The Potter and the Clay

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The Potter and the Clay

• Jeremiah 181-6 Selected
• Cross Creek Community Church
• Pastor Dave Martin
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The Potter and the Clay
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The Potter and the Clay

• Jeremiah 181-6 This is the word that came to
  Jeremiah from the Lord 2"Go down to the potter's
  house, and there I will give you my message." 3So
  I went down to the potter's house, and I saw him
  working at the wheel. 4But the pot he was shaping
  from the clay was marred in his hands so the
  potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as
  seemed best to him. 5Then the word of the Lord
  came to me 6"O house of Israel, can I not do
  with you as this potter does?" declares the Lord.
  "Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you
  in my hand, O house of Israel.

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The Potter and the Clay

• For Human Clay to be effectively shaped and
  ultimately used it must cooperate with the
  Potter
• We are clay with a will

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The Potter and the Clay
Cooperate Willing to work together for a
common goal.
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Cooperative Clay must

• 1. Be Free of IMPURITIES.
• Proverbs 2813-14 He who conceals his sins does
  not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces
  them finds mercy. 14Blessed is the man who always
  fears the Lord, but he who hardens his heart
  falls into trouble.

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Cooperative Clay must

• 2. Remain CENTERED on the wheel.
• Romans 919b-21 For who resists his will? But
  who are you, O man, to talk back to God? "Shall
  what is formed say to him who formed it, 'Why did
  you make me like this?' " 21Does not the potter
  have the right to make out of the same lump of
  clay some pottery for noble purposes and some for
  common use?

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Cooperative Clay must

• 3. Be RESPONSIVE to the Potters touch.
• 1 Peter 56 Humble yourselves, therefore, under
  God's mighty hand, that he may lift you up in due
  time.

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RESPONSIVE to the Potters touch.
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Three areas that will help us as earthen vessels
to be responsive to our Maker

• Submission
• Solitude
• Stillness
• 2 Corinthians 47 But we have this treasure in
  jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing
  power is from God and not from us.

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Cooperative Clay must

• 4. Be Shaped and USED by God.
• Job 108 "Your hands shaped me and formed me

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Shaped by the Potters Hand

• S Spiritual Gifts
• H Heart
• A Abilities
• P Personality
• E Experiences
• Colossians 110 And we pray this in order that
  you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may
  please him in every way bearing fruit in every
  good work, growing in the knowledge of God,

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Resulting in demonstrated fruitfulness and
Ministry

• Saved from our sins and spiritually growing!
• Actively involved in ministering and reaching
  others!
• Lives around you being impacted for Christ!
• Eternal rewards being stored up in Heaven!
• Gods eternal plan being accomplished through
  you!
• Our Lord Jesus Christ is lifted up and glorified!

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The Potter and the Clay

• Philippians 16 Being confident of this, that
  he who began a good work in you will carry it on
  to completion until the day of Christ Jesus.
• Allow His nail-scarred hands to shape you!
• Being crafted into His perfect plan!

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Can you say?

• Take me, Mold me, Use me, Fill me,
• I give my life into the Potters Hand!
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