Day 20: Matthew 14:22-36
Jesus Walks on the Water. Jesus Heals the Sick in Gennesaret.
The Bible seems to indicate that Peter, a human like any other (except for being one of Jesus's chosen disciples), was able to physically walk on water purely through faith in Jesus. As soon as that faith began to waver, Peter began to sink.
Conceivably when Jesus was alive, it would be imaginable that someone who had seen the mighty works of Jesus could believe in Jesus unquestioningly. So that when Jesus asks you to walk on water deep enough to drown a man, you would do as requested without a single doubt about your own safety, since we all "know" today that stepping into a deep river means we're going to fall into the water, to swim or to die.
Does such faith exist in today's world?
Walking on water in today's world
He said, “Come.” So Peter got out of the boat and walked on the water and came to Jesus. But when he saw the wind, he was afraid, and beginning to sink he cried out, “Lord, save me.” (Matthew 14:29-30 ESV)
The Bible seems to indicate that Peter, a human like any other (except for being one of Jesus's chosen disciples), was able to physically walk on water purely through faith in Jesus. As soon as that faith began to waver, Peter began to sink.
Conceivably when Jesus was alive, it would be imaginable that someone who had seen the mighty works of Jesus could believe in Jesus unquestioningly. So that when Jesus asks you to walk on water deep enough to drown a man, you would do as requested without a single doubt about your own safety, since we all "know" today that stepping into a deep river means we're going to fall into the water, to swim or to die.
Does such faith exist in today's world?