Does not the potter have the right to make from the same lump of clay one vessel for special occasions and another for common use? Cross References Isaiah 10:15 Does an axe raise itself above the one who swings it? Does a saw boast over him who saws with it? It would be like a rod waving the one who lifts it, or a staff lifting him who is not wood! Isaiah 45:9 Woe to him who quarrels with his Maker--one clay pot among many. Does the clay ask the potter, 'What are you making?' Does your work say, 'He has no hands'? Jeremiah 18:6 "O house of Israel, declares the LORD, can I not treat you as this potter treats his clay? Just like clay in the potter's hand, so are you in My hand, O house of Israel. Romans 9:20 But who are you, O man, to talk back to God? Shall what is formed say to Him who formed it, "Why did You make me like this?" Romans 9:22 What if God, intending to show His wrath and make His power known, bore with great patience the vessels of His wrath, prepared for destruction? 2 Timothy 2:20 A large house contains not only vessels of gold and silver, but also of wood and clay. Some indeed are for honorable use, but others are for common use. Treasury of Scripture Has not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel to honor, and another to dishonor? the potter. Romans 9:11,18 Proverbs 16:4 Isaiah 64:8 one vessel. Romans 9:22,23 Jeremiah 22:28 Hosea 8:8 |
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