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B.   MIRACLE NUMBER TWO:  ARRIVING AT
                        DESTINATION (JOHN 6:21)

        VI MIXTURE—FAITH AND SIGHT: JESUS WALKING
             ON THE WATER (MARK 6:48-50)
                    A.  THEY SEE A GHOST (MIXTURE OF FAITH
                        AND SIGHT)
                    B.  WHAT JESUS INTENDED BY WALKING ON
                        THE SEA
                             1.  HE INTENDED TO PASS BY; HE DID
                                 NOT WANT TO COME ABOARD
                                 (MARK 6:48)
                             2.  HE IDENTIFIED HIMSELF TO
                                 REMOVE FEAR (MARK 6: 50-51)
                             3.  HE INTENDED THAT THEY KNEW
                                 ALL WAS UNDER HIS FEET, FULLY
                                 CONTROLLED (MARK 6:48)
                             4.  HE WILL WORK A MIRACLE FOR
                                 US IN RESPONSE TO UNBELIEF,
                                 NOT FAITH (JOHN 6:21)
                             5.  HE MILDLY REBUKES UNBELIEF
                                 (MARK 6:52)

        VII  FINAL ILLUSTRATION: THE WOMAN WHO
               TOUCHED HIM BY TOUCHING THE HEM OF HIS
               GARMENT (MARK 5:30-31)
                     A.  CHRIST IS THE OBJECT OF FAITH: A
                         SENSITIVE SAVIOR
                     B.  DIFFERENCE BETWEEN UNBELIEF AND
                         STRUGGLING FAITH
                     C.  FAITH IS REDEMPTIVE ( MARK 6:56) SHE
                         STARTED A TRADITION

        REVELATION MESSAGE #3
        I   INTRODUCTION TO THE MESSAGE ON THE NEED
            FOR REVELATION
               A.  CHRIST IS THE THEME OF ALL THE
                   SCRIPTURES (LUKE 24:27; JOHN 5:39-40; JOHN
                   6:45)
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