<TITLE>13. Par 40-43</TITLE>L-40 How wrong that is. But all the time while that was going on, Jesus had a tugging, 'cause the faith of Jairus has pulled Him over there. That's what you're here for.
All the time He felt like that He would cross the sea. And now we had a night or two ago that Jesus said in the Gospel, "I do nothing until the Father shows Me by a vision first." Is that right? Saint John 5:19: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, the Son can do nothing in Himself, but what He sees the Father doing first." Jesus knowed just exactly what He was going for. Again a call for one soul, and He crosses the sea.

L-41 And so first thing you know, Jairus, he come back and he said... I can hear his wife say, "Where'd you go?"
"I was just over at the church saying a prayer for the girl?"
"Well, she's already unconscious now."
"Oh, my." I can just imagine him saying, "If I could only find Jesus. If I only knew where He was, I believe that Prophet. I just believe Him. I seen Him do things. I've followed it up in the Scriptures. This is my bread ticket. Here being pastor of this church, but if I could only find Him. If I could only find where He's at."

L-42 Well, the first thing you know. Somebody come running up around the street and said, "Hey, you know what's happening, pastor?"
"What?" Why, all the people are around, of course, weeping and sympathizing with him, the good, honest people of the church. He's going to lose his daughter, and as one come by and said, "You know what? After all the trouble we got around here, this girl dying; and yet I understand that that fanatic prophet of Galilee has just hit the shore down here."
The hope begin to jump in little Jairus' chest right then. If... You know faith cometh by hearing. Is that right? Somebody told him that Jesus had come. Somebody says tonight that Jesus was raised from the dead: what a hope. Amen.
Old Jairus thought, "If I could only see Him now. I will express my... Oh, oh, oh, oh. What will I do. I will lose my job. I will lose my congregation. What will I do? Well, maybe I'd better not go." Walked in and looked at the little girl. She's almost gone. What had happened?
Right down in his heart, God begin to work. "Jairus, this is your time." You know God gets Christ a vision, and God works on both ends of the line. See?

L-43 And he begin to get in his heart. "Oh, I believe I'll go see Him." So he calls Mrs. Jairus out, and he said, "You know, honey, I have been thinking of something."
"Yes, dear, what is it?"
"Well, of course, you know I'm pastor here."
"Yes, uh-huh. Who are we going to get to preach her funeral?"
"Well, I--I'm not thinking about it, you know, honey. I--you know what? I... Sometime ago, I was over the other side of the lake, and I seen this prophet of Galilee. And I seen Him do a miracle there one day that just startled me; and you know, I believe that He could help my daughter, our child. Don't you believe so, honey?"
She said, "You know... I want to tell you, sweetheart. I--I--I believe that same thing."
"Why, honey, do you mean you've been believing all the time?"
"Yes."
"So have I."
Oh, my. Peace is going to come to that home pretty soon. When father and mother can get right with God, something's going to happen.
"Why," he said, "Are you willing, if they excommunicate me, are you willing to stick by me?"
"Dear, I'll stick by you through thick and thin. That's my marriage vow. I'll stick by you. If you want to go get Him, I'll be here on my knees praying till you come back. Let the congregation say anything they want to. We believe God."
Amen That's it. Now you're getting right. That's it. That's the vision. "We'll believe God." Amen. All right, let the rest of them then... David said, "As for me and my house, we'll serve the Lord." That's right. No matter what the neighbors said, what anybody else said; serve the Lord.


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