35.After the parables, we see here Christ shown as Lord of nature. God is seen as Lord and Controller of the natural world and natural phenomena. The God, who blew with an east wind and dried up the waters of the Red Sea before Israel, is now seen blazing a path on the waves of Genesee for his disciples, the new "people of God." Already Mark has shown Him as the One who sees the open heaven, on which the Spirit rests, sensitive to the leading of the Spirit, who enjoys the angelic ministry and receives the testimony of God on the ship of His Son, while rejecting the testimony of demons on his divinity. Christ preaches and teaches with a new ring of authority: He heals the sick, expels demons, and forgives sins. And now only He who had first created the wind and the sea would dare to call them so: and instant obedience shows his full divinity as both creator and redeemer. The questioning question of His disciples in verse 41 shows that they realized, at least in part, the implications of His activities here. (Cole, 95)36. Mark is the only Gospel that tells us about the other little ships with the Lord here; it thus becomes a miracle of mercy on a larger scale than simply saving the Lord's boat full of frightened disciples. We might perhaps compare Jonah's concluding words, "and many cattle also," with their undertone of God's infinite mercy. (Cole, 96)37-39. “This journey was undertaken at the prompting of the Lord, in faith and unconditional obedience, this, for the disciples, made the storm more difficult to understand and the attitude of the Lord became inexplicable. There is more than a note of reproach in their words: “Master, do you not care that we perish?” (Cole, 96)40-41.The sleep of the Lord was not only the sleep of weariness... middle of paper... happy and secure in the stillness of the night. Then he comes to us and asks us why we have no faith and why we are so afraid. He goes on to tell us that He loves us and cares for us and will never let us go through something we can't handle. God tells us that His kingdom can be ours if we will only accept the free gift of salvation by believing that Jesus died on the cross for us and saved us from our sins. Works Cited Cole, R.A. The Gospel according to Saint Mark, introduction and commentary. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1961. Print.Moule, Charles Francis Digby. The Gospel according to Mark: Commentary. Cambridge: Univ.Pr., 1965. Print.Varughese, Alex and Roger Hahn. Discovering the New Testament: community and faith. Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press of Kansas City, 2005. Print.Wright, NT. Score for everyone. 2nd ed. London: SPCK;, 2004. Print.