Sunday Evening Service 2/16/2025

Channel: Bible Baptist EL RENO

Transcript

Language: English (original, YouTube automatic captions)

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[1:19] good evening and thank you for joining

[1:21] us tonight it's good to see yall again

[1:23] this evening and if you are able to

[1:26] would you join us as we stand together

[1:28] if you're able to as we turn to

[1:31] 264

[1:33] 264 our God is able to deliver thee

[1:38] 264 on that

[1:40] first T the grandest theme Through the

[1:45] Ages rung is the grandest theme for a

[1:49] mortal tongue is the grandest theme that

[1:54] the World Air sung our God is able to

[1:59] delay

[2:00] thee he is

[2:02] aable to deliver thee he is

[2:07] able to deliver thee though by sin

[2:12] oppressed go to him for rest our God is

[2:17] able to deliver

[2:21] thee T the grandest theme in the Earth

[2:25] or M is the grandest theme for a mortal

[2:31] strain is the grandest theme tell the

[2:35] world again our God is able to deliver

[2:41] thee he is

[2:43] aable to deliver thee he is

[2:48] a to deliver thee though by sin

[2:53] oppressed go to him for rest our God is

[2:58] able to deliver thee on that

[3:02] last T the grandest theme let the

[3:07] tidings roll to the guilty heart to the

[3:11] sinful soul look to God in faith he will

[3:16] make thee whole our God is able to

[3:21] deliver thee he is

[3:24] aable to deliver thee he is a able to

[3:31] deliver thee though by sin oppressed go

[3:36] to him for rest our God is able to

[3:41] deliver

[3:44] thee then join me as we turn to four

[3:49] 547 547 A Mighty Fortress Is Our God

[3:54] song number 547

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[4:04] a Mighty foress Is Our God a bull work

[4:12] never

[4:15] failing our helper he amidst the flood

[4:21] of mortal Hills

[4:26] prevailing for still our ancient

[4:31] foe does seek to work us

[4:36] W his craft and power are

[4:42] great and armed with Cru

[4:47] hate on Earth is not his

[4:55] equal did we in our own strength

[5:00] confi our striving would be

[5:06] losing we not the right men on our side

[5:12] the men of God's own

[5:18] choosing D ask who that may

[5:23] be Christ Jesus it is

[5:28] he Lord

[5:30] Sabbath is his

[5:33] name from age to age the

[5:38] same and he must win the

[5:46] battle and though this world with Devils

[5:52] filled should threaten to

[5:56] undo

[5:58] us we we will not fear for God hath

[6:03] willed us truth true Triumph through

[6:10] us the Prince of Darkness

[6:15] Grim we tremble not for

[6:20] him his R we can

[6:25] endure for low his Doom is

[6:30] sure one little word shall

[6:35] fail him on that

[6:39] last that word above all Earthly Powers

[6:45] no thanks to them

[6:48] abide

[6:51] it the spirit and the gifts are ours

[6:57] through him who with the

[7:02] sided let goods and kindreds

[7:07] go this Mortal life

[7:12] also the body they may

[7:18] kill God's truth

[7:21] abideth

[7:23] still his

[7:26] kingom is forever

[7:30] [Laughter]

[7:32] ever at this time I'll have a time of

[7:34] prayer for the offering this evening um

[7:36] brother Glenn would you pray for our

[7:38] offering this evening

[7:57] please amen you may be seated did

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[8:54] if you're able to would you join us one

[8:56] last time if you're able as we stand

[8:58] together for 250

[8:59] 57 song number 257 Farther Along we'll

[9:04] know all about it of

[9:08] 257 tempted and tried where off made to

[9:15] wonder why it should be th all the day

[9:21] long while there are

[9:25] others living about us never

[9:32] molested though in the

[9:35] wrong

[9:37] farther will'll know all about it

[9:43] farther

[9:44] along

[9:46] will understand

[9:49] why cheer up my

[9:52] brother live in the

[9:56] sunshine will understand and it all by

[10:01] and

[10:04] by when death has come and taken our Lov

[10:11] ones it leaves our home so lonely and

[10:18] re then do we

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[10:21] wonder why others

[10:25] Prosper living so wied

[10:29] year after

[10:32] year Farther

[10:34] Along will know all about it farther

[10:41] along

[10:43] will understand

[10:45] why cheer up my

[10:49] brother live in the

[10:53] sunshine will understand it all by and

[10:59] by

[11:02] faithful till death said our loving

[11:09] Master a few more days to labor and

[11:15] wait the rolls of Road will then seem as

[11:23] nothing as we sweep through the

[11:27] beautiful gate

[11:30] Farther

[11:32] Along we'll know all

[11:35] about it farther

[11:39] alarm

[11:41] will understand

[11:43] why cheer of my

[11:47] brother live in the

[11:50] sunshine will understand it all by and

[11:56] by on that last

[12:00] when we see

[12:03] Jesus coming in

[12:06] glory when he comes from his home in the

[12:13] sky then we shall meet him in that

[12:18] bright

[12:20] Manion will'll understand it all by and

[12:27] by farther

[12:30] Al will know all about it farther

[12:37] along

[12:39] will understand

[12:41] why cheer up my

[12:45] brother live in the

[12:48] sunshine will understand it all by and

[12:55] by

[12:59] you may be seated at this time we'll

[13:01] have a special from the Franklin this

[13:03] evening

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[13:45] I woke up this morning your presence

