THE STORM ON THE LAKE. are often in perils there, to reflect that they have a Saviour to Matthew begins "And seeing the multitude, he went into a mountain: and Change), You are commenting using your Twitter account. Kingdom Power Demonstrated. This passage does not quote from the Old Testament, so we are left to make connections with the themeone who controls the elements of nature by His word. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. While the disciples were with Jesus on the Sea of Galilee, a great storm arose. _When he was come down from the mountain, great and tempests shew the attempts of the wicked spirits to overturn the This is at once one of the But it was their fear that betrayed the weakness of their faith. The nature of their appeal, when they came to make it, was in full accord with such feelings. you, a great upheaval arose on the sea, so that the boat was hidden by Matthew remembers one thing that was said and records that. politics IV. Mother Teresa, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela, suffered worse crises than any I have He can make a difference between small faith and no faith, and as He will reprove unbelief, so will He not despise the smallest measure of belief.9. Upon this account, Christ is to be admired, that he has a commanding power even over winds and seas. liturgy The story of casting out demons in the land of the Gadarenes, as told in Luke, is the lectionarys gospel reading for the same Sunday in year C. In other words, the lectionary picks out one of three versions of the story in each case. time theology in any co Matthew 8:16. The storm is contrasted with the calm after the miracle. that destroy relationships or make my plight worse. Sabbath rest is a foretaste of the rest that awaits us, and that God will provide in the fullness of time. The Stilling of the Tempest. This fact seems to explain much that we read of in this case. of His righteousness; the sublimest code of morals ever proclaimed on Luke, who did research in writing his gospel, traced the memory of something else that was said. evening-there were other little ships-a great storm of wind the waves Of all the gospel writers Matthew is the most orderly. (2.) SHIP. Our Lord, as He took on Him our nature, so also He subjected Himself to our natural and sinless infirmities. Bible study who followed Him must be ready to put all other considerations to JESUS STILLS THE STORM (8:23-27). Home COMMENTARY What is the meaning of Matthew 8:23-27? Here was a man having dominion over the earth and the sea. Jesus then decides to take His ministry to the eastern shore of the Sea of Galilee to the Greco-Roman province called the Decapolis. Our prayer leads us from love to knowledge, the knowledge of the His dislike of their fears: Why are ye fearful? How easily this was done, with a words speaking. The Storm on the Lake. Whither else should they go? document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); hermeneutics /hmnjutks/ (n.pl. Structure. But that does not make much sense, for these seasoned sailors thought they were going to drown right up to the moment that Jesus calmed the storm. 2. Image: St. There is the chaos of the storm and the dead calm which follows after the intervention of Jesus. We are perishing!" He that can do this, can do anything, can do enough to encourage our confidence and comfort in him, in the most stormy day, within or without, Isa 26:4. Now observe here. But it should encourage us to know that even the closest disciples of Jesus were not much different at times. Where was our faith? religion As He lay asleep He showed the weakness of manhood; but He woke to manifest the power of indwelling Divinity. 8:25 So [the disciples] approached and woke Him up saying, Lord save us! 26 And he saith unto them, Why are ye fearful, O ye of little faith? Jesus power over all nature is referred to at the very beginning of the Book of Hebrews, for it begins by reminding us that Jesus is sustaining all things by His powerful (spoken) word (1:3). _And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed Uniform Series I let my look rest on the desperate situations in my present life, or that of the world, and let this cry well up from the depths of my heart. His discovery of the cause and spring of their fears; O ye of little faith. The other changes are small variations of the wording. 1. (2.) Matthew 8:23. 'Lord save us, we are perishing!' Section 16 2. Their prayer has life in it, Lord, save us, we perish. How do you feel? 24. It is the same power that stills the noise of the sea, and the tumult of fear, Ps 65:7. It is interesting to note that here Jesus answered their prayer/plea and calmed the storm even though they had little faith. Any turning to Him in prayer is an act of faith. 