Warning: chmod(): Operation not permitted in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[0] in function chmod in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-content/plugins/simple-universal-google-analytics/main.php on line 8
[1] in function include_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-settings.php on line 560
[2] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-config.php on line 85
[3] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-load.php on line 50
[4] in function require_once in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/wp-blog-header.php on line 13
[5] in function require in /var/www/hopeinstoughton_www/index.php on line 17

WEBVTT
Kind: captions
Language: en

00:00:06.519 --> 00:00:12.140
August<00:00:07.200><c> the</c><00:00:07.480><c> 4th,</c><00:00:07.980><c> 1997.</c><00:00:10.400><c> Our</c><00:00:10.720><c> speaker</c><00:00:11.099><c> is</c><00:00:11.359><c> Brother</c><00:00:11.699><c> Dennis</c>

00:00:12.140 --> 00:00:18.760
Pagy.<00:00:14.800><c> His</c><00:00:15.480><c> topic</c><00:00:16.260><c> for</c><00:00:16.960><c> the</c><00:00:17.120><c> day</c><00:00:17.600><c> is</c><00:00:18.519><c> The</c>

00:00:18.760 --> 00:00:24.000
Potter<00:00:19.039><c> and</c><00:00:19.280><c> the</c><00:00:19.559><c> Clay,</c><00:00:20.100><c> God's</c><00:00:20.600><c> Hand</c><00:00:20.739><c> in</c><00:00:20.920><c> the</c><00:00:21.079><c> Lives</c><00:00:21.339><c> of</c><00:00:21.600><c> Believers.</c><00:00:23.059><c> Today's</c><00:00:23.660><c> class</c>

00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:26.219
title,<00:00:25.800><c> Thou</c><00:00:25.899><c> Art</c>

00:00:26.219 --> 00:00:30.600
Our<00:00:26.359><c> Father,</c><00:00:27.039><c> We</c><00:00:27.039><c> Are</c><00:00:27.280><c> the</c><00:00:27.500><c> Clay,</c><00:00:28.399><c> and</c><00:00:28.699><c> Thou</c><00:00:29.000><c> Our</c><00:00:29.519><c> Potter,</c>

00:00:30.980 --> 00:00:31.980
Brother<00:00:31.179><c> Dennis.</c>

00:00:54.320 --> 00:00:58.320
Good<00:00:54.799><c> morning,</c><00:00:55.060><c> brothers</c><00:00:55.259><c> and</c><00:00:55.479><c> sisters.</c><00:00:57.299><c> Sister</c><00:00:57.780><c> Paul</c><00:00:58.060><c> and</c><00:00:58.219><c> I</c>

00:00:58.320 --> 00:00:59.799
bring<00:00:58.460><c> with</c><00:00:58.659><c> us</c><00:00:58.899><c> the</c><00:00:59.219><c> loving</c><00:00:59.460><c> greetings</c>

00:00:59.799 --> 00:01:04.180
of<00:00:59.920><c> your</c><00:01:00.079><c> brothers</c><00:01:00.280><c> and</c><00:01:00.500><c> sisters</c><00:01:00.759><c> in</c><00:01:00.960><c> the</c><00:01:01.119><c> Verdugo</c><00:01:01.439><c> Hills</c><00:01:01.799><c> Ecclesia.</c><00:01:03.520><c> Just</c><00:01:03.979><c> a</c>

00:01:04.180 --> 00:01:05.060
bit<00:01:04.280><c> about</c><00:01:04.540><c> the</c><00:01:04.780><c> names,</c>

00:01:05.140 --> 00:01:10.640
and<00:01:05.280><c> Brother</c><00:01:05.500><c> Ken</c><00:01:05.920><c> has</c><00:01:06.400><c> a</c><00:01:06.560><c> list</c><00:01:06.760><c> of</c><00:01:07.000><c> three</c><00:01:07.180><c> names</c><00:01:07.480><c> of</c><00:01:08.019><c> Ecclesias</c><00:01:08.579><c> that</c><00:01:08.700><c> he's</c><00:01:08.819><c> never</c><00:01:09.659><c> had</c>

00:01:10.640 --> 00:01:11.140
to<00:01:10.840><c> pronounce</c>

00:01:11.140 --> 00:01:16.939
before.<00:01:12.799><c> Verdugo</c><00:01:13.239><c> Hills</c><00:01:13.900><c> refers</c><00:01:14.719><c> to</c><00:01:15.359><c> an</c><00:01:15.579><c> area</c><00:01:15.840><c> in</c><00:01:16.079><c> the</c><00:01:16.200><c> eastern</c><00:01:16.579><c> part</c>

00:01:16.939 --> 00:01:18.359
of<00:01:17.200><c> the</c><00:01:17.439><c> San</c><00:01:17.659><c> Fernando</c><00:01:17.980><c> Valley.</c>

00:01:18.400 --> 00:01:20.719
It<00:01:18.420><c> used</c><00:01:18.579><c> to</c><00:01:18.659><c> be</c><00:01:18.799><c> a</c><00:01:18.900><c> part</c><00:01:19.060><c> of</c><00:01:19.159><c> one</c><00:01:19.420><c> of</c><00:01:19.540><c> the</c><00:01:19.700><c> old</c><00:01:19.879><c> Spanish</c><00:01:20.340><c> land</c>

00:01:20.719 --> 00:01:24.700
grants,<00:01:22.019><c> and</c><00:01:22.620><c> the</c><00:01:23.120><c> Verdugos</c><00:01:23.700><c> were</c><00:01:23.980><c> the</c><00:01:24.280><c> family</c>

00:01:24.700 --> 00:01:28.040
name<00:01:25.019><c> that</c><00:01:25.219><c> owned</c><00:01:25.359><c> that</c><00:01:25.599><c> particular</c><00:01:26.060><c> section.</c><00:01:27.299><c> In</c><00:01:27.480><c> Spanish,</c>

00:01:28.200 --> 00:01:30.640
Los<00:01:28.519><c> Verdugueros</c><00:01:29.299><c> means</c><00:01:29.599><c> the</c><00:01:29.920><c> torturers,</c>

00:01:31.140 --> 00:01:33.319
part<00:01:31.239><c> of</c><00:01:31.379><c> the</c><00:01:31.500><c> Spanish</c><00:01:31.799><c> Inquisition,</c><00:01:32.780><c> so</c><00:01:32.959><c> that's</c><00:01:33.140><c> a</c><00:01:33.219><c> little</c>

00:01:33.319 --> 00:01:34.900
bit<00:01:33.439><c> of</c><00:01:33.540><c> the</c><00:01:33.680><c> background</c><00:01:34.040><c> of</c><00:01:34.219><c> our</c><00:01:34.459><c> Ecclesias</c>

00:01:34.900 --> 00:01:44.219
name.<00:01:38.980><c> We</c><00:01:39.319><c> are</c><00:01:39.680><c> work</c><00:01:40.000><c> in</c><00:01:40.480><c> progress,</c><00:01:41.420><c> you</c><00:01:41.560><c> and</c><00:01:41.780><c> I,</c><00:01:42.579><c> and</c><00:01:43.680><c> we</c><00:01:43.980><c> need</c>

00:01:44.219 --> 00:01:48.579
to<00:01:45.019><c> remember</c><00:01:45.540><c> that</c><00:01:46.340><c> as</c><00:01:47.480><c> we</c><00:01:47.819><c> walk</c><00:01:48.060><c> in</c><00:01:48.319><c> Christ</c>

00:01:48.579 --> 00:01:51.760
together.<00:01:49.040><c> We</c><00:01:49.260><c> come</c><00:01:49.799><c> this</c><00:01:50.159><c> week</c><00:01:50.480><c> from</c><00:01:50.780><c> north,</c><00:01:51.280><c> south,</c><00:01:51.500><c> east,</c>

00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:55.040
and<00:01:51.959><c> west,</c><00:01:53.340><c> different</c><00:01:53.680><c> cultures,</c><00:01:54.640><c> different</c>

00:01:55.040 --> 00:01:58.439
Ecclesias,<00:01:56.000><c> but</c><00:01:56.280><c> we</c><00:01:56.579><c> share</c><00:01:56.840><c> the</c><00:01:57.120><c> fact</c><00:01:57.319><c> that</c><00:01:57.519><c> we</c><00:01:57.640><c> are</c><00:01:57.859><c> work</c><00:01:58.120><c> in</c>

00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:03.200
progress.<00:02:01.739><c> Before</c><00:02:02.180><c> we</c><00:02:02.439><c> look</c><00:02:02.640><c> at</c><00:02:02.840><c> some</c><00:02:03.060><c> of</c>

00:02:03.200 --> 00:02:09.300
the<00:02:03.420><c> details</c><00:02:03.819><c> of</c><00:02:04.040><c> the</c><00:02:04.260><c> potter</c><00:02:04.500><c> and</c><00:02:04.659><c> the</c><00:02:04.920><c> clay,</c><00:02:06.180><c> I'd</c><00:02:06.519><c> like</c><00:02:06.659><c> us</c><00:02:06.939><c> to</c><00:02:07.140><c> try</c><00:02:07.340><c> to</c><00:02:07.579><c> get</c><00:02:07.780><c> as</c><00:02:08.539><c> large</c><00:02:09.060><c> a</c>

00:02:09.300 --> 00:02:10.020
view<00:02:09.500><c> of</c><00:02:09.759><c> the</c>

00:02:10.020 --> 00:02:14.280
process<00:02:10.439><c> as</c><00:02:10.659><c> we</c><00:02:10.919><c> possibly</c><00:02:11.360><c> can.</c><00:02:13.379><c> The</c><00:02:13.639><c> potter,</c><00:02:13.960><c> as</c><00:02:13.960><c> he</c><00:02:14.120><c> worked</c>

00:02:14.280 --> 00:02:17.280
from<00:02:14.560><c> the</c><00:02:14.840><c> clay,</c><00:02:15.219><c> took</c><00:02:15.539><c> a</c><00:02:16.180><c> shapeless,</c>

00:02:17.460 --> 00:02:23.039
very<00:02:17.800><c> common</c><00:02:18.439><c> substance</c><00:02:19.139><c> and</c><00:02:21.000><c> made</c><00:02:21.280><c> it</c><00:02:21.580><c> through</c><00:02:21.960><c> a</c><00:02:22.500><c> process</c>

00:02:23.039 --> 00:02:26.159
of<00:02:23.419><c> steps</c><00:02:23.659><c> that</c><00:02:23.819><c> we</c><00:02:23.979><c> will</c><00:02:24.180><c> consider</c><00:02:24.780><c> into</c>

00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:32.300
a<00:02:26.379><c> vessel</c><00:02:26.639><c> that</c><00:02:26.800><c> was</c><00:02:27.039><c> useful</c><00:02:27.439><c> to</c><00:02:27.659><c> the</c><00:02:27.900><c> potter.</c><00:02:29.879><c> We</c><00:02:30.219><c> need</c><00:02:30.379><c> to</c><00:02:30.620><c> keep</c><00:02:30.759><c> that</c><00:02:31.240><c> large</c><00:02:31.699><c> picture</c><00:02:32.080><c> in</c>

00:02:32.300 --> 00:02:32.939
our<00:02:32.500><c> minds</c>

00:02:32.939 --> 00:02:37.620
as<00:02:33.280><c> we</c><00:02:34.280><c> look</c><00:02:34.479><c> in</c><00:02:34.680><c> some</c><00:02:34.919><c> detail</c><00:02:35.439><c> this</c><00:02:35.719><c> week</c><00:02:36.120><c> at</c><00:02:36.939><c> certain</c><00:02:37.280><c> steps</c>

00:02:37.620 --> 00:02:40.719
along<00:02:37.979><c> the</c><00:02:38.180><c> way.</c><00:02:39.719><c> During</c><00:02:39.919><c> that</c><00:02:40.180><c> process,</c>

00:02:40.719 --> 00:02:44.780
there<00:02:40.900><c> were</c><00:02:41.300><c> impurities</c><00:02:41.879><c> that</c><00:02:42.039><c> were</c><00:02:42.340><c> removed,</c><00:02:44.020><c> and</c><00:02:44.139><c> there</c><00:02:44.319><c> was</c><00:02:44.580><c> an</c>

00:02:44.780 --> 00:02:46.639
essential<00:02:45.259><c> change</c><00:02:45.939><c> in</c><00:02:46.120><c> the</c><00:02:46.280><c> nature</c>

00:02:46.639 --> 00:02:53.879
of<00:02:47.259><c> the</c><00:02:47.479><c> substance</c><00:02:47.979><c> that</c><00:02:48.819><c> began.</c><00:02:51.340><c> The</c><00:02:51.520><c> last</c><00:02:51.840><c> step</c><00:02:52.020><c> in</c><00:02:52.199><c> the</c><00:02:52.319><c> process</c><00:02:52.800><c> removed</c><00:02:53.500><c> a</c>

00:02:53.879 --> 00:02:54.759
part<00:02:54.159><c> of</c><00:02:54.400><c> the</c><00:02:54.500><c> very</c>

00:02:54.759 --> 00:03:00.039
nature<00:02:55.280><c> of</c><00:02:55.639><c> the</c><00:02:55.840><c> clay,</c><00:02:56.360><c> so</c><00:02:56.560><c> completely,</c><00:02:58.979><c> so</c><00:02:59.199><c> that</c><00:02:59.560><c> that</c><00:02:59.840><c> clay</c>

00:03:00.039 --> 00:03:02.520
could<00:03:00.300><c> never</c><00:03:00.539><c> be</c><00:03:00.759><c> clay</c><00:03:00.979><c> again.</c><00:03:02.080><c> It</c><00:03:02.219><c> was</c>

00:03:02.520 --> 00:03:08.520
transformed,<00:03:03.159><c> it</c><00:03:03.280><c> was</c><00:03:03.580><c> changed.</c><00:03:05.780><c> So</c><00:03:05.979><c> as</c><00:03:06.199><c> we</c><00:03:06.560><c> look</c><00:03:06.759><c> in</c><00:03:06.879><c> some</c><00:03:07.120><c> detail</c><00:03:07.599><c> this</c><00:03:07.900><c> week</c><00:03:08.219><c> at</c>

00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:09.400
these<00:03:08.719><c> steps</c><00:03:09.060><c> along</c>

00:03:09.400 --> 00:03:15.000
the<00:03:09.780><c> way,</c><00:03:09.800><c> let</c><00:03:10.060><c> us</c><00:03:10.460><c> not</c><00:03:10.780><c> forget</c><00:03:11.639><c> how</c><00:03:12.879><c> the</c><00:03:13.120><c> clay</c><00:03:13.300><c> began</c><00:03:14.020><c> and</c><00:03:14.719><c> how</c>

00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:18.659
under<00:03:15.240><c> the</c><00:03:15.419><c> hand</c><00:03:15.580><c> of</c><00:03:15.759><c> the</c><00:03:15.919><c> potter</c><00:03:16.180><c> it</c><00:03:17.400><c> finished.</c>

00:03:20.840 --> 00:03:23.180
Let's<00:03:21.159><c> spend</c><00:03:21.319><c> some</c><00:03:21.560><c> time</c><00:03:21.699><c> now</c><00:03:21.960><c> thinking</c><00:03:22.219><c> about</c><00:03:22.639><c> the</c><00:03:22.900><c> potter</c>

00:03:23.180 --> 00:03:27.240
himself.<00:03:25.860><c> The</c><00:03:26.139><c> potters</c><00:03:26.419><c> of</c><00:03:26.620><c> the</c><00:03:26.699><c> Old</c><00:03:26.879><c> Testament</c>

00:03:27.240 --> 00:03:34.500
were<00:03:27.520><c> men</c><00:03:27.819><c> who</c><00:03:28.139><c> turned</c><00:03:28.419><c> out</c><00:03:28.840><c> everyday</c><00:03:29.360><c> articles</c><00:03:29.979><c> for</c><00:03:30.379><c> everyday</c><00:03:30.879><c> use.</c><00:03:34.280><c> So</c>

00:03:34.500 --> 00:03:37.039
at<00:03:34.639><c> the</c><00:03:34.780><c> very</c><00:03:35.139><c> outset,</c><00:03:35.860><c> we</c>

00:03:37.039 --> 00:03:41.599
have<00:03:37.180><c> the</c><00:03:37.360><c> idea</c><00:03:37.919><c> that</c><00:03:38.360><c> there</c><00:03:38.659><c> is</c><00:03:39.060><c> utility</c><00:03:39.539><c> involved,</c><00:03:41.400><c> there</c>

00:03:41.599 --> 00:03:45.099
is<00:03:42.219><c> purpose,</c><00:03:43.719><c> there</c><00:03:44.000><c> is</c><00:03:44.300><c> function,</c><00:03:45.000><c> there</c>

00:03:45.099 --> 00:03:51.580
is<00:03:45.520><c> everyday</c><00:03:45.879><c> article</c><00:03:46.419><c> for</c><00:03:46.879><c> everyday</c><00:03:47.500><c> use.</c><00:03:50.400><c> The</c><00:03:50.560><c> divine</c><00:03:50.979><c> potter</c><00:03:51.360><c> is</c>

00:03:51.580 --> 00:03:52.939
the<00:03:51.759><c> one</c><00:03:52.000><c> who</c><00:03:52.159><c> is</c><00:03:52.400><c> turning</c><00:03:52.620><c> out</c>

