Welcome to part 2 with Dr. Joshua Sears, Matthew 8, Mark 2 through 4, and Luke 7.

So then, continuing in verse 38, and they awake him, and say unto him, Master,

carousel thou not that we perish, and he arose and rebuked the wind and set unto the sea peace.

Be still, and the wind ceased, and there was a great calm.

And he said unto them, Why are you so fearful?

How is it that you have no faith?

And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, What manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey him?

Now there's a lot to unpack here. This story is just so rich.

One reason that Jesus has this piercing question to them is because as they recognize who he is,

they should have been a little more aware that there was no real danger.

We can look for example, I'm going to go back to the book of Psalms,

let's bring in some Old Testament again here.

Psalm 46, verse 3 verses says this, God is our refuge and strength, a very present help and trouble.

Therefore, we will not fear though the earth be removed, and though the mountains be carried into the midst of the sea,

though the waters thereof roar and be troubled, though the mountains shake with the swelling thereof.

As you trust in God, the psalm is a gleece presenting this ideal that you then you shouldn't be afraid if the waters are rolling at you.

And there's another psalm that goes over a sea storm as well at Psalm 107, starting in verse 23.

It tells the story about sailors caught up in the storm.

They that go down to the sea and ships that do business in great waters, these see the works of the Lord and his wonders in the deep.

For he commanded and raised it the stormy wind which lifted up the waves thereof.

They mount up to the heavens, meaning the waves. They go down again to the depths.

Their soul is melted because of trouble. They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and they are at their widths end.

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