WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.600 --> 00:00:12.919 Hey, church, how you doing? You doing good? All right? Awesome? 2 00:00:13.000 --> 00:00:16.879 I'm doing good, I hope. So we're gonna find out. 3 00:00:18.399 --> 00:00:20.600 All right, I'm excited to share a word with you 4 00:00:20.640 --> 00:00:24.559 this morning, and it's from the Gospel of Matthew, chapter fourteen. 5 00:00:25.079 --> 00:00:27.120 We're gonna start in verse twenty two. It's a particular 6 00:00:27.199 --> 00:00:30.920 story that's actually in two other gospels, Mark and John. 7 00:00:31.760 --> 00:00:36.840 But this story here in Matthew has a sub story 8 00:00:37.200 --> 00:00:39.960 we're gonna focus on. So I'm excited about that, and 9 00:00:40.200 --> 00:00:43.320 so we're gonna jump right in. But we're gonna be 10 00:00:43.320 --> 00:00:46.240 talking about a well known story. You think you know 11 00:00:46.359 --> 00:00:50.880 it all about Jesus walking on the water, but you 12 00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:54.320 might just learn something this morning. Let's pray. Father, in 13 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.600 Jesus name, we asked that you would anoint your word, 14 00:00:58.200 --> 00:01:01.799 that you would speak to us to open hearts ready 15 00:01:01.840 --> 00:01:04.719 to hear from you and to respond. We thank you 16 00:01:04.799 --> 00:01:09.519 for just the incredible privilege of being able to search 17 00:01:09.560 --> 00:01:13.319 your word, to seek you out and to find you. 18 00:01:14.000 --> 00:01:17.000 And so we welcome you here. Help us to find 19 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:20.400 you this morning, as you find us in Jesus name. Amen. 20 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:26.079 All right, Matthew fourteen, verse twenty two. So immediately, Jesus 21 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:30.280 made the disciples get into the boat and go on 22 00:01:30.359 --> 00:01:33.719 ahead of him to the other side while he dismissed 23 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:39.840 the crowds. Immediately, it says, that is immediately after Jesus 24 00:01:39.879 --> 00:01:43.799 had his disciples participate in the miracle of the feeding 25 00:01:43.840 --> 00:01:47.120 of the five thousand. Actually that's his five thousand men, 26 00:01:47.239 --> 00:01:50.040 you know, we add is fifteen to twenty thousand with 27 00:01:50.079 --> 00:01:53.079 women and children. So going from five loads and two fish, 28 00:01:53.680 --> 00:01:57.120 as you know, to thousands that were fed, and the 29 00:01:57.159 --> 00:01:59.560 disciples got to be a part of that, because that's 30 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:03.480 what Geesus is about. He's about taking his disciples and 31 00:02:03.480 --> 00:02:07.079 making him into little followers of himself, and he wants 32 00:02:07.159 --> 00:02:09.879 them to do the words and the works of Jesus. 33 00:02:10.159 --> 00:02:11.960 He wants them to do his words and works. He 34 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.639 wants you to do that. And so this is where 35 00:02:14.639 --> 00:02:16.680 they come out of the thought. But immediately he sends 36 00:02:16.719 --> 00:02:20.879 them across the Sea of Galilee also called the Lake Ganessaurette, 37 00:02:21.280 --> 00:02:25.120 and he sends them across, and then he goes and 38 00:02:25.199 --> 00:02:29.439 he spends some time with a father verse twenty three. 39 00:02:29.479 --> 00:02:32.240 After he dismisses, then he went up to the mountainside 40 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:36.599 by himself to pray, and when evening came, he was 41 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:41.120 there alone. So why does Jesus send the disciples away 42 00:02:41.240 --> 00:02:45.960 first of all and across the water. Well, first of all, 43 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:48.280 he wants to be alone. He wants to be alone 44 00:02:48.319 --> 00:02:53.280 with the Father. And as a as a great example 45 00:02:53.360 --> 00:02:57.000 to the disciples, he was showing them. They knew that 46 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:59.360 he was going to get alone with the Father. That 47 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.360 that's where it's all about, you know, that's what it's 48 00:03:01.360 --> 00:03:05.560 all about. Being with your Father in heaven, seeking his face, 49 00:03:05.919 --> 00:03:09.719 hearing from him, getting your marching orders from him. That's 50 00:03:09.759 --> 00:03:12.439 what it's all about. So Jesus did that first, and 51 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:16.280 that's the first prime, the first reason. But there's another reason. 