Welcome to Faith
Chapel, I'm Evangelist
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Roger Duncan from
Trinidad and Tobago,
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South Caribbean Conference.
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My subject today is,
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when storm comes, let's pray.
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Father, thank you for this day,
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thank you for the
divine privilege of
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working with you,
to be called laborers
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with you in this
work. Be with us today,
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ignite this word.
Let it come alive,
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make it clear, make it powerful,
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attend unto you
dear Lord and bless
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your people, in Jesus name amen.
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I'll be reading out
of the book of Mark.
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The book of Mark
the sixth chapter from
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verse 45 to 50.
Mark chapter 6:45 to 50.
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And straight way He
constrained His disciples
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to get into the ship,
and to go to the other
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side before unto Bethsaida,
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while he sent away the people.
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And when he had sent them away.
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He departed into
a mountain to pray.
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And when evening was come,
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the ship was in
the midst of the sea,
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and he alone on the
land. And he saw them
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toiling and rowing.
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For the wind was
contrary unto them,
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and about the fourth
watch of the night he
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cometh unto them,
walking upon the sea,
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and would have passed by them.
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But when they say
him walking upon the sea,
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they supposed it
had been a spirit,
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and cried out
for they all saw him,
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and were
troubled. And immediately he
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talked with them.
And saith unto them,
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Be of good cheer,
it is I, be not afraid.
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I wanna use this
passage not so much
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to do an exposition
of it, but use it as
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a spring board to
paint some picture
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of Jesus and how we operate it.
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Now Jesus did 13 of
his miracles by water.
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And there was reason for it.
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Remember the
children of Israel were from
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a bed ridden
society. They were like desert
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people and so water
was very important to them.
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Many people in
that ancient time build
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there cities by
systems and aqueducts,
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and well, water was a
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very important thing.
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But even though
water was very important
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and a very important commodity,
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it also has, had some ominous
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things about
it. Because it's the
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water that drowned
the people in Noah's day.
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It's the water that
was parted and Pharaoh's
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army and chosen
chariots were swollen up.
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And so by the
time Jesus was in the
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scene of action.
Water was also known
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to like the lake of
Galilee was also known
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to posses some
powerful demonic powers that,
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that anybody that could
quiet a storm for example
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will be considered powerful.
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And so sometimes,
every blow of cool
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air of the golden
heights and as the hot air
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rises and the cool
air descends there will be
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turbulence on the
lake of Galilee and that
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turbulence will
call people to be afraid
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because it can happen suddenly.
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So even though out
of the sea of Galilee
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they could come
fish and good things,
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the people always
had at the back of
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their minds that
there is some power,
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some demon that,
that is down there.
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Hence the reason
why when Jesus cast
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the demons and the pigs.
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They went in to the
water, because the water
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was considered an abyss,
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a bad place. Now because Jesus
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is a profound deep teacher.
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He is a
consummate great teacher,
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when He called His
disciples He call them
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by the sea, He
call them by water.
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Now I wanna say
something about the call.
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I found God that He doesn't
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call the
qualified, but He qualifies
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the called. I
want you to get that.
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God does not call the qualified,
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but He qualifies the call.
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God calls you even
though you think you're bad,
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even though you
think you cannot do it,
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you don't have the
gift, God calls you and
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in the process of serving Him,
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He qualifies you.
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And so do not be
intimidated by where
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you are now, God is calling
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you to something higher.
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So when God called
Peter. He said, he told him,
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he say, thou art
Simon, but thou shall be,
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thou art but thou shall be,
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in other words
you're this now but when
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I'm finished with
you thou shall be.
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So God calls you how you are,
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but He doesn't
leave how you are.
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He carries you
further that is why when
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we are praising this gospel.
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We are casting
out our net and we're
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saying come as you are.
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You come to Jesus as you are,
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but then He makes you to what He
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wants you to be. Now to make
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it more
practical. Some people know
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thou art. Thou art Peter,
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thou art a curse,
a person that curse,
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thou art a
fornicator, thou art adulterer,
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thou art this, thou art that.
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But you don't get
intimidated when people
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know who you are
now, be happy for what
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you shall be in Jesus Christ.
