Sunday, April 7th, 2019 - AM - The Power of His Presence (Jn. 6:16-21)
Those winning Us by the church. We invite you to follow along with us in your Bible in the Book of John The Gospel according to John chapter number 6.
I want to call your attention primarily 2 verse 20 will read together as we begin John chapter 16 verse number 20, but he that is cheap iPhones were afraid at his appearance on the water when you walk on the water.
I Be not Afraid Lord, I pray that you would bless your word now to our hearts. I pray more that you would Empty Me of myself from going for me with your spirit that I might hold for. Thank you for accomplishing behind Calvary hiding behind the Savior this one I pray in Jesus name. Amen. amen
on Expositor of Years Gone by this about the Sea of tiberias that we're looking at here in 10 minutes on record it. Many a storm has swept it earthquake has convulsant many a wave has risen in an hour of danger. It's steep hills have witnessed all unreported. sing away in China But here is one that record has been kept memorable forever. At what exact part of the light the occurrence took place with? No not I have a general idea of the area of myself, but he goes on to say must have been somewhere towards the north agree with that. Cuz we were at the Sea of tiberias.
Passage in this study and we can set her eyes and our imaginations and may the same Comfort they knew that night comfort you to leave this place. 101, Terry put it this way. I couldn't do better. That's very true this passage. I thought you know that is worded precisely the way that would strike our minds listen to how they put it.
The voice behind the unconsumed burning bush in Exodus 3, the one who walked across the steering Steve who speaks on behalf of God in the first person. The presence of Jesus silence is our fear and exposes our need to receive him in his full. That's a marble state that statement over and I thought you know, that's exactly what I'm saying. I think you can walk away from it with scripture wise and not see what they're referencing. They're one of the one of the aspects of being a chaplain we talked about was called simply the power of presence. There's been plenty of time as a pastor Donald and in the line of duty that I have to administer a chaplain in the plenty of time when I have no answers for what people are doing. And I hurt a lot of her I can't describe the the way my heart feels sometimes as I've walked try my best to walk beside the never stand exactly their shoes until it happens to me and I have really shaken me to the storms of life. Navigate there sometimes wear if you even open your mouth is really how many how many how many of you through the hard difficulty
I know that I have I am not Guiltless on this time that I thought back. Well, I did I wanted to help but my words were to no avail over that situation. They really weren't and in fact, sometimes I might.
In those instances as a Chaplain we were taught there will be those time and sometimes the best who you have in your toolbox is simply the power of presence. Be there. Just Beat It.
just feet I wish I couldn't be there more for people and I feel like my life is divided up into stove small slivers from time that I would want to give myself more in an Aryan sometimes. And I know that that's a shortcoming is just my finite capability as a human being and I thank God for the grace that people have had to see that about the pastor in the ministry Ministry, but I want it to be. There in spirit there been other times where I've walked through some very very dark times very very lonely balance, and I didn't have an extra necessary for a baby.
Well, I have it all figured out. I do know someone who does the title of my message this morning. It's called the power of His presence because of the presence of the Lord Jesus Christ.
I want you to come away from this passage noting very carefully the difference that having Jesus with them May. And when you see that from what they went through it'll change your life. If you left it will change your mind and you will approach things that you're going through a little bit differently. Maybe I'm not saying it's going to make the wind disappear. I'm not saying that everything's going to work out and then it's all going to go away, but I will tell you you can find Deliverance. You can find deliverance from your storm when you understand and know the power of His presence. I noticed something glancing at the versus looking at them verses 16 and 17. I noticed that Jesus is the power of its presence can bring light into our Darkness. They're here on a dark night verse 17 mini many other creatures have preached the sermon on they were without Jesus. He's got one on this versus is powerful but Jesus disciples were blind, but they were born in Jesus Springs site they have
Steam him and he brings their site and he brings homeless to the fragment that they have in verse 28 in understand who it was it was coming to him. Any branch deliverance from the forms, they were carried say to the other side round of the book because this story is now and I'm going to keep the Miracles of what is John's in goal is seen in the last chapter of his book. How many things could you put a hold on?
Porsche st. John looks back in his eye witness account his personal. What would tell you about? Who Jesus is how many things did John get you to come to thanks in the Jesus of the Bible. How did John show the full body of Christ in the Old Testament the word one in the neuter gender indicates that Jesus and God are one or I and my father are one.
by the seven miracles that John Cho to use as a sign or proofs Luke my order this way these many infallible proofs. That Jesus is god king of the 5,000 men on the seashore of Galilee in chapter 6 that we looked at the last time we were together. The walking on the water, which is where we're at now and then there's two others. Giving sight to the blind in chapter 9 and raising Lazarus from dead these seven sign Miracle. We're studying together as I as we journey through you want to come away from this with an absolute assurance that Jesus Christ is 100%. Because we've already Humanity. There's other aspects of God as certainly is one of those.
