“More Grace to Bestow” 2-13-22
Overview
More Grace to Bestow
In Mark 5:24-34, a woman who had suffered with hemorrhages for twelve years pressed through the crowd to touch the cloak of Jesus. Her condition was not merely physical. According to Leviticus 15, her bleeding rendered her ceremonially unclean—cut off from family, friends, the temple, and the synagogue. She had endured much under many physicians, spent everything she had, and only grew worse. Then she heard about Jesus. Risking everything by entering a crowd she had no right to be in, she reached out in faith: "If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well." Immediately, she was healed.
What follows is the heart of the matter. Jesus, who according to John 2:25 knows what is in everyone, was not asking "Who touched me?" out of ignorance. He calls her out because He has more grace to bestow. Throughout Scripture, when God calls a person by name—Samuel in 1 Samuel 3, Moses at the burning bush in Exodus 3, Saul on the Damascus road in Acts 9—it is always for a purpose. Here, Jesus calls this woman forward so that her healing would be made public, restoring her to family and worshiping community. He receives her trembling worship as she falls before Him, the posture due a King. He draws out her testimony so that Jairus, standing right beside Him on the way to a dying daughter (see Mark 5:21-23, 35-43), would be encouraged to keep believing.
Notice the tender word Jesus speaks: "Daughter." It is family language, intimate language, the language of a child of God. Then He says, "Your faith has made you well"—the Greek sozo, the word for salvation. Jesus has moved beyond the body to the soul. She is not only healed of her affliction but saved through faith in the Messiah who would soon endure the scourging and the cross. The very "disease" the text describes uses a word meaning whip or scourge—the very thing Christ Himself would bear so that, by His blood, we would be cleansed and raised with Him.
The same Lord still calls His people out of the crowd. He sees your face, knows your story, and keeps bestowing grace—calling you "son" or "daughter," sending you in peace, and turning your testimony into encouragement for someone else who is hurting. Worship Him freely; tell the truth of what He has done; receive again today the assurance that you belong to Him. He always has more grace to bestow.
Transcript
Welcome to your Bible's Please with me, too. 2s
The Gospel of Mark the 5th chapter, if you're using a Pew edition of Holy Scripture, you're 5s
going to find that on page 34 for our study today, Mark the 5th chapter. 10s
The Lord Jesus Christ was no stranger to crowds. 18s
Why in just the chapters that we have been pulling verses out of in this series thus far? 23s
We have heard about Jesus associated with crowds. 31s
In the 2nd chapter, verse 4 and verse 13, the 3rd chapter, verse 7, 9, 20 and 32, the 4th chapter, 34s
in verse 1 and 36 and the 5th chapter, verse 21. 45s
And notice with me, please. 53s
The 2nd part of verse 24. 56s
And a large crowd followed him and pressed in on him. 59s
Jesus was no stranger to crowds. 67s
The crowds. 76s
Different faces. 79s
And behind the face, stories, all unique, all different. 83s
And then there was this crowd. 94s
And she was in the crowd. 98s
Look with me, please, at verse 25. 105s
There was a woman who had been suffering from hemorrhages for 12 years. 109s
She didn't board much under many physicians and had spent all that she had and she was 113s
no better but rather grew worse. 119s
12 years suffering from the hemorrhages endured much. 125s
Many physicians spent all that she had. 131s
She was no better. 135s
No better. 138s
The counsel that she would have been receiving medically was not good. 141s
She would have been told, this is how you solve your problem. 145s
You go home, you drink wine with an onion. 148s
That will do it. 152s
She would have been told, take the ashes of an ostrich egg, put it in a linen bag in the 154s
summer, and then put it in a cotton bag in the winter. 163s
That's the medical advice. 171s
She would have been receiving 12 years endured much. 173s
Spent all she had. 183s
She was no better. 186s
Verse 27. 192s
She had heard about Jesus. 194s
Now you see her plight, her plight would have peaked the interest with regard to Jesus because 200s
there are ramifications with regard to her plight. 207s
She would have been declared unclean, Leviticus 15th chapter, makes that abundantly clear. 212s
She then would have been separate. 219s
She would have had to stay apart from her family, from her friends, from the temple worship, 221s
from worship in the synagogue. 228s
She was distant, separate, alone apart. 230s
So when she hears about Jesus, that peaks her interest. 238s
And what is it that she would have heard about Jesus? 241s
Would she have heard about Jesus healing Simon Peter's mother-in-law in Mark the first chapter? 245s
Would she have heard about the many that were sick and possessed with demons and Jesus healed 252s
and cast out the demons in Mark the first chapter? 259s
Would she have heard about the healing of the leper and the healing of the paralytic in Mark the second chapter? 263s
She had heard about Jesus and came up behind him in the crowd and touched his cloak for she said, 272s
if I but touch his clothes, I will be made well. 280s
Senior mindset. 290s
Her working, her way through the crowd. 294s
She's violating everything because she should never ever have been in a crowd. 300s
If I but touch 12 years endured much, many physicians. 313s
