If y'all would take your Bible this morning, turn to Mark chapter 4. Mark chapter 4, when you find your place, say amen so I know you're with me. Somebody asked me once, why do I say say amen so you know that I'm with you? I said it's because I want to know you're with me. Second of all, if I'm not doing very well, I get an amen anyway, amen? Mark chapter 4, are you there with me? Say amen. Mark chapter 4, we'll read the text and then we'll pray. I begin reading in verse 35. The Bible says, In the same day, when the evening was come, he saith unto them, Let us pass over unto the other side. When they had sent away the multitude, they took him even as he was in the ship, and there were also with him other little ships. There arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship, so that it was now full. He was in the hindered part of the ship, asleep on a pillow, and they awake him and said to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose and rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are you so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? They feared exceedingly and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? Let's go to the Lord in a word of prayer. Most gracious heavenly Father God, we are here for such a time as this. God, I thank you for the privilege to be able to stand and open the Word of God, break the bread of life this morning before these dear people. Thank you, God, for this place, and I thank you, God, for the privilege of being here this morning. God, now I need you. I pray, God, that you would calm me, that you would clothe me with my calling. Help me to have confidence, Lord, in you. I pray, God, that you'd take this message and deliver it as you see fit. I pray, God, that you'd open our hearts so we might receive it. God, I pray that all that hear will receive a blessing this morning. God, we give you all the honor and praise and glory because you deserve it. In Jesus' name we pray, Amen. I want to bring your attention back this morning to the last two verses of Mark chapter 4. Bible says that after Jesus rebuked the wind and said unto the sea, Peace be still, that the wind ceased and there was a great calm. And he said unto them, Why are you so fearful? How is it that ye have no faith? And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, What manner of man is this, that even the wind and the sea obey him? With the help of the Lord for the next few minutes, I want to address that question. What manner of man is this that even the wind and the sea obey him? I want to go ahead and give you the answer. He is the King. He's the King of everything. That's the title of my message this morning. He's the King of everything. Are you still with me? Say amen. I want you to know this morning that this message is about three things. How many of you know that I graduated from Ambassador Baptist College, so there'll be more than three points. Say amen right there. But this message is about three things. I want you to know, first of all, this message is about dominion. Then I want you to know this message is about doubt. And then this message is about a decision to trust Him. I want to say that again for emphasis, this message is about dominion. It is about doubt and it is about a decision that you and I must make to trust Him. I want you to know this morning that I chose as my text Mark chapter 4 and chapter 5. And as I said, I won't be preaching at all. Say amen right there. Are you still with me? I want you to see this morning that Jesus Christ is the King of everything. I want you, first of all, to see a definition of dominion. That's big point number one for those of y'all that are taking notes. I want you to know next of all that there in the Bible, all throughout the pages of the King James Bible, there is a declaration of dominion. Then I want you to see that in Mark chapter 4 and chapter 5, we find a demonstration of His dominion. The whole Bible, number 4, is documentation of His dominion. He wrote it down for us. Then lastly this morning, I want to talk about doubting his dominion. Doubting his dominion. Now I know y'all because you've heard a lot of preaching, I want you to know that as you heard me announce my points that you're doing arithmetic, And you're saying, well, he has five points, and there's at least 15 minutes per point. We'll never have to go take any more exams today. I want you to know that if you saw me walk in here, I preach a whole lot faster than I run. Can you say amen? It's going to be all right. Y'all stay with me. I want you to see, first of all, this morning, I want to repeat myself again, not because I'm senile, but because I want to remember what I'm talking about, and I want Brother Spencer to remember as well. So I want you to see this. Listen. First of all, I'm talking this morning about He's the King of everything. I want you to know this morning that Jesus Christ holds dominion over all things. I want to say first of all, we need a definition of dominion. I want you to know that that word dominion means dominance, domination, authority, mastery, control, command, or sway. It means power or jurisdiction. I