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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.76,0:00:09.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew 14:21
Dialogue: 0,0:00:09.24,0:00:13.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"And those who ate were about 5,000 men
Dialogue: 0,0:00:13.56,0:00:17.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,besides women and children.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.09,0:00:20.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately..."
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.66,0:00:22.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You're going to find that word
Dialogue: 0,0:00:22.25,0:00:23.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,three times in this section.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.96,0:00:27.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.22,0:00:30.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew and Mark love to use that word.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:30.61,0:00:32.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Immediately, He made the disciples
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.53,0:00:34.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,get into the boat and go before Him
Dialogue: 0,0:00:34.74,0:00:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:00:36.11,0:00:39.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,while He dismissed the crowds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:39.80,0:00:41.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And after He had dismissed the crowds,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:41.64,0:00:42.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He went up on the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.90,0:00:45.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Himself to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:45.89,0:00:47.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When evening came,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.04,0:00:49.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was there alone,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.39,0:00:51.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the boat by this time
Dialogue: 0,0:00:51.31,0:00:53.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was a long way from the land,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.42,0:00:56.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,beaten by the waves,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.38,0:00:59.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for the wind was against them.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.17,0:01:04.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And in the fourth watch of the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.71,0:01:07.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to them walking on the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:07.88,0:01:10.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when the disciples saw \NHim walking on the sea,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:10.40,0:01:13.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were terrified \Nand said, 'It is a ghost!'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:13.67,0:01:16.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They cried out in fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.31,0:01:20.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, Jesus spoke to them, saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.25,0:01:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Take heart. It is I. Do not be afraid.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.33,0:01:26.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter answered Him, 'Lord, if it is You,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:26.66,0:01:30.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,command me to come to You on the water.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.87,0:01:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, 'Come.'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.53,0:01:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So Peter got out of the boat\Nand walked on the water
Dialogue: 0,0:01:36.11,0:01:38.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and came to Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:38.24,0:01:40.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But when he saw the wind,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.51,0:01:44.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was afraid, and beginning to sink,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.14,0:01:47.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cried out, 'Lord, save me!'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:47.85,0:01:51.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus immediately reached out His hand
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.29,0:01:53.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and took hold of him, saying to him,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:53.89,0:01:57.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'O you of little faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:57.13,0:01:59.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why did you doubt?'
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.74,0:02:01.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when they got into the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.40,0:02:04.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the wind ceased,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.51,0:02:06.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and those in the boat worshiped Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:06.48,0:02:12.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,saying, 'Truly, You are the Son of God.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:02:12.05,0:02:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let's pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.41,0:02:22.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I would just ask You
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.66,0:02:27.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to give us that power to comprehend
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.54,0:02:30.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the love of Christ,\Nand the glory of Christ,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.12,0:02:31.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the beauty of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.66,0:02:33.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's to be found in this passage.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.53,0:02:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us, Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:36.54,0:02:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:37.65,0:02:39.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray in Christ's name,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:39.64,0:02:42.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Amen.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:42.96,0:02:49.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The question I want to pose \Nto you this morning is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.61,0:02:54.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why is this here?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:54.45,0:02:56.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not why is it right here?
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.60,0:03:00.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not why is this account in Matthew 14 \Ninstead of somewhere else?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:00.28,0:03:04.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But why would God \Nrecord this for us at all?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:04.85,0:03:07.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is this here just so we can say,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:07.16,0:03:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yep, there's Peter again,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:10.65,0:03:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bumbling;
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.98,0:03:14.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,impetuous as ever,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.28,0:03:15.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,acting without thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:15.88,0:03:19.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sinking without believing.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:19.20,0:03:22.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, if that's all you get,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.58,0:03:24.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may God help you to think again.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.54,0:03:26.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think, Christian! Think!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:26.72,0:03:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.34,0:03:31.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Why does God preserve for us
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.64,0:03:33.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what He preserves for us?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.55,0:03:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why does God freeze events
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.74,0:03:38.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happened 2,000 years ago -
Dialogue: 0,0:03:38.82,0:03:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He freezes them in time.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:42.51,0:03:46.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He saved them for us. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:46.73,0:03:49.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, all you have to \Ndo is start thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:49.03,0:03:51.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does Scripture say?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.58,0:03:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like you might go to 1 Corinthians 10
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.100,0:03:57.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say, ah, Exodus,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:57.49,0:03:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Leviticus, Numbers... remember?
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.93,0:04:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Hebrew children out \Nthere in the wilderness?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:02.25,0:04:05.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Apostle Paul says guess what that is?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:05.53,0:04:08.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.56,0:04:10.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.66,0:04:13.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those were written down \Nfor our instruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.92,0:04:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those people - they came \Nout through the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:16.93,0:04:18.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were with Moses.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:18.05,0:04:20.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They went out into that wilderness.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:20.09,0:04:22.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they mumbled, they complained,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.10,0:04:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they grumbled, there were serpents,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:23.97,0:04:25.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was judgment.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:25.42,0:04:27.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why all of that?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:27.32,0:04:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For our instruction upon whom the ends
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.88,0:04:32.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the world have come;
Dialogue: 0,0:04:32.20,0:04:34.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or the end of this age,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.83,0:04:36.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the end of this time.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.28,0:04:39.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We are the people that the \Nend of the ages has come upon.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:39.69,0:04:41.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever was written in former times,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:41.60,0:04:43.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Paul says in another place,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.06,0:04:44.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what is it there for?
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.63,0:04:46.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Whatever was written in former times
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.53,0:04:48.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is for us; it's for our instruction.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.50,0:04:51.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That what? Through the Scriptures,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:51.13,0:04:53.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there would be endurance, encouragement,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:53.93,0:04:56.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the Scriptures that we might have hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:56.69,0:04:58.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you think about Luke.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:58.02,0:05:00.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did he say? \N"O excellent Theophilus..."
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.35,0:05:02.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I am going to record some things for you
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.88,0:05:05.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that you might know with a certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:05.72,0:05:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why these things have \Nbeen recorded for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:08.24,0:05:10.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainty. Hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:10.28,0:05:12.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you think of the Apostle John.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.03,0:05:12.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did he say?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.98,0:05:14.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He said, well, you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:14.49,0:05:16.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a whole lot that Jesus Christ did,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:16.84,0:05:18.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there are some very specific things
Dialogue: 0,0:05:18.74,0:05:22.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I have recorded for you, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:22.13,0:05:27.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So that you might know \Nthat Jesus is the Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:27.37,0:05:29.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That you might know who He is,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:29.91,0:05:32.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and knowing, you might have eternal life.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:32.86,0:05:34.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what we find.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:34.28,0:05:35.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:35.35,0:05:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:37.04,0:05:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And why is it here?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:38.54,0:05:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, it's inspired. It's breathed of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:40.83,0:05:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's profitable.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:43.10,0:05:44.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what it's here for?
Dialogue: 0,0:05:44.80,0:05:49.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's to make the man of \NGod complete or perfect.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:49.91,0:05:52.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's why these things \Nare recorded for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:52.21,0:05:53.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we can't just say,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:53.95,0:05:56.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, you know, Jesus walking on water;
Dialogue: 0,0:05:56.96,0:05:58.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter walking on water,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:58.09,0:05:59.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's a neat story,
Dialogue: 0,0:05:59.93,0:06:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it really doesn't \Nhave much implication
Dialogue: 0,0:06:02.39,0:06:05.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in my own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:05.59,0:06:07.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not true.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:07.17,0:06:09.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's an example.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:09.18,0:06:11.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to give us certainty.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:11.39,0:06:13.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to give us hope.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:13.16,0:06:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is to give us an idea
Dialogue: 0,0:06:14.71,0:06:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about who this Christ is
Dialogue: 0,0:06:16.60,0:06:18.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're dealing with.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:18.18,0:06:20.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Certainty about Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:20.11,0:06:23.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, let's get a feel,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:23.58,0:06:25.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just walk through the account,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:25.63,0:06:29.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get a feel.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:29.64,0:06:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You might have noticed
Dialogue: 0,0:06:31.12,0:06:36.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that I started reading in verse 21.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:36.83,0:06:40.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's what I want you to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:40.19,0:06:43.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just go through the account again,
Dialogue: 0,0:06:43.10,0:06:46.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but I want you to put yourself
Dialogue: 0,0:06:46.04,0:06:49.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the disciples' place.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:49.90,0:06:51.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think with me here.
Dialogue: 0,0:06:51.24,0:06:53.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are these guys thinking?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:53.36,0:06:55.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What have they seen?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:55.45,0:06:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's going through their minds?
Dialogue: 0,0:06:59.15,0:07:01.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They just witnessed
Dialogue: 0,0:07:01.79,0:07:05.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of our Lord's greatest miracles -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:05.07,0:07:07.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thousands and thousands of people -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:07.11,0:07:10.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He fed them all.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:10.57,0:07:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then you read it,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:13.33,0:07:15.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Immediately, He made the disciples..."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:15.21,0:07:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- He made -
Dialogue: 0,0:07:16.29,0:07:20.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...the disciples go down into the boat."