Spent all she had. 329s
And she was no better. 334s
If I but touch his clothes, I will be made well. 339s
Verse 29, immediately, her hemorrhage stopped and she felt in her body that she was healed of her disease. 343s
And now there's another immediately and it belongs to Jesus immediately. 353s
Aware that power had gone forth from him. 357s
Jesus turned about in the crowd and said, who touched my clothes? 360s
That's not a question of ignorance here because John the second chapter tells us that he, Jesus himself, 366s
knew what was in everyone. 374s
Jesus knows exactly who he has healed. 377s
The disciples, of course, they don't have a clue what's going on. 381s
Look at the very next verse, the verse 31, and as disciples said to him, 384s
you see the crowd pressing in on you, how can you say, who touched me? 389s
They just don't get it, right? 393s
They don't have a clue. 396s
Jesus who knows what is inside of everyone. 400s
Those exactly exactly who it is. 403s
Verse 32, he looked all around to see who had done it. 412s
And the eyes look. 422s
Why is it that Jesus calls out the woman? 430s
Why does he lock in on her? 443s
Why does he call her out from the crowd? 448s
I think of this story in the Old Testament. 455s
First Samuel, third chapter. 462s
There's the story of Eli and Samuel. 465s
Eli is a priest, he's a judge. 470s
Samuel, he's a boy who assists the priest and the judge. 472s
Samuel sleeping. 478s
Here's a voice. 479s
Samuel, Samuel, Samuel gets up. 480s
He hastens very quickly to go to Eli, the priest and the judge. 482s
He let look at him and says, I don't call you. 489s
Go to bed. 491s
Samuel goes back, goes to sleep. 493s
Here's the voice again. 495s
Samuel, Samuel does the same thing. 496s
He goes up, goes to Eli. 498s
Eli looks at him. 499s
I didn't call you. 500s
Go to bed. 500s
Third time it happens. 502s
Samuel, Samuel, he goes and then finally Eli is figured this out. 504s
He says, that must be the Lord calling. 509s
If he calls you again, then say, speak Lord for your servant. 512s
Listen. 521s
What was the purpose of the calling fourth, the calling out of Samuel? 523s
Well, scripture reveals to us that the purpose of that was so that Samuel then could 529s
communicate a word of judgment to Eli. 535s
That was the purpose. 540s
Moses, Moses, the cry in Exodus out of the burning bush. 545s
And what was the reason why God was calling out Moses? 550s
What was the purpose for that? 554s
The purpose for that was to communicate that God was going to free his people from the 556s
house and then to pray in and propel them to the promised land and that Moses was going 565s
to lead them. 570s
There was the purpose of calling out Moses. 571s
Book of Acts. 576s
Saul, Saul. 579s
Why is Saul called out? 582s
Because the Lord transforms the persecutor into the proclamer. 586s
So why here? 595s
Why here with this woman who suffered for 12 years, spent all she had, wasn't any better 598s
violating everything and working her way through the crowd so that she could touch the 604s
garments of Jesus and Jesus heals her. 610s
And then Jesus says, who touched my clothing, knowing full well, who touched his clothing, 615s
knowing full well, the one that he had healed, why does Jesus call her out of the crowd? 620s
Why? 633s
Look with me, please. 636s
At verse 33. 638s
But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling. 641s
This is holy fear again, isn't it? 651s
We studied that in Mark IV chapter. 653s
Remember when their disciples are in the boat, which is just the great storm, the water is going 658s
in the boat, they're concerned, they're fearful that they're going to be drowned, and Jesus 663s
comes the sea and the reaction of the disciples was they were terrified, terrified, why? 668s
That's holy fear. 677s
They understand who it is that they are in the presence of. 679s
It's just dawning awareness of the deity of Christ. 683s
So this is holy fear. 688s
Verse 33 again, but the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling. 691s
And fell down before him. 696s
The Jews in the day didn't bow to anybody. 703s
They didn't bow to anybody. 708s
They didn't have a king. 709s
So when she bows before him, what's being communicated? 713s
That Jesus is the king, the king of kings. 722s
But the woman, knowing what had happened to her, came in fear and trembling, fell down before 731s
him and told him the whole truth. 736s
He said to her daughter, your faith has made you well, go in peace and be healed of your 741s
disease. 748s
Why did Jesus call the woman out of the crowd? 754s
One main reason, because he has more grace to bestow. 762s
And remember, what is her situation? 778s
She has been separate in the society for 12 years. 780s
People know this woman and they know that she's unclean. 785s
And she has separated herself for 12 years when Jesus makes her healing public. 789s
What does that contribute to? 798s
It contributes to her being accepted back, accepted back by the family, by the society, 800s
accepted back in the temple worship, accepted back in the synagogue worship. 809s
Jesus calls her out because he has more grace to bestow. 815s
Jesus calls her out and by his grace engenders the fall on her knees in worship. 825s
And by his grace you see. 840s
Her falling before Jesus becomes a public witness to the king, to the deity of Christ. 845s
He calls her out because he has more grace to bestow. 858s
He's going to use her as a witness to others. 865s
He calls her out because the scripture says that she told him the whole story. 872s
