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2. THE SIX DAYS OF CREATION: GOD
SAW THAT IT WAS GOOD. . .VERY
GOOD (GENESIS 1:4, 10,12,18, 21,25,31;
2:1-2) AND HE WAS SATISFIED WITH
THE FINISHED WORK OF CREATION
3. WHAT WAS TRUE OF THE FINISHED
WORK OF CREATION, IS ALSO TRUE
OF THE FINISHED WORK OF
REDEMPTION (JOHN 19:30; LUKE 9:31;
HEBREWS 1:3; HEBREWS 8:1; HEBREWS
10:12; HEBREWS 12:2; HEBREWS 4:10
EXODUS 12:13)

II WE ENTER HIS REST, NOT WHEN WE ARE
SATISIFIED WITH HIS FINISHED WORK, BUT
WHEN WE ARE SATISFIED THAT HE IS
SATISFIED WITH HIS FINISHED WORK
(HEBREWS 3:11,18: HEBREWS 4:3,10)

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)