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The Potter and the Clay

Isaiah 64:8

Introduction: The Bible says, ?쏥od is the potter and we are the clay.??The potter can make beautiful pottery with good clay. Our ancestors used the best techniques to make pottery. Goryeo celadon and Yi Dynasty white porcelain is still world famous and a great work of art. During the Japanese invasion of Korea, many Korean potters were brought over to Japan by force, and that?셲 how Japan has developed into becoming the best nation in producing pottery.


1. The clay that the potter seeks

- According to a TV program, those Korean potters had a hard time to make good pottery in Japan, because they could not find good clay
?€?€1) We are the clay chosen by God personally - Not just anyone can become the
people of heaven, just like we cannot make good pottery with just any clay혻
(Ro 9:15-16, Ro 9:11)
혻혻 2) Bring chosen clay into the factory and wash it
혻혻혻혻혻 (1) Call chosen people to the church (2Ti 1:9, Jn 15:26, 6:44, Eph 1:4, Col 1:13)
(2) Gives us repentance and cleansing through the precious blood and God?셲 Word
(Mk 1:15, Lk 5:32, 1Jn 1:7, Eph 5:26)


2. In order to make a pot

혻혻 1) We must make the clay very soft (Ps 51:17, Heb 12:11)
?€?€2) Mix it with a certain quantity of water and make it sticky - The water of obedience and
the Word of God makes it sticky (1Sa 15:22, 1Pe, 1:14-15)
3) The clay placed on a potter?셲 wheel - The pottery of heaven is shaped by God?셲 will
(Ro 9:21, Heb 13:21, Mt 6:10, Ro 8:28-29, Eph 2:22)


3. He puts it into a furnace and bakes it

혻혻 1) The furnace of trials
혻혻혻혻혻 - The clay that has not been baked will break easily (1Pe 1:24, Jas 4:14)
혻혻혻혻혻혻혻 We can obey and become a strong believer through trials (1Pe 4:12-13, Jas 1:3-4)
혻혻 2) The furnace of the Holy Spirit
- Become the Christian that emits the light of faith, hope, love, righteousness, peace, and happiness, and they are dispatched all over the world, carrying the glory of God
(1Co 2:9-10, 1Pe 1:7, 2Co 4:17, Ro 5:3-4, Eph 3:10-11, 1Pe 2:9)


Conclusion: (Ro 9:23-24)
We must always give thanks to God, because God has chosen deserted humankind who was just like clay, and He molds us as beautiful pottery of heaven, filled with the glory of heaven. We must become pottery always devoted to Him as He molds us.