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So Jesus called his
disciples by the sea.
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He called all of
them and He called them as
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fishermen to be fishers of men.
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Now these
disciples were not idol,
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often times in the
scripture whether you are
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talking about soul
when he was looking
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for his father's
donkey or he talking about the
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Elisha tending
his yoke of asses and
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all these things.
Jesus called busy people.
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The disciples
were doing something,
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a lot of people sit
down on their chairs
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and they say
God is not using me,
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the church is not
using me or this and
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that or the other.
The thing is God often
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time call busy
people. David was tending his
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father's sheep
when God called him.
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Moses was in
Midian tending sheep when
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God called him. God calls you,
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you do something
and in the process you
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see God calling
you and so He called
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the disciples by
water. And He called them by
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the sea and there is
a specific reason once
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you follow me to the
end, you will get it.
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But I want you get this point,
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so remember this
one as I transition to
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the other point.
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Jesus being a master
teacher just before He died.
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Made His way to
Caesarea Philippi
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with His disciples.
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And when you reach in
Caesarea Philippi there
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was Mount Hermon,
one of the highest
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mountain and the
water use to descend in
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Mount Hermon
there and use to gushed.
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Now note water
again. At the base of
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Mount Hermon
there was a large tone
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and a cave with a
hole. Now the heathen
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people in Caesarea
Philippi which was one of
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the worst Hellenistic
place of the time where
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they use to have
sexual orgies and do that
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in order for their
God Baal and Asherah
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and all these
God pan to interact,
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inter-relate with
each other and in other
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words as a result of
that produce vegetation and
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allow the land to
be fertile and they
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worship their
Gods. Now Jesus at the
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end of his life,
in the graduation
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service of a
disciple is carrying them in a
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bad place to teach
a particular lesson.
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Now when Jesu reach there,
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He ask his disciples
who do say man say I am
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and some of them says,
some say you're Jeremiah,
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some say you're
Elias, some say you're that,
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now notice. There will always
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be a some say in your life.
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There will always be
somebody saying you're
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this and saying you're that.
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The most important
thing in life is for you
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to know who God says you are.
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Because it is
who He says you are,
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you are. Because as I
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told you God will
call you a mighty man of
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valor when your shaking
and trembling in a flesh
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and flow like Gideon.
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And so you need to
know who God says you are.
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And so God called
them by sea along them,
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by the mount, by the base
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of Mount Hermon,
who do men say I am?
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Now Peter, who
always talks says,
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that though art the Christ,
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the Son of the
living God, and Jesus says
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something very
profound, He says upon this
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rock I will build my
church and the gates of
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hell shall not
prevail against it.
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Now of course we
know that many Theologians
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explain this to me and
rightly showed that upon
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this profession of
faith. Upon this profession
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that Jesus Christ
is the Son of God,
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that rock profession
and that basis he has
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build his church, not on Peter.
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But there, because
Jesus was so practical and
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profound in His
teaching there is another
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meaning that many people miss.
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Jesus had them in a
specific location to
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make a specific
point. Because right there
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at the base of Mount Hermon,
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there is that
there that large rock.
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Where their Gods
and Goddesses common
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God and Goddesses
that was there still and
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that hole which was a cave,
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that was considered a gate.
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So in a particular
season God pan will go
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down and hide and then
when it comes to spring
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time he will comeback
up and the people will give
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that God praise
thinking that is he that caused
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rain and he
that caused sunshine.
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So Jesus brought His church.
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His disciples at that very spot.
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In a place where
resembles hell and
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says upon this
rock not only the,
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the profession that Peter make,
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but upon this
rock, upon this very spot
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I will build my
church. And the gates of hell.
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The gate that the
God pan goes in will not
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be able to
prevail, so he here's point.
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God wants His people,
His church not just to
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surround
themselves with stain glasses,
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in a comfortable
building in their comfort zone.
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He wants them where
Satan himself dwells,
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because we are
the ones that have to
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confront the gates
of hell and take the
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captives from
hell. We are the ones
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that storm the
citadel of hell and change
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captivity into
captive. Rescue these people,
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bring them from
hell. And so God wants
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Christians to be
confrontational to
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address the issues of their day.
