1 00:00:04,100 --> 00:00:06,400 To know that God loves us is one thing. 2 00:00:08,200 --> 00:00:12,100 But if you read John 17, the high Priestly prayer, you will 3 00:00:12,100 --> 00:00:15,600 learn that through the words of the son of God. 4 00:00:17,000 --> 00:00:21,700 The Father loves us in the same way, he loves the Sun. 5 00:00:23,500 --> 00:00:27,500 Consider that I think we hear that and we read that, but if we 6 00:00:27,500 --> 00:00:30,400 really allow that to impact us, we would be undone. 7 00:00:31,900 --> 00:00:34,300 And so, to be here today, I hope you were singing with the 8 00:00:34,308 --> 00:00:39,100 confidence that God Almighty who created you, who fashioned you? 9 00:00:39,800 --> 00:00:43,400 Though he may be one among close to 8. 10 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:49,100 Billion are loved are loved so deeply. 11 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:53,300 He wants to walk with you. He wants to talk with you. 12 00:00:54,100 --> 00:00:59,400 He Delights in your fellowship so much so that he prayed to the 13 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,800 father that you you might be with him for all of eternity 14 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:10,500 that you might behold his glory. People wonder, what are we going 15 00:01:10,500 --> 00:01:13,900 to do in heaven? I said, I don't think you're 16 00:01:13,900 --> 00:01:15,700 going to be wanting to do anything else because all you're 17 00:01:15,700 --> 00:01:19,400 going to do is stand in all of his glory day after day night 18 00:01:19,400 --> 00:01:24,300 after night and 1000 years, will go by and there will be yet 19 00:01:24,300 --> 00:01:27,700 another dimension of his glory that you didn't see a thousand 20 00:01:27,700 --> 00:01:31,100 years ago. Another Paradigm of his Beauty 21 00:01:31,100 --> 00:01:34,800 will come and it will sustain you for another 10,000 years and 22 00:01:34,800 --> 00:01:37,500 from there another 10,000 years and it will be an unending 23 00:01:37,500 --> 00:01:43,700 experience of God's love Holiness, Justice Purity, 24 00:01:44,900 --> 00:01:48,600 stunning your soul. Captivating. 25 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:53,800 You forever and ever meet me in. Mark chapter 4 please. 26 00:02:01,400 --> 00:02:08,400 Mark chapter 4. and if you will, would you meet me in verse 35, 27 00:02:08,699 --> 00:02:11,200 the very familiar passage but we're going to ask God to give 28 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:26,100 us fresh eyes and fresh ears and Mark 4:35 God's word reads on 29 00:02:26,100 --> 00:02:30,200 that day. When evening had come, he said 30 00:02:30,200 --> 00:02:33,700 to them. Let us go across to the other 31 00:02:33,700 --> 00:02:38,900 side and leaving the crowd. They took him with them in the 32 00:02:38,900 --> 00:02:45,200 boat just as he was and other Boats were with him and a great 33 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:48,400 wind storm arose and the waves were breaking. 34 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:51,900 Into the boat so that the boat was already filling. 35 00:02:53,000 --> 00:02:58,100 But, he was in the stern asleep on the cushion and they woke him 36 00:02:58,100 --> 00:03:02,600 and said to him teacher, do you not care that we are perishing? 37 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:08,800 and he awoke, and he rebuked the wind and said to the Sea, peace 38 00:03:09,700 --> 00:03:16,600 be still And the wind ceased and there was a great calm. 39 00:03:17,700 --> 00:03:21,900 He said to them. Why are you so afraid? 40 00:03:22,900 --> 00:03:27,000 Have you still no faith? And they were filled with great 41 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:32,700 fear and said to one another who then is this that even the wind 42 00:03:32,700 --> 00:03:37,700 and the Sea obey him. Oh Lord. 43 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:43,700 We do pray again. Lord. 44 00:03:43,700 --> 00:03:47,400 It is our prayer that you would help us by the gift of the Holy 45 00:03:47,400 --> 00:03:50,200 Spirit to really understand what you're saying here. 46 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:54,800 Protect the delivery of this word for men's fleshly 47 00:03:54,800 --> 00:03:57,500 interpretation. Or mrs. 48 00:03:57,500 --> 00:04:01,200 Judgment protect our hearts from hearing the wrong thing. 49 00:04:02,200 --> 00:04:06,300 And Lord May there be just a pure transaction of the truth. 50 00:04:06,700 --> 00:04:10,400 But oh God, we need your power. We need the power of the Holy 51 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,300 Spirit. Laurie confess to you that man's 52 00:04:13,300 --> 00:04:16,899 eloquence will not suffice. It will not be the cleverness of 53 00:04:16,899 --> 00:04:18,000 this message. Lord. 54 00:04:18,399 --> 00:04:22,600 It must be your truth empowered by your Holy Spirit. 55 00:04:23,300 --> 00:04:25,900 And we ask Lord that this word, this afternoon would make a 56 00:04:25,900 --> 00:04:30,400 difference in Our Lives. May it caused us to react the 57 00:04:30,407 --> 00:04:36,600 way the disciples did When they said who then is this Lord 58 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:43,000 manifest the Son of God to our hearts in a way that we have 59 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,200 never learned before that. We've never perceived before, 60 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:52,200 make him come alive in us. We trust that you will do so in 61 00:04:52,200 --> 00:04:57,800 Jesus name, amen. The categories of the miracles 62 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:03,200 of Jesus in the gospels are vast, they include many things, 63 00:05:03,700 --> 00:05:07,500 including the restoration of the broken bodies of people. 64 00:05:09,100 --> 00:05:13,000 The rescue from Evil and demonic domination. 65 00:05:15,100 --> 00:05:19,500 And even the effortless Reviving of the Dead among many other 66 00:05:19,500 --> 00:05:25,200 unique Supernatural instances. The disciples were eyewitnesses 67 00:05:25,200 --> 00:05:28,800 of many of Christ displays of great power and might. 68 00:05:29,400 --> 00:05:33,100 But here as we just read there being prepared by the master 69 00:05:33,100 --> 00:05:38,600 himself, to behold something that would shock them in the 70 00:05:38,600 --> 00:05:43,600 innermost parts of their being. Up to this point, they have 71 00:05:44,200 --> 00:05:48,500 already considered that there is an authority that this Jesus of 72 00:05:48,500 --> 00:05:54,100 Nazareth has that is unmatched. They have already calculated and 73 00:05:54,100 --> 00:06:00,300 concluded that Devils submit to his word that disease must 74 00:06:00,300 --> 00:06:03,800 shrivel up and die by the touch of his hand. 75 00:06:04,900 --> 00:06:08,800 But now, they are being introduced to another realm 76 00:06:09,400 --> 00:06:13,400 where Christ will exercise his authority in a way that they 77 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:17,000 have never seen before, and the miracle that we are about to 78 00:06:17,008 --> 00:06:19,900 explore. Will show just that? 79 00:06:19,900 --> 00:06:23,400 You would think, after all that they have seen after all that 80 00:06:23,400 --> 00:06:26,200 they have registered though is early in the ministry of Jesus, 81 00:06:26,500 --> 00:06:31,800 that it would be difficult to match the authority of Christ. 82 00:06:31,800 --> 00:06:34,900 You would think that the shock value has been lost. 83 00:06:35,900 --> 00:06:40,100 But what you just read with me, will prove otherwise because 84 00:06:40,100 --> 00:06:45,400 what the Lord is about to do before these 12 men who have 85 00:06:45,400 --> 00:06:50,500 chosen to follow this hotly debated, Rabbi from Nazareth is 86 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:56,300 show his ascendancy over unpredictable and Unstoppable 87 00:06:56,300 --> 00:07:00,900 nature. What Christ is going to do is 88 00:07:00,900 --> 00:07:04,900 open the realization that he is not just Lord over sickness. 89 00:07:05,700 --> 00:07:08,200 He is not just Lord over seducing Spirits. 90 00:07:08,200 --> 00:07:16,400 He is the Lord over creation. over whether winds and waves 91 00:07:17,200 --> 00:07:25,900 rain and sun clouds and clear skies, even such things bow when 92 00:07:25,900 --> 00:07:31,300 he speaks This is what they are going to see and the event by 93 00:07:31,300 --> 00:07:36,700 which the Lord will showcase, that Supremacy will be in the 94 00:07:36,700 --> 00:07:42,900 event of them sailing at Sea and being visited by an unforeseen 95 00:07:42,900 --> 00:07:46,500 storm. And the text before us today. 96 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:51,300 By the wisdom of the spirit has been graciously and neatly 97 00:07:51,300 --> 00:07:55,700 divided for us to explore. What you? 98 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:59,600 And I have here in this, episode are three scenes. 99 00:08:00,100 --> 00:08:04,900 The first scene deals with the stage before the storm. 100 00:08:05,800 --> 00:08:10,900 Then we transition, secondly, to the experience during the storm. 101 00:08:11,500 --> 00:08:16,000 And then we will conclude in the third part with the moments 102 00:08:16,000 --> 00:08:20,700 After the Storm. And so come with me now, as we 103 00:08:20,700 --> 00:08:27,100 examine the stage before the storm Riri and verse 35 on that 104 00:08:27,100 --> 00:08:29,400 day. Well, what day, what you? 105 00:08:29,400 --> 00:08:33,900 And I have been studying from the midpoint of Mark chapter 3 106 00:08:33,900 --> 00:08:37,200 up to now all occurred in one day. 107 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:43,400 Consider that consider how jam-packed that day was You had 108 00:08:43,400 --> 00:08:46,400 Jesus delivering people from demons. 