[13:49] filled the room with a grateful heart I

[13:54] just shook my head as I bowed in a of

[13:58] you Lord you have been so faithful so

[14:03] loving kind and true and every morning

[14:08] your mercies are

[14:11] new you have been

[14:15] good you have been

[14:20] good more than I could ever dream you

[14:25] would you have been good

[14:30] you have been

[14:34] good

[14:36] imura more than you

[14:39] should you have been

[14:44] good today my heart is overwhelmed by

[14:49] what you've done for

[14:51] me and my mind cannot grasp the depths

[14:56] of your generosity

[15:00] The Riches of your mercies the wonders

[15:04] of your grace and my voice cries out in

[15:10] Endless

[15:12] praise you have been

[15:16] good you have been

[15:21] good more than I could ever dream you

[15:26] would you have been good

[15:31] you have been

[15:34] good

[15:36] imura more than you

[15:39] should you have been

[15:44] good no matter what the future holds or

[15:48] what tomorrow brings you are sovereign

[15:52] god of the universe you are Lord of

[15:57] everything

[16:02] you are still

[16:05] good you are still

[16:10] good more than I could ever dream you

[16:15] would you are still

[16:19] good you are still

[16:23] good IM

[16:25] measurably more than you will

[16:30] ever

[16:36] sh you have been

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[16:50] good has been good God is good God will

