Do You Know Him

In the verses we have just read, we see where Jesus has been teaching His disciples. He is teaching them in the form of parable, when the multitude grows large and wants to listen to them. Jesus then wants to take His disciples across the sea so that they could do some studying by themselves. They are on their way to Gadarenes and Jesus falls asleep in the hinder parts of the boat. As they are on their way, a storm approaches and begins to rock the boat. The disciples become scared of the storm and fearful. So they wake Jesus up and ask Him to do something. Jesus rebukes the wind, and he commands the sea to stand still. Of course, the people are amazed at the fact that even the winds and the sea obey His voice. They begin to ask themselves the question, "What manner of man is this?"

I want to ask you that same question and use it to preach on the thought,

What manner of man is this, the type that can calm a troubled sea? This is a man who can speak peace to a broken heart. He can heal the blinded eyes. What type of man is this? He is a man like no other. There has never been another man like him before and there will never be one like him again. Look at who he was, He was 100% man, and yet He was 100% God. He walked upon this earth 33 years (the number 33 meaning promise) and never sinned. He lived a perfect life in every way. He could not have sinned if He wanted to. And even at the very mention of the name Jesus, all of hell trembles and all of heaven stood still.

What type of man is this that can cause such a great reaction? Everywhere He went, He drew a crowd. Everybody wanted to get a glimpse of him, and a touch of this man named Jesus. Through the years, many people have been beaten for this man. Others have paid the ultimate sacrifice of their lives for Him. What manner of man is this, that He causes such a reaction? I want you to notice some things about Him this morning that will show us exactly why He causes the reaction that He does.

First of all, let me say that He is a saving man. The Bible says in Acts 4:12, “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.” He is the only one that can save our never dying souls this is Jesus. Our salvation is not depending upon our good deeds. It is not in baptism. It is not in your good looks or your money. The only way that you we will be ever see heaven is through his shed blood. Jesus said in John 14:6, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me. So the first thing that I see about this man is that He is a saving man. Jesus said I am the way. He did not say that He was a way, He said I am the way. My brother and sister’s, David teaches in the 40th Psalm that you and I were in a horrible pit.

We were sunk down in the mire and the mud of this world. There was

nothing that we could do to get out of that pit.

We had tried climbing but we could not seem to get anywhere. There was no way for us to climb out of the pit. We tried calling for help, and some people stopped by to try to help us out, but they could help us out.

I’m reminded of a man that fell into a pit and couldn’t get himself out.

A SUBJECTIVE person came along and said:

"I FEEL for you, down there."

An OBJECTIVE person came along and said: "It’s logical that someone would fall, down there."

A CHRISTIAN SCIENTIST came along: "You only THINK that you are in a pit."

A PHARISEE said: "Only BAD people fall into a pit."

A MATHEMATICIAN calculated HOW he fell into the pit.

A NEWS REPORTER wanted the exclusive story on his pit.

A FUNDAMENTALIST said: "You DESERVE your pit."

CONFUCIUS said; "If you would have listened to me, you would not be in that pit."

BUDDHA said: "Your pit is only a state of mind."

A REALIST reminded him: "That’s a PIT."

A GEOLOGIST told him to appreciate the rocks layers in the pit.

AN EVOLUTIONIST said: "You are a rejected mutant destined to be removed from the evolutionary cycle." In other words, you are going to