Jesus Calms the Storm
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Transcript
22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out. 23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!”
He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm. 25 “Where is your faith?” he asked his disciples.
In fear and amazement they asked one another, “Who is this? He commands even the winds and the water, and they obey him.”
Introduction
Introduction
Roller coasters and control
Context
Context
Jesus is travelling around Galilee
Preaching
Performing miracles
Welcoming sinners
Rebuking the religious leaders
“Let us go over to the other side of the lake”
Knowing what is coming he falls asleep
Simultaneous demonstration of his humanity and deity
He needs sleep because he’s human
He can sleep because he is God
The Storm in the Sea
The Storm in the Sea
23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
Sea of Galilee = 1/4 Lake Winnebago
Tall cliffs could create squalls
The sea
The sea in poetry
Dark
Uncontrollable
Concealing its monsters
Getting lost
The waters of trouble
1 Save me, O God,
for the waters have come up to my neck.
2 I sink in the miry depths,
where there is no foothold.
I have come into the deep waters;
the floods engulf me.
The waters as wrath
6 You have put me in the lowest pit,
in the darkest depths.
7 Your wrath lies heavily on me;
you have overwhelmed me with all your waves.
The wicked are like the sea
20 But the wicked are like the tossing sea,
which cannot rest,
whose waves cast up mire and mud.
There is no sea in the new earth
1 Then I saw “a new heaven and a new earth,” for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away, and there was no longer any sea.
This is a legitimately fearful situation
“They were in great danger”
Applied to Life
Applied to Life
Our lives include many similar situations
Times of real danger and concern
“everything is going to be okay” – no it’s not
Financial need, sickness, enemies, social unrest, relationship strife
The problem comes when the storm outside of us (our situation) becomes a storm inside of us (anxiety). This is what happens here.
The Storm in the Disciples
The Storm in the Disciples
24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” […]
38 Jesus was in the stern, sleeping on a cushion. The disciples woke him and said to him, “Teacher, don’t you care if we drown?”
The disciples are in a place of legitimate fear, but they turn to illegitimate doubt
They conclude that their dangerous situation is evidence of their masters abandonment
Jesus concludes that their concern is really faithlesness
Applied to Life
Applied to Life
Worry and concern
Worry tries to take control of things that aren’t ours to control
Worry complains instead of asking for help
Worry doubts God’s love for us
Worry questions God’s care for us
Worry is paralyzed from taking action
Worry gives rise to other sins (manipulation, irritability)
While the disciples are plagued by worry, Jesus is different
The Calm in the Master
The Calm in the Master
Calm Before the Storm
Calm Before the Storm
22 One day Jesus said to his disciples, “Let us go over to the other side of the lake.” So they got into a boat and set out.
Jesus knows that trouble is coming but calmly walks into it with confidence.
Jesus is calmly headed across the lake.
Jesus is calmly headed towards the cross.
Calm During the Storm
Calm During the Storm
23 As they sailed, he fell asleep. A squall came down on the lake, so that the boat was being swamped, and they were in great danger.
While the disciples fear for their lives, Jesus sleeps.
The ability to sleep in such a situation can only come as a result of control or confidence in someone else’s control.
Calm After the Storm
Calm After the Storm
24 The disciples went and woke him, saying, “Master, Master, we’re going to drown!” He got up and rebuked the wind and the raging waters; the storm subsided, and all was calm.
His rebuke of the storm brings about the external calm the disciples wanted
Control over the sea is a mark of divine power in the OT
6 And God said, “Let there be a vault between the waters to separate water from water.”
8 “Who shut up the sea behind doors
when it burst forth from the womb,
9 when I made the clouds its garment
and wrapped it in thick darkness,
10 when I fixed limits for it
and set its doors and bars in place,
11 when I said, ‘This far you may come and no farther;
here is where your proud waves halt’?
Ex 14 (Red Sea)
13 It was you who split open the sea by your power;
you broke the heads of the monster in the waters.
14 It was you who crushed the heads of Leviathan
and gave it as food to the creatures of the desert.
Conclusion
Conclusion
Where is your faith?
Two questions to apply this text found in the text
Where is your faith?
The disciples had given themselves to following Jesus, but could not give themselves to trusting him
The next question gives some insight into why – they didn’t know who Jesus was.
Who is this?
What is the answer to their question? Who is this?
Man – he needs sleep
God – he calms the sea