Dialogue: 0,0:07:20.01,0:07:22.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, think what's going on in their mind.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:22.27,0:07:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're walking down to the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:25.64,0:07:27.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've just been witness to this miracle.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:27.91,0:07:29.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a power.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:29.73,0:07:32.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a glory in all of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:32.39,0:07:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:07:33.66,0:07:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It ended so strangely.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:36.11,0:07:38.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Matthew doesn't \Nreally pick up on this.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:38.72,0:07:40.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John picks up on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:40.92,0:07:43.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so if you've got your \Nfinger there in John 6,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:43.31,0:07:45.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want you to see something.
Dialogue: 0,0:07:45.64,0:07:52.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 6:14,
Dialogue: 0,0:07:52.47,0:07:56.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When the people saw the sign
Dialogue: 0,0:07:56.79,0:08:00.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus had done..." -
Dialogue: 0,0:08:00.72,0:08:04.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the feeding 5,000 men \Nplus women and children.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:04.03,0:08:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the miracle \Nthat's being talked about.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:06.32,0:08:09.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the sign.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:09.30,0:08:12.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...They said,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:12.57,0:08:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'This is indeed the Prophet.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:14.90,0:08:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now do you see what happened?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:16.54,0:08:19.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,All these thousands and \Nthousands, they've been fed.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:19.02,0:08:21.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the crowd, they're saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:21.30,0:08:26.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, this is the One!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:26.50,0:08:28.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the Prophet!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:28.41,0:08:31.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is the One Moses spoke about!"
Dialogue: 0,0:08:31.86,0:08:35.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, you know, doesn't it seem like\Nthat would be a good thing?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:35.99,0:08:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crowd began to recognize that?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:37.78,0:08:38.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:08:38.93,0:08:41.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's mystifying how many times
Dialogue: 0,0:08:41.100,0:08:43.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus would say to people,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:43.84,0:08:45.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't tell anybody about Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:45.73,0:08:47.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Don't tell people what I've done."
Dialogue: 0,0:08:47.96,0:08:49.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, this is kind of similar.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:49.63,0:08:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people are recognizing something,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:51.87,0:08:53.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we look at it and we say,
Dialogue: 0,0:08:53.28,0:08:56.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well, certainly that seems \Nlike it's a good thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:08:56.97,0:08:58.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"This is indeed the Prophet
Dialogue: 0,0:08:58.28,0:09:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who is to come into the world."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:01.08,0:09:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But here's Jesus,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:02.54,0:09:04.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"perceiving then that they were about
Dialogue: 0,0:09:04.95,0:09:08.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to come and take Him by force
Dialogue: 0,0:09:08.14,0:09:09.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to make Him King,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:09.50,0:09:13.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus withdrew again to the mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:09:13.74,0:09:15.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by Himself."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:15.20,0:09:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:17.18,0:09:20.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want us to imagine \Nbeing those disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:20.93,0:09:24.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're watching all this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:24.56,0:09:26.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:26.38,0:09:29.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They knew - you know, \Nthose disciples were asked:
Dialogue: 0,0:09:29.57,0:09:31.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Who do men say that I am?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:31.42,0:09:34.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, "Who do you say that I am?"
Dialogue: 0,0:09:34.49,0:09:36.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "You're the Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:09:36.57,0:09:37.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You see, they knew this.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:37.89,0:09:39.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you can imagine them looking.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:39.66,0:09:42.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes! The crowd is jumping on board.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:42.81,0:09:44.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The crowd sees who He is.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:44.38,0:09:46.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people are finally getting it.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:46.06,0:09:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're beginning to understand \Nwhat we already understood.
Dialogue: 0,0:09:51.30,0:09:52.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine them,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:52.66,0:09:56.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're getting in the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:09:56.00,0:10:01.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there's such a mystery about Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:01.78,0:10:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a power.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:03.34,0:10:04.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a beauty.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:04.76,0:10:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:06.50,0:10:13.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But something just so perplexing.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:13.24,0:10:14.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people are saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:14.70,0:10:18.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's time to make Jesus King!"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:18.03,0:10:19.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that's what they were waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:19.98,0:10:22.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what the \Ndisciples were waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:22.12,0:10:24.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They kept asking Him, \N"When? "When's the Kingdom?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:24.52,0:10:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Is it now, Lord? It's now, right?"
Dialogue: 0,0:10:26.26,0:10:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"You're going to take the throne now
Dialogue: 0,0:10:28.04,0:10:30.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we're going to sit on \Nthese thrones with you
Dialogue: 0,0:10:30.32,0:10:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's all going to happen."
Dialogue: 0,0:10:31.85,0:10:34.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So they're seeing that.\NYou can imagine them.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:34.31,0:10:36.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the moment we've been waiting for.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:36.58,0:10:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's all coming together.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:38.65,0:10:39.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Israel's lining up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:39.99,0:10:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The people are lining up.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:41.98,0:10:44.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the problem is
Dialogue: 0,0:10:44.11,0:10:45.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus doesn't cooperate.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:45.96,0:10:48.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He doesn't take His throne.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:48.11,0:10:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He shuts the whole thing down.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:50.23,0:10:52.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately,
Dialogue: 0,0:10:52.11,0:10:54.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He dismisses the disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:54.50,0:10:57.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He dismissed the crowds.
Dialogue: 0,0:10:57.22,0:11:02.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He goes up on a mountain to pray.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:02.64,0:11:06.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, they're getting in the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:06.53,0:11:08.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they begin to head out.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:08.41,0:11:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they're thinking...
Dialogue: 0,0:11:09.78,0:11:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, how would you be thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:11:11.46,0:11:15.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you saw this sort of miracle happen?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:15.86,0:11:18.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But then everything you \Nthought about the Messiah
Dialogue: 0,0:11:18.29,0:11:19.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and His coming and being King -
Dialogue: 0,0:11:19.85,0:11:23.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jesus shut it down.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:23.16,0:11:24.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's so supernatural.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:24.70,0:11:27.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's so powerful and pure.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:27.11,0:11:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He just doesn't do \Nwhat He's supposed to do.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:32.56,0:11:35.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If He's the King of Israel, then why?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:35.55,0:11:38.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why this?
Dialogue: 0,0:11:38.76,0:11:41.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so they're going out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:41.90,0:11:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And what we see from the account,
Dialogue: 0,0:11:45.20,0:11:50.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,darkness settles around them.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:50.69,0:11:58.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Of course, there's got to be this wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:11:58.68,0:12:07.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A buddy and I rowed out in a row boat
Dialogue: 0,0:12:07.07,0:12:09.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out onto Three Mile Lake
Dialogue: 0,0:12:09.78,0:12:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,up there in Paw Paw, Michigan.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:13.14,0:12:14.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was beautiful.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:14.33,0:12:16.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We had our fishing poles.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:16.11,0:12:19.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We rowed out on this lake pretty far
Dialogue: 0,0:12:19.26,0:12:20.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and while we were out there,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:20.78,0:12:23.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a cold front blew in.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:23.47,0:12:26.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wind - and it was not so nice going back.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:26.89,0:12:28.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was cold. It was windy.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:28.98,0:12:30.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not waves like we find here,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:30.60,0:12:33.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but that was difficult, \Nrowing against that.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:33.09,0:12:34.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I remember what that was like.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:34.58,0:12:35.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here are these guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:35.80,0:12:38.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Darkness settles in,
Dialogue: 0,0:12:38.09,0:12:40.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this wind whips up.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:40.21,0:12:42.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my understanding is\Ntheir boats had a sail.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:42.65,0:12:45.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what's happening is that wind\Nis blowing directly at them.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:45.68,0:12:46.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That sail does no good.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:46.87,0:12:49.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They have to grab the oars.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:49.35,0:12:52.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're told it's the \Nfourth watch of the night.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:52.99,0:12:54.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's between 3 and 4 a.m.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:54.97,0:12:57.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They started in evening.
Dialogue: 0,0:12:57.43,0:13:02.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They've been rowing 3 to 4 \Nmiles is what we're told.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:02.25,0:13:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Wind, storm.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:07.85,0:13:10.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine that?
Dialogue: 0,0:13:10.65,0:13:15.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you hear one of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:15.79,0:13:22.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Maybe it was Thomas back there.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:22.48,0:13:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What is that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:25.14,0:13:32.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't know if it was like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:32.56,0:13:36.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This unearthly fear grabs them.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:36.73,0:13:40.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Someone or something is moving
Dialogue: 0,0:13:40.18,0:13:42.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across the top of the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:42.66,0:13:44.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dark. It's stormy.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:44.32,0:13:46.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is not good.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:46.18,0:13:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean they literally cry out,\N"It's a phantasm!"
Dialogue: 0,0:13:49.55,0:13:51.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It says they screamed with terror!
