Mark 5:21-23 Not the Way Its Supposed to Be
Contents
- 1 Not the Way Its Supposed to Be - Three Truths to Cling To
- 2 Introduction
- 2.1 Image Cascading loss
- 2.2 Need: We live in a broken world and so we must learn to handle grief well.
- 2.3 Preview: When life is hard we must remember that we live in a broken and fallen world, God is sovereign, and we are not home yet.
- 2.4 Test: Mark 5:21-43 Read entirely before the points
- 2.5 Setting the Stage:
- 3 Body
- 3.1 There is no sugarcoating the truth, our world is broken (5:21-26).
- 3.1.1 Brokenness can effect anyone whether rich or poor, righteous or unrighteous, young or old (21-23).
- 3.1.2 Brokenness does not wait until the time is convenient to rear its head (24-25).
- 3.1.3 Brokenness can be relentless (26-27).
- 3.1.4 MTR: Consider your own life. When have you been faced with brokenness?
- 3.2 But there is hope because our God is sovereign (5:27-36).
- 3.2.1 The sovereign God of the universe has made himself accessible to anyone (27).
- 3.2.2 The sovereign God of the universe has an intentional plan and knows all the details (28-34).
- 3.2.3 The sovereign God of the universe allows brokenness but promises redemption (35-36).
- 3.2.4 MTR: Evaluate your view on brokenness. Do you believe that God can redeem your brokenness?
- 3.3 And so we can continue in the already-not-yet knowing that we are not home yet (37-43).
- 3.3.1 Living in the already-not-yet means that we don’t know all the details of God’s plans (37).
- 3.3.2 Living in the already-not-yet means the pain of brokenness is still very real (38).
- 3.3.3 Living in the already-not-yet means hope is sometimes unbelievable (39-40a).
- 3.3.4 Living in the already-not-yet means we can only imagine what God has in store for us (40b-43).
- 3.3.5 MTR: Reflect on the already-not-yet. Are you willing to accept that there is so much more coming?
- 3.1 There is no sugarcoating the truth, our world is broken (5:21-26).
Not the Way Its Supposed to Be - Three Truths to Cling To
Nathan Wakefield / General
Together We Grieve / Mark 5:21–43
When life is hard we must remember that we live in a broken and fallen world, God is sovereign, and we are not home yet.
Introduction
Image Cascading loss
Need: We live in a broken world and so we must learn to handle grief well.
Preview: When life is hard we must remember that we live in a broken and fallen world, God is sovereign, and we are not home yet.
Test: Mark 5:21-43 Read entirely before the points
Setting the Stage:
The Book of Mark, one of the four Gospels in the New Testament, is a concise account of the life, ministry, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ. I generally believe it to be one of the earliest if not the earliest Gospel written. The book is traditionally attributed to John Mark, a companion of the Apostle Peter, and reflects Peter’s eyewitness testimony. I believe this to be the case. In effect, the Gospel of Mark is the telling of the Gospel from the perspective of Peter.
Mark Chapter 5 fall within a section of the book in which Jesus begins preaching about the Kingdom of God, performs numerous miracles, and teaches with authority. This section highlights His power over nature, demons, disease, and death, demonstrating His divine authority.
Within this section of Mark 5 we will see that what seemed to be a disaster was in fact, providentially ordained in order to both test the faith of a certain Jairus and demonstrate Christ’s absolute power.
Body
There is no doubt that Jesus has absolute power. However, we still must face the fact that we live in a broken world.
There is no sugarcoating the truth, our world is broken (5:21-26).
Look carefully at verses 21-26 with me. We must come to the conclusion that we live in a broken world. But more than just living in a broken world we have the reality that brokenness is everywhere.
Brokenness can effect anyone whether rich or poor, righteous or unrighteous, young or old (21-23).
We often operate under an assumption that bad things happen to people to whom we might expect it. You know, those people who don’t have it all together. Here we see that brokenness is affecting a leader of the Synagogue. Jairus was likely not a poor man. Jairus was likely one who worked hard to honor God.
Moreover, the problem that Jairus faced was not that his elderly mother was passing. No, the problem Jairus faced was that his daughter, a seemingly innocent child, was sick and dying.
We live in a broken world. The brokenness is the result of the fall but that was last weeks sermon. Right now what I want you to see is that the brokenness of our world does not always distinguish between the categories we might expect. you can be rich or poor, righteous or unrighteous, young or old. It doesn’t matter brokenness can strike! And guess what! Brokenness might not come when the time is convenient.
Brokenness does not wait until the time is convenient to rear its head (24-25).
Jesus chose to go with Jairus. At this point Jairus must have been excited. I am sure he assumed that Jesus would come and heal his daughter. Things had looked bleak but now Jesus was coming.
The problem comes just moments later. Crowds begin to press around Jesus and if you have ever been in a crowd I am sure you know just how much a crowd slows down your movement. I know how I would feel if I was Jairus. Get out of the way! My Daughter is sick and you are slowing Jesus down.
Then, as if the crowd is not enough, a woman with a bleeding issue has the nerve to get involved!
