A Broken Vessel

“A Broken Vessel…”

6/11/2008 – Marsing, ID

6/4/2009 – Nampa, ID

Gen 1:1-3

“1In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. 2And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”

We know that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the Earth. God took that which was nothing, that which was void and empty and created a something out of nothing.

It is interesting to note that the scripture does not begin with, “In the beginning God created the angels, the seraphim’s, the archangels, the cherubs or cherubims.”

It is interesting that it does not begin with God created Adam and Eve. It does not tell us that God began with a man and a woman whom He created in the Garden of Eden.

Instead the scriptures reveal the work of God in reference to the creation of this Earth.

Earth:

776 ’erets eh’-rets from an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth (at large, or partitively a land):--X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.

EARTH (pronounced [ˈɝːθ] (help•info))[6] is the third planet from the Sun. Earth is the largest of the terrestrial planets in the Solar System in diameter, mass and density. It is also referred to as the Earth, Planet Earth, the World, and Terra.[7]

Home to millions of species,[8] including humans, Earth is the only place in the universe where life is known to exist. Scientific evidence indicates that the planet formed 4.54 billion years ago,[9][10][11][12] and life appeared on its surface within a billion years. Since then, Earth’s biosphere has significantly altered the atmosphere and other abiotic conditions on the planet, enabling the proliferation of aerobic organisms as well as the formation of the ozone layer which, together with Earth’s magnetic field, blocks harmful radiation, permitting life on land.[13]

Earth’s outer surface is divided into several rigid segments, or tectonic plates, that gradually migrate across the surface over periods of many millions of years. About 71% of the surface is covered with salt-water oceans, the remainder consisting of continents and islands; liquid water, necessary for all known life, is not known to exist on any other planet’s surface.[14][15]

Earth’s interior remains active, with a thick layer of relatively solid mantle, a liquid outer core that generates a magnetic field, and a solid iron inner core.

Earth interacts with other objects in outer space, including the Sun and the Moon. At present, Earth orbits the Sun once for every roughly 366.26 times it rotates about its axis. This length of time is a sidereal year, which is equal to 365.26 solar days.[16] The Earth’s axis of rotation is tilted 23.4° away from the perpendicular to its orbital plane,[17] producing seasonal variations on the planet’s surface with a period of one tropical year (365.24 solar days). Earth’s only known natural satellite, the Moon, which began orbiting it about 4.53 billion years ago, provides ocean tides, stabilizes the axial tilt and gradually slows the planet’s rotation. A cometary bombardment during the early history of the planet played a role in the formation of the oceans.[18] Later, asteroid impacts caused significant changes to the surface environment.

It is this earth that the scriptures begin to reveal to us the creation of the environment in which we live in. We could talk about the Earth and our environment and it would bring us fascinating details.

Luke 21:33

“Heaven and earth shall pass away: but my words shall not pass away.”

The truth is that when this planet has gone God will remain and we will also live, whether it be in heaven or in the lake of fire.

It is difficult for us to understand that God could have chosen angels to inhabit this planet. God chose you in this time for His purpose and will.

II Cor 4;7

“But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”

The truth is that you are a treasure in the eyes of God and not only that, God desires to pour His treasure into your life.

The truth is that our life is a vessel, some will fill their lives with honor and others with dishonor.

II Tim 2:

“20But in a great house there are not only vessels of gold and of silver, but also of wood and of earth; and some to honour, and some to dishonour. 21If a man therefore purge himself from these, he shall be a vessel unto honour, sanctified, and meet for the master’s use, and prepared unto every good work.”

THE TRUTH IS THAT EVERYONE OF US IS FULL OF SOMETHING.

 What we fill our lives with is what we share.