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August 21 - Jairus’s True Faith
GracetoYou.org ^ | 2008 | John MacArthur, Grace Community Church

Posted on 08/21/2019 4:55:00 PM PDT by metmom

“A synagogue official came and bowed down before Him, and said, ‘My daughter has just died; but come and lay Your hand on her, and she will live’” (Matthew 9:18).

Jairus’s belief that the Lord Jesus could honor his request to revive his daughter from death is especially extraordinary because Jesus had not yet performed a resurrection miracle. He had performed many healing miracles, but up to this point He had not brought someone back from the dead. So there was no precedent for such a request, yet Jairus asked it in faith.

Jairus’s faith surpassed that of the centurion, who believed Christ could “speak” his servant well prior to death (Matt. 8:9–10). It also topped that of Martha, who believed Jesus could have kept her brother Lazarus from dying, but relinquished hope once he died, even when Jesus said he would rise again (John 11:21, 23–24). With such unsurpassed faith that the Lord could resurrect his daughter by a mere touch, Jairus undoubtedly trusted Him for forgiveness of sins and newness of spiritual life, for salvation.

This episode also demonstrates that Jesus was not a religious guru with servants doing His every bidding, or a monk removed from everyday life, or a potentate at the top of a religious hierarchy who received people only through several layers of intermediaries. Instead He was the true Son of God who “became flesh, and dwelt among us” (John 1:14) and ministered personally and directly to meet believing requests of men such as Jairus.

Ask Yourself

Is your faith limited to the precedent of what you’ve seen Jesus do in the past? Or are you willing to believe Him for more than your eye has seen or your ear has heard? Bring a big need before Him today—in believing faith—and continue to watch for His answer.


TOPICS: Evangelical Christian; General Discusssion; Theology; Worship
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1 posted on 08/21/2019 4:55:00 PM PDT by metmom
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Studying God’s Word ping


2 posted on 08/21/2019 4:55:18 PM PDT by metmom ( ...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith..)
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To: metmom

There had been one other death to life miracle previous to Jarius, that was the raising of the widow’s son.


3 posted on 08/21/2019 5:09:29 PM PDT by wbarmy (I chose to be a sheepdog once I saw what happens to the sheep.)
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Jesus also said that the Centurion’s faith surpassed anybody in Israel in Luke 7:9 below:

When Jesus heard this, he was amazed at him, and turning to the crowd following him, he said, “I tell you, I have not found such great faith even in Israel.”


4 posted on 08/21/2019 6:09:51 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Like Enoch, Noah, & Lot, the True Church will soon be removed & then destruction comes forth.)
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To: metmom

When it gets serious people turn straight to Christ. No intermediator needed.


5 posted on 08/22/2019 8:37:26 AM PDT by ealgeone
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