<TITLE>10. Par 32-35</TITLE>L-32 Jesus in during a time of His ministry, many of those Pharisees and Sadducees, they believed on Him, but they couldn't openly confess it, because if they did, the alliance told them if they was going to put them out of the synagogues. They was going to be excommunicated if they went down to His meetings. So He... That didn't bother Him. He just went ahead preaching anyhow.
Now, our story comes tonight for the next few minutes upon one of those type of fellows by the name of Jairus, who was a ruler of the synagogue.
I've always thought that Jairus was a secret believer. He believed in his heart, kind of a borderline believer. He believed in his heart that that truly was a Man of God. He believed that that was God's eternal Son, His Prophet, Priest and King, but he was afraid to make mention of it, because he would be throwed out of the synagogue. And that still exists.
So then, we find out, if a man's really sincere in his heart, God will wo--work something around so that he will have to make his colors shine. God usually does that at times.

L-33 So we see Jesus about His tasks, going about. One night He'd crossed the ocean. Storms come up, and He'd went all the way from one country over to another to Gadara, and there He found a maniac. The maniac run out. Of course, the reason He went over there, the Father as we took last night... Jesus said, "I do nothing except the Father shows Me first. First I see a vision on what to do, then I go do it."
Saint John 5:19. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The Son can nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing, that doeth the Son likewise.

L-34 Then He went to Gadara, and there a maniac met Him and called for mercy. Jesus spoke to the evil spirits, called them out and they were all... Evil spirit when it's not inhabited in a human body is powerless, seemingly. So it goes over and gets into the hogs, and then they come out and told Him they didn't want Him over there, to leave the country. It would cost them too much to have a revival. But we find out that this maniac went back and testified and gave glory to God.
When I get over into glory land, I want to meet this maniac that was a maniac, and find out how much pressure his testimony had against hog raising in Gadara after his healing. He really must've stirred the country, but they didn't want the lovely Jesus. They were better satisfied with the hogs and devils than they was with Jesus.
That same thing exists today. That's right. All right if you don't want Him, He will never push Himself on you. You have to want Him. You have to have a need.

L-35 One night the disciples was waiting on Him down by the seashore, and they took off ahead. They thought, "Oh well, we can make it anyhow. We will go on out into the sea." And so they rowed on out, went off without Jesus.
That's what's the matter with a lot of families around here and everywhere else. You think you can row across the sea of life without Jesus, but you'll find out there'll be trouble in the little bark before you get too far. You can't stem the tides of life without Christ.
There they was out, but I love this. Oh, my, when I think of it. Now, He knew they went off without Him, but you notice He climbed upon the hill, and He watched them out in the sea. And He seen the devil catch them out there in that little whirlwind and begin to dash the boat up and down, but His eye was on them. He was watching for them.


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