Recreate Church, Pastor Michael Shockley—Service, Sunday, December 4, 2022

Is This Boat Gonna Sink? Today, Pastor Michael is letting Billy Honeycutt talk about Mark Chapter 4.  Billy is chatting, in the beginning ,about a video with a bear that we had to trim out for DRM (digital rights management) but is available at Preview YouTube video The Preacher And The Bear - Strolling Down Memory LaneThe Preacher And The Bear - Strolling Down Memory Lane.  Billy is taking about faith and how its more real when we’re getting squeezed by a bear, so listeners may want to take a gander at that video. Jesus was speaking here with parables but when he was alone with the disciples, he explained everything.  This is where the message starts.   That day, Jesus said, “Let’s go over to the other side” and his disciples did that.  While on the boat, a squall came up and Jesus was on the stern, sleeping.  His disciples woke him up, telling him they were afraid.  Jesus calmed the storm and the disciples were amazed, yet still frightened; mostly about how He could calm a storm.  Isn’t that crazy, how 2,000 years ago folks were scared how He could calm a storm and today we’d likely be most appreciative of Him saving our necks!   (CSB Baker Illustrated Bible Study Notes) At the word of Jesus, calm replaces chaos. Ironically, the disciples are more terrified by the power of Jesus than by the terror of the storm (4:41). “Who then is this?” they ask. This is the question not only before the disciples but also before Mark’s readers: will their experience of Jesus lead to faith (4:40) or to fear and doubt? Verses can be found today in Mark 4: 35-41. Scripture quotations marked CSB have been taken from the Christian Standard Bible®, Copyright © 2017 by Holman Bible Publishers. Used by permission. Christian Standard Bible® and CSB® are federally registered trademarks of Holman Bible Publishers.