Now listen close, as we come down towards the end. That day, that I read about a few minutes ago, now, when He come to the house of Jairus. He walked in, when he got there. Now, remember, Jairus was a--a priest, a borderline believer. He wanted to believe Jesus, but he hated to turn lose his church, 'cause they had said, "Anybody that believes on Him is going to be put out of the church." Now listen closely now, in closing, give me very close attention. Watch this. I believe that Jesus knew that when He crossed the sea, 'cause He knew all things. And when He crossed the sea, stopped down there, and here come this little priest down. His girl got real sick, the doctors had give her up, said "She's laying at the point of death." Now, time come for action. [Mark 5:22-23], [Luke 8:41-42]
Maybe that's to you this morning, time has come for you to act. See? Maybe you're real sick. Maybe you're convinced that you're wrong. It might. God forces the issue, time comes for action.
L-186 Now closely. And he come, he didn't care what the rest of them said, right out publicly, and come and fell down by Jesus' feet. What a step for--for an educated scholar, to come to One that we don't have record of ever going to school. How a man come, was suppose to be in all the theology, come to a Man that was suppose to be "a reprobate, a wild man, crazy man, out of His mind, didn't even have his right mind." Pardon the expression, but "He's just a common crank of the day," everybody thought Him that. As we'd say today, in the street expression, "Nut!" As I preached the other day on the nut and the bolt, you know. See, that's what He was to the public, just a common everyday... Say, "Why, You're out of your mind! You're crazy! You're a madman!" Now, here was a man who had all the scholarships, coming to the One that was supposed to be out of His mind. He was forced to it. [Luke 8:41-42], [Mark 5:22-23]
Maybe that's to you this morning, time has come for you to act. See? Maybe you're real sick. Maybe you're convinced that you're wrong. It might. God forces the issue, time comes for action.
L-186 Now closely. And he come, he didn't care what the rest of them said, right out publicly, and come and fell down by Jesus' feet. What a step for--for an educated scholar, to come to One that we don't have record of ever going to school. How a man come, was suppose to be in all the theology, come to a Man that was suppose to be "a reprobate, a wild man, crazy man, out of His mind, didn't even have his right mind." Pardon the expression, but "He's just a common crank of the day," everybody thought Him that. As we'd say today, in the street expression, "Nut!" As I preached the other day on the nut and the bolt, you know. See, that's what He was to the public, just a common everyday... Say, "Why, You're out of your mind! You're crazy! You're a madman!" Now, here was a man who had all the scholarships, coming to the One that was supposed to be out of His mind. He was forced to it. [Luke 8:41-42], [Mark 5:22-23]
Watch her now. It's going to sting just a little bit, but it'll be good for you. See, sometimes a shock wakes you up.
L-188 Notice, He come and went in to the side of this little, dead girl, that died probably hours before, and they had done laid her out, and put the embalming fluid on her, and put it around the couch. That's the way they did in them days, just packed them off and put them in a hole, on a board. She laid out on the couch, the flowers around her.
L-188 Notice, He come and went in to the side of this little, dead girl, that died probably hours before, and they had done laid her out, and put the embalming fluid on her, and put it around the couch. That's the way they did in them days, just packed them off and put them in a hole, on a board. She laid out on the couch, the flowers around her.
And, oh, that fine little pastor, little Jairus, I imagine he was a nice little pastor, everybody loved him. Because, you see, I can prove that, because he did, in his heart, believe Jesus. But he just couldn't hardly make the decision, 'cause he wouldn't have a check coming in every Saturday or every Monday morning. See? He just couldn't hardly make the--the decision. And another thing, the people, the great fine prestige that he had amongst the people, they'd said, "You know what, Jairus has went fanatically. See, he went over there with that false prophet. That's just exactly what he did, where all them suppose-to-be signs and things, that Prophet of Galilee, you know, Jesus of Nazareth." [Luke 8:41-42, 49-56], [Mark 5:22-23, 35-43]
We don't believe it now, it sounds sacrilegious, but that's the way it was then. See? "And, someday, as it is now, it's going to be then." See, same thing! Now notice, he went over there. And he couldn't hardly do that, but the time come where he was forced to do it. He had to do it. And here he went and got Jesus, right out before all of them, and fell down at His feet, and said, "Master! Master!" You know what that is? Rulership, ownership. That's right. See, a lot of people want Jesus to be their Saviour, but not their Lord. See, Lord is "ruler." Yeah. You say, "Jesus, You save me and let me stand right here, and that's all right, and I'll do my own business. Now, You don't get in my business. But You can be my Saviour, but not my Lord." He wants to be Lord, you see, then He's your Saviour.
