“The Potter, The Clay and The Clean Vessel”

Jeremiah Jeremiah 18:1-618:1-6

Jeremiah 18:1-61 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

2 "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause you to hear My words."

3 Then I went down to the potter's house, and there he was, making something at the wheel.

4 And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter; so he made it again into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to make.

5 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

New King James Version

6 "O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter?" says the LORD. "Look, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel!

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The Potter Shapes the

Course of Our Lives

Isaiah 29:16

• Some Deny the potter – “He didn’t make me”

• Some Defy the potter – “He doesn’t understand what he’s doing”

• FALSE: I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul.

• What people claim in order to deny the Potter…

Jeremiah 10:23Romans 8:29

The Potter Has the Right to Shape Our Lives

“Can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay?”

Isaiah 45:9

Romans 9:20-21

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The Potter Uses Pressure to Shape Our Lives “Just like clay in the potter’s hand,

so are you in My hand’”

22 CorinthiansCorinthians 4:16-17 4:16-17

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The Potter Uses Pressure to Shape Our Lives “Just like clay in the potter’s hand,

so are you in My hand’”

Colossians 1:24 Colossians 1:24

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The Potter Uses Pressure to Shape Our Lives “Just like clay in the potter’s hand,

so are you in My hand’”

1 Thessalonians 3:31 Thessalonians 3:3

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The Potter Uses Pressure The Potter Uses Pressure to Shape Our Livesto Shape Our Lives “Just like clay in the potter’s hand,

so are you in My hand’”

2 Timothy 3:112 Timothy 3:11

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The Potter Uses Pressure to Shape Our Lives “Just like clay in the potter’s hand,

so are you in My hand’”

2 Timothy 4:5 2 Timothy 4:5

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The Potter Has The Power to Re-shape Our

Lives “But the jar that he was

making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.”

• Even in the times when God is correcting us…

Isaiah 64:8 44

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The Potter Has The Power to Re-shape Our Lives

“But the jar that he was

making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.”

• Even in the times when God is correcting us…

Ephesians 2:10 44

Verse Verse 44

The Potter Has The Power to Re-shape Our

Lives “But the jar that he was

making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.”

• Even in the times when God is correcting us…

Psalm 100:3

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Verse Verse 44

The Potter Has The Power to Re-shape Our

Lives “But the jar that he was

making from the clay became flawed in the potter’s hand, so he made it into another jar, as it seemed right for him to do.”

• Even in the times when God is correcting us…

Isaiah 44:21

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We Are A Work in We Are A Work in Progress Progress

“So I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, working

away at the wheel.”

Isaiah 64:8

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We Are A Work in We Are A Work in ProgressProgress “So I went down to the potter’s

house, and there he was, working away at the wheel.”

Acts 9:15 Acts 9:15

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A Clean Vessel is a Useful Vessel

2 Timothy 2:20-21

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2 2 Timothy Timothy

2:20-212:20-21

A Clean Vessel is a Useful Vessel

John 15:1-3

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A Clean Vessel is a Useful Vessel

1 Peter 1:22

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A Clean Vessel is a Useful Vessel

2 Timothy 2:20-21 20 But in a great house there are not

only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay, some for honor and some for dishonor. 21 Therefore if anyone cleanses himself from the latter, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified and useful for the Master, prepared for every good work66

2 2 Timothy Timothy

2:20-212:20-21

A Clean Vessel is a Useful Vessel

Psalm 119:11

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2 2 Timothy Timothy

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