A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman

Mark 5:21-40 (New International Version)
A Dead Girl and a Sick Woman

21When Jesus had again crossed over by boat to the other side of the lake, a large crowd gathered around him while he was by the lake. 22Then one of the synagogue rulers, named Jairus, came there. Seeing Jesus, he fell at his feet 23and pleaded earnestly with him, "My little daughter is dying. Please come and put your hands on her so that she will be healed and live." 24So Jesus went with him.

A large crowd followed and pressed around him. 25And a woman was there who had been subject to bleeding for twelve years. 26She had suffered a great deal under the care of many doctors and had spent all she had, yet instead of getting better she grew worse. 27When she heard about Jesus, she came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak, 28because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed." 29Immediately her bleeding stopped and she felt in her body that she was freed from her suffering.

30At once Jesus realized that power had gone out from him. He turned around in the crowd and asked, "Who touched my clothes?"

31"You see the people crowding against you," his disciples answered, "and yet you can ask, 'Who touched me?' "

32But Jesus kept looking around to see who had done it. 33Then the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell at his feet and, trembling with fear, told him the whole truth. 34He said to her, "Daughter, your faith has healed you. Go in peace and be freed from your suffering."

There are two kinds of people in that crowd. The first kind was the one that just wanted to see Jesus' miracles and the second kind was similar to the bleeding woman who wanted to get their problems fixed. Both of those kinds of people believed that Jesus can do miracles. Now if you think about it there people there who had problems might even have worse problems than the woman and also they are touching his arms and other parts of his body. But how come none of them got healed or when they touched them Jesus didn't felt any of his power leave his body? But this bleeding woman only touched his clothes and immediately he was healed. The answer is in verse 34 reread it again to see. So in the end just ask your selves are you just one of the crowds who believed Jesus can solve you problems or are you like this woman who had faith that He could help you?

FAITH WITHOUT DEEDS

James 2:26
26 As the body without the spirit is dead, so faith without deeds is dead.

As it says, having faith without deeds is dead. It's kinda like praying to God for good grades, but you don’t do your school work because its too hard. Just like when Abraham was told to sacrifice his son Isaac, he followed by faith (Hebrews 11:17).

-kuya