Dialogue: 0,0:13:51.78,0:13:53.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are men's men.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:53.84,0:13:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These are sailors, fisherman.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:56.61,0:13:59.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These guys are gripped with fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:13:59.72,0:14:02.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The thing I love about this
Dialogue: 0,0:14:02.96,0:14:07.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is one of those immediately's \Ncomes in right here.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:07.05,0:14:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Immediately..."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:12.82,0:14:15.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Everything changes.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:15.41,0:14:22.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Immediately, this sweet, familiar voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:22.50,0:14:23.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Steady voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:23.97,0:14:25.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It comes to their ears
Dialogue: 0,0:14:25.53,0:14:27.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over the howl of the wind.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:27.76,0:14:32.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take heart; it is I. Don't be afraid."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:32.61,0:14:33.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:33.93,0:14:35.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, put yourself in there,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:35.43,0:14:36.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,among these 12 guys.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:36.80,0:14:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And there's Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:37.82,0:14:38.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you what,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:38.96,0:14:40.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it all registers with him right away.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:40.96,0:14:42.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bang bang!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:42.64,0:14:44.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the Lord!
Dialogue: 0,0:14:44.30,0:14:46.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know that voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:14:46.96,0:14:49.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, if it's You,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:49.24,0:14:51.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,command me to come to You."
Dialogue: 0,0:14:51.73,0:14:53.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And that answer that comes back
Dialogue: 0,0:14:53.45,0:14:56.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,across those waters,
Dialogue: 0,0:14:56.92,0:15:01.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,above the howl of that wind,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:01.17,0:15:07.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's not: "That's silly, Peter."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:07.99,0:15:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:10.80,0:15:14.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing about it is,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:14.04,0:15:15.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Matthew tells us what happens next.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:15.94,0:15:21.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Matthew 14:29.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:21.60,0:15:26.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What happens next?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:26.67,0:15:30.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"So Peter got out of the boat."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:30.09,0:15:34.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now just stop right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:34.20,0:15:43.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter expected to walk, not swim.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:43.07,0:15:45.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what? John 21?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:45.20,0:15:48.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's another time Peter's in the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:48.27,0:15:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Lord comes to the shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:15:51.76,0:15:53.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you remember John says,
Dialogue: 0,0:15:53.24,0:15:54.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey Peter, that's the Lord."
Dialogue: 0,0:15:54.93,0:15:56.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you remember what he did?
Dialogue: 0,0:15:56.61,0:16:03.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He threw himself into the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:03.20,0:16:05.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You throw yourself into the sea
Dialogue: 0,0:16:05.37,0:16:09.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you plan to swim.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:09.16,0:16:12.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, that's not what \Nit says here in Matthew 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:12.15,0:16:13.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's different.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:13.08,0:16:16.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter got out of the boat and walked.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:16.58,0:16:18.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't throw himself into the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:18.57,0:16:19.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:19.62,0:16:21.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, command me to come to You
Dialogue: 0,0:16:21.27,0:16:23.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll swim to You."
Dialogue: 0,0:16:23.57,0:16:28.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what he was thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:28.17,0:16:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter walked on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:32.15,0:16:35.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The truth is we half expect \NJesus to walk on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:35.53,0:16:39.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because He can \Ntake loaves and fish...
Dialogue: 0,0:16:39.25,0:16:41.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He did stuff like this. We expect it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:41.43,0:16:44.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We expect it, not if we were there,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:44.04,0:16:46.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we were beholding it first hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:46.27,0:16:48.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm just saying 2,000 years removed,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:48.39,0:16:50.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we expect Jesus to be able to do this.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:50.74,0:16:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the thing is Peter is doing it.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:54.69,0:16:56.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you were actually there,
Dialogue: 0,0:16:56.44,0:16:58.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,imagine you're one of the other 11.
Dialogue: 0,0:16:58.13,0:17:00.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This thing is getting more \Nsurreal by the moment.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:00.64,0:17:01.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:01.60,0:17:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're so used to the story,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:03.94,0:17:07.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we miss the ridiculousness of it all.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:07.21,0:17:11.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The fact is the supernatural \Nis mounting up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:11.45,0:17:14.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus walks across the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:14.17,0:17:15.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter gets out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:15.76,0:17:17.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He walks across the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:17.39,0:17:19.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He sinks.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:19.35,0:17:20.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He comes back up.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:20.70,0:17:23.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He and Jesus walk on the water again
Dialogue: 0,0:17:23.05,0:17:24.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back to the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:24.02,0:17:25.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They get in the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:25.22,0:17:27.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wind stops.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:27.14,0:17:29.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And then the thing that \NMatthew doesn't tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:17:29.41,0:17:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that John tells us
Dialogue: 0,0:17:31.18,0:17:35.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is that then they were \Nimmediately at the shore.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:35.06,0:17:38.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, the miracles are stacking up here.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:38.05,0:17:40.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're coming at us in a hurry.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:40.34,0:17:42.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:42.94,0:17:53.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know when you go to John's account,
Dialogue: 0,0:17:53.22,0:17:55.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you know what happened.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:55.16,0:17:58.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They're back at the land.
Dialogue: 0,0:17:58.57,0:18:00.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And those people that \Nwere on the other side
Dialogue: 0,0:18:00.80,0:18:05.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that ate of the fish and the bread,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:05.60,0:18:07.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they were trying to figure all this out.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:07.52,0:18:08.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, wait a second,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:08.52,0:18:11.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the disciples went in the last boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:11.35,0:18:15.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus didn't get in the boat with them.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:15.30,0:18:18.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did He get here?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:18.81,0:18:20.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These aren't the disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:20.20,0:18:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These aren't the ones that know.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:21.76,0:18:24.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is the crowd that ate the bread
Dialogue: 0,0:18:24.39,0:18:26.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fish the day before.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:26.26,0:18:28.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And specifically in John's Gospel,
Dialogue: 0,0:18:28.61,0:18:30.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they ask Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:30.35,0:18:37.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say, "Rabbi, when did you come here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:37.49,0:18:39.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When did You come here?"
Dialogue: 0,0:18:39.52,0:18:42.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What they're really looking \Nfor is an explanation.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:42.06,0:18:43.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How did you get here?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:43.98,0:18:46.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When?
Dialogue: 0,0:18:46.49,0:18:47.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This doesn't make sense
Dialogue: 0,0:18:47.75,0:18:49.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that You could be here already.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:49.43,0:18:52.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, again, put yourself \Nin the disciples' spot.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:52.55,0:18:55.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Imagine if you're Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:55.62,0:18:58.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what's happened the night before.
Dialogue: 0,0:18:58.47,0:19:00.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the crowd's asking.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:00.44,0:19:03.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you're like, "Yeah, yeah! Tell them!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:03.29,0:19:06.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was exciting! Jesus, tell them!"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:06.69,0:19:08.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could imagine they're ready
Dialogue: 0,0:19:08.24,0:19:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to jump out of their shoes to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:10.25,0:19:12.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Let me tell you how He got here!
Dialogue: 0,0:19:12.40,0:19:14.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And when He got here!"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:14.48,0:19:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But, silence.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:18.21,0:19:19.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not a word of explanation.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:19.72,0:19:22.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jesus answered them, \N'Truly, truly, I say to you,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:22.16,0:19:24.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're seeking Me not \Nbecause you saw signs,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:24.37,0:19:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but because you ate \Nyour fill of the loaves.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:19:27.42,0:19:29.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what's interesting,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:29.06,0:19:33.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He freely then speaks about the feeding
Dialogue: 0,0:19:33.45,0:19:35.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the 5,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:35.01,0:19:36.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He speaks about the feeding.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:36.54,0:19:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He speaks about the \Nspiritual implications of this
Dialogue: 0,0:19:39.84,0:19:41.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how all this works out.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:41.29,0:19:44.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's the Bread of Life.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:44.69,0:19:46.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 6 is full of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:46.34,0:19:48.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He has no problem \Ntalking about the miracle
Dialogue: 0,0:19:48.75,0:19:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that happened the day before.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:50.23,0:19:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know, all that happened \Non the sea that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:19:53.10,0:19:56.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's absolutely silent.
Dialogue: 0,0:19:56.93,0:20:00.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And we might just say, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:00.59,0:20:04.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Well, the obvious reason is \Nthat the miracles at sea
Dialogue: 0,0:20:04.15,0:20:07.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were not for the crowd.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:07.27,0:20:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Who were they for?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:08.42,0:20:10.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were for the disciples.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:10.80,0:20:13.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:13.50,0:20:22.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,For all of this, what is the lesson?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:22.05,0:20:26.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's the lesson in all of this?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:26.16,0:20:29.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to use this word "impetuous."
Dialogue: 0,0:20:29.92,0:20:31.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Impetuous.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:31.82,0:20:35.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oftentimes, we hear Peter - impetuous.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:35.86,0:20:39.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that mean?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:39.56,0:20:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Acting without thinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:20:42.99,0:20:46.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you see, here's the thing,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:46.65,0:20:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is this teaching us that we should\Nnot be impetuous like Peter,
Dialogue: 0,0:20:50.04,0:20:52.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that we ought to be much slower
Dialogue: 0,0:20:52.04,0:20:54.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to jump out of the safety of our boats?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:54.47,0:20:58.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that what this is teaching?
