Participants: Carlton P. Byrd
Series Code: BOL
Program Code: BOL000091
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00:01 ♪ (Theme Song) ♪ ♪ Jesus is worthy ♪
00:11 ♪ oh yes, he's worthy ♪ ♪ wory of all... ♪ 00:18 ♪ all the praise! ♪ (Music) 00:22 Pastor Byrd: Some will say, why do we praise him 00:23 like we do? 00:26 I don't know what else to do but praise him. 00:34 Glorious, wonderful, marvelous. 00:38 When I get to heaven I'll be saying, 00:44 holy, holy, holy, and worship his name. 00:50 If you would, take your Bibles and turn with me to the Book 00:53 of Mark, Chapter 5. 01:00 I'll give you the full context and read a few verses today. 01:10 Those who are watching, Mark 5:21. 01:18 If you have it, let me hear you say Amen. 01:21 The Word of God says to us today: 01:24 "And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto 01:30 the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he 01:35 was nigh unto the sea. 01:39 And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, 01:41 Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at 01:44 his feet, and besought him greatly, saying, My little 01:47 daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, 01:51 come and lay thy hands on her, that she may 01:53 be healed; and she shall live. 01:55 And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, 01:59 and thronged him." 02:00 Verse 25: "And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood 02:05 twelve years, and had suffered many things of many physicians, 02:10 and had spent all that she had, 02:12 and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse, 02:16 when she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, 02:19 and touched his garment. 02:21 For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be," 02:28 what, everybody? 02:29 "Whole. 02:30 And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; 02:32 and she felt in her body that she was healed 02:35 of that plague. 02:36 And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had 02:38 gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, 02:42 Who touched my clothes? 02:44 And his disciples, said unto him, Thou seest the multitude 02:48 thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me? 02:51 And he looked round about to see her that had 02:55 done this thing. 02:56 But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what 02:58 was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him 03:00 all the truth. 03:01 And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made 03:04 thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague. 03:11 "While he yet spake, there came from the ruler 03:14 of the synagogue's house certain which said, 03:17 Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou 03:23 the Master any further? 03:26 As soon as Jesus herd the word that was spoken, he saith unto 03:29 the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe. 03:36 And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, 03:41 and James, and John the brother of James. 03:43 And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, 03:47 and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly. 03:49 And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye 03:52 this ado, and weepth? 03:53 the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth. 03:56 And they laughed him to scorn. 03:59 But when he put them all out, he taketh the father 04:05 and the mother of the damsel, and them that 04:07 were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying. 04:09 And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, 04:12 Taligha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say 04:15 unto thee, arise. 04:17 And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she 04:21 was of the age of twelve years. 04:24 And they were astonished with a great astonishment. 04:27 And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; 04:31 and commanded that something should be given her to eat." 04:38 It's my turn. 04:42 God, today it's my turn. 04:46 My turn, God, for a blessing. 04:51 So even, God, as I preach this Word, administer to me 04:53 right now. 04:55 But not just to me, to everyone who is watching, to everyone 04:58 who is here, God, may your Holy Ghost move 05:00 in this place. 05:02 God, we proclaim that you're wonderful, you're glorious, 05:06 you're marvelous, but may it come alive 05:08 in your Word today. 