Don’t You Care? Part 2
We see Jesus in his humanity sleeping.
He laid down (His humanity)
Laid His head on a pillow, likely a sandbag used as a ballast
They forgot who was on the boat with them. We seem to forget way too often!
Can you sleep on a stormy night????
How to Sleep on a Stormy Night
Matt 7:24 Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock:
Matt 7:25 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell not: for it was founded upon a rock.
Matt 7:26 And every one that heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them not, shall be likened unto a foolish man, which built his house upon the sand:
Matt 7:27 And the rain descended, and the floods came, and the winds blew, and beat upon that house; and it fell: and great was the fall of it.
Matt 7:28 And it came to pass, when Jesus had ended these sayings, the people were astonished at his doctrine:
Matt 7:29 For he taught them as one having authority, and not as the scribes.
Been there not just read about it.
What is your spiritual life built on????
Ps 11 if the foundation be destroyed what will the righteous do?
What kind of foundation are you built on, and can you sleep on a stormy night?
38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Ever feel like God is asleep and not there? He is not asleep!!!
Ps 121
God the Help of Those Who Seek Him
A Song of Ascents.
121:1 I will lift up my eyes to the hills —
From whence comes my help?
2 My help comes from the LORD,
Who made heaven and earth.
3 He will not allow your foot to be moved;
He who keeps you will not slumber.
4 Behold, He who keeps Israel
Shall neither slumber nor sleep.
5 The LORD is your keeper;
The LORD is your shade at your right hand.
6 The sun shall not strike you by day,
Nor the moon by night.
7 The LORD shall preserve you from all evil;
He shall preserve your soul.
8 The LORD shall preserve your going out and your coming in
From this time forth, and even forevermore. NKJV
Back to our text:
38 And he was in the hinder part of the ship, asleep on a pillow: and they awake him, and say unto him, Master, carest thou not that we perish?
Then the question.
“Master, Master, carest thou not that we perish ?”
Don’t you Care???
38 But He was in the stern, asleep on a pillow. And they awoke Him and said to Him, “Teacher, do You not care that we are perishing?”
Alistair Begg said, “Notice what they ask, this is the worst of all questions. This is a terrible question. Teacher (didaskala) don’t you care If we drown, oh ask Jesus something else don’t ask him this. don’t you care if we drown, Jesus must have looked up into the eyes of the questioner and thought to himself hey I called you into my band, didn’t I? I wouldn’t have called you if I wasn’t gonna take care of you, don’t I care, the reason I’m in the boat is because I care, the reason I’m in the world is because I care, the reason that I’m going to go to the cross and die for you guys is because I care.”
Have you ever felt that way? Ever wonder if you were all alone and God didn’t care? I have, that all-alone feeling… when your ears fill up with tears.
When I stood in the pulpit and helped with a funeral for a 17-year-old girl, I wanted to ask it.
When I fell through a ceiling and messed up my back up, I wanted to ask it.
When cousin Ricky Harper passed, I wanted to ask it.
When every time my family got smaller here, we have had right over 30 family members pass away since my Dad died. And every time I wanted to ask it.
When I held my Dad’s hand as he took his last breath, I wanted to ask it.
But I did not because I KNOW HE CARES. And you can too.
Does He care?
John 11:35 Jesus wept. 36 Then the Jews said, “See how He loved him!”
Jesus in his humanity crying.
John 11:35 he wept because He hurt when the ones He loves hurt.
He loves you just the same.
Jesus in His deity Raising the dead
He cries when we hurt
Does He care?
Acts 6:1 Seven Chosen to Serve
Acts 6:2-7
2 Then the twelve summoned the multitude of the disciples and said, “It is not desirable that we should leave the word of God and serve tables. 3 Therefore, brethren, seek out from among you seven men of good reputation, full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom, whom we may appoint over this business; 4 but we will give ourselves continually to prayer and to the ministry of the word.”
5 And the saying pleased the whole multitude. And they chose Stephen, a man full of faith and the Holy Spirit, and Philip, Prochorus, Nicanor, Timon, Parmenas, and Nicolas, a proselyte from Antioch, 6 whom they set before the apostles; and when they had prayed, they laid hands on them.
7 Then the word of God spread, and the number of the disciples multiplied greatly in Jerusalem, and a great many of the priests were obedient to the faith.
NKJV
Stephen Accused of Blasphemy
Acts 6:8 And Stephen, full of faith and power, did great wonders and signs among the people.
Acts 7:1 Stephen’s Address: The Call of Abraham
Acts 7:9 The Patriarchs in Egypt
Acts 7:17 God Delivers Israel by Moses
Acts 7:37 Israel Rebels Against God
Acts 7:44 God’s True Tabernacle
Acts 7:51 Israel Resists the Holy Spirit
We need more preaching like this. Of course, you see at what cost.
Acts 7:51 “You stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears! You always resist the Holy Spirit; as your fathers did, so do you. 52 Which of the prophets did your fathers not persecute? And they killed those who foretold the coming of the Just One, of whom you now have become the betrayers and murderers, 53 who have received the law by the direction of angels and have not kept it.”
Stephen the Martyr
54 When they heard these things they were cut to the heart, and they gnashed at him with their teeth. 55 But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, 56 and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”
57 Then they cried out with a loud voice, stopped their ears, and ran at him with one accord; 58 and they cast him out of the city and stoned him. And the witnesses laid down their clothes at the feet of a young man named Saul. 59 And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” 60 Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep. NKJV
Stephen being stoned stood
When you are in trials he stands and takes notice.
He stands at Gods right hand interceding for you.
Does He care? Ray Botz, … Who nailed Him there this child of peace and mercy who nailed Him there come face me like a man who nailed Him there. Then I turned and saw the hammer in my hand.
I nailed Him there with my sins and my transgressions.