109 00:08:46,900 --> 00:08:51,800 You had the slander of the Pharisees accusing him from 110 00:08:51,800 --> 00:08:56,100 coming with the power of Satan. You had his friends and family 111 00:08:56,100 --> 00:08:59,000 trying to bring him out of the ministry because they thought 112 00:08:59,100 --> 00:09:03,100 that he lost his mind. You have Jesus teaching Parables 113 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:07,800 to the masses and explaining it privately to his own disciples. 114 00:09:08,300 --> 00:09:12,000 All of that happened from morning until evening. 115 00:09:13,100 --> 00:09:17,400 And on that day, we read that Jesus wants to head into another 116 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:22,000 chapter of ministry. He has decided to now sail 117 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:26,000 across the lake to arrive at a strategic Point as you. 118 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,200 And I will discover a Mark chapter 5. 119 00:09:29,200 --> 00:09:32,900 And he is also going to take advantage of that Voyage. 120 00:09:33,300 --> 00:09:38,000 As he rests his weary head on a pillow and the stern of this 121 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,800 boat. Oh, the humanity of Jesus. 122 00:09:42,000 --> 00:09:45,400 The god of Israel who neither Slumbers nor sleeps is taking a 123 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,300 nap. He's taking a nap. 124 00:09:49,200 --> 00:09:53,500 He is resting. But what's important to see 125 00:09:53,500 --> 00:09:58,700 here, before this ship steers across the Sea of Galilee is 126 00:09:58,700 --> 00:10:04,100 that Jesus was the one who initiated this trip on that day. 127 00:10:04,100 --> 00:10:06,400 When evening had come, he said to them. 128 00:10:06,500 --> 00:10:09,700 Let us go across to the other side. 129 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:15,200 The trip was organized by the Savior and it was expected of 130 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:18,500 his disciples to fulfill his wishes. 131 00:10:19,400 --> 00:10:25,400 Let us go, no protest, no objection, just total sweet pure 132 00:10:25,500 --> 00:10:28,100 submission. Now, why is that an important 133 00:10:28,100 --> 00:10:29,000 thing to highlight? Right? 134 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,600 From the beginning, it's important for us to hold to 135 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:35,700 that, because we are going to see that the 12 will soon 136 00:10:35,700 --> 00:10:38,600 encounter a life-threatening situation. 137 00:10:39,500 --> 00:10:43,500 They will now come to the point where these expert fisherman are 138 00:10:43,500 --> 00:10:47,700 going to lose control and actually realize and think to 139 00:10:47,700 --> 00:10:49,400 themselves. This is it, we're Going to 140 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,000 become fish food. We've been fishing for a fish. 141 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:56,300 Now, the fish will have us. and you're saying well, yeah, that's 142 00:10:56,300 --> 00:10:59,700 what the story reads, but let me remind you that that experience 143 00:10:59,700 --> 00:11:06,900 was all due to obedience The storm that they will encounter 144 00:11:07,900 --> 00:11:11,900 is the opposite reason for the storm that Jonah experienced. 145 00:11:12,600 --> 00:11:15,800 When Jonah was fleeing from the will of God, God ordained a 146 00:11:15,800 --> 00:11:19,300 storm to come to awaken his conscience and bring him back 147 00:11:19,300 --> 00:11:24,200 into the path of obedience. There is a suffering believer 148 00:11:24,400 --> 00:11:27,900 that you and I can invite into our lives as a result of our 149 00:11:27,900 --> 00:11:29,700 sin. Peter talks about that in First 150 00:11:29,700 --> 00:11:33,000 Peter for. He tells us not to suffer for 151 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:36,500 murder, not to suffer. Her with murmuring, not to 152 00:11:36,500 --> 00:11:39,400 invite unnecessary suffering into our lives. 153 00:11:39,800 --> 00:11:42,700 But then after that, he tells us that there is a suffering that 154 00:11:42,700 --> 00:11:47,600 comes for being a Christian. And in the context, Peter is 155 00:11:47,600 --> 00:11:51,700 speaking about persecution, but we know that suffering expands 156 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:55,100 Beyond just hostility from unbelievers, that there are 157 00:11:55,100 --> 00:11:58,600 ordained, trials and tests and turbulent moments. 158 00:11:58,900 --> 00:12:00,500 And that is precisely what we see here. 159 00:12:00,500 --> 00:12:05,000 In this illustration, these disciples are obeying, the Lord, 160 00:12:05,300 --> 00:12:09,300 and they're going to experience through their Love Of Christ. 161 00:12:09,300 --> 00:12:13,900 A great test of faith. And the story is already showing 162 00:12:13,900 --> 00:12:17,500 us that you and I abiding by God's instructions. 163 00:12:17,500 --> 00:12:19,900 Does not promise us. A turbulent free Journey. 164 00:12:20,700 --> 00:12:24,500 Not at all. As some would propose if you 165 00:12:24,500 --> 00:12:27,600 can, confidently say this afternoon that your steps. 166 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,600 Are ordained by the word of God that you orchestrate your life 167 00:12:32,600 --> 00:12:37,600 around what the Bible says you love Jesus that you love his 168 00:12:37,600 --> 00:12:41,500 word that what he will tell you to do, you will do by the grace 169 00:12:41,500 --> 00:12:43,600 of God. Then here's what I want to tell 170 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:47,200 you. If you do experience suffering, 171 00:12:47,200 --> 00:12:52,400 if you do encounter pain, if you are Dragged In helplessly into 172 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:56,300 some loss or danger, then you have no reason to fear or doubt. 173 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:00,800 You have no reason to fear or doubt you have no reason to be 174 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:05,800 concerned because the one who sent you with his word is also 175 00:13:05,800 --> 00:13:10,700 with you. As you obey, it always always. 176 00:13:12,000 --> 00:13:14,300 And oftentimes, when I do experience something that I 177 00:13:14,308 --> 00:13:17,800 can't seem to explain what I tried to do by the grace of God 178 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:21,100 as just look back and ask myself, how did I get here? 179 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:26,300 How did I get here? That I lose sight of the master 180 00:13:26,300 --> 00:13:29,800 that I let go of his hand. No, no to my best of my ability 181 00:13:29,800 --> 00:13:31,600 to do not perfectly. I know that I am. 182 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:33,700 I'm trying to abide by his words and Shirley. 183 00:13:33,700 --> 00:13:39,300 What is before me is not a meaningless, futile, difficulty, 184 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:43,300 aah. The master must have sent me 185 00:13:43,300 --> 00:13:47,300 here. The master must have brought me 186 00:13:47,300 --> 00:13:49,800 here. The master must have known when 187 00:13:49,800 --> 00:13:53,700 I would walk in his ways that this would come at this point. 188 00:13:53,700 --> 00:13:59,900 So, I will take heart and not fear, not worry, not be 189 00:13:59,900 --> 00:14:03,400 concerned, the disciples love Jesus. 190 00:14:03,500 --> 00:14:07,900 Let us go across to the other side and we see a precious 191 00:14:07,900 --> 00:14:11,500 phrase here in verse 36 and leaving the crowd. 192 00:14:11,600 --> 00:14:14,100 They took him with them in the boat. 193 00:14:14,300 --> 00:14:20,000 This is it just as he was. An interesting phrase for the 194 00:14:20,000 --> 00:14:25,700 Holy Spirit to inscribe in holy writ, just as he was. 195 00:14:25,700 --> 00:14:28,600 Why would that be said, I believe for two reasons. 196 00:14:29,500 --> 00:14:34,400 Number one, it reveals that the disciples were Swift to obey 197 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:38,600 Jesus wishes. When he appeared to him and the 198 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,700 instant that he made his will known, they did not hesitate to 199 00:14:42,700 --> 00:14:46,200 protectively, take the Lord from the crowds, and lead him into 200 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:49,100 the ship. And make way to Desired place. 201 00:14:49,900 --> 00:14:56,700 Just as he was no delayed preparation, no sense of pausing 202 00:14:56,700 --> 00:15:00,500 to give some kind of forecast or prediction of what can happen 203 00:15:00,500 --> 00:15:03,700 that evening. No they simply said if this is 204 00:15:03,700 --> 00:15:08,000 what the master said then we will go what an inspiring 205 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:13,000 example before us that these disciples here, show that Christ 206 00:15:13,500 --> 00:15:17,000 Christ and his commands are worthy of Joyful submission. 207 00:15:17,900 --> 00:15:23,400 Regardless of the interruption or the unfavorable time, we do a 208 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:26,900 lot of things in life, even though we don't feel like it. 209 00:15:27,800 --> 00:15:28,900 I can tell you. I'm not a prophet. 