The Bible Study Podcast, episode 2.92. Today, the Bible Study podcast continues looking at faith

and when faith falls short.

Welcome to the Bible Study podcast. I'm your host, Chris Christensen. As we continue to look at faith, first of all,

my apologies for two weeks off, one was a planned vacation and the other one I had no voice.

But as we continue to look at faith, I want to look at what happens when we step out in faith

and we fail. And I want to look at a familiar story. We're going to look at the story of

Jesus walking in the water and also Peter walking in the water from Matthew 14. Matthew 14

verses 22 through 33. Immediately Jesus made the disciples get into the boat and go on ahead of

him to the other side while he dismissed the crowd. After he had dismissed them,

he went up on a mountainside by himself to pray. Later that night, he was there alone, and the boat was

already a considerable distance from land, buffeted by the waves because the wind was against it.

Shortly before dawn, Jesus went out to them walking on the lake. When the disciples saw him walking on the

lake, they were terrified. It's a ghost, they said, and cried out in fear. But Jesus immediately

said to them, take courage. It is I. Don't be afraid. Lord, if it's you, Peter replied,

let me come to you on the water. Come, he said. Then Peter got out of the boat, walked on the water,

and came towards Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid and began to sink, cried out,

Lord, save me. Immediately Jesus reached out his hand and caught him. You of little faith, he said,

why did you doubt? And when they climbed

into the boat, the wind died down. Then those who were in the boat worshipped him, saying,

truly you are the son of God. Now, this is one of those interesting stories, because we use it

to talk about faith and walking on water. And Peter is the only one who gets out of the

boat, and yet it's the only one whose faith gets criticized in this story. And I wonder about that

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