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 So last Sunday we looked at an amazing miracle of Jesus.

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 He fed a crowd of 5,000 plus people with just a boy's lunch

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 out in the middle of nowhere on the eastern side of Galilee.

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 And the reaction of the people that day was striking.

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 Surely this is the prophet who is to come into the world.

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 Others, John tells us, had intentions of coming out to him

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 and making him king right here and right now.

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 And we read, this was in verse 15, that Jesus knew their intention

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 and so he withdrew up onto a mountain by himself.

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 So why was Jesus going to go up this mountain by himself?

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 What about the disciples?

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 Well, Matthew and Mark help us fill in some of the details.

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 We won't turn there, but I'll summarize it for you.

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 After the feeding of the 5,000 plus,

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 Jesus told his disciples to go get into the boat

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 and go back across the lake.

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 Meanwhile, he stayed by himself with the crowd.

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 And we don't know how long, but then he later dismissed the crowd.

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 And then afterwards, we find out from another gospel,

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 he went up the mountain to pray.

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 So John continues the story here from the perspective of the disciples.

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 And we pick it up in verse 16.

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 16.

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 When evening came, his disciples went down to the lake,

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 where they got into a boat, as Jesus had told them,

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 and set across the lake for Capernaum.

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 So let's get the picture here in our minds.

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 Evening has come.

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 Supper has been eaten.

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 Jesus made the meal.

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 And now Jesus tells you, one of his disciples,

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 to go get into the boat and set out across the lake.

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 You can imagine.

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 Well, how are you going to get across?

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 Oh, don't worry about me.

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 I'm going to stay a bit longer with the crowds

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 and dismiss the crowd.

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 I'll catch up with you later.

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 Okay.

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 Well, let's go.

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 By now, verse 17, it was dark.

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 Have you ever been out on a lake, in a boat, in the dark?

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 Anyone?

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 Rob has.

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 We generally try to avoid that, right?

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 I've only done it once myself,

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 and it was on a beautiful, calm evening in the Okanagan,

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 one of those fancy water sports boats

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 that had all kinds of big, powerful overhead lights

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 and interior lights,

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 and they called it the Starlight Cruise.

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 It was kind of a romance thing at family camp.

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 It was lovely.

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 We could see the lights of people's getaway cottages

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 and expensive houses all along the shore.

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 We could see the downtown skyline of Kelowna,

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 kind of a backdrop with its towers and lights.

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 This moment was not like that for the disciples.

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 There was no electricity back then.

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 Galilee was not surrounded with the lakeside cottages of millionaires,

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 and they were not in a luxury speedboat with powerful overhead lights.

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 No, this was more like another time that I was out in a boat.

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 Out on Last Mountain Lake, actually,

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 I participated in a fishing derby with my grandfather

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 that was held out at Strasburg Bible Camp there when I was a kid.

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 And we didn't have our own boat,

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 so we just borrowed the camp's small fishing boat.

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 I was just a kid back then,

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 and even then the boat felt small.

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 And the motor on that thing was absolutely gutless.

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 I remember being out on the water on the last day of the derby.

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 We had until 5 o'clock or something like that,

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 and we wanted to have every chance to get the big one and win,

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 at least I did as a kid.

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 And evening was getting close,

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 and the sun was starting to go down.

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 It was fall, and the wind was starting to come up,

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 and the waves were starting to get a little bigger,

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 a little bit of white cap stuff happening.

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 And in that little tin can,

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 it felt like we were having quite the ride

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 with this gutless motor just trying to get back to shore.

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 Even that experience of mine just doesn't compare

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 to what the disciples are facing and feeling right now.

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 They're out in the boat.

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 By now it was dark, says John,

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 so the sun has already gone down.

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 You can imagine them looking for those familiar spots along the shore,

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 but not really able to see them and get their bearings.

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 But then it gets even worse than that.

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 John tells us in verse 18,

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 a strong wind was blowing,

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 and the waters grew rough.

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 So we imagine the disciples are in their boat,

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 and they're having quite the time,

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 quite the ride out there in the dark.

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 In verse 19,

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 John tells us that they had already rowed about three to four miles.

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 So like five to six kilometers,

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 for those of you who are younger.

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 The Sea of Galilee is about 12 kilometers across

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 at its widest point.

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 So if you think about Last Mountain Lake,

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 that's about four times across the width of Last Mountain Lake

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 is the Sea of Galilee.

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 Or if you're at Elbow,

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 at the marina,

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 it's about six times from the marina to the point

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 just right across.

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 So they're in the middle of the lake.

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 They've rowed quite a long ways,

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 but there's still a ways to go.

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 In the dark,

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 with the wind,

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 and the waves are coming up,

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 and it's a long way to the other side.

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 Don't miss the detail that they had already rowed

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 about three or four miles.

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 They didn't have an outboard motor on this boat.

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 They probably,

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 if it was a typical Galilean fishing boat,

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 had four rowing oars

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 and 12 guys in the boat.

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 If we flip over to Matthew's Gospel,

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 and we get a sense there that

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 they were even further away from

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 where they wanted to be at this point,

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 simply because of the wind

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 and the waves being against them.

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 Mark tells us that they were straining at the oars

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 in the dark,

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 three to four miles from shore,

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 riding these waves up and down,

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 fighting to get to where they want to go.

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 And can you imagine how they're feeling

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 right about now in this boat?

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 This is not the starlight cruise.

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 This probably feels tense.

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 Maybe a glimpse of the feeling

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 some of us have had.

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 Maybe you've traveled around Christmas time

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 and you know what it's like

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 to be traveling in the dark.

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 Then all of a sudden you come into a blizzard

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 and you can't see anything.

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 And all of a sudden the road starts to feel

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 a little more slick

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 and you feel some slipping around in the vehicle.

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 And then you look off to the right

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 and you see a guy who just freshly tracks

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 gone into the ditch.

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 You start slowing down.

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 That happy feeling of travel

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 turns into that tense feeling of,

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 oh boy,

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 your progress towards the destination

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 just kind of slows to a crawl.

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 Perhaps it's a little of what the disciples

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 felt like that night.

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 Their progress had slowed to a crawl.

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 Matthew tells us in his gospel

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 that they're still out there

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 in the middle of the lake

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 during the fourth watch of the night,

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 like three in the morning,

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 straining at the oars in the dark.

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 The wind is blowing.

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 The waves are surging.

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 And all of a sudden,

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 John tells us in verse 19,

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 when they had rowed about three or four miles,

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 they saw Jesus approaching the boat,

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 walking on the water.

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 Like, what?

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 John tells us they were frightened.

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 Things were already tense.

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 They'd been fighting at this for hours

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 and suddenly out there

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 in the middle of nowhere on the lake,

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 they see a human figure

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 walking on the water,

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 approaching the boat.

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 And they were frightened.

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 Like, what is that?

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 Like, hey, do you see that?

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 Am I seeing things

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 or is there someone out there?

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 No, that can't be.

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 It's not possible.

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 What is that?

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 Quick, bring the torch.

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 They'd never seen anything like that before.

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 Mark tells us in his gospel

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 that they thought it was a ghost.

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 I mean, what else has the shape

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 of a human figure

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 in the middle of a lake,

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 in a storm?

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 Mark tells us also

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 that they were terrified.

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 Not just afraid,

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 but terrified.

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 So much so

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 that they began to cry out.

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 Like, out loud.

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 You can almost picture it.

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 Quick,

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 row!

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 He's gaining on us!

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 It's coming closer!

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 At some point,

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 Jesus gets close enough

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 that they can actually

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 hear him calling out to them

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 over the sound of the wind.

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 If you know the story,

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 it's right about here

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 in the Gospel of Matthew

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 that Peter has his little moment

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 where he steps out

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 and walks on the waves.

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 John leaves that out

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 of his account,

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 but he does tell us

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 what Jesus said

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 as he called out to them.

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 And we can imagine

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 he maybe said this

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 a few times to them

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 just to reassure them.

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 Verse 20,

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 It is I.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Peter,

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 John,

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 James,

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 Matthew,

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 it's me.

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 Don't be afraid.

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 Can you imagine

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 the look on their faces?

