son 6 for November 7, 2015

SYMBOLI
C ACTS

TRUTH IN SYMBOLS

I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied

visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the
prophets. (Hosea 12:10)

There are many symbols in the Bible. They

may be stories or objects that represent a
spiritual truth.

TRUTH IN SYMBOLS

I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied

visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the
prophets. (Hosea 12:10)

There are many symbols in the Bible. They

may be stories or objects that represent a
spiritual truth.

LA VERDAD EN
SMBOLOS

I have also spoken by the prophets, and have multiplied

visions; I have given symbols through the witness of the
prophets. (Hosea 12:10)

There are many symbols in the Bible. They

may be stories or objects that represent a
spiritual truth.

THE POTTERS CLAY: GODS

O
house of Israel, can I not do with you as this
SOVEREIGNTY
potter? says the Lord. Look, as the clay is in the
potters hand, so are you in My hand, O house of
Israel! (Jeremiah 18:6)

God is the potter. We are a

jars in His hands stubborn
and obstinate jars.
We can learn several lessons
from this metaphor:
God reigns above all. He
rules all creation (Romans
9:20)
He has a purpose for each
one of us (Romans 9:21)
We are free to either
accept or break His work in
us (Jeremiah 18:6)
Gods purpose for this

THE BROKEN JAR: A DEGENERATE

Then you shall break the flaskNATION
in the sight of the men who go with you, and
say to them, Thus says the Lord of hosts: Even so I will break this people
and this city, as one breaks a potters vessel, which cannot be made whole
again; and they shall bury them in Tophet till there is no place to bury.
(Jeremiah 19:10-11)

Jeremiah had to take some of the

leaders with him to perform this
parable (Jeremiah 19:1).
They were responsible for the
degeneracy of the people of Judah to a
great extent. They were represented
by a jar that was already baked and
couldnt be molded again.
They molded their ways like the pagan
people around them. That way they
lost their relationship with God. They
They
hardened their conscience
so would
much be
like the
that they didnt listen tobroken
God anymore.
jar Jeremiah
smashed. God

What is the condition in the world today? Is not

faith in the Bible as effectually destroyed by the
higher criticism and speculation of today as it
was by tradition and rabbinism in the days of
Christ? Have not greed and ambition and love of
pleasure as strong a hold on mens hearts now as
they had then? In the professedly Christian
world, even in the professed churches of Christ,
how few are governed by Christian principles. In
business, social, domestic, even religious circles,
how few make the teachings of Christ the rule of
daily living. Is it not true that justice standeth
afar off: ... equity cannot enter.... And he that
departeth from evil maketh himself a prey?
Isaiah 59:14, 15
E.G.W. (The Ministry of Healing, cp. 9, pg. 142)

THE LINEN BELT: TURNING AWAY

evil people, who refuse to hear
FROMThis
GOD
My words, who follow the dictates of

their hearts, and walk after other gods

to serve them and worship them, shall
be just like this sash which is
profitable for nothing. (Jeremiah 13:10)

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I have seen that there is danger that even the

professed children of God will be corrupted.
Licentiousness is binding men and women as
captives. They seem to be infatuated and
powerless to resist and overcome upon the
point of appetite and passion. In God there is
power; in Him there is strength. If they will take
hold upon it, the life-giving power of Jesus will
stimulate everyone who has named the name
of Christ. Dangers and perils surround us; and
we are only safe when we feel our weakness
and cling with the grasp of faith to our mighty
Deliverer.
E.G.W. (Testimonies for the Church, vol. 3, cp. 39, pg. 473)