want you to know that Jesus Christ is the King of everything. He holds dominion over all things in your life and in mine. I want you to see this morning the definition of dominion. I want you to understand that we find that Jesus Christ is the King of everything. I know what you're saying at this point, Brother Russell, we got that. Have y'all got that? Say amen. I want you to see that definition of dominion. But next I want you to know that the Bible contains, as I've already said, a declaration of dominion. The whole Bible contains the declaration of Jesus Christ's dominion. He's the King of everything. I want you to do something with me. Hold your place in our text and go to Revelation chapter 1. Revelation chapter 1. Revelation chapter 1, when you find that, you know what to do. Say amen so I know you're with me. Revelation chapter 1. I got a taillist on myself. I never mark my references ahead of time and probably should. One time I got up and I was preaching from the book of Habakkuk and the church was full. It was probably 500 people. And I cracked the joke. I said, this morning I'll be preaching from the book of Habakkuk. I said, I'm going to sit here and watch y'all and laugh while you try to find it. Lo and behold, pride goeth before destruction, and a holy spirit before a fall. Because I turned in my Bible to find my text, somebody moved to back in my Bible. Brother, I went through the Bible four times and I could not find it. Finally, an old brother on the front stood up because he had it. And I said, brother, how about you read that out loud for us? And while he's reading, I looked in the table of contents and found it. Amen. Y'all laughing because it ain't happened to you yet, but it will. Amen. So I want you to see, listen, I'm talking about He's the King of everything. I gave you the definition of dominion, and it means dominance, domination. It means mastery, control, command, sway, power, jurisdiction. But now I'm talking about the declaration of dominion that is found throughout Scripture. I want you to see Revelation chapter 1 and verse 5 with me. Are you there? Say amen. The Bible says, And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth, unto him that loved us and washed us from our sins in his own blood, and hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father, to him be glory and what? Dominion for ever and ever. Amen. I want you to see another passage of Scripture, the declaration of his dominion. Go if you would to Revelation 19 with me. Revelation 19. Revelation 19. You got that? I heard one amen, amen. Revelation 19, I want you to see this beginning with verse 11. Verse 11, the Bible says, And I saw heaven open, and behold, a white horse, and he that sat upon him was called Faithful and True, and in righteousness he was judge and make war. His eyes was a flame of fire, and on his head were many crowns, and he had a name written that no man knew but he himself. And he was clothed with a vesture dipped in blood, and his name is called the Word of God. And the armies which were in heaven followed him upon white horses, clothed in fine linen, white and clean. And out of his mouth goeth the sharp sword, that with it he should smite the nations, and he shall rule them with a rod of iron. And he treadeth the winepress of the fierceness and wrath of Almighty God. And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, King of kings and Lord of lords. I want you to see in verse 12 that the Bible says that he had on his head many crowns. I want you to know that I have two theories about why on his head there are many crowns. First of all, I want you to know that I found in Revelation chapter 4 that the church stands at the judgment seat of Christ and we receive or relinquish rewards according to how we've lived our Christian lives. I want you to know if you study that out that we find the four and twenty elders which represent the church casting those crowns back at His feet. I want to say to you it could be that those crowns are on His head because we gave them back to Him because the only reason we have them is because He gave them to us in His great mercy. But I have another theory. I learned it through history that when one king conquers another, it's customary to make it known to his subjects that they have been conquered. And I want you to understand that Jesus Christ is the King of kings and He's wearing all the crowns in this passage of Scripture because He is the King of everything. Are you still with me? Say Amen. I want to say to you, listen, there's a declaration of dominion all throughout Scripture. The Bible says that He's the King of kings and Lord of lords. I know you're wondering at this point, what is the relevance to me? Well, hang on, honey, because I ain't done yet. Let me say we've seen the definition of dominion. We see the declaration of dominion, it's all throughout Scripture. But I want you to know next of all that in the Bible there is a demonstration of His dominion. That's where I want to spend most of my time this morning. I want you to understand that the Bible demonstrates His dominion. I want you to know this. Listen, I'm