But now, he said, "Master, Saviour!" See? "I... my little girl, my only child, she's twelve years old, the doctors has give her up." No doubt the priest might have said this, "You know, they've all talked about You being a fanatic, but, you know, Master, I--I--I believe You. I believe. I know You have discernment. And the only thing I want You to say, is, just come lay Your hands upon her. And then tell me what to do, I'll do it." Oh, now you're getting somewhere!
Said, "I'll go. I'll go." And He started on. [Mark 8:22-23], [Luke 8:41-42]
After he had been gone for several hours, here come a man running as the custom was then, ashes on top of his head, said, "Don't trouble the Man, your daughter died. She's already dead, they've already fixed her and laid her out." Oh, his little heart! Jesus turned around and looked at him, he said, "Oh! Oh! Oh!" He said, "Didn't I tell you?" Now, what He done there, He had promised Jairus. Now He's got to prove that. Amen. "I told you. Just only believe and you'll see the glory of God." Now, He knowed what He was doing. He said He done nothing till the Father showed Him first. Saint John--Saint John 5:19, "I only do what the Father shows Me," so He showed Him what was going to happen. [John 5:19]
So when He got into the house, and stood up there aside that little, cold stiff form laying there, been sick for weeks. And her little, pale body, no food had went into her body, and fevers and things, and she had--she had died. They had her all sprayed over with this embalming spice and stuff. And laying there, you know, on the couch and things, fixing to wrap her up and put her in a grave, and they put... had their little ceremony of having the flowers around her. Jesus come over. And everybody, "Oh, Jairus, your little girl's dead! Oh, father Jairus, oh! We're so sorry for you, and everything." [Mark 5:22-23]
He said, "Oh, keep still, you make too much noise." He said, "Why all this tumult around here you're doing?" You see? "This tumult, you just... you're--you're hollering and screaming. The girl's not dead. She's asleep. Shhh." [Luke 8:52]. Then what did they do? When they heard Him say that she wasn't dead, they... Said, "They laughed Him to scorn." In other words, they boo-ed Him. "Boo! Why, You! Why, You false prophet! Why, You deceiver of man! The girl's dead. The doctor said she was. We've embalmed her, we've laid her out. She's laying there, she's dead." They said, "Ha, ha, ha! Now, Jairus, you've been talking about Him, now what about it?" [Luke 8:49-56], [Mark 5:22-23]
You know what He done? He said, "All of you get out of here." Around such unbelief like that, it can't work. Now, why did He say it? He said, "Jairus, if you will only believe, you'll see the glory of God." Now, that's His Word. He's got to prove that. All right. [Mark 5:36], [Luke 8:49-50]
Then when He got into the house where they was all crying, He said, "She's asleep." That was contrary to science. That was contrary to common sense. She was dead, embalmed. [Luke 8:52], [Mark 5:39]. As soon as they died, they embalmed them right then, just as soon as the life went out of them, they poured that spices and stuff on them and wrapped them up and got them to go away. See, bury them, they bury them just, well, sometimes didn't even notify the people. You know, Ananias and Sapphira; they done buried Ananias, when Sapphira... Ananias, when Sapphira had come in, you see; done took him out and buried him, you see. They just, soon as they'd die, they'd pour that stuff on them and take them out there and put them away. See?
So she was already ready to go in the grave, but they wanted to wait for papa to see her before they put her away. And when He comes in, and her in that condition, and He said, "She's just taking a nap."
Well, they said, "Now, if that Fellow isn't truly crazy!" [Luke 8:52-53], [Mark 5:39-40]
So now what did He do? He had already said she was asleep, He had to prove His Word. He couldn't do it before that bunch, so He said, "Put them all out." And I can see Him look around to Jairus and say, "You still believe?"