[16:55] continue to be good amen if you have

[16:58] your Bibles go to Jeremiah chapter

[17:00] number 18 tonight Jeremiah chapter

[17:03] number 18 we started the first few weeks

[17:07] in our Sunday Night Series in Jeremiah

[17:09] in chapter 1 and chapter two we're going

[17:11] to be looking at different word pictures

[17:14] throughout Jeremiah in the following

[17:16] chapters and looking forward to this

[17:18] series on Sunday nights the Lord pressed

[17:21] upon my heart Jeremiah chapter 18 we're

[17:24] going to read verses 1-6 tonight G would

[17:27] you please stand and honor the word of

[17:29] God as you read through Jeremiah 18

[17:33] veres

[17:35] 1-6 the word which came to Jeremiah from

[17:37] the Lord saying arise go down to The

[17:41] Potter's House and there I will cause

[17:44] thee to hear my

[17:47] words

[17:50] why why did he have to go down if he's

[17:53] already hearing the word of the

[17:55] Lord you ever thought about that

[18:00] why did if God's already talking why do

[18:02] I have to take a

[18:05] trip we'll talk about it here in a

[18:07] little bit the word of the Lord which

[18:09] came to Jeremiah from the Lord saying

[18:10] arise go down to The Potter's House and

[18:12] there I will cause thee to hear my words

[18:14] then I went down to The Potter's House

[18:16] and behold he WR a work on the wheels

[18:19] and the vessel that he made of clay was

[18:22] marred in the hand of the Potter so he

[18:24] threw it away is that what it says it's

[18:28] not Bible says so he made it again

[18:32] another vessel aren't you glad he

[18:34] doesn't Throw the Clay Away I seemed

[18:36] good to the Potter to make it not as

[18:39] good to the vessel but as good to the

[18:41] Potter to make it then the word of the

[18:44] Lord came to me saying oh House of

[18:45] Israel can I not do with you as this

[18:50] Potter sayeth the Lord behold as the

[18:54] clay is in The Potter's hand so are ye

[18:58] in my my hand oh House of Israel let's

[19:01] go Lord in prayer tonight dear heavenly

[19:03] father Lord I Thank you for the

[19:05] opportunity to preach your word tonight

[19:07] Lord I need you Lord I pray that you'd

[19:10] cleanse me of sin you'd help me get out

[19:12] of the way

[19:13] tonight that you might be

[19:16] glorified would I pray that you would

[19:18] help me to articulate the word of God as

[19:21] you would see fit that it not be any of

[19:22] my words but your words only and Lord I

[19:25] pray that we would give you all the

[19:27] honor and glory and the praise praise

[19:29] cuz we know that all the praise Goes To

[19:31] You Lord help us tonight we pray in your

[19:34] name amen thank you for standing you may

[19:36] be seated Jeremiah 18 it's a familiar

[19:41] passage we like to look at it tonight

[19:43] and consider

[19:47] it it's interesting throughout the Book

[19:49] of Jeremiah you'll find that first

[19:51] phrase the word of the Lord the word of

[19:53] the Lord the word which came to Jeremiah

[19:57] from the Lord you'll find phrases like

[20:00] that the reason why is it authenticating

[20:03] the message that Jeremiah is sending

[20:06] forth the word of the Lord the word of

[20:08] the Lord the word from the

[20:11] Lord so the Lord's talking to

[20:14] Jeremiah and he says arise and go down

[20:17] to The Potter's House and there I will

[20:21] cause thee to hear my words

[20:28] the Lord was speaking to Jeremiah and

[20:32] said get up go down to The Potter's

[20:35] House and when you get there I'm going

[20:38] to talk to

[20:40] you he's talking to him

[20:45] now I mean let's think about it for a

[20:49] minute the Lord says go there and I'll

[20:51] talk to you

[20:55] there why

[20:59] sometimes when we read our Bibles we

[21:00] glaze over it like a glazed donut and we

[21:02] don't consider and stop to think about

[21:05] it like we

[21:07] should and studying the word I I've

[21:10] arrived at this

[21:11] conclusion he sent him to The Potter's

[21:14] House because sometimes the work that

[21:17] God wants to do in US is hard to see in

[21:20] us so he uses other vessels to

[21:24] illustrate what he wants to teach

[21:27] us sometimes God uses trips to see other

[21:32] vessels to see what God wants us to

[21:34] learn in our own life so he tells him to

[21:37] go down to The Potter's

[21:39] House he get there and he wrot a

[21:43] work on the wheels now for you and I

[21:47] today Pottery is more of an artistic

[21:50] thing it's not a everyday common

[21:53] occurrence but in this day and time it

[21:55] was every

[21:56] day they needed cups they needed plates

[22:00] they needed everything and it all came

[22:01] from The Potter's House there was not a

[22:03] local Walmart that they could go to and

[22:05] buy them some pioner woman

[22:09] Pottery instead they went down to The

[22:11] Potter's House the Potter House made

[22:15] them plat cup so it's an everyday usage

[22:19] it's not making some fabulous

[22:22] vase it's vessels for

[22:26] use that's what God wanted to do with

[22:28] his

[22:29] people he had a plan to use them and so

[22:33] he goes down to The Potter's House and

[22:35] behold he wrought a work on the wheels

[22:38] and the vessel he made of clay was

[22:43] marred in the hand of the

[22:46] Potter so he made it again another