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 How wide their eyes

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 must have been

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 as all of this

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 was unfolding

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 right in front of them?

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 As Jesus walks

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 right up to the boat

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 with Peter

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 like you imagine

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 them just looking

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 down at over

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 the side of the boat

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 at Jesus' feet

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 just standing

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 on water?

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 I can't even imagine

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 what this looked like,

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 especially with the waves,

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 you know.

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 Was it just that

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 the waves just kind of

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 went around him?

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 We don't know.

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 But needless to say,

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 they were probably

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 in shock

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 and in awe.

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 At some point,

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 they all accept

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 that it really is Jesus

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 and they take him

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 and Peter

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 into the boat.

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 And Matthew tells us

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 in his gospel

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 that as Jesus and Peter

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 climb into the boat,

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 like all of a sudden,

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 the wind died down.

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 Just like that.

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 Presumably,

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 the waves did

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 with it gradually.

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 Verse 21,

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 then they were

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 willing to take him

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 into the boat

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 and immediately

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 or at once

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 the boat came

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 to the shore

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 where they were heading.

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 Now,

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 it's difficult to know

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 just what John means

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 by this.

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 Many would highlight

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 the word immediately

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 and take this

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 as a second miracle

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 that somehow

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 the boat

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 was miraculously

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 transported

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 from where it was

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 to shore

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 by Jesus.

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 others would put

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 the highlight

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 on the word came.

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 In my Bible,

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 it says reached

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 but the word there

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 is more close to came

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 in that there,

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 you know,

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 there was still a process,

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 natural process,

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 but they were able

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 to do it at once

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 or immediately

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 now that things

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 had settled down

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 and make a beeline

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 for the shore.

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 Some others

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 have suggested

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 that they had already

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 rowed a good long while

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 and maybe they were

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 cutting more across

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 the corner of the lake

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 and they were not

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 that far from shore

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 and so they just

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 rowed a little more

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 and boom,

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 they were there

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 almost at once.

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 If it was a miracle,

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 we're kind of left

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 wondering,

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 well,

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 how did this happen?

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 Was it a miracle

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 of teleportation?

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 Like just,

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 the whole boat

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 goes to shore.

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 Was it a miracle

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 in which,

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 you know,

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 Jesus sat in the boat

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 and all of a sudden

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 the boat just starts

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 to go real fast

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 right towards the shore.

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 We don't know.

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 We'll have to ask

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 the Lord

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 just what happened

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 that night

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 someday

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 after he returns.

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 But whatever the case,

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 what is crystal clear

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 from all accounts

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 of this

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 is that Jesus

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 walked miles

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 on the water

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 of the lake.

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 It was an amazing miracle.

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 An astounding sign.

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 And if it hasn't

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 hit home yet,

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 I want to give you

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 a simple challenge.

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 This weekend,

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 with a friend

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 or family member,

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 head on out

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 to Lake Diefenbaker

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 or Last Mountain Lake,

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 have your friend

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 or family member

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 hit the record button

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 on the phone,

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 and I challenge you

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 to walk

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 on the water

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 and see how far

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 you get.

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 If you can give me

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 a legitimate recording

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 recording

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 of you

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 making it

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 even halfway

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 across the lake,

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 I'll give you

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 my whole life savings.

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 I still remember

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 back when I was

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 a young kid,

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 me and a friend

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 just thought

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 this was the

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 coolest story ever.

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 Jesus walked

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 on the water

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 and he enabled

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 Peter to walk

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 on the water too

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 in Matthew.

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 It seemed that

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 the only reason

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 Peter sank

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 was that he doubted,

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 that he didn't

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 have enough faith.

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 And so,

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 in our young,

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 immature way

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 of reading the Bible,

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 we kind of figured,

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 well, maybe the lesson

00:14:34.900 --> 00:14:35.540
 here is simply

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 that if we have

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 enough faith,

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 we too can walk

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 on water.

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 So we tried it.

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 I can't remember

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 if it was at a pool

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 or if it was at a lake.

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 I think it was

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 at a lake.

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 We tried it

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 and we laughed

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 our heads off

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 as we watched

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 each other

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 taking a run for it

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 so we could get

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 as far as possible

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 and then within

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 three steps

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 just disappearing

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 out of sight

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 into the water.

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 This was an amazing sign,

00:15:05.240 --> 00:15:06.360
 an astounding miracle.

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 Mark and John

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 at this point

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 move on to tell

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 other parts

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 of the story here

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 but Matthew

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 thankfully lingers

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 a little bit

00:15:16.320 --> 00:15:17.440
 on the reaction

00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:18.360
 of the disciples

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 and we want to capture

00:15:19.400 --> 00:15:20.220
 that this morning.

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 This is what Matthew

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 records.

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 He says,

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 Then those who were

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 in the boat

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 worshipped him

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 saying,

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 Truly,

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 you are

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 the Son

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 of God.

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 These words

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 seem to fit well

00:15:38.720 --> 00:15:39.399
 with what we've been

00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:39.879
 looking at

00:15:39.879 --> 00:15:41.179
 back in John chapter 5.

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 Jesus has been

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 talking about

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 his special

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 relationship

00:15:44.440 --> 00:15:45.419
 with the Father.

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 father.

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 It's like the disciples

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 have the quarter drop

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 all of a sudden.

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 Like,

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 We've heard what

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 you've been saying,

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 Jesus,

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 and we've believed it,

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 yeah,

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 but now we really,

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 truly believe it.

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 Like,

00:16:02.059 --> 00:16:03.139
 those lingering doubts,

00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:04.240
 those wonderings,

00:16:04.319 --> 00:16:05.279
 they just melted away

00:16:05.279 --> 00:16:05.839
 for us.

00:16:05.840 --> 00:16:09.480
 If all the miracles

00:16:09.480 --> 00:16:10.700
 that Jesus has done

00:16:10.700 --> 00:16:11.660
 up until now

00:16:11.660 --> 00:16:12.680
 hadn't been enough,

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 in fact,

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 Mark actually tells us

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 that the feeding

00:16:16.019 --> 00:16:17.060
 of the 5,000,

00:16:18.000 --> 00:16:18.600
 the disciples

00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:19.340
 didn't get it.

00:16:20.580 --> 00:16:21.740
 They didn't fully

00:16:21.740 --> 00:16:22.639
 understand what

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 it was pointing to

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 because of the

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 hardness of their

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 hearts,

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 says Mark.

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 But it seems as

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 though now,

00:16:30.340 --> 00:16:31.340
 right after this,

00:16:31.820 --> 00:16:32.519
 when they see

00:16:32.519 --> 00:16:33.379
 Jesus walking

00:16:33.379 --> 00:16:34.100
 on the water,

00:16:34.659 --> 00:16:36.600
 for the first time,

00:16:37.419 --> 00:16:38.139
 they are really

00:16:38.139 --> 00:16:40.059
 starting to get it.

00:16:40.700 --> 00:16:41.659
 More than just

00:16:41.659 --> 00:16:42.139
 a prophet.

00:16:42.480 --> 00:16:43.340
 More than the

00:16:43.340 --> 00:16:43.939
 prophet.

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 More than just

00:16:44.720 --> 00:16:45.419
 the Messiah,

00:16:46.019 --> 00:16:47.039
 the promised king.

00:16:47.860 --> 00:16:48.519
 More than just

00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:49.039
 a man.

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 For the first time

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 in all the gospels,

00:16:52.379 --> 00:16:53.399
 Matthew tells us

00:16:53.399 --> 00:16:55.039
 that they worshipped

00:16:55.039 --> 00:16:55.939
 Jesus.

00:16:56.980 --> 00:16:57.519
 Like,

00:16:57.799 --> 00:16:58.720
 the bow down

00:16:58.720 --> 00:17:01.039
 in front of him

00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:02.120
 kind of worship.

00:17:03.379 --> 00:17:05.839
 you truly are

00:17:05.839 --> 00:17:07.460
 the divine

00:17:07.460 --> 00:17:09.579
 son of God.

00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:12.740
 What a moment

00:17:12.740 --> 00:17:13.539
 that must have been.

00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:18.039
 Let's go back

00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:18.500
 to John.

