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*Mark 6:45-52 – Expecting Miracles*
Over the last few weeks we have looked
at Jesus miracles:
miracles of healing,
the raising of Jairus daugther,
and the feeding of the 5000…
And today we want ot look at the miracle of
Jesus walking on the water.
Let me ask you,
Do you believe in miracles?
Do you believe that miracles still happen today?
Aside from what we see in the Media,
“Miracle on the Hudson” – just a few weeks back…
Do we really believe that they still happen today?
And if so,
How do we experience miracles today?
What is a miracle anyway?
According to *Wikipedia*[1]**,
A *miracle* is a sensibly perceptible interruption
of the laws of nature,
such that can only be explained by divine intervention…
In casual usage,
"miracle" may also refer to any statistically unlikely
but beneficial event,
(such as the survival of a natural disaster)
or [something] "wonderful"…
such as [the] birth of a child.
Other miracles might be:
survival of a fatal illness,
escaping a life threatening situation or 'beating the odds.'”
According to some of these definitions
miracles are not even all that uncommon today.
Even in our own congregation
There are many people who have experienced
God’s miraculous intervention in their lives.
*Arnold Toynbee* says that
believing in miracles is a basic necessity of mankind:
/“The fundamental need of our world today /
/is a rebirth of belief in the supernatural.
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/If this rebirth is not forthcoming /
/from the more progressive creators of our mechanical culture,/
/it may come from the “backward” peoples /
/like the natives of Africa and Asia, /
/to those who have not yet become victims /
/of the proud materialism of the Great Powers.”*[2]*/
That is a pretty convicting commentary
on our scientifically progressive culture, isn’t it.
I have long felt already that people
from more “unenlightend continents”
like Asia, Africa, and Latin America
have a much easier time accepting that miracles are real,
than many of us in North America and Europe
who have bought into the concept
that there is an easy scientific explanation
for the unexplainable.
Today we want to look at a miracle story
from the life of Jesus.
And I want to invite you to look at this story
in a fresh way.
* *
*Let us turn to Mark 6:45-52.*
Jesus had just finished feeding the 5000 in a deserted place
with nothing more than
five dinner rolls and two…
(what was it again?)
Jackfish?
And Mark continues to relate what happened next:
/ 45Immediately Jesus made his disciples get into the boat /
/and go on ahead of him to Bethsaida, /
/while he dismissed the crowd.
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/46//After leaving them, /
/he went up on a mountainside to pray.
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/ 47When evening came, /
/the boat was in the middle of the lake, /
/and he was alone on land.
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*/48/**/He saw the disciples straining at the oars, /*
*/because the wind was against them.
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/About the fourth watch of the night he went out to them, /
/walking on the lake.
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*/He was about to pass by them, /*
/49//but when they saw him walking on the lake, /
/they thought he was a ghost.
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/They cried out, 50because they all saw him and were terrified.
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/Immediately he spoke to them and said, /
*/"Take courage!
It is I. Don't be afraid."
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/51//Then he climbed into the boat with them, /
/and the wind died down.
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/They were completely amazed, /
/52//for they had not understood about the loaves; /
/their hearts were hardened.
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This story is full of surprizing twists,
And like the rest of the Gospel of Mark,
There is much more here than meets the eye.
*Timothy Geddert, *
in the /Believers// Church// Bible Commentary on Mark/
tells us about the* Evening Plans (6:45–46)*
that Jesus had after the miraculous feeding.
The crowds had listened to a very long sermon of Jesus
before being fed by the Good Shepherd in the desert.
Jesus sends the disciples out onto the lake in the boat
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