Well, I speak on behalf of my
wife, myself. It's so good to see you again. Good to be back here. I think
it was two years ago, two years. It's too long, but it's so good
to see you again. I thank the Lord for this church.
This church has been here a long time, stood faithful for the
gospel. Brother Maurice, and now your
dear pastor, Brother David Edmondson, you're blessed to have this man.
I know you know that. I'm blessed to call him my friend.
His dear wife, oh my, what a servant of the church, servant of ours. They just work tirelessly on
behalf of God's church. And I'm just so thankful for
them. So thankful. Good to be here. Thank you, Brother
Drew, for praying for me. Go back to the Gospel of Mark
that Brother Drew read. We want to look at chapter 4.
Mark chapter 4. This is a familiar story. Most
in here have heard this before. The title of it and the subject
is, With Christ in the Ship in the Storm. It's a story of how
our great Lord and Savior, the captain of our salvation, Lord
and master of the universe, master of the seas, came to this place,
sent by His Father to save His people. The great shepherd of
the sheep, sent by the Father, a sheep given to Him, sent to
save His lost sheep, to find every one of them. They're all
lost, but He finds every one of them and brings them all the
way to glory. This story is him bringing his disciples, his chosen
disciples, through storms to try their faith. Faith will be
tried. It must be tried. And to show
them his glory, to show them his great salvation, that's what
trials are for. We'll say some things about faith
in the course of this message, but faith doesn't save us. It's not our testimony that saves
us. It's not our belief that saves
us. It's not our confession or profession
or whatever. Christ saves us. Faith is not
something we do. It's who we look to. Faith is
looking to the Lord Jesus Christ. He's the object of our faith.
The reason scripture says so many times we're saved by the
faith of Christ, doesn't it? That's not a misprint, is it,
Drew? We're saved by the faith of Christ. These men, all of them in this
ship, the Lord is trying them, going through this storm, and
they all fail miserably. They all fail. In the end, the
Lord is going to say to them, why is it you have No faith. Not a little bit. But they were
so afraid that they didn't exhibit any faith. Now, how were they
saved? They all had faith. They all
believed on the Lord Jesus, didn't they, Jane? They did. He was
their Lord and their Master. How were they saved? By Christ. It wasn't their faith in Him.
It was His faithfulness to them. To a man. They all made it to
the other side because Jesus Christ got them there. I just
told you the gospel. They all knew it. They all gave
Him all the glory for bringing them to the other side. I thought
about that. Someday God's people are going
to stand in glory. We're going to stand there side
to side. Absolutely amazed. And you know what everybody's
gonna say? Every single person in this glory is gonna say, we're
here because of Him. One reason. One reason we're
here. Him. And everybody's gonna be
singing unto Him that loved us and washed us from our sins in
His own blood. We're here because He brought
us here. That's faith. It's who you look
to. We're not saved by our faith. We fail miserably. Now let's look at his disciples.
Chapter 4. He brought his disciples with
him in a ship. Look at verse 35. Same day, Mark
4, 35. Same day when evening was come,
he saith unto them, unto his disciples, let us pass over unto
the other side. He said this to his disciples.
Now go back to chapter one that Brother Drew read for us. He said this to them. They were
his disciples. Scripture says, for whom he did
for know. That is, for love. He did predestinate. Predestinate means predetermined
destiny. The Lord, everyone he chose,
his elect, he predetermined long before the world began, their
destiny, and their destiny was to be with Him in glory, with
Him, to behold His glory. Predestinate, whom He predestinated,
He called every single child of God, every single one of God's
elect, He calls them by the gospel. He calls them by His word. They hear His voice, all of them. And the scripture says they're
justified. They believe Him. They're justified
by the blood of Christ. They're justified by the Spirit
of God. They're given this faith, justifying
faith in Christ and Christ alone. All of these men were loved by
Him, chosen by Him, called by Him. Look at chapter one. Our
Lord was walking along, verse 16, by the Sea of Galilee. Now how many ships were in that
harbor? Have you ever been to a little
fishing village somewhere on the seacoast? I have, many times. And there's ships all over that
harbor. Well, the Lord chose two ships,
four men out of maybe 400. Simon and Andrew, look at verse
16. He saw Simon and Andrew. Who saw who? Who was looking
for who? The Lord was looking for them.
given to him by the Father. He came looking for his own,
and he found them. They didn't find him. Philip
one time, he was talking like an Armenian, wasn't he, Drew?