210 00:15:28,900 --> 00:15:30,600 You're going to wake up tomorrow morning, you're probably not 211 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,000 going to feel like it as you get ready to go to work, but we do 212 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:37,400 it and we do many things based out of conviction 213 00:15:37,400 --> 00:15:41,800 responsibility, but if there is anyone, who is worthy of this 214 00:15:41,900 --> 00:15:46,700 instant moment changed this turn of events at any time that you 215 00:15:46,700 --> 00:15:51,100 desire, it's cry. Christ, it's Jesus, it's the 216 00:15:51,100 --> 00:15:54,400 Lord and consider, it was not just Jesus here, who worked all 217 00:15:54,400 --> 00:15:56,700 day. His disciples worked with him. 218 00:15:56,800 --> 00:16:00,000 They supervise, they helped, they organized. 219 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:03,200 They were there from morning till evening and despite the 220 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:08,100 fatigue of their own bones. Jesus wants to go, then let us 221 00:16:08,100 --> 00:16:10,500 go. Jesus said we're going and we're 222 00:16:10,500 --> 00:16:16,100 going he is worthy of that quality of devotion and if the 223 00:16:16,108 --> 00:16:19,100 disciples are willing to do this, after a long day of 224 00:16:19,100 --> 00:16:22,900 serving, surely you can wake up for a 1 p.m. service on Sunday 225 00:16:22,900 --> 00:16:29,400 afternoon Just as he was. Let's go. 226 00:16:29,500 --> 00:16:33,000 We're going. But it reveals something else. 227 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:36,800 It reveals. Also the trust that they had in 228 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:43,000 Jesus evening time is not favorable to travel by land or 229 00:16:43,000 --> 00:16:45,100 by sea. It's dark. 230 00:16:45,100 --> 00:16:46,900 It's hard to perceive. It's hard to calculate heart 231 00:16:46,900 --> 00:16:48,700 disease. It's hard to just register 232 00:16:48,700 --> 00:16:50,400 what's happening before you and around you. 233 00:16:50,400 --> 00:16:53,500 And yet the Lord said it, we will do it. 234 00:16:55,000 --> 00:16:59,900 The Lord said and we will do it will take him at his word trust 235 00:16:59,900 --> 00:17:01,500 and Obey. There's no other way. 236 00:17:01,900 --> 00:17:04,599 There's no impression here in these texts of second thoughts. 237 00:17:05,700 --> 00:17:09,300 There's no advice given by these fishermen, you know, Rabbi 238 00:17:09,300 --> 00:17:11,300 you're a carpenter. I don't think you understand how 239 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:14,599 these Waters work. You want to go? 240 00:17:15,099 --> 00:17:19,000 We will go now compare this attitude to a few verses later 241 00:17:19,000 --> 00:17:24,300 in verse 38 of the same chapter, but he was in the stern asleep 242 00:17:24,300 --> 00:17:28,200 on the cushion and they woke him and said to him teacher, do you 243 00:17:28,200 --> 00:17:29,800 not care? That we are perishing? 244 00:17:30,100 --> 00:17:35,600 What a contrast What happened to silent obedience? 245 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:42,400 Swift submission. What happened to the 246 00:17:42,400 --> 00:17:45,200 unquestionable confidence at the shore? 247 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:52,100 And now the flimsy Faith at Sea. You're going to know why in a 248 00:17:52,108 --> 00:17:53,700 few moments. But let me tell you this from 249 00:17:53,700 --> 00:17:57,700 here, it's very easy to trust Jesus at the beginning of a 250 00:17:57,708 --> 00:18:02,000 thing. It's very easy to express 251 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:05,700 loyalty and Fidelity when you're at the starting line. 252 00:18:08,900 --> 00:18:10,900 True Faith. True. 253 00:18:10,900 --> 00:18:16,800 Faith is revealed over time. True faith in the person of 254 00:18:16,800 --> 00:18:21,400 Christ. Will be understood to you and to 255 00:18:21,400 --> 00:18:25,500 others and to the Lord himself when the waters get choppy. 256 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:32,600 The perception and the person and the purposes of Christ can 257 00:18:32,700 --> 00:18:38,800 easily Bend and even break. That's what this story shows. 258 00:18:39,900 --> 00:18:45,200 True faith will prove itself when following Christ gets 259 00:18:45,200 --> 00:18:49,200 uncomfortable. And when you see that this was 260 00:18:49,200 --> 00:18:52,600 not something you foresaw. When you first said, yes to what 261 00:18:52,600 --> 00:18:58,300 he desired from you. I will expand on that in a 262 00:18:58,300 --> 00:19:01,400 moment here. But did you take into account 263 00:19:01,400 --> 00:19:03,800 how Mark ended verse? 36, did you notice? 264 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:06,000 This detail, is there any detail by accident? 265 00:19:06,000 --> 00:19:09,100 Holy Scripture? No, not at all, especially with 266 00:19:09,100 --> 00:19:12,400 this, it says here and other Boats were with him. 267 00:19:13,600 --> 00:19:17,400 Why would Marc include that? Like everything centers around 268 00:19:17,400 --> 00:19:20,100 this boat, where Jesus is in and where he is sleeping. 269 00:19:20,100 --> 00:19:23,400 But marked by the spirit goes out of the way to let us know. 270 00:19:24,500 --> 00:19:28,200 There are other boats though. There are other boats here in 271 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:31,100 the scene so here's what happens. 272 00:19:31,900 --> 00:19:34,600 Some in the crowd understood that Jesus was leaving and that 273 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,500 he was heading towards somewhere else and he couldn't get enough 274 00:19:37,500 --> 00:19:40,000 of his power. They couldn't get enough of his 275 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:43,100 words, they couldn't get enough of the ability that he had to 276 00:19:43,100 --> 00:19:46,100 restore and renew and revive and though their motives were 277 00:19:46,100 --> 00:19:50,000 questionable some most they wanted to be there wherever he 278 00:19:50,000 --> 00:19:52,900 was and so some realized they had the luxury of having their 279 00:19:52,900 --> 00:19:54,800 own boats. He's headed the other way. 280 00:19:54,900 --> 00:19:59,200 Let's get on and follow him. So they get on the ships and as 281 00:19:59,200 --> 00:20:02,000 it makes way they follow along. Have you ever perceived that in 282 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:04,500 Sunday school? Have you ever seen that in the 283 00:20:04,500 --> 00:20:07,500 picture Bible? Where you have this one boat 284 00:20:07,600 --> 00:20:11,900 with the storm all by itself? Well, the Bible has a different 285 00:20:11,900 --> 00:20:14,600 picture. There are other boats there so 286 00:20:14,700 --> 00:20:16,700 consider this. Now, I meditating on this and 287 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:19,900 thinking, okay, that can tell us that people were so desperate to 288 00:20:19,900 --> 00:20:21,300 be with Jesus. Sure. 289 00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:27,200 But consider the context. Other Boats were with him. 290 00:20:28,800 --> 00:20:32,200 That means that if the boats were going in the same direction 291 00:20:32,200 --> 00:20:35,500 as the disciples were going and if they are traveling on the 292 00:20:35,500 --> 00:20:37,900 same, see that they were traveling on. 293 00:20:39,300 --> 00:20:41,500 Then they experience the same storm. 294 00:20:43,600 --> 00:20:46,200 That Jesus and the disciples encountered. 295 00:20:48,500 --> 00:20:52,900 They to know a great wind storm, they too, perhaps had their 296 00:20:52,900 --> 00:20:58,200 boats filling with water. They too perhaps cried out in 297 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,500 one way or another though that is silent to us here in the 298 00:21:01,500 --> 00:21:04,400 Scripture. It is assumed that as these 299 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:11,700 boats came with Jesus, they also encountered the severity of the 300 00:21:11,700 --> 00:21:18,600 storm. and I couldn't help, but think how if they experience the 301 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:23,700 storm, then they also Witness that miraculous hush. 302 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:30,600 With the wind was reduced to a whistle. 303 00:21:32,700 --> 00:21:35,500 And the pounding of the whipping waves. 304 00:21:36,700 --> 00:21:40,800 Suddenly. Became tame. 305 00:21:44,100 --> 00:21:49,200 In a moment. I don't know if these people 306 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,100 Were Believers if there's anybody I would like to find 307 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:59,300 some span of Eternity is those who are on that boat or on those 308 00:21:59,300 --> 00:22:03,200 boats. They experience the same storm. 