WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS JESUS
Matthew 8:23-27
The Sea of Galilee is one of the most treacherous bodies of water in the world. The weather is unpredictable, and although the surface may be unruffled at one moment, within minutes it can become a raging tempest. The Sea of Galilee is about thirteen miles long, and, at its widest place, about eight miles from east to west. On the east bank are the Golan Heights, and on the west side are mountains with gullies which resemble funnels. When a storm builds, the wind is compressed in these narrow valleys, and almost as if the powers of nature had become intensely infuriated, the winds descend upon the waters with uncontrollable energy.
As the disciples attempt to cross the Sea of Galilee at the command of Jesus, there arose a great storm. This was a storm that broke forth in furious gusts and with floods of rain. Matthew describes the boat as it would appear from shore, as being "covered" - as it is lost to sight by the breaking waves. Mark describes the desperate plight as one on board knew it, and says the boat was "now full." This was a serious gale which frightened a crew who had spent all their lives on the sea.
The amazing feature about the entire situation was that Jesus slept through the storm. The thunder was crashing, lightning flashing through the air, and waves were hitting the boat. Yet Jesus sleeps on. He must have been extremely weary with the exertions of the day, for the shattering sounds of that fierce storm failed to awaken him.
However, the moment one of His disciples ask for help, He awakes. What the storm could not do, the anguished cry of a frightened disciples did, in a moment.
Jesus rises in the stern of the boat and sends His voice in the howling darkness, and wind and waves bow at His feet like dogs that know their master. There is now a great stillness.
The difference between the great storm and the great silliness was a great Saviour. As Jesus lay asleep He showed the weakness of manhood; but He woke to manifest the power of indwelling divinity. Just moments before Jesus was sleeping because of human exhaustion, but He with divine omnipotence commands the winds and the waves.
As a result, of what the disciples have seen, they declare, "What manner is man is this, that even the winds and the sea obey him!" As man He sleeps in the hinder part of the ship, but as God he stands at the helm of the ship and commands the winds and sea.
What personage. How unlike other men! What a vast, minute display of power; and how far exalted above mortals must he be. He spoke to the winds; rebuked their raging, and the sea was suddenly calm. The storm subsided; the ship glided smoothly; danger fled; and in amazement the disciples stood in the presence of Him who controlled the tempests. None but God could calm the heaving billows, and scatter the tempest. No scene could have been more grand than this display of the power of Jesus. The darkness; the dashing waves; the howling winds; the heaving and tossing ship; the fears and cries of the seamen; all by a single word hushed into calm repose; all present an image of power and divinity irresistibly grand and awful.
WHAT MANNER OF MAN IS THIS JESUS?


Jesus is unparalleled. Jesus is matchless. Jesus is unique.
Dip the net into the sea of famous names in various fields of achievement and comparatives are withdrawn.

Hebrews 10:11,12 "And every priest standeth ..."

"King of kings and Lord of lords"
C. Greater preacher than John the Baptist
"There standeth one among you, who ye know not; He it is, who soming agfter me is perfereed before me, whose sho latchet I am not worthy to unloose."
D. Greater philosopher than Solomon
Matthew 12:6,41,42
E. Greater prophet than Elijah

Jesus -Uncontested in His Worth
Jesus - Unmatched in his Work
Jesus -Unsurpassed in His Worship

The truth is Jesus stands all alone !

II. Jesus is the INCARNATE one
Incarnate means embodied in flesh. I Timthy 3:16 states, "And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh...."
John 1:1-3, 14
Isaiah 9:6 The babe had a beginning, but the son as always been
I John 1:1,2

A. Jesus became man to proclaim God to us - " He that hath seen me hath seen the Father" - John 14:9
B. Jesus became man to present us with an example to follow - I Peter 2:21
1. Soul-winner's example
2. Saints' example
3. Sufferer's example
C. Jesus became man to provide the only effective sacrifice for sin - Hebrews 2:9
D. Jesus became man to produce a sympathecit High Priest - Hebrews 2:17 ; Hebrews 4:14-16 "Seeing then that we have a great......."

E. Jesus became man to prepare a qualified judge - John 5:22,27
God will judge men by the man, Jesus. Humanity will be judged by one who has entered into human life, who has experienced its sorrows and joys, hopes and fears, trials and temptations.


III. Jesus is the INFINITE one
Infinite means without limit, endless, boundless.
A preacher one Sunday was standing outside after church waiting for his family when he thought he would have some fun with one of the children. Wanting to find out just how much the lad had been learning in Sunday School, the pastor asked, "Son, if you can tell me one thing that Jesus can do, I will give you an apple."
The lad looked a the preacher and replied, "Preacher, if you can tell me one that Jesus can't do, I will give you a whole truckload of apples."
Ephesians 3:19,20
A. Infinite in His ability
Nothing to hard for the Lord!
B. Infinite in His authority
"And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in heaven and in earth."
Jesus has all the right of absolute authority and all the resources of absolute power.
C. Infinite in His atonement
1 John 2:2 "And he is the propitiation for our sins: and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world."
1Timothy 2:4-6 "Who will have all men to be saved, and to come unto the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time."

IV. Jesus is the IMMUTABLE one.
Immutable means unchanging. Hebrews 13:6 declares, "Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and today, and forever." In God no change is possible.
A. Jesus is unchanging in His PROMISE to RECEIVE ( Matthew 11:28 )
John 6:37 "... him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."

B. Jesus is unchanging in His PROVISION to RESCUE ( I Corinthians 10:13 ).
Since God is faithful, a fall can never be excused. It is always our fault, never God's. Since God is in control of the temptation, a fall can never be excused (preventive grace). Since God provides a way to escape, a fall can never be excused (protective grace).
C. Jesus is unchanging in His PLAN to RETURN ( John 14:1-3 )

IV. Jesus is the INDISPENSABLE one ( Acts 4:12 )
You may go to heaven without money, fame, or talent, but absolutely no one goes to heaven without Jesus.
Jesus is the only way out of the dilemma of sin into the delight of salvation. Jesus is the only way out of thee final doom of hell into the future destiny of heaven.
John 14:6 . Jesus is not a way to heaven, but rather He is the way to heaven.

Conclusion:
As the disciples that day saw the wind and the waves obey His voice, they remarked, "What manner of man is this?" These men had long been acquinted with the sea and had never observed a storm so imiediately turned into a perfect calm long. Wht they observed in this man named Jesus let them know that Jesus was not just any odirnary man. He was the God man.

Pastor Jimmy Chapman

Victory Baptist Church