TEXT: Mark 4:35-5:20
Proverbs 18:21a
“Death and life are in the power of the tongue:”
Proverbs 25:11
“A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver.”
Proverbs 15:23
“A man hath joy by the answer of his mouth: and a word spoken in due season, how good is it!”
Proverbs 10:19
“In the multitude of words there wanteth not sin: but he that refraineth his lips is wise.”
Hebrews 1:1-3
“God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high;”
Jesus spoke with authority!
I. JESUS DEMONSTRATES HIS POWER AND CONTROL
The creator displays his authority over creation.
Colossians 1:16, 17
“For by him were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him: And he is before all things, and by him all things consist.”
Every cosmic speck of dust is under the command and control of Jesus.
II. JESUS ISSUES A CHALLENGING QUESTION
The greatest danger to our life is not the external uncontrollable forces that work against us; it’s a heart of unbelief that damages our faith in Christ.
Jesus took the storm of eternal justice and knowing this means we can face all the temporal storms with the assurance that he loves us and is in complete control of our life.
“God is God, and since he is God, he is worthy of my worship and my service. I will find rest nowhere else but in his will and that will is necessarily, infinitely, immeasurably, unspeakably beyond my largest notions of what he is up to.” Elisabeth Elliot
The greater lesson here is not that God will keep you from all the storms of life but that God will be faithful through the storms of life.
III. JESUS MAKES A CONFRONTATIONAL CALL
Ephesians 6:12
“For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.”
Jesus is not only stronger than the storms around you He is stronger than the “demons” inside you.
If you want to experience the power of God at work in your life you will have to submit yourself to His authority over your life!
IV. JESUS GIVES A COMMISSION
All true believers have a desire to be around Jesus!
Sharing the Gospel should never be wrapped around how awful we were but how awesome Jesus is!
When Jesus speaks He not only calms the storms in our life, He sends us back out into the waves of the world with a message of hope.