309 00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,200 They also experience the same Miracle, but I'm under the 310 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,300 persuasion that the difference between these boats and the boat 311 00:22:09,300 --> 00:22:12,600 that Jesus was on, is that they were not direct Witnesses of the 312 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:19,400 source of the silencing. The disciples saw Jesus, wake up 313 00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:23,100 from that nap stand. So, confidently, while the waves 314 00:22:23,100 --> 00:22:27,300 were crashing on the boat and making even him soaking wet, 315 00:22:27,500 --> 00:22:35,400 peace be still. but what what registered for those who are on 316 00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:38,100 those other boats, as there are rocking back and forth and all 317 00:22:38,100 --> 00:22:42,700 for a sudden, just In some strange way, everything was was 318 00:22:42,700 --> 00:22:48,100 just paused. You know, what came to mind when 319 00:22:48,100 --> 00:22:51,900 considering this? How the masses throughout the 320 00:22:51,900 --> 00:22:57,600 years, how the masses throughout the years generation after 321 00:22:57,600 --> 00:23:00,800 generation have been, recipients of the goodness of the kindness 322 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:02,900 of the supervision of almighty God though. 323 00:23:02,900 --> 00:23:10,600 They are unaware of the source. So many people this afternoon 324 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:16,300 are enjoying so much of God without giving him the credit. 325 00:23:19,100 --> 00:23:22,500 You remember the words of Paul when he preached to a pagan 326 00:23:22,500 --> 00:23:25,100 audience there with Barnabas and Acts chapter 14? 327 00:23:26,500 --> 00:23:31,300 you can turn there with me in verse 17 in Acts, 14, 17, he 328 00:23:31,300 --> 00:23:38,800 gave this many sermonette and he concluded with this universal 329 00:23:38,800 --> 00:23:48,200 truth. We can begin in verse 16 in past 330 00:23:48,200 --> 00:23:50,500 Generations. He allowed all the nations to 331 00:23:50,500 --> 00:23:53,900 walk in their own ways. Yet he did not leave himself 332 00:23:53,900 --> 00:23:58,700 without witness for he did good by giving you reigns from heaven 333 00:23:58,700 --> 00:24:03,100 and fruitful Seasons. Satisfying your hearts with food 334 00:24:03,100 --> 00:24:07,700 and gladness What Paul is essentially conveying to this 335 00:24:07,700 --> 00:24:10,100 audiences. That the common Grace, that 336 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:16,400 these idolaters were enjoying an experience day-to-day came from 337 00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:21,200 a specific Source. It wasn't Zeus, it wasn't 338 00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:28,500 Hermes, it wasn't evolution. God, the true and living God. 339 00:24:29,500 --> 00:24:33,500 And he is Illuminating to their understanding, that all the 340 00:24:33,500 --> 00:24:38,400 memories, all the favorable Seasons, all the joy, you knew 341 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:41,700 with your family, the friends that you've made over the years. 342 00:24:42,900 --> 00:24:46,200 The weather that you are blessed by the homes that you live in. 343 00:24:47,800 --> 00:24:52,200 That all came from God, testifying of his goodness to 344 00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:56,700 you declaring to you, I'm the one who is doing this and you're 345 00:24:56,700 --> 00:24:59,300 giving the credit and all the wrong places. 346 00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:05,000 All the wrong places. And here's the most humbling 347 00:25:05,000 --> 00:25:08,500 part about it, though. They failed, though, they failed 348 00:25:08,500 --> 00:25:10,900 then and do Generations, pass and generations. 349 00:25:10,900 --> 00:25:14,400 Future will fail to acknowledge God. 350 00:25:14,700 --> 00:25:18,900 God still does it? He still does it, he's still 351 00:25:18,900 --> 00:25:22,400 exercises, his good and his grace and his love. 352 00:25:22,700 --> 00:25:27,500 Hoping hoping that they would catch on what we are, 353 00:25:27,800 --> 00:25:34,600 experiencing is beyond us. There is a Transcendent provider 354 00:25:34,600 --> 00:25:37,300 here and Paul calls it a witness. 355 00:25:37,300 --> 00:25:41,500 Yes, the burger that you're going to eat at 4:00 today is a 356 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:45,600 witness of the goodness of God. The car that brought you here 357 00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:49,400 and we'll take you back to your warm apartment is a witness of 358 00:25:49,400 --> 00:25:53,300 the goodness of God. A witness, every single thing 359 00:25:54,700 --> 00:25:59,000 comes back to him and just like Jesus on the boat, he didn't 360 00:25:59,000 --> 00:26:04,000 just rescue his own. He didn't just take the boat and 361 00:26:04,000 --> 00:26:09,400 teleport it to shore when he calmed the Sea and the winds, 362 00:26:09,700 --> 00:26:11,600 there are others who benefited from it though. 363 00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:13,700 They didn't realize immediately where it came from. 364 00:26:15,100 --> 00:26:19,500 That's the goodness of God. That's the kindness of Our Lord. 365 00:26:21,300 --> 00:26:24,300 So, we look at this stage before the storm, but come with me. 366 00:26:24,300 --> 00:26:27,900 Now, as we look at the experience during the storm, In 367 00:26:27,900 --> 00:26:32,000 verse 37 of Mark, chapter 4 and a great wind storm arose and the 368 00:26:32,008 --> 00:26:35,100 waves were breaking into the boat so that the boat was 369 00:26:35,100 --> 00:26:37,200 already filling you want to talk about panic. 370 00:26:38,500 --> 00:26:41,500 Water was getting in, not just hitting the sides. 371 00:26:42,600 --> 00:26:44,900 So you had these guys, their sandals are all wet. 372 00:26:44,900 --> 00:26:46,800 Their robes are getting drenched. 373 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:51,000 They're going to sink if intervention doesn't come. 374 00:26:52,300 --> 00:26:55,800 And so let's sympathize with these men to an extent Luke's 375 00:26:55,800 --> 00:26:58,300 version tells us that they were in danger. 376 00:26:59,500 --> 00:27:03,800 And so this is an exaggeration. This isn't just squeals of 377 00:27:03,800 --> 00:27:07,200 discomfort because their hair is getting messy. 378 00:27:08,300 --> 00:27:11,100 This is serious, they're in Jeopardy. 379 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:16,400 They can lose their lives. And so we have to acknowledge 380 00:27:16,400 --> 00:27:20,100 that these threats were genuine, they were sincere and they were 381 00:27:20,100 --> 00:27:23,900 severe. And for the fact that these men, 382 00:27:23,900 --> 00:27:27,000 some of them were fishermen to be so panicky. 383 00:27:27,900 --> 00:27:31,800 Testifies of the magnitude of the storm. 384 00:27:31,900 --> 00:27:33,100 They've never seen anything like it. 385 00:27:33,100 --> 00:27:37,400 Perhaps they've had no expertise to help them navigate. 386 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:39,900 These kind of waters. This is beyond them. 387 00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:43,700 They're losing control here, and they've concluded that they are 388 00:27:43,700 --> 00:27:47,500 going to perish. I don't know if you've ever 389 00:27:47,500 --> 00:27:50,700 been. And some kind of a car accident 390 00:27:50,700 --> 00:27:53,500 or you just saw an accident coming, your brake stop, working 391 00:27:53,500 --> 00:27:56,700 your sliding on ice and in those brief few moments you knew okay 392 00:27:56,700 --> 00:28:00,700 this could be it. That's exactly the kind of 393 00:28:00,700 --> 00:28:03,700 adrenaline that they are going through for an extended period 394 00:28:03,700 --> 00:28:07,400 of time. And when they realize that they 395 00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,100 can do anything that their history on the Waters of 396 00:28:10,100 --> 00:28:14,500 Galilee, could not help them, they run to Jesus and to their 397 00:28:14,500 --> 00:28:18,600 surprise, they find a slumbering slave savior, they find a 398 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:24,200 sleeping teacher. I don't know what was more, 399 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:30,400 starting the storm or that and as they approach, their beloved 400 00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:34,000 teacher. They wake him up. 401 00:28:36,100 --> 00:28:40,100 And they interpret his sleeping. As something that perhaps you 402 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,200 and I might not interpret on this side of the story. 403 00:28:42,500 --> 00:28:46,300 We look at the sleeping Savior and we see Christ demonstrating 404 00:28:46,300 --> 00:28:48,500 the extent of his Humanity, he was really human. 405 00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:55,000 He worked hard and his body needed rest or perhaps. 406 00:28:55,000 --> 00:29:00,100 You see this glorious immovable, trust in the will of the father. 407 00:29:00,100 --> 00:29:04,200 Jesus moved every Pace every step, according to Divine 408 00:29:04,200 --> 00:29:06,100 appointment. And could it be that he is just 409 00:29:06,100 --> 00:29:08,800 sleeping soundly? Because he knows he knows. 410 00:29:08,900 --> 00:29:12,200 Was that he has across the Diane on this, isn't it? 411 00:29:14,700 --> 00:29:16,100 Do you know how they interpret it? 412 00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:21,900 They didn't see a proof text for the humanity of Jesus Christ. 413 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,600 They weren't warmed in the Hearth when they realize that 414 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:30,000 the Son of God trusted in the father, they interpreted the 415 00:29:30,000 --> 00:29:38,200 sleeping Jesus as indifference. And they cried out. 416 00:29:38,900 --> 00:29:42,600 Do you not care? That we are perishing. 