00:03:52.939 --> 00:03:59.599
everyday<00:03:53.300><c> instruments</c><00:03:53.860><c> for</c><00:03:54.840><c> eternal</c><00:03:55.379><c> use.</c><00:03:58.759><c> Allow</c><00:03:59.020><c> your</c><00:03:59.340><c> mind</c>

00:03:59.599 --> 00:04:01.539
to<00:03:59.840><c> think</c><00:04:00.020><c> about</c><00:04:00.340><c> that</c><00:04:00.560><c> difference.</c>

00:04:02.020 --> 00:04:05.800
The<00:04:02.580><c> clay</c><00:04:02.840><c> used</c><00:04:03.199><c> by</c><00:04:03.520><c> the</c><00:04:03.719><c> Israelite</c><00:04:04.159><c> potter</c><00:04:04.500><c> was</c><00:04:04.740><c> usually</c><00:04:05.259><c> of</c>

00:04:05.800 --> 00:04:08.259
a<00:04:06.039><c> red</c><00:04:06.199><c> variety</c><00:04:06.740><c> taken</c><00:04:07.139><c> from</c><00:04:07.419><c> just</c><00:04:07.800><c> below</c>

00:04:08.259 --> 00:04:14.340
the<00:04:08.500><c> surface</c><00:04:08.900><c> of</c><00:04:09.139><c> the</c><00:04:09.340><c> soil.</c><00:04:10.639><c> It</c><00:04:10.780><c> was</c><00:04:11.080><c> earthy.</c><00:04:13.780><c> Before</c><00:04:14.080><c> it</c><00:04:14.159><c> was</c>

00:04:14.340 --> 00:04:15.780
ready<00:04:14.539><c> for</c><00:04:14.819><c> working</c><00:04:15.039><c> on</c><00:04:15.240><c> the</c><00:04:15.439><c> wheel,</c><00:04:15.699><c> it</c>

00:04:15.780 --> 00:04:21.720
had<00:04:15.939><c> to</c><00:04:16.100><c> be</c><00:04:16.279><c> left</c><00:04:16.420><c> to</c><00:04:16.639><c> be</c><00:04:16.860><c> weathered</c><00:04:17.120><c> by</c><00:04:17.519><c> sun,</c><00:04:18.399><c> rain,</c><00:04:18.899><c> and</c><00:04:19.160><c> frost,</c><00:04:20.720><c> which</c><00:04:21.040><c> helped</c><00:04:21.300><c> to</c>

00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:22.459
break<00:04:21.839><c> it</c><00:04:22.040><c> up</c><00:04:22.259><c> and</c>

00:04:22.459 --> 00:04:31.019
rid<00:04:22.579><c> it</c><00:04:22.740><c> of</c><00:04:22.920><c> chemical</c><00:04:23.519><c> impurities.</c><00:04:25.500><c> Now,</c><00:04:27.079><c> sun,</c><00:04:27.860><c> rain,</c><00:04:28.500><c> and</c><00:04:28.800><c> frost</c><00:04:29.620><c> implies</c><00:04:30.720><c> some</c><00:04:31.019><c> time,</c><00:04:31.019><c> but</c><00:04:31.019><c> it</c>

00:04:31.019 --> 00:04:31.019
is<00:04:31.019><c> not</c>

00:04:31.040 --> 00:04:36.939
time,<00:04:31.339><c> doesn't</c><00:04:31.579><c> it?</c><00:04:33.519><c> Sun</c><00:04:33.959><c> of</c><00:04:34.139><c> the</c><00:04:34.319><c> summer,</c><00:04:35.379><c> the</c><00:04:35.639><c> rain</c><00:04:35.980><c> of</c><00:04:36.339><c> spring</c><00:04:36.660><c> and</c>

00:04:36.939 --> 00:04:38.180
fall,<00:04:37.259><c> and</c><00:04:37.420><c> the</c><00:04:37.639><c> frost</c><00:04:37.939><c> of</c>

00:04:38.180 --> 00:04:43.899
winter.<00:04:39.420><c> So</c><00:04:39.680><c> as</c><00:04:39.939><c> the</c><00:04:40.120><c> potter</c><00:04:40.360><c> would</c><00:04:40.660><c> choose</c><00:04:40.959><c> a</c><00:04:41.180><c> batch</c><00:04:41.420><c> of</c><00:04:41.720><c> clay,</c><00:04:42.100><c> he</c><00:04:42.180><c> would</c><00:04:42.319><c> have</c><00:04:42.519><c> to</c><00:04:42.720><c> weather</c><00:04:42.899><c> it</c><00:04:43.160><c> for</c><00:04:43.660><c> a</c>

00:04:43.899 --> 00:04:49.779
year,<00:04:44.180><c> perhaps</c><00:04:44.660><c> two</c><00:04:44.980><c> years,</c><00:04:46.639><c> so</c><00:04:47.019><c> that</c><00:04:47.720><c> natural</c><00:04:48.220><c> processes</c><00:04:48.939><c> could</c><00:04:49.319><c> break</c><00:04:49.600><c> it</c>

00:04:49.779 --> 00:04:52.540
up<00:04:50.000><c> and</c><00:04:50.240><c> rid</c><00:04:50.319><c> it</c><00:04:50.519><c> of</c><00:04:50.660><c> chemical</c><00:04:51.279><c> impurities.</c>

00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:58.839
After<00:04:55.019><c> it</c><00:04:55.160><c> was</c><00:04:55.459><c> weathered</c><00:04:55.779><c> for</c><00:04:56.100><c> a</c><00:04:56.279><c> while,</c><00:04:57.100><c> it</c><00:04:57.120><c> was</c><00:04:57.480><c> kneaded</c><00:04:58.120><c> by</c>

00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:02.800
treading.<00:05:00.819><c> It</c><00:05:01.240><c> actually</c><00:05:01.819><c> stepped</c><00:05:02.540><c> on</c>

00:05:02.800 --> 00:05:06.459
it<00:05:02.980><c> and</c><00:05:03.220><c> grounded</c><00:05:03.720><c> underfoot,</c><00:05:05.360><c> and</c><00:05:05.459><c> if</c><00:05:05.699><c> clay</c><00:05:05.939><c> of</c><00:05:06.100><c> a</c><00:05:06.240><c> better</c>

00:05:06.459 --> 00:05:08.699
quality<00:05:06.839><c> was</c><00:05:07.120><c> required,</c><00:05:07.959><c> the</c><00:05:08.120><c> clay</c><00:05:08.360><c> was</c>

00:05:08.699 --> 00:05:15.160
filtered<00:05:09.139><c> in</c><00:05:09.500><c> large</c><00:05:09.800><c> vats.</c><00:05:13.579><c> The</c><00:05:13.740><c> next</c><00:05:13.980><c> step</c><00:05:14.259><c> was</c><00:05:14.579><c> the</c><00:05:14.839><c> shaping</c>

00:05:15.160 --> 00:05:15.839
of<00:05:15.399><c> the</c><00:05:15.639><c> clay</c>

00:05:15.839 --> 00:05:22.180
on<00:05:15.959><c> the</c><00:05:16.180><c> wheel.</c><00:05:18.000><c> The</c><00:05:18.300><c> wheel</c><00:05:18.560><c> was</c><00:05:18.879><c> fixed</c><00:05:19.199><c> to</c><00:05:19.439><c> the</c><00:05:19.560><c> top</c><00:05:19.759><c> of</c><00:05:19.980><c> a</c><00:05:20.160><c> spindle,</c><00:05:21.779><c> which</c><00:05:21.920><c> ran</c>

00:05:22.180 --> 00:05:22.959
through<00:05:22.500><c> the</c><00:05:22.680><c> center</c>

00:05:22.959 --> 00:05:27.220
of<00:05:23.180><c> another</c><00:05:23.439><c> wheel</c><00:05:23.819><c> below.</c><00:05:25.740><c> The</c><00:05:25.980><c> lower</c><00:05:26.160><c> wheel</c><00:05:26.459><c> was</c><00:05:26.860><c> heavier</c>

00:05:27.220 --> 00:05:29.740
to<00:05:27.500><c> give</c><00:05:27.699><c> momentum</c><00:05:28.180><c> as</c><00:05:28.620><c> the</c><00:05:28.879><c> potter</c><00:05:29.519><c> spun</c>

00:05:29.740 --> 00:05:34.879
it<00:05:29.920><c> by</c><00:05:30.279><c> hand.</c><00:05:33.060><c> And</c><00:05:33.279><c> after</c><00:05:33.480><c> the</c><00:05:33.680><c> vessel</c><00:05:33.899><c> had</c><00:05:34.100><c> been</c><00:05:34.399><c> shaped</c><00:05:34.660><c> on</c>

00:05:34.879 --> 00:05:37.779
the<00:05:35.060><c> wheel,</c><00:05:36.360><c> it</c><00:05:36.500><c> was</c><00:05:36.759><c> allowed</c><00:05:37.060><c> to</c><00:05:37.459><c> dry</c>

00:05:37.779 --> 00:05:42.939
until<00:05:38.079><c> it</c><00:05:38.480><c> had</c><00:05:38.660><c> become</c><00:05:39.060><c> about</c><00:05:39.339><c> as</c><00:05:39.680><c> hard</c><00:05:39.939><c> as</c><00:05:40.459><c> leather.</c><00:05:42.459><c> So</c><00:05:42.639><c> again,</c><00:05:42.800><c> it</c>

00:05:42.939 --> 00:05:44.579
was<00:05:43.240><c> exposed</c><00:05:43.899><c> to</c><00:05:44.139><c> the</c><00:05:44.339><c> elements.</c>

00:05:44.579 --> 00:05:51.420
It<00:05:44.720><c> was</c><00:05:44.939><c> set</c><00:05:45.199><c> to</c><00:05:45.459><c> one</c><00:05:45.800><c> side</c><00:05:46.199><c> for</c><00:05:46.519><c> a</c><00:05:46.699><c> time.</c><00:05:49.939><c> The</c><00:05:50.139><c> vessel</c><00:05:50.360><c> was</c><00:05:50.620><c> then</c><00:05:50.800><c> returned</c><00:05:51.220><c> to</c>

00:05:51.420 --> 00:05:52.379
the<00:05:51.560><c> wheel</c><00:05:51.779><c> and</c><00:05:52.139><c> shaped</c>

00:05:52.379 --> 00:05:58.399
further,<00:05:52.839><c> now</c><00:05:53.160><c> with</c><00:05:53.339><c> a</c><00:05:53.540><c> cutting</c><00:05:53.800><c> tool.</c><00:05:57.279><c> In</c><00:05:57.480><c> some</c><00:05:57.699><c> cases,</c><00:05:58.240><c> the</c>

00:05:58.399 --> 00:06:00.519
vessel<00:05:58.680><c> was</c><00:05:59.180><c> rubbed</c><00:05:59.480><c> by</c><00:05:59.759><c> a</c><00:06:00.019><c> shard</c><00:06:00.339><c> to</c>

00:06:00.519 --> 00:06:04.120
give<00:06:00.680><c> it</c><00:06:00.879><c> a</c><00:06:01.019><c> shiny</c><00:06:01.300><c> surface</c><00:06:01.740><c> after</c><00:06:02.100><c> firing.</c><00:06:03.560><c> This</c><00:06:03.740><c> part</c><00:06:03.959><c> of</c>

00:06:04.120 --> 00:06:06.519
the<00:06:04.279><c> process</c><00:06:04.560><c> was</c><00:06:04.860><c> called</c><00:06:05.339><c> burnishing,</c>

00:06:06.620 --> 00:06:11.060
shining.<00:06:07.939><c> In</c><00:06:08.100><c> other</c><00:06:08.259><c> cases,</c><00:06:08.899><c> articles</c><00:06:09.259><c> were</c><00:06:09.519><c> given</c><00:06:09.899><c> a</c><00:06:10.300><c> coating</c><00:06:10.560><c> or</c><00:06:10.860><c> a</c>

00:06:11.060 --> 00:06:13.160
slip<00:06:11.180><c> of</c><00:06:11.519><c> fine</c><00:06:11.759><c> clay</c><00:06:12.259><c> prior</c><00:06:12.819><c> to</c>

00:06:13.160 --> 00:06:18.740
being<00:06:13.339><c> sent</c><00:06:13.699><c> to</c><00:06:13.939><c> the</c><00:06:14.120><c> furnace</c><00:06:14.519><c> to</c><00:06:15.480><c> glaze</c><00:06:15.740><c> them.</c><00:06:18.040><c> And</c><00:06:18.319><c> finally,</c>

00:06:19.199 --> 00:06:21.600
the<00:06:19.360><c> vessel</c><00:06:19.620><c> was</c><00:06:20.000><c> baked</c><00:06:20.300><c> in</c><00:06:20.560><c> a</c><00:06:20.699><c> furnace.</c>

00:06:22.279 --> 00:06:25.100
And<00:06:22.480><c> it</c><00:06:22.540><c> was</c><00:06:22.759><c> at</c><00:06:23.000><c> that</c><00:06:23.339><c> point,</c><00:06:23.740><c> that</c><00:06:23.980><c> stage</c><00:06:24.319><c> in</c><00:06:24.519><c> the</c><00:06:24.660><c> process,</c>

00:06:25.199 --> 00:06:27.439
that<00:06:25.339><c> the</c><00:06:25.579><c> water</c><00:06:26.100><c> that</c><00:06:26.600><c> formed</c><00:06:26.879><c> a</c><00:06:27.199><c> part</c>

00:06:27.439 --> 00:06:34.160
of<00:06:27.660><c> the</c><00:06:27.819><c> nature</c><00:06:28.100><c> of</c><00:06:28.279><c> that</c><00:06:28.480><c> clay</c><00:06:28.740><c> from</c><00:06:29.000><c> the</c><00:06:29.079><c> very</c><00:06:29.339><c> beginning</c><00:06:29.839><c> was</c><00:06:30.699><c> completely</c><00:06:31.459><c> removed.</c><00:06:33.079><c> And</c><00:06:33.300><c> what</c><00:06:33.439><c> was</c><00:06:33.699><c> up</c><00:06:33.879><c> to</c>

00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.019
that<00:06:34.480><c> time</c><00:06:34.819><c> permeable</c><00:06:35.839><c> by</c><00:06:36.339><c> water</c><00:06:37.060><c> from</c><00:06:37.620><c> that</c><00:06:38.000><c> time</c><00:06:38.379><c> forward</c>

00:06:39.019 --> 00:06:42.759
was<00:06:39.839><c> impermeable.</c><00:06:41.560><c> Water</c><00:06:41.959><c> could</c><00:06:42.240><c> no</c><00:06:42.500><c> more</c>

00:06:42.759 --> 00:06:49.540
enter<00:06:43.079><c> that</c><00:06:43.639><c> vessel</c><00:06:44.199><c> and</c><00:06:45.040><c> permeate</c><00:06:45.939><c> the</c><00:06:46.240><c> clay</c><00:06:46.379><c> itself.</c><00:06:49.420><c> It</c>

00:06:49.540 --> 00:06:51.860
was<00:06:49.860><c> finally</c><00:06:50.180><c> then</c><00:06:50.720><c> that</c><00:06:50.959><c> the</c><00:06:51.120><c> vessel</c><00:06:51.339><c> itself</c>

00:06:51.860 --> 00:07:00.680
was<00:06:52.100><c> ready</c><00:06:52.360><c> for</c><00:06:52.699><c> its</c><00:06:53.300><c> intended</c><00:06:53.699><c> use.</c><00:06:58.540><c> The</c><00:06:58.720><c> clay</c><00:06:59.279><c> that</c><00:06:59.879><c> was</c><00:07:00.120><c> used</c><00:07:00.399><c> by</c>

00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:03.720
the<00:07:00.839><c> Israelite</c><00:07:01.339><c> potter</c><00:07:02.139><c> was</c><00:07:03.220><c> usually</c>

00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:10.459
a<00:07:04.220><c> red</c><00:07:04.500><c> variety.</c><00:07:05.939><c> Interesting</c><00:07:06.639><c> color,</c><00:07:07.100><c> isn't</c><00:07:07.220><c> it?</c><00:07:08.720><c> Taken</c><00:07:09.079><c> from</c><00:07:09.360><c> just</c><00:07:09.740><c> below</c><00:07:10.240><c> the</c>

00:07:10.459 --> 00:07:12.079
surface<00:07:10.819><c> of</c><00:07:11.040><c> the</c><00:07:11.240><c> soil.</c>

00:07:12.329 --> 00:07:15.579
If<00:07:12.620><c> the</c><00:07:12.839><c> clay</c><00:07:12.980><c> was</c><00:07:13.300><c> to</c><00:07:13.459><c> be</c><00:07:13.660><c> used</c><00:07:13.879><c> for</c><00:07:14.199><c> cooking</c><00:07:14.500><c> pots,</c><00:07:15.300><c> crushed</c>

00:07:15.579 --> 00:07:17.519
limestone<00:07:16.199><c> was</c><00:07:16.519><c> added</c><00:07:16.839><c> so</c><00:07:17.079><c> that</c><00:07:17.220><c> it</c><00:07:17.319><c> could</c>