05:09 Now forgive me of my sins, hide me behind your cross, 05:11 and when the appeal is made, may individuals come, 05:14 giving their lives to you. 05:16 In the name of Jesus, we pray. 05:19 Amen. 05:22 As most of you know, I'm a very serious sports fan. 05:31 I love sports, watching sports, playing sports, and attending 05:41 sports games, particularly basketball. 05:46 Now, when I lived in Atlanta, my family and I were regulars 05:52 at the Atlanta Hawks games. 05:56 Not so much that we liked the Hawks, 06:02 but more so when the Heat, the Lakers and the Thunder 06:09 came to town, we had to have tickets. 06:13 Do I have a witness in this place? 06:16 Now, watching the games in person at the arena with all 06:24 the fans there in Philips Arena was fun. 06:28 The shots, the passes, the dunks, 06:31 when we did the waves. 06:33 In Atlanta they have what they call a kiss cam. 06:37 When we saw all of this, it was fun. 06:41 But the part that I didn't like was what took place 06:46 before the game. 06:48 And to be more specific, I didn't like the crowds 06:52 rushing to get in line to get in the arena. 06:55 People would push in line. 06:59 People would squabble in line. 07:03 People would crowd you in line, invade your personal space 07:10 in line. 07:11 People would step on your toes in line. 07:17 It was a pain to stand in line. 07:22 But what really made me mad was when somebody would try to 07:27 cut line. 07:30 I mean, after all, if my family and I had to stand in line, 07:37 then everybody had to stand in line. 07:42 So, one day we're standing in line 07:45 to get into the game. 07:48 We have to go through the turnstile and give 07:50 our tickets to the attendant in order to get 07:53 into the arena. 07:54 We're standing in line, minding our own business, 08:00 and then all of a sudden here comes Johnny Come Late, 08:05 trying to cut us in line. 08:09 Now, before I went off I had to look around to see if anybody 08:23 I knew saw me to make sure that nobody would say, 08:28 I saw Pastor Byrd in line and he was 08:31 going off on somebody. 08:33 He looked like he was getting ready to fight somebody. 08:37 You know what I'm talking about. 08:39 In this day and age you have to be careful, because people 08:42 have cell phones, iPhones, iPads and everything 08:46 and they will record everything you do, 08:51 put it on Facebook and put it on YouTube 08:54 and the Internet trying to make something 08:56 appear more than what it is. 08:59 That's why I'm careful how I pose with people 09:02 for pictures. 09:05 Brothers, when you hug the women, 09:08 you hug them like this. 09:09 You can't be all over them. 09:10 Trying to help somebody. 09:13 Brothers, when you hug another brother, it can't be all that 09:18 cheek-to-cheek stuff. 09:20 You've got to say, well, man, let me dap you up 09:23 and keep it moving. 09:24 Do I have a witness in this place? 09:29 So I look around. 09:30 And it's doesn't appear that anybody who knows me 09:36 sees me. 09:38 And so I look at the person who cut my family and me 09:42 in line and I'm bigger than him. 09:48 So I say to myself, if he gets crazy, because you know folks 09:53 will get crazy, I'm bigger than him and I can take him 09:56 out, Amen, somebody. 09:58 Let me give you some advice. 09:59 Don't get crazy and get in a fight 10:01 with somebody you can't beat. 10:02 Come on, say Amen. 10:03 There's no harm in running. 10:05 Do I have a witness in this place? 10:08 And so, I see this brother and I say to him, 10:12 hold up, brother, hold up. 10:16 You're not going to cut me and my family and everybody 10:20 else who's standing in line here. 10:23 You see, there's a science in that, I have to bring 10:25 everybody else who was standing in there in this 10:27 situation, so just in case he had backup, I had backup, too. 10:31 Come on, say Amen. 10:34 We've been standing here like everybody else. 10:38 Get to steppin' and get to the back of the line. 10:44 It's my turn. 10:46 Everybody chimed in, yeah, get to steppin'. 10:49 Get to the back of the line. 10:53 You heard it, get to steppin'. 10:55 I felt good. 10:57 Ha-ha. 10:58 I felt like I was the man because it was my turn. 11:01 You ever been at a stoplight and it's your turn to drive 11:06 and somebody cuts you off? 11:09 It happened to me right here at Oakwood. 11:11 I almost lost my religion. 11:12 Come on, pray for me, everybody. 11:15 You get mad and you say, what's wrong with him? 11:18 What's wrong with her? 11:20 It's my turn. 11:21 Anybody been on the job at Oakwood 15 years, 11:25 paid your dues, started as a secretary, 11:31 went back to school and got your degree, 11:33 even went to graduate school. 11:36 You're productive, you're innovative, 11:38 you've trained others. 