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II TEXT AND CONTEXT OF THE STORY OF THE
DISCIPLES ON THE STORMY SEA
A. TEXT: MARK 6:45-52 TESTING THE DISCIPLES
TO SEE IF THEY LEARNED THE LESSON OF THE
LOAVES: TRUSTING JESUS TO DO THE
IMPOSSIBLE
B. CONTEXT: MARK 6:51-52 THE LESSON OF THE
LOAVES (HOW TO OBEY AN IMPOSSIBLE
COMMAND (MARK 6:37 “YOU GIVE THEM
SOMETHING TO EAT”)
C. THE REALITY TEST ON THE STORMY SEA
(MATTHEW 14:22; MARK 6:45)
D. DESCRIPTION OF THE STORMY CONDITIONS
AND DESCIPLES FRUSTRATIONS (JOHN 6:18;
MATTHEW 14:24; JOHN 6:19; MATTHEW 14:25)

III THREE POSSIBLE WAYS TO RELATE TO JESUS
ILLUSTRATED BY THIS STORY
A. JESUS ON THE MOUNTAIN PRAYING; THE
DISCIPLES ON THE STORMY SEA (MARK
6:46-47)
B. JESUS WALKING ON THE WATER; THE
DISCIPLES ON THE STORMY SEA (MARK
6:48)
C. JESUS ON THE BOAT WITH THE DISCIPLES
ON THE STORMY SEA (MARK 6:51
IV PURE FAITH: JESUS ON THE MOUNTAIN PRAYING
OUT OF SIGHT OF THE DISCIPLES (MATTHEW
14:23; MARK 6:46; MARK 6:45)
A. THE TRANSITION TO JESUS WALKING ON
THE WATER: STRAINING AT THE OARS
(MARK 6:46-48)
B. THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL
CONDITION OF THE DISCIPLES STRAINING
AT THE OARS (JOHN 6:20-21)
V ALL SIGHT: JESUS IN THE BOAT WITH THE
DISCIPLES ON THE STORMY SEA (MARK 6:51-52)
A. MIRACLE NUMBER ONE: THE WIND
STOPPED (MATTHEW 14:32)