00:07:17.519 --> 00:07:24.959
withstand<00:07:18.120><c> the</c><00:07:18.399><c> heat</c><00:07:18.720><c> of</c><00:07:19.439><c> a</c><00:07:19.600><c> cooking</c><00:07:19.839><c> oven.</c><00:07:22.839><c> Clay</c><00:07:22.959><c> is</c><00:07:23.180><c> a</c><00:07:23.399><c> common</c><00:07:23.600><c> substance</c><00:07:24.100><c> present</c><00:07:24.639><c> in</c>

00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:25.660
most<00:07:25.220><c> kinds</c>

00:07:25.660 --> 00:07:30.920
of<00:07:25.980><c> soil.</c><00:07:27.300><c> It</c><00:07:27.459><c> is</c><00:07:27.680><c> an</c><00:07:27.959><c> extremely</c><00:07:28.319><c> small</c><00:07:28.879><c> particle</c><00:07:29.420><c> that</c><00:07:30.000><c> measures</c><00:07:30.439><c> less</c>

00:07:30.920 --> 00:07:34.060
than<00:07:31.240><c> four</c><00:07:31.699><c> microns.</c><00:07:33.740><c> And</c>

00:07:34.060 --> 00:07:37.660
for<00:07:34.279><c> most</c><00:07:34.560><c> of</c><00:07:34.740><c> us</c><00:07:34.899><c> who</c><00:07:35.079><c> aren't</c><00:07:35.339><c> scientifically</c><00:07:36.000><c> oriented,</c><00:07:37.180><c> that</c><00:07:37.420><c> is</c>

00:07:37.660 --> 00:07:41.560
.000157<00:07:40.519><c> of</c><00:07:40.699><c> an</c><00:07:40.959><c> inch</c><00:07:41.079><c> in</c><00:07:41.319><c> diameter.</c>

00:07:41.579 --> 00:07:50.199
Not<00:07:42.639><c> very</c><00:07:42.959><c> big.</c><00:07:44.139><c> It's</c><00:07:44.319><c> 1</c><00:07:44.660><c>.510</c><00:07:46.000><c> thousandths</c><00:07:46.899><c> of</c><00:07:47.060><c> an</c><00:07:47.240><c> inch.</c><00:07:48.019><c> Very,</c><00:07:48.699><c> very,</c><00:07:49.439><c> very</c>

00:07:50.199 --> 00:07:53.420
tiny.<00:07:51.680><c> Very</c><00:07:52.120><c> insignificant.</c>

00:07:55.500 --> 00:08:02.680
Clay<00:07:55.639><c> is</c><00:07:55.879><c> formed</c><00:07:56.220><c> by</c><00:07:56.579><c> tiny</c><00:07:56.980><c> sheet</c><00:07:57.339><c>-like</c><00:07:57.579><c> particles</c><00:07:58.259><c> of</c><00:07:58.819><c> alumina</c><00:07:59.199><c> and</c><00:07:59.500><c> silica</c><00:08:00.259><c> bound</c><00:08:00.879><c> together</c><00:08:01.339><c> by</c><00:08:01.639><c> water.</c>

00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:07.040
And<00:08:03.639><c> clay</c><00:08:03.759><c> itself</c><00:08:04.240><c> plays</c><00:08:04.639><c> a</c><00:08:04.920><c> vital</c><00:08:05.240><c> role</c><00:08:05.560><c> in</c><00:08:05.819><c> agriculture.</c><00:08:06.879><c> It</c>

00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.560
absorbs<00:08:07.420><c> gases</c><00:08:07.920><c> needed</c><00:08:08.300><c> for</c><00:08:08.540><c> the</c><00:08:08.660><c> growth</c><00:08:08.899><c> of</c>

00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.959
soil.<00:08:11.959><c> It</c><00:08:11.959><c> can</c><00:08:11.959><c> retain</c><00:08:11.959><c> fertilizing</c><00:08:12.699><c> substances.</c><00:08:14.459><c> Without</c>

00:08:14.959 --> 00:08:18.000
clay,<00:08:16.199><c> soils</c><00:08:16.420><c> could</c><00:08:16.779><c> not</c><00:08:17.019><c> retain</c><00:08:17.459><c> sufficient</c>

00:08:18.000 --> 00:08:22.639
fertility<00:08:18.500><c> from</c><00:08:18.819><c> year</c><00:08:19.040><c> to</c><00:08:19.220><c> year.</c><00:08:21.480><c> There</c><00:08:22.019><c> are</c><00:08:22.199><c> two</c><00:08:22.399><c> different</c>

00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:25.420
types<00:08:23.019><c> of</c><00:08:23.300><c> clay.</c><00:08:24.720><c> The</c><00:08:24.879><c> difference</c><00:08:25.160><c> being</c>

00:08:25.420 --> 00:08:30.779
based<00:08:25.839><c> on</c><00:08:26.079><c> how</c><00:08:26.439><c> clay</c><00:08:26.920><c> responds</c><00:08:27.680><c> to</c><00:08:27.959><c> water.</c><00:08:29.759><c> Expandable</c><00:08:30.360><c> clay</c>

00:08:30.779 --> 00:08:33.720
swells<00:08:31.560><c> when</c><00:08:31.800><c> water</c><00:08:32.179><c> is</c><00:08:32.539><c> added</c><00:08:32.899><c> and</c><00:08:33.299><c> it</c><00:08:33.539><c> can</c>

00:08:33.720 --> 00:08:37.879
absorb<00:08:34.159><c> so</c><00:08:34.580><c> much</c><00:08:34.779><c> that</c><00:08:34.940><c> it</c><00:08:35.059><c> becomes</c><00:08:35.360><c> a</c><00:08:35.600><c> liquid.</c><00:08:37.120><c> This</c><00:08:37.399><c> type</c><00:08:37.659><c> of</c>

00:08:37.879 --> 00:08:39.940
clay<00:08:38.100><c> is</c><00:08:38.360><c> used</c><00:08:38.639><c> in</c><00:08:38.820><c> modern</c><00:08:39.379><c> industrial</c>

00:08:39.940 --> 00:08:45.000
applications<00:08:40.659><c> to</c><00:08:41.580><c> fill</c><00:08:41.879><c> oil</c><00:08:42.259><c> wells</c><00:08:42.740><c> where</c><00:08:44.179><c> it</c><00:08:44.340><c> is</c><00:08:44.559><c> pumped</c><00:08:44.740><c> in</c>

00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:47.559
after<00:08:45.279><c> the</c><00:08:45.539><c> crude</c><00:08:45.700><c> oil</c><00:08:46.000><c> is</c><00:08:46.220><c> removed.</c>

00:08:48.580 --> 00:08:52.100
Non<00:08:48.779><c>-expandable</c><00:08:49.500><c> clay</c><00:08:49.799><c> becomes</c><00:08:50.279><c> soft</c><00:08:50.840><c> but</c><00:08:51.220><c> not</c><00:08:51.519><c> liquid</c><00:08:51.860><c> when</c>

00:08:52.100 --> 00:08:55.299
water<00:08:52.440><c> is</c><00:08:52.759><c> added.</c><00:08:53.919><c> And</c><00:08:54.120><c> it</c><00:08:54.220><c> is</c><00:08:54.500><c> this</c><00:08:54.779><c> clay</c><00:08:55.100><c> that</c>

00:08:55.299 --> 00:09:02.240
is<00:08:55.519><c> used</c><00:08:55.899><c> by</c><00:08:56.159><c> the</c><00:08:56.360><c> potter.</c><00:08:59.220><c> Clay</c><00:08:59.500><c> uses</c><00:08:59.860><c> the</c><00:09:00.139><c> water</c><00:09:00.419><c> to</c><00:09:00.720><c> bind</c><00:09:01.039><c> essential</c><00:09:01.539><c> elements</c><00:09:01.960><c> to</c>

00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:03.940
it<00:09:02.919><c> and</c><00:09:03.440><c> it</c><00:09:03.679><c> plays</c>

00:09:03.940 --> 00:09:09.799
an<00:09:04.080><c> essential</c><00:09:04.559><c> role</c><00:09:04.980><c> in</c><00:09:05.159><c> sustaining</c><00:09:05.580><c> life</c><00:09:06.159><c> in</c><00:09:06.519><c> soil.</c><00:09:09.440><c> As</c><00:09:09.600><c> we</c>

00:09:09.799 --> 00:09:11.639
mentioned<00:09:10.019><c> before,</c><00:09:10.840><c> the</c><00:09:11.019><c> heating</c><00:09:11.240><c> of</c><00:09:11.440><c> the</c>

00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.919
oven<00:09:11.919><c> removes</c><00:09:12.620><c> the</c><00:09:12.940><c> water</c><00:09:13.200><c> from</c><00:09:13.440><c> the</c><00:09:13.679><c> clay.</c><00:09:14.980><c> It</c><00:09:15.139><c> then</c><00:09:15.399><c> becomes</c>

00:09:15.919 --> 00:09:19.059
permanently<00:09:16.480><c> hard</c><00:09:17.120><c> and</c><00:09:18.059><c> cannot</c><00:09:18.360><c> be</c><00:09:18.700><c> softened</c>

00:09:19.059 --> 00:09:24.480
again<00:09:19.580><c> by</c><00:09:20.879><c> adding</c><00:09:21.159><c> water.</c><00:09:22.980><c> Now</c><00:09:23.320><c> let's</c><00:09:23.460><c> review</c><00:09:23.720><c> very</c><00:09:24.059><c> briefly</c>

00:09:24.480 --> 00:09:27.759
the<00:09:25.120><c> steps</c><00:09:25.600><c> again</c><00:09:26.059><c> that</c><00:09:26.259><c> the</c><00:09:26.500><c> potter</c><00:09:26.740><c> took</c>

00:09:28.009 --> 00:09:34.639
as<00:09:28.299><c> he</c><00:09:28.620><c> formed</c><00:09:29.100><c> the</c><00:09:29.480><c> vessel.</c><00:09:31.639><c> The</c><00:09:31.820><c> first</c><00:09:32.039><c> step</c><00:09:32.299><c> was</c><00:09:32.679><c> to</c><00:09:33.039><c> find</c><00:09:33.539><c> and</c><00:09:33.940><c> to</c><00:09:34.179><c> gather</c><00:09:34.440><c> a</c>

00:09:34.639 --> 00:09:38.159
batch<00:09:34.879><c> of</c><00:09:35.179><c> clay.</c><00:09:38.000><c> The</c>

00:09:38.159 --> 00:09:43.639
next<00:09:38.419><c> step</c><00:09:38.600><c> was</c><00:09:39.120><c> weathering</c><00:09:39.720><c> by</c><00:09:39.919><c> the</c><00:09:40.139><c> natural</c><00:09:40.440><c> elements.</c><00:09:42.220><c> That</c><00:09:42.419><c> process</c><00:09:42.899><c> took</c><00:09:43.360><c> a</c>

00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:47.279
year<00:09:43.860><c> or</c><00:09:44.059><c> two.</c><00:09:46.720><c> The</c><00:09:47.000><c> next</c>

00:09:47.279 --> 00:09:51.399
step<00:09:47.480><c> was</c><00:09:48.039><c> kneading</c><00:09:48.720><c> the</c><00:09:48.960><c> clay,</c><00:09:49.279><c> sometimes</c><00:09:49.820><c> by</c><00:09:50.220><c> treading,</c><00:09:50.879><c> beginning</c><00:09:51.059><c> to</c>

00:09:51.399 --> 00:09:53.000
work<00:09:51.600><c> that</c><00:09:51.960><c> clay</c><00:09:52.279><c> and</c><00:09:52.500><c> to</c><00:09:52.740><c> soften</c>

00:09:53.000 --> 00:10:00.840
it.<00:09:55.019><c> The</c><00:09:55.419><c> next</c><00:09:55.600><c> step</c><00:09:55.879><c> was</c><00:09:56.580><c> shaping</c><00:09:57.120><c> on</c><00:09:57.700><c> the</c><00:09:57.899><c> wheel.</c><00:10:00.399><c> The</c><00:10:00.559><c> next</c>

00:10:00.840 --> 00:10:03.340
step<00:10:01.039><c> was</c><00:10:01.519><c> drying</c><00:10:02.080><c> that</c><00:10:02.700><c> vessel</c><00:10:03.080><c> that</c>

00:10:03.340 --> 00:10:10.100
had<00:10:03.559><c> begun</c><00:10:03.960><c> to</c><00:10:04.200><c> be</c><00:10:04.480><c> formed.</c><00:10:07.539><c> The</c><00:10:07.799><c> next</c><00:10:08.100><c> step,</c><00:10:08.360><c> there</c><00:10:08.559><c> was</c><00:10:08.779><c> a</c><00:10:09.000><c> further</c><00:10:09.340><c> shaping</c><00:10:09.820><c> on</c>

00:10:10.100 --> 00:10:11.840
the<00:10:10.299><c> wheel,</c><00:10:11.620><c> using</c>

00:10:11.840 --> 00:10:19.259
in<00:10:12.080><c> some</c><00:10:12.299><c> instances</c><00:10:12.820><c> a</c><00:10:13.419><c> cutting</c><00:10:13.700><c> tool.</c><00:10:16.440><c> The</c><00:10:16.679><c> next</c><00:10:16.940><c> step,</c><00:10:18.299><c> burnishing</c><00:10:18.820><c> or</c>

00:10:19.259 --> 00:10:20.500
finishing<00:10:19.720><c> the</c><00:10:20.039><c> outside</c>

00:10:20.500 --> 00:10:29.179
surface.<00:10:23.340><c> Next</c><00:10:23.840><c> step,</c><00:10:24.700><c> baked</c><00:10:24.960><c> in</c><00:10:25.220><c> the</c><00:10:25.379><c> furnace</c><00:10:25.799><c> and</c><00:10:27.539><c> then</c><00:10:27.799><c> finally</c><00:10:28.159><c> delivered</c><00:10:28.799><c> for</c>

00:10:29.179 --> 00:10:31.919
use.<00:10:31.320><c> Each</c><00:10:31.679><c> step</c>

00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:37.899
of<00:10:32.100><c> the</c><00:10:32.340><c> process</c><00:10:32.919><c> requires</c><00:10:33.759><c> the</c><00:10:34.179><c> involvement</c><00:10:34.639><c> of</c><00:10:35.019><c> the</c><00:10:35.279><c> potter.</c><00:10:36.860><c> Sometimes</c><00:10:37.440><c> hands</c>

00:10:37.899 --> 00:10:40.320
on,<00:10:39.559><c> sometimes</c>

00:10:40.320 --> 00:10:46.799
hands<00:10:40.779><c> off,</c><00:10:42.580><c> but</c><00:10:42.779><c> always</c><00:10:43.259><c> involved.</c><00:10:45.580><c> It</c><00:10:45.759><c> is</c><00:10:46.000><c> the</c><00:10:46.299><c> potter</c><00:10:46.639><c> who</c>

00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:48.539
makes<00:10:47.080><c> the</c><00:10:47.360><c> decisions</c><00:10:47.860><c> as</c><00:10:48.240><c> to</c><00:10:48.399><c> when</c>

00:10:48.539 --> 00:10:52.820
the<00:10:48.720><c> next</c><00:10:48.940><c> step</c><00:10:49.220><c> in</c><00:10:49.360><c> the</c><00:10:49.539><c> process</c><00:10:49.960><c> needs</c><00:10:50.299><c> to</c><00:10:50.519><c> be</c><00:10:50.700><c> taken.</c><00:10:52.059><c> He</c><00:10:52.220><c> needs</c><00:10:52.559><c> to</c>

00:10:52.820 --> 00:10:54.779
look<00:10:53.100><c> at</c><00:10:53.960><c> whatever</c><00:10:54.320><c> step</c><00:10:54.620><c> in</c>

00:10:54.779 --> 00:10:58.340
the<00:10:54.940><c> process</c><00:10:55.360><c> he</c><00:10:55.500><c> is</c><00:10:55.740><c> in,</c><00:10:55.879><c> either</c><00:10:56.080><c> at</c><00:10:56.279><c> the</c><00:10:56.480><c> clay</c><00:10:56.759><c> or</c><00:10:57.000><c> at</c><00:10:57.240><c> the</c><00:10:57.700><c> formation</c><00:10:58.159><c> of</c>

00:10:58.340 --> 00:10:59.139
the<00:10:58.440><c> vessel</c><00:10:58.639><c> itself</c><00:10:58.940><c> and</c>

00:10:59.139 --> 00:11:03.559
he<00:10:59.419><c> needs</c><00:10:59.720><c> to</c><00:10:59.940><c> decide,</c><00:11:00.399><c> yes,</c><00:11:01.580><c> it</c><00:11:01.759><c> is</c><00:11:01.940><c> now</c><00:11:02.179><c> time</c><00:11:02.600><c> to</c><00:11:02.960><c> go</c><00:11:03.240><c> to</c><00:11:03.440><c> the</c>

00:11:03.559 --> 00:11:07.539
next<00:11:03.820><c> step.</c><00:11:05.559><c> He</c><00:11:06.039><c> exercises</c><00:11:06.820><c> sovereignty</c>