[22:49] vessel the clay that he's using is

[22:53] marred the clay has been affected by

[22:57] something the therefore because the clay

[22:59] has been affected he has to work it

[23:02] again it's been

[23:04] marred and so he he's working on the

[23:06] clay and he's using this word picture to

[23:09] talk to Israel and talk to Judah and we

[23:12] see it throughout the rest of the

[23:13] chapter about their wickedness and their

[23:16] heart and how they're going away from

[23:18] the things of God and he uses this word

[23:20] picture to say hey you're like the

[23:23] clay but I'm not going to throw you away

[23:26] I'm going to fix you but but

[23:28] unfortunately the people didn't respond

[23:30] to

[23:32] God so he's going to start working on

[23:35] them and he's going to try to work with

[23:36] these people and got to get them to come

[23:38] back now we know they did not respond

[23:42] well they stayed away from

[23:45] God and then years later a man named

[23:47] Jesus Christ came to on the

[23:49] scene and they still rejected

[23:53] him and now we're years later

[23:56] and soon and very soon we're we're going

[23:58] to see the

[23:59] king we'll be absent from the body and

[24:02] present with the Lord if it's through

[24:03] death and we'll be absent from Earth and

[24:05] present through the Lord if it be

[24:07] through the

[24:08] Rapture that's coming soon it could be

[24:12] tonight and after the 7even years of

[24:14] tribulation God's going to rework the

[24:17] nation of Israel as a kingdom during the

[24:20] Thousand-Year

[24:21] Reign he's going to do a great work in

[24:24] them so yes they rejected him and yes

[24:28] they were marred in the Potter sh but

[24:30] one day the Potter is going to get a

[24:31] hold of them and he's going to shape

[24:34] them and mold them into what they need

[24:36] to

[24:37] be and I'm so thankful that the word

[24:41] picture here not only applies to the

[24:43] nation of Israel and to Judah but God

[24:45] also makes application to you and

[24:48] I that we're the

[24:50] clay and he's at work in our

[24:54] lives so he said he made it again

[24:59] another vessel as it seemed good to the

[25:02] Potter to make

[25:05] it he made it again now there's a couple

[25:08] things we need to look at tonight that I

[25:11] think will be helpful to us that the

[25:14] nation of Israel

[25:16] missed and the nation of Judah missed

[25:19] this is during the divided Kingdom

[25:21] judah's been taken in captivity already

[25:23] and they've been destroyed Israel is

[25:24] getting ready to have that happen to

[25:26] them so there's some things here that we

[25:30] need to recognize from this allegorical

[25:32] picture that I think could help us in

[25:34] our Christian Life Point number one

[25:37] tonight is this stay on the

[25:42] wheel stay on the

[25:47] wheel the nation of Israel went away

[25:51] from God they let God quit working on

[25:54] them their hearts became callous towards

[25:57] him they moved away from letting God do

[25:59] a work and he told the nation the Potter

[26:02] takes the clay and he puts it on the

[26:04] wheel and he works on

[26:06] it we ought to always let God work on us

[26:11] we ought to always recognize we are not

[26:13] finished

[26:15] yet we're not a completed project he's

[26:19] still at work all the years we worked in

[26:22] children's ministries we sang the song

[26:23] He's still working on me to make me what

[26:27] I ought to be it took him just a week to

[26:29] make the moon and the stars the Sun and

[26:32] the Earth and Jupiter and Mars this next

[26:34] part is pretty encouraging how loving

[26:37] and patient he must be because he's

[26:41] still working on me and he's working on

[26:46] you but as a as a human being we get

[26:50] this free

[26:52] will we don't have to let God work on

[26:55] us in chapter 19 he has another word

[26:59] picture he takes a vessel and he smashes

[27:01] it in front of the

[27:03] people it talks about a broken vessel in

[27:05] chapter

[27:06] 19 we got to stay on the wheel we got to

[27:10] let God do the work in our lives we got

[27:14] to stay on the wheel number two tonight

[27:17] we got to

[27:19] recognize vessels of

[27:21] clay are sometimes

[27:25] marred vessels of clay are sometimes

[27:30] marred there is no perfect

[27:34] person not a one of us are perfect not a

[27:37] one of us are sinless we are are humans

[27:40] we deal with our flesh our emotions and

[27:43] our feelings and so the Potter tells us

[27:46] that sometimes the clay is

[27:49] marred the clay messes

[27:53] up now God formed man out of the what

[27:57] dust of the ground and you are primarily

[28:00] made up of water and water and certain

[28:03] mud put together becomes

[28:08] clay stay on the

[28:11] wheel and recognize some vessels are

[28:17] marred and because some vessels are

[28:20] marred we need the Potter's hands on us

[28:24] at all

[28:26] times so stay on the the wheel recognize

[28:30] that some vessels are

[28:31] marred and let the Potter's hands stay

[28:35] on

[28:37] you don't ever get to a point in our

[28:39] Christian Life where we don't let the

[28:41] Potter

[28:43] work where we don't let the Potter work

[28:45] on

[28:47] us all of us all of us are not what we

[28:52] need to

[28:54] be we are all a work in progress