You'll have to come back on Easter to figure out what that one is noticed. You didn't get your outline for the last week. If you want those blanks filled in come see me. I'll pull it up and you can get the Flex 2 minutes. I'll be there 12 disciples Journey with the disciples now in pieces had fed. The 5000 men ashore there Galilee and the day it is and they're coming to the evening evening on the sea even was now come his disciples went down into the sea. I thought I thought about this night and all that this night would bring the day it expires amazing transpire after Jesus that you read verse 15 you find out who trained his disciples to get into the ship. So but if you read the other accounts Jesus had to make as a day was Winnie what was happening because the miracle that happened on that seashore
For the one that was wrong. Deliver them from the diaspora. Bring their Nation back to place a political stability for his they were going to arrest Jesus. Jesus is not not right now because they miss the bigger picture. He understood why they were coming to they're scrambling to try to get him to take on Cesar and intake on the world relief.
Alright, you guys get the boat. I'll see you on the other side Come Away with grapefruit. Like he was watching them. He saw that he could see them boiling. It's even rowing that can see him but his I was on it and seen that song his eyes on the sparrow. A lot of that comes from this wonderful wonderful story about what I want to tell you about the Sea of Galilee here in just a moment. I don't want to get ahead of myself, but I bought as I was reading this passage about Psalm 107. Vs23 231 if you turn over there, you'll read this Great Waters see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep and raises the stormy win.
Samus note the waves thereof are the waves survivors still then are they glad because they be quiet so you bring them unto the Lord for his goodness. And for this wonderful Works to the children of men we can learn about this past summer. I saw this way into his lesson on the Life of Christ. He said we can learn about our Lord.
a place of refreshment and comfort
your word Lord, we're going to go imagine. They have no idea in this was powerful when to pray we learn to pray we can learn how to pray. We were in the need of prayer and we see the results of prayer. All right here what a wonderful concept as as you think about all that's entailed in this when you need to press and what's going to happen when you do pray, that's really good when you just do it as a side study on prayer. The evening has come and notice the disciples are in the Darkness. without trust
there was out and this is the verse that Spurgeon wax so eloquently. notice John says they're out on the sea in the words hear. Jesus had not come. He's not there.
We can relate with them in some ways. Can't wait how many how many of you have felt like I have sometimes like here in the middle of the darkness and it feels like you're all alone now have to say that because 5 don't lie cuz he has promised. He would never leave us nor forsake us. And so I'm all alone. And I don't line up with my theology sometime. I'm not practicing good theology at that point. I know it, but I'm not living it.
Isolate yourself look like a little wooden boat to the peterboat when I was in Galloway. If you've ever been over there, you know what I'm talking about. They have it on display use out there just fishing one day and I guess snag something on the bottom to the size of the hernia. Orca premium and it was now dark and Jesus was not come under them.
I thought of Psalm 65 verse 5 through a terrible things by terrible things in righteousness without interest. Oh god of our Salvation upon the Steve would you buy his strength that is fast fast the mountain people. They also that dwell in the uttermost parts are afraid they'll make it the outgoing of the morning and evening to rejoice. What commentator said it like this? We learn to know the value of Christ company when we have it. By the discomfort we experience when we have it not in other words you really miss him. When he's not a part of your life when he's been with you, he's coming from the perspective that we know the Lord.
I can relate to that statement because I don't feel like you're here with me and it's almost like that voice comes at Tranquility that comes over the storm was required in Jesus.
The words here, you know nice. It's night time. Everybody has their nighttime.
The difference that makes to go through the night with juices and then knowing that the sun's coming up in the morning and the next day you get to spend all day with Jesus. Go to no future prophecy think that through. Sun going to come up one more. And the nights going to be over at tomorrow. I mean that tomorrow.
When was Dallas Country Club and how it was only at The Shrine of Christ's they followed his word and his will they consider the winds in the water Walker? the rising of the storm is in chapter 6 verse number 18th and the City of Jesus talk about weather in his Parables and in in different things that he mentioned in teaching you can look at this guy, but I'm basically one important thing that total The Weather Channel
I think some of the old almanacs my cat is pretty close to tell me forecast in a cooler to the TV watching along the coast of the Gulf of Mexico.
