Colossians 2:9–15 (NLT) 9 For in Christ lives all the fullness of God in a human body. 10 So you also are complete through your union with Christ, who is the head over every ruler and authority. 11 When you came to Christ, you were “circumcised,” but not by a physical procedure. Christ performed a spiritual circumcision—the cutting away of your sinful nature. 12 For you were buried with Christ when you were baptized. And with him you were raised to new life because you trusted the mighty power of God, who raised Christ from the dead. 13 You were dead because of your sins and because your sinful nature was not yet cut away. Then God made you alive with Christ, for he forgave all our sins. 14 He canceled the record of the charges against us and took it away by nailing it to the cross. 15 In this way, he disarmed the spiritual rulers and authorities. He shamed them publicly by his victory over them on the cross.
The resurrection of 2 daughters
One from death to life, one from disease and exclusion to beloved identity and wholeness.
One claimed one and one unclaimed.
One loved and one forgotten.
One was bringing Jesus to the need, the other bringing the need to Jesus.
See Also: Matthew 9:23-26, Mark 5:35-43. Luke 8:40–47 (NIV) 40 Now when Jesus returned, a crowd welcomed him, for they were all expecting him. 41 Then a man named Jairus, a ruler of the synagogue, came and fell at Jesus’ feet, pleading with him to come to his house 42 because his only daughter, a girl of about twelve, was dying. As Jesus was on his way, the crowds almost crushed him. 43 And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years, but no one could heal her. 44 She came up behind him and touched the edge of his cloak, and immediately her bleeding stopped. 45 “Who touched me?” Jesus asked. When they all denied it, Peter said, “Master, the people are crowding and pressing against you.” 46 But Jesus said, “Someone touched me; I know that power has gone out from me.” 47 Then the woman, seeing that she could not go unnoticed, came trembling and fell at his feet. In the presence of all the people, she told why she had touched him and how she had been instantly healed. 48 Then he said to her, “Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace.”
“In the midst of the move of God, He is not so consumed with the “bigger miracle” or the agenda to address your need!”
“Daughter, your faith has made you well. Go in peace.” “She didn’t just get healed. She got identified as His Own.”
Twelve a Connection? A 12 year old daughter & (2)A 12 year old issue
“He has authority over issues we bring him to and the issues we bring to him.”
Luke 8:49–53 (NIV) 49 While Jesus was still speaking, someone came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. “Your daughter is dead,” he said. “Don’t bother the teacher any more.” 50 Hearing this, Jesus said to Jairus, “Don’t be afraid; just believe, and she will be healed.” 51 When he arrived at the house of Jairus, he did not let anyone go in with him except Peter, John and James, and the child’s father and mother. 52 Meanwhile, all the people were wailing and mourning for her. “Stop wailing,” Jesus said. “She is not dead but asleep.”53 They laughed at him, knowing that she was dead. 54 But he took her by the hand and said, “My child, get up!” 55 Her spirit returned, and at once she stood up. Then Jesus told them to give her something to eat.
The road to a Resurrection 1. Stay Humble. Stay needy. “Humility keeps us at the mercy of Jesus.”
2. It’s a risky road. “If it isn’t risky it isn’t faith.”
3. Stay on the road. (Remain in faith) “The same faith Jairus had for sickness was the same faith that brought resurrection.”
4. It’s met with opposition
5. It’s His voice that awakens
John 5:25 (NIV) “I tell you, a time is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God and those who hear will live.”
