Sermons on Jeremiah 18:1-4:

The Potter

Contributed by Dr. C. David White on Sep 23, 2002

God has a purpose, place and people. All the Master Potter needs to fulfill his design is yielded mud!

The Potter 1 ¶ The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, 2 Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause you to hear My words. 3 Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he was working a work on the wheel. 4 And the vessel that he made in clay was ruined ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-7

Denomination: Baptist

What Kind Of Clay Are You?

Contributed by Jim Twamley on Mar 25, 2003

I think it’s safe to say that the majority of us want to become everything God wants us to be, the problem is that we fall short of God’s perfect plan for our lives. Too often we take matters into our own hands and mess up God’s plan for us. We end up set

On an overhead slide draw four symbols a star, a plus sign, a circle and a square. Then ask your audience to pick one of the symbols and then share which sign they picked with the person sitting closest to them. Then interpret the signs, “Research shows that if you picked the square you are a ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-12

Denomination: Pentecostal

The Marred Reshaped

Contributed by David Dailey on Jan 27, 2003

Sometimes God sends the answer to the potter’s house and calls us to be there.

THE MARRED RESHAPED Our text starts in Jeremiah 18:1-4. Verse 2 says, Arise and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. You know many times I have noticed that the call of God in our life is a call to arise; a call to action. When we were called to salvation, ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-4

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

He Didn't Throw The Clay Away

Contributed by Jon Earls on Feb 5, 2003

God wants to Redeem the pieces of broken lives. He wants to Repair those broken pieces into something worthwhile. And He wants to Refill the Vessel.

Scripture Reading: Jeremiah 18:1-6 He was 21 years old. By all appearances he was living life to the fullest. Parties, drinking, living it up. He was young and full of live. He had a bright future ahead of him. Although this was the appearance to many, inside a war was going on. The ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Holiness

Believing Is Seeing - Part One Series

Contributed by J. Yeargin on Feb 17, 2003

In this story, we have the answers to some of life’s toughest questions. 1. Why does God permit suffering? 2. How can we trust Jesus more?

BELIEVING IS SEEING Today I want to talk to you about the encounter Jesus had with a man who was born blind. In this story, we have the answers to some of life’s toughest questions. 1. Why does God permit suffering? 2. How can we trust Jesus more? Text: John 9:1 – 7 Like many people of ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:3-6, John 9:1-7

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Marred And Made Again

Contributed by Owen Bourgaize on Mar 16, 2001

Jeremiah’s visit to the potter’s workshop was the means of God’s giving him an acted-parable of what he could do with the marred nation of Israel and mankind in general.

MARRED AND MADE AGAIN One of the pleasures of being away from home on holiday is to have the opportunity of just standing and staring at interesting sights, such as a craftsman at work - perhaps a potter. The prophet Jeremiah did this once. He tells us what he saw: "The pot he was shaping from ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-12, Jeremiah 18:12-13

Denomination: Baptist

Birth Of A Vessel

Contributed by Gregory Mc Donald on Oct 13, 2002

Compairing the seven steps of making a vessel to the seven steps of becoming a vessel for the Lord.

Birth Of A Vessel Jeremiah 18:1-6 (All Scripture taken from the New American Standard) Pastor Greg Mc Donald CLAY IS DECAYED ROCK Deuteronomy 32:4;...This tells us we were once rock made in the perfection of God, but man brought decay to what God made perfect Discription of the Potter Deut ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

I'm Clay But Hey That Is Ok

Contributed by Joel Pankow on Nov 1, 2002

how God REFORMED the church of Jeremiahs and Luthers time and how we can be reformed as well

November 2, 2002 Jeremiah 18:1-11 This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the LORD: “Go down to the potter’s house, and there I will give you my message.” So I went down to the potter’s house, and I saw him working at the wheel. But the pot he was shaping from the clay was marred in his ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-11

Denomination: Lutheran

His Masterpiece

Contributed by Don Brockus on Oct 4, 2007

We are becoming a masterpiece in the hands of the Master Potter. I have translated Ephesians 2:10 and focus on Jeremiah’s potter pericope: Potter, Clay, Wheel, Water & Kiln.

His Masterpiece (Ephesians 2:8-10; Jeremiah 18:1-6; Genesis 2:6, 7; Isaiah 45:9, 64:8; Philippians 1:6; Hebrews 11:1) Text: Ephesians 2:8-10 “By grace you are saved through the faith and this {is} not of yourselves {it is) God’s gift not of gar xariti este sesoswmenoi dia tas pisteos kai ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Assembly Of God

Renewal At The Potter's House

Contributed by Danny Nance on Mar 21, 2008

God is able to renew us as we yield our broken lives to Him.

Renewal at The Potter’s House Jeremiah 18:1-6 I. The potter has a purpose in mind for his work. (v. 3) A. Jeremiah watched the potter as he molded the clay into the object he wanted. B. God has a purpose for our lives. C. Humanity’s highest wisdom is to seek and fit into that purpose. II. The ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Baptist

Under Construction

Contributed by Michael Smith on Aug 13, 2007

This sermon is an encouragement and uplifting sermon. It reminds us that as long as God is the Potter and we are the clay, we have nothing to fear because He is in control.

Sermon: “Still Under Construction” Text: Jeremiah 18: 1-6 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter’s house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter’s house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Whose Hands Are You In Part 3 Series

Contributed by Rodney V Johnson on Aug 25, 2007

Our relationship with God.

Whose Hands Are You In? Part 3 Scripture: Jeremiah 18:3-10; Isaiah 29:16; 45:9; 64:8 Introduction This morning I will conclude this series with a look at what our response should and should not be as we begin to fully understand what it means to be in God’s hands. Previously I shared ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:3-10

Denomination: Evangelical/Non-Denominational

"In The Hands Of The Potter..." By Dr. Winson Butler

Contributed by Winson Butler on Jul 9, 2005

I heard a Pastor once say "It don’t take a genius to spot a goat in a flock of sheep." It shouldn’t take someone long to comprehend the message to Jeremiah from God as he went down to the Potter’s house either. Let see it together!

Introduction Jeremiah, The weeping prophet. What a man. What a message. What a MESS! The nation was in ruins. God wanted it turned around. Jeremiah was his man. More than once God encouraged Jeremiah with Heavenly truths from Earthly lessons. The message was simple and God reveals His truth to ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-4

Denomination: Baptist

In The Potter's Hands Series

Contributed by Thomas Clawser on Sep 4, 2004

Sermon on the potter and the clay for Pentecost 14C

On an overhead slide, draw four symbols: a star, a plus sign, a circle and a square. Ask the audience to pick one of the symbols and then share which sign they picked with the person sitting closest to them. Then interpret the signs; “Research shows that if you picked the square, you are a ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-11

Denomination: Other

The Potter's House

Contributed by Ken Harris on Sep 5, 2004

The purpose of this sermon is to motivate the hearers to affirm to others that - FIGURATIVELY SPEAKING - God is the Portter and we are the Marred Clay; and He doesn’t GIVE-UP ON US.

“The Potter’s House” Jeremiah 18:1-6 U.S. Army Chaplain (MAJ) Ken Harris CP Walker, Taegu, South Korea BIG IDEA: GOD DOESN’T GIVE-UP ON US. REFERENCES: John 3:1-7; Jeremiah 18:1-11; Psalm 139:1-6,13-18; Deut. 30:15-20; 2 Cor. 4:7 (... earthen vessels in the KJV or Jars of Clay in the NIV); ...read more

Scripture: Jeremiah 18:1-6

Denomination: Pentecostal