52 00:03:16.319 --> 00:03:19.879 He sends them out ahead of him, and he has 53 00:03:20.000 --> 00:03:23.199 a he has a little bit of a plan for them, 54 00:03:23.520 --> 00:03:26.039 and we'll see what that is. But he has a 55 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:31.520 teaching moment and he sends them on their way, and 56 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:34.919 it's a teaching moment, as we will see verse twenty four. 57 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:39.800 But the boat was already a considerable distance from land. 58 00:03:40.000 --> 00:03:41.759 So it's it's out there in the middle of the 59 00:03:41.840 --> 00:03:46.919 lake's like thirteen miles across, and it is a considerable 60 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:50.879 distance across the lake, and it's being buffeted by the 61 00:03:50.919 --> 00:03:53.719 waves because of the wind and the waves, the wind 62 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:58.919 against it. Now we know from the Book of Mark 63 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:02.479 that they were about the way across here, so they've 64 00:04:02.479 --> 00:04:08.240 been fighting the wind in the waves for quite a while. Now. 65 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.639 The Sea of Galilee, you may know that some of 66 00:04:10.680 --> 00:04:12.960 you may have been and may have actually visited there 67 00:04:13.039 --> 00:04:16.079 sometime in the tour of the Holy Land, but it's 68 00:04:16.240 --> 00:04:18.800 it's in a bowl with mountains all around it. And 69 00:04:18.959 --> 00:04:22.800 the way the form of the geography is when the 70 00:04:22.879 --> 00:04:26.879 heat comes into that region, when it gets warm, what 71 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:30.519 happens is is that it draws winds down from off 72 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.240 the hills down into the lake and it just begins 73 00:04:34.279 --> 00:04:39.120 to just create these these these wind squalls and these 74 00:04:39.360 --> 00:04:42.120 huge waves that can be very dangerous. And so that's 75 00:04:42.160 --> 00:04:45.920 what's happening here. It's stormy, it's treacherous, and the Disciples 76 00:04:45.920 --> 00:04:49.879 as they head across east to west, we know they're 77 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:54.519 not sailing because again Mark, he likes to include details 78 00:04:54.560 --> 00:04:58.000 that we don't have here. They were rowing, so that 79 00:04:58.040 --> 00:04:59.720 may have been they had a sailboat and they had 80 00:04:59.759 --> 00:05:02.519 to say ails down because of the wind was too much, 81 00:05:02.639 --> 00:05:05.759 or tore them down, or maybe that's all along. But 82 00:05:05.839 --> 00:05:08.600 we know that they're rowing with all their might. They're 83 00:05:08.639 --> 00:05:11.959 putting all their energy, all their focus in getting across 84 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.759 the lake. And you certainly they're frightened. Certainly they're there. 85 00:05:16.000 --> 00:05:18.360 They've been doing this all night. They have no sleep, 86 00:05:18.759 --> 00:05:20.879 and so you get it, you get where they're at. 87 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:24.279 Have any of you ever owned a boat? They raise 88 00:05:24.360 --> 00:05:28.319 the hand. You still have it, Okay, still do well. 89 00:05:29.199 --> 00:05:33.319 The highest percentage of people who own boats are in 90 00:05:33.399 --> 00:05:37.839 the state of Washington, believe it or not. So we 91 00:05:37.839 --> 00:05:40.759 we liked the We liked to be out in the water. 92 00:05:40.839 --> 00:05:43.600 I guess my neighbor owns a power boat with a 93 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:48.800 cabin and everything else. And I talked to him yesterday. 