by faith if chirst could walk on water, then why can't we ,the formula is there.?

Answer 1

Add more faith to your diet.

Answer 2

It is likely that the miracle story to which you refer is the stuff of legend. It follows the standard form for miracle stories in the ancient Mediterranean world (there are other ancient stories about divine beings walking on water). The story is more of a theological move on the part of the author to show, in his opinion, that Jesus has power over the natural world (an attribute of divine status). It is also interesting to look at what each author does with this story. Mark's version is the shortest and lacks the Peter story, (Mk 6:47-52), Matthew's is a bit longer and contains the story about Peter walking on the water for a moment and then sinking (Mt 14:22-33), and John's story is also fairly short and also lacks the Peter story. It is likely that the walking on the water story is a symbolic story with theological implications in that the boat is a symbol for the early church which was tormented by localized persecution. There are many who hold this opinion, although there are also many who believe it was a literal event. So I imagine it would be a good idea to pick up a good commentary on one of the gospels listed above and do some reading on what other's have discovered when researching these texts. Hope this helped a bit.

Answer 3

Christ did not walk by faith, but by His authority. He need no faith to do anything because He is almighty God, the Creator. He demonstrated that by walking on water. He demonstrated His authority over nature, sickness, death, demons and sin.

Answer 4

We have faith in Christ, but we're not Christ.

Reminds me of when my daughter was 4 and we got a backyard pool. I was explaining to her the dangers of trying to get into the pool area unsupervised, about drowing, death, etc., etc., and I'd been reading the story of Easter to her a few months earlier. She innocently asked me if she drowned, couldn't she just come back on Easter? To which I replied, and it is my answer to your question -- "That only works for Jesus, honey".

Answer 5

Peter walked on water until he took his eyes off the Lord. When he did that, he sank. Matthew 14:25-31 says in part, "...And Peter answered Him and said, "Lord, if it be thou, bid me come unto thee on the water. And He said, "Come." And when Peter was come down out of the ship, he walked on the water, to go to Jesus. But when he saw the wind boisterous, he was afraid; and beginning to sink, he cried "Lord, save me."

Jesus then stretched out His hand and caught Peter.

Christ was God. We are not. The only way today for humans to walk on water is to walk on frozen water.

Answer 6

Sweetie because God has ALL POWER!! God told Peter to walk on the water in order to trust him. Peter had to have faith in God and had to have the will to trust God to walk on the water. The bible says faith without works is dead. You have to have faith to trust in God. You have to have faith to do anything not just walk on water.

Answer 7

it may be there but jesus did nit use any formula to walk on water...it was his power.the HOLY POWER....
i hope u have expected me to write a serious answer :-)

Answer 8

Sure!! Just wait for the winter... and walk on the frozen lake!!

Answer 9

tell ya what.....you try first. The formula may be there but the divine spirit is not.

Answer 10

We can. He showed us how to. If you trust and believe in God and his power enough, and realize that we reflect that power and all the qualities of God, then we can!