Text: John 6:15-21 (Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52)<\/p>\n
I. After the feeding, Jesus had sent the people away.<\/p>\n
A. The people desired to make Jesus a king whether he wanted to be one or not<\/p>\n
B. To avoid this, Jesus withdrew to a mountain, alone to pray<\/p>\n C. That evening, the disciples entered a boat at Jesus’ insistence, heading toward\nCapernaum\n
II. A storm came that night, forcing them to row<\/p>\n
A. They only made about 3 or 4 miles, but a significant distance from the shore<\/p>\n
B. It was between 3 and 6 am. The disciples had been battling the waves all night.<\/p>\n
C. Jesus sees their distress.<\/p>\n D. A figure appears, walking on the water. Mark tells us Jesus intended to pass them\nby, meeting them at their destination.\n
E. The disciples concluded it was a ghost<\/p>\n
F. It is Jesus, telling them not to fear.<\/p>\n
G. Peter, showing bold faith, asks to join Jesus in the water<\/p>\n
1. Jesus tells him to come<\/p>\n
2. Peter begins to walk to Jesus<\/p>\n 3. But seeing the wind and waves, he began to fear (He took his eyes off the\ngoal).\n
4. He cried to Jesus, and Jesus rescued him<\/p>\n
5. Jesus scolded him for his lack of faith<\/p>\n
III. Jesus then enters the boat<\/p>\n
A. Immediately, the wind died down<\/p>\n
B. The next thing the disciples knew, they were at Capernaum.<\/p>\n
C. The disciples concluded that he must be God’s son. <\/p>\n 1. Mark points out that it should have already have been obvious from the\nfeeding of the five thousand.\n
IV. The incident tells us much about faith.<\/p>\n
A. The disciples lacked much<\/p>\n
B. Though Peter showed some.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tPrior Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA Study of John\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNext Lesson\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jesus Walks on the Water Text: John 6:15-21 (Matthew 14:22-33, Mark 6:45-52) I. After the feeding, Jesus had sent the people away. A. The people desired to make Jesus a king whether he wanted to be one or not B. To avoid this, Jesus withdrew to a mountain, alone to pray C. That evening, the disciples entered a boat…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":21925,"menu_order":14,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31106","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":21925,"url":"https:\/\/www.lavistachurchofchrist.org\/cms\/bible-studies\/a-study-of-john\/","url_meta":{"origin":31106,"position":0},"title":"A Study of John","author":"Jeffrey Hamilton","date":"April 29, 2001","format":false,"excerpt":"A Study of John by Jeffrey W. 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