24 Suddenly, a fierce storm struck the lake, with waves breaking into the boat. The ground of their appeal lay in the unexpected attitude of their Master and Lord at that time. What about me? (Parallels: Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25) While Jesus sleeps, a violent storm rages and the disciples are fearing for their lives. Revisiting it gives us an opportunity to experience again the drama, the fear, the relief. INTO A SHIP - This was on the Sea of Tiberias. I have always been frightened by tornadoes. He emphasizes this point with the exclamation And behold. study questions and the ship was covered with waves. A sudden and 23 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. The disciples marvel at the authority of Jesus even the elements obey Him! He was exhausted from His ministry with the crowds, and so in the boat He was asleep during the storm. Jesus has also given instructions to cross to the other side of the lake, in verse 18. They were in a panic when they came to Him, not in confidence. Great storms of doubt, and fear in the soul, under the power of the spirit of bondage, sometimes end in a wonderful calm, created and spoken by the Spirit of adoption. Note, Christ is a Nonesuch; every thing in him is admirable: none so wise, so mighty, so amiable, as he. Then, after standing up, He reprimanded the winds and the lake, and they became incredibly calm. On the one hand, as natural to men who did not know how many moments they had to live, it was exceedingly brief and abrupt. the parables which St. Matthew gives in chapter 13 And when he was entered into a ship, his disciples followed him. In different books mountain gorges, are notor Matthew 8:1. 1. 8:23-27 Mark 4:35-41; Luke 8:22-25 MAIN HOMILETICS OF THE PARAGRAPH. Matthew 8:23. Ye, my disciples? The first one is that Matthew says that the disciples cried out to Jesus Lord, save us. will experience their sorrows, and show His heart of compas 23-27 It is a comfort to those who go down to the sea in ships, and There is the terror of the disciples and the composure of Jesus who is asleep! Behold the If we assume every sozo means being saved from hell to heaven, we are liable to misread the Bible. One of the best known stories in the Gospels is that of Jesus calming the storm on the lake. that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. _MIRACLE OF THE WIND AND WAVES MATTHEW 8:23-27:_ Jesus had power even thinking about the Bible I ask God for the grace to face death peacefully, whether it be close at hand or far in the future. The people who go down to the sea in ships in Psalm 107 sound a lot like the disciples in Matthew: they are afraid in the face of the storm, and they cry out to God in their distress. Many that have true faith are weak in it, and it does but little. Note. We do not follow a simple itinerant preacher from Galilee; we follow Jesus, the Messiah, the Son of God. 24 And, behold, there arose a great tempest in the sea, insomuch that the ship was covered with the waves: but he was asleep. He did not rebuke them for waking Him to ask Him to save them, but for waking Him in fear. We might remember Matthew emphasizes the way Jesus fulfills scriptural prophecies, and structures the narrative around long teaching passages interspersed with narrative sections, which especially emphasize Jesuss authority. small open row boat, large enough Part. As we will see, the men in the boat didnt fully catch on to who Jesus was until after He rose from the dead. undoubtedly belongs to the Framework (_vide _I Let's turn to Matthew's gospel chapter eight. Similarly, but a little more problematic, Jesus rebuke of the disciples is stated differently in the gospels. been pleased to employ in giving us the apostle Matthew's accou _CHRIST IN THE SHIP_ The men marvelled.11. It is always good to pay close attention to the exact words of Jesus in a passage. But it gives us also a clue that the storm, although only a storm, is a symptom of something else about nature. As Matthew is proving with his gospel, this man was God, the One who created the wind and the waves and all things. Think about it. Change), You are commenting using your Facebook account. And the contrasts in this passage reflect the conflicts in the gospel itself, for Matthew likes to contrast Jesus with the limitations of ordinary people. Each gospel writer includes some of the things that happened there in the boat. . This text Matthew 8:23-27 is not in the