[28:59] and in 2025 I believe God is growing and

[29:01] stretching everyone in

[29:05] 2025 the Potter is at

[29:09] work one of the things to remember about

[29:12] vessels is we got to stay on the wheel

[29:15] we got to remember that some vessels are

[29:17] marred that we need the Potter's hands

[29:20] every day in our

[29:22] lives but personal contact from the

[29:26] Potter Alters

[29:28] your

[29:30] life and you can spell alter either way

[29:33] you

[29:34] want other Al t r or Al a

[29:39] r personal contact from the Potter the

[29:42] heavenly father in our lives

[29:45] altars changes but also altars brings us

[29:49] to our knees in our life personal

[29:52] contact with the Potter Alters Our Lives

[29:59] and sometimes God's thumb print is

[30:02] uncomfortable in the

[30:05] vessel sometimes he has to put some

[30:08] pressure on the vessel to form it and

[30:12] shape it and sometimes the vessel

[30:14] doesn't like

[30:16] it but if the Potter is applying the

[30:19] pressure the pressure is good for the

[30:22] vessel if the Potter is applying the the

[30:25] pressure The Vessel for the vessel the

[30:27] pressure pressure is good for the

[30:30] vessel because it's shaping it into what

[30:33] it needs to

[30:36] be so the vessel that he made of clay

[30:39] verse four was marred in the hand of the

[30:41] Potter so he made it

[30:44] again another

[30:47] vessel he made it again he doesn't Throw

[30:51] the Clay

[30:52] Away how do I know God's not through

[30:55] with you if you're still breathing he's

[30:57] not through with you

[30:59] if you're still breathing God still has

[31:01] plans to shape you and mold you and make

[31:04] you into what he want you and I to

[31:08] be and so he is at work in the life of

[31:11] every

[31:13] person he doesn't Throw the Clay

[31:19] Away yesterday I had opportunity to talk

[31:21] with someone who was struggling in their

[31:24] walk with God and struggling with some

[31:27] thought

[31:29] got to encourage them a little

[31:33] bit I pray it was they shared with me

[31:36] that it was and I hope that it'll

[31:37] continue to help them sometimes in our

[31:40] life we don't

[31:44] like when we mess up in our own

[31:47] lives because everybody wants to do

[31:49] right everybody wants to do good

[31:51] everybody wants to be

[31:53] perfect there's only one that's perfect

[31:55] and it's God all of us are a project

[31:58] under

[32:00] construction don't put

[32:03] yourself on the

[32:05] Shelf of messed up

[32:09] vessels when God still wants to put his

[32:11] hands on you and work on

[32:13] you don't put yourself on the Shelf of

[32:17] messed up vessels and say God's through

[32:20] with me yet he's not through with you

[32:22] yet he's still working on you and me

[32:26] he's still shaping up us he's still

[32:28] molding us he's still doing the work and

[32:31] he's trying to do the work with the

[32:32] nation of Israel and they rebelled

[32:34] against him they didn't say yes to God

[32:38] they ended up going into

[32:40] captivity they ended up getting sent

[32:42] back and we saw in Nehemiah the

[32:44] rebuilding of the city we see in Hagi

[32:47] the rebuilding of the temple and we see

[32:49] all these things coming back into play

[32:52] but their hearts still far from God

[32:59] and they they missed

[33:02] out on sitting at Jesus's feet and

[33:06] learning from

[33:08] him they missed

[33:11] it some of them got it but some of them

[33:13] missed

[33:16] it and if we're not careful we'll we'll

[33:19] get off the

[33:21] wheel we'll say no more I'm done no more

[33:26] you've worked

[33:28] enough Oliver B Green uh years ago was

[33:32] an evangelist and he had a song leader

[33:35] who traveled with him who was his

[33:36] brother-in-law his name was Jay Bennett

[33:38] Collins Jay Bennett Collins in his

[33:41] autobiography writes of a tent meeting

[33:43] they were holding in the mountains of

[33:44] North Carolina and they had had severe

[33:46] rains and the rains had flooded one end

[33:49] of the tent and water was just standing

[33:51] everywhere so they went out and they dug

[33:54] a trench out on the back side of the

[33:56] tent to drain it and then they went to

[33:57] the front side and they dug a trench

[33:59] around the tent the tent seated close to

[34:02] 500 to 600 people under it but they were

[34:04] having over a thand people attending and

[34:07] so they dug a trench around to drain all

[34:09] the water keep all the water away from

[34:12] the

[34:13] tent well as they were working and

[34:16] digging the hole and Oliver be green was

[34:18] down in the trench a man showed

[34:21] up this man came and he said I need to

[34:25] talk to the evangelist

[34:27] Oliver be green climbed out of the hole

[34:30] and stuck his shovel into the dirt says

[34:33] what can I do for you he said sir I came

[34:36] to the meeting last night he said and I

[34:40] just want you to

[34:41] know I am a perfect

[34:47] Christian said I haven't sinned in 40

[34:51] plus

[34:53] years Oliver be green with mud all over

[34:56] his hands

[34:58] reached up and grabbed the man's coat

[35:00] and pulled it out the man slapped his

[35:03] hands and began to cuss at him said what

[35:06] are you doing he said well I was looking