94 00:05:48.800 --> 00:05:51.519 I said, Mark, I said, you have your they have 95 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.160 your boat out in the water during the summer. He said, no, 96 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:59.680 oh really yeah, he said, it's uh, it's being worked on. 97 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:04.199 I said, really, you guys don't know about boats, right, 98 00:06:05.519 --> 00:06:07.560 And I said and he then he said, you know what? 99 00:06:07.839 --> 00:06:14.000 You know what boat stands for? He said, bring out 100 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:22.519 another thousand and he said that should be updated to 101 00:06:22.639 --> 00:06:29.000 another ten thousand. But have you ever been on rough seas? 102 00:06:29.079 --> 00:06:32.160 You know the terror of what you know that the 103 00:06:32.240 --> 00:06:35.519 fear of being out there, the power of the ways. 104 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:39.240 Lloyd's dad was a captain in the Coast Garden, so 105 00:06:39.680 --> 00:06:42.040 he was responsible for a lot of rescue of people 106 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:46.360 out on boats that were in greats high seas. And 107 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:48.720 my friend Bob Carlson, he grew up without a father 108 00:06:48.800 --> 00:06:52.279 because his dad was a captain on a foss hug 109 00:06:52.360 --> 00:06:55.759 boat out here out of Tacoma and years ago and 110 00:06:55.800 --> 00:06:58.519 they were in a storm and the boat went down 111 00:06:58.560 --> 00:07:01.279 and he died. So it' it's it's it's a serious 112 00:07:01.319 --> 00:07:04.439 thing when you're out in some really rough water. Now 113 00:07:05.439 --> 00:07:10.480 now growing up my family, my dad bought an amphibious 114 00:07:10.600 --> 00:07:14.160 duck World War two duck uh and brought it home 115 00:07:14.240 --> 00:07:16.920 and announced my mother that he's going to we're going 116 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:18.680 to make a camper out of it, and we're going 117 00:07:18.720 --> 00:07:20.879 to take the take it out like an RV, but 118 00:07:21.079 --> 00:07:23.639 RV that can go in the water. And so the 119 00:07:23.759 --> 00:07:27.079 next couple of years working working on a building out 120 00:07:27.079 --> 00:07:29.199 and help my dad. My dad was an industrial large teacher, 121 00:07:29.279 --> 00:07:31.439 so he's kind, he was kind of crazy. He'd work 122 00:07:31.519 --> 00:07:34.120 on anything, and so we did have it. We had it, 123 00:07:34.160 --> 00:07:37.720 and we took it everywhere all over the West Coast 124 00:07:37.800 --> 00:07:41.319 and everything else. My fourteenth year that summer. We were 125 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:45.040 headed out up to Alaska from Canada, right along that 126 00:07:45.160 --> 00:07:49.040 kind of that lower piece of Alaska. And uh, it 127 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:53.360 was in the morning and the sea was really high waves. Uh. 128 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:56.879 The kids, four of us were all asleep, my parents 129 00:07:56.879 --> 00:08:00.920 were awake and uh. And because of the high water, 130 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.319 water began to come into an opening and the front 131 00:08:05.360 --> 00:08:10.720 of the boat that began to pour in. It opened 132 00:08:10.800 --> 00:08:12.720 up me and he didn't notice that at the time, 133 00:08:12.759 --> 00:08:15.480 but it kept going. But after a while he noticed 134 00:08:15.480 --> 00:08:19.600 that the boat was was going down, and they saw 135 00:08:19.680 --> 00:08:21.480 that there was a hole, much water in the hole, 136 00:08:21.560 --> 00:08:24.879 and so he yelled, get the boat, lifeboat off the top. 137 00:08:25.519 --> 00:08:29.160 And so I scrambled out of my sleeping bag and 138 00:08:29.199 --> 00:08:34.639 my underwear and too much information, but that was okay 139 00:08:34.720 --> 00:08:38.840 now in a way I sleep. But anyway, so I 140 00:08:40.080 --> 00:08:42.600 got the boat, the boat off the top, and it 141 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:45.919 was a matter of about three minutes. Got the lifeboat 142 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.399 off and in the water. My mom helped me do it, 143 00:08:48.720 --> 00:08:51.559 and everybody jumped in the in the lifeboat except for 144 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:53.320 me and my dad. We had to go back for 145 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:57.240 the dog PG, so we went back inside. He threw 146 00:08:57.279 --> 00:08:59.279 me the dog and just as he did that, the 147 00:08:59.279 --> 00:09:02.639 boat went down. And there was like this big rush 148 00:09:02.679 --> 00:09:04.840 of water and then kind of he felt kind of 149 00:09:05.200 --> 00:09:10.600 like a cork being popped out, and it was freezing 150 00:09:10.639 --> 00:09:16.360 water by the way as Alaska. But we were able 151 00:09:16.399 --> 00:09:18.360 to swim onto the lifeboat. And I'm not going to 152 00:09:18.360 --> 00:09:20.240 tell you the rest of the story other than