The Crowd is Usually WRONG

In Mark 5 Jesus delivers a demon possessed man and then heals a woman from a twelve year ailment. Between these two miraculous events a man named Jairus asked Jesus to come and heal his daughter. By the time Jesus starts towards Jairus' house a few men came to share the bad news with Jairus. Here's the exact verbiage from Mark 5:35:

While Jesus was still speaking, some men came from the house of Jairus, the synagogue ruler. "Your daughter is dead," they said. "Why bother the teacher any more?"

The crowd's advice to Jairus was forget about it. It's too late. Nothing can be done now. It's impossible. She's dead! They might have believed that Jesus could heal her from her sickness, but there's no way he could raise her from the dead. The crowd was WRONG!

All throughout the Bible instances like this occur. Remember the children of Israel when Moses was up on the mountain receiving God's commands. They decided to create a golden calf to worship and Aaron went along with the crowd's plan. The crowd was WRONG!

Then twelve spies entered Canaan to scope out their future home. Only two of them came back with a faith report. The majority of the spies came back with a negative report and the people were filled with doubt. The crowd was WRONG!

The list goes on and on as you read both the Old and New Testaments. But back to the next verse in Mark 5. Jesus responds to Jairus and his words are contrary to the words of the crowd. Here's the response Jesus gives in verse 36.

Ignoring what they said, Jesus told the synagogue ruler, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

Jesus ignored the crowd. The crowd was WRONG and Jesus was RIGHT! When Jesus arrived at Jairus home he again confronted the crowd. Jesus said the girl was not dead, but asleep. In other words, she was getting ready to get up. The crowd laughed as if it was impossible to bring her back from the dead. Again the crowd was WRONG!

Jesus kicked out the crowd and brought the girl back to life. Jesus was RIGHT! The crowd is usually WRONG, but Jesus is always RIGHT! Look back at verse 36 for a moment. Jesus said, "Don't be afraid; just believe."

When life doesn't make sense and your problems seem overwhelming...
When your faced with impossible circumstances and it seems like all hope is lost...
When everyone else has already given up and you feel like your only option is giving in...

Don't listen to the crowd! Listen to the words of Jesus! He's always RIGHT!!!