Cracked Vessels Bible
But wilt thou know, O vain man These are the words of the apostle reassuming the argument, that faith without works is dead, useless, and unprofitable; and the man that boasts of his faith, and has no works to show it, he calls a 'vain man', an empty one, sounding brass, and a tinkling cymbal; empty vessels make the greatest sound; such are proud boasters, vainly puffed up by their. In the very first book of the Bible, God does a favor to the very first man, Adam, after Adam complains that if he is ever in a television ad there will be no one to condescendingly fix his tie before he leaves the house. God concurs that a human update is needed and puts Adam to sleep with some sweet Garden of Eden anesthesia. The title of my teaching series from 2 Corinthians is “Hope for Cracked Pots.” Today, we’re going to look at 2 Corinthians 4:6-7 which is the passage for which I named the entire series. Today we’re going to talk about “God uses Cracked Pots.”. In earthen vessels. The glorious light which we have to show to the world is, like Gideon's torches, carried in earthen pitchers. The word skenos, vessel, is used in Mark 11:16, and 'vessels of earthenware' in Revelation 2:27. Paul, in Acts 9:15, is called 'a vessel of election,' whence Dante calls him lo vas d elezione. Then he said, Go, borrow thee vessels abroad of all thy neighbours, even empty vessels; borrow not a few. Thou hast sent widows away empty, and the arms of the fatherless have been broken. He stretcheth out the north over the empty place, and hangeth the earth upon nothing. Ecclesiastes 11:3. 3 And their nobles send their little ones to the waters: they come to the cisterns, and find no water; they return with their vessels empty; they are put to shame and confounded, and cover their heads. 4 Because of the ground which is cracked, for that no rain hath been in the land, the plowmen are put to shame, they cover their heads.
…12Be stunned by this, O heavens; be shocked and utterly appalled,” declares the LORD. 13Jesus answered, 'If you knew the gift of God and who is asking you for a drink, you would have asked Him, and He would have given you living water.'
John 4:11
'Sir,' the woman replied, 'You have nothing to draw with and the well is deep. Where then will You get this living water?
John 4:14
But whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Indeed, the water I give him will become in him a fount of water springing up to eternal life.'
Deuteronomy 31:16
And the LORD said to Moses, 'You will soon rest with your fathers, and these people will rise up and prostitute themselves with the foreign gods of the land they are entering. They will forsake Me and break the covenant I have made with them.
Judges 10:13
But you have forsaken Me and served other gods, so I will no longer save you.
Psalm 36:9
For with You is the fountain of life; in Your light we see light.
Isaiah 12:3
With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation,
Jeremiah 14:3
The nobles send their servants for water; they go to the cisterns, but find no water; their jars return empty. They are ashamed and humiliated; they cover their heads.
Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all who abandon You will be put to shame. All who turn away will be written in the dust, for they have abandoned the LORD, the fountain of living water.
Jeremiah 19:4
because they have abandoned Me and made this a foreign place. They have burned incense in this place to other gods that neither they nor their fathers nor the kings of Judah have ever known. They have filled this place with the blood of the innocent.
Ezekiel 47:1
Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
Zechariah 13:1
'On that day a fountain will be opened to the house of David and the people of Jerusalem, to cleanse them from sin and impurity.
For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.
for my
Jeremiah 2:31,32
O generation, see ye the word of the LORD. Have I been a wilderness unto Israel? a land of darkness? wherefore say my people, We are lords; we will come no more unto thee? …
Jeremiah 4:22
For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
Jeremiah 5:26,31
For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men…
forsaken
Jeremiah 2:17
Hast thou not procured this unto thyself, in that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, when he led thee by the way?
Jeremiah 1:16
And I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, who have forsaken me, and have burned incense unto other gods, and worshipped the works of their own hands.
Jeremiah 15:6
Thou hast forsaken me, saith the LORD, thou art gone backward: therefore will I stretch out my hand against thee, and destroy thee; I am weary with repenting.
the fountain
Jeremiah 17:13
O LORD, the hope of Israel, all that forsake thee shall be ashamed, and they that depart from me shall be written in the earth, because they have forsaken the LORD, the fountain of living waters.
Jeremiah 18:14
Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?
Psalm 36:9
For with thee is the fountain of life: in thy light shall we see light.
Broken Vessels Bible Verse
Game resolution changer. broken cisterns
Vessel Bible Meaning
Jeremiah 2:11,26
Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit…
Psalm 115:4-8
Their idols are silver and gold, the work of men's hands…
Broken Vessels Bible Study
Psalm 146:3,4
Put not your trust in princes, nor in the son of man, in whom there is no help…