11:39 In fact, you keep training other people but they keep 11:42 getting the position you trained them for. 11:45 You're up for a promotion and this time you know 11:49 you're going to get it, but you're passed over again. 11:52 And you say, but it's my turn. 11:57 I don't know what your situation is, 12:01 but one of the greatest frustrations in life 12:04 can be when you feel it's your turn 12:07 and it doesn't happen for you. 12:09 Well, as we come back in this new year 12:13 I've just stopped by to tell somebody to hang on 12:18 in there because your blessing is on the way. 12:23 Because every experience that we have in our lives 12:26 is tied to a purpose. 12:28 Everything that God allows to happen in your life 12:32 through his providencal will is a sovereign setup, 12:36 because remember that your setback is just a setup 12:39 for a comeback. 12:41 You have to learn how to give God the glory for whatever 12:45 you're going through because what you're going through is 12:48 tied to something bigger that God has in store in your life. 12:51 Don't you forget what the Apostle Paul said 12:54 when he said, We know that all things 12:57 work together for good to them who love the Lord 13:00 and are called according to his purpose. 13:02 Sometimes you're gifted, but it's not your turn yet. 13:07 Sometimes you're talented, but it's not your time yet. 13:12 Sometimes you have God's anointing, 13:15 but it's not your season yet. 13:18 And let me tell you something about seasons, 13:21 because I always say, don't get mad and hate 13:23 on somebody else because God is blessing them now 13:25 and it seems that God is passing you over. 13:28 If God blesses them you better learn how 13:30 to become a cheerleader, because if he's blessing him 13:32 he must be in the neighborhood and it's just a matter of time 13:35 before he blesses you. 13:38 But maybe, your situation is like Jairus'. 13:41 Bible tells that Jairus is the ruler of 13:44 the synagogue, which means that Jairus was the one 13:47 in charge of public worship, Jairus was over the choir, 13:52 Jairus was over the elders board, Jairus was the praise 13:55 and worship leader. 13:56 Jairus was the pastor. 13:58 Jairus is a religious man. 14:00 But the Bible says that his daughter is sick unto death. 14:04 Lesson number one for us today, just because you work 14:06 for God and serve his church that does not exempt you 14:09 from trial and tribulation. 14:11 In fact, you've got to go through some fire to come out 14:14 as pure gold. 14:15 You can be the pastor, you can be the elder, you can 14:18 be the deacon, you can be the Sabbath school 14:20 teacher, but you're going to go through something. 14:22 I've been through enough stuff to know that you can pray 14:24 until your lips are dry, pray until your knees 14:28 have welts in them, but every now and then 14:30 you're going to go through something. 14:32 Somebody you love is going to die. 14:34 Somebody is going to get sick. 14:36 Somebody is going to hurt you. 14:38 The Bible declared that Jairus' daughter is sick unto death 14:43 and there is a multitude that is gathered 14:45 by the seashore and Jairus petitioned Jesus. 14:48 He petitions the Master because he recognizes is that, 14:51 what I need I don't need from anybody else. 14:54 What I need I can only get from Jesus. 14:56 Anybody ever felt that way? 14:58 There's a crowd at the seashore, multitudes have 15:01 thronged Jesus Christ. 15:03 They gathered to hear Jesus. 15:04 The Bible declares that much has happened 15:06 prior to Jesus running into Jairus. 15:09 Jesus has turned water into wine, 15:11 Jesus has healed Peter's mother-in-law, 15:13 Jesus has healed the paralytic that was lowered 15:15 through the roof, Jesus has healed the man 15:18 with the withered hand. 15:19 Jesus has healed the two blind men. 15:21 Jesus has stilled the storm on the Sea of Galilee. 15:25 Jesus has healed the demoniac of Gadara. 15:27 Much has happened. 15:29 But then here come Jairus. 15:32 Jairus was in the multitude with a bunch of folk, 15:35 but he did not allow the crowd to stop him 15:38 from getting what he needed. 15:41 or anybody stop you from getting your blessing. 15:49 There will come a time in your life when you have to 15:53 make up your mind that it doesn't make a difference 15:56 how many folk are around you, how many folk are looking 15:59 at you, but you have to say, I will not be intimidated 16:03 by the crowd. 16:04 I'm not worried about what people may say, 16:06 I'm not worried about what folk will do, 16:08 by any means necessary I'm getting to Jesus. 