You get it. Alright weather can change now this is
small in comparison to the Sea of Galilee
Give me the map mountains. Let's see if I get this right if that's north than East the Golan Heights would be on the other side over there. And if we were on the NorthShore we be about a permit to mine, but this is a large enough that they have to row 25 or 30 and they're still not to where they need to go around in this area enough. Are you connected something that I didn't connect before when I stand in your ministry to have some rest call Hungry until they get the boat in Jesus Take behind and they're leaving the other side in the Golan Heights parnian where there's a synagogue. That right after this. Jesus is going to go and he's going to preach a message.
Everybody's going to leave except for 11 and tell them that they have to eat his flesh and drink his blood. You're not going to be able to handle that. I can hear them separate. Are you guys going to go to
Connect to that Hillside before I didn't get all the details in the Golan Heights that flows from that site. So what kind of guy who saw the sign?
So this is a wind storm like a tornado on the water and they don't have for casting out there and this pornado comes on the water on the water in the middle of the Tornado by reason of a great wind that blew that explains to me what I just described in the book tells us his classes in general as molten as a mirror. Thompson said I have repeatedly seen a quitter and leaf of a cauldron when driven Fierce winds picture woman. It's in the middle of the night.
The rising of the storm and then in the middle of it all their toiling. They're rowing Pieces. By the way, the other gospel writer said he's been watching and he knows what's what's going on. They have weapons Gay for one moment. They have the sight of their savior.
Okay. How do I cut a passage I consult commentaries and different things to make sure I'm not too far off my rocker when I come across something like that to make sure I'm staying as true as I can if you like me to pick you up and you go what in the world. If you don't get anything on top of this verse just know that I had to take this as a miracle and now I don't think there's any other way to explain it and I don't think that they were found altered frame of mind. Actual area are notorious for having Altered States of mind. If you live in this area grew up in this area are going to be so that's where they're just kind of.
Say what John was describing how many years after it happened is John looking back on this how many other eyewitnesses were there in verify the John wasn't having this altered frame of mind.
Also others say no.
Looks like the road just kind of disappears.
Jesus walking on the shore. Just thought you in the water.
That's where we get the phrase and they got this thing figured out.
water when it rains
We're not talking about some illusion Jesus walking on the bank and then having some alter frame of mind becomes work. He says the Cedar Rose by reason of a great one that blew 19 so when they had wrote about 5 and 2430 furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the water changes everything. Friends all of us can walk on water when it rains. There's not one of us in here that can walk on the sea. These guys know that they're not in some alternate friend of mine. You can't just explain this away, but there are people that do and they look at us like we're nuts. Bible and you can have your data and your science the Bible verified Times by the way, I'm not saying, you know the Bible if you misunderstood me the Bible is more scientific than any that might immediately come to the mind of the disciple and they're out here, you know, they see Jesus walking on the sea. I wonder if Genesis 1-2 didn't come to their mom. Spirit of God is upon the face of the deep. This is the creator of the universe if he wants to see is not going to take him by surprise. He is the one who scooped out the whites. He's the one who gave us the mountains. He's our created. Joe Rogan, I met this is one of those verses that if you take the perspective that just describing on the altered state of mind and optical illusions and the way you're going to you're going to naturally reject Job chapter 9 verse number 8 to but I look at this as a direct inverse number eight set the alarm for now.
And treadeth upon the waves of the sea. now if you take a okay, you can call this simplistic approach. If you're going to hold true to the scriptures Jose 98104 filming of our Lord. He Treads upon the agency. Thank you Joe. The Lord is king forever Psalm 29:10. The Lord is mightier than the noise of many Waters gays and the mighty waves of the Sea Fall 93, Bridgeport. So here I want you to connect something about the waters. How many times have we seen water as such an important part of John's arguing with me? Remember John trying to prove to you that Jesus is the son of God. What did he turn into wine?
Let's go to chapter 5. Put chapter 5 in remember the pier leave me he was by the pool of Bethesda.
In this day and time in their mind, then you can still see remnants of it throughout the wind today water was Final water purification water was so important and heater showing that he has power over all linked to do what we need. He's the son of God. I'll let's connect all the things that Donald is giving us. Sometimes we caught in the storm because we disobey the Lord, you know, Jonah would be a good example of the Mediterranean Sea and those know Steven there are concerned and they're all pray that they can't figure out where they wake you up. So you better start praying or we're all going to die. So it's my fault. I got a great day to swallow Jonah.
I give her the Jonah and the storm goes away. I went through that storm because he disobeyed God.