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And so that is why
we're addressing the
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commandments and
all the things that
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are ill in our
society, because God expects
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his people to take a firm stand.
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Because Jesus
said upon this rock,
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in this very place
that the devil has setup
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his kingdom is the
place I want my church
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to take an
offensive. No longer do we
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want to sit by
and see the world be
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lost to Satan, but
we're coming after you
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hence the reason
why this gospel is
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being preached, because we're
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sending it out that
you could be rescued
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from the pit of hell.
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And so Jesus had
that profound lesson
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for your
disciples. And so in this
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particular case where he was by
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water to do that. Jesus now has
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preached the
sermon, He has fed many
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thousands of
people with bread and fish
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and all these
things and they are happy,
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and they want to make Him King.
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So Jesus now goes up
in a mountain to pray.
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Now this is the point.
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Anytime you do something well,
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you preach well, you sing well,
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you do your job
well and people want to
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praise you and make you King,
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be careful, that's the time
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to run and go to
the mountain to pray,
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so it doesn't go to your head.
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And so Jesus went
up to mountain to pray
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and He sent His
disciples in the sea,
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in the lake. While they were
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there in the
lake, of course suddenly
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a storm came. Now because
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of the storm the
disciples were there fighting
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and toiling and
fighting and toiling and they
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were not getting anywhere.
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And the Bible says that
Jesus had not come until
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the fourth watch of the night.
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Jesus was watching His
disciples in the storm.
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Now you have to
remember that a storm,
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the sea, water meant
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that it's a bad thing going on,
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there are demons here and so the
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disciples are afraid.
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And so Jesus wants to
teach a profound lesson.
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He's in the
mountain and He is looking
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at His disciples.
Now sometimes Jesus
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see you in your
trials, in your tribulation,
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rowing, having an rough time,
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but He is
waiting, because there are
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lessons that He wants to teach.
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Jesus wants to teach
that He is the master
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of the sea. He is the
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master over
demons, He is the master
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over nature. He needs his
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disciples to
understand that and so even
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though He wants His
church to being operate
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in the midst of trial,
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in the midst of prosecution,
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in the midst of hell really.
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Even though that is the case He
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has over seen
us, He is looking at
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us and He is in
charge of everything.
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Now here what's the Bible says.
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It says that, and He had sent
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them away and He
departed into the
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mountain to pray.
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Verse 47, And
when evening was come,
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the ship was in
the midst of the sea,
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and he alone on the land.
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And he saw them
toiling and rowing.
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And the wind was
contrary unto them in the
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fourth watch of the
night, but Jesus didn't come
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and eventually when
He came He looked like He
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was passing them by.
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Now in another
passage where the Bible is
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speaking about the same story.
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It talks about and
it was dark and Jesus
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had not come. Using a tense,
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a pure perfect
tense is that it was dark
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and it could not
get any darker and Jesus
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had not come. So sometimes
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your experience is
dark, you've toiled the
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first watch, you've toiled
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the second
watch. You've toiled the
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third watch and it
seems like Jesus had not come.
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I'm suggesting to
us that do not give up,
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do not give up toiling
and rowing do not give up.
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Because once you
stay on the ship that's
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the important
thing. Some people when
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they see that there are trials,
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when they see
that they've trouble,
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when they see that
there are temptation
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they bailout, but it is worse
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outside then
inside. It is better to take
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the problems inside the kingdom.
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Take the
problems inside the ship,
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because at the
end of it Jesus will
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quite your storm.
But if you bailout
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now I'm talking to
back sliders at this stage,
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you've left the
kingdom, you bailout,
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you leave because of the wind.
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You leave because of the storm,
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but your life is no better off,
00:16:30.92\00:16:33.21
but if you stay in
the ship and you row and
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you continue on
you'll notice that Jesus will
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show up and do you
what Jesus has a way
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of coming on what
I call the 25th hour.
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When it seems like all is over,
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all has ended
Jesus comes in and then
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works His miracle,
so that nobody could
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get the glory. He likes to show
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up at the 25th
hour. And so the disciples
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were rowing and
toiling and it seems like Jesus
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was passing
them by when He came.