16:11 When you're in the crowd trying to get Jesus, 16:13 you're not in the crowd like everybody else. 16:16 You're not in the crowd to be a spectator. 16:19 You're not in the crowd to be an onlooker. 16:21 You don't come to church to be a spectator. 16:24 You're not in the crowd just to try to find out 16:26 who's here and who's not here. 16:29 That's why sometimes you have to tell folk, listen, 16:32 if you knew what I was here for you'd understand why I act 16:38 like I act. 16:39 You'd understand why I sing like I sing, why I shout 16:45 like I shout. 16:46 You'd understand that my praise is not programmed 16:49 because I'm trying to get in the very presence of God, 16:52 because in the presence of God there's fullness of joy. 16:55 I don't care who calls on Jesus, but my thing is, 16:59 Lord, pass me not, oh, gentle Savior, 17:01 hear my humble cry, while the others 17:04 thou are calling, Lord, do not pass me by. 17:10 But what do you do when you're trying to get to the Lord 17:15 and it's interrupted? 17:18 What do you do when you need a miracle from Jesus 17:23 and it's disrupted? 17:26 What do you do when you need healing for your body 17:28 and peace for your soul and it's broken up 17:30 by a distracting, disturbing force you 17:33 can't control? 17:35 What do you do when Jesus says, yes, I hear you and I'm 17:39 on my way to your house, your daughter is sick, 17:42 but it's your day, it's your turn. 17:44 Come on, Jesus. 17:46 The crowd is following you and Jesus to your house. 17:52 What do you do when it's your turn, your time, your season 17:54 and it's interrupted? 17:56 Ellen White says that as soon as Jairus approached Jesus, 18:00 Jesus set out at once to Jairus' house. 18:04 Set out at once. 18:06 Didn't meander all around, didn't wait, didn't pause, 18:09 didn't hesitate, but she says, immediately he began 18:12 to Jairus' house. 18:13 The trip wasn't long, but she said people just kept crowding 18:17 around him. 18:19 Jesus then follows Jairus to his house. 18:22 The Bible says there's a woman who heard Jesus would 18:25 be passing by. 18:26 The Bible says she had been sick for 12 long years. 18:29 She needed something from Jesus, too. 18:31 She presses through the crowd and says, if I could just touch 18:34 his clothes. 18:35 If I could just touch the hem of his garment 18:39 I'll be made whole. 18:42 But then, wait a minute, Jesus is on his way 18:47 to Jairus' house. 18:49 Jairus' daughter is sick. 18:52 It's Jairus' turn. 18:54 But what do you do when your turn is interrupted. 18:58 You're Jairus, you're walking with Jesus, Jesus is about 19:02 to give you what you need, but then Jesus stops and says, 19:07 somebody touched me. 19:10 Well, yes, Lord, somebody has touched you. 19:15 There's a bunch of folk out here in line, standing, 19:20 shoving, pushing, touching, but, Jesus, come on, 19:24 my daughter is sick. 19:27 You're the only one that can heal my daughter. 19:30 We're almost at our house. 19:33 I need a miracle and I need it today and all these other folk, 19:36 I know they might need help, but, Jesus, it's my turn. 19:41 I need my daughter to be healed today. 19:46 So, I ask you what you do when it's your turn, 19:49 but somebody else has to get theirs first. 19:53 Somebody else has to get their healing first. 19:55 Somebody else has to get their blessing first. 19:57 Somebody else has to get their degree first. 19:59 I've come to tell somebody today that maybe you need to 20:01 understand that even when it looks like somebody has to get 20:03 their miracle first it doesn't dilute the fact that your 20:06 miracle is on the way. 20:07 Maybe God is just trying to tell you, I'm trying to see 20:13 how you're going to act when I bless other people before 20:18 I bless you. 20:19 I'm trying to see if you're going to have an attitude 20:24 when somebody else gets the miracle, when somebody else 20:26 gets the promotion, when somebody else gets the job 20:28 first, when somebody else passes the test first, 20:32 when somebody else graduates first, 20:34 when somebody else gets married first, 20:36 when somebody else has the baby first, 20:39 when somebody else has the car or the house first, 20:41 when somebody else gets the healing first. 20:46 Here's the woman with the issue of blood, 20:51 she slows Jesus up and the Bible says 20:56 she gets her healing. 21:00 Jesus heals the woman and he says, daughter, thy faith 21:04 has made thee whole. 21:05 But then what about Jairus? 