No, he's the one that can straining to get in the ship. And so whether it's by Disobedience, we learn real quick weave and Bun the storm comes to know where my brother and count it all joy, when you fall into divers Temptations knowing this that the trying of your faith worketh patience have her perfect work that she may be perfect and entire wanting nothing. So here, you know, sometimes we get caught in the storm because we disobeyed but sometimes the storm comes because it happens we can be stored as weird as he said he'll come to us and he'll deliver it. In those forms, that's good. That's good. They're afraid of him and the Bible says very clearly they are afraid of other gospel writer sells to talk to me. Why would they feel that way if he was just on the store? Okay. I'll stop beat the dead horse apiece number three the eye an inmate taking a little liberty as preacher to have some application included in that point for you to take home to Mom.
The I am in me, I want Christ in my vessel. I want him in my life because I know that no matter what, I'm going to find Deliverance eventually. And he's going to help so this is exposition not execute the I am in me notice to read it out loud with me. It is I Be not Afraid our peers equipment are fake. That's good beer and revealed God.
Their faith was strengthened. He says it is I be not afraid. Do you know the word in that capacity has he come to you in your life and set it as I do you know who he is John 14:18. Jesus told his disciples. I will not leave you I will come to you after this. He's already proven that I don't know if I will not leave you comfortless.
I will come straight vs. Fear thou not for I am with thee hymn 43 by Dave says I will be with thee neither shall the flame Kindle upon thee as ye are even my Witnesses. Is there a god beside me. There is no God. There's no one else that can do for you what Jesus can do Thing by the Sea, and speaks to them as God in first person?
it is I words used in the original I go in new study on the I am statements of Christ some people evacuated and wondered if this is really the one of those, you know defended I am statements when you just say I am a complete sentence. You said something to be filled in at the door? He says I am the way the truth and what did you defend this statement before I take this as many other tab on good faith and go back to Exodus 3 the name of God were given there.
Tell them I am that I am have sent you at sent you. What is Peyton if he comes to them in the first person?
print your own heart and say
I don't even know how to do that. I really don't other than once. in Scripture how many of you would like that to have a friend that would sharpen your countenance? No proverbs 27:17.
A true friend is going to put an edge on your life one person set a true friend is going to make you sharper person. How would you like to have a friend like that a friend that would help you live a clean life a friend that would help you draw closer to Jesus a friend. That would give you more strength a friend that would help help you win. Your loved ones to the Lord a friend that would make you mature believe in the Lord Jesus by Cold Adrian Rogers. He said well you already have that friend and his name is trouble. Trouble already have that friend. Name of that strange friend. He went on the corner poem. I walked a mile with pleasure. She's got it all the way but let me know what all the things I learned from her when sorrow walk with me Robert Browning Hamilton. Home doctor. Hubby went on to say in the Bible. Not fear is a year 365 times were told not to be afraid. He said it's not the subtraction of problem statements under his feet under his feet.
Great. No fear, why are you afraid? Why don't you follow their example, and I'm wrapping this now and I promise. I know I've kept you longer than that s***, but look at how they welcome him. The welcoming of the Prince of Peace. He speaks words of Peace in them.
southern gospel message good cheer
They in medias are they received him into their vessel in immediately their ship was it to the other side comes out of nowhere and they can't get any further. They see Jesus Come On The Water to meet him immediately there where they need to go.
Can we like them receive him into Arvest? They willingly receive him into the ship and immediately the ship was at the land with it. They win you can Delays are not denials at the Meyer said he is as near the storm as though he were already in the boat. The storm waves are his pathway be not afraid. I promise you smooth sailing, but he has promised to a safe landing safe landing. Now I have one other thing. I'd like to do with you at the club. founder of home by John Newton, he wrote Amazing Grace some of the other great things that we seen. I want to close with his Paul because it's summarizes a great synopsis of this entire story with me. Will global just call this our invitation. Okay, as I read John Nunes were Lexie and I invite you to come if I read these words make a prayer to the Lord and say Lord. I want you in my vessel. Are you ready for this word e r written years and years and years ago and Venture without his disciples must be in prayer.
Going thing for a while. The force is a way to withstand the when they were weary with toil.
Received his presence there Spirits revive the Stephen King called at his word and soon at the airport they arrive.
We like the disciples are taught by storms on perlas deep word has engaged to bring us in the safety support. Sometimes it sometimes we struggle alone and he's withdrawn from our for you. It takes us it makes us more willing to own nothing without him to do. Peyton are hooked with a sale. But Jesus is still within call when our poor efforts quite fail. He comes in good time and does all Last Words yet born you're ready to print unless we die present to Steve.
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