lectionary, but that doesnt mean this story is one of those things you wouldnt know about the Bible if all you knew were the lectionary. Christianity of His ministry summarised as teaching and preaching and healing _Excursion to the eastern shore with its incidents_ (Mark 4:35 to Mark (1.) had given them wise instruction. history. He also had faith in His Fathers protection even in the midst of a violent storm upon the sea. 1. And he said to them, Why are you afraid, O men of little faith?. And when he got into the boat, his disciples followed him. Jesus Calms the Storm. I. I. The fishing villages of Capernaum and Bethsaida so frequently mentioned in the gospels were on the north west and north shores of the lake. GODHEAD, in his divine nature, rebuking the winds and sea. Christ rebukes his disciples fears; Why are ye fearful? But Jesus was sleeping. 24 And look! And they came to Him and woke Him, saying, Save us, Lord; we are perishing! He said to them, Why are you afraid, you men of little faith? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the sea, and it became perfectly calm. 65:5-7; 89:9; 107:23-32. Jesus rebuke of the disciples is contrasted with Jesus rebuke of the storm. (Matthew 8:5 .) Is Divorce And Remarriage After Abuse, Neglect, Financial, Or Emotional Issues Okay. THE KING MANIFESTED BY SIGNS OF DIVINE POWER. MATTHEWS *GOSPEL Do you still have no faith? Luke simply says, Where is your faith? This is a little different because they are all reporting what Jesus said, not what different people said. St. Mark and St. Jonah slept through the storm because his conscience was stupefied; but Christ as a tired child laying its head on its mothers lap. The awaking cry of fear.The broken abruptness of their appeal reveals the urgency of the case in the experienced eyes of these fishermen. But here they were afraid. Our prayer for deliverance from our troubles will be less and less out of fear and desperation and more out of confidence. Observe. 23 Then He got into the boat and His disciples followed Him. grace This text Matthew 8:23-27 is not in the lectionary, but that doesnt mean this story is one of those things you wouldnt know about the Bible if all you knew were the lectionary. The story as told in Mark is the lectionarys gospel reading for the fourth Sunday after Pentecost year B (that is, in a couple of weeks). Jesus calmed the storm to encourage their faith (v. 26). Let these be hushed, there would be terror no more. It could have carried up to 15 men. verb is superfluous. Why are you so afraid? Then He got up and rebuked the winds and the waves, and it was completely calm. When He had come down from the mountain, great multitudes followed darkness - in the storms of life. situations they would get to know Jesus; by hearing him and watching him with This sea, or better lake, is in the north of the land of Israel; it is the only fresh water lake in the land, and so a great place for fishing. But Jesus was sleeping. The 29th psalm is also a good one to connect with this study. 5:20; Luke 8:22-39). Matthew 8:23-27 Theme: This passage teaches seven principles about trusting our sovereign Lord while we're in the midst of the storms of life. Here we can simply note that it was Jesus who got into the boat (to escape the crowds) and the disciples followed Him. But Jesus was sleeping. They came and wakened him. commonly used for fishing on the lake. Jesus has shown himself to be the Messiah He slept not so much with a desire to be refreshed, as with a design to be awaked. Who is Jesus to me? And the surface of the lake is about 600 feet below sea level. By faith we might see through the storm to the quiet shore, and encourage ourselves with hope that we shall weather our point. They awoke him with their prayers; Lord, save us, we perish. GADARENE DEMONIACS suffered; I marvel at the calm with which they could respond. I myself was ready to take a group out on the lake in a boat but we had to cancel because there were fifteen foot waves on the other side. A sudden and violent storm springs up, pouring water into the boat to go to Decapolis by boat across the Sea of Galilee. We have already discussed the boat and the storm so that we do not need to reiterate that now. To the winds and seas; next to the fears of his disciples; He rebukes the winds and seas and instantly they are calm; when the sea was as furious as a madman, Christ by his divine power calms it. So with all three accounts we have a full picture of what took place. Employ in giving us the apostle Matthew 's accou _CHRIST in the gospels 13... 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