Jesus Is No Respector Of Person

Mark 5:21-43 KJV
(21) And when Jesus was passed over again by ship unto the other side, much people gathered unto him: and he was nigh unto the sea.
(22) And, behold, there cometh one of the rulers of the synagogue, Jairus by name; and when he saw him, he fell at his feet,
(23) And besought him greatly, saying, My little daughter lieth at the point of death: I pray thee, come and lay thy hands on her, that she may be healed; and she shall live.
(24) And Jesus went with him; and much people followed him, and thronged him.
(25) And a certain woman, which had an issue of blood twelve years,
(26) And had suffered many things of many physicians, and had spent all that she had, and was nothing bettered, but rather grew worse,
(27) When she had heard of Jesus, came in the press behind, and touched his garment.
(28) For she said, If I may touch but his clothes, I shall be whole.
(29) And straightway the fountain of her blood was dried up; and she felt in her body that she was healed of that plague.
(30) And Jesus, immediately knowing in himself that virtue had gone out of him, turned him about in the press, and said, Who touched my clothes?
(31) And his disciples said unto him, Thou seest the multitude thronging thee, and sayest thou, Who touched me?
(32) And he looked round about to see her that had done this thing.
(33) But the woman fearing and trembling, knowing what was done in her, came and fell down before him, and told him all the truth.
(34) And he said unto her, Daughter, thy faith hath made thee whole; go in peace, and be whole of thy plague.
(35) While he yet spake, there came from the ruler of the synagogue's house certain which said, Thy daughter is dead: why troublest thou the Master any further?
(36) As soon as Jesus heard the word that was spoken, he saith unto the ruler of the synagogue, Be not afraid, only believe.
(37) And he suffered no man to follow him, save Peter, and James, and John the brother of James.
(38) And he cometh to the house of the ruler of the synagogue, and seeth the tumult, and them that wept and wailed greatly.
(39) And when he was come in, he saith unto them, Why make ye this ado, and weep? the damsel is not dead, but sleepeth.
(40) And they laughed him to scorn. But when he had put them all out, he taketh the father and the mother of the damsel, and them that were with him, and entereth in where the damsel was lying.
(41) And he took the damsel by the hand, and said unto her, Talitha cumi; which is, being interpreted, Damsel, I say unto thee, arise.
(42) And straightway the damsel arose, and walked; for she was of the age of twelve years. And they were astonished with a great astonishment.
(43) And he charged them straitly that no man should know it; and commanded that something should be given her to eat.

Through out Jesus ministry he instructered his disciples to teach, preach and do miracles. What interesting to note that in his own hometown that he was raised in, they were offended by his ability. Because His hometown did not believe, he was not able to do as many miracles. In truth very few ministers are received in their own hometown depending on where you live mainly because ministers often seem noble and perfect as Jesus, yet they are not. Those who you were raised with know every mistake you made in life and it can be a henderence or a positive depending on how those things are used. Does knowing these things make it harder or easier to believe that Jesus was greater then all other prophets ad teachers that came before and after Him? With the miracles done by both Jesus and his disciples, it would have made it difficult to distinguish by the people the difference of the teacher and his students in the since of inequality. Jesus gave the power and authority to those he set out to teach, preach and do miracles too. To know on one such occassion that Jesus sent a total of seventy out, the disciples came back without the power to cast out a particular demon a young boy tha threw himself in fire had. Jesus had to cast the demon out. The reason the disciples did not cast out the demon is because it took much fasting and prayer in this case.

To help us understand why Jesus was rejected in his home town we might also remember Jesus did not begin to demonstrate his power publicly until the first miracle of changing water into wine is mentioned in town of Cana part of Galilee in John 2. It is hard to grasp why had not Jesus display his power in his life before age 30, but perhaps it was for the purpose of keeping him hiden in a since till time for His public ministry. His ability to teach or preach astonish the people because of the wisdom in which he taught. His ability to turn water into wine was not a normal event. The power to heal was not unknown in the prophetic world, though it might of not been an everyday occurence like in Christ ministry. To understand these point might make it even easier to understand why his own people might not of accepted him in his hometown. Yet there were those that believed among his friends and neighbors and those would be some he would call as disciples.

The demonstration of God's power through Jesus would seem like the prophets of old. Seem like the prophet Elijah. The people would believe Jesus was Elijah easier then the Son of God. The authority of Jesus to heal and cast out demons his disciples would also demonstrate by the power of Jesus name. Yet His calling of disciples was the same thing each of us is required to do in regards to discipling other in the faith and belief of God (Father, Son and Holy Spirit). We are to teach and preach baptizing in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, teaching people to observe all things that Jesus commanded his disciples. We are not to Lord over each other, we are not God, yet Jesus was equal to the Father, we are not. Jesus had divine authority to heal, we only have the authority of the name of Jesus to see the sick healed and demons flee. Only the power of the Holy Spirit to teach and preach with boldness. Jesus authority was HIs own as will Has His Father.