00:17:18.660 --> 00:17:19.000
 Finally,

00:17:19.140 --> 00:17:19.819
 John tells us

00:17:19.819 --> 00:17:20.720
 about some details

00:17:20.720 --> 00:17:22.559
 that help confirm

00:17:22.559 --> 00:17:23.319
 that this story

00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:23.900
 is true.

00:17:24.359 --> 00:17:25.220
 Verse 22,

00:17:25.940 --> 00:17:27.000
 John chapter 6.

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 The next day,

00:17:28.160 --> 00:17:28.940
 the crowd that had

00:17:28.940 --> 00:17:29.579
 stayed on the

00:17:29.579 --> 00:17:30.140
 opposite shore

00:17:30.140 --> 00:17:30.640
 of the lake

00:17:30.640 --> 00:17:31.559
 realized that

00:17:31.559 --> 00:17:32.420
 only one boat

00:17:32.420 --> 00:17:33.059
 had been there.

00:17:33.380 --> 00:17:34.560
 and that Jesus

00:17:34.560 --> 00:17:35.400
 had not entered

00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:36.380
 the boat

00:17:36.380 --> 00:17:37.260
 with his disciples,

00:17:37.660 --> 00:17:38.800
 but that the

00:17:38.800 --> 00:17:39.420
 disciples had

00:17:39.420 --> 00:17:40.260
 gone away alone.

00:17:41.260 --> 00:17:41.900
 Then,

00:17:42.120 --> 00:17:43.000
 some boats

00:17:43.000 --> 00:17:44.100
 from Tiberias

00:17:44.100 --> 00:17:45.140
 landed near the

00:17:45.140 --> 00:17:45.800
 place where the

00:17:45.800 --> 00:17:46.940
 people had eaten

00:17:46.940 --> 00:17:47.940
 the bread

00:17:47.940 --> 00:17:48.980
 after the Lord

00:17:48.980 --> 00:17:49.840
 had given thanks.

00:17:51.160 --> 00:17:52.080
 Once the crowd

00:17:52.080 --> 00:17:52.800
 realized that

00:17:52.800 --> 00:17:53.580
 neither Jesus

00:17:53.580 --> 00:17:54.820
 nor his disciples

00:17:54.820 --> 00:17:55.400
 were there,

00:17:56.060 --> 00:17:56.700
 they got into

00:17:56.700 --> 00:17:57.180
 the boats

00:17:57.180 --> 00:17:58.240
 and went to

00:17:58.240 --> 00:17:58.840
 Capernaum

00:17:58.839 --> 00:17:59.740
 in search

00:17:59.740 --> 00:17:59.759
 in search

00:17:59.759 --> 00:18:00.480
 of Jesus.

00:18:02.159 --> 00:18:02.799
 When they

00:18:02.799 --> 00:18:03.299
 found him

00:18:03.299 --> 00:18:03.720
 on the other

00:18:03.720 --> 00:18:04.419
 side of the

00:18:04.419 --> 00:18:04.720
 lake,

00:18:04.959 --> 00:18:06.099
 they asked him,

00:18:07.099 --> 00:18:07.379
 Rabbi,

00:18:07.899 --> 00:18:08.799
 when did you

00:18:08.799 --> 00:18:09.299
 get here?

00:18:11.579 --> 00:18:12.339
 John wants

00:18:12.339 --> 00:18:12.799
 us to see

00:18:12.799 --> 00:18:13.480
 the confirming

00:18:13.480 --> 00:18:14.119
 testimony

00:18:14.119 --> 00:18:15.379
 of the masses.

00:18:16.579 --> 00:18:18.059
 5,000 or more

00:18:18.059 --> 00:18:19.119
 people were there

00:18:19.119 --> 00:18:19.699
 on the eastern

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 side of the lake.

00:18:20.599 --> 00:18:21.220
 They had eaten

00:18:21.220 --> 00:18:21.699
 their fill

00:18:21.699 --> 00:18:22.240
 of the bread

00:18:22.240 --> 00:18:22.799
 that Jesus

00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.480
 had made

00:18:23.480 --> 00:18:24.339
 miraculously

00:18:24.339 --> 00:18:25.480
 out of thin

00:18:25.480 --> 00:18:25.720
 air.

00:18:26.779 --> 00:18:27.379
 Many of that

00:18:27.379 --> 00:18:27.839
 crowd had

00:18:27.839 --> 00:18:28.639
 actually followed

00:18:28.639 --> 00:18:29.619
 Jesus to the

00:18:29.619 --> 00:18:30.279
 eastern shore

00:18:30.279 --> 00:18:31.259
 from back on

00:18:31.259 --> 00:18:31.639
 the western

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 side.

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 We see that

00:18:32.819 --> 00:18:33.659
 in chapter 6

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 verse 1.

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 Whether they

00:18:34.720 --> 00:18:35.659
 walked or hitched

00:18:35.659 --> 00:18:35.980
 a ride,

00:18:36.039 --> 00:18:36.559
 we don't know.

00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:39.619
 But many of

00:18:39.619 --> 00:18:39.799
 them,

00:18:40.099 --> 00:18:41.159
 they stayed

00:18:41.159 --> 00:18:41.919
 on that eastern

00:18:41.919 --> 00:18:43.079
 side where

00:18:43.079 --> 00:18:43.939
 they had had

00:18:43.939 --> 00:18:44.839
 the meal with

00:18:44.839 --> 00:18:45.779
 the big crowd

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 because it

00:18:46.659 --> 00:18:47.299
 seemed to them

00:18:47.299 --> 00:18:47.879
 that Jesus

00:18:47.879 --> 00:18:48.579
 himself was

00:18:48.579 --> 00:18:49.059
 staying on

00:18:49.059 --> 00:18:49.519
 that side

00:18:49.519 --> 00:18:50.039
 that night.

00:18:52.759 --> 00:18:53.679
 They saw

00:18:53.680 --> 00:18:55.019
 John tells

00:18:55.019 --> 00:18:55.519
 us the

00:18:55.519 --> 00:18:56.779
 disciples get

00:18:56.779 --> 00:18:57.220
 into the

00:18:57.220 --> 00:18:57.500
 boat,

00:18:57.720 --> 00:18:58.220
 the one

00:18:58.220 --> 00:18:58.740
 boat that

00:18:58.740 --> 00:18:59.299
 was there

00:18:59.299 --> 00:19:01.039
 without Jesus

00:19:01.039 --> 00:19:01.960
 and leave

00:19:01.960 --> 00:19:02.820
 hours before.

00:19:04.960 --> 00:19:06.160
 And probably

00:19:06.160 --> 00:19:06.779
 they saw

00:19:06.779 --> 00:19:07.820
 Jesus kind

00:19:07.820 --> 00:19:08.039
 of,

00:19:08.500 --> 00:19:09.400
 after dismissing

00:19:09.400 --> 00:19:09.820
 the crowd,

00:19:09.960 --> 00:19:10.460
 heading off

00:19:10.460 --> 00:19:10.980
 up towards

00:19:10.980 --> 00:19:11.460
 the mountain.

00:19:13.140 --> 00:19:13.779
 So it

00:19:13.779 --> 00:19:14.200
 seemed pretty

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 clear to

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 them that

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 Jesus was

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 still somewhere

00:19:16.360 --> 00:19:16.799
 on their

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 side,

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 so we're

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 going to

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 stay too.

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 And the

00:19:19.560 --> 00:19:20.420
 expectation is

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 that tomorrow

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 we can all

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 come back

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 out and we

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 can see

00:19:23.539 --> 00:19:23.960
 him,

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 we can

00:19:24.299 --> 00:19:24.819
 hear more

00:19:24.819 --> 00:19:25.079
 of his

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 teachings,

00:19:25.659 --> 00:19:25.940
 we can

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 seek healing

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 or whatever

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 they were

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 there for.

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 But on the

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 next day

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 they could

00:19:32.299 --> 00:19:32.940
 not find

00:19:32.940 --> 00:19:33.539
 Jesus on

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 the eastern

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 side.

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 In fact,

00:19:36.639 --> 00:19:37.220
 some boats,

00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:38.379
 John tells us,

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 from the western

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 side,

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 from Tiberias,

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 a town on the

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 western side,

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 were now landing

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 in the place

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 where Jesus

00:19:43.379 --> 00:19:44.059
 had fed the

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 multitude.

