TRAVELING WITH JESUS
DON’T LEAVE HOME WITHOUT HIM
MARK 4:35-41
INTRODUCTION:ON A CERTAIN DAY OF PREACHING AND TEACHING ON TOPICS AUCH AS THE PARABLE OF THE SOWER, THE CANDLE UNDER A BUSHEL, RHE COMING HARVEST, THE MUSTARD SEED.JESUS PULLED DOWN THE CURTIAN (ON A LONG DAY) WHEN THE CROWD HAD BEEN SO GREAT THAT HE HAD TAUGHT FROM A BOAT GAVE THE BENEDICTION AND SAID TO HIS DISCIPLES, "LET US CROSS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE". (HE INVITED THEM TO TRAVEL WITH HIM) SO THEY LEFT THE MULTITUDE AND TOOK HIM ALONG IN THE BOAT AS HE WAS. "LET US PASS OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE". (1) SPEAKS OF A JOURNEY WITH JESUS (2) SPEAKS OF A GREAT FELLOWSHIP ON THE OTHER SIDE.
IT IS ALWAYS WISE TO BE SURE WHEN YOU ARE TRAVELING THAT YOU ARE TRAVELING WITH JESUS. IF YOU TRAVEL WITH JESUS HE WILL GO ALL THE WAY.
THE BIBLE SAYS IN VERSE 37 AS THEY TRAVELED OVER THIS GREAT BODY OF WATER "THERE AROSE A GREAT WIND STORM"
THE BIBLE SAYS THIS WAS A TERRIBLE STORM THAT JUST CAME UP WITH OUT A WARNING, THE WIND BEGAN TO BLOW, SO TERRIBLE WAS THIS STORM OF NATURE THAT THE WIND CAUSED WAVES TO RISE UP , RISE UP SO HIGH THAT WATER BEGAN TO FILL THE BOAT. THE BIBLE SAYS THAT NOT ONLY WAS THIS BOAT IN DANGER, BUT THE OTHER SMALL BOATS WHICH WERE COMING ALONG WITH HIM.
THREE POINTS TO THIS TEXT
LESSONS FROM THE STORM
(1) THEY WERE OBEYING, YET THE STORM CAME.
(2) THEY WERE TRAVELING WITH JESUS, YET THE STORM CAME.
(3) THEY WERE IN THE CENTER OF HIS WILL, YET THE STORM CAME.
STORMS COME TO US ALL.
FOR EVERY STORM THERE IS A PURPOSE.
VERSE 38-41
(1) JSESUS KNEW THE STORM WOULD COME.
(2) HE COULD HAVE SENT THE STORM AWAY.
(3) HE CHOSE TO GO THROUGH THE STORM WITH THEM.
THE PURPOSE WAS FOR MEASURING FAITH.
(1) THEY ALSO LEARNED THAT JESUS IS WITH US IN STORMS.
(2) THEY LEARNED THAT HE CAN HANDLE ANY OCCASION.
CLOSING:
THERE ARE DIFFERENT STORMS FOR DIFFERENT PURPOSES.
JONAH’S STORM WAS TO BRING HIM BACK TO THE LORD
THIS STORM WAS TO BUILD THE DISCIPLES FAITH
DON’T JUDGE THE PURPOSE OF SOME ELSE’S STORM.
ACTS 27:
PAUL’S STORM WAS TO PROVIDE WITNESSING OPPORTUNITIES.
PLEASE BE STILL
WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS?
HE INVITES US TO TRAVEL WITH HIM
HE GOES TO THROUGH
HE IS UP TO THE OCASSION