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But the Bible
says, But when they say
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him walking upon the
sea, they suppose it had
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been a spirit, and cried out for
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they all saw him,
and were troubled.
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And immediately
he talked with them.
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And saith unto them,
Be of good cheer it is I,
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be not afraid. Do not be afraid
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when storm comes.
Storms are important,
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do you know it is
when storm comes and wind
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beat vehemently
upon trees in the forest.
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It is that beating of
the wind and the vehemently
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of it that caused the
tree to get strong roots
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and be strong as they grow up.
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It is as trouble.
It is troubled that
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causes us to go.
Get use to trouble.
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It has a way
when you reach on the
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other side of
trouble, you realize your
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better off. In fact the
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Bible says in this
way that God prepares
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a table before me in
the presence of my enemy.
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In other words God
likes to provide for His
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servants in the
midst of your enemies.
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So if you see your
enemies around you,
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it could the storm. It
could be a bad barrage,
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it could be people
talking against you,
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it could be people in
the job that is plotting
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to take your
place. When you see your
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enemies God says that
He is able to provide and
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prepare a table
before you in the presence
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of your enemies.
So when you see your
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enemies just take out
your knife and fork and
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begin to get ready to
eat, because certainly as
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soon as the storm goes
you discover that on the
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other side of a
storm Jesus has a meal.
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So just continue
rowing, continue moving,
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don't worry Jesus is
there and Jesus is saying,
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be not afraid it
is I. I'm the master
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of the storm.
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And in verse 51 it
says, And he went up onto
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in the ship and the
wind sees and the storm is,
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in themselves
beyond measure and wonder.
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The reason why they
were amazed is because
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Jesus quiet the
storm. In other places Jesus
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stood in the midst of the sea,
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in the midst of a bad place,
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in the midst of
place that those people in
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those days thought
was demonic and said
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to the water,
and said to the sea,
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please be still and
it had to stay still.
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Jesus was trying to
show that I've conquered the
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devil and I will
conquer him and I want to give
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you the victory over
the seas in your life.
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I wanna give you
the victory over the
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storms in your life.
Now Jesus spoke peace
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to the wind, peace to the storm
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and the storm had to get quite.
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The reason for that
is because Jesus had
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peace within
Him. You cannot speak
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out what you don't have in.
00:20:06.81\00:20:09.87
I want you to get that point.
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You cannot speak out
what you don't have in.
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Jesus had peace within Him,
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so that He
could speak out peace.
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Now that's a
very important point,
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because many people
try to give out what
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they don't have in.
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And so I could
remember as a young preacher
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passing on our
college where they trained
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people to preach.
I use to hear young
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preachers trying to
imitate great men of God
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and speak like them
and gesticulate like them,
00:20:39.93\00:20:43.98
intonation like
them, because they thought
00:20:43.99\00:20:47.14
that the power of
the preacher was in his
00:20:47.15\00:20:50.92
voice and intonation,
but they will discover
00:20:50.93\00:20:54.33
that the power of
the minister was in his
00:20:54.34\00:20:56.84
inner strength
what he had inside.
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And so when Jesus
spoke at the storm,
00:20:59.00\00:21:01.27
He was speaking what He had in.
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And so when He
spoke the sea is still,
00:21:04.52\00:21:07.31
so that we should
try always to have that
00:21:07.32\00:21:09.90
inner
experience, inner strength,
00:21:09.91\00:21:11.75
so that we can
speak to the storm.
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In other words just
like this other point
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the Bible says out of
the abundance of the heart
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the mouth will
speak, and so while it's
00:21:19.32\00:21:22.86
important to learn
how to speak and to learn
00:21:22.87\00:21:26.12
how to give proper grammar,
00:21:26.13\00:21:27.88
the training of mouth
is not as important as
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the training of the heart.
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Because once the
heart has an abundance
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it will come out.
And so Jesus is modeling
00:21:36.46\00:21:39.88
for His
disciples. He is showing them
00:21:39.89\00:21:42.21
it is His word against the wind.
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Whatever He says,
so He says to the wind
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peace be still. It has to still,
00:21:47.99\00:21:50.38
because God wants us
to have that confidence
00:21:50.39\00:21:53.35
in His word, so that we could
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know when storm comes
we could trust in Jesus.