Dialogue: 0,0:20:58.75,0:21:02.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I doubt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:02.39,0:21:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emphasis is not on Peter sinking.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:07.09,0:21:10.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emphasis is to be \Nfound in these words:
Dialogue: 0,0:21:10.51,0:21:15.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take heart; it is I. Do not be afraid."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:15.96,0:21:17.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now see, here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:17.37,0:21:24.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This account is found in Matthew's Gospel,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:24.41,0:21:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark's Gospel, and John's Gospel.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:27.78,0:21:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what's interesting?
Dialogue: 0,0:21:30.62,0:21:35.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The Peter incident is only preserved once.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:35.05,0:21:38.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But in all three of them,
Dialogue: 0,0:21:38.50,0:21:41.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God wants us to know;
Dialogue: 0,0:21:41.79,0:21:45.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to hear\Nwhat Jesus said to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:45.15,0:21:50.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is I. Be of good cheer."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:50.23,0:21:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take courage. I have come."
Dialogue: 0,0:21:53.72,0:21:56.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the heart of this.
Dialogue: 0,0:21:56.59,0:22:01.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not: Lose heart when it comes \Nto getting out of the boat
Dialogue: 0,0:22:01.08,0:22:03.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or you'll end up sinking like Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:03.05,0:22:04.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:04.21,0:22:06.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It isn't primarily about Peter's failure
Dialogue: 0,0:22:06.31,0:22:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or Peter's faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:07.47,0:22:11.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's primarily about Jesus' presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:11.50,0:22:12.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus has come.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:12.97,0:22:14.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He is on the scene.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:14.60,0:22:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:15.84,0:22:17.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take heart. Take courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:17.68,0:22:20.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be of good courage \Nif you've got the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:22:20.03,0:22:22.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the Lord has come \Nand the Lord is there.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:22.17,0:22:23.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And didn't He say,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:23.48,0:22:25.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lo, I am with you always..."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:25.85,0:22:28.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'll never leave you or forsake you."
Dialogue: 0,0:22:28.66,0:22:30.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This is what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:30.67,0:22:31.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,His presence.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:31.75,0:22:33.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These three accounts hit us all
Dialogue: 0,0:22:33.91,0:22:35.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with this reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:35.61,0:22:38.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The emphasis is that when Jesus shows up
Dialogue: 0,0:22:38.03,0:22:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,things happen. What happens?
Dialogue: 0,0:22:39.46,0:22:40.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A believer walks on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:40.87,0:22:43.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not just any place, any time,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:43.73,0:22:47.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but at that place and \Ntime where Jesus comes;
Dialogue: 0,0:22:47.72,0:22:49.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Jesus is.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:49.83,0:22:51.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what this is all about.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:51.55,0:22:52.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if anybody says,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:52.84,0:22:55.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"No, no... it's not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:22:55.42,0:22:58.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This can't be teaching that \Nwhen Jesus is with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:22:58.00,0:23:00.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can do impossible things \Nlike walk on the water."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:00.47,0:23:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If that's what you're thinking,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:02.02,0:23:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're missing the whole point.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:05.63,0:23:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus came on the scene,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:08.96,0:23:10.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the water obeyed Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:10.91,0:23:13.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It held Him up. It held Peter up.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:13.60,0:23:15.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wind obeyed Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:15.33,0:23:17.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boat obeyed Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:17.92,0:23:19.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what happens when Jesus comes.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:19.89,0:23:22.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Take heart. Take courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:22.75,0:23:23.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Be of good cheer.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:23.88,0:23:27.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It is I. Do not be afraid.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:27.08,0:23:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is saying that when I've arrived,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:29.29,0:23:32.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when I'm with you, you're good.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:32.19,0:23:35.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What we don't want to do is attack Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:35.32,0:23:38.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, look, this whole account
Dialogue: 0,0:23:38.98,0:23:42.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was not lost on Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:42.31,0:23:45.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter saw the Lord. It's the Lord!
Dialogue: 0,0:23:45.06,0:23:46.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Command me to come to You."
Dialogue: 0,0:23:46.50,0:23:48.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He got out of that boat and he walked.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:48.81,0:23:50.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was not lost on him.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:50.28,0:23:52.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look, we can attack Peter,
Dialogue: 0,0:23:52.36,0:23:54.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that's oftentimes what\Nhappens when we read this.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:54.86,0:23:56.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there's Peter again...
Dialogue: 0,0:23:56.10,0:23:57.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's sinking over there.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:57.82,0:23:59.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No, Peter walked on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:23:59.21,0:24:00.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, he sank.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:00.22,0:24:02.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, we can say, well,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:02.11,0:24:05.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he tried to keep Jesus \Nfrom going to the cross.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:05.17,0:24:07.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's true. Yes, he \Ndenied him three times.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:07.32,0:24:09.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's true. Yes, he fell \Nasleep in the garden.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:09.74,0:24:10.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:10.85,0:24:12.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he's the only one \Nthat trusted the Lord
Dialogue: 0,0:24:12.73,0:24:15.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,enough to get out of that \Nboat and walk on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:15.72,0:24:17.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:17.36,0:24:18.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't showing off.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:18.60,0:24:21.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wasn't being presumptuous.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:21.56,0:24:24.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because Peter heard the Lord's voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:24.83,0:24:27.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some kind of confidence \Ngrabbed hold of him
Dialogue: 0,0:24:27.58,0:24:29.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he got out and he walked.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:29.12,0:24:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I'll tell you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:30.24,0:24:32.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus never faulted him for \Ngetting out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:32.76,0:24:34.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus never faulted him for saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:24:34.51,0:24:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, command me to come."
Dialogue: 0,0:24:36.03,0:24:37.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never faulted him
Dialogue: 0,0:24:37.31,0:24:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for getting out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:38.78,0:24:40.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never faulted him
Dialogue: 0,0:24:40.04,0:24:41.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for walking on the water.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:41.89,0:24:43.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He only faulted him for one thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:43.54,0:24:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Only one thing -
Dialogue: 0,0:24:45.61,0:24:47.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for doubting Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:24:47.66,0:24:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once he was out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:51.91,0:24:53.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:53.41,0:24:58.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Presumption was never the problem here.
Dialogue: 0,0:24:58.99,0:25:06.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I get the feeling sometimes,\Nespecially among those
Dialogue: 0,0:25:06.50,0:25:11.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who bear this name \N"reformed" or "Calvinistic."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:11.15,0:25:14.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's almost like I get this feel
Dialogue: 0,0:25:14.36,0:25:18.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that caution is the word of the day.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:18.39,0:25:21.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was not the case in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:21.66,0:25:24.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is not the case.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:24.07,0:25:26.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You cannot show me
Dialogue: 0,0:25:26.14,0:25:28.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,verse after verse after verse
Dialogue: 0,0:25:28.42,0:25:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where Jesus was saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:29.94,0:25:35.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Guys, be very careful, \Nlest you trust Me too much."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:35.10,0:25:36.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Never did that come across.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:36.69,0:25:39.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Nothing like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:39.46,0:25:41.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what you find?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:41.68,0:25:44.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find that there in the \NSermon on the Mount,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:44.34,0:25:45.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we heard about it last night.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:45.79,0:25:48.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God so clothes this
Dialogue: 0,0:25:48.03,0:25:50.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He takes care of that,
Dialogue: 0,0:25:50.49,0:25:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what does He say?
Dialogue: 0,0:25:52.31,0:25:55.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"O you of little faith.... trust Me."
Dialogue: 0,0:25:55.49,0:25:58.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You remember they were out there one \Nday and they were in a boat again.
Dialogue: 0,0:25:58.97,0:26:00.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were with Jesus.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:00.06,0:26:03.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said, "Beware of the\Nleaven of the Pharisees."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:03.34,0:26:06.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they say, "Oh! We \Nforgot to bring bread!"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:06.73,0:26:08.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He said,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:08.25,0:26:10.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"O you of little faith."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:10.15,0:26:11.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you remember another day.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:11.63,0:26:13.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, why could we not cast that demon
Dialogue: 0,0:26:13.84,0:26:16.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,out of that young man?"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:16.29,0:26:19.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Because you didn't have faith."
Dialogue: 0,0:26:19.61,0:26:21.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't this what we get hit with
Dialogue: 0,0:26:21.26,0:26:22.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,over and over again?
Dialogue: 0,0:26:22.38,0:26:23.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or you remember another time
Dialogue: 0,0:26:23.83,0:26:26.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that there was wind out there\Non the Sea of Galilee.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:26.34,0:26:28.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus fell asleep in the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:28.04,0:26:30.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't come walking \Non the water that time.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:30.24,0:26:32.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But He woke up and same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:32.42,0:26:36.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why do you not trust Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:36.32,0:26:38.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know, the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:38.65,0:26:43.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we typically tend to fear presumption.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:43.05,0:26:45.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I find that so often!
Dialogue: 0,0:26:45.76,0:26:47.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to be so careful
Dialogue: 0,0:26:47.50,0:26:49.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,lest we be presumptuous,
Dialogue: 0,0:26:49.54,0:26:51.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when in fact, Scripture seems to suggest
Dialogue: 0,0:26:51.72,0:26:54.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that just the opposite is the issue.