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 And we're

00:19:46.440 --> 00:19:47.000
 not really sure

00:19:47.000 --> 00:19:47.500
 what the deal

00:19:47.500 --> 00:19:48.059
 with the boats

00:19:48.059 --> 00:19:49.079
 from Tiberias

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 is.

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 Were they

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 full of people

00:19:50.759 --> 00:19:51.539
 that had also

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 come to find

00:19:52.259 --> 00:19:53.359
 Jesus after

00:19:53.359 --> 00:19:54.000
 hearing about

00:19:54.000 --> 00:19:55.000
 him being

00:19:55.000 --> 00:19:55.579
 over there?

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 Were they

00:19:56.220 --> 00:19:56.799
 just fishermen

00:19:56.799 --> 00:19:57.500
 who had been

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 blown in by

00:19:58.559 --> 00:19:59.140
 the waves

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 and the wind

00:19:59.660 --> 00:20:00.240
 in the night?

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 Or were they

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 family members

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 who'd come to

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 join loved

00:20:03.500 --> 00:20:04.960
 ones or bring

00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:06.400
 supplies from

00:20:06.400 --> 00:20:07.539
 back home on

00:20:07.539 --> 00:20:07.900
 the western

00:20:07.900 --> 00:20:08.379
 side?

00:20:08.799 --> 00:20:09.359
 We don't really

00:20:09.359 --> 00:20:10.079
 know, but at

00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:10.759
 some point the

00:20:10.759 --> 00:20:11.420
 crowd that had

00:20:11.420 --> 00:20:12.140
 been there with

00:20:12.140 --> 00:20:13.379
 Jesus realizes

00:20:13.379 --> 00:20:14.920
 that he's not

00:20:14.920 --> 00:20:15.420
 here, his

00:20:15.420 --> 00:20:16.259
 disciples are not

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 here, he sent

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 the disciples to

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 go to Capernaum,

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 so let's go,

00:20:21.540 --> 00:20:22.080
 let's see if we

00:20:22.080 --> 00:20:22.720
 can find him.

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 So a bunch of

00:20:24.480 --> 00:20:25.200
 them jump into

00:20:25.200 --> 00:20:25.920
 the boats from

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 Tiberias and

00:20:26.900 --> 00:20:28.880
 ride across to

00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:29.680
 Capernaum to

00:20:29.680 --> 00:20:30.420
 search for Jesus

00:20:30.420 --> 00:20:30.840
 there.

00:20:31.800 --> 00:20:33.000
 And eventually we

00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:33.580
 read that they

00:20:33.580 --> 00:20:34.300
 catch up with him

00:20:34.300 --> 00:20:34.700
 and the big

00:20:34.700 --> 00:20:35.500
 question is,

00:20:35.920 --> 00:20:37.000
 when did you

00:20:37.000 --> 00:20:37.540
 get here?

00:20:39.280 --> 00:20:40.100
 The point of

00:20:40.100 --> 00:20:40.800
 all this is to

00:20:40.800 --> 00:20:41.600
 confirm the

00:20:41.600 --> 00:20:42.940
 miracle of

00:20:42.940 --> 00:20:43.940
 Jesus walking

00:20:43.940 --> 00:20:44.560
 on the lake.

00:20:45.800 --> 00:20:47.020
 Like, how did

00:20:47.020 --> 00:20:47.740
 you get here,

00:20:48.060 --> 00:20:48.320
 Jesus?

00:20:48.319 --> 00:20:49.419
 Jesus, by the

00:20:49.419 --> 00:20:50.179
 time you left

00:20:50.179 --> 00:20:50.960
 us late in the

00:20:50.960 --> 00:20:51.619
 evening, I mean,

00:20:51.679 --> 00:20:52.439
 we saw you go up

00:20:52.439 --> 00:20:52.919
 the mountain.

00:20:53.419 --> 00:20:54.399
 You couldn't have

00:20:54.399 --> 00:20:55.339
 walked all the

00:20:55.339 --> 00:20:56.220
 way around the

00:20:56.220 --> 00:20:57.099
 lake to here by

00:20:57.099 --> 00:20:58.399
 now through the

00:20:58.399 --> 00:20:58.740
 night.

00:20:59.599 --> 00:21:00.559
 It's too far.

00:21:02.059 --> 00:21:02.700
 And then there

00:21:02.700 --> 00:21:03.480
 was the storm that

00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:04.179
 came up last

00:21:04.179 --> 00:21:04.480
 night.

00:21:05.599 --> 00:21:06.339
 You couldn't have

00:21:06.339 --> 00:21:06.980
 gone across the

00:21:06.980 --> 00:21:07.599
 lake in a boat.

00:21:07.779 --> 00:21:08.539
 There were no

00:21:08.539 --> 00:21:09.059
 other boats.

00:21:09.139 --> 00:21:10.039
 There was only one

00:21:10.039 --> 00:21:10.579
 boat there.

00:21:11.339 --> 00:21:12.319
 How did you get

00:21:12.319 --> 00:21:12.639
 here?

00:21:13.319 --> 00:21:14.119
 When did you get

00:21:14.119 --> 00:21:14.399
 here?

00:21:15.720 --> 00:21:16.299
 They were

00:21:16.299 --> 00:21:16.879
 mystified.

00:21:16.880 --> 00:21:18.400
 And what

00:21:18.400 --> 00:21:18.580
 would have

00:21:18.580 --> 00:21:19.000
 really baked

00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:19.540
 their noodles

00:21:19.540 --> 00:21:21.780
 even more is

00:21:21.780 --> 00:21:22.080
 if they'd

00:21:22.080 --> 00:21:22.620
 already talked

00:21:22.620 --> 00:21:23.020
 to some of

00:21:23.020 --> 00:21:23.680
 the people on

00:21:23.680 --> 00:21:24.120
 the western

00:21:24.120 --> 00:21:24.980
 side who saw

00:21:24.980 --> 00:21:25.840
 Jesus get out

00:21:25.840 --> 00:21:26.520
 of one boat

00:21:26.520 --> 00:21:26.940
 with his

00:21:26.940 --> 00:21:27.400
 disciples.

00:21:29.060 --> 00:21:30.340
 Mark 6,

00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:31.180
 verse 54.

00:21:32.120 --> 00:21:32.640
 As soon as

00:21:32.640 --> 00:21:33.280
 they got out

00:21:33.280 --> 00:21:33.680
 of the boat,

00:21:33.760 --> 00:21:34.260
 this is on the

00:21:34.260 --> 00:21:35.060
 western side,

00:21:35.520 --> 00:21:36.780
 people recognized

00:21:36.780 --> 00:21:37.220
 Jesus.

00:21:38.120 --> 00:21:39.060
 They saw it.

00:21:39.060 --> 00:21:39.120
 And

00:21:39.120 --> 00:21:43.900
 how is this

00:21:43.900 --> 00:21:44.380
 possible?

00:21:44.380 --> 00:21:44.440
 people.

00:21:45.820 --> 00:21:46.540
 It's as if

00:21:46.540 --> 00:21:46.980
 John is

00:21:46.980 --> 00:21:47.200
 saying,

00:21:47.280 --> 00:21:47.560
 you think

00:21:47.560 --> 00:21:48.040
 this sounds

00:21:48.040 --> 00:21:48.620
 crazy,

00:21:48.780 --> 00:21:49.360
 walking on

00:21:49.360 --> 00:21:49.700
 the water

00:21:49.700 --> 00:21:50.260
 across the

00:21:50.260 --> 00:21:50.440
 lake?

00:21:50.920 --> 00:21:51.820
 Go ask the

00:21:51.820 --> 00:21:52.480
 various parts

00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:53.100
 of the story.

00:21:53.860 --> 00:21:54.340
 Ask the

00:21:54.340 --> 00:21:54.880
 crowd that

00:21:54.880 --> 00:21:55.520
 saw him

00:21:55.520 --> 00:21:56.740
 send the

00:21:56.740 --> 00:21:57.580
 disciples away

00:21:57.580 --> 00:21:58.820
 and go up

00:21:58.820 --> 00:21:59.200
 the mountain

00:21:59.200 --> 00:21:59.600
 side.