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Now what is not worthy over this
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particular story, it took place
00:22:03.20\00:22:05.49
under the lake of Galilee.
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The fresh water 12
miles long and about
00:22:08.26\00:22:11.17
eight miles wide,
and this is a place
00:22:11.18\00:22:14.37
that Peter and James and John
00:22:14.38\00:22:15.99
got their
livelihood. But it was also a
00:22:16.00\00:22:19.25
troubling place, a
place of trouble that
00:22:19.26\00:22:22.79
Jesus carried them
by so that He could
00:22:22.80\00:22:25.24
teach them profound lesson.
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Now watch this
point verse 51 and 52,
00:22:27.94\00:22:30.40
And he went onto
them into the ship,
00:22:30.41\00:22:34.74
and the wind sees
and they were so amazed
00:22:34.75\00:22:37.99
in themselves
beyond measure and wonder.
00:22:38.00\00:22:41.01
But I just wanna
stretch it a little
00:22:41.90\00:22:43.53
bit to verse 52.
It says, For they
00:22:43.54\00:22:46.93
considered not the
miracle of the loaves for
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their hearts was hardened.
00:22:51.38\00:22:53.46
They considered not
the miracle of the loaves
00:22:54.17\00:22:58.33
and fish for their
heart was hardened.
00:22:58.34\00:23:00.73
Now watch this,
what made the storms
00:23:00.74\00:23:06.07
and the
roughness of the water so
00:23:06.08\00:23:09.17
terrible to the
disciples, because they forgot
00:23:09.18\00:23:12.83
that Jesus had
just fed five thousand.
00:23:12.84\00:23:16.13
Now here's the
point, if you remember what
00:23:16.14\00:23:20.10
God has done
for you in the past.
00:23:20.11\00:23:22.69
When you watch your resume,
00:23:23.73\00:23:25.52
you can say God if
you saw my children go
00:23:25.53\00:23:30.80
to school and you
help me to raise my kids.
00:23:30.81\00:23:33.76
You help with my
marriage, you paid for me to
00:23:34.06\00:23:36.75
send them
college, you helped me in
00:23:36.76\00:23:38.36
this situation.
Certainly you can
00:23:38.37\00:23:40.74
take me through this.
What makes a storm rough,
00:23:40.75\00:23:44.39
what makes child
rough, is that when we don't
00:23:44.40\00:23:48.09
remember what God
has just done for us.
00:23:48.10\00:23:51.14
The children of
Israel went through that.
00:23:51.91\00:23:53.99
every single individual
will go through a storm.
00:23:54.00\00:23:58.43
Every single
individual will go through
00:23:58.83\00:24:01.56
a wilderness. The length of time
00:24:01.57\00:24:04.06
in the wilderness is dependent
00:24:04.07\00:24:06.17
upon your
attitude. If you complain in
00:24:06.18\00:24:08.74
the storm, if you,
00:24:08.75\00:24:10.46
if you murmur in
the storm instead of
00:24:10.47\00:24:13.06
taken 40 days, it
may take you 40 years.
00:24:13.07\00:24:16.31
But if you learn to
praise God in your storms,
00:24:16.64\00:24:20.15
when storm comes
give God a praise thank
00:24:20.16\00:24:23.66
Him for the storm say Amen,
00:24:23.67\00:24:25.81
say hallelujah,
you'll discover that
00:24:25.82\00:24:28.49
all the storm is
into your life is to
00:24:28.50\00:24:33.25
make you great, all
the storm is in your
00:24:33.26\00:24:36.21
life is to make you see worthy.
00:24:36.22\00:24:39.34
All you've to do is
to remember your past,
00:24:40.07\00:24:43.60
remember what
God had done for you,
00:24:43.61\00:24:46.53
but the nice interesting
thing about this text.
00:24:46.54\00:24:48.83
He told them let's
go over to Bethsaida.
00:24:49.50\00:24:52.83
Now if you know the
geography of the lake
00:24:53.54\00:24:56.42
of Galilee you'll
discover that they left
00:24:56.43\00:25:00.41
Capernaum and they
were going to Bethsaida,
00:25:00.42\00:25:03.11
but when the story ends.
