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III  WE ENTER HIS REST WHEN WE ARE SATISFIED
                   THAT HE IS SATISFIED WITH HIS UNFINISHED
                   WORK OF REDEMPTION (PHILIPPIANS 1:6; 1
                   THESSALONIANS 5:23-24; 2 CORINTHIANS 3:18;
                   1 JOHN 3:2; ROMANS 8:30)

             IV  STRONG ILLUSTRATION OF HIS UNFINISHED
                 WORK (ISAIAH 64:8; JEREMIAH18:1-6) THE
                 POTTER AND THE CLAY (JEREMIAH 18:1-2)
                     A.   BEHOLD THE POTTER’S MIND (JEREMIAN
                        18:3-6)
                     B.  BEHOLD THE POTTER’S HANDS (JEREMIAH
                        18:3)
                     C.  BEHOLD THE POTTER’S FOOT (JEREMIAH 18:3)
                     D.  BEHOLD THE POTTER’S HEART (JEREMIAH
                        18:4)
             V  CLOSING ILLUSTRATION: JESUS SLEEPING ON THE
             BOAT ON THE STORMY SEA (MATTHEW 8:24)
                    A.   MISUNDERSTANDING OF FAITH (MATTHEW
                       8:26 (b); MARK 4:40)
                              1.  COMING TO THE END OF SELF
                                 (MATTHEW 8:25)
                              2.  ROLLING THE PROBLEM ON JESUS
                                 (MATTHEW 8:25)
                              3.  GETTING OUT OF THE WAY AND
                                 WATCHING JESUS DO WHAT ONLY HE
                                 COULD DO (MATTHEW 8:26)
                    B.  CORRECT VIEW OF FAITH: LETTING JESUS
                  SLEEP; BEING SATISFIED THAT HE IS IN
                  FULL CONTROL


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