The Master Of The Seas

The Master of the Seas Matthew 14:22-33

1. Today’s Reading

• Right after the feeding of the 5000 the text says immediately “he made the disciples get into a boat and go on ahead to the other side, while he dismissed the crowds.”

• Jesus goes to a mountain to Pray

• The disciples are on a boat in the Sea of Galilee and the text says, “the winds are against them”.

• Jesus walks on water they see him but they think He is a ghost.

• Peter says if you command me to come unto you He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat, started walking on the water, and came toward Jesus.

• Peter walk on water but begins to sink Jesus tells Peter why did you doubt you of little faith

• Jesus climb into the ship and everything calms down and the disciples said , “Truly you are the Son of God.”

2. One of the most common symbols for the early church was a boat or ship on the water — and often pictured not on calm water but on rough seas. In fact, the word “nave,” which architecturally refers to the main portion of a church sanctuary, comes from the Latin word navis, which means ship. The main worship space of many churches was intentionally built to resemble a ship, or more specifically, Noah’s Ark. As people facing persecution because they were part of the church, Matthew’s readers understood that their ship — the church — was being battered quite severely. In fact, the original Greek reads that the boat was “being tortured” by the waves. Ships mast forms a cross in many images of a ship. Duke Divinity school

3. In the Text the ship is on the sea of Galilee and being tortured

• 24 but by this time the boat, battered by the waves, was far from the land,[a] for the wind was against them.

• This particular sea of Galilee is ever changing more than likely they went out on calm waters when suddenly the waters became violent. The church has went through calm waters and rough waters

• The ship or church has faced many storms persecution; Christianity was illegal during the time of Roman rule until 313 AD. It is said that Nero impaled Christians and set them on fire to light the streets.

• Constantine Roman emperor is converted so that made Christianity tolerated

• The ship or church has been tossed on the sea of disbelief, worldliness, hopelessness

• The ship or church has sailed many places Rome, Thessalonica, Phillpi, Ephesus, Colossae, Corinth, Antioch, Asia Minor. Ephesus Smyrna Pergamos Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea, The ship sailed into Jerusalem but he came to his own but his own received him not

• Its went through good times, bad times, times of rejection, time of corruption, times of messy ness. Time of awakenings

4. Jesus Walks on the Water the disciples saw him walking on the sea, they were terrified, saying, “It is a ghost!” And they cried out in fear. 27 But immediately Jesus spoke to them and said, “Take heart, it is I; do not be afraid.” “What kind of man is this? Even the winds and the waves obey him!” He is the Master of the seas

• The master of the seas walks on water towards the ship or church he came walking toward them on the sea says the text

• The master of the sea stretches’ out his hand to rescue the perishing ones like he reached out his hand to save Peter. He reached out

• Once again he says come unto to me

• The master of the seas climbs into the ship and the storm calms, like he did when he climbed into the fiery furnace Shadrach, Meshach, and Abendego

• The Master of the Sea climbed into the lion’s den with Daniel,

5. We may ask ourselves what is the message in the text?

• Is it If we have enough faith, we will be able to do things as miraculous as Jesus did.”

• Is it if Jesus walked on water and we can to because Peter did

• Maybe the message is despite the battering of our lives and how much deep water we find ourselves in Jesus comes to us like he did on the sea of Galilee

• Maybe the message is that Jesus doesn’t leave us on the stormy sea of life alone

• Maybe the message is He sails with us

• Maybe the message is He is there when waves batter, torture the ship .

• Maybe the message is he will help us guide us to land on heaven shore

• When Jesus is in the ship the winds the waves stop and