Yudhistira Ananda Budi Yudhistira Hannah Meeuwse Biblical Studies 9 3 November 2013

Life And Death

In Jerusalem lives a ruler who is a part of the synagogue. This ruler believes that Jesus is the savior; at that time there were only several believers of God. He was a very brave believer because it is rare for a ruler to believe on Jesus. At that time Jesus was on his way to Jerusalem and Jairus is very happy. Jesus arrived to the town and his whole family celebrates. In the evening, Jairus recognize that his daughter died. Jairus did not ask for help to Jesus. Because of this Jesus raised his daughter from the dead. Gods love and care can give us second chances. Causing us to be thankful to him just like what Jairus did when he raised his daughter from the dead.

Jairus has been the man whom believes in Jesus more then anyone did. He never thought of believing in Jesus because he is in vain, he believed in Jesus because he is a true believer. Jairus would also be called as the first one to be given a second chance by Jesus. Not literally Jairus but his family. In the story, Jesus did not heal the kid at first. He waits for 3 days because Jairus did not ask to Jesus at all. Jesus healed the child. Actually this resembles Jesus on his crucifixion moments. Jesus arrived on the town greeted with happiness and joy by the villager. The same thing happened to him during Jairuss greeting. And then during his crucifixion Jesus was

Yudhistira dead for 3 days, which is exactly the same thing as Jairuss daughter. And on the third day he returns from the dead like how Jairuss daughter been resurrected. It is also stated in Matthew 11:5 and Isaiah 3:5 that there will be miracles with those hands of the messiah. He also asked us to believe in one of his wise teachings, which is, do not be afraid, just believe. We should be like Jairus. He applied this to his life, because of that he have been given the strength by God to bear with his family and finally receiving his prize which is having their daughter raised back to life. At that time, a bunch of people got surprised. But most of all would be Jairuss family. Jesus once again shows his miracle and he really did resurrects the dead. Some people tought of this as trickery or some even think that Jesus practices the evil. But all those things were fake because Jesus, Son of God. He is able to do the impossible and bring peace to this world.

We could apply this in our real life by having you question your own faith. Is it strong enough? If it does then you are suppose that Jesus is the way the truth and the light. Once you understand that concept physically and from your heart. We are supposed to really know why we believe him. Other than that, you must be sincere. If you know how to choose wise choices in live then God has been with you. Even if its your hardest time, its also Gods Plans. Our dignity goes out the window when we come face to face with Jesus. He will be there for us, always. Jesus is the merciful and he will give us the grace and glory because he is the messiah. In this context, this means that Jesus has believed in us too. He believed that we are able to return to the right path and not turn our back too him. His purpose on doing this is that he wants us to be able to live and bear with what will happen. There will be the time where Jesus would be able to show what will happen in the future and other then that he wants to

Yudhistira test how faithful we are. He also wants to show that he is able to do the impossible. Connecting to the reaction part where a lot people dont believe. I restate that Jesus is able to do the impossible, he once again shows that he is the messiah.

I can summarize that once you live in his name you would be given back with what you expected. Only through him we could go to heaven and through nobody else. Jesus never gives his love for a 50% but he did it for 100%. An easy example is Jairus. He never asked much to Jesus. And all Jesus asks was to believe in him, and so he did. Just by that Jesus would give back something very precious to himself. His daughter was resurrected from the dead. I think it is impossible because the trade is very hard. Its differentiation in level has been far harder. Other then that its also benefiting us since its for our future. Overall I assume that my thesis, which is by living like Jairus, we would live in Gods second chances is correct. By living like Jairus. Jesus would respect us and by that we should believe and not defying him. His merciful love stays forever and it would not change. -Fin-

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