because 153 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:24.279 I don't have time another sermon, But we were rescued 154 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.759 by a passing ferry boat that was two miles away. 155 00:09:30.399 --> 00:09:35.440 And what had to happen. There's actually ten different things 156 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:38.879 had to happen in order for us to survive and 157 00:09:38.960 --> 00:09:41.320 be rescued. Several of them happened when we're still on 158 00:09:41.360 --> 00:09:44.679 the boat, but the rest does then happened in order 159 00:09:44.679 --> 00:09:47.639 for us to be survived and rescued. And I did 160 00:09:47.639 --> 00:09:52.159 a calculation this week based on a kind of percentage 161 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:55.480 of this actually happening, and it turns out that if 162 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:58.200 you put that all together, my chances of being up 163 00:09:58.200 --> 00:10:01.360 here this morning and speaking to you are one in 164 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:08.320 five million. I tell you, the Lord saved us. I mean, 165 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:13.600 it's just amazing, just absolutely amazing, just crazy. And yeah, yeah, 166 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:15.600 I was in my underwear when I got rescued in 167 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:21.440 the by the ferry boat too. But anyway, back to 168 00:10:21.519 --> 00:10:25.080 verse twenty four, back to the disciples story. But the 169 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:29.000 boat was already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by 170 00:10:29.000 --> 00:10:35.440 the waves because the wind was against it. Now during 171 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.120 the fourth watch of the night, Jesus went out to 172 00:10:39.159 --> 00:10:46.879 them walking on the lake. The fourth watch is anywhere 173 00:10:46.879 --> 00:10:52.080 from three am to six am, and so probably it's certainly, 174 00:10:52.159 --> 00:10:57.039 probably still dark. Probably, and we know that disciples are 175 00:10:57.120 --> 00:11:00.759 rolling away, and just think of being in a boat 176 00:11:00.799 --> 00:11:04.440 at that moment. And as I said, they're only part 177 00:11:04.480 --> 00:11:08.120 way across after all these hours. And I'm sure the 178 00:11:08.120 --> 00:11:17.559 disciples were thinking, why are we here? Jesus made us go. 179 00:11:17.879 --> 00:11:22.080 Remember I read that Jesus made the disciples go. Jesus 180 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:28.000 made us go. Does the Lord ever send us into 181 00:11:28.039 --> 00:11:36.200 a storm? He does right here. And perhaps you're in 182 00:11:36.240 --> 00:11:38.679 a storm this morning. Maybe not. But you know what 183 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:41.879 a storm is like, And storms can come in a 184 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:44.799 lot of different flavors, right. It can be a relational storm, 185 00:11:44.840 --> 00:11:49.480 struggle with somebody in your life, whether it's a marriage 186 00:11:49.559 --> 00:11:52.080 or a friendship. It could be financial, it could be spiritual, 187 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:55.120 it could be emotional. These different kinds of storms come 188 00:11:55.200 --> 00:11:59.440 into our lives, and sometimes it's not because we cause them. 189 00:12:00.320 --> 00:12:05.120 Sometimes we do, right, Sometimes we cause that storm, but 190 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:13.799 sometimes the Lord sends us into it. But fortunately Jesus 191 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:18.919 went out to them walking on the lake, right, amen, 192 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.120 Fortunately Jesus went out to them walking on the lake. 193 00:12:22.679 --> 00:12:25.039 And I don't think I have to tell you that 194 00:12:26.159 --> 00:12:33.080 walking on water is a amazing, crazy, incredible, never done before 195 00:12:33.240 --> 00:12:36.159 kind of thing, right. I mean, this is some serious 196 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:41.679 miracle happening here. Serious miracle. Yeah, he had did the 197 00:12:41.720 --> 00:12:45.679 miracle of feeding the five thousand, another serious miracle, but 198 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:50.960 this is a serious miracle following that, and so he's 199 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:54.399 