Who, Then, Is This?

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Speaker: Wendell Stoltzfus
Scripture: Mark 4:35-41
August 25, 2024

Mark 4:35-41: On that day, when evening had come, he said to them, “Let us go across to the other side.” And leaving the crowd, they took him with them in the boat, just as he was. And other boats were with him. And a great windstorm arose, and the waves were breaking into the boat, so that the boat was already filling. But he was in the stern, asleep on the cushion. And they woke him and said to him, “Teacher, do you not care that we are perishing?” And he awoke and rebuked the wind and said to the sea, “Peace! Be still!” And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. He said to them, “Why are you so afraid? Have you still no faith?” And they were filled with great fear and said to one another, “Who then is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him?”

Sermon Outline

1. The fisherman and the sea

• Simon Peter

• Sea of Galilee

2. Jesus in the boat

• He had been teaching all day

• He still had a lesson to teach that night

3. The storm

• More than experienced fishermen could handle

• Eventually, the disciples ask Jesus to help

• Jesus rebukes the storm, then rebukes his disciples

4. The disciples’ reaction

• “Who then is this?”

• These sinful men realize they’re in the presence of the Holy One

• Jesus’ lesson for his disciples

5. The storms we encounter

• What makes us afraid?

• “Why are you so afraid?”