00:11:07.539 --> 00:11:14.440
over<00:11:07.960><c> the</c><00:11:08.220><c> clay</c><00:11:08.480><c> each</c><00:11:09.100><c> step</c><00:11:09.399><c> of</c><00:11:09.620><c> the</c><00:11:09.779><c> way.</c><00:11:13.059><c> And</c><00:11:13.360><c> there</c><00:11:13.500><c> is</c><00:11:13.720><c> progress</c><00:11:14.240><c> in</c>

00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:17.679
the<00:11:14.639><c> process</c><00:11:15.059><c> as</c><00:11:15.360><c> well.</c><00:11:17.159><c> Steps</c>

00:11:17.679 --> 00:11:24.799
cannot<00:11:18.019><c> be</c><00:11:18.360><c> omitted.</c><00:11:20.039><c> The</c><00:11:20.320><c> order</c><00:11:20.720><c> cannot</c><00:11:21.220><c> be</c><00:11:21.679><c> changed.</c><00:11:24.480><c> The</c>

00:11:24.799 --> 00:11:27.259
process<00:11:25.159><c> must</c><00:11:25.500><c> be</c><00:11:26.000><c> followed</c><00:11:26.240><c> in</c><00:11:26.480><c> its</c><00:11:26.820><c> entirety</c>

00:11:27.259 --> 00:11:33.200
for<00:11:27.600><c> the</c><00:11:27.840><c> finished</c><00:11:28.159><c> product</c><00:11:28.679><c> to</c><00:11:28.879><c> be</c><00:11:29.059><c> useful.</c><00:11:31.860><c> And</c><00:11:32.220><c> we</c><00:11:32.299><c> will</c><00:11:32.460><c> come</c><00:11:32.720><c> back</c><00:11:32.980><c> to</c>

00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:35.100
this<00:11:33.480><c> process</c><00:11:34.039><c> as</c><00:11:34.519><c> the</c><00:11:34.960><c> week</c>

00:11:35.100 --> 00:11:40.639
goes<00:11:35.419><c> on</c><00:11:36.039><c> and</c><00:11:37.539><c> look</c><00:11:38.159><c> at</c><00:11:38.379><c> it</c><00:11:38.580><c> in</c><00:11:38.679><c> some</c><00:11:38.899><c> detail</c><00:11:39.320><c> and</c><00:11:39.480><c> then</c><00:11:39.700><c> attempt</c><00:11:39.960><c> to</c><00:11:40.279><c> see</c>

00:11:40.639 --> 00:11:42.340
relationships<00:11:41.399><c> in</c><00:11:41.840><c> our</c><00:11:42.100><c> own</c>

00:11:42.340 --> 00:11:46.679
lives<00:11:42.700><c> as</c><00:11:43.019><c> we</c><00:11:43.820><c> are</c><00:11:44.139><c> worked</c><00:11:44.440><c> under</c><00:11:44.759><c> the</c><00:11:44.980><c> hand</c><00:11:45.279><c> of</c><00:11:45.460><c> the</c><00:11:45.700><c> potter.</c>

00:11:48.720 --> 00:11:51.539
I'd<00:11:49.200><c> like</c><00:11:49.340><c> before</c><00:11:49.740><c> we</c><00:11:49.960><c> look</c><00:11:50.159><c> at</c><00:11:50.259><c> some</c><00:11:50.460><c> of</c><00:11:50.580><c> the</c><00:11:50.779><c> passages</c><00:11:51.120><c> about</c>

00:11:51.539 --> 00:11:55.100
the<00:11:51.820><c> potter</c><00:11:52.200><c> in</c><00:11:52.460><c> scripture</c><00:11:52.960><c> to</c><00:11:54.379><c> have</c><00:11:54.840><c> you</c>

00:11:55.100 --> 00:12:00.240
in<00:11:55.179><c> your</c><00:11:55.460><c> mind's</c><00:11:55.980><c> eye</c><00:11:56.360><c> picture</c><00:11:56.960><c> the</c><00:11:57.700><c> potter</c><00:11:58.179><c> at</c><00:11:58.519><c> work</c><00:11:59.000><c> in</c><00:12:00.000><c> the</c>

00:12:00.240 --> 00:12:02.740
stage<00:12:00.539><c> where</c><00:12:00.740><c> he</c><00:12:01.000><c> is</c><00:12:01.340><c> forming</c><00:12:01.879><c> the</c><00:12:02.480><c> vessel</c>

00:12:02.740 --> 00:12:05.799
on<00:12:02.960><c> the</c><00:12:03.100><c> wheel.</c><00:12:03.779><c> Just</c><00:12:04.059><c> a</c><00:12:04.179><c> visual</c><00:12:04.519><c> picture.</c><00:12:04.980><c> I'd</c><00:12:05.200><c> like</c><00:12:05.299><c> you</c><00:12:05.419><c> just</c><00:12:05.600><c> to</c>

00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:07.860
think<00:12:05.919><c> about</c><00:12:06.200><c> that.</c><00:12:07.559><c> And</c><00:12:07.679><c> I'd</c><00:12:07.820><c> like</c>

00:12:07.860 --> 00:12:10.519
you<00:12:07.940><c> to</c><00:12:08.059><c> focus</c><00:12:08.419><c> at</c><00:12:08.740><c> a</c><00:12:09.000><c> couple</c><00:12:09.240><c> of</c><00:12:09.440><c> different</c><00:12:09.639><c> parts</c><00:12:10.039><c> of</c><00:12:10.240><c> that</c>

00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:15.019
picture.<00:12:13.159><c> Picture</c><00:12:13.539><c> the</c><00:12:13.960><c> vessel</c><00:12:14.320><c> itself</c>

00:12:15.019 --> 00:12:20.899
as<00:12:15.299><c> it's</c><00:12:15.539><c> being</c><00:12:15.980><c> molded</c><00:12:16.480><c> and</c><00:12:16.799><c> changed</c><00:12:17.220><c> and</c><00:12:17.639><c> formed</c><00:12:17.919><c> by</c><00:12:18.139><c> the</c><00:12:18.360><c> potter.</c><00:12:20.700><c> As</c>

00:12:20.899 --> 00:12:23.360
it<00:12:21.159><c> begins</c><00:12:21.740><c> on</c><00:12:22.500><c> the</c><00:12:22.700><c> wheel</c><00:12:22.960><c> it's</c>

00:12:23.360 --> 00:12:28.720
a<00:12:23.580><c> blob</c><00:12:23.759><c> of</c><00:12:24.080><c> clay.</c><00:12:26.539><c> As</c><00:12:26.820><c> it</c><00:12:27.000><c> leaves</c><00:12:27.360><c> the</c><00:12:27.620><c> wheel</c><00:12:27.879><c> it</c><00:12:28.000><c> has</c><00:12:28.259><c> become</c>

00:12:28.720 --> 00:12:31.960
a<00:12:29.039><c> vessel.</c><00:12:30.480><c> You</c><00:12:30.740><c> can</c><00:12:30.919><c> begin</c><00:12:31.100><c> to</c><00:12:31.399><c> recognize</c>

00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:35.059
form<00:12:32.480><c> and</c><00:12:32.799><c> shape.</c><00:12:33.100><c> You</c><00:12:33.259><c> can</c><00:12:33.460><c> begin</c><00:12:33.679><c> to</c><00:12:33.960><c> guess</c><00:12:34.200><c> perhaps</c><00:12:34.679><c> at</c><00:12:34.879><c> the</c>

00:12:35.059 --> 00:12:38.100
function<00:12:35.580><c> of</c><00:12:36.879><c> that</c><00:12:37.179><c> vessel</c><00:12:37.500><c> that</c><00:12:37.679><c> is</c><00:12:37.779><c> being</c>

00:12:38.100 --> 00:12:45.659
formed.<00:12:39.799><c> So</c><00:12:39.980><c> in</c><00:12:40.120><c> your</c><00:12:40.379><c> mind's</c><00:12:40.799><c> eye</c><00:12:41.220><c> look</c><00:12:41.879><c> at</c><00:12:42.080><c> that</c><00:12:42.460><c> process</c><00:12:43.179><c> from</c><00:12:43.879><c> lump</c><00:12:44.559><c> to</c>

00:12:45.659 --> 00:12:49.600
vessel.<00:12:49.139><c> Now</c><00:12:49.299><c> I'd</c><00:12:49.500><c> like</c>

00:12:49.600 --> 00:12:55.940
you<00:12:49.759><c> to</c><00:12:49.899><c> focus</c><00:12:50.340><c> your</c><00:12:50.840><c> mind's</c><00:12:51.379><c> eye</c><00:12:51.600><c> on</c><00:12:51.799><c> the</c><00:12:52.039><c> hands</c><00:12:52.419><c> of</c><00:12:52.659><c> the</c><00:12:52.860><c> potter.</c><00:12:55.620><c> Part</c>

00:12:55.940 --> 00:12:57.899
of<00:12:56.460><c> what</c><00:12:56.639><c> he</c><00:12:56.840><c> does</c><00:12:57.220><c> is</c><00:12:57.460><c> moving</c>

00:12:57.899 --> 00:13:01.679
the<00:12:58.159><c> lower</c><00:12:58.720><c> wheel</c><00:12:59.259><c> to</c><00:12:59.480><c> give</c><00:12:59.659><c> momentum</c><00:13:00.240><c> and</c><00:13:00.740><c> then</c><00:13:01.100><c> his</c><00:13:01.320><c> hands</c>

00:13:01.679 --> 00:13:05.679
move<00:13:01.960><c> up</c><00:13:02.279><c> and</c><00:13:02.480><c> begin</c><00:13:02.679><c> to</c><00:13:03.039><c> form.</c><00:13:04.940><c> And</c><00:13:05.539><c> the</c>

00:13:05.679 --> 00:13:07.879
clay<00:13:05.799><c> still</c><00:13:06.080><c> needs</c><00:13:06.259><c> a</c><00:13:06.360><c> bit</c><00:13:06.539><c> of</c><00:13:06.740><c> moisture</c><00:13:07.100><c> and</c><00:13:07.299><c> so</c><00:13:07.419><c> from</c><00:13:07.639><c> time</c>

00:13:07.879 --> 00:13:10.600
to<00:13:08.059><c> time</c><00:13:08.360><c> he</c><00:13:08.519><c> will</c><00:13:08.740><c> dip</c><00:13:08.940><c> into</c><00:13:09.919><c> another</c>

00:13:10.600 --> 00:13:13.679
piece<00:13:10.919><c> of</c><00:13:11.200><c> pottery</c><00:13:11.440><c> that</c><00:13:11.659><c> now</c><00:13:11.919><c> contains</c><00:13:12.299><c> water</c><00:13:12.740><c> and</c><00:13:13.259><c> moisten</c>

00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:19.419
the<00:13:13.980><c> clay.</c><00:13:16.600><c> And</c><00:13:16.960><c> as</c><00:13:17.299><c> he</c><00:13:17.580><c> moisten</c><00:13:18.019><c> the</c><00:13:18.279><c> clay</c>

00:13:19.740 --> 00:13:26.399
some<00:13:20.039><c> of</c><00:13:20.240><c> the</c><00:13:20.320><c> clay</c><00:13:20.639><c> will</c><00:13:20.919><c> begin</c><00:13:21.220><c> to</c><00:13:22.080><c> form</c><00:13:22.340><c> on</c><00:13:22.559><c> his</c><00:13:22.899><c> hands.</c><00:13:26.019><c> And</c>

00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:27.879
even<00:13:26.860><c> as</c><00:13:27.279><c> he</c><00:13:27.759><c> stops</c><00:13:27.879><c> moving</c><00:13:27.879><c> the</c><00:13:27.879><c> clay</c>

00:13:27.899 --> 00:13:32.820
for<00:13:28.179><c> a</c><00:13:28.440><c> meal</c><00:13:28.620><c> and</c><00:13:28.820><c> tries</c><00:13:29.159><c> to</c><00:13:29.539><c> wash</c><00:13:29.940><c> that</c><00:13:30.480><c> silt</c><00:13:30.720><c> away</c><00:13:31.139><c> there</c><00:13:31.779><c> will</c><00:13:32.100><c> still</c><00:13:32.419><c> be</c>

00:13:32.820 --> 00:13:35.200
the<00:13:33.139><c> silt</c><00:13:33.580><c> of</c><00:13:34.440><c> those</c><00:13:34.860><c> fine</c>

00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:39.919
particles<00:13:35.840><c> in</c><00:13:36.019><c> his</c><00:13:36.299><c> hands.</c><00:13:38.139><c> If</c><00:13:38.240><c> you</c><00:13:38.320><c> could</c><00:13:38.460><c> look</c><00:13:38.580><c> at</c><00:13:38.840><c> his</c><00:13:39.159><c> fingernails</c><00:13:39.799><c> you</c>

00:13:39.919 --> 00:13:42.379
could<00:13:40.220><c> see</c><00:13:41.000><c> there's</c><00:13:42.080><c> clay</c>

00:13:42.379 --> 00:13:47.799
beneath<00:13:42.799><c> them.</c><00:13:43.940><c> He</c><00:13:44.200><c> is</c><00:13:44.460><c> so</c><00:13:44.879><c> involved</c><00:13:45.799><c> with</c><00:13:46.419><c> the</c><00:13:47.000><c> work</c><00:13:47.279><c> of</c><00:13:47.580><c> the</c>

00:13:47.799 --> 00:13:52.480
potter<00:13:48.980><c> that</c><00:13:50.159><c> his</c><00:13:50.340><c> hands</c><00:13:50.820><c> reflect</c><00:13:51.340><c> that.</c>

00:13:53.259 --> 00:13:58.240
And<00:13:53.899><c> we</c><00:13:54.080><c> will</c><00:13:54.320><c> again</c><00:13:54.700><c> come</c><00:13:54.980><c> back</c><00:13:55.299><c> to</c><00:13:55.460><c> that</c><00:13:56.039><c> visual</c><00:13:56.399><c> picture</c><00:13:56.899><c> of</c>

00:13:58.240 --> 00:14:01.779
both<00:13:58.740><c> the</c><00:13:59.059><c> clay</c><00:13:59.539><c> as</c><00:14:00.019><c> it</c><00:14:00.139><c> is</c><00:14:00.320><c> being</c><00:14:00.639><c> formed</c>

00:14:02.299 --> 00:14:07.639
and<00:14:02.620><c> the</c><00:14:02.860><c> hands</c><00:14:03.299><c> of</c><00:14:03.539><c> the</c><00:14:03.779><c> potter</c><00:14:04.120><c> as</c><00:14:04.399><c> he</c><00:14:04.779><c> shows</c><00:14:05.179><c> his</c><00:14:05.519><c> involvement</c><00:14:06.080><c> with</c><00:14:07.440><c> the</c>

00:14:07.639 --> 00:14:09.600
work<00:14:07.820><c> that</c><00:14:07.980><c> is</c><00:14:08.159><c> going</c><00:14:08.379><c> on.</c>

00:14:11.500 --> 00:14:15.159
Let's<00:14:11.620><c> take</c><00:14:11.919><c> a</c><00:14:12.279><c> brief</c><00:14:12.580><c> look</c><00:14:12.919><c> at</c><00:14:13.139><c> some</c><00:14:13.379><c> of</c><00:14:13.519><c> the</c><00:14:13.659><c> scriptures</c><00:14:14.059><c> that</c><00:14:14.700><c> speak</c><00:14:14.879><c> to</c>

00:14:15.159 --> 00:14:17.879
us<00:14:15.460><c> of</c><00:14:15.960><c> the</c><00:14:16.360><c> potter</c><00:14:16.659><c> and</c><00:14:16.820><c> the</c><00:14:17.080><c> clay.</c>

00:14:18.600 --> 00:14:24.820
The<00:14:19.320><c> word</c><00:14:19.620><c> potter</c><00:14:20.059><c> means</c><00:14:20.740><c> to</c><00:14:21.500><c> squeeze</c><00:14:22.039><c> into</c><00:14:22.399><c> a</c><00:14:22.659><c> shape,</c><00:14:23.720><c> to</c><00:14:23.879><c> mold</c><00:14:24.200><c> into</c><00:14:24.559><c> a</c>

00:14:24.820 --> 00:14:29.340
form,<00:14:26.200><c> to</c><00:14:26.279><c> determine,</c><00:14:28.080><c> to</c><00:14:28.259><c> fashion,</c>

00:14:29.440 --> 00:14:35.419
to<00:14:29.440><c> form,</c><00:14:30.100><c> to</c><00:14:30.240><c> frame,</c><00:14:31.220><c> to</c><00:14:31.379><c> make,</c><00:14:32.480><c> to</c><00:14:32.559><c> purpose.</c><00:14:34.759><c> And</c><00:14:34.940><c> just</c><00:14:35.200><c> by</c>

00:14:35.419 --> 00:14:36.919
the<00:14:35.659><c> definition</c><00:14:36.139><c> without</c><00:14:36.440><c> even</c><00:14:36.639><c> looking</c>

00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:42.940
at<00:14:37.120><c> scripture</c><00:14:37.559><c> we</c><00:14:38.700><c> need</c><00:14:39.019><c> to</c><00:14:39.240><c> come</c><00:14:39.440><c> away</c><00:14:39.840><c> with</c><00:14:40.139><c> a</c><00:14:40.419><c> sense</c><00:14:40.779><c> of</c><00:14:41.580><c> what</c><00:14:42.000><c> this</c><00:14:42.379><c> word</c><00:14:42.759><c> and</c>

