Pliability in Ministry - Revision history

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‎Hardened Clay

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‎Reforming Pots

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‎Making Pots

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‎Making Pots

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‎Making Pots

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‎Applying the Picture=

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‎The Picture of Pliability

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‎The Picture of Pliability

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 ==Hardened Clay==
-*Clay is pliable until it is placed in the kiln and fired.  Once fired, clay becomes hard and can no longer be remolded.  According to Jeremiah 19:11, what is the p[otters response to hardened clay that is marred?
+*Clay is pliable until it is placed in the kiln and fired.  Once fired, clay becomes hard and can no longer be remolded.  According to Jeremiah 19:11, what is the potters response to hardened clay that is marred?
 **and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.

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 *In Jeremiah 18:1-6 we have a very touching picture of the potter taking a marred pot and reforming the pot.  What is it about the clay that allows the potter to do this?
 **The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: “Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words.” Then I went down to the potter’s house, and there he was, making something at the wheel. 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. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying: “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!
-**The key here is that the clay is pliable.  The potter can take the clay and remold it.  The potter can take a successful businessman and turn them into the vice president of a bible school, or the physician in the prime of their practice is molded into a missionary.  The key is that the individual is molded by the master.
+**The key here is that the clay is pliable.  The potter can take the clay and remold it.  The potter can take a successful businessman and turn them into the vice president of a Bible school, or the physician in the prime of their practice is molded into a missionary.  The key is that the individual is molded by the master.
 ==Hardened Clay==

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 *What question does Paul ask in Romans 9:20?
 **But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
-**It is interesting that an almost identical questions comes up in Isaiah 64:9
+**It is interesting that an almost identical questions comes up in Isaiah 45:9
 ***“Woe to him who strives with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth! Shall the clay say to him who forms it, ‘What are you making?’ Or shall your handiwork say, ‘He has no hands’?

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 * What picture does Romans 9:21 paint?
 ** Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
-**We see that God, as the potter has the right to mold and make us into whatever he desires.  Clay that is in-liable is not useful.
+**We see that God, as the potter has the right to mold and make us into whatever he desires.  Clay that is in-pliable is not useful.
 *What question does Paul ask in Romans 9:20?
 **But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”

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 ** Does not the potter have power over the clay, from the same lump to make one vessel for honor and another for dishonor?
 **We see that God, as the potter has the right to mold and make us into whatever he desires.  Clay that is in-liable is not useful.
-*What question does Paul as in Romans 9:20?
+*What question does Paul ask in Romans 9:20?
 **But indeed, O man, who are you to reply against God? Will the thing formed say to him who formed it, “Why have you made me like this?”
 **It is interesting that an almost identical questions comes up in Isaiah 64:9

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 ==Objectives==
 *Students will determine to be pliable for the sake of Christ.
 ==Making Pots==
 *What picture does Isaiah give in Isaiah 64:8?

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	==Making Pots==		==Making Pots==
	*What picture does Isaiah give in Isaiah 64:8?		*What picture does Isaiah give in Isaiah 64:8?

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 **and say to them, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts: “Even so I will break this people and this city, as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot be made whole again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.
-==Applying the Picture===
+==Applying the Picture==
 *What are some ways in which Christians fail to be pliable in their service?