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Chuck Smith :: Sermon Notes for Jeremiah 18

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"THE POTTERS HOUSE"
I. WHAT JEREMIAH SAW.
A. The potter.
1. Intelligent capable worker.
2. Speaks of God's authority - interest - absolute power.
3. His right and authority are the clay.
4. His keen interest as clay changes shape.
5. I recognize his power.
B. The wheel.
1. An instrument by which the potter accomplishes his purpose.
2. The circumstances of life.
3. The wheel, though necessary, is transitory.
C. The clay.
1. A pliable material by which the potter accomplishes his purposes.
2. Man's capacity in relation to God.
The simplest lesson I see God and myself, the circumstances that surround my life. The master workman has a thought in His mind - if I yield, my life can express the thought.
II. THE PRINCIPLE TAUGHT - ABSOLUTE SOVEREIGNTY OF GOD AND NECESSITY OF MAN TO YIELD THERETO.
A. God has given us a free-will, in a sense.
III. THE PURPOSE EXPRESSED - "HE WROUGHT HIS WORK."
A. Potter has a thought in mind for the clay.
1. Clay ignorant of thought.
2. Can discover it by quiet submission.
B. The clay gains in hand of the potter.
1. Worthless, shapeless mass, transformed into thing of beauty and use.
2. "We are His workmanship."
3. Man without God is lacking in purpose and utility. Submit to God and find beauty and usefulness to God and man.
4. "My life has no purpose" - Give it to God!
5. "The years are slipping away and done nothing."
IV. THE PERSONS OF THE POTTER.
A. Who is the potter.
B. Who is God? God is love.
1. I can submit to love.
2. He controls wheel as well as clay.
a. He applies pressure to create.
b. He crushes in order to make.
C. Would you know the heart of the potter?
1. You must see it in the wounds on the cross.
D. To rebel is to take clay out of potter's hands.
1. Render it useless and purposeless - waste.
2. The wrecks in the potters field.
a. They would not yield to the hand of the potter.
3. Last mention of potters field.
a. He marred the vessel.
Begin with person - yield to person and find the purpose.
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