417 00:29:45,900 --> 00:29:47,300 Here's where the disciples were, right. 418 00:29:47,300 --> 00:29:50,500 They ran to the right person in their distress. 419 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:58,900 To interpret them crying out. To Jesus as an expression of 420 00:29:58,900 --> 00:30:01,200 weak. Faith is not a right 421 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:05,900 understanding of faith. The fact that they did seek out 422 00:30:05,900 --> 00:30:08,700 Christ is actually the mark of great faith. 423 00:30:09,700 --> 00:30:12,300 Great faith. Regardless of the turmoil in 424 00:30:12,300 --> 00:30:15,700 their hearts regardless of the fear, that's consuming them. 425 00:30:15,700 --> 00:30:18,100 In fact, you get that impression when you read Mark and compare 426 00:30:18,100 --> 00:30:23,100 it to Luke and compare it to Matthew Matthew, Luke and Mark, 427 00:30:23,100 --> 00:30:26,500 give us different titles that the disciples Express, the Jesus 428 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,900 Master, Lord teacher. Why? 429 00:30:29,900 --> 00:30:31,800 Because you can just tell this is how much they were panicking 430 00:30:31,800 --> 00:30:34,200 Master. Lord teach they just who said 431 00:30:34,200 --> 00:30:36,100 everything in the book. Wake up. 432 00:30:39,200 --> 00:30:42,500 And so we can honor the fact that they came to the Lord, but 433 00:30:42,500 --> 00:30:46,000 this is where they crossed the line instead of they're coming 434 00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:48,300 before the Lord being pure supplication. 435 00:30:49,400 --> 00:30:54,100 It became condemnation. Instead of asking, they were 436 00:30:54,100 --> 00:30:57,700 accusing. Instead of seeking, they were 437 00:30:57,700 --> 00:31:01,300 assaulting, assaulting the very character and the nature of 438 00:31:01,700 --> 00:31:03,700 their master and their lord, and our savior. 439 00:31:05,600 --> 00:31:07,200 And that is where they went wrong. 440 00:31:08,300 --> 00:31:11,800 Because the conclusion of their circumstance, In This Moment was 441 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:17,400 not, let us go to the one who can save us because he loves us. 442 00:31:17,700 --> 00:31:20,700 That would be praiseworthy. That would be right. 443 00:31:21,100 --> 00:31:23,900 That would be a positive example, but they didn't say, 444 00:31:23,900 --> 00:31:26,600 let us go to the one who can save us because he loves us, 445 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:31,100 they said he doesn't love us because he hasn't saved us. 446 00:31:32,300 --> 00:31:37,000 Big difference. And Christ here. 447 00:31:38,300 --> 00:31:40,700 Was an approach because they believed in his character, he 448 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:43,900 was approached because they assaulted his character. 449 00:31:46,900 --> 00:31:49,600 Now, that's a lesson that you will get if you read Marx 450 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:51,800 version, but when you go to Luke's version, you might not 451 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:54,400 come easily to that conclusion. Can I show it to you? 452 00:31:55,200 --> 00:31:59,500 Go to Luke 824 quickly, The same account written by The 453 00:31:59,500 --> 00:32:02,700 Physician. And notice how Luke depicts the 454 00:32:02,700 --> 00:32:17,500 situation. Luke 8:24 reads and they went 455 00:32:17,500 --> 00:32:20,000 and woke him saying master master. 456 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:25,600 We are perishing. After he woke and rebuked the 457 00:32:25,600 --> 00:32:27,900 wind and the Raging Waves, and they ceased. 458 00:32:27,900 --> 00:32:30,100 And there was a calm, he said to them. 459 00:32:30,100 --> 00:32:34,500 Where is your faith? Where is your faith now? 460 00:32:34,500 --> 00:32:37,500 Hold on. When you read Luke's version, 461 00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:40,700 there is no criticism. On the part of the disciples, 462 00:32:40,700 --> 00:32:44,900 there is simply a request. They're simply making something 463 00:32:44,900 --> 00:32:48,500 known to him more precisely master master. 464 00:32:48,500 --> 00:32:51,100 We are perishing. That sounds like childlike. 465 00:32:51,100 --> 00:32:53,600 Dependence. That sounds like a plan. 466 00:32:53,700 --> 00:32:57,400 Plea for God to intervene because you feel the danger 467 00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,800 around you. That's something that if you go 468 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:03,300 from cover to cover the scriptures and courage, yes, cry 469 00:33:03,300 --> 00:33:07,500 out to him, make note to him your troubles, bring before him 470 00:33:07,500 --> 00:33:10,400 your worries and casts all your anxieties on him. 471 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:16,200 So why is it that even if you look at Luke's Vantage Point, 472 00:33:16,200 --> 00:33:19,500 Jesus still looks back at them and scolds them for their lack 473 00:33:19,500 --> 00:33:23,700 of faith is not what they are doing the expression of faith. 474 00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,700 Do we not see the Lord, honoring different people throughout his 475 00:33:27,700 --> 00:33:31,600 ministry who have come desperately like this, for some 476 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:35,700 kind of touch from above and the Lord honoring it by providing 477 00:33:35,700 --> 00:33:38,400 it, and even sometimes praising their faith for it. 478 00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,400 So what do we have here? We don't have Jesus here 479 00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:47,100 criticizing the fact that they cried out to him, perhaps the 480 00:33:47,100 --> 00:33:51,300 lesson here is deeper than the right or wrong, way to pray. 481 00:33:51,300 --> 00:33:53,100 Perhaps it's not even about prayer at all. 482 00:33:54,300 --> 00:33:58,300 For the Lord to say where is your faith should cause us to 483 00:33:58,300 --> 00:34:03,100 understand that there was an expectation that he had for them 484 00:34:03,100 --> 00:34:06,100 and on them before they even sailed. 485 00:34:07,800 --> 00:34:09,300 There was something that the Lord. 486 00:34:10,400 --> 00:34:14,300 Trusted that they would trust in and they failed to trust in it. 487 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,000 Saying, what are you talking about? 488 00:34:17,100 --> 00:34:20,500 Do you remember what Jesus said before they got on the ship? 489 00:34:21,199 --> 00:34:23,500 Go to verse 22 of luque. It's the same in mark. 490 00:34:25,199 --> 00:34:28,300 One day he got into the boat with his disciples and he said 491 00:34:28,300 --> 00:34:32,100 to them, let us go across to the other side of the lake. 492 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,600 So they set out. Do you know what it means? 493 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,300 When Jesus says let us go to the other side of the lake. 494 00:34:40,500 --> 00:34:42,000 Means you're going on other side of the lake. 495 00:34:47,300 --> 00:34:50,699 Now, it makes sense. Where is your faith? 496 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:53,900 I told you we were going to the other side. 497 00:34:55,300 --> 00:34:57,900 I told you we were going to the other side, Jesus and say, Let 498 00:34:57,900 --> 00:34:59,300 Us Go perish in the middle of the sea. 499 00:35:01,800 --> 00:35:04,700 Let us go to the other side of the lake. 500 00:35:04,700 --> 00:35:06,800 I make sense why he took a nap now? 501 00:35:07,500 --> 00:35:11,000 Yes, he was weary, but he knew that he was going to the other 502 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:16,100 side and he trusted what the disciples failed to perceive and 503 00:35:16,100 --> 00:35:20,500 listen to carefully. Isn't that the reason for most 504 00:35:20,500 --> 00:35:22,000 of our troubles and fears in life? 505 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,000 We hear it. We read it. 506 00:35:25,100 --> 00:35:29,800 But do we really believe it? That's the difference. 507 00:35:32,900 --> 00:35:35,200 And it will be tested not in Bible trivia. 508 00:35:37,200 --> 00:35:39,300 Not when you have a chance to share something, and you can 509 00:35:39,300 --> 00:35:45,100 quote it by heart. but when the storms come, Where is your 510 00:35:45,100 --> 00:35:47,000 faith? Where is it? 511 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:50,300 Where is it? You heard me say it. 512 00:35:51,400 --> 00:35:55,300 We're going to the other side. so, regardless of the water 513 00:35:55,300 --> 00:35:59,100 that's at your feet, regardless of the weight of the ship, I 514 00:35:59,100 --> 00:36:02,800 told you we're going to the other side. 515 00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,800 Could not help but think about another man of God who had his 516 00:36:08,800 --> 00:36:11,300 own storms. Not figuratively speaking but 517 00:36:11,300 --> 00:36:12,700 literally speaking and figuratively. 518 00:36:12,700 --> 00:36:17,800 Speaking the Apostle Paul I mean, the Holy Spirit reserves 519 00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,700 for us in the last two chapters of the book of Acts the storm 520 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,900 that he faced. But what a contrast with his 521 00:36:23,900 --> 00:36:25,900 attitude in comparison to the original 12. 