Creekside Church, Sunday, July 14, 2024
12 Years
Locations & Times
Creekside Church
660 Conservation Dr, Waterloo, ON N2J 3Z4, Canada
Sunday 9:00 AM
Sunday 10:30 AM
MARK 5
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36 Overhearing[c] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
----
Today we're looking at two miracles in Mark chapter 5 that are combined using a literary device called a Markan Sandwich. Mark uses this all throughout his gospel where he combines two stories in order to highlight details and emphasize his point.
Similarities:
• both near death
• both called daughter
• both victims of desperate circumstances and apart from Jesus they have no hope
• both fall at Jesus' feet - surrender
• 12 yrs
Differences:
• woman/man
• name/no name
• Jairus speaks - the woman just thinks and is said to have spoken
• rich/poor
• respected community member/impure, outside of the community
• approach - behind/face to face
• home vs. street
By using this sandwich, Mark is emphasizing that anyone can come to Jesus and find the freedom, healing and peace that are available in his kingdom.
There is also an emphasis of choosing faith over fear in this story. The faith of the nameless woman is the example for Jairus as his faith is pushed from believing in Jesus as a healer to one who can raise the dead.
---
“As long as we are kept in fear we can be made to act, speak, and even think as slaves.” - Henri Nouwen
What narrative is fear telling you?
How can you replace it with a narrative of faith?
21 When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22 Then one of the synagogue leaders, named Jairus, came, and when he saw Jesus, he fell at his feet. 23 He pleaded earnestly with him, “My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live.” 24 So Jesus went with him.
A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26 She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27 When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28 because she thought, “If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed.” 29 Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.
30 At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, “Who touched my clothes?”
31 “You see the people crowding against you,” his disciples answered, “and yet you can ask, ‘Who touched me?’ ”
32 But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33 Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34 He said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering.”
35 While Jesus was still speaking, some people came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue leader. “Your daughter is dead,” they said. “Why bother the teacher anymore?”
36 Overhearing[c] what they said, Jesus told him, “Don’t be afraid; just believe.”
37 He did not let anyone follow him except Peter, James and John the brother of James. 38 When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw a commotion, with people crying and wailing loudly. 39 He went in and said to them, “Why all this commotion and wailing? The child is not dead but asleep.” 40 But they laughed at him.
After he put them all out, he took the child’s father and mother and the disciples who were with him, and went in where the child was. 41 He took her by the hand and said to her, “Talitha koum!” (which means “Little girl, I say to you, get up!”). 42 Immediately the girl stood up and began to walk around (she was twelve years old). At this they were completely astonished. 43 He gave strict orders not to let anyone know about this, and told them to give her something to eat.
----
Today we're looking at two miracles in Mark chapter 5 that are combined using a literary device called a Markan Sandwich. Mark uses this all throughout his gospel where he combines two stories in order to highlight details and emphasize his point.
Similarities:
• both near death
• both called daughter
• both victims of desperate circumstances and apart from Jesus they have no hope
• both fall at Jesus' feet - surrender
• 12 yrs
Differences:
• woman/man
• name/no name
• Jairus speaks - the woman just thinks and is said to have spoken
• rich/poor
• respected community member/impure, outside of the community
• approach - behind/face to face
• home vs. street
By using this sandwich, Mark is emphasizing that anyone can come to Jesus and find the freedom, healing and peace that are available in his kingdom.
There is also an emphasis of choosing faith over fear in this story. The faith of the nameless woman is the example for Jairus as his faith is pushed from believing in Jesus as a healer to one who can raise the dead.
---
“As long as we are kept in fear we can be made to act, speak, and even think as slaves.” - Henri Nouwen
What narrative is fear telling you?
How can you replace it with a narrative of faith?