JESUS WALK ON WATER

We will be picking up where we left off in our Tell me the story of Jesus, path to Paradise ... Jesus knew that the people who followed Him, wanted Him to be a King, and they wanted to take Him against His will to do so. But that wasn't the kind of King Jesus was meant to be, so He sent His disciples back across the Sea of Galilee, while He sent the multitudes away who had just eaten the HEAVENLY bread and fish and went into a mountain Himself alone to pray. Let's begin our Jesus Walk on Water Bible study to how to walk on water ... It was evening now, as the disciples sailed toward Capernaum and Jesus hadn't returned to them yet.

Here is a lil Walking on water Bible tidbit ... Back in Bible times, people didn't have clocks or wrist watches to keep time with. The Israelites used two twelve hour periods to make up one of our 24 hour modern days. The first was called the day, from what we know as 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. and the second was called the night, from what we know as 6 p.m. to 6 a.m. So if someone said it was the third hour of the night, back then, it would mean 9 p.m. Jesus died on the cross in the 9th hour of the day (Matthew 27:46) which is 3:00 p.m. Also the night was divided into "watches" for different kinds of duties, and with that we'll get back to our story.

Along about the fourth watch of the night (probably near morning), with the disciples ship in the middle of the sea, the wind picked up and was tossing them around. Jesus saw them struggling with the wind blowing against them as they rowed, and when they had gone about 3½ miles, Jesus went out to them walking on the water.

Now, let's take a small Jesus Walk on Water Bible study field trip (Or should I say ocean voyage) Now, put yourself in the disciples sandals for a minute. You're in the middle of the sea. You are yelling at each other to do this and that in an attempt to keep the boat from capsizing. The wind is throwing your ship around and you've been diligently trying to row your way across, when all of a sudden you see someone walking on the water!Jesus was walking on water! Well, they'd never seen or heard anything like it before and their first reaction was fear. As He got closer, they thought it was a spirit and they cried out, but Jesus said, Be happy ... It's me, don't be afraid. What a relief that must have been!

Our Jesus Walk on Water Bible journey seeking the answer on how to walk on water continues ... So, Peter boldly says to Jesus, Lord, if that's really you, tell me to walk out to you on the water. Jesus said, Come. And when Peter stepped out of the ship. He walked on the water to go to Jesus, but when he realized that the wind was strong, his fear overtook him and he began to sink. He yelled out, Lord, save me! Immediately, Jesus reached out His hand and caught him and said, O you with little faith, why did you doubt?