522 00:36:26,900 --> 00:36:29,600 I mean, not only that. This is this was all in one 523 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:33,600 evening that man, according to acts 20:7, endured a storm that 524 00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:39,500 lasted two weeks at sea. They were so disoriented because 525 00:36:39,500 --> 00:36:41,900 of the Blackness of the sky, there is no sunlight, there is 526 00:36:41,900 --> 00:36:45,000 no help from above Naturally Speaking. 527 00:36:46,100 --> 00:36:48,200 The people on that ship were so filled with anxiety. 528 00:36:48,200 --> 00:36:50,200 They couldn't eat for those two weeks. 529 00:36:52,300 --> 00:36:54,400 Oh and we think the Apostle Paul, right going through a 530 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,200 storm and how people apply this as well. 531 00:36:57,300 --> 00:36:59,700 Jesus can with one word, calm, everything. 532 00:36:59,700 --> 00:37:02,200 That's true, that didn't happen for Paul though. 533 00:37:04,100 --> 00:37:08,800 They hit some rocks, the ship just becomes nothing and now 534 00:37:08,800 --> 00:37:11,600 he's abandoned on the island called Malta for a few months. 535 00:37:11,900 --> 00:37:13,500 That's it. That's a different story line 536 00:37:13,500 --> 00:37:19,200 than what we see here but the resolve Of that, man. 537 00:37:20,500 --> 00:37:25,000 The unshakable faith. I mean he went into this ship as 538 00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,800 a prison. He end up becoming the captain 539 00:37:27,500 --> 00:37:29,500 giving instructions to the rest of the people there. 540 00:37:29,700 --> 00:37:31,300 Hey, I told you not to go this way. 541 00:37:32,100 --> 00:37:33,700 All these guys are just sheepishly listening. 542 00:37:33,700 --> 00:37:35,500 They don't be afraid and he gives thanks, we're told there 543 00:37:35,508 --> 00:37:36,500 in Acts 27. He gives. 544 00:37:36,500 --> 00:37:40,200 Thanks he breaks bread gives. Thanks thanks. 545 00:37:40,200 --> 00:37:44,200 Can you imagine that? Do you want to know the secret? 546 00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:49,400 I'll tell you why I believe and I give you a verse for it, how 547 00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:54,600 Paul could be so unshakable in his own storm. 548 00:37:54,900 --> 00:37:58,500 Whereas you see these disciples falling apart with something, 549 00:37:58,500 --> 00:38:00,500 that does not even come close to the magnitude of what he 550 00:38:00,500 --> 00:38:02,900 endured. Speaking of Paul, here's the 551 00:38:02,900 --> 00:38:07,100 answer acts 23, something happened, many many months, 552 00:38:07,100 --> 00:38:10,500 before Paul even got into that ship and headed towards Rome. 553 00:38:11,300 --> 00:38:14,100 Something happened. And I believe when he received 554 00:38:14,100 --> 00:38:18,500 it, he Locked it with chains of Faith around his heart. 555 00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,200 There he is. In the prison in Jerusalem. 556 00:38:24,300 --> 00:38:28,500 Awaiting trial and many other trials and in Acts 23. 557 00:38:28,500 --> 00:38:30,500 Are you there? Look at verse 11. 558 00:38:30,500 --> 00:38:35,800 What happens here? Acts 23:11, the following night, 559 00:38:35,800 --> 00:38:40,600 the Lord stood by him and said, take courage for, as you have 560 00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:43,100 testified to the facts about me in Jerusalem. 561 00:38:43,400 --> 00:38:51,000 So you must testify also in Rome In other words, Paul. 562 00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:57,200 You're going to go to Rome. The same way you testified about 563 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,100 me here in Jerusalem. You are going to stand in Rome 564 00:39:00,100 --> 00:39:04,600 and preach my gospel. We're going to the other side, 565 00:39:06,100 --> 00:39:09,900 he took that word, he was reminded of that word in the 566 00:39:09,900 --> 00:39:14,500 ship and that's how he could endure the storm, he believed 567 00:39:14,500 --> 00:39:18,500 the word. What Christ said he took to 568 00:39:18,500 --> 00:39:23,300 heart and his faith was on him despite what was around him? 569 00:39:23,700 --> 00:39:28,600 He said it then, it must happen even when the very vehicle that 570 00:39:28,600 --> 00:39:31,500 was taking him to Rome came apart. 571 00:39:33,400 --> 00:39:35,000 I mean I get it. Okay, you're going through the 572 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000 storm, he said he's going to pull me through, but what 573 00:39:37,000 --> 00:39:38,600 happens when the boat is not even there? 574 00:39:39,700 --> 00:39:44,200 And now you're in Malta. And you have a scar from a snake 575 00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:45,900 bite that was dangling on your hand. 576 00:39:46,000 --> 00:39:48,300 You just threw it into the fire and just kept on going. 577 00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:53,000 I want that faith. I want that kind of faith and 578 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,100 it's only going to come one way. When I really believe this. 579 00:39:58,900 --> 00:40:01,200 I had a conversation with somebody not too long ago, it's 580 00:40:01,200 --> 00:40:05,000 kind of long ago and they express some distress about a 581 00:40:05,008 --> 00:40:11,900 situation. You know, fear can be 582 00:40:11,900 --> 00:40:16,300 contagious. There are evangelist for fear. 583 00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:21,600 And I was on that phone call. And this person was fearful and 584 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,400 I can, I can tell that they wanted me to join on that fear 585 00:40:24,400 --> 00:40:27,700 campaign. And I'm only just stopped his. 586 00:40:27,700 --> 00:40:33,800 Do you believe the Bible? Now, that's not how I usually do 587 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,700 counseling. But in, I can't tell you the 588 00:40:36,700 --> 00:40:38,800 context for why it was so hard in that moment. 589 00:40:39,800 --> 00:40:42,100 Do you believe the God of this Bible or we just preaching 590 00:40:42,100 --> 00:40:47,500 stories to people here? I believe the God of this Bible, 591 00:40:48,500 --> 00:40:51,200 I believe he's real. I believe that he will hold me. 592 00:40:51,200 --> 00:40:54,300 Accountable for what I say. I believe that these promises 593 00:40:54,300 --> 00:40:56,200 are true. I believe they're not just to be 594 00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,400 studied for some historical benefit. 595 00:40:58,400 --> 00:41:06,000 I believe that it applies now Makes all the difference to 596 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:07,700 believe the word instead of knowing it. 597 00:41:09,100 --> 00:41:12,900 Paul was told he was going to testify in Rome so he believed 598 00:41:12,900 --> 00:41:15,100 it. Jesus said to his own. 599 00:41:15,100 --> 00:41:18,300 Where is your faith? Where is your faith? 600 00:41:20,700 --> 00:41:22,500 It was the word of Christ that anchored him. 601 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:27,400 He didn't have a peace be still. He just had a word, and he knew 602 00:41:27,400 --> 00:41:30,200 the direction that he was headed towards regardless of what was 603 00:41:30,200 --> 00:41:34,400 before him. There's a wonderful scripture 604 00:41:34,500 --> 00:41:38,200 and Psalm 112 verse 7, that speaks about the benefits of 605 00:41:38,200 --> 00:41:41,100 those who fear the lord. And here's one of my favorite 606 00:41:41,100 --> 00:41:45,700 benefits of fearing. God, Psalm 112 verse 7. 607 00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:53,900 He is not afraid of bad news. He is not afraid of bad news, 608 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:57,200 his heart is firm trusting in the Lord. 609 00:42:00,100 --> 00:42:02,700 That's the faith that we can arrive to that when that phone 610 00:42:02,700 --> 00:42:07,500 call comes and it's bad news. It's not good, it's not in your 611 00:42:07,500 --> 00:42:12,600 favor, it's a challenge. And it seeks their to devour 612 00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:17,400 your faith, the fear of God can Shield that and keep you 613 00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:23,600 Untouchable concerning fear. This isn't pretend here, this is 614 00:42:23,600 --> 00:42:29,500 real, this is real Which transitions us perfectly. 615 00:42:31,400 --> 00:42:34,800 To the next and final point. We looked at the stage before 616 00:42:34,800 --> 00:42:35,900 the storm. We looked at the experience 617 00:42:35,900 --> 00:42:38,200 during the storm, but now let's examine the moments After the 618 00:42:38,200 --> 00:42:43,500 Storm. We read here in Mark 4 40 Jesus. 619 00:42:43,500 --> 00:42:47,100 He said to them. Why are you so afraid? 620 00:42:47,700 --> 00:42:51,300 Have you still no faith? Here's the part that moved me in 621 00:42:51,300 --> 00:42:56,200 verse 41 and they were filled with great fear, huh? 622 00:43:01,100 --> 00:43:03,400 They were filled with great. Well Lord, you just told them. 623 00:43:03,400 --> 00:43:07,600 Why are you afraid? You try to deliver them from 624 00:43:07,600 --> 00:43:11,200 that fear, and the result of you tell them, why are you afraid? 625 00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:13,100 Where is your faith? Is that they have now a greater 626 00:43:13,100 --> 00:43:21,700 fear And they were filled with great fear. 627 00:43:23,100 --> 00:43:26,400 Isn't that interesting? Can I tell you something? 