"Yes, Lord." [Luke 8:51], [Mark 5:40]
"You and the wife come here. Peter, James and John, you come with Me." They walked over there and called this word, talitha cumi, which means, "Little girl, rise up." And He proved His Word, she was only asleep. Is that right? He proved here, His Word was right. Regardless of their unbelief, He still proved His Word was right, by waking her up, because He said she was asleep. She was asleep. [Mark 5:41]
He'll do the same someday, to every true believer, for His Word promised to. "They that are in Christ, will God bring with Him." See, "They that are in Christ." [I Thessalonians 4:14]
What did this little Jewish girl do? I just started to bypass this Scripture here, but I--I'm going to--going to keep it. I know it may be a little late, and we'll get to the prayer line in a few minutes. I won't see you for another week maybe, but let's wait a minute. "Man shall not live by bread alone." See? Notice, let me just push this in now, to show you. Why did Jesus wake this little Hebrew maid up? Cause she knowed she wasn't dead? Predestination. Just the same as He did Lazarus. See? Perhaps there was many little maids died that same day, He never said a word to them. He knew this one had Eternal Life. See, He didn't wake the rest of them up. [Matthew 4:4]
Look, when He come out of Jericho, they say, "Here, this guy here!" No doubt they said, "You wake up the dead? You tell me that You can raise the dead, we got a graveyard full of them up here, come, wake these up." See, He never even paid a bit of attention to them. See, never did it, because He knew He was the Word.
Notice, she was only asleep. He knew the father would come. Now, this little girl, see, He knew that that little Jewish maid was only asleep. See, the--the righteous does not die. Jesus came to redeem the righteous. And, to redeem, means "to be brought back from where you once was." See? He could not redeem the unbelievers, no matter how educated and how much doctors of degree they had. He could not redeem them, because they were not redeemable; they had to go to their destination. But, in His foreknowledge, knowed that Lazarus was coming out of the grave. He also knew this little girl had Eternal Life. So she was not dead, she was only asleep. And when our work is over on earth, if we don't live until His Coming, we cannot die, we're only asleep. He proved it here. He'll prove it again. "Though the skin worms destroys this body, yet I'll awake in His likeness." [Job 19:26]
But now, he said, "Master, Saviour!" See? "I... my little girl, my only child, she's twelve years old, the doctors has give her up." No doubt the priest might have said this, "You know, they've all talked about You being a fanatic, but, you know, Master, I--I--I believe You. I believe. I know You have discernment. And the only thing I want You to say, is, just come lay Your hands upon her. And then tell me what to do, I'll do it." Oh, now you're getting somewhere!
Said, "I'll go. I'll go." And He started on. [Mark 8:22-23], [Luke 8:41-42]
After he had been gone for several hours, here come a man running as the custom was then, ashes on top of his head, said, "Don't trouble the Man, your daughter died. She's already dead, they've already fixed her and laid her out." Oh, his little heart! Jesus turned around and looked at him, he said, "Oh! Oh! Oh!" He said, "Didn't I tell you?" Now, what He done there, He had promised Jairus. Now He's got to prove that. Amen. "I told you. Just only believe and you'll see the glory of God." Now, He knowed what He was doing. He said He done nothing till the Father showed Him first. Saint John--Saint John 5:19, "I only do what the Father shows Me," so He showed Him what was going to happen. [John 5:19]
So when He got into the house, and stood up there aside that little, cold stiff form laying there, been sick for weeks. And her little, pale body, no food had went into her body, and fevers and things, and she had--she had died. They had her all sprayed over with this embalming spice and stuff. And laying there, you know, on the couch and things, fixing to wrap her up and put her in a grave, and they put... had their little ceremony of having the flowers around her. Jesus come over. And everybody, "Oh, Jairus, your little girl's dead! Oh, father Jairus, oh! We're so sorry for you, and everything." [Mark 5:22-23]
