Book: Jeremiah
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JEREMIAH 18:3

I. THE POTTER.
        A. Interest.
        B. Attention.
        C. Absolute Power.

II. THE WHEEL.
        A. Circumstance of surrounding life.
                1. The events that help mold.
        B. Wheel is transient and will pass.

III. THE CLAY.
        A. Man's capacity in relationship to God.
                1. Worthless of itself.
                2. Priceless in hands of potter.
                3. Can only know purpose of Potter by submission.

IV. PRINCIPLE TAUGHT.
        A. God is absolutely sovereign - the rights of God.

V. PURPOSE EXPRESSED.
        "He wrought His work on the wheel."
        A. The potter has a thought in mind for the clay.
                1. Life can know utility and beauty as it submits to hands of potter.

VI. THE PERSON  - "God is the potter."
        "The Potter's field."