Dialogue: 0,0:26:54.02,0:26:57.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Peter, why didn't you trust Me?"
Dialogue: 0,0:26:57.68,0:27:00.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not: "Peter, you idiot!"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:00.46,0:27:01.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why were you so overconfident
Dialogue: 0,0:27:01.91,0:27:04.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to step out of that boat?"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:04.52,0:27:05.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's not that.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:05.67,0:27:07.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's not what you find in Scripture.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:07.90,0:27:10.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Constantly, Jesus is saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:10.47,0:27:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Do you not yet perceive?"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:13.71,0:27:15.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I fed the 5,000. I fed the 4,000.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:15.85,0:27:19.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is that not resonating in your head?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:19.53,0:27:21.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That when I'm with you, you're good?
Dialogue: 0,0:27:21.47,0:27:24.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm with you, I supply your needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:24.63,0:27:27.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When I'm with you, \Nimpossible things happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:27.78,0:27:29.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So trust Me!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:29.60,0:27:32.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And get out of the boat!
Dialogue: 0,0:27:32.40,0:27:35.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't stay in the boat!"
Dialogue: 0,0:27:35.02,0:27:38.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, I am so convinced,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:38.58,0:27:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we've got all these reformed people.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:41.22,0:27:45.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You'll carry your Jonathan \NEdwards out of here,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:45.61,0:27:49.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but all the time, you're in the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:49.46,0:27:56.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And Jesus has no \Nhesitation to call us out.
Dialogue: 0,0:27:56.100,0:27:59.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me ask you this,
Dialogue: 0,0:27:59.15,0:28:02.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as you and I sit in our little boats
Dialogue: 0,0:28:02.48,0:28:06.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking over the side.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:06.16,0:28:07.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on verses like this,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:07.45,0:28:09.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do you get the feeling that \NGod's more concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:28:09.80,0:28:12.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that we're going to just \Nrashly spring out of the boat
Dialogue: 0,0:28:12.42,0:28:14.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and foolishly trust Him to help us
Dialogue: 0,0:28:14.10,0:28:17.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and protect us in some crazy endeavor
Dialogue: 0,0:28:17.23,0:28:18.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,done in His name?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:18.95,0:28:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or is God more concerned \N(incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:28:30.40,0:28:35.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to step out.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:35.93,0:28:40.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He wants us to do crazy endeavors
Dialogue: 0,0:28:40.50,0:28:42.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in His names' sake.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:42.76,0:28:44.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those 120 came down from that upper room.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:44.92,0:28:49.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That was a totally crazy endeavor \Nthey were about totally.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:49.80,0:28:52.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is God more concerned
Dialogue: 0,0:28:52.09,0:28:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that lacking faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:28:53.74,0:28:56.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we be too timid to ever \Nget out of that boat?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:56.21,0:28:57.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's what it seems like here.
Dialogue: 0,0:28:57.71,0:28:59.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what the boat is?
Dialogue: 0,0:28:59.97,0:29:02.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what a boat is?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:02.84,0:29:09.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The boat is where you don't walk on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:09.62,0:29:15.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the place of safety, of security.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:15.44,0:29:17.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, do you know what it is?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:17.69,0:29:22.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm going to show you something here.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:22.94,0:29:30.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look with me at how \NMatthew's account ended.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:30.19,0:29:31.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does it say?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:31.40,0:29:33.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They worshiped.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:33.85,0:29:35.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you see that?
Dialogue: 0,0:29:35.92,0:29:42.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you look there, Matthew 14.
Dialogue: 0,0:29:42.98,0:29:44.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Verse 33,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:44.67,0:29:51.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Those in the boat worshiped Him saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:29:51.30,0:29:57.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Truly, You are the Son of God.'"
Dialogue: 0,0:29:57.31,0:30:00.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You know what John 6:21 says?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:00.19,0:30:05.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,John 6:21 says they were glad
Dialogue: 0,0:30:05.10,0:30:08.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to take Him into the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:08.33,0:30:09.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now think with me.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:09.63,0:30:15.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Gladness. Worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:15.65,0:30:18.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know what Mark says?
Dialogue: 0,0:30:18.04,0:30:19.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:19.10,0:30:21.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We haven't looked at Mark's text yet.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:21.90,0:30:26.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark 6:51-52 - same account.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:26.82,0:30:28.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let me read it to you.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:28.07,0:30:30.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't have to turn there.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:30.03,0:30:36.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He got into the boat with them,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:36.07,0:30:39.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the wind ceased,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:39.21,0:30:44.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they were utterly astounded."
Dialogue: 0,0:30:44.53,0:30:46.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They worshiped.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:46.12,0:30:47.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were glad.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:47.89,0:30:50.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They were astounded.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:50.52,0:30:52.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:30:52.71,0:30:54.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"They were utterly astounded,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:54.35,0:30:56.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for they did not understand
Dialogue: 0,0:30:56.04,0:30:59.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about the loaves,
Dialogue: 0,0:30:59.06,0:31:05.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but their hearts were hardened."
Dialogue: 0,0:31:05.58,0:31:08.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know that that is a reality?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:08.42,0:31:12.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can be glad in the Lord.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:12.37,0:31:14.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can sing the hymns
Dialogue: 0,0:31:14.20,0:31:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you can worship Him,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:16.75,0:31:24.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet, there is a hardness to trust Him
Dialogue: 0,0:31:24.01,0:31:27.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how He would be trusted.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:27.81,0:31:32.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because all three - same account.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:32.02,0:31:34.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And under inspiration they tell us
Dialogue: 0,0:31:34.42,0:31:37.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that despite the worship and the gladness,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:37.78,0:31:43.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there was yet a hardness \Nin these people of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:43.04,0:31:44.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't perceiving.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:44.48,0:31:50.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They weren't getting what \Nthese things really meant.
Dialogue: 0,0:31:50.76,0:31:53.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's probably somebody ready to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:31:53.10,0:31:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Hey, look. What do you \Nwant us to believe?
Dialogue: 0,0:31:56.24,0:31:57.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want us to believe that we can
Dialogue: 0,0:31:57.100,0:31:59.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go down to the water here
Dialogue: 0,0:31:59.43,0:32:02.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and walk on the water?"
Dialogue: 0,0:32:02.36,0:32:05.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Listen, preacher, you and I can \Nwalk down there afterwards
Dialogue: 0,0:32:05.68,0:32:07.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're not going to walk on it
Dialogue: 0,0:32:07.68,0:32:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm not going to walk on it.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:09.42,0:32:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So what do you have to say to that?"
Dialogue: 0,0:32:11.40,0:32:12.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I would say this.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:12.32,0:32:14.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I don't know if out there \Non the horizon somewhere
Dialogue: 0,0:32:14.94,0:32:17.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can see a mountain
Dialogue: 0,0:32:17.59,0:32:20.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like the folks that come from Denver.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:20.58,0:32:26.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can see those great \Nbig mountains on that range.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:26.94,0:32:30.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But what are you going to say?\NYou can't move that mountain?
Dialogue: 0,0:32:30.76,0:32:33.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Lord says you can move that mountain.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:33.90,0:32:36.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The reality is we can move mountains
Dialogue: 0,0:32:36.68,0:32:38.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking to Christ in faith;
Dialogue: 0,0:32:38.14,0:32:40.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking to God in faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:40.11,0:32:42.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Water can hold us up just as certainly
Dialogue: 0,0:32:42.37,0:32:44.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as mountains can be moved.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:44.47,0:32:47.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is the reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:47.13,0:32:48.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When Jesus is with me,
Dialogue: 0,0:32:48.86,0:32:51.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can just as confidently \Nexpect that water
Dialogue: 0,0:32:51.21,0:32:52.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to do miraculous things
Dialogue: 0,0:32:52.72,0:32:54.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as I can expect a mountain to move.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:54.72,0:32:57.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need to have faith \Nto look at these things
Dialogue: 0,0:32:57.08,0:32:59.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the way the Lord meant for \Nus to look at these things.
Dialogue: 0,0:32:59.77,0:33:00.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Listen, what did He say?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:00.100,0:33:02.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What did He say when He walked here?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:02.78,0:33:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He looked at some people one day
Dialogue: 0,0:33:04.46,0:33:07.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He said, "Which is \Neasier for Me to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:07.09,0:33:11.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Your sins be forgiven \Nor rise up and walk?"
Dialogue: 0,0:33:11.36,0:33:14.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What's easier to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:14.44,0:33:15.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Walk on water?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:15.63,0:33:16.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter, come to Me?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:16.86,0:33:19.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or walk on scorpions and serpents
Dialogue: 0,0:33:19.65,0:33:22.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and crush Satan shortly under your heel?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:22.98,0:33:24.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Or to walk on your sins -
Dialogue: 0,0:33:24.25,0:33:27.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to walk above your sins, your problems,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:27.04,0:33:30.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your doubts, your fears, your unbeliefs?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:30.58,0:33:32.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Which is easier to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:33:32.88,0:33:37.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,To step out in faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:37.39,0:33:40.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Presumption is not the problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:40.48,0:33:46.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The point is that we worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:46.10,0:33:47.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I know we worship.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:47.48,0:33:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're interested in the character of God.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:50.10,0:33:53.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We want to see God big.