going to tell you something about myself. I'm a little bit thick-skulled, or any of my teachers, my instructors here, Brother Spencer said, Amen. I want you to understand what I'm saying. Listen, I do well with object lessons. I don't know about you, listen, but I do well when you show me something. And I want you to know I'm glad that in the Bible, that the Bible does not just declare His dominion, but it demonstrates His dominion by showing us in Mark chapter 4 and chapter 5 that He is the King of everything. Now I want you to see for the next part of the message some things where His dominion is demonstrated. Remember I told you this morning that we're talking about dominion. We're talking about doubt and we're talking about a decision to trust Him in every aspect of our lives. Listen, I want you to know that the Bible demonstrates His dominion. First of all, I want to say this. I find in Scripture that we can see in Mark chapter 4 that Jesus Christ has dominion over the destination of His disciples. He has dominion over the destination of His disciples. You say, well what do you mean? Well, I'm glad you asked. Let me show you. Look at verse 35. The Bible says, Can you agree with me on this theological point here that Jesus said that He and His disciples were going to the other side? Amen? Listen, I want to show you something in Mark chapter 5 and verse 1. Remember that the chapter divisions are put there by man. This story continues and the first verse says, y'all read it out loud with me. And they came over unto the other side. Amen. Do you see that? Listen, Jesus said they were going to the other side and they made it. Can I say to you He has dominion over the destination of His disciples? Can I say something to you? I see this, that it is true in our salvation. I am a fundamental, independent, King James Bible-believing Baptist, and I believe the doctrine of eternal security. Thank God that I don't have to keep my salvation. I want to say to you, I'd have lost it the first 15 minutes I had it if I had to, and you would too. Listen, I'm saying that we find that Jesus Christ has dominion over the destination of His disciples. Listen, I want to say it this way, if you're in the boat with Jesus Christ and He saved your soul, you are secure for all time and eternity. And you're going to make it to the other side as far as salvation is concerned. But I also see that this applies to our situation. These disciples got in the boat, they went through a great storm, but they made it to the other side. Listen, I know this is exam week, and I went through exam week. It's a great storm. Can you say amen? I'm trying to tell you that Jesus Christ has dominion over the destination of His disciples. Don't you worry. Listen, I hope you studied. If you didn't, God help you. But prayer is still available to you. Listen, I'm saying this morning that we see the definition of dominion. We see the demonstration of His dominion. In fact, that He has dominion over the destination of His disciples. But there's something else I want you to see in Mark chapter 4. I find that He has dominion over our disturbances. He has dominion over our disturbances. I know what y'all thinking, Brother Russell, we've only known you a few minutes, and you seem to be somewhat disturbed. If my wife were here, she'd amen that real loud. But I'm saying to you, I'm glad to find in Scripture this morning that in the demonstration of His dominion, we find that He has dominion over the disturbances in our lives. Let me show you what I'm talking about. Look with me, if you would, back in our text. The Bible says in verse 37, And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship. I want you to notice that we find that there is a disturbance here in Mark chapter 4 over which Jesus has absolute dominion. I want you to see, listen, that first of all, the Bible tells us that there was wind. Is that right? The Bible says there's a great storm of wind. I see in that that those are those invisible things that come against us as disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. The Bible tells us we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against the rulers of principalities, powers of the air. Y'all know what I'm talking about. Listen, I'm saying that there are invisible things that come against us in the Christian life. I want to give you good news this morning and tell you, listen, that you might not see the wind coming, but He can see it. Y'all remember when He was talking to Nicodemus in John chapter 3? He gave him this illustration, and this is from the R.J.V., the Russell Jones version, you excuse me while I paraphrase. He said, Nicodemus, can you see the wind? And he said, no. He said, but you can see what it does. Well, listen, I want to say to you that I not only have a God who can see what the wind does, but he can see the wind. He has dominion over the disturbances in your life and mine. That's the wind, those invisible things that come against us. Then next of all, I want you to see that he has dominion over the disturbances in our life because he controls the waves. That's those visible things that we can