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Luke 8: 49-56

All things that do not represent you, that are not the things of God, that are outside of your beliefs are outsiders to you and they should all be considered and treated as an outsiders. Do not allow outsiders inside, neither should you inhabit any outsider. Let the outsiders be on the outside, and by denying outsiders, doubt will die, mockery will be denied, and above all ridicule will not locate you. Jesus, with all the power in Him, in His attempt to bring forth JariusÕs daughter back from death to life, made some moves before He did. The first thing that Jesus did was to encourage the family not to be afraid, but believe with a positive statement saying, Òit is well.Ó Secondly, He told them that their daughter had only went to sleep and not unto death so that they should stop weeping. The first and second moves were to address the family from the inside because when the inside was settled, then the outside could be dealt with by putting out the outside. Jesus did not address the outside until He had taken care of the inside. While Jesus was taking care of the inside, the outside was in operation. Luke 8: 53, ÒAnd they ridiculed Him, knowing that she was dead.Ó  The outsiders that were present ridiculed Jesus thinking it would be impossible for Him to raise JariusÕs daughter back to life. Ridicule is from the outside; it is an agent of discouragement. As an agent of discouragement, ridicule will bring forth discouragement to stop exercising faith, which would cause the loss of faith. Jesus did not hesitate He needed to settle the outside since the inside had been addressed, the bible recorded in Luke 8:54, ÒÉHe put them all outside, took her by the hand and called, saying, ÒLittle girl, arise, Ò 55 Then her spirit returned, and she arose immediately. And He commanded that she be given something to eat.ÓÓ Jesus did not allow the surrounding people or the outsiders deny the miracle for JairusÕs daughter. Just as Jesus put all agents of mockery and ridicule out in the case of JariusÕs daughter, so He will do on your behalf. All that belongs unto you will return to you and your testimony will glorify God.