Jesus Rebukes the Wind

Storm

Jesus slept during the storm

The Disciples were afraid of Dying.

Jesus asked them why they were afraid?

Where is enough Faith for me to survive this storm that I’m going through right now?

Matthew 8:23–27 NKJV

Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!” But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

I. Fears Paralyze a Believer’s Faith.

A. Why Christians Do Not Make Progress in their Spiritual Pilgrimage.

B. Forgetting that Jesus is in the Boat with them.

II. A Crisis of Failure in our lives.

James 4:17 NKJV

Therefore, to him who knows to do good and does not do it, to him it is sin.

A. Jesus has power over the Wind.

B. The sin of the world is the prevailing winds that do not cease.

What’s coming next?

Sins leads us to death.

The Elements of Spiritual Warfare

Galatians 5:16–18 NKJV

I say then: Walk in the Spirit, and you shall not fulfill the lust of the flesh. For the flesh lusts against the Spirit, and the Spirit against the flesh; and these are contrary to one another, so that you do not do the things that you wish. But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

III. Christians of little Faith have conflict: a desire to Please God and a desire to Please Self.

Romans 7:14–25 NKJV

For we know that the law is spiritual, but I am carnal, sold under sin. For what I am doing, I do not understand. For what I will to do, that I do not practice; but what I hate, that I do. If, then, I do what I will not to do, I agree with the law that it is good. But now, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. For I know that in me (that is, in my flesh) nothing good dwells; for to will is present with me, but how to perform what is good I do not find. For the good that I will to do, I do not do; but the evil I will not to do, that I practice. Now if I do what I will not to do, it is no longer I who do it, but sin that dwells in me. I find then a law, that evil is present with me, the one who wills to do good. For I delight in the law of God according to the inward man. But I see another law in my members, warring against the law of my mind, and bringing me into captivity to the law of sin which is in my members. O wretched man that I am! Who will deliver me from this body of death? I thank God—through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.

What Sin does to the Spiritual Person.

Why Christians today need Revival.

The Boat is being swamped.

Spiritual Change happens when we separate from the world.

Go Get Jesus and Wake Him Up or We are All going to Perish in this Storm.

Hebrews 7:26 NKJV

For such a High Priest was fitting for us, who is holy, harmless, undefiled, separate from sinners, and has become higher than the heavens;

Jesus has the Authority to Rebuke the Wind that brings the violence of the storm.

There is Victory in Jesus, but there can be defeat when we cease to put our Faith in Him.

1 John 1:10 NKJV

If we say that we have not sinned, we make Him a liar, and His word is not in us.

IV. The Storm is over.

Debris from the storm is a mess.

Wasted life is useless. Look at Homeless People. They’ve given up.

Someone watching this service is sitting there in your home and just laying around making excuses for being a lazy Christian.

Christians who are living under the Power of God’s Holy Spirit has a blanket covering them filled with Power and experiencing a fulfilled life that profits them with happiness, unspeakable joy and Purpose.

The Key is Jesus.

Be Distinct from the world.

Dis-connect the T.V.

Turn off social media if it’s distracting your Time with God.

Jesus Christ is working in our lives. He calmed the storm on the cross. He defeated death when He came out of the Tomb.

Get out of the Boat.