This message was preached on Sunday, July 13, 2008 at Grace Baptist Church in Westlake, OH. If you would like to listen to an audio of this message, go to www.gbcwestlake.org and choose the listen now option on the left; and then choose this message title:
BELIEVING IS SEEING Mark 8:1-21
Please turn in your Bible to Mark 8. In the Bible in front of you, it is page 872 or 890.
You might look at this title and think I have it backwards. Greg: shouldn’t it read: Seeing is believing? No. In our passages for today: Believing is Seeing.
This morning, we are going to see the closest followers of Christ there have ever been, the disciples, act as though they have no clue as the reality of who Christ is and what He has done. It reminds me of some of the stupid, but amusing things young children might do – things you hope people with adult understanding wouldn’t try. These are some things people wouldn’t believe until they actually saw them happen. I found an article entitled: Things our kids teach us:
A king size waterbed holds enough water to fill a 2000 sq. ft. house 4inches deep.
If you spray hair spray on dust bunnies and run over them with roller blades, they can ignite.
If you hook a dog leash over a ceiling fan, the motor is not strong enough to rotate a 42-pound boy wearing Batman underwear and a Superman cape. It is strong enough, however, if tied to a paint can, to spread paint on all four walls of a 10x10 ft. room.
When using a ceiling fan as a bat, you have to throw the ball up a few times before you get a hit. A ceiling fan can hit a baseball a long way. And: The glass in windows (even double-pane) doesn’t stop a baseball hit by a ceiling fan.
It don’t matter how much jell-o you put in a pool, you can’t walk on it.
The spin cycle on the washing machine does not make earthworms dizzy. It will, however, make cats dizzy.
Garbage bags do not make good parachutes.
Marbles in gas tanks make lots of noise when driving.
VCR’s do not eject PB&J sandwiches.
When you hear the toilet flush and the words "uh oh," it’s already too late.
Today, we are going to see the stupidity or extreme immaturity, if you prefer, of the disciples. But, don’t get so focused on theirs this morning, that you forget about ours. See Greg's Blog for more message notes.
