"What Kind Of Man Is HE? Even The Winds And The Sea Obey HIM."

"JESUS got into the boat and HIS disciples followed HIM.  Without warning, a fierce storm burst upon the lake, with waves sweeping the boat.  But JESUS was asleep.

 The disciples woke HIM up and cried, 'LORD save us!  We are lost!'  But JESUS answered, 'Why are you so afraid, you of little faith?'  Then HE stood up and rebuked the wind and sea; and it became completely calm.

The disciples were astonished.  They said, 'What kind of man is HE?  Even the winds and the sea obey HIM.'" - Matthew 8:23-27 

(In Jewish mentality the sea is a daily reminder of primitive chaos, it is there the marine monsters move around, monsters which only GOD, for HE is the all-powerful, can challenge: Leviathan and Rehab.  In commanding the sea: Quiet now!  Be still!.  Just as HE does with the demons [Mark 1:25] JESUS affirms HIS divine power over the forces of evil.

Confronted with all the forms of evil that attack them, in the midst of tempests that arise, people at times, wonder if GOD "does not sleep."  JESUS is there. HE is not surprised by the disciples' fear of the tempest, but of their lack of faith; only trust in the victory of JESUS, Son of GOD, over the forces of evil, will allow them to overcome this fear.)

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