He said, we found him, Philip. You didn't find him? He found
you. Well, he saw Simon and Andrew
casting a net into the sea. They were fishers, verse 17.
And he said unto them, come ye after me. I will make you to
become fishers of men. And straightway they forsook
their net and followed him. Come, that's all he said in power. He called these two men, his
elect, his children. Come, and he did foreknowing,
he called them. And straightway they followed
him. Verse 8 and 19, and when he'd gone a little further, He
saw James a son of Zebedee and John his brother who also were
in the ship Mending their net and straightway. He called them
Well, they left their father. They left everything and everyone
the ship and went after him He was after them and he called
them and when he called them they followed him That's salvation
I had a dog that I loved dearly named Abner, and I chose that
dog. I went to a kennel that had many
dogs, and it was a particular breed I was looking for. And
I went to this kennel, and they had eight or nine dogs in this
litter. And I chose the one I wanted. They didn't choose me. Not one
of those dogs was saying, choose me, choose me. Not one of them.
I chose the blackest one, a black one. I chose him. I paid money for him. I bought
him. I brought him home. I taught him everything he knew. I bought him, I brought him,
I taught him. I taught him, first thing I taught
him was sit at my feet. I taught him to lie down at my
feet. I taught him to heal, that means
follow me, don't make a move without me, follow me. And I
taught him to come, that's the main thing. You come when I call
you, come, and he did. Because I'm a good master. I'm
a good trainer. And he came. And I called him
all his life. I was always calling him. And
he was always coming to me. And this is the gospel of an
elect people. given to Christ, the great Master,
to come calling them out of darkness into His marvelous light, out
of death to life, given to Him by the Father, chosen by the
Father, bought by the blood of the Son of God, brought to Christ
by the Spirit of God, taught by God, and everyone that's been
taught of God, cometh to Him. He tells them, come, and they
all come. Without fail, they come. And
they keep coming. He keeps calling them all the
days of their life by this gospel, and they keep coming. Where?
To Him. Why are you here? You're hearing
the same old gospel you've heard for 40 more years. Same gospel
of the same Savior. Huh? Why? To whom? Coming. One day, there was a
pack of dogs outside our house. Mindy had a little dog, but she
was afraid for its safety. There was a pack of dogs there. Some of them had no collars on
them. That means somebody doesn't own
them. Okay? And they're nothing but trouble,
all right? Well, I looked, and in the middle
of that pack of dogs was my dog. What's he doing in the middle
of that bunch of dogs? Well, he was. I spoke one word. Come! One dog. He sat at my feet. My dog. My dog. And if he could talk, he would
have said, I didn't mean it. I'm sorry. I didn't want you
to be with him. Thank you for calling me out. It's not a doctrine to believe
in your head. I knew it when I was a son. It
didn't mean I knew the Lord. I just knew election. But when
I found out, He chose me. He called me one day. My dad was preaching the gospel. And all my life he was just my
dad. Just my dad. That was my dad up there. That's
what he did. He preached, okay? And I sat and I listened. I listened.
I didn't hear a thing. And one day it wasn't my dad
that was speaking to me. It was the Lord calling me. Every single disciple of the
Lord knows who chose who, who called who, who saved who. There's
not one child of God on the face of this earth that doesn't believe
that God chose them. Not belief in an adopter, but
it's knowing that He's the elect. We're elect in Him, chosen by
Him. He said to them all. Now look
at our text in chapter four. All right, chapter four of Mark's
gospel, verse 35. Same day when evening was come,
he saith unto them, let us pass over unto the other side. He gave this command. He gave
this command. He chose a ship. First time Peter,
Simon Peter, met him in another gospel, it says that Simon Peter
was washing his nets, Larry, and the Lord got in his ship
and said, come on, we'll launch out. Silent Peter, you know, if it
hadn't been the lorry, what are you doing in my ship? That wasn't
his ship. That was a large ship. That's
his Lordship. That was his lake. That was his
ocean. And Peter belonged to him. Everything. He gave the
command. Our Lord doesn't ask people to
let him into their heart. He gives the command. Salvation
is by command. Psalm 71.3. Thou hast given commandment
to save me. And he got in his ship and he
said, come on, you're going with me. He didn't ask Peter. He told him. The Lord doesn't
ask people anything. He gives the command. And right
here, he said, get in the ship. Let us pass over to the other
side. Brother Gene, sounds like they're
gonna make it, doesn't it? Sounds like it's a foregone conclusion. It is. He said, I've spoken it,
I'll bring it to pass. I've purposed it, I'll do it.