He said, "Oh, keep still, you make too much noise." He said, "Why all this tumult around here you're doing?" You see? "This tumult, you just... you're--you're hollering and screaming. The girl's not dead. She's asleep. Shhh." [Luke 8:52]. Then what did they do? When they heard Him say that she wasn't dead, they... Said, "They laughed Him to scorn." In other words, they boo-ed Him. "Boo! Why, You! Why, You false prophet! Why, You deceiver of man! The girl's dead. The doctor said she was. We've embalmed her, we've laid her out. She's laying there, she's dead." They said, "Ha, ha, ha! Now, Jairus, you've been talking about Him, now what about it?" [Luke 8:49-56], [Mark 5:22-23]
You know what He done? He said, "All of you get out of here." Around such unbelief like that, it can't work. Now, why did He say it? He said, "Jairus, if you will only believe, you'll see the glory of God." Now, that's His Word. He's got to prove that. All right. [Mark 5:36], [Luke 8:49-50]
Then when He got into the house where they was all crying, He said, "She's asleep." That was contrary to science. That was contrary to common sense. She was dead, embalmed. [Luke 8:52], [Mark 5:39]. As soon as they died, they embalmed them right then, just as soon as the life went out of them, they poured that spices and stuff on them and wrapped them up and got them to go away. See, bury them, they bury them just, well, sometimes didn't even notify the people. You know, Ananias and Sapphira; they done buried Ananias, when Sapphira... Ananias, when Sapphira had come in, you see; done took him out and buried him, you see. They just, soon as they'd die, they'd pour that stuff on them and take them out there and put them away. See?
So she was already ready to go in the grave, but they wanted to wait for papa to see her before they put her away. And when He comes in, and her in that condition, and He said, "She's just taking a nap."
Well, they said, "Now, if that Fellow isn't truly crazy!" [Luke 8:52-53], [Mark 5:39-40]
So now what did He do? He had already said she was asleep, He had to prove His Word. He couldn't do it before that bunch, so He said, "Put them all out." And I can see Him look around to Jairus and say, "You still believe?"
"Yes, Lord." [Luke 8:51], [Mark 5:40]
"You and the wife come here. Peter, James and John, you come with Me." They walked over there and called this word, talitha cumi, which means, "Little girl, rise up." And He proved His Word, she was only asleep. Is that right? He proved here, His Word was right. Regardless of their unbelief, He still proved His Word was right, by waking her up, because He said she was asleep. She was asleep. [Mark 5:41]
He'll do the same someday, to every true believer, for His Word promised to. "They that are in Christ, will God bring with Him." See, "They that are in Christ." [I Thessalonians 4:14]
What did this little Jewish girl do? I just started to bypass this Scripture here, but I--I'm going to--going to keep it. I know it may be a little late, and we'll get to the prayer line in a few minutes. I won't see you for another week maybe, but let's wait a minute. "Man shall not live by bread alone." See? Notice, let me just push this in now, to show you. Why did Jesus wake this little Hebrew maid up? Cause she knowed she wasn't dead? Predestination. Just the same as He did Lazarus. See? Perhaps there was many little maids died that same day, He never said a word to them. He knew this one had Eternal Life. See, He didn't wake the rest of them up. [Matthew 4:4]
Look, when He come out of Jericho, they say, "Here, this guy here!" No doubt they said, "You wake up the dead? You tell me that You can raise the dead, we got a graveyard full of them up here, come, wake these up." See, He never even paid a bit of attention to them. See, never did it, because He knew He was the Word.
Notice, she was only asleep. He knew the father would come. Now, this little girl, see, He knew that that little Jewish maid was only asleep. See, the--the righteous does not die. Jesus came to redeem the righteous. And, to redeem, means "to be brought back from where you once was." See? He could not redeem the unbelievers, no matter how educated and how much doctors of degree they had. He could not redeem them, because they were not redeemable; they had to go to their destination. But, in His foreknowledge, knowed that Lazarus was coming out of the grave. He also knew this little girl had Eternal Life. So she was not dead, she was only asleep. And when our work is over on earth, if we don't live until His Coming, we cannot die, we're only asleep. He proved it here. He'll prove it again. "Though the skin worms destroys this body, yet I'll awake in His likeness." [Job 19:26]
Proving His Word
64-0816, Proving His Word, Branham Tabernacle, Jeffersonville, IN, 170 min
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