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Adapted from : www.fustero.es Lesson 6 for November 7, 2015

Roma 9:21 “Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another

unto dishonour? biasa?”

““I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.” (Hosea 12:10)

CAIN AND ABEL (Genesis 4:3-5; Hebrews 11:4)

Salvation by works

Salvation by faith

There are many symbols in the Bible. They may be stories or objects that represent a spiritual truth.

TRUTH IN SYMBOLS

It represented Jesus who

would be lifted up while

carrying our sins (Yoh. 3:14-15)

THE BRONZE SERPENT(Numbers 21:4-9)

““I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.” (Hosea 12:10)There are many symbols in the Bible. They may be stories or objects that represent a spiritual truth.

TRUTH IN SYMBOLS

THE SANCTUARYJesus’ substitutionary sacrifice

Jesus working as our mediator

The judgement before the Second Coming

Sin is finally destroyed

““I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the prophets.” (Hosea 12:10)There are many symbols in the Bible. They may be stories or objects that represent a spiritual truth.

TRUTH IN SYMBOLS

THE POTTER’S CLAY: GOD’S SOVEREIGNTY“‘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!’” (Jeremiah 18:6)

God is the potter. We are a jars in His hands… stubborn and obstinate jars.We can learn several lessons from this metaphor:

God reigns above all. He rules all creation (Romans 9:20)He has a purpose for each one of us (Romans 9:21)We are free to either accept or break His work in us (Jeremiah 18:6)God’s purpose for this world will be fulfilled either if we accept to be His “jars” or not (Jeremiah 18:7-11)

“Then you shall break the flask in the sight of the men who go with you, 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.”’” (Jeremiah 19:10-11)Jeremiah had to take some of the leaders with him to perform this parable (Jeremiah 19:1).They were responsible for the degeneracy of the people of Judah to a great extent. They were represented by a jar that was already baked and couldn’t be molded again.

They would be broken like the jar Jeremiah smashed.

God rejected them.

THE BROKEN JAR: A DEGENERATE NATION

They molded their ways like the pagan people around them. That way they lost their relationship with God. They hardened their conscience so much that they didn’t listen to God anymore.

E.G.W. (The Ministry of Healing, cp. 9, pg. 142)

THE SYMBOLJeremiah had to buy a linen belt (like the priests’) and to use it but not getting it wet. Jer. 13:1.He took the belt off, then went to river Euphrates and buried it there. Then he came back to Jerusalem. Jer.13:2-5.After some days, he returned

to river Euphrates and unearthed it. He saw it was rotten and came back to Jerusalem. Jer.13:6-7.

MEANINGThe belt is the people of Israel. God is wearing it. It doesn’t get wet because God’s not the one causing the rottenness. Jer.13:11.Israel would be deported to Babylon. Jer.13:19.The people got corrupted because they turned away from God. They became like their neighbors; they got ruined. Jer.13:10.

THE LINEN BELT: TURNING AWAY FROM GOD “This evil people, who

refuse to hear My words, who follow the dictates of their hearts, and walk after other gods to serve them and worship them, shall be just like this sash which is profitable for nothing.” (Jeremiah 13:10)

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E.G.W. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, cp. 39, pg. 473)