Let us pass over to the other side. When God calls his people
by the gospel, you know what he's doing for you? He's bringing
you to the other side. In Exodus chapter 3, He said,
I have come down to bring them out, to bring them up, to bring
them in to the promised land. It's the only way they're going
to get there. Because if He comes and saves them, brings them out,
out of this world, up, out of the miry clay, set their feet
on a rock, into the promised land. They're gonna pass over
one way, Jesus Christ. It's not a play on words, the
Lord wrote it. Let us pass over. Why did the children of Israel get out of their houses and into
the promised land? The Passover. The Passover, the
Passover land. This is the Passover land. Let
us pass over. He came to call His people out,
to bring them over. He says in Hebrews 11 that all
the children of Israel passed through the Red Sea, which the
Egyptians were saying to do, were drowned. But all of the
children of God passed over, passed through the Red Sea. That's
a type of this world. The world is overcome by the
world and perishes with it, but not God's people. They pass over
because God said, when I see the blood, I will pass over you. And every single one whom Christ
died for, he's going to pass over in mercy and love and grace
and bring them to the other side. They all know it. They all know
it. Well, let's look at the ship.
This is His disciples, chosen by Him. Verse 36, And they had
sent away the multitude, they took Him, even as He was in the
ship. There were also with Him other
little ships. They took Him in the ship. He chose the ship.
And they took Him in. Who took who? Well, He took them. And He ordered this ship. Now
there was a ship here. It says there were other little
ships. Meaning this was a little ship. that they were in, that
room and that corner. Well, exactly 13 people. Are
you with me? He chose his ship, the number
that was gonna be in it, and it was a little ship, 13, him
and the twin. It was a ship, and he put them
in a ship with him. They were in this ship. Now,
that ship, that ship, as in everything in God's Word, is a picture of
the Lord Jesus Christ. Like Noah's Ark. You've heard,
everybody's heard Noah's Ark. That Ark is Christ's. Noah is
Christ's. His name means red. Like Noah's
Ark, all of them were saved. Everything was saved. Everyone
in that Ark was saved because of Noah. Who brought them into
that Ark? Noah did. Who put these men in
this ship? The Lord Jesus Christ, our Saviour,
our Redeemer. He put these men in that ship.
That ship is Christ. This ship is also a type, a picture
of the Kingdom of God, the Church of God, the ship. And all the
Word of God, it uses this term fellowship, doesn't it? You've
heard that? The fellowship of the Gospel,
the fellowship of His sufferings, the fellowship of the mystery,
fellows in the same ship. Have you ever marveled at how
God used the English language in the way that he did? That
the gospel is heard more in English than any other language? And
he used these words, some English, whoever made up the word one
day was going, what are we going to call it? Fellowship. And it
perfectly fits what the Lord does in saving his people. He chooses certain fellas and
puts them in the ship. In him. Fellowship. You know
what the difference between a ship and a boat is? You landlubbers. You know what the difference
is? No, I didn't think you would. A ship is an ocean going vessel. Not
a boat. It must be able to sail in deep
waters. At sea, not a boat. I've got a john boat, 14 foot
john boat. I wouldn't dare take it out on
the Atlantic Ocean. It's not a ship. It's a boat. It's a boat. Listen to this in
Psalm 107. It says that they that go down
to the sea in ships that do business in great waters or deep waters.
These see the works of the Lord and His wonders in the deep.
