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Why Are You So Afraid?

Mark 4:35-41
Sunday March 15, 2020
Pastor Jojo Ma

 
 

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Mark 4:35-41

35 On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, ‘Let us go across to the other side.’ 36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, ‘Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?’ 39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, ‘Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?’ 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

In the New Testament, we see Jesus performing basically 3 types of miracles: his power over disease, his power over demons, and his power over nature.

36 And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. 37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. 38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion.

New Testament scholar Richard Bauckham: “One of the marks of an eyewitness account is irrelevant detail.”

2 Pet 1:16 For we did not follow cleverly devised myths when we made known to you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but we were eyewitnesses of his majesty.

Lk 1:1-4 1 Inasmuch as many have undertaken to compile a narrative of the things that have been accomplished among us, 2 just as those who from the beginning were eyewitnesses and ministers of the word have delivered them to us, 3 it seemed good to me also, having followed all things closely for some time past, to write an orderly account for you, most excellent Theophilus, 4 that you may have certainty concerning the things you have been taught.

37 And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling.

38 But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?”

39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. 40 He said to them, ‘Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?’ 41

And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

Col 1:16 For by him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible.

Gen 1:6-10 6 And God said, ‘Let there be an expanse in the midst of the waters, and let it separate the waters from the waters.’ 7 And God made the expanse and separated the waters that were under the expanse from the waters that were above the expanse. And it was so. 8 And God called the expanse Heaven. And there was evening and there was morning, the second day. 9 And God said, ‘Let the waters under the heavens be gathered together into one place, and let the dry land appear.’ And it was so. 10 God called the dry land Earth, and the waters that were gathered together he called Seas. And God saw that it was good.

Ps 65:7 [God] who stills the roaring of the seas, the roaring of their waves, the tumult of the peoples. Job 12:15 If He withholds the waters, they dry up; if He sends them out, they overwhelm the land.

Ps 77:16 When the waters saw you, O God, when the waters saw you, they were afraid; indeed, the deep trembled.

39 And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, ‘Peace! Be still!’ And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

40 He said to them, ‘Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?’ 41 And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, ‘Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?’

Often we feel like God is just asleep on a cushion, that He’s totally unaware of our situation. It can feel like that, right?

Tim Keller: There’s another way to look at life. If [Jesus] is Lord of the storm, then no matter what shape the world is in – or your life is in – you will find Jesus provides all the healing, all the rest, all the power you could possibly want.

Elisabeth Elliot: God is God, and since He is God, He is worthy of my worship and my service. I will find rest nowhere else but in His will, and that will is necessarily infinitely, immeasurably, unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what He is up to.

Do you know just how much Jesus loves you and cares for you? If you allow the love of Jesus to penetrate into the very core of your being, you will be changed and you will be at rest in life. And you will have the power to handle anything in life that threatens you.

1 Pet 5:7 ...casting all your anxieties on Him, because He cares for you.

This is my Father’s worldO let me ne'er forget
That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the Ruler yet.

This is my Father’s world
why should my heart be sad?

The Lord is King; let the heavens ring! God reigns; let the earth be glad!