![]() ![]() (:9-10) Second Scenario: Decreeing Edification But Will Respond to Rebellion “I will relent concerning the calamity I planned to bring on it.”Ģ. “if that nation against which I have spoken turns from its evil,” “At one moment I might speak concerning a nation or concerning a kingdom to uproot, to pull down, or to destroy it ” (:7-8) First Scenario: Decreeing Destruction But Will Respond to Repentance (:7-10) Scenarios of Different Destinies Based on Repentance vs. Wilbur Chapman: The clay is not attractive in itself, but when the hands of the potter touch it, and the thought of the potter is brought to bear upon it, and the plan of the potter is worked out in it and through it, then there is a real transformation.ĭ. The point is not that God’s promises are conditional, but that he interacts with man, as the potter does with the clay, in order to accomplish his sovereign purpose. God is able to respond quickly to people, as they respond to him. We have no basis to complain of what he has done to us. Parunak: God as the sovereign creator – Isa. ![]() ‘Behold, like the clay in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel.’” “Then the word of the LORD came to me saying, ‘Can I not, O house of Israel, deal with you as this potter does?’ declares the LORD. (:5-6) Sovereign Right and Power = Point of the Visual Object Lesson 9:21 – not speaking of separate lumps of clay, but of one and the same lump.Ĭ. Parunak: Because the clay is pliable, he can bend it where he wants it, and even lump it up and start over. “so he remade it into another vessel, as it pleased the potter to make.” (:4b) Exercising His Creative Prerogative = Wanting a Different Outcome Parunak: It got too thin, or too tall, or the wrong shape.ģ. ![]() “But the vessel that he was making of clay was spoiled in the hand of the potter ” The upper is a wooden platform on which the pot is formed. The lower is a stone flywheel turned with the feet. Parunak: “Wheels” – the double potter’s wheel. “Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something on the wheel.” (:3) Engaging in His Craft = Working to Make a Finished Product (:3-4) Scenario of the Potter Fashioning Clay Vessels to Achieve Desired Productġ. “The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD saying, ‘Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I shall announce My words to you.’”ī. (:1-2) Setting the Stage for Visual Object Lesson (:1-10) THE RIGHT OF THE CREATOR TO DETERMINE DESTINY COUPLED WITH MORAL RESPONSIBILITYĪ. Who do you choose to control your life? Will you grasp control into your own hands and think that you can forge a favorable destiny by your ingenuity and hard work? Or will you acknowledge your depravity and weakness and thankfully submit to the designs of the Master Potter who alone can fashion you into a trophy of His grace and glory? The age-old lessons of the Potter and the Clay that were communicated here to God’s stubborn and rebellious nation of idolaters still hold true for us today – both individually and as a community, as a nation, and as a church. DON’T BLAME GOD OR HIS PROPHET WHEN THE CLAY GETS SMASHED FOR REFUSING TO YIELD TO ITS POTTER ![]()
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