This fellowship of the gospel, this fellowship of the mysteries,
this fellowship of the gospel, that God's disciples are all
put in Christ, and they go through deep waters. There they see the
hand of God. There they see the wonders in
the deep, deep mysteries in Him, deep trials, deep waters. And
it goes on to say, He commands and raises the stormy wind and
lifts the waves there. All of God's people, their faith
is going to be tried. They're going to go through deep
waters. As I said, the ship is an ocean
going west. My father was in the Navy, and
he was at sea for One time he told me for about three to six
months, I forget, a long time, a long time. I had the experience
of being in a ship, sailing ship, a small one, but with six other
men. And we were 150 miles out in
the Atlantic and sailed 850 miles down the coast, completely under
sail, and 10 days. I was scared to death. But there's
nothing more helpless than a sailing vessel out on the ocean. Nothing
more completely in the hand of God, so to speak, than a sailing
vessel out there completely dependent on the wind, which bloweth where
it listeth. I experienced that. But if you're
in a ship, here's the thing. If you're with some fellas in
a ship, that ship is your home. That ship is your home. It's
your dwelling place. That's where you live. That's
where you move. That's where you have your being.
That's Christ. We're in Him. God's people are
in Him. That ship is your refuge. That ship is your safety. If
you get to the other side, it's not gonna be by swimming. You're
in deep water. That ship, if you make it, it's
going to be completely because of the ship and the captain. They all know it. Everybody in that ship knows
that. We're going to make it if this ship doesn't sink. That
ship is the way over. That ship is your life. If you're
on board a ship, You eat on that ship. You drink on that ship.
Your conversation, you can't go a day without thinking about
that ship. You're in it. When the scripture says Christ
is our life, that's not just a saying. He is of God's people. If they're in Him and He is in
them, He is their life. They feed on Him. They live on
Him. They know it. They look to Him.
Their conversation is about Him. That's a fact. These disciples,
all the time they were with the Lord, what were they talking
about? Him. Glory in Him. Amazed that He
chose them. So, the Lord put these fellas
in a ship. Are you? Are you in the ship? One time, Paul, you remember
the story of Paul and the men with him in that ship? And he
said, except you abide in the ship, you'll be lost. They all made it, clinging to
a piece of that ship. Well, he put them through a storm. Look at verse 37. Verse 36 says
there were little ships with him. Meaning, there were other
ships out there and they went through this same storm. Now they didn't see him go out
on the bow of this ship and steal this storm. They didn't see him
do that. The other little ship, they didn't
hear him say, peace be still. None of them did that. But they
all made it safe to land. Why? Because of him. And they didn't
know it. But his disciples did. To a man,
they knew. They heard his voice. They saw
his glory. They knew why they got over,
because he said, peace be still. The other ships were all saying,
we sure were lucky. Weren't we lucky? Well, the wind
turned in our favor. There ain't no such thing as
love. Every single thing, every single person, every single hair
on your head is in the hands of our Master. And if anybody
is saved from anything, Jesus Christ does it. Right? We know it. We've seen
His glory. We've heard His glory. Oh, how
blessed we are to know that, to know Him. This is salvation.
And so, we don't We don't talk about Mother Earth, we talk about
our Father in Heaven. We don't talk about luck, we
talk about sovereign grace, sovereign mercy. He uses means, but he
doesn't have to. And often means are the thing
he uses to see who you're going to give the glory to. Right? He doesn't have to. But it wasn't
the means It was still him. He could do it with anyone. It's
a test. This ship really didn't save
them, Jesus Christ did. All right, look at it. Verse
37, there arose a great storm of wind. Where'd this storm come
from? Where'd it come from? The one in the ship raised it.
He caused this ship, this storm to rain. The winds and the waves,
the storm of wind, the waves beat in the ship so that it was
now full. Mark and Matthew's gospels say
the waves covered the ship. Luke says it was filled with
water. It was full. They were in jeopardy, it said.
They were in peril. They thought, they're going down.