00:14:42.940 --> 00:14:44.600
what<00:14:43.139><c> this</c><00:14:43.399><c> idea</c><00:14:43.740><c> involves.</c>

00:14:45.679 --> 00:14:55.299
It<00:14:46.399><c> involves</c><00:14:47.080><c> sovereignty.</c><00:14:49.960><c> It</c><00:14:50.080><c> involves</c><00:14:50.700><c> authority.</c><00:14:53.500><c> It</c><00:14:53.679><c> involves</c><00:14:54.200><c> one</c><00:14:54.679><c> who</c><00:14:54.960><c> is</c>

00:14:55.299 --> 00:14:57.000
in<00:14:55.679><c> control,</c><00:14:56.399><c> who</c><00:14:56.620><c> is</c>

00:14:57.000 --> 00:15:01.580
molding<00:14:57.659><c> and</c><00:14:58.019><c> forming</c><00:14:58.399><c> and</c><00:14:58.879><c> determining</c><00:14:59.379><c> and</c><00:15:00.360><c> purposing</c><00:15:00.879><c> in</c>

00:15:01.580 --> 00:15:05.620
the<00:15:01.820><c> vessel</c><00:15:02.159><c> he</c><00:15:02.399><c> is</c><00:15:02.639><c> forming.</c><00:15:04.980><c> And</c><00:15:05.259><c> there</c><00:15:05.440><c> is</c>

00:15:05.620 --> 00:15:08.340
an<00:15:05.820><c> emphasis,</c><00:15:06.220><c> there</c><00:15:06.399><c> is</c><00:15:06.620><c> a</c><00:15:06.779><c> focus</c><00:15:07.039><c> just</c><00:15:07.559><c> in</c><00:15:07.759><c> the</c><00:15:07.940><c> definition</c>

00:15:08.340 --> 00:15:12.519
of<00:15:08.559><c> the</c><00:15:08.720><c> word</c><00:15:08.879><c> itself</c><00:15:09.860><c> upon</c><00:15:11.360><c> the</c><00:15:12.019><c> power</c>

00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:19.639
and<00:15:12.879><c> the</c><00:15:13.120><c> omnipotence</c><00:15:14.120><c> and</c><00:15:14.399><c> the</c><00:15:14.759><c> sovereignty</c><00:15:15.139><c> of</c><00:15:15.460><c> the</c><00:15:15.679><c> potter.</c><00:15:18.620><c> Now,</c>

00:15:19.860 --> 00:15:22.840
we<00:15:20.120><c> can</c><00:15:21.220><c> think</c><00:15:21.940><c> about</c><00:15:22.259><c> that</c><00:15:22.639><c> in</c>

00:15:22.840 --> 00:15:27.240
an<00:15:23.039><c> intellectual</c><00:15:23.480><c> way.</c><00:15:25.500><c> We</c><00:15:25.620><c> can</c><00:15:26.100><c> pigeonhole</c><00:15:26.620><c> that</c><00:15:26.919><c> and</c><00:15:27.059><c> say,</c>

00:15:27.379 --> 00:15:29.399
yes,<00:15:27.539><c> that's</c><00:15:27.759><c> what</c><00:15:27.919><c> the</c><00:15:28.100><c> word</c><00:15:28.279><c> means.</c>

00:15:30.259 --> 00:15:35.919
It<00:15:30.360><c> can</c><00:15:30.539><c> be</c><00:15:30.700><c> part</c><00:15:30.879><c> of</c><00:15:31.100><c> our</c><00:15:31.399><c> head</c><00:15:31.639><c> knowledge.</c><00:15:34.539><c> But,</c><00:15:34.759><c> brethren</c><00:15:34.860><c> and</c><00:15:35.000><c> sisters,</c><00:15:35.279><c> this</c><00:15:35.500><c> is</c><00:15:35.799><c> a</c>

00:15:35.919 --> 00:15:36.580
problem<00:15:36.279><c> I</c>

00:15:36.580 --> 00:15:42.240
would<00:15:36.799><c> gently</c><00:15:37.419><c> suggest</c><00:15:38.039><c> that</c><00:15:38.240><c> we</c><00:15:38.399><c> sometimes</c><00:15:38.940><c> have</c><00:15:39.299><c> as</c><00:15:39.519><c> a</c><00:15:39.720><c> community.</c><00:15:42.039><c> We</c>

00:15:42.240 --> 00:15:44.019
have<00:15:42.440><c> wonderful</c><00:15:43.059><c> head</c><00:15:43.419><c> knowledge</c>

00:15:44.019 --> 00:15:50.100
but<00:15:45.240><c> sometimes</c><00:15:45.779><c> we</c><00:15:46.000><c> forget</c><00:15:46.419><c> the</c><00:15:46.820><c> heart</c><00:15:47.080><c> knowledge.</c><00:15:49.740><c> Because</c>

00:15:50.100 --> 00:15:53.159
to<00:15:50.519><c> say</c><00:15:50.840><c> he</c><00:15:51.080><c> is</c><00:15:51.399><c> sovereign</c><00:15:51.840><c> and</c><00:15:52.519><c> to</c><00:15:52.679><c> be</c><00:15:52.840><c> able</c>

00:15:53.159 --> 00:15:59.580
to<00:15:53.820><c> look</c><00:15:54.080><c> at</c><00:15:54.360><c> the</c><00:15:54.879><c> definition</c><00:15:55.580><c> in</c><00:15:56.679><c> scripture</c><00:15:57.179><c> is</c><00:15:59.120><c> a</c><00:15:59.320><c> different</c>

00:15:59.580 --> 00:16:02.340
thing<00:16:00.019><c> than</c><00:16:00.580><c> really</c><00:16:01.360><c> believing</c><00:16:01.860><c> it</c>

00:16:02.340 --> 00:16:08.600
deep<00:16:02.740><c> down</c><00:16:03.259><c> inside.</c><00:16:06.200><c> To</c><00:16:06.419><c> read</c><00:16:06.659><c> the</c><00:16:06.840><c> verse,</c><00:16:07.440><c> not</c><00:16:07.480><c> my</c><00:16:08.000><c> will</c><00:16:08.299><c> but</c>

00:16:08.600 --> 00:16:13.659
thine<00:16:08.980><c> be</c><00:16:09.220><c> done,</c><00:16:10.440><c> is</c><00:16:10.659><c> one</c><00:16:11.019><c> thing.</c><00:16:13.059><c> To</c><00:16:13.360><c> say</c>

00:16:13.659 --> 00:16:18.259
that<00:16:14.039><c> verse</c><00:16:14.620><c> at</c><00:16:15.759><c> the</c><00:16:15.980><c> depths</c><00:16:16.240><c> of</c><00:16:16.519><c> our</c><00:16:16.740><c> being</c><00:16:17.220><c> and</c><00:16:17.799><c> with</c><00:16:18.039><c> real</c>

00:16:18.259 --> 00:16:23.259
meaning<00:16:18.779><c> is</c><00:16:19.659><c> entirely</c><00:16:20.120><c> different.</c><00:16:22.919><c> And</c><00:16:23.139><c> part</c>

00:16:23.259 --> 00:16:28.519
of<00:16:23.419><c> the</c><00:16:23.620><c> problem</c><00:16:23.940><c> I</c><00:16:24.139><c> think</c><00:16:24.419><c> that</c><00:16:25.220><c> I</c><00:16:25.740><c> have</c><00:16:26.279><c> and</c><00:16:27.179><c> I</c><00:16:27.460><c> would</c><00:16:28.000><c> assume</c>

00:16:28.519 --> 00:16:30.720
that<00:16:28.840><c> you</c><00:16:29.059><c> have</c><00:16:29.340><c> as</c><00:16:29.659><c> well</c><00:16:29.940><c> with</c><00:16:30.159><c> this</c><00:16:30.379><c> whole</c>

00:16:30.720 --> 00:16:34.740
idea<00:16:31.059><c> of</c><00:16:31.240><c> the</c><00:16:31.500><c> potter</c><00:16:31.759><c> and</c><00:16:31.860><c> the</c><00:16:32.120><c> clay</c><00:16:32.539><c> is</c><00:16:33.879><c> that</c><00:16:34.000><c> we</c><00:16:34.080><c> like</c><00:16:34.240><c> to</c><00:16:34.440><c> keep</c><00:16:34.539><c> it</c>

00:16:34.740 --> 00:16:39.179
out<00:16:34.919><c> here.</c><00:16:37.500><c> We</c><00:16:38.100><c> like</c><00:16:38.340><c> to</c><00:16:38.700><c> understand</c>

00:16:39.179 --> 00:16:43.580
it<00:16:39.399><c> in</c><00:16:39.519><c> an</c><00:16:39.679><c> intellectual</c><00:16:40.120><c> way.</c><00:16:40.779><c> We</c><00:16:41.379><c> like</c><00:16:41.679><c> to</c><00:16:42.320><c> scrutinize</c><00:16:43.279><c> the</c>

00:16:43.580 --> 00:16:46.240
passages<00:16:44.039><c> and</c><00:16:44.820><c> examine</c><00:16:45.320><c> the</c><00:16:45.600><c> words.</c><00:16:45.799><c> And</c><00:16:45.940><c> that's</c>

00:16:46.240 --> 00:16:48.659
fine<00:16:46.639><c> and</c><00:16:46.740><c> that's</c><00:16:47.100><c> wonderful</c><00:16:47.460><c> and</c><00:16:47.580><c> that's</c><00:16:47.980><c> important.</c><00:16:48.500><c> But,</c>

00:16:48.700 --> 00:16:51.340
brethren<00:16:48.860><c> and</c><00:16:49.080><c> sisters,</c><00:16:50.080><c> that's</c><00:16:50.480><c> step</c><00:16:50.820><c> one</c>

00:16:51.340 --> 00:16:56.879
of<00:16:51.659><c> a</c><00:16:51.919><c> process</c><00:16:52.620><c> that</c><00:16:53.899><c> begins</c><00:16:54.399><c> to</c><00:16:55.159><c> really</c><00:16:55.759><c> have</c><00:16:56.019><c> its</c><00:16:56.299><c> meaning</c>

00:16:56.879 --> 00:17:00.539
when<00:16:57.480><c> it</c><00:16:57.679><c> begins</c><00:16:57.879><c> to</c><00:16:58.100><c> get</c><00:16:58.320><c> inside</c><00:16:58.720><c> of</c><00:16:58.980><c> us.</c>

00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:08.759
When<00:17:01.399><c> it</c><00:17:01.559><c> becomes</c><00:17:02.039><c> heart</c><00:17:02.440><c> knowledge</c><00:17:02.879><c> as</c><00:17:03.200><c> well.</c><00:17:06.559><c> First</c><00:17:06.680><c> passage</c><00:17:07.140><c> is</c><00:17:07.400><c> Isaiah</c><00:17:07.900><c> chapter</c><00:17:08.319><c> 41</c>

00:17:08.759 --> 00:17:19.259
verse<00:17:09.180><c> 25.</c><00:17:18.980><c> Isaiah</c>

00:17:19.259 --> 00:17:27.599
chapter<00:17:19.940><c> 41</c><00:17:20.759><c> verse</c><00:17:22.559><c> 25.</c><00:17:24.599><c> And</c><00:17:24.799><c> this</c><00:17:25.440><c> verse</c><00:17:25.779><c> actually</c><00:17:26.200><c> makes</c><00:17:26.519><c> reference</c><00:17:26.940><c> to</c>

00:17:27.599 --> 00:17:29.539
one<00:17:28.079><c> of</c><00:17:28.359><c> the</c><00:17:28.819><c> parts</c><00:17:29.099><c> of</c><00:17:29.319><c> the</c>

00:17:29.539 --> 00:17:35.500
process<00:17:29.960><c> that</c><00:17:30.099><c> we've</c><00:17:30.339><c> talked</c><00:17:30.619><c> about.</c><00:17:32.460><c> Let's</c><00:17:32.640><c> start</c><00:17:32.920><c> up</c><00:17:33.279><c> at</c><00:17:34.400><c> verse</c><00:17:34.960><c> 21</c>

00:17:35.500 --> 00:17:36.759
to<00:17:35.720><c> read</c><00:17:35.900><c> a</c><00:17:35.920><c> bit</c><00:17:36.059><c> of</c><00:17:36.180><c> the</c><00:17:36.380><c> context.</c>

00:17:37.099 --> 00:17:40.019
Isaiah<00:17:37.099><c> chapter</c><00:17:37.519><c> 41</c><00:17:37.960><c> verse</c><00:17:38.220><c> 21.</c><00:17:38.940><c> Produce</c><00:17:39.140><c> your</c><00:17:39.380><c> cause,</c><00:17:39.940><c> saith</c>

00:17:40.019 --> 00:17:42.799
the<00:17:40.240><c> Lord.</c><00:17:41.140><c> Bring</c><00:17:41.339><c> forth</c><00:17:41.640><c> your</c><00:17:41.940><c> strong</c><00:17:42.339><c> reason,</c>

00:17:42.940 --> 00:17:47.420
saith<00:17:43.119><c> the</c><00:17:43.279><c> King</c><00:17:43.500><c> of</c><00:17:43.720><c> Jacob.</c><00:17:45.180><c> Let</c><00:17:45.339><c> them</c><00:17:45.619><c> bring</c><00:17:45.859><c> them</c><00:17:46.180><c> forth</c><00:17:46.599><c> and</c><00:17:46.859><c> show</c><00:17:47.119><c> us</c>

00:17:47.420 --> 00:17:48.660
what<00:17:47.640><c> shall</c><00:17:47.900><c> happen.</c><00:17:48.299><c> Let</c><00:17:48.440><c> them</c>

00:17:48.660 --> 00:17:52.039
show<00:17:48.940><c> the</c><00:17:49.240><c> former</c><00:17:49.500><c> things</c><00:17:49.940><c> what</c><00:17:50.180><c> they</c><00:17:50.500><c> be,</c><00:17:50.759><c> that</c><00:17:50.880><c> we</c><00:17:51.059><c> may</c><00:17:51.279><c> consider</c><00:17:51.740><c> them</c>

00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:53.039
and<00:17:52.160><c> know</c><00:17:52.380><c> the</c><00:17:52.579><c> latter</c><00:17:52.779><c> end</c>

00:17:53.039 --> 00:17:57.819
of<00:17:53.200><c> them</c><00:17:53.539><c> or</c><00:17:54.039><c> declare</c><00:17:54.420><c> us</c><00:17:54.759><c> things</c><00:17:55.119><c> for</c><00:17:55.359><c> to</c><00:17:55.619><c> come.</c><00:17:56.440><c> Show</c><00:17:56.759><c> the</c><00:17:57.059><c> things</c><00:17:57.319><c> that</c><00:17:57.519><c> are</c><00:17:57.680><c> to</c>

00:17:57.819 --> 00:17:58.599
come<00:17:58.019><c> hereafter</c>

00:17:58.599 --> 00:18:01.680
that<00:17:58.759><c> we</c><00:17:58.880><c> may</c><00:17:59.119><c> know</c><00:17:59.400><c> that</c><00:17:59.660><c> ye</c><00:17:59.839><c> are</c><00:18:00.019><c> God.</c><00:18:00.500><c> Yea,</c><00:18:00.680><c> do</c><00:18:00.900><c> good</c><00:18:01.220><c> or</c><00:18:01.380><c> do</c>

00:18:01.680 --> 00:18:03.920
evil<00:18:02.019><c> that</c><00:18:02.539><c> we</c><00:18:02.759><c> may</c><00:18:02.980><c> be</c><00:18:03.359><c> dismayed</c><00:18:03.779><c> and</c>

00:18:03.920 --> 00:18:07.680
behold<00:18:04.400><c> it</c><00:18:04.740><c> together.</c><00:18:06.099><c> Behold</c><00:18:06.440><c> ye</c><00:18:06.700><c> are</c><00:18:06.839><c> of</c><00:18:07.059><c> nothing</c><00:18:07.319><c> and</c><00:18:07.519><c> your</c>

00:18:07.680 --> 00:18:09.400
work<00:18:07.900><c> of</c><00:18:08.160><c> naught</c><00:18:08.359><c> and</c><00:18:08.579><c> abomination</c><00:18:09.160><c> is</c>

00:18:09.400 --> 00:18:13.500
he<00:18:09.640><c> that</c><00:18:09.940><c> chooseth</c><00:18:10.259><c> you.</c><00:18:11.619><c> I</c><00:18:11.759><c> have</c><00:18:11.980><c> raised</c><00:18:12.299><c> up</c><00:18:12.700><c> one</c><00:18:13.019><c> from</c><00:18:13.299><c> the</c>

00:18:13.500 --> 00:18:15.359
north<00:18:13.839><c> and</c><00:18:14.039><c> he</c><00:18:14.299><c> shall</c><00:18:14.480><c> come</c><00:18:14.920><c> from</c><00:18:15.180><c> the</c>

00:18:15.359 --> 00:18:18.819
rising<00:18:15.619><c> of</c><00:18:15.839><c> the</c><00:18:16.019><c> sun</c><00:18:16.240><c> shall</c><00:18:16.440><c> he</c><00:18:16.720><c> call</c><00:18:16.900><c> upon</c><00:18:17.160><c> my</c><00:18:17.480><c> name</c><00:18:17.859><c> and</c><00:18:18.619><c> he</c>

