“The Potter,

The Clay and

The Clean
Vessel”
Jeremiah 18:1-6
 Jeremiah 18:1-6
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 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD,
saying:
 "Arise and go down to the potter's house, and there I
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will cause you to hear My words."

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

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 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.
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 Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying:
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 "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

 The Potter Shapes the
Course of Our Lives

Verse 6 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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 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 10:23
Romans 8:29
 Verse 6
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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 Verse 6
The Potter Uses Pressure to
Shape Our Lives “Just like clay
in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand’”

2 Corinthians 4:16-17

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 Verse 6
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

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 Verse 6
The Potter Uses Pressure to
Shape Our Lives “Just like clay
in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand’”

1 Thessalonians 3:3

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 Verse 6
The Potter Uses Pressure to
Shape Our Lives “Just like clay
in the potter’s hand, so are you in My hand’”

2 Timothy 3:11

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 Verse 6
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

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 Verse 4
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
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 Verse 4
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
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 Verse 4
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 4
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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 Verse 3

We Are A Work in 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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 Verse 3

We Are A Work in Progress

“So I went down to the
potter’s house, and there he was, working away at
the wheel.”

Acts 9:15

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 2 Timothy
2:20-21 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel

2 Timothy 2:20-21

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 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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 2 Timothy
2:20-21 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel
2 Timothy 2:20-21
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 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.
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 Therefore if anyone cleanses
himself from the latter, he will be a
vessel for honor, sanctified and
useful for the Master, prepared for

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 2 Timothy
2:20-21 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel

Psalm 119:11