We're going down. We're all going to drown. They
all thought to a man, we're going to drown. You're going to perish. Been
there. Was it possible? Not possible. Why? He's in the
ship. And they're in here. Scripture says, David said, deep
calleth unto deep at the noise of thy water spouts. David said,
all thy waves and all thy billows are gone over me. Went through great deep waters
during the trials. Trial after trial, like wave
after wave. I was in that ship with those
men, and we sailed out into the harbor, and the skies got black,
darker than my coat. And I'm a landlubber. And they
put that sail up, and that ship heeled over 45 degrees like that. And that sky was black. And I
said to the captain, I said, we're not going out in that,
are we? And my buddy was with me and
he got sick as a dog. I was scared. All of God's people are going
to go through deep water, deep trials that the Lord brings. He's the one that sends them
to show forth His glory, to try their faith, to build them up
on this most holy faith which is Look into Him. Trust in Him. Faith doesn't sail in smooth
waters. You don't need faith to sit in
a John Boat in a farm pond. What do you do if you're in a
deep water and the wind's howling and the waves are crashing over
Job? Wave after wave came at Job. Wave after wave came at
Job. Trouble after trouble. Any and
every trial that any human being could ever go through in their
life hit Job one after another. Don't you know he was thinking,
I can't take anymore. Don't you know that gene down
in his heart was saying, I can't take anymore. Did he? Yes, he
did. And you know what he finally
said? The Lord did this. The Lord. He didn't blame anybody.
He didn't blame it on a virus. He didn't blame it on the Chaldeans,
the Sabeans. He said the Lord did this. The
Lord gave it. Now the Lord has to take it. Blessed be the name of the Lord.
Lord Job didn't fail did he? His faith didn't fail him. These fellas did. All of God's people will go through
trial after trial. Our Lord said you must through
much tribulation enter the Kingdom of Heaven. Didn't He? Then what
did He say? Be of good cheer. I've overcome this world. I own
this place. Everything comes your way, I
sent it. Nothing and no one can harm you.
I do it. Not a hair of your head will
fall to the ground unless I pluck it. Do you hear me? Not me, Him. This is faith. Faith trusts Him when everything
seems to be going against you. And I'm here to tell you from
God's Word, nothing's against God's people. All things work
together for good to them that love God. It's all for us to
bring us to the other side. They didn't think so. They thought
they were going to hell. They thought they were going
to drown. Now listen to the master. Here's the master. All right.
Where was he? Where was he? Where was the Lord
in this storm? He was in the ship. He was in the ship. It's like
in Mark's gospel, so they were rowing and toiling. You know,
rowing. And I reckon they'd lost sight
of him, where he was. So they started bailing water.
Bailing water. Rowing. And we're not getting
anywhere. Water's coming in as fast as
we can put it out. The warrior was crying. He was
in that ship with him. He said, I'll never leave you.
I'll never forsake you. Every trial. Everything they
went through, he went through it. He went through it. He came
to this earth as a man, as our substitute, as a second Adam
from above, to live by faith. Live by faith. The just shall
live by, the first time it's mentioned in Habakkuk, it says,
the just shall live by His faith. He came, the second Adam from
above. Without faith, it's impossible
to please God. Our Lord Jesus Christ, as a man,
lived by faith. Completely. It's required of
us. And he lived by faith as a man.
You know what he's doing in that ship? What's he doing? Sleeping. He's asleep. He's resting. He's completely trusting his
Heavenly Father. Completely resting. Not a worry
at all. On a pillow like a baby in his
mother's arms. The waves are crashing. He's
lying in water, Brother David. How? Why? To show us. He lived by faith. To show us
that this ship can't perish if Christ is in it. It can't. He's got to go with the cross.
There's no way that ship will go down. If you're in Christ, you're not
going to perish. He said, I give unto them eternal
life, they shall never perish. Spurgeon, we're all afraid of death by
nature. Scripture says our Lord came
to deliver us who all our lifetime were subject to this fear of
death. And Spurgeon said, why is it that we're afraid of the
best thing that could possibly happen to us? The best thing is, Ecclesiastes
says, day of death is better than birth. It's not over. Life just begins
when he takes out this slime pit. They're all worried. You're gonna die. You can't die. He that liveth and believeth
in Christ can't die. Those that are in Christ will never perish.
He's asleep to show them. They're in our Father's hands.