Dialogue: 0,0:33:53.94,0:33:55.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But let us not be the kind of people
Dialogue: 0,0:33:55.78,0:33:59.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that worship and even are glad,
Dialogue: 0,0:33:59.47,0:34:02.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there is this hardness of unbelief.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:02.71,0:34:03.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We worship, but...
Dialogue: 0,0:34:03.94,0:34:05.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You don't want that "but" there.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:05.77,0:34:07.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is, isn't it amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:07.85,0:34:11.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus is willing.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:11.97,0:34:13.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, command me to come to You."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:13.71,0:34:15.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:15.98,0:34:17.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know what?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:17.87,0:34:20.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something that I find remarkable
Dialogue: 0,0:34:20.77,0:34:23.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in Mark's Gospel account of this is this:
Dialogue: 0,0:34:23.82,0:34:25.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Mark 6:48 says,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:25.35,0:34:27.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"About the fourth watch of the night,
Dialogue: 0,0:34:27.33,0:34:28.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to them..."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:28.26,0:34:29.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now listen to this.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:29.88,0:34:34.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...He came to them walking on the sea.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:34.36,0:34:38.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He meant to pass them by."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:38.02,0:34:39.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you ever read things like that
Dialogue: 0,0:34:39.84,0:34:41.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's like what?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:41.56,0:34:46.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"He meant to pass them by."
Dialogue: 0,0:34:46.51,0:34:50.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What does that sound like?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:50.10,0:34:52.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Luke's Gospel - you remember the two
Dialogue: 0,0:34:52.06,0:34:53.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,on the road to Emmaus?
Dialogue: 0,0:34:53.77,0:34:57.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It sounds remotely similar to that.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:57.03,0:34:59.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That He acted as if He \Nwas going to go further.
Dialogue: 0,0:34:59.63,0:35:02.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He intended to pass them by.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:02.74,0:35:08.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Does anybody ever get tired \Nof those doubtful prayers?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:08.28,0:35:11.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Thy will be done..."
Dialogue: 0,0:35:11.27,0:35:13.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now, I know that's a biblical prayer,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:13.14,0:35:15.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I know it's got a right place,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:15.84,0:35:19.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but Christians who \Nhesitatingly look at life
Dialogue: 0,0:35:19.22,0:35:20.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and are always in doubt
Dialogue: 0,0:35:20.83,0:35:23.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,about whether they \Nshould ever do anything -
Dialogue: 0,0:35:23.04,0:35:25.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,oh yes, they admit that \NGod is able to do things
Dialogue: 0,0:35:25.86,0:35:27.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at least in theory.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:27.98,0:35:32.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But the feeling I get is that Jesus
Dialogue: 0,0:35:32.60,0:35:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might intend to pass by,
Dialogue: 0,0:35:34.68,0:35:37.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He will pass by
Dialogue: 0,0:35:37.62,0:35:39.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we don't need Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:39.61,0:35:41.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you notice He always stops
Dialogue: 0,0:35:41.22,0:35:42.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for those who need Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:42.71,0:35:44.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You find that all through the Scriptures.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:44.71,0:35:46.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Always stopping for those who need Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:46.78,0:35:48.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there are ten thousand reasons
Dialogue: 0,0:35:48.61,0:35:50.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why we don't get out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:50.87,0:35:52.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:35:52.30,0:35:54.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's dark out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:54.71,0:35:56.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The waves are big.
Dialogue: 0,0:35:56.83,0:35:58.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's likely an undertow
Dialogue: 0,0:35:58.60,0:36:01.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'll be pulled under.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:01.33,0:36:03.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't have enough money
Dialogue: 0,0:36:03.51,0:36:06.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get out of this boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:06.38,0:36:08.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So we just sit there.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:08.69,0:36:12.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Well, the Lord's will be done."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:12.39,0:36:14.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"If He wants me to get out of the boat
Dialogue: 0,0:36:14.99,0:36:18.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,then He'll take me out of the boat."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:18.21,0:36:20.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But it's all so doubtful.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:20.21,0:36:22.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I mean, after all, liquid molecules -
Dialogue: 0,0:36:22.09,0:36:25.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they cannot support the weight
Dialogue: 0,0:36:25.39,0:36:27.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of a human being.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:27.25,0:36:28.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That doesn't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:28.34,0:36:29.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It just can't work.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:29.42,0:36:30.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The lake is deep
Dialogue: 0,0:36:30.62,0:36:32.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the side of the boat is high.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:32.63,0:36:36.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This whole endeavor is doubtful.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:36.03,0:36:39.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Let us hear Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:39.16,0:36:44.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, command me to come."
Dialogue: 0,0:36:44.88,0:36:46.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Here's a question.
Dialogue: 0,0:36:46.55,0:36:50.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If you had been in the boat that night,
Dialogue: 0,0:36:50.08,0:36:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would it have occurred to you
Dialogue: 0,0:36:53.58,0:37:00.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to ask the Lord to command you to come?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:00.69,0:37:02.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about it.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:02.10,0:37:07.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Seemingly, it did not occur to eleven.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:07.75,0:37:12.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But would it have occurred to you?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:12.16,0:37:16.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if you say I hope it would have,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:16.75,0:37:17.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,well then, I would say,
Dialogue: 0,0:37:17.97,0:37:20.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,let it occur to you now.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:20.30,0:37:22.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to point something out.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:22.52,0:37:26.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Difficulties do not mean
Dialogue: 0,0:37:26.93,0:37:32.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that something is not God's will.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:32.15,0:37:35.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I find Christians who want to interpret
Dialogue: 0,0:37:35.96,0:37:37.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God's dealings with us that way.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:37.96,0:37:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Oh, there's a problem.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:39.63,0:37:41.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's a roadblock. There's a bump.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:41.40,0:37:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's difficulty there.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:43.32,0:37:47.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Incomplete thought)
Dialogue: 0,0:37:47.73,0:37:49.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think of Abraham.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:49.49,0:37:51.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Was there difficulty set \Nin the way of his faith?
Dialogue: 0,0:37:51.91,0:37:54.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like, maybe he's old, and his wife is old.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:54.42,0:37:55.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That's a difficulty.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:55.55,0:37:58.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Joseph - there were \Nsome difficulties there.
Dialogue: 0,0:37:58.24,0:38:01.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's finding himself in the prison.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:01.13,0:38:03.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is a difficulty.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:03.68,0:38:05.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lazarus - that was a difficulty.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:05.95,0:38:09.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was four days dead in the grave.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:09.66,0:38:12.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter - dark, stormy, water.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:12.82,0:38:14.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever noticed?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:14.12,0:38:16.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God likes to put obstacles in our way.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:16.48,0:38:18.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? That tests our faith.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:18.47,0:38:21.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That tests what we think of Him.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:21.55,0:38:23.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Bunyan had it, right? Did he not?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:23.81,0:38:26.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Pilgrim came to the Hill of Difficulty
Dialogue: 0,0:38:26.80,0:38:28.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he went up that hill.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:28.45,0:38:29.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He didn't go around.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:29.53,0:38:31.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, going around was exactly
Dialogue: 0,0:38:31.18,0:38:34.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the thing that he shouldn't do.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:34.19,0:38:37.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And if we get out of the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:37.32,0:38:39.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are we ever going to sink like Peter?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:39.48,0:38:41.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Yes, that's going to happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:41.70,0:38:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But you know the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:43.32,0:38:45.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're still okay. Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:38:45.70,0:38:48.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because the Lord is there\Nand He cares for His people.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:48.65,0:38:49.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at something.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:49.70,0:38:54.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Look at Matthew 14:30.
Dialogue: 0,0:38:54.38,0:38:57.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"When Peter saw the wind,
Dialogue: 0,0:38:57.58,0:39:01.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he was afraid."
Dialogue: 0,0:39:01.37,0:39:03.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now notice these words:
Dialogue: 0,0:39:03.11,0:39:05.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...beginning to sink,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:05.96,0:39:07.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he cried out,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:07.25,0:39:09.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Lord, save me!'"
Dialogue: 0,0:39:09.52,0:39:11.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't you love that?