00:18:18.819 --> 00:18:21.640
shall<00:18:18.900><c> come</c><00:18:19.119><c> upon</c><00:18:19.519><c> princes</c><00:18:20.200><c> as</c><00:18:20.619><c> upon</c><00:18:21.059><c> mortar</c>

00:18:21.640 --> 00:18:26.920
and<00:18:22.299><c> as</c><00:18:22.559><c> the</c><00:18:22.859><c> potter</c><00:18:23.599><c> treadeth</c><00:18:24.160><c> clay.</c><00:18:26.059><c> That's</c><00:18:26.460><c> part</c><00:18:26.619><c> of</c><00:18:26.819><c> the</c>

00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:28.279
process<00:18:27.279><c> that</c><00:18:27.440><c> we</c><00:18:27.660><c> talked</c><00:18:27.859><c> about.</c><00:18:28.099><c> There</c>

00:18:28.279 --> 00:18:32.119
was<00:18:28.380><c> a</c><00:18:28.559><c> certain</c><00:18:28.799><c> time</c><00:18:29.259><c> when</c><00:18:29.599><c> after</c><00:18:30.000><c> the</c><00:18:30.240><c> clay</c><00:18:30.480><c> was</c><00:18:31.000><c> weathered</c>

00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:35.480
it<00:18:32.460><c> was</c><00:18:32.819><c> placed</c><00:18:33.299><c> in</c><00:18:33.980><c> a</c><00:18:34.200><c> vat</c><00:18:34.599><c> and</c><00:18:35.019><c> kneaded</c>

00:18:35.480 --> 00:18:43.500
sometimes<00:18:36.039><c> by</c><00:18:36.480><c> treading.</c><00:18:38.039><c> And</c><00:18:38.140><c> here's</c><00:18:38.299><c> an</c><00:18:38.500><c> example.</c><00:18:39.359><c> Now</c><00:18:39.920><c> step</c><00:18:40.200><c> back</c><00:18:40.599><c> from</c><00:18:40.859><c> that</c><00:18:41.180><c> verse</c><00:18:41.720><c> and</c>

00:18:43.500 --> 00:18:44.500
try<00:18:44.200><c> to</c><00:18:44.380><c> think</c>

00:18:44.500 --> 00:18:49.119
what<00:18:44.700><c> it</c><00:18:44.900><c> is</c><00:18:45.180><c> that</c><00:18:45.680><c> the</c><00:18:45.920><c> prophet</c><00:18:46.200><c> is</c><00:18:46.400><c> actually</c><00:18:46.839><c> saying.</c><00:18:48.779><c> Again</c>

00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:51.380
there's<00:18:49.380><c> the</c><00:18:49.500><c> idea</c><00:18:49.619><c> of</c><00:18:49.980><c> sovereignty,</c><00:18:51.140><c> there's</c>

00:18:51.380 --> 00:18:55.319
the<00:18:51.599><c> idea</c><00:18:51.720><c> of</c><00:18:51.960><c> God's</c><00:18:52.480><c> authority,</c><00:18:52.859><c> there's</c><00:18:53.140><c> the</c><00:18:53.299><c> idea</c><00:18:53.400><c> of</c><00:18:53.700><c> judgment</c><00:18:54.039><c> isn't</c><00:18:54.319><c> there?</c><00:18:55.039><c> As</c>

00:18:55.319 --> 00:18:56.140
the<00:18:55.640><c> potter</c>

00:18:56.140 --> 00:19:00.019
treadeth<00:18:56.559><c> the</c><00:18:57.299><c> clay</c><00:18:57.619><c> he</c><00:18:58.119><c> shall</c><00:18:58.299><c> come</c><00:18:58.539><c> upon</c><00:18:58.859><c> princes</c><00:18:59.400><c> as</c><00:18:59.740><c> upon</c>

00:19:00.019 --> 00:19:03.339
mortar.<00:19:01.660><c> This</c><00:19:02.220><c> one</c><00:19:02.480><c> who</c><00:19:02.619><c> is</c><00:19:02.740><c> being</c><00:19:03.019><c> raised</c>

00:19:03.339 --> 00:19:06.920
up<00:19:03.579><c> from</c><00:19:03.779><c> the</c><00:19:03.980><c> north</c><00:19:04.200><c> he</c><00:19:04.519><c> shall</c><00:19:04.839><c> come</c><00:19:05.180><c> from</c><00:19:05.440><c> the</c><00:19:05.599><c> rising</c><00:19:05.859><c> of</c><00:19:06.059><c> the</c><00:19:06.240><c> sun</c><00:19:06.460><c> shall</c><00:19:06.660><c> he</c>

00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:08.940
call<00:19:07.099><c> upon</c><00:19:07.380><c> my</c><00:19:07.700><c> name.</c><00:19:08.640><c> And</c>

00:19:08.940 --> 00:19:12.519
so<00:19:09.180><c> part</c><00:19:09.440><c> of</c><00:19:09.619><c> the</c><00:19:09.839><c> idea</c><00:19:10.440><c> of</c><00:19:10.960><c> the</c><00:19:11.200><c> potter</c><00:19:11.480><c> and</c><00:19:11.619><c> the</c><00:19:11.859><c> clay</c><00:19:12.079><c> just</c>

00:19:12.519 --> 00:19:16.119
from<00:19:12.740><c> this</c><00:19:13.039><c> verse</c><00:19:13.420><c> is</c><00:19:14.900><c> the</c><00:19:15.220><c> idea</c><00:19:15.440><c> of</c><00:19:15.680><c> God's</c>

00:19:16.119 --> 00:19:19.059
judgment<00:19:16.420><c> upon</c><00:19:16.759><c> his</c><00:19:17.079><c> people</c><00:19:17.359><c> and</c><00:19:17.500><c> we</c><00:19:17.660><c> will</c><00:19:17.859><c> see</c><00:19:18.059><c> this</c><00:19:18.680><c> later</c>

00:19:19.059 --> 00:19:25.380
on.<00:19:22.299><c> Isaiah</c><00:19:22.500><c> chapter</c><00:19:22.940><c> 64</c><00:19:23.619><c> verse</c><00:19:24.019><c> 8.</c>

00:19:38.019 --> 00:19:44.240
Let's<00:19:38.539><c> start</c><00:19:38.799><c> at</c><00:19:39.019><c> verse</c><00:19:39.799><c> 6.</c><00:19:42.339><c> But</c><00:19:42.380><c> we</c><00:19:42.640><c> are</c><00:19:42.839><c> all</c><00:19:43.200><c> as</c><00:19:43.619><c> an</c><00:19:43.859><c> unclean</c>

00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:46.259
thing<00:19:44.619><c> and</c><00:19:44.859><c> all</c><00:19:45.059><c> our</c><00:19:45.279><c> righteousnesses</c>

00:19:46.259 --> 00:19:50.400
are<00:19:46.480><c> as</c><00:19:46.799><c> filthy</c><00:19:47.079><c> rags</c><00:19:47.799><c> and</c><00:19:48.759><c> we</c><00:19:48.920><c> all</c><00:19:49.079><c> do</c><00:19:49.339><c> fade</c><00:19:49.579><c> as</c><00:19:49.799><c> a</c><00:19:49.960><c> leaf</c><00:19:50.160><c> and</c>

00:19:50.400 --> 00:19:52.160
our<00:19:50.599><c> iniquities</c><00:19:51.039><c> like</c><00:19:51.339><c> the</c><00:19:51.579><c> wind</c><00:19:51.839><c> have</c>

00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.779
taken<00:19:52.400><c> us</c><00:19:52.680><c> away.</c><00:19:53.740><c> And</c><00:19:53.940><c> there</c><00:19:54.099><c> is</c><00:19:54.259><c> none</c><00:19:54.460><c> that</c><00:19:54.799><c> calleth</c><00:19:55.099><c> upon</c><00:19:55.380><c> thy</c><00:19:55.660><c> name</c><00:19:55.980><c> that</c><00:19:56.259><c> stirth</c><00:19:56.579><c> up</c>

00:19:56.779 --> 00:19:57.700
himself<00:19:57.180><c> to</c><00:19:57.460><c> take</c>

00:19:57.700 --> 00:20:01.539
hold<00:19:57.920><c> of</c><00:19:58.160><c> thee</c><00:19:58.339><c> for</c><00:19:58.700><c> thou</c><00:19:59.000><c> hast</c><00:19:59.319><c> hid</c><00:19:59.480><c> thy</c><00:19:59.819><c> face</c><00:20:00.099><c> from</c><00:20:00.380><c> us</c><00:20:00.799><c> and</c>

00:20:01.539 --> 00:20:04.539
hast<00:20:01.819><c> consumed</c><00:20:02.319><c> us</c><00:20:02.740><c> because</c><00:20:03.039><c> of</c><00:20:03.240><c> our</c><00:20:03.480><c> iniquities.</c>

00:20:05.980 --> 00:20:10.240
Now<00:20:06.559><c> think</c><00:20:07.140><c> about</c><00:20:07.480><c> it</c><00:20:07.700><c> from</c><00:20:08.240><c> the</c><00:20:08.599><c> clay's</c><00:20:09.039><c> point</c><00:20:09.339><c> of</c><00:20:09.599><c> view</c><00:20:09.880><c> if</c>

00:20:10.240 --> 00:20:13.319
we<00:20:10.460><c> can</c><00:20:10.640><c> use</c><00:20:10.920><c> that</c><00:20:11.279><c> phrase.</c><00:20:12.680><c> During</c><00:20:13.000><c> the</c>

00:20:13.319 --> 00:20:16.859
time<00:20:13.759><c> where</c><00:20:14.000><c> it</c><00:20:14.099><c> was</c><00:20:14.200><c> being</c><00:20:14.539><c> weathered</c><00:20:14.980><c> it</c><00:20:15.799><c> would</c><00:20:16.160><c> feel</c><00:20:16.480><c> if</c><00:20:16.640><c> it</c>

00:20:16.859 --> 00:20:18.299
could<00:20:17.019><c> have</c><00:20:17.279><c> feelings</c><00:20:17.619><c> as</c><00:20:17.839><c> if</c><00:20:17.960><c> it</c><00:20:18.119><c> were</c>

00:20:18.299 --> 00:20:23.720
ignored<00:20:18.859><c> and</c><00:20:19.119><c> abandoned</c><00:20:19.619><c> by</c><00:20:19.920><c> the</c><00:20:20.160><c> potter.</c><00:20:22.359><c> And</c><00:20:22.500><c> it's</c><00:20:22.640><c> interesting</c><00:20:23.000><c> that</c><00:20:23.180><c> verse</c><00:20:23.400><c> 7</c>

00:20:23.720 --> 00:20:24.720
says<00:20:24.140><c> thou</c><00:20:24.319><c> hast</c><00:20:24.579><c> hid</c>

00:20:24.720 --> 00:20:27.680
thy<00:20:25.000><c> face</c><00:20:25.279><c> from</c><00:20:25.559><c> us</c><00:20:25.799><c> and</c><00:20:25.980><c> hast</c><00:20:26.299><c> consumed</c><00:20:26.680><c> us</c><00:20:27.019><c> because</c><00:20:27.299><c> of</c><00:20:27.460><c> our</c>

00:20:27.680 --> 00:20:30.700
iniquities.<00:20:28.279><c> Verse</c><00:20:28.319><c> 8</c><00:20:28.539><c> but</c><00:20:28.700><c> now</c><00:20:29.119><c> O</c><00:20:29.480><c> Lord</c><00:20:30.259><c> thou</c>

00:20:30.700 --> 00:20:36.380
art<00:20:31.119><c> our</c><00:20:31.460><c> father</c><00:20:32.039><c> we</c><00:20:33.160><c> are</c><00:20:33.380><c> the</c><00:20:33.660><c> clay</c><00:20:33.960><c> and</c><00:20:34.299><c> now</c><00:20:34.619><c> our</c><00:20:34.920><c> potter</c><00:20:35.880><c> and</c>

00:20:36.380 --> 00:20:38.380
we<00:20:36.579><c> are</c><00:20:36.819><c> all</c><00:20:37.079><c> the</c><00:20:37.259><c> work</c><00:20:37.440><c> of</c><00:20:37.660><c> thy</c><00:20:37.839><c> hand.</c>

00:20:38.720 --> 00:20:43.640
Be<00:20:38.779><c> not</c><00:20:39.099><c> wrought</c><00:20:39.420><c> very</c><00:20:39.880><c> sore</c><00:20:40.220><c> O</c><00:20:40.559><c> Lord</c><00:20:40.799><c> neither</c><00:20:41.059><c> remember</c><00:20:41.480><c> iniquity</c><00:20:41.940><c> forever</c><00:20:42.500><c> behold</c><00:20:43.240><c> see</c>

00:20:43.640 --> 00:20:44.539
we<00:20:43.839><c> beseech</c><00:20:44.299><c> thee</c>

00:20:44.539 --> 00:20:48.819
we<00:20:44.640><c> are</c><00:20:44.880><c> all</c><00:20:45.240><c> thy</c><00:20:45.519><c> people.</c><00:20:46.759><c> The</c><00:20:47.140><c> flavor</c><00:20:47.599><c> of</c><00:20:47.799><c> that</c><00:20:48.079><c> verse</c><00:20:48.319><c> again</c>

00:20:48.819 --> 00:20:51.240
brethren<00:20:49.140><c> and</c><00:20:49.299><c> sisters</c><00:20:49.599><c> is</c><00:20:50.160><c> judgment.</c>

00:20:52.299 --> 00:21:00.579
It<00:20:52.420><c> is</c><00:20:52.579><c> God's</c><00:20:53.079><c> judgment</c><00:20:53.519><c> against</c><00:20:54.000><c> his</c><00:20:54.339><c> people.</c><00:20:59.839><c> Verse</c><00:21:00.019><c> 8</c><00:21:00.339><c> thou</c>

00:21:00.579 --> 00:21:04.160
art<00:21:00.940><c> our</c><00:21:01.359><c> father.</c><00:21:02.920><c> This</c><00:21:03.119><c> is</c><00:21:03.359><c> one</c><00:21:03.579><c> of</c><00:21:03.779><c> only</c>

00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:07.700
two<00:21:04.460><c> places</c><00:21:04.880><c> in</c><00:21:05.099><c> all</c><00:21:05.240><c> of</c><00:21:05.380><c> the</c><00:21:05.480><c> Old</c><00:21:05.680><c> Testament</c><00:21:06.079><c> where</c><00:21:06.460><c> that</c><00:21:06.740><c> phrase</c><00:21:07.220><c> our</c>

00:21:07.700 --> 00:21:10.900
father<00:21:08.119><c> occurs.</c><00:21:10.400><c> The</c><00:21:10.519><c> other</c><00:21:10.700><c> one</c>

00:21:10.900 --> 00:21:14.599
is<00:21:11.220><c> in</c><00:21:11.779><c> the</c><00:21:12.000><c> chapter</c><00:21:12.240><c> just</c><00:21:12.500><c> before</c><00:21:12.839><c> that</c><00:21:13.079><c> chapter</c><00:21:13.740><c> 63</c><00:21:14.279><c> verse</c>

00:21:14.599 --> 00:21:17.599
16<00:21:15.180><c> doubt</c><00:21:15.460><c> lest</c><00:21:15.700><c> thou</c><00:21:15.900><c> art</c><00:21:16.200><c> our</c><00:21:16.599><c> father</c>

00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:21.579
though<00:21:17.960><c> Abraham</c><00:21:18.400><c> be</c><00:21:18.700><c> ignorant</c><00:21:18.980><c> of</c><00:21:19.220><c> us</c><00:21:19.359><c> and</c><00:21:19.559><c> Israel</c><00:21:19.859><c> acknowledge</c><00:21:20.400><c> us</c><00:21:20.660><c> not.</c><00:21:21.099><c> Thou</c><00:21:21.299><c> O</c>

00:21:21.579 --> 00:21:22.980
Lord<00:21:21.880><c> art</c><00:21:22.220><c> our</c><00:21:22.660><c> father</c>

00:21:22.980 --> 00:21:29.579
our<00:21:23.319><c> redeemer</c><00:21:23.819><c> thy</c><00:21:24.079><c> name</c><00:21:24.400><c> is</c><00:21:24.640><c> from</c><00:21:24.839><c> everlasting.</c><00:21:26.819><c> And</c><00:21:27.019><c> there's</c><00:21:28.359><c> a</c><00:21:28.559><c> wonderful</c><00:21:29.019><c> kind</c>

00:21:29.579 --> 00:21:30.720
of<00:21:30.000><c> tension</c><00:21:30.339><c> there</c>

00:21:30.720 --> 00:21:37.680
isn't<00:21:31.039><c> there?</c><00:21:32.779><c> It</c><00:21:32.940><c> is</c><00:21:33.200><c> our</c><00:21:33.579><c> father</c><00:21:34.200><c> but</c><00:21:35.380><c> it</c><00:21:35.559><c> is</c><00:21:35.740><c> a</c><00:21:35.880><c> passage</c><00:21:36.180><c> about</c><00:21:36.599><c> judgment</c><00:21:37.119><c> and</c>

