“The Potter,

The Clay and

The Clean
Vessel”

Jeremiah 18:1-6
 Jeremiah 18:1-6
1The word which came to Jeremiah from
the LORD, saying:
2 "Arise and go down to the potter's
house, and there I will cause you to hear
My words."
3Then I went down to the potter's house,
and there he was, making something at
the wheel.
4And 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.
5 Then the word of the LORD came to
me, saying:
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!

New King James Version

 The Potter Shapes
the Course of
Our Lives
6 "O house of Israel, can I
Verse 6 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

2
 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

3
 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

3
 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

3
 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

3
 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

3
 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
4
 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
4
 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
4
 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
4
 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

5
 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

5
 2 Timothy
2:20-21 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel

2 Timothy 2:20-21

6
 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel

John 15:1-3

6
 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel

1 Peter 1:22

6
 2 Timothy
2:20-21 A Clean Vessel is a
Useful Vessel
2 Timothy 2:20-21
20 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.
21 Therefore if anyone cleanses

himself from the latter, he will be a

vessel for honor, sanctified and
useful for the Master, prepared for

6 every good work

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

Psalm 119:11