Dialogue: 0,0:39:11.85,0:39:15.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Just several weeks back,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:15.93,0:39:21.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my daughters brought up some show,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:21.31,0:39:23.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I hope there's not something about it
Dialogue: 0,0:39:23.54,0:39:25.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you all want to \Ncrucify me if I say it,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:25.75,0:39:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but there's some outdoorsman thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:27.46,0:39:29.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some guy name Bear Grylls.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:29.56,0:39:31.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some Englishman.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:31.07,0:39:33.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some outdoorsman.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:33.38,0:39:34.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's a nut.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:34.87,0:39:39.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he went to Scotland in a blizzard
Dialogue: 0,0:39:39.39,0:39:41.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he wants to show you how to survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:41.71,0:39:43.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And of all things, he wants to show you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:43.70,0:39:45.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how to really survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:39:45.02,0:39:49.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So he comes up to a peat bog,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:49.55,0:39:51.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he's saying I'm going to go in here
Dialogue: 0,0:39:51.76,0:39:53.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and it's blizzard and the snow's coming,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:53.72,0:39:55.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he says I'm going to show you
Dialogue: 0,0:39:55.31,0:39:58.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how if you fall into a \Npeat bog in a blizzard,
Dialogue: 0,0:39:58.17,0:40:00.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how you survive.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:00.60,0:40:03.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And so he builds this whole story
Dialogue: 0,0:40:03.85,0:40:05.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you're ready for him
Dialogue: 0,0:40:05.16,0:40:06.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to jump in this peat bog
Dialogue: 0,0:40:06.72,0:40:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and go up to his waist or something.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:08.74,0:40:12.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He says, look, now that I've \Ntold you all about this,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:12.10,0:40:13.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm probably going to step in here
Dialogue: 0,0:40:13.85,0:40:15.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and find this thing shallow,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:15.24,0:40:17.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm just going to walk right \Nacross to the other side.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:17.29,0:40:20.22,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So now you've kind of got the picture \Nin mind that maybe it's not that deep.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:20.22,0:40:21.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He's going to take a step in there
Dialogue: 0,0:40:21.62,0:40:24.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he may actually \Nbe able to walk across.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:24.34,0:40:25.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He takes a step in there
Dialogue: 0,0:40:25.79,0:40:29.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and he disappeared, like that.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:29.29,0:40:31.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He was gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:31.15,0:40:33.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like (gasp!)
Dialogue: 0,0:40:33.20,0:40:35.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I was thinking that image,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:35.95,0:40:37.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if Peter - bang!
Dialogue: 0,0:40:37.50,0:40:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It would have just come \Nout from under him.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:39.63,0:40:41.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Boom! He's gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:41.80,0:40:43.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Isn't that amazing?
Dialogue: 0,0:40:43.44,0:40:45.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Beginning to sink..."
Dialogue: 0,0:40:45.84,0:40:48.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I thought, look, if the same thing
Dialogue: 0,0:40:48.59,0:40:51.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,happened to Peter that \Nhappened to Bear Grylls,
Dialogue: 0,0:40:51.07,0:40:57.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,he wouldn't have got three \Nwords out of his mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:40:57.39,0:41:00.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What I see in that
Dialogue: 0,0:41:00.17,0:41:02.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is even in Peter's unbelief,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:02.35,0:41:04.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the Lord is with him.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:04.46,0:41:09.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he is not allowed to just go "woosh."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:09.42,0:41:12.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Beginning to sink..."
Dialogue: 0,0:41:12.41,0:41:19.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That is encouraging.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:19.36,0:41:24.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because what the Lord was doing
Dialogue: 0,0:41:24.03,0:41:30.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,was He's allowing Peter \Nto sink gradually enough
Dialogue: 0,0:41:30.98,0:41:33.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so that he can cry out,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:33.33,0:41:37.07,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, save me!"
Dialogue: 0,0:41:37.07,0:41:39.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter began to sink.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:39.79,0:41:42.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every time you read that from now on,
Dialogue: 0,0:41:42.99,0:41:44.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but notice the next thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:44.86,0:41:47.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Jesus immediately," - I love that!
Dialogue: 0,0:41:47.40,0:41:50.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't say that Peter immediately sank
Dialogue: 0,0:41:50.02,0:41:54.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and Jesus began to put out His hand.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:54.75,0:41:56.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's the opposite.
Dialogue: 0,0:41:56.85,0:42:03.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beginning... Jesus immediate.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:03.10,0:42:04.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Guess what?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:04.29,0:42:05.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You get out of the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:05.76,0:42:07.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we're like Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:07.40,0:42:11.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't look at Peter like \Nhe's some ridiculous case.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:11.23,0:42:12.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Go look at yourself in the mirror
Dialogue: 0,0:42:12.91,0:42:14.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and say I'm just like him.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:14.62,0:42:16.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because if you get out of the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:16.54,0:42:19.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you're going to have times you sink too.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:19.52,0:42:23.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like all those biographies I was showing\Nyou yesterday that I've read?
Dialogue: 0,0:42:23.20,0:42:26.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those guys - they sink too.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:26.100,0:42:28.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And here's the thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:28.76,0:42:33.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I love this too.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:33.66,0:42:38.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I remember 28 years ago,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:38.80,0:42:41.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at the depth in the bog,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:41.26,0:42:44.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in that peat bog of my own sin,
Dialogue: 0,0:42:44.23,0:42:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the miry clay...
Dialogue: 0,0:42:46.43,0:42:48.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you know that night the Lord saved me
Dialogue: 0,0:42:48.72,0:42:52.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just three words and I don't think \Nthey came out of my mouth.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:52.02,0:42:54.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think I just thought them.
Dialogue: 0,0:42:54.59,0:42:57.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, help me."
Dialogue: 0,0:42:57.95,0:43:00.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard sister Connie \Nsay the same thing.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:00.45,0:43:02.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Three words.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:02.65,0:43:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, help me.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:04.12,0:43:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, save me.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:08.84,0:43:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've heard of people under demonic attack
Dialogue: 0,0:43:13.33,0:43:15.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,waking up in the night -
Dialogue: 0,0:43:15.03,0:43:18.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,something has them by the neck:
Dialogue: 0,0:43:18.70,0:43:20.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, help me."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:20.34,0:43:22.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it's gone.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:22.32,0:43:24.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the thing is,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:24.49,0:43:26.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Jesus did not say,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:26.30,0:43:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Peter, I wish you would \Nget more sophisticated,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:30.40,0:43:32.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more intellectual, more professional,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:32.78,0:43:34.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more polished, if you think
Dialogue: 0,0:43:34.18,0:43:37.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you are going to get My attention."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:37.19,0:43:39.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a prayer!
Dialogue: 0,0:43:39.97,0:43:42.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Peter, you insult Me \Nwith your simplicity."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:42.46,0:43:43.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,None of that.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:43.93,0:43:45.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What a prayer for God's people
Dialogue: 0,0:43:45.55,0:43:48.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who venture out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:48.40,0:43:51.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine our \Nbrother serving overseas,
Dialogue: 0,0:43:51.87,0:43:53.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"God, help me."
Dialogue: 0,0:43:53.76,0:43:56.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He stepped out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:43:56.24,0:44:02.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What keeps us from daring \Nto trust Christ more?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:02.02,0:44:04.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You think about your own life.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:04.10,0:44:06.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We've got our boats.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:06.35,0:44:07.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Every one of us do.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:07.47,0:44:11.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,These places that if we \Ntrusted the Lord more
Dialogue: 0,0:44:11.66,0:44:14.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we would get out of them.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:14.74,0:44:17.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And the Lord's out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:17.17,0:44:20.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:44:20.17,0:44:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's like He was going to walk by them,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:23.62,0:44:25.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but what?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:25.64,0:44:27.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They needed Him. They cried out.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:27.42,0:44:29.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He saw they were in terror.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:29.48,0:44:32.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He came to them.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:32.41,0:44:35.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What keeps us from \Ndaring to trust Christ more?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:35.14,0:44:37.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Is it hardness?
Dialogue: 0,0:44:37.20,0:44:38.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This hardness.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:38.85,0:44:42.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We don't perceive really what
Dialogue: 0,0:44:42.38,0:44:45.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those 4,000 and those 5,000 that were fed
Dialogue: 0,0:44:45.60,0:44:49.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,were meant to show us.
Dialogue: 0,0:44:49.60,0:44:51.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Have you ever found
Dialogue: 0,0:44:51.17,0:44:55.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that when you've stepped out of the boat,
Dialogue: 0,0:44:55.44,0:44:58.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that Jesus let you sink
Dialogue: 0,0:44:58.26,0:45:02.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right to the bottom of the sea?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:02.60,0:45:04.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It doesn't happen.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:04.88,0:45:06.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You answer this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:06.85,0:45:09.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to answer this question.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:09.97,0:45:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Where do you want to live your life?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:14.02,0:45:17.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Do you want to dwell in that \Ncalculated safety of the boat?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:17.41,0:45:19.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If we're to significantly advance,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:19.81,0:45:21.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we need to step out.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:21.53,0:45:24.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out where?
Dialogue: 0,0:45:24.71,0:45:27.45,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Out there.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:27.45,0:45:28.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond the side of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:28.93,0:45:30.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:30.38,0:45:32.67,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Beyond the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:32.67,0:45:34.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,God calls us to a life
Dialogue: 0,0:45:34.62,0:45:37.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where we can't walk
Dialogue: 0,0:45:37.04,0:45:39.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where He wants us to walk,
Dialogue: 0,0:45:39.05,0:45:43.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless He holds us up.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:43.23,0:45:44.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tozer said this:
Dialogue: 0,0:45:44.65,0:45:48.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,One of the greatest proofs of our weakness
Dialogue: 0,0:45:48.99,0:45:50.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is when there's no longer anything
Dialogue: 0,0:45:50.82,0:45:54.69,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,terrible or mysterious about us.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:54.69,0:45:56.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,When it can all be explained.
