Friday, September 14, 2012

Who is He?

Luke 8:22-25 (ESV)
One day he got into a boat with his disciples, and he said to them, "Let us go across to the other side of the lake." So they set out, [23] and as they sailed he fell asleep. And a windstorm came down on the lake, and they were filling with water and were in danger. [24] And they went and woke him, saying, "Master, Master, we are perishing!" And he awoke and rebuked the wind and the raging waves, and they ceased, and there was a calm. [25] He said to them, "Where is your faith?" And they were afraid, and they marveled, saying to one another, "Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?"

“Who then is this, that he commands even winds and water, and they obey him?” There is a simple answer to that, that when comprehended makes the rest of scripture very easy to understand, and gives a literal meaning to the sacraments, but when denied makes the sacraments symbolic and the rest of scripture a dark cloud of foreboding anguish. He is God, who commands the winds and water in such a manner as they obey him.

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