00:22:00.340 --> 00:22:00.800
 Ask the

00:22:00.800 --> 00:22:01.200
 guys on

00:22:01.200 --> 00:22:01.540
 the other

00:22:01.540 --> 00:22:01.960
 side of

00:22:01.960 --> 00:22:02.380
 the shore

00:22:02.380 --> 00:22:03.500
 who saw

00:22:03.500 --> 00:22:03.920
 him get

00:22:03.920 --> 00:22:04.160
 out of

00:22:04.160 --> 00:22:04.480
 the one

00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:04.920
 boat with

00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:05.100
 his

00:22:05.100 --> 00:22:05.560
 disciples.

00:22:06.480 --> 00:22:06.960
 We're

00:22:06.960 --> 00:22:07.440
 telling the

00:22:07.440 --> 00:22:07.860
 truth.

00:22:08.820 --> 00:22:09.560
 At the time

00:22:09.560 --> 00:22:09.940
 John is

00:22:09.940 --> 00:22:10.500
 writing this,

00:22:10.640 --> 00:22:11.620
 many of these

00:22:11.620 --> 00:22:12.140
 people are

00:22:12.140 --> 00:22:13.120
 likely still

00:22:13.120 --> 00:22:13.580
 alive.

00:22:14.380 --> 00:22:15.640
 ask the

00:22:15.640 --> 00:22:16.220
 fishermen in

00:22:16.220 --> 00:22:16.820
 the boats

00:22:16.820 --> 00:22:17.640
 from Tiberias

00:22:17.640 --> 00:22:18.320
 about the

00:22:18.320 --> 00:22:18.860
 storm that

00:22:18.860 --> 00:22:19.200
 night.

00:22:22.560 --> 00:22:23.560
 Matthew tells

00:22:23.560 --> 00:22:24.480
 us that as

00:22:24.480 --> 00:22:24.860
 soon as

00:22:24.860 --> 00:22:25.440
 Jesus and

00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:26.040
 his disciples

00:22:26.040 --> 00:22:26.640
 landed on

00:22:26.640 --> 00:22:27.060
 the western

00:22:27.060 --> 00:22:27.640
 side,

00:22:28.180 --> 00:22:29.340
 they immediately

00:22:29.340 --> 00:22:30.100
 recognized

00:22:30.100 --> 00:22:31.320
 Jesus and

00:22:31.320 --> 00:22:32.140
 then right

00:22:32.140 --> 00:22:32.620
 away they

00:22:32.620 --> 00:22:33.660
 sent word

00:22:33.660 --> 00:22:35.100
 to all the

00:22:35.100 --> 00:22:35.560
 surrounding

00:22:35.560 --> 00:22:36.220
 country.

00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:37.940
 You can

00:22:37.940 --> 00:22:38.560
 almost picture

00:22:38.560 --> 00:22:38.820
 it.

00:22:39.520 --> 00:22:40.020
 Oh, you're

00:22:40.020 --> 00:22:40.780
 traveling tomorrow?

00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:42.440
 Well,

00:22:43.060 --> 00:22:43.760
 wherever you're

00:22:43.759 --> 00:22:44.480
 going, tell

00:22:44.480 --> 00:22:45.299
 them that

00:22:45.299 --> 00:22:46.019
 Jesus is

00:22:46.019 --> 00:22:46.420
 here.

00:22:47.920 --> 00:22:48.619
 And so

00:22:48.619 --> 00:22:49.819
 people are

00:22:49.819 --> 00:22:50.879
 coming from

00:22:50.879 --> 00:22:51.900
 all over the

00:22:51.900 --> 00:22:53.180
 region to

00:22:53.180 --> 00:22:54.240
 see Jesus for

00:22:54.240 --> 00:22:54.940
 one reason or

00:22:54.940 --> 00:22:55.440
 another, to

00:22:55.440 --> 00:22:56.079
 hear Jesus.

00:22:57.500 --> 00:22:58.259
 It was a

00:22:58.259 --> 00:22:58.879
 really exciting

00:22:58.879 --> 00:22:59.220
 time.

00:22:59.379 --> 00:22:59.859
 If people

00:22:59.859 --> 00:23:00.359
 didn't come,

00:23:00.440 --> 00:23:00.900
 you have to

00:23:00.900 --> 00:23:01.460
 know that at

00:23:01.460 --> 00:23:02.359
 the very least

00:23:02.359 --> 00:23:03.740
 they're hearing

00:23:03.740 --> 00:23:04.619
 the news about

00:23:04.619 --> 00:23:05.500
 all that Jesus

00:23:05.500 --> 00:23:06.599
 is doing.

00:23:07.660 --> 00:23:08.319
 It's an

00:23:08.319 --> 00:23:09.200
 exciting time in

00:23:09.200 --> 00:23:09.740
 the story of

00:23:09.740 --> 00:23:10.019
 Jesus.

00:23:10.460 --> 00:23:11.039
 There's a lot

00:23:11.039 --> 00:23:11.539
 happening.

00:23:11.539 --> 00:23:12.680
 And we're

00:23:12.680 --> 00:23:12.859
 going to

00:23:12.859 --> 00:23:13.639
 continue the

00:23:13.639 --> 00:23:14.539
 conversation that

00:23:14.539 --> 00:23:15.139
 he has with

00:23:15.139 --> 00:23:15.500
 those who

00:23:15.500 --> 00:23:16.039
 found him

00:23:16.039 --> 00:23:17.159
 next Sunday.

00:23:18.279 --> 00:23:18.940
 But let's

00:23:18.940 --> 00:23:19.420
 stop for a

00:23:19.420 --> 00:23:19.819
 moment and

00:23:19.819 --> 00:23:20.639
 just reflect on

00:23:20.639 --> 00:23:21.579
 this amazing

00:23:21.579 --> 00:23:22.019
 sign.

00:23:24.799 --> 00:23:25.279
 Walking

00:23:25.279 --> 00:23:27.399
 miles on

00:23:27.399 --> 00:23:29.460
 water, on

00:23:29.460 --> 00:23:29.879
 a lake.

00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:31.119
 It's one of

00:23:31.119 --> 00:23:31.379
 the most

00:23:31.379 --> 00:23:31.819
 impressive

00:23:31.819 --> 00:23:32.639
 miracles Jesus

00:23:32.639 --> 00:23:33.200
 ever did.

00:23:33.720 --> 00:23:34.379
 Most of

00:23:34.379 --> 00:23:34.599
 them are

00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:35.619
 impressive, but

00:23:35.619 --> 00:23:36.139
 this just

00:23:36.139 --> 00:23:37.539
 stands out with

00:23:37.539 --> 00:23:37.899
 some of the

00:23:37.899 --> 00:23:38.440
 big ones.

00:23:38.440 --> 00:23:39.440
 skepticism.

00:23:39.440 --> 00:23:39.920
 How does

00:23:39.920 --> 00:23:40.440
 it hit you?

00:23:42.200 --> 00:23:42.860
 What's your

00:23:42.860 --> 00:23:43.380
 reaction?

00:23:46.640 --> 00:23:47.559
 One possible

00:23:47.559 --> 00:23:48.320
 reaction is

00:23:48.320 --> 00:23:48.940
 skepticism.

00:23:50.880 --> 00:23:51.660
 I don't know

00:23:51.660 --> 00:23:52.220
 that it'll be

00:23:52.220 --> 00:23:53.400
 well represented

00:23:53.400 --> 00:23:54.200
 in this room,

00:23:54.539 --> 00:23:56.880
 but if this

00:23:56.880 --> 00:23:57.620
 just sounds too

00:23:57.620 --> 00:23:58.140
 amazing to

00:23:58.140 --> 00:23:59.019
 true, I want

00:23:59.019 --> 00:23:59.680
 to just give

00:23:59.680 --> 00:23:59.960
 you some

00:23:59.960 --> 00:24:00.420
 thoughts.

