<TITLE>13. Par 131-141</TITLE>L-131   Well, let's talk of another character just a moment. Let's talk about Jairus, in the Bible, the days of Jesus. He, he was a fine little fellow. He was a--a believer, a secret believer. I'd call him something like a borderline believer, like the spies that went over and tasted the good things and come back and said it couldn't be done. But Jairus was a secret believer. He believed the Lord Jesus, 'cause he was a fine fellow. He probably studied the scrolls, and see where Jesus met all these requirements, and He was that prophet that was supposed to be raised up, according to Moses. But he couldn't make his confession, because, that, anybody that made a confession that they had been with Je-... been out with Jesus, well, right then they was excommunicated. And he was a priest.

L-132   But, you know, God has a way of forcing the issue, sometime, to make you do it. So, you know, he had a little girl, his only child. And she got real sick, and they called the doctor. And the doctor done all he could do, and the little kid got sicker and sicker. Now the doctor called him out, said, "Jairus, I hate to tell you this, Dr. or Rev. Jairus. But you know what? That baby is going to die. It's just got about an hour more to live." I can imagine, all hysterically, and the people standing around, weeping. And they laid her out on a little cot, little sofa there, like. And then Je-...

L-133 I can see little Jairus go around, get his little ministerial hat and coat on. His wife say, "Where you going?"

L-134 "You know, I guess it's forced to me." Then he walked out the door. And said, "Where..." His pastor was standing there, said, "Jairus, where are you going?"
"Uh, well, I thought I'd take a walk."

L-135 You know, it's his darkest of hour. Here come somebody up the road, said, "Hey, Jairus! You know Who is down at the wharf? Jesus of Nazareth, that prophet, just arrived." It was his darkest of hour, then Jesus come along just at the dark hour. I can see him pull that little hat down over his face, and take down the road as hard as he can go.

L-136 He said, "Lord, come lay Your hands upon my child, and she'll live." When he was on his road going back, the first thing you know, somebody else said, "Don't trouble Him. He... She has already died. She died yesterday, and she's laying out now." Oh, and he's... His little heart was about to break.

L-137 I can see Jesus look at him, said, "Did not I tell you, 'Fear not and you'll see the glory of God'?" I imagine his heart went back to beating right. Went up the road, watching every move. He got in the house, they said, "Oh, she's dead."
He said, "She's not dead. She's asleep."

L-138 "Well," they said, "now we... We've heard You were crazy; now we know You are."

L-139 He said, "Get out, all of you unbelievers. I can't do nothing while you unbelievers are sitting here." He put them all out. Then He walked over to the child, said, "Rise up, maiden," and she rose up. The darkest of hour, death done struck the home, then Jesus come along.

L-140   Now we notice, when his little girl was sick, he didn't wait, like Nicodemus, for a private interview at night. The need was right then. He had to go to action right now. The same right now. If there's ever a time you want to get healed, right now is the time. Don't wait for some other time. This is the time to go in action. Yes, sir. He got desperate, then Jesus come and called her from the dead.

L-141   Blind Bartimaeus, one more character we'd speak of, just for a minute. I'd like to give you his life's story, how he--he was, how he made his living by little doves a tumbling. And so, in them days, they had a lamb that would lead a blind man, just like they have today a dog that leads the blind.


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