see while we're in the boat with him. Have y'all ever been out on a boat? Raise your hand. All right, how many of y'all have ever been on a boat with a fella that said he could drive a boat? Don't believe it. I went out on a boat one time, three miles in the ocean with a guy who said he could drive a boat. I found out very quickly that he knew nothing about driving a boat. Can I say to you that we were in six foot waves and he hit every one of them broadside and that's the exactly wrong thing to do. Listen, I was looking down at the bottom of the boat and my daddy said, don't look at the bottom of the boat, you'll get sick. I said, well, I'm gonna get sick anyway. I sure ain't looking out there at all that water. So there was water up here and water down there and water under us, and this dummy doesn't know how to drive a boat. And lo and behold, as if it couldn't get worse. Never say this couldn't get any worse. All of a sudden, the motor sputters and it cuts off three miles out in the ocean. We're going up and down, up and down, up and down. My stomach is going up and down, up and down, up and down. I'm thinking, dear God, if I ever touch dry ground again, I'm going to kiss it and never leave. All of a sudden, he goes over and he says, ha, ha, ha, we have a reserve tank. We're out of gas, but don't worry, we do have a reserve tank. He hit the button to start the reserve tank. Guess what? It didn't work. So we're sitting there, I'm talking about waves. Y'all didn't know if I knew what I was talking about, but I'm talking about waves. Listen, those waves were hitting that boat. Finally, that guy got the reserve tank switched over and we cranked up. I'm saying to you, listen, sometimes there are waves, those disturbances in our life that rock our boat to and fro. I know you've heard a lot of metaphorical, allegorical preaching on storms. I'm not the first one, but listen to me. There's wind and there's waves. Thank God that He has dominion over the disturbances in our life. The wind, the invisible things that come against us. But thank God He can also calm the waves, which are those visible things that come against us. Are you still with me? Say amen. I think I lost about half of you, but I'm glad you're still with me. Amen. I want you to see this. Listen. I want you to notice not only does He have dominion over the destination of His disciples, and He has dominion over our disturbances, the wind and the waves that come against us. But I'm glad to preach this one to you this morning. It's to help you. Listen, I want you to see that He has dominion over the water in the boat. He has dominion over the water in the boat. Now watch, I'm gonna show you this. I wanna show you, listen. To follow our alliteration, listen. He controls the destination of His disciples. He has dominion over our disturbances, and then He holds dominion over displacement. Let me explain what I mean. How many of y'all figured out that I'm probably not a science genius, amen? But I know a few things, and I did stay in a Holiday Inn one time, so listen. What I'm saying is I thought about this theory of displacement. I learned that the theory of displacement was discovered by a Greek man named Archimedes. I'm glad that I didn't have to spell that. You can try if you want to in your notes. But Archimedes went to get in the bathtub one night, they said, and he realized that when he lowered himself into the bathtub that the water rose up to meet him and he floated. I don't know about you, I never learned much anything in the bathtub. This one fella said he got saved in the shower, thank God for that. But listen, Archimedes, they said Archimedes, when he discovered the theory of displacement, they said, he said, Eureka, I found it. I would have thought he was looking for the soap, but anyway, he figured out something. Here's what I'm saying, listen. Jesus has dominion over displacement. I want you to see something. If you've seen this before, then praise the Lord, but if you haven't, it'll help you. Verse 37 in Mark chapter 4. Are you there with me? The Bible says, And there arose a great storm of wind, and the waves beat into the ship. Read the next phrase out loud with me, y'all. So that it was now full. Y'all know what that word full means in the Greek? It means full. So that it was now full. Let me ask y'all something. Is it normal for a full boat to float? You ever been in a boat with that same dummy that says he can drive a boat and forgot to put the plug in? By the time you pull off from the dock, you realize something's wrong. And listen, what I'm trying to tell you is that Jesus has dominion over displacement. Here we find his disciples have found themselves in the middle of a boat that is full. Listen, I'm gonna give y'all a science lesson, a physics lesson. Full boats ain't supposed to float. That ain't good English, but it's true, listen. Full boats are not supposed to float, and yet they did. Can I say to you that Jesus Christ here defies the laws of physics and nature? You know why He could defy the laws of physics and nature? Because He wrote them. I'm trying to tell you that with man there's some things that are