The whole truth. 880s
So that means publicly she is standing there and she is saying the whole truth. 882s
It was 12 years. 889s
The bleeding wouldn't stop. 891s
I spent all I had. 894s
I got worse. 897s
I heard about you, Jesus. 900s
And I said if I just but to touch you and everybody's listening to that. 902s
You see by his grace Jesus calls forth the witness of the woman. 908s
And it is a public witness and who is hearing all of this, who is standing right next to Jesus. 914s
But it's Gyrus. 921s
His remember this story comes in between the story with regard to Gyrus and his daughter. 926s
And Gyrus has come to Jesus and said, my daughter lays ill and is at the point of death. 934s
And Jesus and Gyrus then start to head to the girl. 940s
And then this scenario comes up. 948s
Gyrus is right next to Jesus. 952s
Can you imagine how encouraged Gyrus was when he hears the story of this woman? 953s
When he hears what has happened of the healing, 962s
can you imagine how his spirits were lifted? 965s
As the woman is relating, the whole truth. 970s
And Gyrus now thinks of Jesus going to his daughter. 975s
And that Jesus can heal his daughter like he healed this woman. 982s
He calls her out because there's more grace to bestow. 989s
Transforming the woman into the witness and the grace of God, 997s
where the witness then is used to encourage Gyrus and others that can hear it all. 1002s
He calls her out because he has more grace to bestow. 1012s
Because what does he call her? 1018s
He says, my daughter. 1020s
My daughter. 1025s
That's family language, isn't it? 1029s
That's intimate language, isn't it? 1032s
That's child of God, language, isn't it? 1037s
And the grace that has bestowed is the assurance of who she is, 1043s
a child of God. 1049s
And she turns to her because he has more grace to bestow. 1050s
And he says, go and peace. 1059s
Your faith has made you well. 1063s
Well, there in the Greek is the word sozo. 1067s
And usually when sozo pops up as it is here, 1070s
it's an association with salvation. 1073s
He's not talking about the disease anymore now. 1076s
He's talking about her faith in the Messiah, 1079s
the very one that would go to the cross and be raised. 1084s
He turns to her, calls her my daughter because she is a daughter 1087s
through faith, a gift of God, and then says, 1094s
in your faith has made you well. 1100s
Now it's a whole different realm. 1106s
Now it's just not the healing here of what she had been suffered 1108s
12 years. 1112s
Now we're talking about eternity here. 1113s
He turns to her and says, daughter, 1119s
your faith has saved you at faith given by God. 1123s
Go and peace and be healed of your disease. 1129s
He calls her out because there is more grace to bestow. 1138s
Look again at verse 34, please. 1155s
daughter, your faith has saved you. 1159s
Go and peace and be healed of your disease. 1166s
That word there literally translated is whip or scourge. 1173s
That's the image of what she has been suffering with. 1180s
12 years, this scourging, this whipping of what she was suffering. 1184s
The Lord Jesus Christ endured the scourging with the whip, 1197s
before He went to the cross. 1207s
And remember, in ancient day, people usually didn't survive the scourging 1211s
even to get to the point of the cross. 1217s
Jesus endured the scourging and on the cross, he cleanses us. 1221s
He takes all of our sin upon Him. 1231s
He takes all of the fill of our disease of sin upon Him. 1237s
He bears it. 1247s
And through His blood we are cleansed. 1250s
He's raised out of the tomb the validation that the sacrifice has been accepted. 1253s
We're cleansed through the blood of the Lord Jesus Christ. 1259s
That incredible grace that God bestows, not giving us what we deserve. 1266s
And He keeps calling us out each and every day. 1274s
He keeps calling us out because He has more grace to bestow. 1278s
So He calls us out and we fall before Him in worship. 1287s
And that worship is that very act of grace expressed in our lives as we worship Him. 1295s
And that worship becomes a witness to others. 1305s
He calls us out and His grace is bestowed because He has given each one of us a story. 1310s
And He brings forth from our lips the story so that we will tell the story by His grace. 1319s
So that by His grace those who hear the story will be blessed. 1326s
So that when the person who's hurting hears the story, they're encouraged. 1332s
And by the grace of God they are changed. 1337s
And His grace is poured out upon us. 1341s
He calls us out because He has more grace to bestow. 1344s
He calls us out each and every day and says to us, 1349s
My daughter, my son, he calls us that family language, that intimate language, 1355s
that language of love. 1373s
And the grace is bestowed upon us as we continue to hear how He regards us as His own child. 1376s
He keeps calling us out because He has more grace to bestow. 1390s
And He turns to us and He says, go and peace. 1397s
Because as children of God He has brought us into that relationship, 1407s
He has claimed us as His own in the waters of baptism. 1411s
He has given us the faith, the grasp, the victory of what He's accomplished through the cross and the empty tomb. 1416s
And He keeps assuring us we are in peace relationship. 1424s
You are saved. He keeps calling us out because He's got more and more grace to bestow. 1432s
He sees us in the crowd. 1453s
He sees your face. 1458s
He knows your story. 1464s
And He calls you out because there's more grace for you. 1470s
And He calls you out because there's more grace for you. 1493s