00:25:03.12\00:25:05.36
They ended in
Genezareth and so they
00:25:05.37\00:25:08.53
ended up in a
different place then where
00:25:08.54\00:25:11.60
they were going.
00:25:11.61\00:25:12.58
They ended up in
a different place
00:25:13.15\00:25:16.08
all entirely.
00:25:16.09\00:25:17.56
But even though
they ended in a different
00:25:19.65\00:25:22.12
place the lesson is this,
00:25:22.13\00:25:23.17
you just keep on rowing
in the direction that God
00:25:23.18\00:25:29.19
sends you and even
though you end up in
00:25:29.20\00:25:32.08
a different place He
has provision for you.
00:25:32.27\00:25:35.22
I need for you
to get that point,
00:25:35.23\00:25:36.49
you keep on
rowing they were going to
00:25:37.37\00:25:39.75
Bethsaida He told them that,
00:25:39.76\00:25:41.19
but they end up in Genezareth.
00:25:41.20\00:25:42.73
And so all they
have to do is keep on
00:25:43.49\00:25:45.53
rowing just keep on going,
00:25:45.54\00:25:48.23
just keep on going
in the direction of your
00:25:48.24\00:25:50.72
faith into the
direction God calls you even
00:25:50.73\00:25:54.04
though you end up in Genezareth.
00:25:54.05\00:25:55.89
Because when they
reached onto other side
00:25:56.13\00:25:58.39
they met a
demon. And a demon man
00:25:58.40\00:26:01.93
that the preparation of
going to the storm would
00:26:01.94\00:26:06.13
have prepared them
for that other challenge,
00:26:06.14\00:26:08.30
so that every storm you
go through in your life,
00:26:08.92\00:26:11.83
every trial you go
through in your life God
00:26:11.84\00:26:15.15
is preparing you for a
00:26:15.16\00:26:16.76
different level
and different levels
00:26:16.77\00:26:19.88
bring different
devils. The higher you go,
00:26:19.89\00:26:23.45
the more
challenges you will face.
00:26:23.46\00:26:25.59
In this life my
brother and sisters.
00:26:25.88\00:26:28.25
In this life
viewing audience they'll
00:26:28.42\00:26:30.61
always be
trouble, there will always
00:26:30.62\00:26:33.00
be storm, but the thing is,
00:26:33.01\00:26:34.76
the thing about
the storm is that you
00:26:34.77\00:26:37.06
don't allow
what's on the outside to
00:26:37.07\00:26:39.74
get in the
inside. What makes a boat
00:26:39.75\00:26:42.51
sink is when the
things on the outside get
00:26:42.52\00:26:46.10
you on the
inside. So that you keep
00:26:46.11\00:26:48.35
the water out and
what you keep inside of you
00:26:48.36\00:26:51.05
is the fact that
your God told you
00:26:51.06\00:26:53.37
we are going over
to the other side.
00:26:53.38\00:26:56.24
Once His word say to
you that you're going
00:26:56.68\00:26:59.61
over to the other
side believe me at the
00:26:59.62\00:27:02.35
end of the
sentence, at the end of the
00:27:02.36\00:27:04.17
day you will be
where He say you will be.
00:27:04.18\00:27:07.36
Just continue on God
word in spite of what
00:27:07.79\00:27:10.81
happens to you, in spite of the
00:27:10.82\00:27:12.77
storms in your
life, in spite of the
00:27:12.78\00:27:15.40
heart hates, in
spite of the trials,
00:27:15.41\00:27:17.87
in spite of the temptations that
00:27:17.88\00:27:20.15
come your way.
When it beats vehemently
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in your ship just
remember that Jesus is
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just a pray
away, Jesus is just a
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praise away, Jesus is just a
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phone call away. If you call Him
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up He will come by your side,
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He will speak to your storm,
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He will quite your storm.
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He will prepare
you for anything.
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I recommend to
you today that Jesus
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is able to take
you through your storm.
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Would you let
Him take you through?
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May God bless you, may God keep
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you until we
meet again God bless.
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