CLEAN – Podcast 25, Jairus & Daughter

<p>For additional notes and resources check out Douglas’ <a href="https://www.douglasjacoby.com/clean-podcast-25-jairus-daughter/" target="_blank"><strong>website.</strong></a></p><p><strong>Introduction</strong></p><ul><li>Review: There are three reanimations in the OT. And in the NT, not counting the mass event of Matt 27, this is the second reanimation (after the miracle in Nain).</li><li>This takes place during the days leading up to the “Limited Commission” (Luke 9; Matt 10; Mark 3), when Jesus is training his disciples and building up their faith.</li><li>In Luke 8 we find two miracles, intertwined, so we're probably losing something when we isolate one without analyzing its relationship with the other. The stories have in common a span of 12 years. Yet for the purposes of this series we will focus primarily on the reanimation.</li></ul><p><strong>Scripture: Luke 8:41-42, 49-56</strong></p><ul><li>Jairus (v.41) is a synagogue ruler. Notice how Jesus’ influence is building. It’s not just the common man whom Jesus touches. He touched the lives of persons of influence as well -- highborn and lowborn, rich and poor, master and slave, leader and follower.</li><li>Jairus is desperate. His daughter is slipping away (v.42). She may be his only child, or else his only girl. Either could be the case.</li><li>Interestingly, Jairus means “[God] will awaken.”</li><li>His daughter is at (or nearly at) marriageable age, the time when she herself would soon bring a life into the world. Instead, hers is about to be snuffed out.</li><li>The clock is ticking, yet unfortunately the following (interrupting) scene leads to girl’s death. Jesus heals the woman with the flow of blood, but this delays his arrival to the synagogue ruler’s house.</li><li>Jesus addresses the twin issues of fear and faithlessness.</li><li>This isn’t mind over matter – or “word-faith” power – but the imperative to put our trust in the Lord. We can take him at his word, even if “common sense” or worldly thinking would lead us to reject it.</li><li>Already