628 00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:29,400 This isn't them trying to cope with a traumatic event. 629 00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,900 This isn't PTSD. This isn't that. 630 00:43:31,900 --> 00:43:33,100 I'm trying to sit down a process. 631 00:43:33,100 --> 00:43:40,100 All that just happened. There was an Unholy fear that is 632 00:43:40,100 --> 00:43:42,900 now replaced with a fear that God wanted them to have. 633 00:43:45,200 --> 00:43:49,300 Can I tell you how you can be saved from oppressive? 634 00:43:50,400 --> 00:43:56,400 My numbing. Stress inducing fear. 635 00:43:57,900 --> 00:44:02,500 Fear. Fear, what are you talking 636 00:44:02,500 --> 00:44:03,600 about? Fear God? 637 00:44:05,300 --> 00:44:14,700 Fear God. in that moment when those words came out, Of the Son 638 00:44:14,700 --> 00:44:19,300 of God, they realize that there is something bigger going on 639 00:44:19,300 --> 00:44:23,000 here than this storm. There is something in their 640 00:44:23,000 --> 00:44:25,800 boat. That was more powerful, more 641 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:30,800 fierce Then the very water is that try to swallow them alive? 642 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:39,000 Who then is this man? And now, that adrenaline has 643 00:44:39,000 --> 00:44:47,600 been replaced with a reverent. worship filled all of the 644 00:44:47,600 --> 00:44:54,700 Messiah. They understood that demons and 645 00:44:54,700 --> 00:44:57,600 disease were subject to his authority. 646 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:04,200 Now, they realize even the wind's and the waves Bow Down. 647 00:45:05,300 --> 00:45:09,200 And you see here, the problem with the disciples is not merely 648 00:45:09,200 --> 00:45:12,600 that they did not believe the words of Jesus at the shore. 649 00:45:13,700 --> 00:45:16,600 It goes beyond that. It was that they failed to 650 00:45:16,600 --> 00:45:21,400 understand that before us, is someone more powerful than the 651 00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,500 very thing that's trying to overpower us. 652 00:45:23,900 --> 00:45:25,500 Here's the essence of their issue. 653 00:45:25,500 --> 00:45:29,900 They had a small view of a big God, the bigness of their view 654 00:45:29,900 --> 00:45:33,100 of God. Was not large enough. 655 00:45:35,000 --> 00:45:37,400 And that is essentially what it means to fear. 656 00:45:37,400 --> 00:45:44,100 God comprehend, just how awesome he is and that alone will help 657 00:45:44,100 --> 00:45:46,000 you. Realize, there is nothing else 658 00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,900 to fear in this life because this God is with me and he's on 659 00:45:48,900 --> 00:45:53,300 my side. Small view of God. 660 00:45:53,300 --> 00:45:55,400 I sure you something again, I'm not a prophet. 661 00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:59,700 Small view of God. You have a great future filled 662 00:45:59,700 --> 00:46:06,100 with fear ahead of you. Big view of God fear will have 663 00:46:06,100 --> 00:46:09,100 much trouble, even visiting your heart. 664 00:46:13,100 --> 00:46:16,000 They had a limited view of the person who is taking a nap in 665 00:46:16,008 --> 00:46:17,600 the stern. Here's the thing. 666 00:46:17,600 --> 00:46:20,400 I want to tell you the greatest investment that you can make, 667 00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:24,200 for the uncertainties of Tomorrow, is to grow and be 668 00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,800 certain of who your God is today. 669 00:46:29,400 --> 00:46:32,700 I don't know what's ahead for you or for me. 670 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:39,000 All I know is that the greatest investment that I can make to 671 00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:43,700 prepare myself for what's ahead is to know my God, as much as I 672 00:46:43,707 --> 00:46:50,100 can. Now, Much of our approach to God 673 00:46:50,100 --> 00:46:53,700 as reactionary. When the thing comes, then we 674 00:46:53,700 --> 00:46:55,700 try to seek to understand things, but here's the problem, 675 00:46:55,700 --> 00:46:57,500 you become so overwhelming. What's happening? 676 00:46:57,700 --> 00:46:59,900 That you don't even have the capacity to really understand 677 00:46:59,900 --> 00:47:04,500 who God is and many cases. Be pre-emptive and prepare your 678 00:47:04,500 --> 00:47:07,300 heart now. Build your faith. 679 00:47:07,300 --> 00:47:12,700 Now, strengthen yourself now, help yourself by viewing. 680 00:47:12,700 --> 00:47:16,000 God for the totality of who he is in the word of God and you 681 00:47:16,008 --> 00:47:18,300 will be prepared for the uncertainties of tomorrow. 682 00:47:18,300 --> 00:47:21,800 I wonder what went through their mind when they saw this man who 683 00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:27,400 was sleeping all for a sudden. Now, commanding nature to submit 684 00:47:30,500 --> 00:47:33,100 These guys had some knowledge of the tour, they had some 685 00:47:33,100 --> 00:47:34,900 knowledge of the of the Old Testament. 686 00:47:34,900 --> 00:47:38,100 What we would refer to. I wonder what came crashing to 687 00:47:38,100 --> 00:47:41,800 their mind that caused them to look at one another's who then 688 00:47:41,800 --> 00:47:47,000 is this man. Turn with me to Psalm 107. 689 00:47:49,300 --> 00:47:52,700 And you will wonder how this fear is much more than the 690 00:47:52,700 --> 00:47:57,900 obvious that the the nature around them became silent know. 691 00:47:57,900 --> 00:48:01,700 There was implications regarding the identity of Jesus Christ 692 00:48:01,900 --> 00:48:04,400 that makes their fear totally relatable. 693 00:48:06,200 --> 00:48:11,700 Psalm 107 verse 28. And verse 29. 694 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:17,700 Then they cry to the Lord, in their trouble. 695 00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:21,000 And he delivered them from their distress. 696 00:48:21,700 --> 00:48:26,500 He made the storm be still, and the waves of the sea were 697 00:48:26,500 --> 00:48:32,300 hushed, Who's the one who heard the cries of the distress of his 698 00:48:32,300 --> 00:48:36,000 people who is the one, who delivered them from their 699 00:48:36,500 --> 00:48:38,900 trouble? Who is the one who caused the 700 00:48:38,900 --> 00:48:42,800 storm to be still, who is the one who hush the sea. 701 00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:44,700 According to the psalmist, it's Yahweh. 702 00:48:47,900 --> 00:48:52,500 God Almighty, the Covenant name of God revealed to the nation of 703 00:48:52,500 --> 00:48:56,100 Israel is the one who receives the credit. 704 00:48:57,200 --> 00:48:59,700 For the Deliverance of the distress of his people in the 705 00:48:59,700 --> 00:49:03,500 context of being out at Sea. And isn't it interesting that 706 00:49:03,500 --> 00:49:06,500 when we come to Mark, we see Jesus Christ. 707 00:49:07,900 --> 00:49:12,500 With some sailors. Who perfectly parallel, this 708 00:49:12,500 --> 00:49:14,800 very description of the goodness of God. 709 00:49:15,300 --> 00:49:18,700 That when they cry out in distress, he hears them. 710 00:49:19,200 --> 00:49:21,700 And he doesn't shoo them away. He doesn't say I'm sleeping. 711 00:49:21,700 --> 00:49:25,800 Wake me up later. He gets up with total strength, 712 00:49:26,300 --> 00:49:30,700 and with his own word, he brings everything into subjection to 713 00:49:30,700 --> 00:49:34,300 his authority. The sea was calm, the winds were 714 00:49:34,300 --> 00:49:44,400 still Who then is this man? Who then is this man? 715 00:49:47,300 --> 00:49:55,700 Meet me in proverbs 30. Here's agur. 716 00:49:57,900 --> 00:50:02,500 With his sayings. And in the beginning of her, 717 00:50:02,508 --> 00:50:05,600 this proverb, he expresses his frustration for his limited 718 00:50:05,600 --> 00:50:09,500 knowledge of God, the depth of his knowledge of God, the 719 00:50:09,500 --> 00:50:14,100 intimacy that he has with God. And he goes on to explain his 720 00:50:14,100 --> 00:50:18,300 plight by giving us rhetorical questions of the greatness of 721 00:50:18,300 --> 00:50:21,600 God. And he says here, in verse 3, I 722 00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:25,200 have not learned wisdom. Nor have I knowledge of the Holy 723 00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,600 One. You want to make an interesting 724 00:50:27,600 --> 00:50:29,900 study? Go to the Hebrew of that word. 725 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:35,400 I don't have time to get into it of the Holy One and then hear 726 00:50:35,400 --> 00:50:40,100 the questions that he expects us to know who has ascended to 727 00:50:40,100 --> 00:50:44,800 heaven and come down. Who has gathered the wind in his 728 00:50:44,800 --> 00:50:48,500 fist? Who has wrapped up the waters? 729 00:50:48,500 --> 00:50:52,500 In a garment, who has established all the ends of the 730 00:50:52,500 --> 00:50:55,500 Earth? What is his name? 731 00:50:56,300 --> 00:50:59,100 What is his name and the Jewish audience? 732 00:50:59,100 --> 00:51:00,700 Who would have read this freshly? 