00:21:37.680 --> 00:21:38.480
the<00:21:37.940><c> sovereignty</c>

00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:46.660
and<00:21:38.740><c> the</c><00:21:38.940><c> authority</c><00:21:39.859><c> of</c><00:21:41.579><c> that</c><00:21:42.059><c> father.</c><00:21:45.420><c> The</c><00:21:45.779><c> passage</c><00:21:46.200><c> that</c><00:21:46.460><c> we</c>

00:21:46.660 --> 00:21:49.980
read<00:21:47.200><c> Jeremiah</c><00:21:48.099><c> chapter</c><00:21:48.500><c> 18</c><00:21:49.099><c> verses</c><00:21:49.500><c> 1</c>

00:21:49.980 --> 00:21:53.579
through<00:21:50.240><c> 12</c><00:21:50.680><c> is</c><00:21:50.900><c> the</c><00:21:51.000><c> next</c><00:21:51.240><c> one.</c><00:21:52.680><c> We</c><00:21:52.940><c> won't</c><00:21:53.099><c> read</c><00:21:53.259><c> the</c><00:21:53.420><c> whole</c>

00:21:53.579 --> 00:21:56.299
passage<00:21:53.980><c> again</c><00:21:54.380><c> but</c><00:21:55.279><c> pick</c><00:21:55.559><c> out</c><00:21:55.900><c> those</c>

00:21:56.299 --> 00:22:02.299
parts<00:21:56.740><c> that</c><00:21:57.160><c> talk</c><00:21:57.440><c> about</c><00:21:57.900><c> the</c><00:21:58.519><c> potter</c><00:21:59.099><c> and</c><00:21:59.859><c> step</c><00:22:00.119><c> back</c><00:22:00.539><c> and</c><00:22:00.779><c> allow</c><00:22:01.160><c> the</c><00:22:01.619><c> flavor</c><00:22:02.019><c> of</c>

00:22:02.299 --> 00:22:04.019
that<00:22:02.660><c> verse</c><00:22:03.119><c> to</c>

00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:11.319
enter<00:22:04.500><c> your</c><00:22:04.859><c> mind</c><00:22:05.279><c> and</c><00:22:05.940><c> to</c><00:22:06.099><c> enter</c><00:22:06.259><c> your</c><00:22:06.480><c> heart.</c><00:22:09.500><c> Remember</c><00:22:10.099><c> that</c><00:22:10.480><c> Jeremiah</c><00:22:10.980><c> was</c>

00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:12.859
told<00:22:11.619><c> to</c><00:22:11.779><c> go</c><00:22:12.079><c> to</c><00:22:12.279><c> the</c><00:22:12.480><c> potter's</c>

00:22:12.859 --> 00:22:16.240
house<00:22:13.480><c> and</c><00:22:14.119><c> he</c><00:22:14.259><c> would</c><00:22:14.460><c> there</c><00:22:14.640><c> be</c><00:22:14.920><c> cause</c><00:22:15.319><c> to</c><00:22:15.539><c> hear</c><00:22:15.799><c> the</c><00:22:16.000><c> words</c>

00:22:16.240 --> 00:22:19.059
of<00:22:16.460><c> God</c><00:22:16.940><c> and</c><00:22:18.059><c> so</c><00:22:18.200><c> he</c><00:22:18.319><c> goes</c><00:22:18.519><c> down</c><00:22:18.759><c> to</c><00:22:18.900><c> the</c>

00:22:19.059 --> 00:22:22.960
potter's<00:22:19.420><c> house</c><00:22:19.680><c> and</c><00:22:19.920><c> he's</c><00:22:21.099><c> working</c><00:22:21.460><c> a</c><00:22:21.660><c> work</c><00:22:21.839><c> on</c><00:22:22.220><c> the</c><00:22:22.519><c> wheels.</c>

00:22:23.099 --> 00:22:24.500
Interesting<00:22:23.420><c> that</c><00:22:23.640><c> it's</c><00:22:23.940><c> plural</c><00:22:24.220><c> the</c>

00:22:24.500 --> 00:22:30.099
wheels.<00:22:25.900><c> Again</c><00:22:26.319><c> the</c><00:22:27.619><c> potter</c><00:22:27.920><c> in</c><00:22:28.000><c> Israel</c><00:22:28.380><c> had</c><00:22:28.740><c> a</c><00:22:29.099><c> double</c><00:22:29.279><c> wheeled</c><00:22:29.900><c> kind</c>

00:22:30.099 --> 00:22:32.880
of<00:22:31.220><c> a</c><00:22:31.400><c> spindle.</c><00:22:32.099><c> The</c><00:22:32.299><c> lower</c><00:22:32.579><c> wheel</c>

00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:35.279
was<00:22:33.079><c> used</c><00:22:33.480><c> to</c><00:22:33.680><c> give</c><00:22:33.819><c> momentum</c><00:22:34.299><c> to</c><00:22:34.539><c> the</c><00:22:34.740><c> upper</c><00:22:34.940><c> wheel</c><00:22:35.079><c> and</c><00:22:35.180><c> it</c>

00:22:35.279 --> 00:22:36.940
was<00:22:35.400><c> on</c><00:22:35.640><c> the</c><00:22:35.819><c> upper</c><00:22:36.059><c> wheel</c><00:22:36.359><c> that</c><00:22:36.480><c> he</c><00:22:36.660><c> placed</c>

00:22:36.940 --> 00:22:42.180
the<00:22:37.240><c> clay</c><00:22:37.500><c> and</c><00:22:37.880><c> formed</c><00:22:38.119><c> it.</c><00:22:39.240><c> He</c><00:22:39.480><c> wrote</c><00:22:39.619><c> a</c><00:22:39.799><c> work</c><00:22:39.940><c> on</c><00:22:40.180><c> the</c><00:22:40.380><c> wheels.</c><00:22:41.660><c> The</c><00:22:41.680><c> vessel</c><00:22:41.920><c> that</c><00:22:42.079><c> he</c>

00:22:42.180 --> 00:22:42.660
had<00:22:42.319><c> made</c><00:22:42.500><c> of</c>

00:22:42.660 --> 00:22:45.180
the<00:22:42.859><c> clay</c><00:22:43.000><c> was</c><00:22:43.420><c> marred</c><00:22:43.779><c> in</c><00:22:43.920><c> the</c><00:22:44.059><c> hand</c><00:22:44.200><c> of</c><00:22:44.380><c> the</c><00:22:44.579><c> potter</c><00:22:44.839><c> so</c><00:22:45.000><c> he</c>

00:22:45.180 --> 00:22:47.559
made<00:22:45.359><c> it</c><00:22:45.599><c> again</c><00:22:45.900><c> under</c><00:22:46.299><c> another</c><00:22:46.559><c> vessel</c><00:22:47.000><c> as</c>

00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:53.119
it<00:22:47.759><c> seemed</c><00:22:47.960><c> good</c><00:22:48.279><c> to</c><00:22:48.480><c> the</c><00:22:48.700><c> potter</c><00:22:48.980><c> to</c><00:22:49.180><c> make</c><00:22:49.279><c> it.</c><00:22:49.779><c> Step</c><00:22:50.259><c> back</c><00:22:50.720><c> from</c><00:22:50.960><c> that</c><00:22:51.240><c> passage</c><00:22:51.700><c> and</c><00:22:52.019><c> listen</c><00:22:52.359><c> to</c><00:22:52.599><c> what</c>

00:22:53.119 --> 00:22:59.099
Jeremiah<00:22:53.819><c> was</c><00:22:54.279><c> told</c><00:22:54.660><c> to</c><00:22:54.960><c> say</c><00:22:55.200><c> to</c><00:22:55.420><c> Israel.</c><00:22:57.599><c> Again</c><00:22:57.920><c> it's</c><00:22:58.220><c> the</c><00:22:58.359><c> idea</c><00:22:58.660><c> of</c>

00:22:59.099 --> 00:23:02.160
the<00:22:59.400><c> sovereignty</c><00:23:00.059><c> the</c><00:23:01.000><c> authority</c>

00:23:02.059 --> 00:23:10.259
of<00:23:02.359><c> the</c><00:23:02.680><c> potter</c><00:23:03.539><c> over</c><00:23:03.960><c> the</c><00:23:04.259><c> clay.</c><00:23:07.279><c> Verse</c><00:23:07.400><c> 6,</c><00:23:07.980><c> O</c><00:23:08.039><c> house</c><00:23:08.359><c> of</c><00:23:08.519><c> Israel,</c><00:23:09.500><c> cannot</c><00:23:09.740><c> I</c><00:23:10.059><c> do</c>

00:23:10.259 --> 00:23:12.039
with<00:23:10.599><c> you</c><00:23:10.839><c> as</c><00:23:11.220><c> this</c><00:23:11.539><c> potter?</c>

00:23:12.519 --> 00:23:15.880
Do<00:23:12.680><c> I</c><00:23:12.940><c> not</c><00:23:13.160><c> have</c><00:23:13.500><c> sovereignty</c><00:23:14.039><c> and</c><00:23:14.259><c> authority</c><00:23:14.680><c> over</c><00:23:15.039><c> you</c><00:23:15.539><c> my</c>

00:23:15.880 --> 00:23:18.220
people?<00:23:16.720><c> Behold</c><00:23:16.940><c> as</c><00:23:17.220><c> the</c><00:23:17.480><c> clay</c><00:23:17.660><c> is</c><00:23:17.859><c> in</c><00:23:18.000><c> the</c>

00:23:18.220 --> 00:23:22.920
potter's<00:23:18.700><c> hand</c><00:23:19.000><c> so</c><00:23:19.299><c> are</c><00:23:19.500><c> ye</c><00:23:19.740><c> in</c><00:23:19.920><c> mine</c><00:23:20.220><c> hand</c><00:23:20.579><c> O</c><00:23:20.779><c> house</c><00:23:21.079><c> of</c><00:23:21.240><c> Israel.</c><00:23:22.720><c> And</c>

00:23:22.920 --> 00:23:25.859
he<00:23:23.019><c> goes</c><00:23:23.200><c> on</c><00:23:23.460><c> to</c><00:23:23.740><c> speak</c><00:23:24.019><c> of</c><00:23:24.380><c> his</c>

00:23:26.000 --> 00:23:30.400
sovereignty<00:23:26.400><c> over</c><00:23:27.500><c> the</c><00:23:28.079><c> nation</c><00:23:28.559><c> of</c><00:23:28.900><c> Israel.</c><00:23:29.779><c> But</c><00:23:30.000><c> again</c><00:23:30.220><c> the</c>

00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:32.480
idea,<00:23:31.039><c> brothers</c><00:23:31.220><c> and</c><00:23:31.440><c> sisters,</c><00:23:31.720><c> is</c><00:23:32.079><c> the</c>

00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:38.579
sovereignty<00:23:33.059><c> of</c><00:23:33.400><c> the</c><00:23:33.619><c> potter</c><00:23:34.680><c> in</c><00:23:36.380><c> his</c><00:23:36.740><c> hands</c><00:23:37.180><c> over</c><00:23:37.460><c> the</c><00:23:37.700><c> clay.</c>

00:23:40.420 --> 00:23:43.960
Take<00:23:40.859><c> a</c><00:23:40.940><c> look</c><00:23:41.119><c> at</c><00:23:41.299><c> Job</c><00:23:41.640><c> chapter</c><00:23:42.039><c> 10.</c>

00:23:55.859 --> 00:24:01.579
Job<00:23:56.180><c> here</c><00:23:56.599><c> is</c><00:23:57.140><c> speaking</c><00:23:57.480><c> of</c><00:23:57.700><c> God.</c><00:23:59.579><c> He's</c><00:23:59.900><c> speaking</c><00:24:00.180><c> of</c><00:24:00.480><c> the</c><00:24:00.920><c> power</c><00:24:01.279><c> of</c>

00:24:01.579 --> 00:24:07.519
God.<00:24:06.720><c> Let's</c><00:24:06.920><c> start</c><00:24:07.160><c> at</c><00:24:07.299><c> verse</c>

00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:13.279
5<00:24:08.079><c> of</c><00:24:08.400><c> Job</c><00:24:08.759><c> chapter</c><00:24:09.160><c> 10.</c><00:24:10.859><c> Are</c><00:24:11.259><c> thy</c><00:24:11.579><c> days</c><00:24:11.980><c> as</c><00:24:12.240><c> the</c><00:24:12.420><c> days</c><00:24:12.640><c> of</c><00:24:12.920><c> man?</c>

00:24:13.579 --> 00:24:17.440
Are<00:24:13.720><c> thy</c><00:24:14.000><c> years</c><00:24:14.359><c> as</c><00:24:14.660><c> man's</c><00:24:15.319><c> days?</c><00:24:17.339><c> That</c>

00:24:17.440 --> 00:24:22.039
thou<00:24:17.619><c> inquirest</c><00:24:18.180><c> after</c><00:24:18.559><c> mine</c><00:24:18.720><c> iniquity</c><00:24:19.220><c> and</c><00:24:19.440><c> searchest</c><00:24:19.859><c> after</c><00:24:20.200><c> my</c><00:24:20.480><c> sin,</c><00:24:21.079><c> thou</c><00:24:21.279><c> knowest</c><00:24:21.740><c> that</c><00:24:21.880><c> I</c>

00:24:22.039 --> 00:24:22.640
am<00:24:22.160><c> not</c><00:24:22.380><c> wicked</c>

00:24:22.640 --> 00:24:25.660
and<00:24:22.759><c> there</c><00:24:22.920><c> is</c><00:24:23.180><c> none</c><00:24:23.359><c> that</c><00:24:23.539><c> can</c><00:24:23.759><c> deliver</c><00:24:24.099><c> out</c><00:24:24.319><c> of</c><00:24:24.480><c> thine</c><00:24:24.660><c> hand.</c>

00:24:26.079 --> 00:24:28.259
Thine<00:24:26.400><c> hands</c><00:24:26.900><c> have</c><00:24:27.420><c> made</c><00:24:27.799><c> me</c><00:24:28.079><c> and</c>

00:24:28.259 --> 00:24:31.900
fashioned<00:24:28.680><c> me.</c><00:24:29.680><c> Together</c><00:24:30.180><c> round</c><00:24:30.500><c> about</c><00:24:30.900><c> yet</c><00:24:31.140><c> thou</c><00:24:31.380><c> dost</c><00:24:31.619><c> not</c>

00:24:31.900 --> 00:24:35.339
destroy<00:24:32.359><c> me.</c><00:24:34.000><c> Remember</c><00:24:34.299><c> I</c><00:24:34.619><c> beseech</c><00:24:35.079><c> thee</c>

00:24:35.339 --> 00:24:39.359
that<00:24:35.480><c> thou</c><00:24:35.740><c> hast</c><00:24:36.019><c> made</c><00:24:36.319><c> me</c><00:24:36.660><c> as</c><00:24:37.019><c> the</c><00:24:37.279><c> clay.</c><00:24:38.559><c> And</c><00:24:38.680><c> wilt</c><00:24:38.779><c> thou</c><00:24:38.920><c> bring</c><00:24:39.140><c> me</c>

00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:42.779
into<00:24:39.640><c> the</c><00:24:39.839><c> dust</c><00:24:40.119><c> again?</c><00:24:42.099><c> Again</c><00:24:42.579><c> Job</c>

00:24:42.779 --> 00:24:51.380
is<00:24:43.160><c> recognizing</c><00:24:43.980><c> the</c><00:24:44.480><c> fact</c><00:24:45.079><c> that</c><00:24:45.880><c> God</c><00:24:46.420><c> as</c><00:24:46.900><c> the</c><00:24:47.160><c> potter</c><00:24:47.599><c> fashioned</c><00:24:48.180><c> and</c><00:24:48.660><c> framed</c><00:24:49.039><c> him.</c><00:24:50.740><c> And</c><00:24:51.140><c> he</c>

00:24:51.380 --> 00:24:52.400
is<00:24:51.700><c> beseeching</c>

00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:58.779
God<00:24:52.880><c> that</c><00:24:54.299><c> he</c><00:24:54.519><c> would</c><00:24:55.460><c> bring</c><00:24:55.859><c> him</c><00:24:56.119><c> not</c><00:24:56.619><c> into</c><00:24:57.279><c> the</c><00:24:57.480><c> dust</c><00:24:57.759><c> again.</c>

00:24:58.859 --> 00:25:00.960
But<00:24:59.079><c> again</c><00:24:59.240><c> the</c><00:24:59.539><c> focus</c><00:25:00.000><c> is</c><00:25:00.259><c> on</c><00:25:00.579><c> not</c>

00:25:00.960 --> 00:25:06.480
just<00:25:01.299><c> the</c><00:25:01.619><c> sovereignty</c><00:25:02.059><c> of</c><00:25:02.319><c> God</c><00:25:02.720><c> but</c><00:25:03.759><c> the</c><00:25:04.660><c> commonness</c><00:25:05.640><c> of</c><00:25:06.200><c> the</c>

00:25:06.480 --> 00:25:12.059
clay<00:25:06.920><c> and</c><00:25:07.319><c> of</c><00:25:07.480><c> the</c><00:25:07.660><c> dust.</c><00:25:11.480><c> We</c><00:25:11.599><c> won't</c><00:25:11.779><c> go</c>