Dialogue: 0,0:45:56.13,0:45:57.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Stepping out of the boat
Dialogue: 0,0:45:57.65,0:45:59.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is stepping out into that realm
Dialogue: 0,0:45:59.24,0:46:01.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of the supernatural.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:01.14,0:46:04.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's stepping out into the realm of God
Dialogue: 0,0:46:04.02,0:46:06.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,where you don't survive \Nunless God is for you
Dialogue: 0,0:46:06.64,0:46:07.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and undergirds you;
Dialogue: 0,0:46:07.87,0:46:10.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless God holds you up.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:10.42,0:46:15.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think we need more crazy Christianity.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:15.28,0:46:17.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We need more people like Peter.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:17.49,0:46:18.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They step out of the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:18.79,0:46:21.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And they step out with that confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:21.35,0:46:24.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because not a confidence in self -
Dialogue: 0,0:46:24.35,0:46:28.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a confidence in what \NChrist is going to do for us.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:28.47,0:46:30.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Should we not intentionally \Ntake our churches
Dialogue: 0,0:46:30.88,0:46:33.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and our families and ourselves down paths
Dialogue: 0,0:46:33.25,0:46:36.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that demand more than our spiritual gifts?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:36.52,0:46:37.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than our logic?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:37.97,0:46:39.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,More than the current funds
Dialogue: 0,0:46:39.63,0:46:43.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in the checking account?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:43.28,0:46:45.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:46:45.24,0:46:47.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because Christ is with us
Dialogue: 0,0:46:47.01,0:46:49.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and He says, "Take courage."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:49.33,0:46:51.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? Because by nature, we're timid.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:51.74,0:46:53.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We're faint.
Dialogue: 0,0:46:53.58,0:46:55.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Take courage."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:55.26,0:46:57.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why? "I am with you."
Dialogue: 0,0:46:57.04,0:46:58.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Don't ever be quick to say,
Dialogue: 0,0:46:58.77,0:47:01.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Oh, we can't do that.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:01.84,0:47:04.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too big. It's too expensive.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:04.96,0:47:06.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too far.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:06.81,0:47:08.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's too outrageous.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:08.79,0:47:11.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's just overall too impossible."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:11.04,0:47:13.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should fear that talk.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:13.05,0:47:14.90,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We should fear staying in the boat
Dialogue: 0,0:47:14.90,0:47:17.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and not putting our great God to the test.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:17.93,0:47:20.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I don't know what this \Nmeans for all of our lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:20.13,0:47:22.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been thinking about \Nthis message for weeks,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:22.61,0:47:23.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've been thinking
Dialogue: 0,0:47:23.70,0:47:25.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what does this mean for me?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:25.59,0:47:28.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to get out of the boat.\NI don't want to live in the boat.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:28.10,0:47:30.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I don't want to get to \Nthe end and just find
Dialogue: 0,0:47:30.37,0:47:34.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I lived in the boat all the time.
Dialogue: 0,0:47:34.54,0:47:36.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I should have been saying,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:36.09,0:47:37.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Lord, command me to come."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:37.65,0:47:41.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Command me to come."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:41.38,0:47:43.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because I find that He says, "Come."
Dialogue: 0,0:47:43.32,0:47:46.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Can you imagine Peter
Dialogue: 0,0:47:46.33,0:47:48.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,reminiscing in the years that followed?
Dialogue: 0,0:47:48.42,0:47:52.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I imagine him sitting there,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:52.34,0:47:55.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,looking into the fire,
Dialogue: 0,0:47:55.63,0:47:57.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking...
Dialogue: 0,0:47:57.52,0:48:03.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,thinking back to that night.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:03.76,0:48:06.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Remembering.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:06.32,0:48:08.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Reminiscing.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:08.32,0:48:12.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Those words.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:12.30,0:48:13.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can hear them.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:13.58,0:48:16.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He can hear that voice.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:16.56,0:48:21.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"O you of little faith,
Dialogue: 0,0:48:21.51,0:48:25.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why did you doubt?"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:25.99,0:48:29.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And you know Peter didn't answer.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:29.28,0:48:30.80,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Why?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:30.80,0:48:33.61,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Because he never had a good answer
Dialogue: 0,0:48:33.61,0:48:35.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:35.34,0:48:37.82,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He never did.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:37.82,0:48:40.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's really difficult to have an answer
Dialogue: 0,0:48:40.71,0:48:45.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you've just been walking on water
Dialogue: 0,0:48:45.75,0:48:52.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to have the Lord say, "Why did you doubt?"
Dialogue: 0,0:48:52.70,0:48:55.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What are you going to say?
Dialogue: 0,0:48:55.52,0:48:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Think about this.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:57.28,0:48:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter - seasoned fisherman.
Dialogue: 0,0:48:59.60,0:49:02.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Sailor.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:02.14,0:49:05.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Something happened in \Nthat wind right there.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:05.63,0:49:08.49,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it says it caused him to fear.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:08.49,0:49:10.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,What would it have taken to cause
Dialogue: 0,0:49:10.17,0:49:13.26,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a man like Peter to suddenly fear?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:13.26,0:49:14.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A great big gust
Dialogue: 0,0:49:14.87,0:49:16.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that took him off his feat?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:16.98,0:49:19.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But still, why?
Dialogue: 0,0:49:19.09,0:49:21.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,He'd been walking on water.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:21.76,0:49:23.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Why did you doubt?"
Dialogue: 0,0:49:23.64,0:49:28.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In other words, you never need to.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:28.28,0:49:31.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter thought about water.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:31.43,0:49:33.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You can imagine.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:33.18,0:49:39.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I felt a firmness under my feet.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:39.40,0:49:40.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was like walking on land,
Dialogue: 0,0:49:40.98,0:49:43.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and yet it wasn't like walking on dry land
Dialogue: 0,0:49:43.42,0:49:45.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because there was no ground there.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:45.36,0:49:49.57,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was some unseen reality
Dialogue: 0,0:49:49.57,0:49:52.39,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that held me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:52.39,0:49:53.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I felt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:49:53.74,0:49:57.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it give way
Dialogue: 0,0:49:57.28,0:50:00.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when my eyes came off of Christ.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:00.42,0:50:02.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:02.50,0:50:04.16,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:04.16,0:50:11.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It caused that knee-jerk prayer:
Dialogue: 0,0:50:11.14,0:50:13.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,'Lord, save me!'
Dialogue: 0,0:50:13.11,0:50:17.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I felt it give way.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:17.58,0:50:21.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I know it was not \Nfaith that held me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:21.87,0:50:24.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It was God that held me up.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:24.33,0:50:25.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And He held me up
Dialogue: 0,0:50:25.40,0:50:27.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and there was a firmness
Dialogue: 0,0:50:27.46,0:50:31.85,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as long as I was looking to Christ."
Dialogue: 0,0:50:31.85,0:50:34.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And he could remember.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:34.02,0:50:35.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There was a confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:35.54,0:50:37.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Peter had a confidence.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:37.94,0:50:41.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tremendous sense of safety,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:41.47,0:50:43.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of security.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:43.18,0:50:46.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,A tremendous freedom.
Dialogue: 0,0:50:46.92,0:50:53.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Peter, why did you fear?"
Dialogue: 0,0:50:53.100,0:50:57.42,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Him just thinking, you know,
Dialogue: 0,0:50:57.42,0:51:08.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I never did have a good \Nanswer to that question.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:08.74,0:51:12.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, I pray
Dialogue: 0,0:51:12.29,0:51:22.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some boats would be stepped out of.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:22.96,0:51:25.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Father, please,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:25.96,0:51:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,help us to trust Your Son.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:30.40,0:51:33.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us to bring You more glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:33.08,0:51:34.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We see that it is a glory;
Dialogue: 0,0:51:34.68,0:51:36.11,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's a worship issue,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:36.11,0:51:40.30,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as we see Abraham there in Romans 4,
Dialogue: 0,0:51:40.30,0:51:44.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we know that trusting You
Dialogue: 0,0:51:44.95,0:51:48.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,brings You glory.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:48.52,0:51:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I pray Lord, I want this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:51.44,0:51:52.63,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want this.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:52.63,0:51:58.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I want to trust You more.
Dialogue: 0,0:51:58.14,0:52:01.65,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:01.65,0:52:06.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Help us to go forth from this place
Dialogue: 0,0:52:06.24,0:52:09.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,resting, trusting.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:09.35,0:52:11.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray that this account may help us
Dialogue: 0,0:52:11.24,0:52:15.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to be more certain, more confident,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:15.37,0:52:18.41,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,more established on this Person of Christ
Dialogue: 0,0:52:18.41,0:52:20.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,willing to help;
Dialogue: 0,0:52:20.06,0:52:22.23,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,would have walked past,
Dialogue: 0,0:52:22.23,0:52:25.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but He came immediately.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:25.19,0:52:27.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is I."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:27.50,0:52:29.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It is I."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:29.21,0:52:30.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Be of courage."
Dialogue: 0,0:52:30.40,0:52:36.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lord, we want that courage.
Dialogue: 0,0:52:36.02,0:52:40.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I pray in Christ's name, Amen.