Don't you love it when you're just sitting there one morning, reading the Bible as normal, and BAM, something you never saw before just hits you, and it pretty much the coolest thing you've read in a long time? Yup, welcome to my morning.
And the vessel he was making of clay was spoiled in the potter's hand, and he reworked it into another vessel, as it seemed good to the potter to do. Jeremiah 18:4
I LOVE THIS. The vessel of clay he was making spoiled in the potter's hand. Adam and Eve were right there in the garden. They walked with their God. And they still sinned. They spoiled. But God was faithful to them, even in their faithlessness. Yes, there are severe consequences for sin ("the death" as Havah would say), but the Lord is merciful. He covered them in their shame, and carried on their line.
And what about us? You? Me? Are you spoiled? I am. Wow, I know that. I'm not perfect. Far from it. But God made Jesus who knew no sin to be sin for us. He already died for every sin, past, present and future. His grace is there for our salvation, but also our sanctification. He is reworking us into another vessel, because God is making all things work together for our good.
2 Corinthians 5:17 has been coming up a lot these last weeks, If any man is in Christ He is a new creation...
In Christ, you are new. You are being reworked into another vessel, because God is good.
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Amen, yeah for 1 Cor 5:17, that spoiled vessel isn't us anymore!
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