We are called to fall at the feet of Jesus, the world’s true King, who comes with healing in his hands. The message was given on February 16, 2014 at New City Church in Calgary by Pastor John Ferguson. For more info, go to www.newcitychurch.ca

1. The Master’s Touch
~ Luke 8:40-56 ~
image: Tim Green

2. God calls Words of Eternal Life
God Gives Us Hisus to Worship
Today’s Scripture:
Luke 8:40-56
Found on page 866 in our guest Bibles.

3. God calls us to Worship
“Madeline Arakawa Gins,
Visionary Architect, Is Dead at 72”
NY Times, January 12, 2014

4. God calls us to Worship
How should
we think
about death
?

5. God calls us to Worship
The Master’s Touch
~ Luke 8:40-56 ~
image: Tim Green

6. God calls us to Worship
Luke 8:40-41
Now when Jesus returned, the crowd
welcomed him, for they were all waiting for him. And there came a man
named Jairus, who was the ruler of
the synagogue….

7. God calls us to Worship
Luke 8:41-42
And falling at Jesus’ feet, he implored
him to come to his house, for he had
an only daughter, about twelve years
of age, and she was dying….

8. God calls us to Worship
Luke 8:42-43
As Jesus went, the people pressed
around him. And there was a woman
who had a discharge of blood for
twelve years, and though she had
spent all her living on physicians, she
could not be healed by anyone.

9. God calls us to Worship
Luke 8:42-43
[ She had suffered much under many
physicians…, and was not better but
grew worse (Mk. 5:26)…. ]

10. God calls us 8:44
Luke to Worship
And she came up behind him and
touched the fringe of his garment,
and immediately her discharge of
blood ceased….

11. God calls us 8:45
Luke to Worship
And Jesus said, “Who was it that
touched me?” When all denied it,
Peter said, “Master, the crowds
surround you and are pressing in
on you….!”

12. God calls us 8:46
Luke to Worship
But Jesus said, “Someone touched
me, for I perceive that power has
gone out from me….”

13. God calls us 8:47
Luke to Worship
And when the woman saw that she
was not hidden, she came trembling,
and falling down before him declared
it in the presence of all the people
why she had touched him, and how
she had been immediately healed….

14. God calls us 8:48
Luke to Worship
And he said to her, “Daughter, your
faith has made you well; go in
peace…”

15. God calls us 8:49
Luke to Worship
While she was still speaking, someone
from the ruler’s house came and said,
“Your daughter is dead; do not
trouble the Teacher any more….”

16. God calls us 8:50
Luke to Worship
But Jesus on hearing this answered,
“Do not fear; only believe, and she
will be well….”

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Luke 8:51-52
And when he came to the house, he
allowed no one to enter with him,
except Peter and John and James,
and the father and mother of the child.
And all were weeping and mourning

18. God calls us to Worship
Luke 8:52-52
for her, but he said, “Do not weep,
for she is not dead but sleeping. And
they laughed at him, knowing that she
was dead….

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Luke 8:54-56
But taking her by the hand he called,
saying, “Child, arise….”

20. God calls us to Worship
Luke 8:54-56
But taking her by the hand he called,
saying, “Child, arise.” And her spirit
returned, and she got up at once. And
he directed that something should be
given her to eat. And her parents were
amazed, but he charged them to tell
no one what had happened.

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Important Question
Why does Luke record this
account in his historical
biography of Jesus?

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Main Idea
We are called to fall
at the feet of Jesus,
the world’s true King,
who comes with healing
in his hands.

23. God calls us to Worship
1 Redefine DEATH….
…as mere SLEEP
image: Ben Jeffrey

24. God calls us to Worship
“When he said this,
Jesus was not offering
a different diagnosis.
Instead, he was
introducing a whole new
perspective on what it
means to die, based on
his divine power over
life and death.”

25. God calls us toto
Worship
“Then he appeared
more than five hundred
brothers at one time,
most of whom are still
alive, though some
have fallen asleep.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
1 Corinthians 15:6

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“But in fact Christ
has been raised from
the dead, the first
fruits of those who
have fallen asleep.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
1 Corinthians 15:51

27. God want you to be uninformed,
“But we do notcalls us to Worship
brothers, about those who are asleep, that you
may not grieve as others do who have no hope.
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose
again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with
him those who have fallen asleep.”
~ The Apostle Paul in 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

28. God calls us to Worship
“For me to live is Christ,
and to die is gain….
My desire is to depart
and be with Christ,
for that is better by far.”
~ The Apostle Paul in
Philippians 1:21 & 23

29. ge: contemplative imagining
God calls us to Worship
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Engage our CITY
with GOOD NEWS

30. God calls us to Worship
“I am the resurrection
and the life. Whoever
believes in me will live,
even though they die.”
~ Jesus of Nazareth
in the Gospel of John (11:25)

31. God calls us to Worship
image: Tim Green

32. flickr images courtesy of:
Tim Green: http://www.flickr.com/photos/atoach/5167756224/
Ben Jeffrey: http://www.flickr.com/photos/14555318@N00/1716005225/
contemplative imagining: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomas-merton/8686694887/
other images:
http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123785033607519075
other info:
Madeline Arakawa Gins, Visionary Architect, Is Dead at 72 - http://www.nytimes.com/2014/01/13/arts/design/madeline-arakawa-gins-visionaryarchitect-dies-at-72.html