A new post for 8/22/13

8/22/13

Rom 9:21  Has the potter no right over the clay, to make out of the same lump one vessel for honorable use and another for dishonorable use?

Rom 9:22  What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction,

Rom 9:23  in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory--

If a metaphor has a meaning to help us understand, then we should understand that we are prepared beforehand for glory. We are prepared, not, we create our own destiny.  

I’m sure you have watched a potter make a vessel before and noticed that the clay did not have a lot to say about what kind of vessel the potter made out of that clay.