{"id":2275,"date":"2015-02-23T12:20:29","date_gmt":"2015-02-23T18:20:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=2275"},"modified":"2015-02-23T12:20:29","modified_gmt":"2015-02-23T18:20:29","slug":"message-mp3-for-ffc-for-sunday-february-22-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=2275","title":{"rendered":"Message MP3 for FFC for Sunday February 22, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/all-hail-king-Jesus.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2278 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/all-hail-king-Jesus.png?resize=325%2C359\" alt=\"all hail king Jesus\" width=\"325\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/all-hail-king-Jesus.png?w=325&amp;ssl=1 325w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/all-hail-king-Jesus.png?resize=272%2C300&amp;ssl=1 272w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 325px) 100vw, 325px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">INTRODUCTION: Our metaphors in today\u2019s text say it all.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">God is the Potter. And we are<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">\u00a0 <\/span>the clay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>OUR QUESTION:<\/b> Should the lump of clay tell the potter what to do?<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25b6\ufe0e <b>Object Lesson:<\/b> Red terra cotta clay from Hobby Lobby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25b6\ufe0e Who has the most experience and the best resources to construct our decisions?<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">God (the Potter) has a catalog of human experience since time began. Every person, every experience, our birth, our death, jobs, personal relationships, religions \u2026 everything.\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">God (the Potter) is experienced with humanity and the affairs of this Earth on every imaginable level. God has life and work experience on Earth and in Heaven. And God is the only Person we know who is eternal. He knows all about this life and the next.\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">So how about the lump of clay? What is on our resume? Maybe not so impressive. Finite beings whose time on this earth is compared to a vapor or a mist. But not only limited by our finiteness, but our perspective is obscured by the darkness of sin. We have the experience of one person living on the planet for a very brief time.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">So let\u2019s come back to our question: <strong>Should the lump of clay tell the potter what to do?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(1) The Potter has the right to do whatever he wants with the clay, 9:19-21.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25b6\ufe0e Do we trust the Potter? Who do we believe the Potter to be?<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(2) The Potter reveals the riches of his glory to the mercy vessels, 9:22-24.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"p2\"><span class=\"s1\">\u25b6\ufe0e GET THIS: The Potter patiently tolerates the vessels of wrath because of his desire to show the vessels of mercy the riches of his glory. He endures the rebellion of the \u201cwrath vessels\u201d with much patience in order that we (\u201cthe mercy vessels\u201d) may better understand the riches of his glory.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"p1\"><strong><span class=\"s1\">(3) The Potter is the one who makes people \u201chis people,\u201d 9:25-29.<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MP3:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/24 The Rights of the Potter : Romans 9-19-29 : ffc : dave scott : 022215.mp3\">24 The Rights of the Potter : Romans 9:19-29 : ffc : dave scott : 022215<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/clay-pots-five.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-2279 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/clay-pots-five.png?resize=564%2C347\" alt=\"clay pots five\" width=\"564\" height=\"347\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/clay-pots-five.png?w=564&amp;ssl=1 564w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/dave.dlscott.info\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/clay-pots-five.png?resize=300%2C185&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>INTRODUCTION: Our metaphors in today\u2019s text say it all. God is the Potter. And we are\u00a0 the clay. OUR QUESTION: Should the lump of clay tell the potter what to do? \u25b6\ufe0e Object Lesson: Red terra cotta clay from Hobby &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/?p=2275\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2275","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3dxA8-AH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2275"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2282,"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2275\/revisions\/2282"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2275"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2275"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dave.dlscott.info\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2275"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}