out there doing something nobody has ever done. And so 200 00:12:55.039 --> 00:12:57.600 you kind of wonder, well, what the disciples might think, 201 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:00.840 but we'll get to that right now. So, oh, verse 202 00:13:00.879 --> 00:13:04.000 twenty six, when the disciples saw him walking on the lake, 203 00:13:04.840 --> 00:13:09.919 they were terrified. It's a ghost, they said, and they 204 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:16.879 cried out in fear. Now, the first thing I think 205 00:13:16.919 --> 00:13:19.879 of when I read this story, when I come to this, 206 00:13:20.679 --> 00:13:24.679 I always think, well, shouldn't they been expecting him to come? 207 00:13:25.519 --> 00:13:28.679 I mean, you know, after all, it wasn't that long 208 00:13:28.720 --> 00:13:31.360 ago when they were in the boat with Jesus during 209 00:13:31.360 --> 00:13:34.159 the storm, and then he took care of it, right, 210 00:13:34.200 --> 00:13:37.399 he calmed the storm and they know that he sent 211 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:41.720 them out there, so they start they see something someone, 212 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.360 some figure coming. You think they'd expected to be Jesus, right, 213 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:49.399 you think that, but it might have been dark, and 214 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.519 you know whatever, And of course you don't expect anybody 215 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:55.320 to be walking on the water. So okay, I give 216 00:13:55.360 --> 00:13:57.440 that to them, So they instead of saying it is 217 00:13:57.480 --> 00:14:02.799 the Lord, they say it is the ghost. But if 218 00:14:02.799 --> 00:14:06.720 we're honest, honestly, what would you do. I mean, in 219 00:14:06.759 --> 00:14:10.159 that situation, hadn't slept all night, You're just rolling at 220 00:14:10.200 --> 00:14:13.879 the oars, You're freaking out all this stuff, and then 221 00:14:13.879 --> 00:14:17.200 you see this human figure coming on the water towards you. 222 00:14:21.320 --> 00:14:26.360 I told I told church last the last service. I 223 00:14:27.000 --> 00:14:31.120 think I'd scream like a little girl. But I also 224 00:14:31.360 --> 00:14:33.840 you know, there's nothing wrong with that. If your little 225 00:14:33.840 --> 00:14:36.879 girl hare, it's okay. But I think I would scream 226 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:40.200 like a little girl anyway. So I'm not judging the 227 00:14:40.279 --> 00:14:47.279 disciples anymore Verse twenty seven. But Jesus immediately said to them, 228 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:57.480 take courage. It is I do not be afraid. Take 229 00:14:57.519 --> 00:15:02.759 courage it is I do not be afraid. There's two 230 00:15:02.840 --> 00:15:05.879 statements calling for their faith, calling them not to be afraid. 231 00:15:05.960 --> 00:15:08.679 Take courage and do not be afraid. Those are two 232 00:15:08.720 --> 00:15:13.919 statements powerful and by the way, three hundred times plus 233 00:15:13.919 --> 00:15:18.960 in the Bible, God encourages us to not be afraid. 234 00:15:19.399 --> 00:15:21.840 That's the reason for that is because we tend to 235 00:15:21.879 --> 00:15:26.440 be afraid at times. Right, So those are two powerful statements. 236 00:15:26.440 --> 00:15:29.080 But in the middle he says, it is I literally, 237 00:15:30.200 --> 00:15:35.120 it is the I am is I am? Out of 238 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:40.440 Exodus when the Lord reveals himself to Moses, he says, 239 00:15:40.480 --> 00:15:44.399 it is I am. I am the one who calls you. 240 00:15:44.480 --> 00:15:47.639 I am the creator. I am I Am the God 241 00:15:47.639 --> 00:15:51.440 of the universe. And Jesus makes what I call a 242 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:56.440 little faith sandwich there. You know, take courage, don't be afraid, 243 00:15:57.039 --> 00:15:59.600 I am all right, you can take that. You can 244 00:15:59.639 --> 00:16:01.399 take that home with you and you can eat it. Okay, 245 00:16:02.240 --> 00:16:08.639 all right. So so that that's what he says to them. 246 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.279 How what's the response, Well, one person responds to him, 247 00:16:12.919 --> 00:16:16.919 I think you know who that is verse twenty eight. Lord, 248 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:23.240 if it is you, Peter replied, tell me to come 249 00:16:23.279 --> 00:16:30.000 to you on the water. You