Don’t you Care??? Part 3 of 3
We learn from the storms!!!….from the fire, from the disappointments, from the rejections, from the heartaches
This is why.
2 Corinthians 4:7-18
Cast Down but Unconquered
7 But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. 8 We are hard-pressed on every side, yet not crushed; we are perplexed, but not in despair; 9 persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed — 10 always carrying about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our body. 11 For we who live are always delivered to death for Jesus’ sake, that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh. 12 So then death is working in us, but life in you.
13 And since we have the same spirit of faith, according to what is written, “I believed and therefore I spoke,” we also believe and therefore speak, 14 knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you. 15 For all things are for your sakes, that grace, having spread through the many, may cause thanksgiving to abound to the glory of God.
Seeing the Invisible
16 Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. 17 For our light affliction, which is but for a moment, is working for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight of glory, 18 while we do not look at the things which are seen, but at the things which are not seen. For the things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal. NKJV
Back to our text:
He never answered their question!!! “Do, you care?” it is to ask questions, but pay close attention to how He answers.
39 Then He arose and rebuked the wind, and said to the sea, “Peace, be still!” And the wind ceased and there was a great calm.
Could you imagine what that was like? Jesus got up and the winds lay down, He got up and the storm sat down!
Winds listen (His deity)
40 But He said to them, “Why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith?”
Look at what you have been through before and now this is what it takes to lose your faith?
We often doubt what God will do because we have forgotten what God has done!
Why are you so fearful and have no faith? 365 times the Bible says to fear not.
Back to our text:
41 And they feared exceedingly, and said to one another, “Who can this be,
(What manner of man is this,) that even the wind and the sea obey Him!”
Here is the whole reason for the story. Fear God more than circumstances.
After Jesus’ death, burial, and resurrection they feared very little.
Hebrews 13:6 (NKJV) So we may boldly say: “The LORD is my helper; I will not fear. What can man do to me?”
And then the question What manner of man is this?
Ben Turner said in his message “What Manner of Man Is This”??
Everybody sees Him different
3 Hebrew boys would see Jesus as the 4th man in the fire
Ezekiel saw Him as the wheel inside a wheel
Noah saw Him as an arc of safety
Solomon saw Him as the rose of Sharon
Jacob saw Him as a golden ladder top in heaven and the base on the earth.
Israel saw Him as a star out of Jacob
David saw Him as the great Shepard
Daniel saw Him as a Stone cut out of a Mountain
Abraham saw Him as the great and mighty builder
Ruth saw Him as the provider of hands full on purpose
Moses saw Him as the smitten rock
Church saw Him as the foundation of the rock on which it was built
Sad sees Him as the comforter
Leper sees Him as the healer (great Physician)
Lost sees Him as the way
Hungry sees Him as the bread
Thirsty sees Him as the water
Pilgrim sees Him as the faithful guide
The accused sees Him as the faithful witness
Disciple sees Him as the teacher
Weary sees Him as the rest
Pilot or boat captain sees Him as a compass
Weak sees Him as the strength
Sheep sees Him as the Shepard
Astronomer sees Him as the bright and morning star
Bride sees Him as the fairest among 10,000
Gentiles see Him as a light to lighten the way
Merchantman see him as the purchaser
Ship of Zion sees him as the captain
Preacher sees Him as the energizer
Tired sees Him as the strength
Troubled sees Him as a builder of the mansion
Captive sees Him as the deliver
Unhappy see Him as joy without end
Dead see Him as the resurrection and the life
The sinner I hope they would see him as the pleading savior caring for their soul.
Everybody sees him differently!!!
How do you see Him?
John 1
The Eternal Word
(Gen 1:1-2:3)
1:1 In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. 4 In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. 5 And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it. NKJV
What Jesus called Himself 7 I am’s of John
1
John 6:35-36 And Jesus said to them, “I am the bread of life. He who comes to Me shall never hunger, and he who believes in Me shall never thirst.
2
John 8:12
12 Then Jesus spoke to them again, saying, “I am the light of the world. He who follows Me shall not walk in darkness, but have the light of life.”
3
John 10:7-10
Then Jesus said to them again, “Most assuredly, I say to you, I am the door of the sheep. 8 All who ever came before Me are thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not hear them. 9 I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved, and will go in and out and find pasture.
4
John 10:14-16
14 I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own. 15 As the Father knows Me, even so I know the Father; and I lay down My life for the sheep.
5
John 15:5-6
5 “I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.
6
John 14:6
6 Jesus said to him, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.
7
John 11:25-26 Jesus talking to Mary on the way to Lazarus’ grave:
25 Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live. 26 And whoever lives and believes in Me shall never die. Do you believe this?”
back to “Intense Moments with the Savior”
But learning to feel carries with it both a blessing and a curse: a blessing because those feelings are what lead us out of ourselves; a curse, because once out we can never again go back and enjoy the simple pleasures of a self-absorbed life.
(Field of dreams when the doc steps off the field he cannot go back)
Suffering sensitizes us not only to the world around us, which is needy, but to the world within us, which is needier still, and ultimately to the world beyond us, which we long for in so many ways. Yet in so few ways do we ever fully realize it. Until we suffer.
When He was on the Cross…
Matthew 27:40 (NKJV) and saying, “You who destroy the temple and build it in three days, save Yourself! If You are the Son of God, come down from the cross.”
Matthew 27:42 (NKJV) “He saved others; Himself He cannot save. If He is the King of Israel, let Him now come down from the cross, and we will believe Him.
Matthew 27:54 (NKJV) So when the centurion and those with him, who were guarding Jesus, saw the earthquake and the things that had happened, they feared greatly, saying, “Truly this was the Son of God!”
He will put you in whatever you need to go through to get you to a point to say “Truly this is the Son of God”
His Cross where God Himself would die.
Why did He come to earth the way He did? Cause He could not die in heaven, so He came here…
Back to “Intense Moments with the Savior”
Then we realize that this is not our home, that our home is with him who suffered and died and left this earth to prepare a place for us. Once we understand that and who it is that keeps a candle burning for us in the window, then the road ahead, however long, however difficult, is infinitely easier to travel.
When the storm is past and it will pass there will be work to do.
Then we see in Mark 5:1 A Demon-Possessed Man Healed and in Mark 5:21 A Girl Restored to Life and a Woman Healed. All after going through the storm.
Now the question is do you care?
Pray Aman!