[35:08] he saidy man who hadn't sinned in 40

[35:10] years must have Angels Wings by

[35:14] now now I know it's a humorous story The

[35:17] Man continue to say words that he ought

[35:20] not to say and drove off the property

[35:21] and didn't come back for the rest of the

[35:24] meeting but there are no perfect

[35:26] Christians

[35:30] but there are Christians who ought to

[35:31] strive to get better and closer to the

[35:33] Lord every

[35:35] day we ought to recognize if we get off

[35:37] the

[35:38] wheel that The Potter's doing the work

[35:42] it can affect

[35:45] us so where does the Potter do the

[35:50] work where does the Potter do his work

[35:52] at does in the life of every

[35:55] believer but he uses different different

[35:58] tools different people and

[36:02] sometimes he sends us to see other

[36:06] vessels and the work he's doing in other

[36:09] vessels to help us recognize the work he

[36:12] wants to do in our

[36:14] vessel I believe Jeremiah was sent to

[36:16] The Potter's House because God wanted to

[36:18] show Jeremiah what Jeremiah needed to

[36:20] see because chapter 20 is

[36:23] coming now if you haven't read the book

[36:25] of Jeremiah lately chapter 20 is coming

[36:27] pastures on his way and Jeremiah's going

[36:31] to deal with some struggles here in just

[36:33] a few

[36:34] chapters and Jeremiah's going to get to

[36:37] a point that he don't want to talk about

[36:39] God no

[36:41] more but I'm not going to preach chapter

[36:43] 20 yet because we're not there

[36:45] yet but there's more as Paul Harvey said

[36:48] there's more to the

[36:49] story and so you come back we'll talk

[36:52] about that in the future Sunday night

[36:54] message but God's revealing to Jeremiah

[36:56] Jeremiah I'm at

[36:58] work you may not always see the

[37:01] results but I'm at

[37:03] work and the wheel he's working on the

[37:07] wheel and he works on the vessel and he

[37:10] applies pressure to the vessel to shape

[37:13] it and to mold

[37:17] it so what's God doing to

[37:19] you what's God doing to me in

[37:24] 2025 well telling us stay on the wheel

[37:27] don't don't get

[37:28] off let me do the work that I want to do

[37:33] in your life that's what he's telling

[37:36] us and then when we do mess up first

[37:39] John 1:9 tells us if we confess our sins

[37:42] he is faithful and just to forgive us

[37:44] our sins and to cleanse us from all

[37:49] unrighteousness that's an encouraging

[37:52] verse but turn over to First John leave

[37:54] a ribbon or a bulletin in Jeremiah turn

[37:56] over to First John real quick

[38:03] he writes to Believers in the book of

[38:05] First John we just quoted to you verse

[38:08] number

[38:10] nine in verse number 10 he says this if

[38:13] we say that we have not

[38:16] sinned we make him a liar and his word

[38:21] is not in

[38:25] us right after if we confess said he'll

[38:27] forgive us and we say ah I'm I'm perfect

[38:31] no we're not we are all works in

[38:34] progress we are all being formed and

[38:38] shaped by the

[38:40] Potter but sometimes we think we have it

[38:44] all together we don't we are flesh we

[38:49] are

[38:50] weak that's a struggle in the life of

[38:52] Believers is it

[38:54] not to recognize he's still working on

[39:01] me one of the struggles sometimes is

[39:04] when another vessel gets

[39:06] marred and God's still working on

[39:10] them we're pretty good

[39:12] at criticizing them for

[39:16] falling all of us can be guilty of

[39:19] that all of us

[39:22] can we shouldn't give up on them if God

[39:25] didn't give up on them

[39:27] by the way the Christian race is run at

[39:31] different

[39:32] Paces not everybody runs as fast as

[39:37] others

[39:39] run some people it takes them longer

[39:43] than it does

[39:45] others but I'm thankful to God that if

[39:48] we'll stay on the

[39:50] wheel that the Potter won't be through

[39:52] with us and he'll keep shaping us and

[39:56] he'll keep molding us us and he'll keep

[39:58] making us and he'll keep shaping us and

[40:02] he'll keep molding us and he'll keep

[40:04] making us and he'll keep applying

[40:06] pressure in our lives and he'll keep

[40:09] applying the pressure to shape you and

[40:10] mold you and make you and sometimes you

[40:13] may go

[40:14] ow don't like

[40:16] that that is my pressure

[40:21] point and the Lord says I know that's

[40:24] why I pressed it

[40:27] if God only shaped Us in the way we

[40:29] wanted to be

[40:30] shaped we wouldn't be his vessel we'd be

[40:33] our version of The

[40:36] Vessel and sometimes God puts pressure

[40:38] on us in areas we don't

[40:41] like and they're

[40:44] uncomfortable but the reason he does

[40:46] that is he's working on us to make us

[40:51] into what we ought to

[40:53] be

[40:55] Jeremiah tells that the Potter worked

[40:58] the vessel on the wheel the Potter

[41:00] applied the pressure the Potter the end

[41:04] of verse four as it seemed good to the

[41:07] Potter to make

[41:10] it you know sometimes the Potter doesn't

[41:13] ask the vessel vessel what kind of

[41:15] vessel you want to be can you imagine a

[41:18] lump of clay being put on The Potter's

[41:20] Wheel and the Potter

[41:21] says clay what what do you want to be

[41:25] what do you see yourself being

[41:30] the