know, Peter, the fisherman, 250 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:34.720 the passionate, the uh, the one who with with his 251 00:16:34.759 --> 00:16:36.879 foot in the mouth half the time. You know, the 252 00:16:36.879 --> 00:16:39.639 one who falls on his face half the time. You know, 253 00:16:39.720 --> 00:16:43.679 can you relate to him? You better? You better? You 254 00:16:43.720 --> 00:16:47.840 bet you can relate to him? Right, Peter is the 255 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:50.679 one disciple in the Bible. Think of this who we 256 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:55.000 know more about in his interaction with Jesus than anyone else. 257 00:16:56.320 --> 00:16:57.679 I mean, we know a lot about you know, John, 258 00:16:57.720 --> 00:16:59.879 a little bit here and everything, But we see Peter 259 00:17:00.159 --> 00:17:04.160 again and again figuring out how to be a disciple 260 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:08.400 of Jesus. And so so we're meant to I believe 261 00:17:08.440 --> 00:17:12.920 we're meant to relate to Peter in some ways. And uh, 262 00:17:13.160 --> 00:17:17.279 you know, we can identify with him. But here in 263 00:17:17.319 --> 00:17:23.839 his response, he's a little crazy, am I right? I mean, 264 00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:27.359 what what are you saying? And I think the disciples 265 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:29.680 the rest of him are looking at him, going what 266 00:17:29.960 --> 00:17:32.319 and then looking at each other. Oh, there goes Peter again. 267 00:17:33.160 --> 00:17:36.799 What's he saying? Does he have a death wish? Does 268 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:39.720 he you know? What? What is he saying? What is 269 00:17:39.759 --> 00:17:44.519 he doing? And but you know, you know, it's a 270 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:48.319 big storm. We're barely hanging on here, Peter. What are 271 00:17:48.359 --> 00:17:51.400 you talking about? Going out to Jesus? Right? I think 272 00:17:51.839 --> 00:17:57.720 I think they did not understand and we are told again. 273 00:17:57.880 --> 00:18:02.640 Going back to the other Mark and John, we're told 274 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:08.640 that their hearts were hardened because they didn't understand the loaves. 275 00:18:09.799 --> 00:18:15.519 They didn't understand what just happened previously. They didn't see 276 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:19.519 him yet, they didn't see Jesus yet as he was 277 00:18:19.599 --> 00:18:35.160 meant to be seen. I think right here, when we 278 00:18:35.240 --> 00:18:40.319 asked why could Peter do this, what's causes to come out? 279 00:18:40.519 --> 00:18:43.000 I think there are two things. I think the first 280 00:18:43.039 --> 00:18:46.720 thing is that Peter did remember the loaves, and you 281 00:18:46.759 --> 00:18:49.599 know there are twelve baskets that went out that they've 282 00:18:49.920 --> 00:18:53.160 gathered afterwards. Everyone got a basket. They may have had 283 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:57.480 him in the boat. They probably did. I think Peter 284 00:18:58.440 --> 00:19:02.920 was the one who remembered Hey passed out the fish 285 00:19:02.960 --> 00:19:05.200 and the bread and then multiplied in my hands, and 286 00:19:05.240 --> 00:19:07.920 that was so amazing, and I want to do it again. 287 00:19:08.599 --> 00:19:10.759 I want to be a part of jesus miracles again. 288 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:14.359 I think that was part of it right there. I 289 00:19:14.359 --> 00:19:20.160 think also, you know Peter was in Jesus interacted with 290 00:19:20.200 --> 00:19:25.839 Peter multiple times from a boat, at least three times 291 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:28.880 we know of, But the first time was when he said, 292 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:32.359 cast the net on that side. You can't do anything. 