Peace with I AM

With Jesus you can have courage during the storms of life.

INTRO: MSCHF Shoes

V.45 Get into the boat

They wanted to make him King.

There understanding of what the Messiah would do was not correct.

V.46-47 He went o Pray

A long Prayer

Communion with the Father

Well into the Night

Early in the Morning

3rd Watch - Jewish

4th Watch Roman

V.48 Waling on the sea

Sea of Galilee

There is No other way to take it.

He didn't find a sand barge

He have a surf/paddle board

Wanted to pass by them

This is how God Showed Himself

This is a Theophany

This is a sign of the Divine

This solidifies what Mark teaching . That Jesus is the Son of God.

Ex.33:19-20 “He said, “I will cause all my goodness to pass in front of you, and I will proclaim the name ‘the Lord’ before you. I will be gracious to whom I will be gracious, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.” But he added, “You cannot see my face, for humans cannot see me and live.””

Job 9:8 “He alone stretches out the heavens and treads on the waves of the sea.”

Job 9:11 “If he passed by me, I wouldn’t see him; if he went by, I wouldn’t recognize him.”

1 Kings 19:11 “Then he said, “Go out and stand on the mountain in the Lord’s presence.” At that moment, the Lord passed by. A great and mighty wind was tearing at the mountains and was shattering cliffs before the Lord, but the Lord was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake, but the Lord was not in the earthquake.”

Jesus was showing them who he was!

V.49 Thought it was a Ghost

“belief that spirits of the night brought disaster is illustrated by a tradition preserved in the Talmud: “Rabbah said, Seafarers told me that the wave that sinks a ship appears with a white fringe of fire at its crest, and when stricken with clubs on which is engraven, ‘I am that I am, Yah, the Lord of Hosts, Amen, Amen, Selah,’ it subsides.”¹²²

They saw him walking

Matthew 14:28-33 ““Lord, if it’s you,” Peter answered him, “command me to come to you on the water.” He said, “Come.” And climbing out of the boat, Peter started walking on the water and came toward Jesus. But when he saw the strength of the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me!” Immediately Jesus reached out his hand, caught hold of him, and said to him, “You of little faith, why did you doubt?” When they got into the boat, the wind ceased. Then those in the boat worshiped him and said, “Truly you are the Son of God.””

Peter not mentioned walking on the water.

V.50 Have Courage It is I

Ego Eimi _ I Am

Ex 3:14 “God replied to Moses, “I AM WHO I AM. This is what you are to say to the Israelites: I AM has sent me to you.””

V.51-52 He got in the boat and the wind stopped

God is with you

The storm was real

The terror was real

The experience was real

The boat was real

The water was real

The problem was real

With Jesus you can have courage during the storms of life.

Because Jesus is God

7. There heart were hardened.

All this signs

The Demonds

The healing the sick

The Handicapped Let Down

The Withered Hand

The Flow of Blood

The Raising of the Dead

They Themselves performed the miracles

The Loaves

The Manna in the OT

The fulfilment of Psalm 23

Now they are seeing God with them as they are not Crossing the Sea on top of the sea. just as the Israelites cross the red sea and the Jordan on dry land to to get the promised land they are on top of the water because God is with them.

How is your heart?

Do you fear what is to come?

Do you fear your current storm?

Do you fear the coming storms?

Do you lack faith?

Trusting Jesus during the storms of life while it may seem superficial and a catchy tagline. Do just say it because it sounds cool. Say it because that is what we are called to do. If you truly trust Jesus for the salvation of your soul upon death you have to have courage to trust him with your present circumstances in this life. That mean in the stormy times and the calm.