07/12/2025
A Study through the book of: MARK–
CHALLENGES: Mark 4:35 to Mark 6:29, Part 8
The only thing that healed her was her faith. If you go to Jesus in faith, you also will be able to “go in peace and be healed from your illness”.
While he was still speaking, some people came from the synagogue leader’s home and said, “Your daughter is dead. Why bother the Teacher anymore?”
The world is working hard to get us discouraged. They don’t want you going to Jesus. They would feel better if you went to church, to your pastor, listened to your denomination or consulted a certified professional. But to go to Jesus, no!
But when Jesus heard what they said, he told the synagogue leader, “Stop being afraid! Just keep on believing.”
“Keep on believing”. What a marvelous concept. From the time the woman began to believe, who knows how long it took before she reached Jesus. It could have been days. Maybe even weeks. Possibly months. But she kept on believing until she found Jesus. The synagogue leader also believed and found Jesus. However, there were those trying to get him to lose his faith. Don’t give up my dear friends, “just keep on believing” and go with Jesus. In time, all will be well.
Jesus allowed no one to go further with him except Peter, James, and John, the brother of James.
I have often wondered why Jesus did not allow the other disciples to follow. Why only Peter, James and John? Was there prejudice involved? Did Jesus not like the other disciples as much? I was bothered by this. Then one day while in worship, the Spirit of God revealed the answer. Jesus was on his way to a home where a little girl had just died. The parents would be in mourning. If the crowed of gawkers had followed Jesus to the home, that would have been very disrespectful on the part of Jesus. Therefore, Jesus left the other disciples to act as crowd control. They were to barricade the crowd away from following Jesus in order to give Jesus an opportunity to apply His love and quiet healing powers to the family.
When they came to the home of the synagogue leader, Jesus saw mass confusion. People were crying and sobbing loudly.
Without the hope of eternal life, there is “mass confusion” with people “crying and sobbing loudly”. Our only hope is in Jesus. If we are living as He lived, we also will rise from our dead sinful lives into a new life.
He entered the house and asked them, “Why all this confusion and crying? The child isn’t dead. She’s sleeping.”
That is a truth very few want to hear. The world is so full of demonic spiritism they either believe you are in heaven or in hell when you die. But Jesus gave the truth, “she’s sleeping”. That’s it, death is just a sleep. For the wicked it will be an eternal sleep. For the righteous it will be a little sleep, then, when Jesus comes He will wake us up and take us home to live with Him forever.
They laughed and laughed at him. But when he had driven all of them outside, he took the child’s father and mother, along with the men who were with him, and went into the room where the child was.
When we share the good news with the world, most laugh at us. They do not want to believe the truth. To believe the truth would mean they would have to change their lives. But in the end Jesus will “drive all of them outside” into a fiery final destruction. They didn’t believe.
He took her by the hand and told her, “Talitha koum,” which means, “Young lady, I tell you, get up!” The young lady got up at once and started to walk. She was twelve years old. Instantly they were overcome with astonishment.
There will come a day when Jesus will call the righteous to eternal life. He will come and say, “I tell you, get up”. We will get up at once and start walking to Jesus. The rest of the world will be “overcome with astonishment”. They will have lost out because of their lack of faith and obedience to Jesus.
(To Be Continued)
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