.
• 15:47
  Speaker 3: Thank you for your restoration and healing in our lives
• 15:51
  Speaker 3: and the forgiveness of our sins. In Jesus' name, amen.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: Thank you for listening to today's Bible in a Year.
• 15:58
  Speaker 3: I'm Pastor Jack Graham from Dallas, Texas. You can download
• 16:02
  Speaker 3: the Pray.com app and make Bible study and prayer the
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: priority of your life. And if you appreciate this podcast,
• 16:10
  Speaker 3: please share it with someone else. I also want to
• 16:13
  Speaker 3: encourage you to go to jackgraham.org. That's jackgraham.org, for we
• 16:19
  Speaker 3: have resources that are free and available for you so
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: that you may know Christ and grow in Him. God
• 16:26
  Speaker 3: bless you.