00:24:03.840 --> 00:24:04.340
 The

00:24:04.340 --> 00:24:05.080
 alternative to

00:24:05.080 --> 00:24:05.680
 believing that

00:24:05.680 --> 00:24:06.220
 this truly

00:24:06.220 --> 00:24:08.420
 happened is

00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:09.680
 that Jesus

00:24:09.680 --> 00:24:10.259
 walked on

00:24:10.259 --> 00:24:10.660
 the water,

00:24:11.160 --> 00:24:12.400
 is that the

00:24:12.400 --> 00:24:13.080
 disciples just

00:24:13.080 --> 00:24:13.620
 made this

00:24:13.620 --> 00:24:13.900
 up.

00:24:16.080 --> 00:24:16.720
 Right out

00:24:16.720 --> 00:24:18.559
 of thin air.

00:24:20.240 --> 00:24:21.059
 And if they

00:24:21.059 --> 00:24:21.860
 did just make

00:24:21.860 --> 00:24:22.440
 this up,

00:24:22.880 --> 00:24:23.840
 along with all

00:24:23.840 --> 00:24:24.200
 the other

00:24:24.200 --> 00:24:25.039
 miracles that

00:24:25.039 --> 00:24:26.600
 Jesus did,

00:24:27.720 --> 00:24:28.519
 why did

00:24:28.519 --> 00:24:29.779
 almost all

00:24:29.779 --> 00:24:30.220
 of them

00:24:30.220 --> 00:24:31.840
 still choose

00:24:31.840 --> 00:24:33.019
 to die

00:24:33.019 --> 00:24:33.680
 for Jesus

00:24:33.680 --> 00:24:35.580
 if they knew

00:24:35.580 --> 00:24:36.080
 that he was

00:24:36.080 --> 00:24:36.559
 a fraud?

00:24:36.559 --> 00:24:38.159
 that this

00:24:38.159 --> 00:24:38.500
 was all

00:24:38.500 --> 00:24:39.200
 a fabrication,

00:24:39.379 --> 00:24:39.639
 that there

00:24:39.639 --> 00:24:40.119
 was no

00:24:40.119 --> 00:24:40.980
 walking on

00:24:40.980 --> 00:24:41.399
 the water

00:24:41.399 --> 00:24:41.799
 and getting

00:24:41.799 --> 00:24:42.240
 into the

00:24:42.240 --> 00:24:42.519
 boat?

00:24:44.379 --> 00:24:45.000
 Why would

00:24:45.000 --> 00:24:45.419
 they die

00:24:45.419 --> 00:24:45.859
 for him?

00:24:46.399 --> 00:24:46.960
 Why would

00:24:46.960 --> 00:24:47.579
 they choose

00:24:47.579 --> 00:24:48.119
 to suffer

00:24:48.119 --> 00:24:48.659
 as they

00:24:48.659 --> 00:24:48.960
 did?

00:24:50.519 --> 00:24:50.879
 I mean,

00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:51.539
 you might

00:24:51.539 --> 00:24:52.000
 say that

00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.279
 people die

00:24:53.279 --> 00:24:53.879
 for religious

00:24:53.879 --> 00:24:54.440
 zeal all

00:24:54.440 --> 00:24:54.899
 the time.

00:24:57.019 --> 00:24:57.599
 Look at

00:24:57.599 --> 00:24:58.359
 suicide bombers.

00:25:00.000 --> 00:25:00.559
 But the

00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:01.079
 big difference

00:25:01.079 --> 00:25:02.220
 is that they

00:25:02.220 --> 00:25:02.899
 die for what

00:25:02.899 --> 00:25:03.799
 they believe

00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:04.480
 to be true,

00:25:04.480 --> 00:25:05.220
 for the

00:25:05.220 --> 00:25:05.779
 reward that

00:25:05.779 --> 00:25:06.240
 they believe

00:25:06.240 --> 00:25:06.539
 that they

00:25:06.539 --> 00:25:07.059
 will receive

00:25:07.059 --> 00:25:07.559
 for doing

00:25:07.559 --> 00:25:07.819
 it.

00:25:09.099 --> 00:25:09.660
 But if

00:25:09.660 --> 00:25:10.259
 this story

00:25:10.259 --> 00:25:10.559
 and all

00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:11.059
 the miracles

00:25:11.059 --> 00:25:11.620
 of Jesus,

00:25:11.799 --> 00:25:12.440
 his resurrection

00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:12.940
 from the

00:25:12.940 --> 00:25:13.220
 dead,

00:25:13.360 --> 00:25:13.920
 if all of

00:25:13.920 --> 00:25:14.200
 that was

00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.160
 just fabricated

00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:15.500
 by the

00:25:15.500 --> 00:25:15.720
 twelve

00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:16.240
 disciples,

00:25:16.539 --> 00:25:17.200
 then they

00:25:17.200 --> 00:25:18.000
 knew it

00:25:18.000 --> 00:25:18.339
 wasn't

00:25:18.339 --> 00:25:18.660
 true.

00:25:20.380 --> 00:25:21.079
 Why would

00:25:21.079 --> 00:25:21.620
 they willingly

00:25:21.620 --> 00:25:22.740
 choose to

00:25:22.740 --> 00:25:23.599
 be executed

00:25:23.599 --> 00:25:24.960
 for what

00:25:24.960 --> 00:25:25.400
 they knew

00:25:25.400 --> 00:25:26.059
 was a lie?

00:25:27.940 --> 00:25:28.380
 Hashem,

00:25:29.039 --> 00:25:29.559
 give me a

00:25:29.559 --> 00:25:29.839
 reason.

00:25:30.500 --> 00:25:30.980
 I haven't

00:25:30.980 --> 00:25:31.440
 heard a good

00:25:31.440 --> 00:25:31.920
 one yet.

00:25:31.920 --> 00:25:32.960
 if it's

00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:33.420
 for any

00:25:33.420 --> 00:25:34.140
 earthly

00:25:34.140 --> 00:25:35.360
 profit or

00:25:35.360 --> 00:25:35.740
 gain,

00:25:35.960 --> 00:25:36.380
 even for

00:25:36.380 --> 00:25:36.560
 their

00:25:36.560 --> 00:25:37.000
 families.

00:25:37.180 --> 00:25:37.400
 I mean,

00:25:37.460 --> 00:25:37.740
 they could

00:25:37.740 --> 00:25:38.080
 have had

00:25:38.080 --> 00:25:38.620
 plenty of

00:25:38.620 --> 00:25:38.880
 that,

00:25:39.039 --> 00:25:39.420
 probably,

00:25:39.600 --> 00:25:40.080
 just by

00:25:40.080 --> 00:25:40.800
 putting up

00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:41.160
 their hand

00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:41.460
 and saying,

00:25:41.600 --> 00:25:42.000
 I'm willing

00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:42.640
 to testify

00:25:42.640 --> 00:25:43.220
 that Jesus

00:25:43.220 --> 00:25:43.600
 was a

00:25:43.600 --> 00:25:43.880
 fraud,

00:25:44.360 --> 00:25:44.640
 and that

00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:45.000
 we made

00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:45.300
 it all

00:25:45.300 --> 00:25:45.560
 up.

00:25:47.000 --> 00:25:47.600
 And yet,

00:25:47.660 --> 00:25:48.039
 none of

00:25:48.039 --> 00:25:48.340
 them did

00:25:48.340 --> 00:25:48.720
 that.

00:25:50.500 --> 00:25:51.140
 Not one

00:25:51.140 --> 00:25:51.400
 of them.

00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:54.019
 The only

00:25:54.019 --> 00:25:54.680
 other possibility

00:25:54.680 --> 00:25:55.519
 to consider,

00:25:55.900 --> 00:25:56.240
 briefly,

00:25:56.860 --> 00:25:57.380
 is that

00:25:57.380 --> 00:25:58.279
 Jesus was a

00:25:58.279 --> 00:25:58.840
 masterful

00:25:58.840 --> 00:25:59.340
 deceiver.

00:25:59.339 --> 00:26:01.339
 that somehow

00:26:01.339 --> 00:26:03.159
 he hoodwinked,

00:26:03.159 --> 00:26:03.779
 he tricked

00:26:03.779 --> 00:26:04.919
 his twelve

00:26:04.919 --> 00:26:05.879
 disciples along

00:26:05.879 --> 00:26:06.519
 with all the

00:26:06.519 --> 00:26:06.839
 crowds,

00:26:06.959 --> 00:26:07.559
 but even that

00:26:07.559 --> 00:26:08.139
 doesn't stand

00:26:08.139 --> 00:26:08.619
 to reason.