293 00:19:32.440 --> 00:19:35.119 Peter compared to what I can do. You've been fishing 294 00:19:35.160 --> 00:19:38.720 all night, right, and so he casts he hears the Lord, 295 00:19:39.119 --> 00:19:41.720 the Lord says, do that, I cast it. And so 296 00:19:42.000 --> 00:19:44.039 at the Lord's command he said, I have to fished 297 00:19:44.039 --> 00:19:46.799 all night, but because you say so, I will, right, 298 00:19:47.200 --> 00:19:48.920 And so he does it. And then that he has 299 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:51.359 that great miracle. And I think Peter thought back to 300 00:19:51.400 --> 00:19:55.599 that miracle at that moment. I can't prove it, but 301 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.799 that is why I believe he says, you know, if 302 00:20:00.839 --> 00:20:04.680 you call me out, I'll come, because he believed in 303 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:07.680 the words of Jesus to him that if that's you 304 00:20:07.799 --> 00:20:16.079 and you speak those words, I will do it at 305 00:20:16.079 --> 00:20:20.160 your word to me, Jesus, at your word, I will 306 00:20:20.160 --> 00:20:27.319 do the impossible. Huh, verse twenty nine. So what does 307 00:20:27.440 --> 00:20:40.759 Jesus say, come? Is he saying that word to you? 308 00:20:43.119 --> 00:20:50.759 Maybe this morning, maybe this week, maybe this year. I 309 00:20:50.799 --> 00:20:56.319 believe that Jesus is so amazed and pleased at Peter's request. 310 00:21:00.079 --> 00:21:05.599 And from Mark we learned that Jesus intended to walk by. 311 00:21:05.680 --> 00:21:08.000 He didn't intend it says that he didn't intend to 312 00:21:08.039 --> 00:21:12.359 get do anything, but just I think he intended to 313 00:21:12.400 --> 00:21:16.279 see what's gonna happen. Who's gonna speak up, what's gonna go? 314 00:21:18.599 --> 00:21:22.480 But he says, come, come, Peter. Then Peter got down 315 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:25.920 out of the boat, walked on the water, and came 316 00:21:26.079 --> 00:21:34.400 towards Jesus. You know, at jesus invitation, Peter recognizes his voice. 317 00:21:36.119 --> 00:21:39.920 He knows it's his Lord over the side. He goes 318 00:21:41.160 --> 00:21:44.519 out in the rough water. Doesn't matter. He's headed towards Jesus. 319 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:46.920 That's all that matters. That's all he wants. He just 320 00:21:46.960 --> 00:21:50.680 wants more of Jesus. He just wants more of his savior. 321 00:21:50.720 --> 00:21:52.960 He just wants more of the works of Jesus. He 322 00:21:53.039 --> 00:21:55.640 wants to walk in Jesus' power. He wants all that 323 00:21:55.720 --> 00:21:59.720 Jesus will offer him. At that moment, he says, yes, Lord, 324 00:21:59.759 --> 00:22:02.359 I'm coming, and out of the boat he steps and 325 00:22:02.400 --> 00:22:09.480 he's walking on water. He's a walking miracle. There he goes. 326 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:13.279 And I am so struck by the fact that when 327 00:22:13.319 --> 00:22:18.279 I asked this question, the answer is Peter. And that 328 00:22:18.440 --> 00:22:26.599 is who takes the initiative. It's Peter, not the Lord. 329 00:22:27.400 --> 00:22:30.440 It's Peter. And how often do we wait and we 330 00:22:30.519 --> 00:22:33.920 say it and say, okay, if the Lord wants to 331 00:22:33.920 --> 00:22:40.200 do something, then he will. Peter says Lord, if it's 332 00:22:40.240 --> 00:22:50.359 you call me out and I'm coming. Faith is like 333 00:22:50.400 --> 00:22:55.720 a coin with two sides. One side is the faith 334 00:22:55.880 --> 00:23:00.240 of believing, believe what God say He's going to do right, 335 00:23:00.240 --> 00:23:07.759 believing his word, believing in him. The other side is action, 336 00:23:09.519 --> 00:23:16.079 the action of faith. It's what we call risk, because 337 00:23:16.119 --> 00:23:23.000 that kind of faith is spelt risk. And you can 338 00:23:23.119 --> 00:23:25.480 have all the belief of faith you want, but if 339 00:23:25.519 --> 00:23:28.359 you don't have the risk faith to step out and 340 00:23:28.400 --> 00:23:31.559 take action, to go and to move, you don't have faith. 341 00:23:32.400 --> 00:23:34.640 That is faith, and that is the faith of that 342 00:23:34.680 --> 00:23:38.160 we are to have as is disciples of Jesus. That's 343 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:41.079 what he longs for us to have and to walk 344 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.559 in and to be that kind of disciple that we 345 00:23:43.599 --> 00:23:46.720 would step take the initiative and say, Lord, where are 346 00:23:46.720 --> 00:23:49.160 you calling me? Call me out of the boat, call 347 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:51.759 me to take a risk, Call me to step out 348 00:23:51.799 --> 00:23:54.519 of my comfort zone where I feel safe and secure 349 00:23:54.599 --> 00:23:57.960 and comfortable. I don't want to be just a comfortable Christian. 350 00:23:58.200 --> 00:24:07.240 I wanted to be a disciple of you Lord, verse thirty. 