And we're immortal until it's time. Christ knew, I've got to
go to the cross and die. I've got to go. And this ship
can't do that. He's asleep. Oh, you know
what they should have done? They should have crawled back
there in the back with him and gone to sleep. Just crawled up
beside him and said, Lord, move over. That ship ain't going there. But they said, here's what they
said, here's what their unbelief said, Master, carest thou not
that we perish? Anybody ever said that? Lord,
don't you care? We forget past mercies now, we
forget. Care, this is why the Lord came,
care. He came to this earth because
He cared for His people. The reason you hear the gospel,
the reason you believe is because He cares for you. That's why. Nothing can happen to you. Nothing. Except what He ordained
is for you to do. Why don't you trust Him? Why don't you believe? Why don't I? Who cares? Cast all your care on Him. He
cares for you. He really does. So. And he was
in the hindered part of the ship. You know where the captain's
quarter is in an old sailor boat? You know where the captain's
quarter is? All the way. In the back of the ship. You know where
the wind comes from? Back of the ship. Well, verse
39 says he arose. He got up. Story of Jonah. Our Lord said, an evil and adulterous
generation seeketh after a sign, but no sign will be given but
one, the sign of the prophet Jonas. As Jonas was three days
in the belly of the whale, three nights, so shall the Son of Man
be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth. And
this is a picture of Jonas. And Jonas got on board that ship
with those bunch of idolatrous, heathen sailors, okay? None of
them knew who he was, none of them knew who Jonas God was.
Jonah got on that ship. You know what Jonah was doing,
Mike? You know what he was doing on that ship? Sleeping! Anyway,
he got on that ship and he told them, finally told them who he
was. I'm the prophet, the God of the Hebrews. And I'm here. And they said, why has this come
on us? He said, it's because of me. He said, here's how the
wrath and the storm arose. He said, here's how the wind's
going to stop. Here's how it's all going to
be calm. Here's how you're going to be saved and not go down.
Take me up and cast me into the sea, and the sea will stop its
raging. And they did. It says, when they
took him up, didn't Christ say, if I be lifted up? Christ went through hell on Calvary's
tree, was cast into the deep, The bottom, the depths of the
earth, went through hell on Calvary's tree. You know what happened?
The wrath of God was raised. Peace was still. God's not angry
at us anymore. But he didn't stay. Like Jonah,
he didn't stay in that way of death. And Christ didn't stay
in the bottom of that ship. He arose. He got up. Can you picture this? I'd like
to have been there. I have been there, and I've seen
his glory and heard his voice. He went to the bow of that ship,
verse 39, he arose, rebuked the wind, stopped, said to the sea,
peace, be still, and the wind ceased. And there was a great
calm at the voice of man. Stood out
on the bow of that ship, hush, Do you hear me? The wind stopped. The waves, 10 foot 12,
lie down. Yet the voice of the dead, this
ain't no mere man. This is the godless. What a mystery. He who keepeth
Israel never slumbers, and that ship is free. A man, yet the
waves obey his will. This is the God plane. God was
manifesting. Why? to appease the wrath of
God, to stay the wrath of God that was meant for His people,
to save His people from perishing. All those in Him, all those He
chose, all those He died for, all those He went to Calvary's
tree for, all those He went to the grave and put away their
sin by the sacrifice of Himself, all of those He arose for and
went and sat down at the right hand of the majesty on high and
ever lives to make intercession for them, every single one of
them. The wrath of God has been And the wind, all it does for
them now, it's never contrary to them, it's always bringing
them to Him. Every trial, every storm, everything
they go through, ordered by Him to bring them to the other side. What'd they say? Everyone. What matter, man? And He said, look at verse 40,
and I close, why are you so fearful? That's a good question, isn't
it? Fear not. You know what he said
to them more than anything else? Fear not. Didn't he? All the
time, fear not. Be of good cheer. Fear not, fear
not, fear not. Don't fear their fear. Fear the
Lord, let him be your dread. Don't fear their fear, don't
fear their fear. Why? He's our Lord. He's our Master. He's their Lord
and Master. They don't know Him, but He's
there. He's the Master of the sea. He's the Master of the universe.
He's the Master of every germ flying through the universe.
He's the Master of it. He's the one who decides who
goes where, who does what, who does anything, who does not do
anything. Yes! Fear not. Fear Him. You don't need to fear anybody
or anything. And I didn't say that. He did. I'm trying to give him all the
glory. He has it. And I'm trying to
give you some comfort. These disciples to a man thought
were going down. This is it. It's all over. No,
it's not. Not until he says so. And you
know how they died? Drowning would have been merciful.
You know how they died? Violent deaths. Simon P. was crucified. Paul got his head cut off. Who
did that? Jesus Christ. that He gave them
finally. It was all over, Brother Gene.
It was all over. You know, they believed Him more
after He died and was buried and rose again and left them.