733 00:51:00,700 --> 00:51:04,200 And even centuries, later would say I know his name, his name is 734 00:51:04,200 --> 00:51:10,500 Yahweh, And I wonder what they would say after where we were 735 00:51:10,500 --> 00:51:12,900 told, what is his name and what is his son's name? 736 00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:19,000 What is his son's name? Son's name. 737 00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:24,600 Surely, you know. Surely, you know. 738 00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:28,600 But here's the thing that's so interesting. 739 00:51:28,600 --> 00:51:31,800 Out of all the things that the Holy Spirit could have described 740 00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:36,300 concerning the greatness of God out of just the endless 741 00:51:36,300 --> 00:51:42,400 possibilities of his power. He selects things that we see in 742 00:51:42,500 --> 00:51:48,300 the master who has ascended to heaven and come down now. 743 00:51:48,300 --> 00:51:51,700 Look at this, who has gathered the wind in his fists, who has 744 00:51:51,700 --> 00:51:54,600 wrapped up the waters in a garment, what does that implying 745 00:51:54,600 --> 00:52:00,600 control T. Transcendent ability. 746 00:52:01,000 --> 00:52:04,700 He's able to take the win and his fist and tell it what to do 747 00:52:04,700 --> 00:52:06,900 is able to bring it down to that. 748 00:52:07,300 --> 00:52:11,700 He's able to gather the waters in His Garment and out of all 749 00:52:11,700 --> 00:52:14,100 the things that the Holy Spirit could have put here. 750 00:52:14,100 --> 00:52:18,200 And and alger's turmoil about trying to understand who this 751 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:22,900 God is. We have the Son of God who does 752 00:52:22,900 --> 00:52:26,100 just that, he tells the wind what to do. 753 00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:30,700 He tells the see what to do. With the Garment of his word, so 754 00:52:30,700 --> 00:52:35,600 to speak. With the word of his power. 755 00:52:37,300 --> 00:52:45,400 Who then is this man? No wonder they feared greatly. 756 00:52:47,600 --> 00:52:50,200 Because they realize Yahweh is in our boat. 757 00:52:53,400 --> 00:52:58,600 God is in our boat. Not just one who hasn't 758 00:52:58,600 --> 00:53:02,100 extremely beautiful connection to God. 759 00:53:03,300 --> 00:53:09,300 But God himself condescended. God himself, who Stills? 760 00:53:09,300 --> 00:53:12,800 The Seas was just taking a nap in the star. 761 00:53:17,100 --> 00:53:23,500 They feared greatly. Do you know how this glorious 762 00:53:23,500 --> 00:53:25,800 Revelation came to these disciples? 763 00:53:26,300 --> 00:53:32,500 I'll tell you how through a storm If it had not been for the 764 00:53:32,500 --> 00:53:35,000 storm, I wonder if they would have arrived to such a 765 00:53:35,008 --> 00:53:37,000 conclusion. At least this early on. 766 00:53:38,000 --> 00:53:41,300 You see what opened their perception to the depths of the 767 00:53:41,300 --> 00:53:45,200 person of Jesus Christ. Was the very thing necessary to 768 00:53:45,200 --> 00:53:50,300 try to display and prove the very power that references him 769 00:53:50,300 --> 00:53:53,800 to that very identity. Let me make it very plain and 770 00:53:53,800 --> 00:53:56,500 simple. There are some things that God 771 00:53:56,500 --> 00:53:58,100 will reveal to you about himself. 772 00:53:58,100 --> 00:54:00,200 That can only come through the store. 773 00:54:00,300 --> 00:54:03,400 Orm. So, don't shun it. 774 00:54:04,700 --> 00:54:07,000 Don't shrink from it, don't squeal. 775 00:54:09,000 --> 00:54:12,600 If he has sent you with his word, if you were walking in his 776 00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:15,200 word and here you are now looking around saying, how did I 777 00:54:15,200 --> 00:54:16,900 get in here? Hold tight. 778 00:54:19,500 --> 00:54:22,300 Because the Lord desires to reveal something about himself 779 00:54:22,300 --> 00:54:25,100 to you. Paul says that I may know him 780 00:54:25,100 --> 00:54:27,500 and the power of his resurrection and we stop there 781 00:54:27,500 --> 00:54:29,500 and say Yes Lord I want to know the power of your Resurrection. 782 00:54:29,700 --> 00:54:31,200 Bring it on, I want the Miracles. 783 00:54:31,200 --> 00:54:33,500 I want the healings, I want the quick answers to prayer. 784 00:54:33,500 --> 00:54:35,500 I want to know the power of your Resurrection. 785 00:54:35,500 --> 00:54:39,100 Paul didn't end there. And the fellowship of his 786 00:54:39,100 --> 00:54:43,600 sufferings. There is a fellowship with 787 00:54:43,600 --> 00:54:48,000 Christ that comes particularly and reserved, merely and 788 00:54:48,000 --> 00:54:54,100 uniquely in sufferings. Is that not what job concluded 789 00:54:54,100 --> 00:55:01,600 at the end of that amazing book. When the Lord comes in, that 790 00:55:01,600 --> 00:55:05,100 tornado-like manifestation and addresses him. 791 00:55:06,100 --> 00:55:10,800 By revealing to him, his omniscience and omnipresence on 792 00:55:10,800 --> 00:55:12,900 omnipotence, through all his suffering. 793 00:55:12,900 --> 00:55:16,400 And this is what job says. I've heard you by the hearing of 794 00:55:16,400 --> 00:55:27,100 the ear. but now my eyes have seen you I Now understand that. 795 00:55:28,100 --> 00:55:31,300 You are bigger than all of this and you have been with me all 796 00:55:31,300 --> 00:55:35,200 along. Job had a deeper sense of who 797 00:55:35,200 --> 00:55:40,500 God was and Job chapter 42, but he had to go through chapter 2 798 00:55:40,500 --> 00:55:42,300 and 3 all the way up to that point. 799 00:55:44,300 --> 00:55:47,800 To see it. To see it. 800 00:55:50,100 --> 00:55:54,200 And so, I encourage you. Your suffering is not in vain. 801 00:55:56,000 --> 00:56:00,800 if you want to know him and grow in your knowledge of him, then 802 00:56:00,800 --> 00:56:03,400 be prepared to be brought through some circumstances. 803 00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:08,300 That require a facet of God that you have not known yet to be 804 00:56:08,300 --> 00:56:10,200 made known through that circumstance. 805 00:56:12,700 --> 00:56:17,400 May God help us to place our faith in him to trust him at all 806 00:56:17,400 --> 00:56:20,500 times. And may He fill us with a great 807 00:56:20,500 --> 00:56:23,900 fear concerning who he is. So that we may be rescued from 808 00:56:23,900 --> 00:56:25,700 all other trivial fears, he will do. 809 00:56:25,700 --> 00:56:42,400 So let's pray. We're breaking bread today, as 810 00:56:42,400 --> 00:56:49,400 you are aware. And we heard briefly how God 811 00:56:49,400 --> 00:56:53,000 became a man. He slept. 812 00:56:56,700 --> 00:56:59,100 And that body was prepared to be a sacrifice. 813 00:57:01,300 --> 00:57:04,700 So that you and I would know an inward rest that nothing in this 814 00:57:04,700 --> 00:57:06,800 world could ever purchase for us. 815 00:57:09,500 --> 00:57:14,800 We are here to remember that your sins are forgiven. that 816 00:57:14,800 --> 00:57:19,000 every record of wrong, even the accusations that you've made 817 00:57:19,000 --> 00:57:26,500 against a good and perfect, God, Have been cancelled. 818 00:57:31,900 --> 00:57:35,100 And we have this promise the same way, the disciples had a 819 00:57:35,107 --> 00:57:38,700 word, we have a promise that we can take to the Grave. 820 00:57:40,300 --> 00:57:44,400 He who began a good work in you. He will bring it to completion. 821 00:57:49,700 --> 00:57:54,000 and that by one sacrifice, he has perfected for all time those 822 00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:58,900 who are being sanctified We have come to remember the promises of 823 00:57:58,900 --> 00:58:03,700 God concerning our salvation and we can trust in the words of our 824 00:58:03,700 --> 00:58:10,700 savior. And so, just reflect on those 825 00:58:10,700 --> 00:58:14,100 promises. And be prepared to come before 826 00:58:14,100 --> 00:58:17,700 this table. For those who are not 827 00:58:17,700 --> 00:58:20,400 Christians, please reserve yourself from participating. 828 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:23,900 This is solely for those who have confessed that Christ is 829 00:58:23,900 --> 00:58:26,500 Lord and have been born again of the spirit. 830 00:58:28,200 --> 00:58:29,900 You are welcome to come to this table. 831 00:58:30,300 --> 00:58:34,900 After you have given your life to Christ, This is a promise 832 00:58:34,900 --> 00:58:38,000 reserved for those who have pledged their allegiance to 833 00:58:38,000 --> 00:58:40,500 Jesus. This is not a promise for those 834 00:58:40,500 --> 00:58:44,500 who have not believed on him. Therefore, this participation 835 00:58:44,500 --> 00:58:48,900 would be futile for you, but for those who are in Christ, we've 836 00:58:48,900 --> 00:58:53,300 come to rehearse the promise of God, concerning our souls and 837 00:58:53,300 --> 00:58:59,200 the destination of our eternity. And so we come yes with 838 00:58:59,200 --> 00:59:01,400 sobriety, but we come with excitement. 839 00:59:02,600 --> 00:59:06,400 That his body, and his blood has been made, perfect and 840 00:59:06,400 --> 00:59:11,100 sufficient for our salvation. Lord, we thank you for this 841 00:59:11,100 --> 00:59:14,200 time. Help us examine ourselves, help 842 00:59:14,200 --> 00:59:17,900 us Worship You In This Moment and may you receive glory for 843 00:59:17,900 --> 00:59:21,300 our recognition and remembering what you've done two thousand 844 00:59:21,300 --> 00:59:23,600 years ago. We give you all the praise and 845 00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:26,200 honor in this place in Jesus name. 846 00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:29,800 Amen. Let's stand and sing and we'll 847 00:59:29,800 --> 00:59:31,600 invite you to the table to partake.