351 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:13.240 But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and 352 00:24:13.319 --> 00:24:18.519 he began to sink, and he cried out, Lord, save 353 00:24:18.680 --> 00:24:25.480 me now. The reality is we're frail human beings and 354 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:30.559 we're figuring it out as we go. Reality is, we're not. 355 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:37.960 We don't always have perfect faith. Most of us here 356 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:41.160 have cried out, Lord saved me more than once, maybe 357 00:24:41.240 --> 00:24:45.920 many times. Right, Lord, I need you now, Lord saved me. 358 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:49.559 And that's what Peter does because because he's been getting 359 00:24:49.559 --> 00:24:52.640 distracted on his walk towards the Lord, he got his 360 00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.680 eyes off the Lord. Right, And we can do that too. 361 00:24:56.000 --> 00:24:58.920 We can start make we can take steps forward, and 362 00:24:58.960 --> 00:25:01.319 then we can start going. Well, should I have really 363 00:25:01.359 --> 00:25:04.200 done that? This is too hard or this is scary, 364 00:25:04.359 --> 00:25:07.720 or maybe that was foolish or whatever, But no, the 365 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:11.240 Lord called you, and you go, and you go directly 366 00:25:11.319 --> 00:25:14.839 to him, right. But so Peter faltered, and we can 367 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:19.000 give him grace because we do too. And then he 368 00:25:19.079 --> 00:25:21.519 said the right words, right, the right prayer, Lord save me. 369 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:26.119 That's all you need right now we know that prayer 370 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.440 verse thirty one. Immediately Jesus reached out his hand. Immediately 371 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:34.920 he reached out his hands and caught him. You of 372 00:25:35.000 --> 00:25:40.960 little faith, He said, why did you doubt? No hesitation? 373 00:25:41.079 --> 00:25:43.720 There he is. Peter had nothing to worry about ever, 374 00:25:43.920 --> 00:25:46.000 because the Lord was gonna grab him no matter what. 375 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:51.759 Right is Jesus being a little too hard on Peter? 376 00:25:54.200 --> 00:25:57.319 I believe that Jesus. This is one of those moments 377 00:25:57.359 --> 00:26:01.119 where it's hard to read into. But I think Jesus 378 00:26:01.160 --> 00:26:03.039 said it was with a kind of a grain of 379 00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:08.519 salt tongue cheek sort of thing. Peter, you know, little faith? 380 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:11.000 Why'd you doubt? I think he's probably smiling when he 381 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:14.920 said it. Why do I think that because all he 382 00:26:14.960 --> 00:26:17.640 had to do is look back Peter. All had he 383 00:26:17.759 --> 00:26:19.279 to do is look back over his shoulder at the 384 00:26:19.359 --> 00:26:23.640 eleven sitting in the boat. If Peter had little faith, 385 00:26:23.640 --> 00:26:33.680 they had zero. I think the Lord was so just 386 00:26:33.799 --> 00:26:38.480 so overjoyed by Peter in this moment. I mean, I think, 387 00:26:39.559 --> 00:26:42.720 I mean, what and should Peter have done this? After all? 388 00:26:42.759 --> 00:26:46.319 I mean, maybe he shouldn't have done it. Tell me 389 00:26:46.359 --> 00:26:51.240 somebody else who's walked on water besides Jesus, Not John, 390 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:55.720 you know, not Matthew, not any of their disciples. Peter did. 391 00:26:58.079 --> 00:27:03.440 Peter did Verse thirty two. And when they climbed into 392 00:27:03.480 --> 00:27:06.839 the boat, the wind died down, and for the second time, 393 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:10.119 Jesus calms a storm. Right first time, when he wakes 394 00:27:10.240 --> 00:27:14.359 up the second time when he walks by, and so 395 00:27:15.559 --> 00:27:20.319 certainly the miracle of controlling controlling the wind and the waves. 396 00:27:21.279 --> 00:27:23.440 And then verse thirty three, it says, now those who 397 00:27:23.480 --> 00:27:28.920 were in the boat worshiped him, saying, truly you are 398 00:27:28.960 --> 00:27:35.680 the son of God. Now I will say this that 399 00:27:35.720 --> 00:27:39.519 it's easier to worship the Lord when he's done all 400 00:27:39.559 --> 00:27:45.119 these great things for you, right and his immreily has 401 00:27:45.160 --> 00:27:48.559