Going To God for Help
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We will be reading tonight from the book of Mark Chapter 5
Key Scripture: John 14:6 Jesus said to him, “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life: no one comes to the Father except through Me.”
Mark 5 (NKJV)
22 And behold, one of the rulers of the synagogue came, Jairus by name. And when he saw Him, he fell at His feet
23 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."
24 So Jesus went with him, and a great multitude followed Him and thronged Him.
25 Now a certain woman had a flow of blood for twelve years,
26 and had suffered many things from many physicians. She had spent all that she had and was no better, but rather grew worse.
27 When she heard about Jesus, she came behind Him in the crowd and touched His garment.
28 For she said, "If only I may touch His clothes, I shall be made well."
29 Immediately the fountain of her blood was dried up, and she felt in her body that she was healed of the affliction.
38 Then He came to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and saw a tumult and those who wept and wailed loudly.
39 When He came in, He said to them, "Why make this commotion and weep? The child is not dead, but sleeping."
40 And they ridiculed Him. But when He had put them all outside, He took the father and the mother of the child, and those who were with Him, and entered where the child was lying.
41 Then He took the child by the hand, and said to her, "Talitha, cumi," which is translated, "Little girl, I say to you, arise."
42 Immediately the girl arose and walked, for she was twelve years of age. And they were overcome with great amazement.
Both Jairus and this little woman needed to get to God. They believed that if they could reach God that He would meet their desperate need.
One more thing that both believed … That they could get to God by going to Jesus!
What they may not have realized however, was that He is not just one way to get to God, but that Jesus Is The Only Way To Get To God.
Jesus Himself said it - “No one comes to God except through me.”
I. Jesus Is The Way
A. There is no other
B. He is not only the Way to God, but also the Way to:
1. Peace in our home
2. Joy in our heart
3. Prosperity for our earthly life
4. Eternal Security for our after life
C. Without Jesus the best we can end up with:
1. Tolerance instead of Peace (spirit of short fuse - frustrated)
2. Happiness instead of Joy (dependent on circumstances)
3. Riches instead of Prosperity
* deceitful (choke the word Matthew 13:22)
* uncertain (can’t trust them 1 Timothy 6:17)
* make themselves wings (fly away Proverbs 23:5)
4. Fearful Uncertainty instead of Eternal Security (Hebrews 10)
II. Jesus Is The Truth
A. Galatians 3
1 ¶ O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth …
3 Are you so foolish? Having begun in the Spirit, are you now being made perfect by the flesh?
B. Galatians 4
16 Have I therefore become your enemy because I tell you the truth?
C. Four Points To Ponder
1. Point # 236 The Truth is willing to be as painful as it must in order to remain the Truth.
2. Point #39 Truth is not determined by a show of hands.
3. Point #184 Something which is wrong cannot be made right simply by a lapse of time.
4. Point #210. Trust Me, When God Says You Are Wrong, You Are Wrong!
D. Ephesians 4:15 Speak the truth in love and grow up into Christ.
III. Jesus Is The Life
A. This is the life!
B. Many think that Christians, real followers of Christ, have no life … no real life anyway. They must be boring, one dimensional, weak people with soft minds and sad lives.
C. Wrong
1. What an adventure!
2. What a rush!
3. What a future!
4. What a life!
D. Jesus is:
1. The Way - The Truth - The Life
2. Is He Your Way - Your Truth - Your Life
IV. Going To God For Help
I imagine that there were a lot of people sitting around wishing God would help them. Some of them running around trying everything they could get their hands on … however …
A. Jairus and the little woman both choose Jesus as The Way
B. Jesus showed them that He was the Truth
1. What they believed
2. What they feared
3. What they were told
* did not stand in the face of the Truth
* they would never have known it if they would not have chosen to make Jesus the Way
C. Jesus gave them life! Real life! The life only He can give!
When you go to God for Help, Go God’s Way!
