Today on Summit Life, a surprising perspective from Pastor J.D. Greer.

Jesus rebukes the wind and the waves, and then he turns around and he rebukes the disciples

for being afraid. Now, if he's rebuking them, then that means that they're doing something

they shouldn't have been doing. But it seems to me that their fears are legitimate. They thought

they were going to die. Jesus says, yeah, yeah, yeah,

I understand that. But when I'm in the boat with you, even that fear is irrational.

Welcome back to Summit Life with Pastor J.D. Greer. As always, I'm your host, Molly Vitovich,

and we are so glad that you're back with us today. Have you ever considered that when artists

try to depict Jesus, they often paint him wearing a clean, white robe, holding a lamb, and

walking through a quiet green pasture? It's peaceful and it's comforting, reminding us that Jesus is our friend and good shepherd.

And there's nothing wrong with those images, but they don't really capture the full picture of who

Jesus really is.

He's all that, but so much more.

Today, Pastor Jady is drawing our attention to another aspect of Jesus' character

that might surprise you, and he's encouraging us toward a different kind of response to that picture.

He's humorously titled this message, Why You Should Be Scared of Jesus. Let's see what he means now.

Mark chapter 4, verse 35.

When evening had come, Jesus said to them, let us go across to the other side.

Now, the other side, he's talking about the Sea of Galilee.

The Sea of Galilee was the little body of water that separated the Jewish territory in Palestine

from the Gentile territory.

Verse 36, leaving the crowd.

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