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Matthew 8:23 Now when He got into a boat, His disciples followed Him. 24 And suddenly a great tempest arose on the sea, so that the boat was covered with the waves. But He was asleep. 25 Then His disciples came to Him and awoke Him, saying, “Lord, save us! We are perishing!”

26 But He said to them, “Why are you fearful, O you of little faith?” Then He arose and rebuked the winds and the sea, and there was a great calm. 27 So the men marveled, saying, “Who can this be, that even the winds and the sea obey Him?”

 

 

The sea of Galilee was 13 miles long, 3-4 miles wide, 680 ft below sea level and was sided by canyons and mountainous hills… the sea would heat up and cold winds would funnel through the canyons and hit the sea with a massive force…

        Now it wasn’t that the disciples hadn’t known this… everyone knew this could happen… but they thought if Jesus said get in the boat and lets go that it would automatically mean they would be safe…

*sometimes when God tells us to go do something we think it means we will not be at danger.

 

 

THESE MEN HAVE BEEN IN STORMS AS FISHERMEN… BUT THEIR FEAR TELLS US IT WAS A ONCE IN A LIFETIME STORM…

*WHEN DONNY GOT EXCITED I GOT EXCITED…”GET THE NET, GET BOTH NETS!”

 

 

In the greek you can see the juxtaposition of “A great windstorm” and “A great calm”. 

*Even sharkies take time to calm down… but not when Jesus calms a storm.

 

Why? 

 

Why did the disciples wake him? To save them… they had faith he could do something… he was not SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN… he was not disappointed in their faith in him… he was disappointed in their lack of faith THROUGH him (i.e. he was disappointed they did not have the faith to do something) 

He goes to sleep as if to say… look if anything happens you handle it! 

 

Why did he ask? Was he asking if they had faith in him? Or faith to calm the storm?

Again… (IN THEIR MINDSET HE WAS ASKING) why aren’t you a God… this is why they are now even more fearful and confused.