00:26:08.740 --> 00:26:08.939
 I mean,

00:26:09.000 --> 00:26:09.599
 they traveled

00:26:09.599 --> 00:26:10.159
 with him

00:26:10.159 --> 00:26:10.879
 constantly.

00:26:12.079 --> 00:26:12.579
 How do you

00:26:12.579 --> 00:26:13.179
 feed five

00:26:13.179 --> 00:26:13.839
 thousand people

00:26:13.839 --> 00:26:14.179
 with a

00:26:14.179 --> 00:26:14.759
 boy's lunch

00:26:14.759 --> 00:26:15.159
 in the

00:26:15.159 --> 00:26:15.539
 middle of

00:26:15.539 --> 00:26:15.980
 nowhere,

00:26:16.379 --> 00:26:17.199
 and not

00:26:17.199 --> 00:26:17.699
 have your

00:26:17.699 --> 00:26:18.480
 disciples in

00:26:18.480 --> 00:26:18.759
 on the

00:26:18.759 --> 00:26:19.099
 trick?

00:26:20.379 --> 00:26:21.079
 It just

00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:21.559
 doesn't add

00:26:21.559 --> 00:26:21.879
 up.

00:26:23.099 --> 00:26:23.879
 How do you

00:26:23.879 --> 00:26:24.679
 convince twelve

00:26:24.679 --> 00:26:25.559
 grown men,

00:26:26.539 --> 00:26:27.079
 some of whom

00:26:27.079 --> 00:26:27.659
 are fishermen,

00:26:27.660 --> 00:26:29.519
 and familiar

00:26:29.519 --> 00:26:29.940
 with the

00:26:29.940 --> 00:26:30.100
 sea,

00:26:30.180 --> 00:26:30.519
 how do you

00:26:30.519 --> 00:26:31.259
 convince them

00:26:31.259 --> 00:26:31.660
 that you

00:26:31.660 --> 00:26:32.420
 are walking

00:26:32.420 --> 00:26:33.019
 on a

00:26:33.019 --> 00:26:33.380
 lake,

00:26:33.920 --> 00:26:34.840
 out to

00:26:34.840 --> 00:26:35.100
 them,

00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:35.720
 and then

00:26:35.720 --> 00:26:36.120
 get into

00:26:36.120 --> 00:26:36.519
 the boat?

00:26:38.460 --> 00:26:38.900
 You

00:26:38.900 --> 00:26:39.440
 can't.

00:26:41.600 --> 00:26:42.360
 Peter gives

00:26:42.360 --> 00:26:42.740
 the greatest

00:26:42.740 --> 00:26:43.460
 test of all

00:26:43.460 --> 00:26:44.040
 to Jesus

00:26:44.040 --> 00:26:44.600
 right in the

00:26:44.600 --> 00:26:44.920
 middle of

00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:45.540
 that moment.

00:26:46.700 --> 00:26:47.400
 He almost

00:26:47.400 --> 00:26:48.220
 essentially just

00:26:48.220 --> 00:26:48.960
 asks him to

00:26:48.960 --> 00:26:49.680
 prove that

00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:50.360
 it's you

00:26:50.360 --> 00:26:51.560
 by calling

00:26:51.560 --> 00:26:51.960
 me to

00:26:51.960 --> 00:26:52.300
 come out

00:26:52.300 --> 00:26:52.560
 to you.

00:26:52.600 --> 00:26:52.880
 And maybe

00:26:52.880 --> 00:26:53.180
 he was

00:26:53.180 --> 00:26:54.500
 asking for

00:26:54.500 --> 00:26:55.019
 Jesus to

00:26:55.019 --> 00:26:55.480
 call him by

00:26:55.480 --> 00:26:55.840
 name,

00:26:56.120 --> 00:26:56.640
 just as a

00:26:56.640 --> 00:26:56.920
 test,

00:26:57.019 --> 00:26:57.200
 you know,

00:26:57.200 --> 00:26:57.460
 do you

00:26:57.460 --> 00:26:57.779
 know who

00:26:57.779 --> 00:26:58.180
 I am?

00:26:59.080 --> 00:26:59.819
 And Jesus

00:26:59.819 --> 00:27:00.299
 does.

00:27:00.620 --> 00:27:01.220
 And Peter

00:27:01.220 --> 00:27:02.140
 himself walked

00:27:02.140 --> 00:27:02.580
 on the

00:27:02.580 --> 00:27:02.880
 water,

00:27:03.019 --> 00:27:03.240
 and the

00:27:03.240 --> 00:27:03.460
 other

00:27:03.460 --> 00:27:04.019
 disciples

00:27:04.019 --> 00:27:05.140
 saw it

00:27:05.140 --> 00:27:08.200
 for a bit

00:27:08.200 --> 00:27:09.240
 before Jesus

00:27:09.240 --> 00:27:10.000
 pulled him

00:27:10.000 --> 00:27:10.360
 up and

00:27:10.360 --> 00:27:10.720
 hauled him

00:27:10.720 --> 00:27:11.059
 the rest

00:27:11.059 --> 00:27:11.259
 of the

00:27:11.259 --> 00:27:11.759
 way back

00:27:11.759 --> 00:27:12.180
 into the

00:27:12.180 --> 00:27:12.460
 boat.

00:27:12.660 --> 00:27:13.059
 There's

00:27:13.059 --> 00:27:13.600
 just no

00:27:13.600 --> 00:27:14.019
 way that

00:27:14.019 --> 00:27:14.460
 any mere

00:27:14.460 --> 00:27:14.940
 man could

00:27:14.940 --> 00:27:15.620
 fool twelve

00:27:15.620 --> 00:27:16.279
 guys in

00:27:16.279 --> 00:27:16.620
 a boat

00:27:16.620 --> 00:27:17.220
 in the

00:27:17.220 --> 00:27:17.559
 middle of

00:27:17.559 --> 00:27:17.880
 a lake

00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:18.460
 like that.

00:27:19.700 --> 00:27:20.180
 There's

00:27:20.180 --> 00:27:20.700
 only one

00:27:20.700 --> 00:27:21.180
 reasonable

00:27:21.180 --> 00:27:21.900
 explanation

00:27:21.900 --> 00:27:22.960
 for this

00:27:22.960 --> 00:27:23.400
 eyewitness

00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:24.860
 account of

00:27:24.860 --> 00:27:25.420
 the disciples,

00:27:25.620 --> 00:27:25.980
 and that's

00:27:25.980 --> 00:27:26.259
 that it

00:27:26.259 --> 00:27:26.700
 truly

00:27:26.700 --> 00:27:27.240
 happened,

00:27:27.840 --> 00:27:28.819
 just like

00:27:28.819 --> 00:27:29.220
 they say

00:27:29.220 --> 00:27:29.620
 it did,

00:27:30.620 --> 00:27:32.039
 which means

00:27:32.039 --> 00:27:33.660
 that Jesus

00:27:33.660 --> 00:27:35.180
 is who

00:27:35.180 --> 00:27:35.620
 he has

00:27:35.620 --> 00:27:36.220
 been claiming

00:27:36.220 --> 00:27:36.759
 to be.

00:27:37.900 --> 00:27:38.960
 The disciples

00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:40.440
 came to

00:27:40.440 --> 00:27:40.940
 the right

00:27:40.940 --> 00:27:41.799
 conclusion for

00:27:41.799 --> 00:27:42.279
 the first

00:27:42.279 --> 00:27:43.620
 time that

00:27:43.620 --> 00:27:43.920
 night.

00:27:45.380 --> 00:27:46.279
 Jesus is

00:27:46.279 --> 00:27:47.059
 no ordinary

00:27:47.059 --> 00:27:47.500
 man.

00:27:48.620 --> 00:27:49.480
 He's not

00:27:49.480 --> 00:27:50.080
 just the

00:27:50.080 --> 00:27:50.900
 prophet who

00:27:50.900 --> 00:27:51.400
 speaks for

00:27:51.400 --> 00:27:51.660
 God.

