1. Hope for Broken Vessels
Jeremiah 18:1-12

2. Je. 18:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Je
Je. 18:1 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: Je. 18:2 “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” Je. 18:3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. Je. 18:4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

3. Je. 18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me: Je
Je. 18:5 Then the word of the LORD came to me: Je. 18:6 “O house of Israel, can I not do with you as this potter does?” declares the LORD. “Like clay in the hand of the potter, so are you in my hand, O house of Israel. Je. 18:7 If at any time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be uprooted, torn down and destroyed, Je. 18:8 and if that nation I warned repents of its evil, then I will relent and not inflict on it the disaster I had planned.

4. Je. 18:9 And if at another time I announce that a nation or kingdom is to be built up and planted, Je. 18:10 and if it does evil in my sight and does not obey me, then I will reconsider the good I had intended to do for it. Je. 18:11 “Now therefore say to the people of Judah and those living in Jerusalem, ‘This is what the LORD says: Look! I am preparing a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. So turn from your evil ways, each one of you, and reform your ways and your actions.’

5. Je. 18:12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use
Je. 18:12 But they will reply, ‘It’s no use. We will continue with our own plans; each of us will follow the stubbornness of his evil heart.’”

6. Hope for Broken Vessels
Jeremiah 18:1-12

7. The Vessel Made (v.3)

8. The Vessel Made (v.3)
Je. 18:3 So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel.

9. The Vessel Made (v.3)
1 Peter 4:12
Dear friends, do not be surprised
at the painful trial you are
suffering, as though something
strange were happening to you.

10. The Vessel Made (v.3)
James 1:12
Blessed is the man who perseveres
under trial, because when he has
stood the test, he will receive the
crown of life that God has
promised to those who love him.

11. The Vessel Marred (v.4)

12. The Vessel Marred (v.4)
Je. 18:4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

13. The Vessel Repaired (v.4)

14. The Vessel Repaired (v.4)
Je. 18:4 But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his hands; so the potter formed it into another pot, shaping it as seemed best to him.

15. The Vessel Broken (vv. 19:1-11)

16. The Vessel Broken (vv. 19:1-11)
Hebrews 12:5-6
He. 12:5 And you have forgotten that word of encouragement that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not make light of the Lord’s discipline, and do not lose heart when he rebukes you,
He. 12:6 because the Lord disciplines those he loves, and he punishes everyone he accepts as a son.”

17. Conclusion & Application