impossible, but with God all things are possible. I'm saying to you, listen, I know what I'm talking about. I'm saying to you, Jesus holds dominion over displacement. Take your pen or your pencil, if you're in the habit of marking in your Bible, and underline in verse 37 that one word where the Bible says that the boat was now full. That'll help you in the coming days. I want to say to you that during this exam week you might feel like your boat is full, but Jesus can float a full boat. I want you to understand that you don't know the problems I have and I don't know the problems you have, but listen, Jesus can float a full boat. I want you to think about something. I want you to realize that the Bible does not say that Peter was in the back bailing water. The Bible does not say anything else about this situation except for the boat was full. Maybe you got a full boat this morning. Maybe God has you here for such a time as this because you need to be reminded that Jesus Christ holds dominion over the destination of His disciples. Maybe you need to be reminded that He has dominion over your disturbances, over the wind and the waves in your life. And maybe you need to be reminded that He has dominion over displacement, that water that is in your boat. I'm saying to you, He's the King of everything. Are you still with me this morning? I'm going to look at my watch. I'm going to crack that same joke that every Baptist preacher cracks. Y'all know what it means when a preacher looks at his watch, don't you? Absolutely nothing, but listen. I want to give you this. I want to be respectful of time. I think I told Brother Bill, if I went over on time to throw a psalm book at me, I'm used to that. I've been a Baptist preacher for a long time, but I want to give you this. Listen. I told you that in Mark chapter 4 and chapter 5 we find a demonstration of His dominion. I want to carry you on now to chapter 5. Don't worry, we're going to hit the high spots and move on. Listen. We find in chapter 5 that the first thing that happens is Jesus demonstrates His dominion over devils. The Bible says, And they came over unto the other side of the sea into the country of the Gadarenes. And when he was come out of the ship, immediately there met him out of the tombs a man with an unclean spirit, who had his dwelling among the tombs, and no man could bind him, no, not with chains, because that he had been often bound with fetters and chains, and the chains had been plucked asunder by him. Y'all know the rest of the story. Listen, for sake of time, let me tell you what's happening. Jesus is showing his dominion over devils. Now, I want you to get the picture. Here comes Jesus and the disciples across the sea. They are in a full boat. Y'all got that, didn't you? All right, listen, I picture it this way. I want you to think about, have you ever seen that picture of George Washington crossing the Delaware? You know how he's got his foot thrown up on the front of the boat and he's pointing this way? Listen, I believe Jesus had his foot propped up on the front of the boat and he's pointing that way. And I believe that boat was skimming on top of the water. There's water flying out the front and the back and the sides. Peter's sitting in the back mad because he's soaking wet up to his neck. I mean to say, listen, this was a spectacle, a sight to behold, but they made it to the other side and beached that boat. Can you imagine being that Gadarene demoniac? You just came out of the tomb, just got done with a cutting session. You broke your chains again, but you still ain't free. And you look and you see a man who just floated a full boat full of people across the ocean. I believe that man looked at that situation and said, if that fella can float a full boat, he can probably help me. Can I tell you this morning that if you are here, whatever your circumstances are, Jesus Christ is the King of everything. I'm saying to you, He has dominion over displacement, over the water in your boat. He holds dominion over devils. And listen, I want to give you the list of the rest of these things, and y'all can look them up on your own for sake of time. If I go too long, they'll never have me back. Amen. But listen, I want you to see this. We find in chapter 5, He holds dominion over devils. Some of you may know these things already. If you go on down in this chapter, you'll find that there's more to it. You'll find that he has dominion over disease. You remember how the woman had the issue of blood and nobody could heal her. The Bible says in verse 26 of chapter five, she had suffered many things of many physicians and had spent all she had and nobody could help her listen, but she touched his garment and he showed his dominion over disease. You say, Brother Russell, wait a minute, you have a handicap yourself. What you got to say about that? He hasn't healed you, you forgot one word, yet. He holds dominion over disease. I have cerebral palsy, but it don't have me, amen? And one day I'm going home to glory, I'm getting a new body. It's hard to imagine, but I'm gonna be even better looking one day, amen? Listen, what I want you to see is