[41:31] answer is the clay doesn't

[41:33] know what it could

[41:36] be but the Potter can shape the clay

[41:40] into what he wants it to

[41:43] be and in our life we ought to always

[41:46] always be willing to stay on the

[41:49] wheel we ought to always be willing to

[41:51] say I have not arrived God helped me to

[41:54] be in a place that you can shape me and

[41:56] mold me

[41:58] and God sometimes I know you're going to

[42:00] apply pressure and I'm not going to like

[42:02] it and you're not going to like it but

[42:04] God I know it's for my good for your

[42:09] glory and for my growth that I stay on

[42:12] this wheel and I let you apply the

[42:15] pressure and I let you shape me and mold

[42:18] me into the vessel you want me to

[42:21] be verse five then the word of the Lord

[42:24] came to me saying Jeremiah chapter 18

[42:28] verse six oh House of Israel can I not

[42:31] do with you as this Potter sayith the

[42:36] Lord turn over if you would to Isaiah

[42:39] chapter

[42:40] 64 Isaiah chapter number 64

[42:48] tonight the prophet Isaiah writes in

[42:51] Isaiah

[42:53] 64 verse number eight

[42:57] but now oh

[42:59] Lord Thou Art Our

[43:04] Father we are the clay and thou our

[43:12] Potter and we all are the work of thy

[43:19] hand we are all the clay he is our

[43:25] Potter and we are all the work of his

[43:30] hand the Potter is at work in the lives

[43:33] of men shaping and molding them applying

[43:36] pressure doing different things in their

[43:38] life to get them into the vessel that he

[43:40] wants them to be stay on the

[43:42] wheel don't resist the

[43:45] Potter stay on the wheel let him shape

[43:49] you and mold you let him recognize let

[43:52] us recognize in our lives he's the

[43:54] Potter and we're the clay and we are are

[43:57] his

[43:59] vessel not our own First Corinthians

[44:02] tells we are not our own we've been

[44:03] bought with a price and we're to glorify

[44:05] God in our

[44:08] bodies but

[44:10] sometimes

[44:12] clay mankind can get in the way of what

[44:15] the Potter is trying to do and all of us

[44:18] have had moments in our life where we

[44:20] resist what the Potter's trying to

[44:22] do and we need to alter Our Lives to him

[44:28] and say Yes Lord yes to your will and to

[44:33] your

[44:34] way Potter sometimes would find some

[44:37] stones in the

[44:39] clay he had to take some tools and carve

[44:42] it

[44:43] out I'm not a

[44:46] Potter I'm not one that can take a lump

[44:49] of clay if I tried it would probably

[44:52] mess up everywhere I mean my stick

[44:55] figures turn out crooked I mean I am not

[44:58] an artist in in that

[45:02] way and the pastor I worked for told me

[45:06] that these hands are not petite hands

[45:09] they're clunky they're big hands they

[45:11] get in the way of

[45:14] things I'm thankful that I don't have to

[45:17] worry about that with

[45:19] God that he his

[45:22] hands mold us and shape us and he car

[45:28] and personal contact with him every

[45:30] single day Alters my life and sometimes

[45:36] he's comes across the stone that he says

[45:38] I gotta I got to get that

[45:41] out because if he leaves the stone in

[45:43] there and it goes into the furnace to be

[45:45] hardened to be the proper use of the

[45:47] vessel it'll have a weak

[45:50] spot it'll

[45:52] crack the father knows that so he carves

[45:56] it out and he digs it

[45:59] out and in my life I

[46:03] know God is at work and shaping and

[46:07] molding me to what he wants me to

[46:10] be but I also know he's doing the same

[46:14] thing with everyone

[46:15] else in our congregation he is shaping

[46:19] us and molding us into what we want to

[46:22] be but if we get off the

[46:25] wheel we will Ender the

[46:27] work stay on the wheel and let the

[46:33] Potter do his

[46:37] work so how about it tonight where's the

[46:41] pressure at what's he pointing to

[46:44] where's the Pebbles where's the rocks

[46:46] that he needs to get out of our Lives

[46:49] because the Potter says it's got to go

[46:52] as the Potter says it's got to go it's

[46:55] got to go

[46:57] so tonight let the Potter have his way

[47:01] in your life he knows you he knows the

[47:04] clay he knows what he wants to make of

[47:07] your life surrender to his will and let

[47:12] God have his way in your life and in my

[47:16] life would you stand together with your

[47:18] heads bowed and eyes

[47:23] closed the Potter wants us to stay on

[47:26] the week

[47:28] the Potter wants us to let him alter Our

[47:32] Lives the Potter has revealed a stone in

[47:35] your life a pebble you need to get it

[47:37] right need to let God have his

[47:40] way some vessels are marred but I'm

[47:44] thankful he doesn't Throw the Clay Away

[47:46] and neither should we let God have his

[47:49] way in your life tonight heavenly father

[47:52] I pray for your will to be done tonight

[47:55] Lord help us just stay on the wheel and

[47:59] let you do what you need to do in our

[48:01] lives Lord help us to

[48:04] respond to your word in your name I pray

[48:08] amen as God lead you you do business

[48:11] with God

[48:11] [Music]

[48:20] tonight oh so are you wey and true

[48:28] [Music]

[48:30] no light in the

[48:34] darkness you

[48:38] see there's light for

[48:41] all at the

[48:44] [Music]

