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Introduction
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Today we are going to look at the Potter and the mired Clay.
Isn't it wonderful that a lump of shapeless clay can, in the hands of a skilled potter be turned into a most desirable vessel of honour?
This is what God wants to do with everyone of us.
At the time this was written, many were potters in the Land of Israel.
A. Four Bible Writers Speak of the Potter and the Clay
Isaiah, who had been given a vision of God’s holiness (); Jeremiah, who was known as the weeping prophet (); Zechariah, who wrote so plainly of the crucified Christ (; ) ; Paul, who had such a clear understanding of grace.
This should give us some hints about this object lesson.
2. Jeremiah, who was known as the weeping prophet ()
3. Zechariah, who wrote so plainly of the crucified Christ (; )
4. Paul, who had such a clear understanding of grace
This should give us some hints about this object lesson.
B. Jeremiah’s Message of the Potter and the Clay ()
God commanded Jeremiah to go to the potter’s house, and observe him at work, and wait for His message to Israel.
He saw the potter at work, in the process of forming a vessel on his wheel.
Then God gave a message for Jeremiah’s time and our own time!
God uses the things that happen regularly around us to teach us, personal, national or communal circumstances to teach us deep, spiritually valuable lessons.
God’s will is for us to remain malleable, or reformable in His hands so He can purify, sanctify and make us like Jesus ().
Anyone who gets to the point where they become hardened, and are no longer malleable in the hand of God, will be shattered without remedy.
But any one who remains teachable, accessible to the Holy Spirit, God will purify, sanctify and make holy.
And they will always be fresh and useful in God's hand!
We must always look up unto Jesus, the Author and Finisher of our faith, foe examples of how to live our lives to the glory of God.
1. THE CLAY - REPRESENTS ISRAEL AND ALL HUMANITY
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God said that the clay represented the whole house of Israel because they are God’s people.
Believers are also God’s children through Jesus Christ (; ).
Therefore this analogy of clay applies to us.
The spinning and making, the marring and modifying are all parts of what happens in the lifecycle of clay - from a useless lump to a useful vessel.
The most important quality of clay is its ability to yield in the potters hand.
If it fails to yield, it will be marred, spoiled.
The same is applicable to us.
There is no self-made Christian ().
God always makes the Christian.
If a Christian goes out of the Narrow Way, he will be marred and no longer useful to the Lord.
We have to cooperate with God while he is working in our lives.
God requires us to cooperate with Him as He works for our good ().
The Lord wants us to remain useful to Him where ever He places us!
What did Jeremiah see when he got to the potter’s house?
a. Vessels of clay stacked for firing or use
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Clay stored for making pottery
A potter at work on his wheel; lumps of shapeless clay; completely formed jars stacked for firing and use.
Although furnace was not mentioned, it had to be there, it’s needed for firing.
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Clay in the potter’s hand being formed for use
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lumps of shapeless clay;
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completely formed jars stacked for firing and use.
2. We are all made of the same clay
As clay is in the potter’s hand so are we in God’s hands (; ; ).
- We are the work of God’s hands
- We cannot therefore strive with our maker
All have evil hearts and a sinful nature ()
- We know from Genesis that God formed man out of clay.
- A clear message from the Potter (God our Maker).
The will of God at any time is not the death of the sinner, but that the sinner should repent and come to the knowledge of the truth ().
If a Christian backslides, they must repent, and like the prodigal son, come back to God ().
- Believers are still jars of clay!
- Ruthless destruction of the unwilling vessel.
- The perfect work of the Omniscient Potter (God)
Although we are saved, we are still flesh and blood, still open to temptation, and mistakes ().
Apostle Paul was one of the greatest, and most effective apostles of Jesus Christ, yet he understood this ().
When we are born again, the law of the Spirit of Life in Christ sets us free from the law if sin and death (; ).
But we must not fail to present our bodies as living sacrifice to God and renew our minds through God’s word, that is not God’s will.
Like Paul we must press on to Christ every day.
All have evil hearts and a sinful nature ()
2. THE POTTER - REPRESENTS THE GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
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All must give an account to God ()
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All are subject to temptation ()
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All must die and should be prepared ()
3. The sameness of mankind calls for understanding of others
When Jeremiah got to the potter’s shop, he was making a vessel.
That vessel became mis-formed.
He squashed it back into a shapeless lump of clay!
Then he began to shape it again on his wheel, making it into a brand new vessel.
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Not to judge by race or face … but in grace
2. THE POTTER - REPRESENTING GOD OF THE UNIVERSE
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God is the Potter.
He is in control.
Our lives are not in the hands of some invisible “force” or blind “fate”; they are in the hands of a Person—Almighty God.
God is not just our Creator; He is our Father, and He has a personal concern for our lives ).
Clay cannot mould itself but must be soft and malleable in the hands of a skilled potter, so must we all be in the hand of God.
The message to Israel was clear and the message to us is clear ().
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