this. Listen, I want you to understand he holds dominion over devils. He holds dominion over disease. But watch this, I wanna help you with something. Jesus, when he heals this woman of this disease, guess where he's going? He's on the way to Jairus' house. His daughter dies. They said, ain't no need to bother him any further. Hey, she's expired. She's dead. And so Jesus goes and demonstrates his dominion over death. But I want to give you something that most people miss. Jesus demonstrates his dominion over detours. See, he was on the way to deal with disease. And he knew in his foreknowledge that he was also going to deal with death. Along the way, here comes this woman who reaches out and grabs his garment. He says, who in the world touched my clothes? Listen, he got distracted. But I'm glad to report that that's actually the wrong word to use because nothing ever distracts the Lord Jesus Christ. He holds dominion over everything. Listen, he's going to deal with a disease that nobody else could fix. And this little girl, he's dealing with death. He's on the way to raise her from the dead. And he has a detour. This woman needs to be healed. Can I say something to you? This ought to give you great confidence in our God. Because on the way to deal with disease and death, He's already showed His dominion over devils. And He deals with this detour without ever missing a beat. Hey, does that help you? Listen, whatever problem you got, man, it's nothing to Him. I got a whole lot more to preach, but I ain't gonna preach it all. Listen, let me give you this. What I'm trying to tell you is we've seen the declaration of dominion. He's the king of everything. We've seen the demonstration of dominion. It's all throughout the Bible. Listen, we have documentation of his dominion. I'm talking about the King James Bible. It's right here, written down. We have documentation of His dominion. Y'all like that point, there's no preaching to it, amen? One time when I was here, I turned in an outline to Dr. Comfort for preacher boys. And I believe it was Ed Carter preaching. And Dr. Comfort gave it back to me and he subtracted 10 points. I said, Doc, why did you take 10 points off my outline? He said, well, you never should have a point in an outline that doesn't have any scripture to go with it, like I just did. And I said, Doc, that wasn't my outline, that was his. I said, take $10 off his love offering. I didn't write it. But anyway, here's what I want to tell you. We have documentation of his dominions all throughout the Bible. Listen, but here's what I'm talking about this morning, what I'm trying to get to, doubting his dominion. Doubting his dominion. Go back with me and I'm done. Chapter 4 and verse 37. And there arose a great storm of wind, the waves being of the ship, so that it was now full. And he was asleep. He was in the inner part of the ship, asleep on a pillar. And they awoke him, and saying to him, Master, carest thou not that we perish? And he arose, and rebuked the wind, and said unto the sea, Peace, be still. And guess what happened? No surprise, the wind ceased, and there was a great calm. And he said unto them. Now let me stop right here. Who is them? Somebody tell me. the disciples. This is not some also ran second stream. This is not some guys he found on the side of a hill somewhere. This is the 12th. This is the one who touched him, if you will, tasted his goodness and handled him. Listen, they walked and talked with him on a daily basis, but we find it in the middle of a storm of disturbance that he says, why are you so fearful? How is it that you have no faith? He didn't say, how come you gotta love faith? He said, how come you have none? Listen, let me help you with something. I've been trying to preach. Y'all know why I said trying to preach. You've heard me now, listen. Almost 26 years. Can I say to you, there's been many times that I thought my disturbance was gonna take me under, but Jesus Christ holds dominion over all disturbances. I'm saying this morning, listen, that disturbances can cause you to doubt. I've sat right where you are. You never say, hey, I got some doubts. When you're in the ministry, it's hard. You can't walk into a church that you're supposed to be preaching a revival in and say, hey, you know what, I got some doubts. But it happens to all of us. Listen, these disciples doubted, but he demonstrated his dominion. He said, how is it that you have no faith? And they feared exceedingly and said one to another, what manner of man is this that even the wind and sea obey him? Listen, now you know the answer. The manner of man he is, is he is the king. of everything. Now, Dr. Bill, he gave me the liberty to close out the service, but with all due respect, if it's all right with you, I want to turn it back over to you, brother, and let you close as you see fit. I talked to you this morning about dominion, about doubt, and about a decision This morning, if you find yourself in doubt, remember that He is the King of everything. You can make a decision this morning, right now, to trust Him with your salvation. You can make a decision right now to trust Him with your situation.