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The disciples had watched Jesus healing and preaching, and then they were sent out to preach and to heal.
Healing had almost become common place, yet Jesus elevates Himself above His disciples.
He feeds up to 15,000 people and then He does something that is so awesome that the disciples are moved to worship.
This awesome miracle of walking on water is so iconic that people today say of someone who can do the seemingly impossible that they can walk on water.
I. Walking Away (22-23)
records that the people intended to take Jesus by force and make Him king.
He had a larger purpose than just being king.
He walked away from fame, fortune, power, because He knew is was as fleeting as the desires of the people.
Jesus showed He was the Son of God because of His authority to command the disciples, the crowds, and the storm.
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Reason to Walk (24)
Matthew 14:24
The boat is in the middle of the sea.
John's gospel says 25-30 stadia, or furlongs, out into the sea, which is about an eighth of a mile, and puts them somewhere between 3-4 miles into the sea.
As we read our Bibles, we discover that there are two kinds of storms: storms of correction, when God disciplines us; and storms of perfection, when God helps us to grow.
Jonah was in a storm because he disobeyed God and had to be corrected.
The disciples were in a storm because they obeyed Christ and had to be perfected.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
As we read our Bibles, we discover that there are two kinds of storms: storms of correction, when God disciplines us; and storms of perfection, when God helps us to grow.
Jonah was in a storm because he disobeyed God and had to be corrected.
The disciples were in a storm because they obeyed Christ and had to be perfected.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
The last time they got in a storm like this, Jesus was in the back of the boat and all they had to do was wake Him up and have Him stop the storm, which He did.
But He isn't here.
Jesus doesn’t need to be present to calm the storm.
The last time they got in a storm like this, Jesus was in the back of the boat and all they had to do was wake Him up and have Him stop the storm, which He did.
But He isn't here.
Jesus doesn’t need to be present to calm the stor.
As we read our Bibles, we discover that there are two kinds of storms: storms of correction, when God disciplines us; and storms of perfection, when God helps us to grow.
Jonah was in a storm because he disobeyed God and had to be corrected.
The disciples were in a storm because they obeyed Christ and had to be perfected.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
This entire scene is a dramatic picture of the church and the Lord today.
God’s people (you) are on the sea, in the midst of a storm.
Yet Jesus Christ is in heaven “making intercession for us” (). - The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
III.
Walking on Water (25-27)
This happened during the fourth watch of the night.
At night, when you were a sailor, someone kept watch always.
They divided the watch into four parts, four shifts, with one man for each watch.
The first watch was 6-9 in the evening; the second watch was 9-12; the third watch was 12-3; and the fourth watch was 3-6, the morning watch.
5753 φάντασμα (phantasma), ατος (atos), τό (to): n.neu.; ≡ Str 5326; TDNT 9.6—LN 12.42 ghost, a shadowy apparition (Mt 14:26; Mk 6:49+; Lk 24:37 v.r.
NA26)
IV.
Walking to Jesus (28-31)
When Matthew wrote Peter’s request, “Bid me to come,” he used a Greek word that means “the command of a king.”
Peter knew that Jesus Christ was King over all nature, including the wind and the waves.
His word is law and the elements must obey.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
when Matthew wrote Peter’s request, “Bid me to come,” he used a Greek word that means “the command of a king.”
Peter knew that Jesus Christ was King over all nature, including the wind and the waves.
His word is law and the elements must obey.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
This word translated doubt carries the meaning of “standing uncertainly at two ways.”
Peter started out with great faith but ended up with little faith because he saw two ways instead of one.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
This word translated doubt carries the meaning of “standing uncertainly at two ways.”
Peter started out with great faith but ended up with little faith because he saw two ways instead of one.
- The Bible Exposition Commentary Chapter Eleven: The King’s Withdrawal ()
V. Walking as God (32-33)
demons had said this about Jesus, but now the disciples are saying it.
VI.
Walking into Needs (34-36)
As we read our Bibles, we discover that there are two kinds of storms: storms of correction, when God disciplines us; and storms of perfection, when God helps us to grow.
Jonah was in a storm because he disobeyed God and had to be corrected.
The disciples were in a storm because they obeyed Christ and had to be perfected.
This entire scene is a dramatic picture of the church and the Lord today.
God’s people are on the sea, in the midst of a storm.
Yet Jesus Christ is in heaven “making intercession for us” (Rom.
8:34)
This word translated doubt carries the meaning of “standing uncertainly at two ways.”
Peter started out with great faith but ended up with little faith because he saw two ways instead of one.
when Matthew wrote Peter’s request, “Bid me to come,” he used a Greek word that means “the command of a king.”
Peter knew that Jesus Christ was King over all nature, including the wind and the waves.
His word is law and the elements must obey.
In ancient times, the night was divided into four watches—6 pm to 9 pm, 9 pm to 12 midnight, 12 midnight to 3 am, and 3 am to 6 am.
So at 3 am, Jesus, walking on the high ground at the north of the lake, clearly saw the boat fighting with the waves, and came down to the shore to help.
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