{"id":2268,"date":"2015-02-21T13:57:37","date_gmt":"2015-02-21T19:57:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=2268"},"modified":"2015-02-21T13:57:37","modified_gmt":"2015-02-21T19:57:37","slug":"study-sheets-for-ffc-for-sunday-february-22-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=2268","title":{"rendered":"STUDY SHEETS for FFC for Sunday February 22, 2015 …"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Hello to You,<\/strong><\/h3>\n

News flash! What God tells us is sometimes shocking. Things that are just not found in the categories that we humans usually run to that help us sort out life.<\/p>\n

And we have to trust God. Without even understanding what he is doing. Maybe note just a little sarcasm here.<\/p>\n

God tells us things about vessels of wrath and vessels of mercy that are very hard to accept. Notice I didn’t say hard to understand. Most of these things are pretty clear but they seem so arbitrary on God’s part.<\/p>\n

And we at times struggle with God’s sovereign will because … Well … We forget who God is.<\/p>\n

God is God. Sovereign LORD of all.<\/strong><\/h3>\n

So as we will see in this week’s text, the lump of clay has no business telling the Potter what he should or shouldn’t do. Even (especially) when it comes to our lives.<\/p>\n

The fact is that for those who trust in Christ, everything goes to them. All of the riches and blessings of God are inherited through Jesus Christ. If you have trusted in Jesus Christ for the forgiveness of sins and have received his gift of eternal life.<\/p>\n

You, as a vessel of mercy, GET IT ALL.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“And the hell of it.” You’ve heard that expression? The HELL of it is that the vessels of wrath get nothing, absolutely nothing but the wrath and judgment of God.<\/p>\n

Jacob I loved, and Esau I hated.<\/p>\n

Sounds kind of mean, doesn’t it?<\/p>\n

But I know that my God, the Sovereign LORD before whom I bow, that God …<\/p>\n

Let’s hear it from\u00a0the psalmist …<\/strong><\/h3>\n