Title: Last Choice
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Ronald Reagan was the President of the United States from 1981 to 1989. Divorced from his first wife. He graduated from Eureka University in Illinois, not a first-class university, and was a Hollywood second-class actor. Without resenting the world or giving up, he found the cause of marriage failure, married a second time, was elected governor of California twice, and was elected the 40th president of the United States. America has achieved remarkable development and growth.
Those who live without ever losing hope in life know that there are many people who fulfill their hopes and spread their will.
The case of healing the daughter of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue, and the case of a woman suffering from bleeding for 12 years overlap. The two events take place in a really desperate situation.
- Last choice
With the heart of a father raising a child, he cares if his child is sick or the sound of crying is strange.
What was the heart of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue who had a 12-year-old daughter
I would have written all the stars. In the meantime, he hears about Jesus and seeks him.
Seeking Jesus as a Jewish religious leader may harm your outward reputation.
It really can't be the right choice. Finally, I chose Jesus.
Jesus walks with him without a word.
How did Jairus, the leader of the synagogue, feel at this time? Jesus is now walking with the Lord with the determination that it is the last time.
On the way, an incident occurs where a woman who has suffered from hemorrhage for 12 years is healed by touching the hem of Jesus' robe.
This woman was also in despair. From the time Jairus' only daughter was born, he had been suffering from an unclean disease for 12 years.
Hemorrhagic Disease - It is an unclean disease, and if it had been discovered by people, it would have avoided death.
26 He suffered much from many physicians, and all that he had was wasted, but there was no benefit, and he was getting worse.
Parliamentarians are of no use and thus suffer more.
He tried so hard to be healed that he wasted all his wealth.
However, even though there was no effect, only the symptoms were exaggerated.
Could it not be the common heart and feelings of Jairus, the leader of the synagogue, and the woman?
He wanted to save his daughter even if he gave everything, and he would have wanted to cure his illness.
He would have done everything he could on his own.
However, both of them deteriorated and died.
This woman's final choice was also Jesus.
I am saying that choosing Jesus was the right choice.
What is your choice when you are at the end of your life while watching your daughter die while the road is busy and in despair?
Although many people have heard about Jesus, few choose Jesus.
-. Have the wish of your heart.
father's heart.
A woman who has been suffering from the same disease for 12 years.
had the same mind.
Example) Conrad Hilton, the founder of Hilton Hotels, was initially a bellboy. A secret wish to become a hotel manager someday. I put a picture of the biggest hotel on my desk and lived hard in hopes of my goal. The owner of the hotel. Tell them to dream fervently.
Psalm 37:4 Rejoice in the LORD, and he will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 2:8 Ask me, and I will give you the nations as your inheritance, and your possessions shall extend to the ends of the earth.
-. Show your faith.
One of Jairus's dubious attitudes is to show certainty through a miraculous event.
“Your faith has saved you; go in peace, and be healed from your sickness” (34).
It is to show true faith.
Perhaps Jairus decided to believe in Jesus with certainty through this incident.
Her faith was simple. If you touch Jesus, you will be healed.
1 John 5:4 Everyone who is born of God overcomes the world, and this is the victory that overcomes the world, our faith
Heard that his daughter had died before arriving at Jairus's house.
Then Jesus said, “Do not be afraid, just believe.”
Hebrews 11:6 Without faith it is impossible to please God, for he who comes to God must believe that he exists, and that he is a rewarder of those who diligently seek him.
This is the faith we should give to the Lord.
Now, faith is not trying to solve something with our own strength, but only with the strength and power of the Lord.
The Lord is waiting for his thoughts to be completely abandoned.
When he heard that his daughter had died, Jairus would have given up on everything.
Now we have to accept the fact that the only thing left is the Lord.
-. Don't listen to others.
Faith life is not easy.
People's laughter awaits.
Difficulties, tribulations, problems, pains, and suffering await.
Don't listen to others - that was Jairus's problem.
The reputation of one's social status could be tainted.
Your own words - words that compromise with yourself (especially morning prayer...)
Other people's remarks - It was an atmosphere that did not recognize Jesus as the leader of Judaism.
Being an unclean woman before the Lord and before people is something everyone should stop
Satan's Words - Satan's Temptation (Temptation of the Serpent, Temptation of Jesus)
Genesis 3:4-5 The serpent said to the woman, "You will never die; God knows that in the day you eat of it, your eyes will be opened and you will be like God, knowing good and evil."
Matthew 4:1-11 At that time Jesus was led by the Holy Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil, and after fasting forty days and forty days, he became hungry. The tempter came to Jesus and said, "If you are the Son of God, command Let the fields become loaves of bread. Jesus answered and said to them, “It is written, Man does not live on bread alone, but on every word that proceeds from the mouth of God.” Then the devil took Jesus to the holy city and set him on the top of the temple, saying, “You If it is the Son of God, jump down, as it is written, “He will command his angels for you, and they will support you with their hands, so that your foot will not strike a stone.” Jesus said to him, “It is also written, ‘You shall not put the Lord your God to the test. Then he took him to the highest mountain and showed him all the kingdoms of the world and their glory, saying, "All these things I will give to you if you fall down and worship me." Then Jesus said to him, "Go away, Satan. For it is written, Worship the Lord your God and serve him only." The devil left Jesus, and angels came and ministered to him.
Satan's temptations are similar. Eating (living form) Becoming like God (lust for honor), lust for power (ruling)
We must only listen to the word of the Lord.
Isaiah 55:8-9 According to the scriptures, my thoughts are not your thoughts, and my ways are not your ways; as the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts.
- Hope to live again on the last day (Eternal Hope)
The first recorded event of raising the dead.
Verse 39 Why are you sober and weeping? This child is not dead, but is sleeping.
hope of resurrection
Jesus Raised the Dead - Source of Life
By suggesting your own resurrection, overcome persecution and tribulation with the hope of resurrection
1 Corinthians 15:20 But now Christ has risen from the dead and is the firstfruits of them that slept.
If you have the hope of resurrection, you will not deal with your dreams and visions and your own life.
Ex) A high-level executive’s self-inflicted suicide
I'm sleeping and one day I'll wake up.
It doesn't end at the cross.
As it leads to the resurrection, it has become an object of eternal hope for us.
Jesus Christ.