5.16.21 Let's Go: A Hard Question about Faith

I. A question about death. (vs 35-38)

1. Who is Jesus?

2. What does it mean to believe?

Hebrews 3:12

II. A question about fear. (vs 39-40a)

Philippians 4:6; I Peter 5:7

III. A question about faith. (vs 40b-41)

Luke 8:25; Isaiah 40:28; 2 Corinthians 1:4; Psalm 4:8

Going Deeper:

1. Why is it unlikely that the disciples made up this story? If you were going to make up a story about being there when Jesus calmed a storm, how would you tell it?

2. How is it comforting to know that Jesus, in His sovereignty, led the disciples into this predicament?

3. How should the disciples have reacted to the fact that the Son of God was sleeping soundly in their boat during the storm? How does this help us as we face our own mortality?

4. What are the differences between the way Jesus calmed the storm and the way false religions use magic/incantations to control the weather?

5. Are you encouraged to see that the disciples who were with Jesus when He was on the earth were slow to fully understand who He was?

6. In what way would it be comforting to be in the presence of Jesus? In what way would it be terrifying?

7. Does something you have read in the Gospels make you stop and say, “Who then is this?” What about Christ amazes you the most? Spend time praising Him.