00:27:51.740 --> 00:27:52.080
 He's not

00:27:52.080 --> 00:27:52.519
 just the

00:27:52.519 --> 00:27:52.960
 Messiah,

00:27:53.400 --> 00:27:54.059
 God's chosen

00:27:54.059 --> 00:27:54.460
 king.

00:27:54.460 --> 00:27:55.680
 He is

00:27:55.680 --> 00:27:56.480
 the divine

00:27:56.480 --> 00:27:57.700
 son of

00:27:57.700 --> 00:27:58.100
 God,

00:27:58.660 --> 00:28:00.079
 the father

00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:00.799
 who he

00:28:00.799 --> 00:28:01.220
 has been

00:28:01.220 --> 00:28:01.819
 claiming to

00:28:01.819 --> 00:28:02.220
 be back

00:28:02.220 --> 00:28:02.579
 in John

00:28:02.579 --> 00:28:03.400
 chapter 5.

00:28:04.140 --> 00:28:04.900
 He is

00:28:04.900 --> 00:28:05.400
 the one,

00:28:05.660 --> 00:28:05.940
 as he

00:28:05.940 --> 00:28:06.279
 said,

00:28:06.420 --> 00:28:06.740
 who has

00:28:06.740 --> 00:28:07.200
 been given

00:28:07.200 --> 00:28:07.920
 authority

00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.819
 by God

00:28:08.819 --> 00:28:09.579
 to judge

00:28:09.579 --> 00:28:10.340
 the world

00:28:10.340 --> 00:28:12.380
 and to

00:28:12.380 --> 00:28:12.680
 grant

00:28:12.680 --> 00:28:13.160
 eternal

00:28:13.160 --> 00:28:14.579
 life to

00:28:14.579 --> 00:28:15.039
 those who

00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:15.539
 believe.

00:28:17.380 --> 00:28:18.039
 He's the

00:28:18.039 --> 00:28:18.360
 one who

00:28:18.360 --> 00:28:18.799
 will someday

00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:19.620
 call all

00:28:19.620 --> 00:28:20.079
 people,

00:28:20.480 --> 00:28:20.920
 the righteous

00:28:20.920 --> 00:28:21.579
 and the

00:28:21.579 --> 00:28:21.819
 wicked,

00:28:21.819 --> 00:28:22.339
 out of

00:28:22.339 --> 00:28:22.539
 their

00:28:22.539 --> 00:28:23.480
 graves to

00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:23.919
 that moment

00:28:23.919 --> 00:28:24.379
 of final

00:28:24.379 --> 00:28:24.720
 judgment.

00:28:24.839 --> 00:28:25.099
 Those are

00:28:25.099 --> 00:28:25.480
 the things

00:28:25.480 --> 00:28:26.139
 Jesus said

00:28:26.139 --> 00:28:26.539
 back in

00:28:26.539 --> 00:28:26.720
 John

00:28:26.720 --> 00:28:27.519
 chapter 5.

00:28:28.480 --> 00:28:29.619
 This is

00:28:29.619 --> 00:28:30.220
 the sign

00:28:30.220 --> 00:28:31.000
 that confirms

00:28:31.000 --> 00:28:32.039
 that yes,

00:28:32.480 --> 00:28:33.179
 he is

00:28:33.179 --> 00:28:34.039
 that son

00:28:34.039 --> 00:28:34.859
 of God.

00:28:36.279 --> 00:28:36.919
 They

00:28:36.919 --> 00:28:37.599
 worshipped

00:28:37.599 --> 00:28:39.039
 him in

00:28:39.039 --> 00:28:39.359
 the boat

00:28:39.359 --> 00:28:39.960
 that night.

00:28:40.799 --> 00:28:41.460
 They

00:28:41.460 --> 00:28:42.139
 confessed

00:28:42.139 --> 00:28:42.679
 that they

00:28:42.679 --> 00:28:43.500
 believe him

00:28:43.500 --> 00:28:44.019
 to be

00:28:44.019 --> 00:28:44.639
 the son

00:28:44.639 --> 00:28:45.099
 of God.

00:28:46.879 --> 00:28:47.519
 What's

00:28:47.519 --> 00:28:48.099
 your reaction?

00:28:48.099 --> 00:28:51.699
 what's

00:28:51.699 --> 00:28:51.919
 your

00:28:51.919 --> 00:28:52.699
 response?

00:28:54.939 --> 00:28:55.539
 There's

00:28:55.539 --> 00:28:55.859
 a reason

00:28:55.859 --> 00:28:56.279
 why I

00:28:56.279 --> 00:28:56.679
 gather,

00:28:57.259 --> 00:28:57.639
 why I

00:28:57.639 --> 00:28:58.259
 come here,

00:28:58.559 --> 00:28:58.899
 why I

00:28:58.899 --> 00:28:59.459
 serve here

00:28:59.459 --> 00:29:00.099
 every Sunday

00:29:00.099 --> 00:29:00.519
 morning.

00:29:02.399 --> 00:29:03.199
 I come

00:29:03.199 --> 00:29:03.799
 to worship

00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:04.599
 Jesus,

00:29:05.219 --> 00:29:06.179
 the son

00:29:06.179 --> 00:29:06.619
 of God,

00:29:06.679 --> 00:29:07.179
 because he

00:29:07.179 --> 00:29:08.279
 alone does

00:29:08.279 --> 00:29:09.099
 things like

00:29:09.099 --> 00:29:09.539
 this,

00:29:10.579 --> 00:29:11.240
 walking on

00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:11.699
 the water.

00:29:13.399 --> 00:29:14.000
 Great

00:29:14.000 --> 00:29:14.799
 signs that

00:29:14.799 --> 00:29:15.419
 show that

00:29:15.419 --> 00:29:16.279
 he is

00:29:16.279 --> 00:29:17.019
 the light

00:29:17.019 --> 00:29:18.019
 and the

00:29:18.019 --> 00:29:18.500
 life

00:29:18.500 --> 00:29:19.379
 and the

00:29:19.379 --> 00:29:19.740
 hope

00:29:19.740 --> 00:29:20.460
 of the

00:29:20.460 --> 00:29:20.940
 world

00:29:20.940 --> 00:29:22.379
 sent from

00:29:22.379 --> 00:29:22.559
 the

00:29:22.559 --> 00:29:22.879
 Father.

00:29:25.740 --> 00:29:26.420
 Do you

00:29:26.420 --> 00:29:26.940
 believe that?

00:29:31.500 --> 00:29:32.240
 Father in

00:29:32.240 --> 00:29:32.460
 heaven,

00:29:33.099 --> 00:29:33.839
 please press

00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:34.519
 the reality

00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:34.920
 of these

00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:35.740
 moments into

00:29:35.740 --> 00:29:36.240
 our hearts

00:29:36.240 --> 00:29:36.619
 again.

00:29:37.319 --> 00:29:37.639
 Fill us

00:29:37.639 --> 00:29:38.220
 with wonder.

00:29:39.759 --> 00:29:40.440
 Lord Jesus,

00:29:40.660 --> 00:29:40.980
 may we

00:29:40.980 --> 00:29:41.740
 worship you

00:29:41.740 --> 00:29:42.720
 as you

00:29:42.720 --> 00:29:43.220
 deserve.

00:29:44.240 --> 00:29:44.660
 Not just

00:29:44.660 --> 00:29:45.019
 here in

00:29:45.019 --> 00:29:45.599
 church with

00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:46.920
 our songs,

00:29:47.099 --> 00:29:47.799
 but also

00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:48.660
 throughout

00:29:48.660 --> 00:29:49.279
 the day,

00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:49.839
 throughout

00:29:49.839 --> 00:29:50.599
 the week

00:29:50.599 --> 00:29:51.680
 with our

00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:52.299
 whole lives.

00:29:53.059 --> 00:29:53.879
 You are

00:29:53.879 --> 00:29:54.460
 worthy of

00:29:54.460 --> 00:29:54.619
 it.

00:29:58.180 --> 00:29:58.839
 Amen.

00:29:58.839 --> 00:29:59.839
 Amen.