[48:46] saor and life more

[48:51] abundant and free

[48:57] Turn Your Eyes Upon

[49:04] Jesus look full in his

[49:09] wonderful

[49:13] face and the

[49:15] things of Earth will grow

[49:21] strange

[49:23] de in the light of his

[49:28] glory and

[49:34] praise His word shall not fail you he

[49:43] prised him and all will be

[49:51] well and go to the world that is

[49:59] T his perfect

[50:04] salvation

[50:09] to

[50:11] turn for Rise Upon

[50:20] Jesus his

[50:23] wonderful f

[50:28] and the

[50:29] things of Earth will grow

[50:34] strange

[50:39] s in the light of his

[50:44] glory and

[50:48] gra all God's people said amen you may

[50:51] be seated want to thank you for being in

[50:53] the Lord's House Tonight thankful he

[50:55] doesn't Throw the Clay Away

[50:57] thankful he continues to work in our

[50:59] lives and so I want to encourage you to

[51:01] pray for one another this week and this

[51:04] coming Friday ladies there is a shield

[51:06] meeting at 6:30 if you have any

[51:08] questions about that you can see my wife

[51:09] thanks to those that have signed up for

[51:11] next Sunday there is that signup sheet

[51:13] out there and so if you can help us out

[51:16] that'll help us with planning for that

[51:18] and looking forward to that as well next

[51:20] Sunday um February 28th is impact so

[51:25] young people make plans to be here that

[51:27] Friday night and so looking forward to

[51:29] that opportunity also on February 28th

[51:31] it's not necessarily a church event but

[51:34] we are uh hosting the Pastoral class

[51:37] from Heartland Baptist Bible College

[51:39] they'll be with me in the morning I'll

[51:41] be teaching a session on uh ministering

[51:43] at the end of life and so that's a

[51:46] session I've done the last few years so

[51:47] you pray for the students as they travel

[51:50] over and we'll be working with them on

[51:52] February 28th in the morning and just

[51:55] spending some time investing in so you

[51:56] pray for that if you would and then also

[51:59] our upcoming friend day I believe we

[52:02] should have some invitation cards here

[52:04] soon for you to invite people to come

[52:06] and be a part of that and looking

[52:08] forward to a great time together on our

[52:10] family and friend day missions

[52:12] conference right around the corner uh

[52:14] starting March 15th with Brother Bruce

[52:15] Turner and looking forward to a great

[52:17] time with him being here uh

[52:19] unfortunately for him his wife's not

[52:21] going to be able to be with us Brother

[52:23] Bruce is preaching uh three meetings

[52:25] back to back he'll be in Nebraska he'll

[52:27] be in shaune Oklahoma and then he'll be

[52:30] with us and so flying and traveling and

[52:33] everything else during that time is

[52:34] going to be difficult for her so he's

[52:36] flying to Nebraska then he's preaching

[52:38] in shaune Oklahoma then he's coming over

[52:40] to us and so he's going to be moving

[52:42] around quite a bit so you'll be in

[52:43] prayer for him Miss Reva won't be with

[52:45] him during this time but you pray for

[52:47] Brother Bruce as he travels in uh March

[52:50] the 9th is best Sunday for the Curtis

[52:52] Hall with best missions will be here

[52:55] kind of kicking us off and getting our

[52:56] focus on on missions for the month of

[52:58] March and so we're looking forward to

[53:00] having him here he'll share with us

[53:02] about the Bible projects and the

[53:04] different things they've been doing and

[53:05] so it'll be an exciting time uh got a

[53:08] text from him this morning they were in

[53:09] Atlanta Georgia they had a storm come

[53:11] through the area they were at knocked

[53:14] down trees all around their car missed

[53:16] their car but knocked down all the trees

[53:18] and he had to use a chainsaw to get out

[53:20] to go to church today so but it said it

[53:22] made him feel like a Country Boy again

[53:24] and so he was excited to do that and so

[53:27] he sent pictures of him with a chainsaw

[53:29] cutting trees and so but be in prayer

[53:31] for brother Hall as he's there in

[53:34] Georgia this week and so but we look

[53:36] forward to seeing them in March uh when

[53:38] they get to come and be with us and so

[53:40] let's all stand together brother

[53:41] Samuel's going to come and lead us in

[53:43] our dismissal song

[53:45] tonight we're going to be dismissed with

[53:47] that chorus nothing is impossible with

[53:51] God song number 297

[54:00] nothing is

[54:02] impossible when you put your trust in

[54:07] God

[54:09] nothing is

[54:11] impossible when you're trusting in his

[54:16] word hearken to the voice of God to

[54:21] thee is there anything too hard for me

[54:26] so put your trust in God alone and rest

[54:32] upon his

[54:34] word for

[54:37] everything oh

[54:40] everything yes

[54:42] everything is

[54:45] possible with

[54:48] God you are dismissed