21:13 A messenger comes to Jairus and says, look, man, 21:20 don't worry about it. 21:22 Don't trouble the Master. 21:24 Your daughter is dead. 21:27 Now here's brother Jairus. 21:30 If it weren't for this woman we would have been on time. 21:38 If it weren't for this interruption we would have 21:41 gotten home on time. 21:42 I'm glad this woman got healed, but it weren't for 21:46 this distraction my daughter would be breathing right now. 21:53 I like how Ellen White puts it, she says in "Desire of Ages" 21:55 that Jairus caught the ear of Jesus. 22:00 Jesus responds, be not afraid, only believe. 22:08 In other words, whose report are you going to believe? 22:15 Don't you know who I am? 22:19 I am the Resurrection and the Life. 22:24 If I do show up late, I'm still early. 22:28 You're with the answer, so why are you focusing on 22:31 the problem? 22:32 It's not a miracle if I get there when you want me to, 22:36 it's a miracle when I show up late. 22:40 Lesson number three, he may not come 22:43 when you want him, but he's always right on time. 22:49 He's an on-time God. 22:51 Yes, he is. 22:53 Let me throw this in quickly. 22:54 You know the message that came with the bad news. 22:56 Let me throw this in quickly. 22:57 That's why you have to surround yourself 22:59 with positive people. 23:02 You see, negative people told him, don't worry, 23:04 she's dead. 23:05 Move on. 23:06 Don't trouble the Master. 23:07 But you have to be around positive people. 23:09 You don't need to be around folk who mean you no good. 23:11 You can do bad by yourself. 23:12 You have to be around positive people. 23:16 You have to be around winners. 23:18 Everybody say winners. 23:19 You have to be around conquerors. 23:22 And let me talk about winners for a minute. 23:25 There is a certain mentality associated with 23:28 being a winner. 23:29 People who are winners hang together. 23:32 Let me say that one more time. 23:33 People who are winners hang together. 23:39 Winners expect to win. 23:41 Winners don't expect to lose. 23:44 That's why certain sports teams, the Yankees, 23:46 for example, they always have winning seasons because they 23:50 have a culture of winning. 23:52 Some sports teams always have losing seasons. 23:56 But let me tell you this, that's not just in the secular 23:58 world, but that's in the spiritual world, too. 24:01 If you a spiritual winner you will gravitate to other people 24:03 who are spiritual winners, because there's a mentality 24:06 that this isn't about money or anything tangible, 24:08 but there's a mentality that goes along with winning. 24:11 That's why it's hard to defeat a champion. 24:14 That's why you're always told, never underestimate the heart 24:18 of a champion. 24:19 And once you get the mentality of a winner, you can listen 24:22 to a person talk a few minutes and it either 24:24 feeds you or it doesn't and sooner or later, 24:27 the things that don't feed you, you don't spend time 24:33 fooling with them, because it's counterproductive 24:35 to where you're trying to go. 24:37 You see, I'm a winner. 24:39 You're a winner. 24:40 We're more than conquerors. 24:41 I'm trying to help somebody up in here. 24:44 Understand that I'm trying to go somewhere. 24:47 I'm not just here just to be here. 24:50 I say it all the time, if you're going to come 24:52 to church, church ought to mean something. 24:54 I'm trying to get to God's great heaven. 24:57 I'm trying to get to God's great kingdom. 24:59 I don't fight for victory, I fight from victory, 25:03 because Satan has already been defeated. 25:07 And then the converse of that. 25:10 Losing and failing also promote a mindset. 25:14 You get around failing people and failing circumstances 25:17 and listen to the negative thoughts and you'll find 25:19 yourself unable to get back up again, because not only are 25:22 you down, but your environment is down. 25:24 And everybody that is talking to you is down. 25:26 And you develop a mentality that is built around 25:29 your condition. 25:30 That's why you've got to watch who you hang with. 25:33 Watch who your friends are. 25:35 You are the company you keep. 25:38 Be not afraid, Jesus said. 25:41 Only believe. 25:42 Where there is fear there is little faith. 25:45 Faith drives out fear. 25:48 Jairus had been strong in faith that he found no 25:51 difficulty in believing that Jesus can heal his daughter 25:54 but now he's called upon to exercise greater faith, 25:58 faith that the clutch of death itself could not break. 26:01 >: It's an age-old question, what happens after we die? 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