They believed Him more than when they saw Him with their own eyes,
when they heard Him with their own ears. They believed Him more
fully when He was not anywhere to be seen. Why? Because that's
faith. That's trust. It's not believing
what you see. It's not believing what you hear. It's believing
Him. Trusting Him. Why are you so fearful? Why is it you
have no faith? Oh, and that wasn't the last
storm they went through. Just two chapters later, they
went through another one. Don't you know, to a man, Brother Drew,
they all said, we believe him now. We'll never doubt him again. Yeah. And he brought them through
another one. That's when Peter walked on the
water. And the Lord came to him, and
the Lord said, and it says they all, the Lord came to them, and
they all, to a man, thought they'd seen a ghost. And everybody all
over the world looks right now like they'd seen a ghost. And our Lord said, why are you
so afraid? It is I. Whatever it is, brother
of mine, it's I. Whatever it is, it's I. Believe
it. Trust it. Trust it. Okay, may the Lord bless you. Mr. Judy, if you would, come
on. Some of you are right now thinking to yourself, what a
message. And some of you are right now
thinking, what a Savior. What a Savior. What a Savior. I was thinking about when Paul
was preaching, he mentioned that time that Paul was on that ship,
and he said, the ship's going to be lost, but no man, matter
of fact, I don't want to misquote it, but in verse 25, he said,
I believe God. He didn't say, I believe in a
God. He didn't say, I believe there is a God. He said, I believe
God. Do you believe God? He said,
I believe God that it shall be even as it was told me. I believe God as you just told
me. God help our unbelief. I hope
that that was a comfort to you. I'm going to rest right there
until the next trial. And then I'm going to beg Him
for mercy and grace to rest in Him again and again. Just a couple things before we
sing the last song. And any of you ladies that need
the help in the basement with the food can go ahead on down. But tonight, you're invited to
the Edmondson's. That's Teresa and I. For food and fellowship at 530
or so, you're welcome to come if you would like to. And it'll
be a good time together. And so you ladies, you can go
on down. Let's sing 441 together. 441.
Stand together as we sing. I was sinking deep in sin Far
from the peaceful shore Very deeply stained within Seeking
to rise no more But the master of the sea Heard my despairing
cry From the waters lifted me Now safe am I Love lifted me. Love lifted me. When nothing else could help,
Love lifted me. Love lifted me. love lifted me. When nothing else could help,
love lifted me. Judy, hold just a second. On
this second verse, let's change a couple words. Let's sing Christ
lifted me. And when nothing else could help,
when no one else could help. I think that'd be an improvement.
So let's, okay, thank you, Judy. ? All my heart to Him I give
? Enter to Him I cling ? In His present presence live ? Ever
His praises sing ? Love so mighty and so true ? Marriage my soul's
best songs Grateful, loving service to Him belongs. Christ lifted me. Christ lifted me. When no one else could help,
Christ lifted me. Christ lifted me. Christ lifted me. When no one else could help,
Christ lifted me. Souls in danger, look above,
Jesus completely saves. He will lift you by His love
out of the angry waves. He's the master of the sea, pillows
His will obey. He your Savior was, Christ lifted me. Christ lifted me. When no one else could help. Christ lifted me. Christ lifted me. Christ lifted me. When no one else could help,
Christ lifted me. We'd like to invite you all to
stay for lunch. We've got some good food. I think
it's barbecue today, isn't that right, Eddie? Got some good barbecue
down there, Kentucky barbecue. So please stay and help us eat
the food up. Have some time together, fellowship
together. Brother Gene, would you dismiss
us in prayer, please? I'll follow you now before you with thankful hearts.
Let you move us by your Spirit. Cry out for mercy. Thank you, Lord Jesus, for what
you heard just a few hours before with the closing song about Christ
being eternal in the fellowship of Jesus. And you saved him,
and you gave him life. Thank you for your grace and
your merciful grace there. Continue to bless us, bless all
of us as you do. Please just stay out and pray
the blessings of our fellowship below, the blessings of those
who have just been prepared, and give the safety to our homes
and bedroom, and watch over those things back home only with joy
upon us knowing that when no one else is there, God is with
you. Let's bow to that Father. Amen.
Amen. Let me say, tomorrow morning
at 11 o'clock at the same time, please come back to your board at 1 o'clock.