00:25:12.059 --> 00:25:14.859
to<00:25:12.220><c> it</c><00:25:12.380><c> but</c><00:25:12.519><c> you</c><00:25:12.759><c> will</c><00:25:12.920><c> remember</c><00:25:13.259><c> the</c><00:25:13.579><c> prophecy</c><00:25:13.960><c> in</c><00:25:14.319><c> Zechariah</c>

00:25:14.859 --> 00:25:18.259
chapter<00:25:15.240><c> 11</c><00:25:15.619><c> verse</c><00:25:16.019><c> 13</c><00:25:16.900><c> that</c><00:25:17.940><c> speaks</c>

00:25:18.259 --> 00:25:23.700
of<00:25:18.819><c> thirty</c><00:25:19.140><c> pieces</c><00:25:19.619><c> of</c><00:25:19.940><c> silver</c><00:25:20.240><c> that</c><00:25:20.440><c> would</c><00:25:20.619><c> be</c><00:25:20.839><c> paid</c><00:25:21.519><c> to</c><00:25:22.579><c> purchase</c><00:25:23.160><c> a</c>

00:25:23.700 --> 00:25:26.680
potter's<00:25:24.200><c> field.</c><00:25:26.359><c> And</c><00:25:26.519><c> it's</c>

00:25:26.680 --> 00:25:30.859
interesting<00:25:27.140><c> that</c><00:25:27.819><c> that</c><00:25:28.140><c> prophecy</c><00:25:28.440><c> was</c><00:25:28.960><c> fulfilled</c><00:25:29.480><c> in</c><00:25:29.859><c> the</c>

00:25:30.859 --> 00:25:32.920
life<00:25:31.380><c> and</c><00:25:31.579><c> the</c><00:25:31.740><c> death</c><00:25:32.079><c> of</c><00:25:32.279><c> the</c><00:25:32.440><c> burial</c><00:25:32.700><c> of</c>

00:25:32.920 --> 00:25:44.500
the<00:25:32.980><c> Lord</c><00:25:33.140><c> Jesus</c><00:25:33.539><c> Christ.</c><00:25:35.819><c> So</c><00:25:36.000><c> the</c><00:25:36.240><c> potter's</c><00:25:36.700><c> field</c><00:25:37.039><c> was</c><00:25:37.460><c> purchased.</c><00:25:43.359><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:43.519><c> chapter</c><00:25:43.880><c> 29</c>

00:25:44.500 --> 00:25:44.940
is<00:25:44.720><c> another</c>

00:25:44.940 --> 00:25:55.480
passage<00:25:45.500><c> about</c><00:25:45.940><c> the</c><00:25:46.779><c> potter</c><00:25:47.079><c> and</c><00:25:47.240><c> the</c><00:25:47.480><c> clay.</c><00:25:54.599><c> Isaiah</c><00:25:54.839><c> chapter</c>

00:25:55.480 --> 00:26:00.079
29<00:25:56.319><c> the</c><00:25:56.960><c> specific</c><00:25:57.500><c> verse</c><00:25:57.960><c> is</c><00:25:58.359><c> verse</c><00:25:58.640><c> 16.</c>

00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:06.119
And<00:26:02.579><c> let's</c><00:26:02.700><c> start</c><00:26:02.940><c> up</c><00:26:03.140><c> at</c><00:26:03.299><c> verse</c><00:26:03.559><c> 13</c><00:26:04.240><c> to</c><00:26:04.940><c> remind</c><00:26:05.339><c> ourselves</c><00:26:05.920><c> of</c>

00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:13.880
the<00:26:06.319><c> context.</c><00:26:10.680><c> And</c><00:26:10.900><c> as</c><00:26:11.160><c> we</c><00:26:11.440><c> read</c><00:26:11.579><c> it</c><00:26:11.839><c> again</c><00:26:12.319><c> the</c>

00:26:13.880 --> 00:26:19.940
flavor<00:26:14.380><c> needs</c><00:26:14.720><c> to</c><00:26:14.960><c> be</c><00:26:15.220><c> extracted</c><00:26:15.680><c> of</c><00:26:15.920><c> this</c><00:26:16.200><c> passage.</c><00:26:18.279><c> Wherefore</c><00:26:18.640><c> the</c><00:26:18.720><c> Lord</c><00:26:18.940><c> said</c><00:26:19.220><c> verse</c><00:26:19.460><c> 13</c>

00:26:19.940 --> 00:26:20.660
for<00:26:20.220><c> as</c><00:26:20.480><c> much</c>

00:26:20.660 --> 00:26:23.619
as<00:26:20.900><c> this</c><00:26:21.119><c> people</c><00:26:21.359><c> draw</c><00:26:21.819><c> near</c><00:26:22.119><c> me</c><00:26:22.420><c> with</c><00:26:22.640><c> their</c><00:26:22.900><c> mouth</c><00:26:23.240><c> and</c><00:26:23.440><c> with</c>

00:26:23.619 --> 00:26:26.039
their<00:26:23.819><c> lips</c><00:26:24.079><c> do</c><00:26:24.380><c> honor</c><00:26:24.480><c> me</c><00:26:24.819><c> but</c><00:26:25.380><c> have</c><00:26:25.619><c> removed</c>

00:26:26.039 --> 00:26:29.900
their<00:26:26.380><c> heart</c><00:26:26.680><c> far</c><00:26:27.039><c> from</c><00:26:27.339><c> me</c><00:26:27.819><c> and</c><00:26:28.480><c> their</c><00:26:28.779><c> fear</c><00:26:29.039><c> toward</c><00:26:29.359><c> me</c><00:26:29.640><c> is</c>

00:26:29.900 --> 00:26:32.779
taught<00:26:30.079><c> by</c><00:26:30.319><c> the</c><00:26:30.559><c> precept</c><00:26:30.960><c> of</c><00:26:31.180><c> men</c><00:26:31.660><c> therefore</c>

00:26:32.779 --> 00:26:37.680
behold<00:26:33.200><c> I</c><00:26:33.460><c> will</c><00:26:33.680><c> proceed</c><00:26:34.119><c> to</c><00:26:34.380><c> do</c><00:26:34.559><c> a</c><00:26:34.799><c> marvelous</c><00:26:35.200><c> work</c><00:26:35.579><c> among</c><00:26:35.859><c> this</c><00:26:36.140><c> people</c><00:26:36.660><c> even</c><00:26:37.400><c> a</c>

00:26:37.680 --> 00:26:38.579
marvelous<00:26:38.019><c> work</c><00:26:38.420><c> and</c>

00:26:38.579 --> 00:26:41.700
wonder<00:26:38.980><c> for</c><00:26:39.240><c> the</c><00:26:39.500><c> wisdom</c><00:26:39.799><c> of</c><00:26:39.980><c> their</c><00:26:40.220><c> wise</c><00:26:40.599><c> men</c><00:26:40.880><c> shall</c><00:26:41.180><c> perish</c>

00:26:41.700 --> 00:26:44.079
and<00:26:42.640><c> the</c><00:26:42.859><c> understanding</c><00:26:43.259><c> of</c><00:26:43.480><c> their</c><00:26:43.720><c> prudent</c>

00:26:44.079 --> 00:26:50.099
men<00:26:44.400><c> shall</c><00:26:44.680><c> be</c><00:26:44.940><c> hid.</c><00:26:46.619><c> Woe</c><00:26:46.900><c> unto</c><00:26:47.059><c> them</c><00:26:47.440><c> that</c><00:26:47.740><c> seek</c><00:26:48.019><c> deep</c><00:26:48.359><c> to</c><00:26:48.759><c> hide</c><00:26:49.019><c> their</c><00:26:49.279><c> counsel</c><00:26:49.680><c> from</c><00:26:49.920><c> the</c>

00:26:50.099 --> 00:26:51.299
Lord<00:26:50.579><c> and</c>

00:26:51.299 --> 00:26:53.799
their<00:26:51.480><c> works</c><00:26:51.740><c> are</c><00:26:51.960><c> in</c><00:26:52.099><c> the</c><00:26:52.240><c> dark</c><00:26:52.480><c> and</c><00:26:52.660><c> they</c><00:26:52.859><c> say</c><00:26:52.960><c> who</c><00:26:53.200><c> seeth</c><00:26:53.480><c> us</c>

00:26:53.799 --> 00:26:56.599
and<00:26:53.980><c> who</c><00:26:54.160><c> knoweth</c><00:26:54.440><c> us</c><00:26:54.859><c> surely</c><00:26:55.960><c> your</c><00:26:56.319><c> turning</c>

00:26:56.599 --> 00:27:01.559
of<00:26:56.900><c> things</c><00:26:57.259><c> upside</c><00:26:57.960><c> down</c><00:26:58.400><c> shall</c><00:26:58.579><c> be</c><00:26:58.880><c> esteemed</c><00:26:59.359><c> as</c><00:26:59.759><c> the</c><00:27:00.059><c> potter's</c><00:27:00.640><c> clay.</c>

00:27:01.779 --> 00:27:03.059
For<00:27:02.079><c> shall</c><00:27:02.319><c> the</c><00:27:02.559><c> work</c><00:27:02.819><c> say</c>

00:27:03.059 --> 00:27:06.440
of<00:27:03.160><c> him</c><00:27:03.359><c> that</c><00:27:03.619><c> made</c><00:27:03.839><c> it</c><00:27:04.000><c> he</c><00:27:04.180><c> made</c><00:27:04.400><c> me</c><00:27:04.660><c> not</c><00:27:05.140><c> or</c><00:27:05.839><c> shall</c><00:27:06.000><c> the</c><00:27:06.220><c> thing</c>

00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:08.279
frame<00:27:06.960><c> say</c><00:27:07.200><c> of</c><00:27:07.339><c> him</c><00:27:07.500><c> that</c><00:27:07.819><c> framed</c><00:27:08.039><c> it</c>

00:27:08.279 --> 00:27:14.660
he<00:27:08.440><c> had</c><00:27:08.759><c> no</c><00:27:09.079><c> understanding.</c><00:27:11.480><c> And</c><00:27:11.579><c> the</c><00:27:11.740><c> prophet</c><00:27:11.960><c> speaks</c><00:27:12.339><c> of</c><00:27:12.619><c> the</c><00:27:13.000><c> turning</c><00:27:13.240><c> upside</c><00:27:13.900><c> down</c><00:27:14.339><c> of</c>

00:27:14.660 --> 00:27:15.579
the<00:27:14.960><c> mentality</c>

00:27:15.579 --> 00:27:20.440
and<00:27:15.779><c> of</c><00:27:15.900><c> the</c><00:27:16.140><c> perception</c><00:27:16.720><c> of</c><00:27:16.920><c> Israel</c><00:27:17.519><c> as</c><00:27:19.000><c> they</c><00:27:19.500><c> challenge</c><00:27:20.099><c> the</c>

00:27:20.440 --> 00:27:23.819
potter<00:27:20.740><c> with</c><00:27:20.980><c> a</c><00:27:21.180><c> question</c><00:27:21.640><c> with</c><00:27:23.240><c> a</c><00:27:23.460><c> comment</c>

00:27:23.819 --> 00:27:28.599
he<00:27:24.339><c> has</c><00:27:24.680><c> no</c><00:27:24.980><c> understanding</c><00:27:25.619><c> why</c><00:27:26.519><c> did</c><00:27:26.759><c> you</c><00:27:26.880><c> make</c><00:27:27.119><c> me</c><00:27:27.319><c> this</c><00:27:27.579><c> way.</c>

00:27:29.640 --> 00:27:31.680
But<00:27:29.779><c> again</c><00:27:29.960><c> it</c><00:27:30.099><c> is</c><00:27:30.380><c> a</c><00:27:30.519><c> very</c><00:27:30.900><c> turning</c><00:27:31.180><c> upside</c>

00:27:31.680 --> 00:27:36.720
down<00:27:32.019><c> because</c><00:27:32.420><c> those</c><00:27:34.099><c> those</c><00:27:34.299><c> processes</c><00:27:34.859><c> and</c><00:27:35.180><c> those</c><00:27:35.400><c> ideas</c><00:27:35.920><c> are</c><00:27:36.200><c> reversed</c><00:27:36.519><c> it</c>

00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.099
is<00:27:37.019><c> the</c><00:27:37.359><c> potter</c><00:27:37.660><c> who</c><00:27:37.839><c> has</c>

00:27:38.099 --> 00:27:41.660
the<00:27:38.380><c> sovereignty</c><00:27:38.859><c> it</c><00:27:39.480><c> is</c><00:27:39.759><c> the</c><00:27:40.079><c> potter</c><00:27:40.380><c> who</c><00:27:40.579><c> has</c><00:27:40.819><c> the</c><00:27:41.099><c> rights</c>

00:27:41.660 --> 00:27:46.640
not<00:27:42.440><c> the</c><00:27:42.759><c> clay.</c><00:27:44.339><c> The</c><00:27:44.480><c> clay</c><00:27:44.920><c> in</c><00:27:45.160><c> and</c><00:27:45.279><c> of</c><00:27:45.420><c> itself</c>

00:27:47.319 --> 00:27:55.259
is<00:27:47.960><c> worthless.</c><00:27:51.900><c> Jeremiah</c><00:27:52.160><c> chapter</c><00:27:52.480><c> 19</c><00:27:53.259><c> is</c><00:27:53.900><c> another</c><00:27:54.119><c> reference</c><00:27:54.579><c> about</c>

00:27:55.259 --> 00:27:57.140
the<00:27:55.720><c> potter</c><00:27:55.940><c> and</c><00:27:56.099><c> the</c><00:27:56.319><c> clay.</c>

00:28:01.740 --> 00:28:05.559
Where<00:28:02.220><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:02.700><c> again</c><00:28:03.200><c> was</c><00:28:03.539><c> told</c><00:28:04.059><c> verse</c><00:28:04.440><c> 1</c><00:28:04.859><c> thus</c><00:28:05.099><c> saith</c><00:28:05.359><c> the</c>

00:28:05.559 --> 00:28:08.380
Lord<00:28:05.779><c> go</c><00:28:06.059><c> get</c><00:28:06.279><c> a</c><00:28:06.599><c> potter's</c><00:28:07.079><c> earthen</c><00:28:07.519><c> bottle</c>

00:28:08.480 --> 00:28:11.259
and<00:28:08.720><c> take</c><00:28:08.940><c> of</c><00:28:09.099><c> the</c><00:28:09.319><c> ancients</c><00:28:09.660><c> of</c><00:28:09.819><c> the</c><00:28:09.980><c> people</c><00:28:10.299><c> and</c><00:28:10.460><c> of</c><00:28:10.579><c> the</c><00:28:10.740><c> ancients</c><00:28:11.099><c> of</c>

00:28:11.259 --> 00:28:12.480
the<00:28:11.480><c> priests</c><00:28:11.680><c> and</c><00:28:11.880><c> go</c><00:28:12.180><c> forth</c>

00:28:12.480 --> 00:28:15.420
unto<00:28:12.720><c> the</c><00:28:12.940><c> valley</c><00:28:13.180><c> of</c><00:28:13.400><c> the</c><00:28:13.500><c> son</c><00:28:13.640><c> of</c><00:28:13.839><c> Hinnom</c><00:28:14.519><c> which</c><00:28:14.819><c> is</c><00:28:15.000><c> by</c><00:28:15.160><c> the</c>

00:28:15.420 --> 00:28:17.200
entry<00:28:15.640><c> of</c><00:28:15.819><c> the</c><00:28:16.019><c> east</c><00:28:16.319><c> gate</c><00:28:16.539><c> and</c><00:28:16.779><c> proclaim</c>

00:28:17.200 --> 00:28:22.119
there<00:28:17.440><c> the</c><00:28:17.700><c> words</c><00:28:17.980><c> that</c><00:28:18.160><c> I</c><00:28:18.380><c> shall</c><00:28:18.619><c> tell</c><00:28:18.920><c> thee</c><00:28:19.279><c> and</c><00:28:20.720><c> say</c><00:28:21.200><c> hear</c>

00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:23.900
ye<00:28:22.339><c> the</c><00:28:22.500><c> word</c><00:28:22.640><c> of</c><00:28:22.799><c> the</c><00:28:22.960><c> Lord</c><00:28:23.200><c> oh</c><00:28:23.539><c> kings</c>

00:28:23.900 --> 00:28:27.059
of<00:28:24.200><c> Judah</c><00:28:24.460><c> and</c><00:28:24.759><c> inhabitants</c><00:28:25.200><c> of</c><00:28:25.460><c> Jerusalem</c><00:28:26.059><c> thus</c><00:28:26.680><c> saith</c><00:28:26.920><c> the</c>

00:28:27.059 --> 00:28:28.539
Lord<00:28:27.259><c> of</c><00:28:27.500><c> hosts</c><00:28:27.720><c> the</c><00:28:27.900><c> God</c><00:28:28.079><c> of</c><00:28:28.200><c> Israel</c>

00:28:28.539 --> 00:28:31.859
behold<00:28:28.900><c> I</c><00:28:29.140><c> will</c><00:28:29.299><c> bring</c><00:28:29.500><c> evil</c><00:28:29.720><c> upon</c><00:28:30.059><c> this</c><00:28:30.400><c> place</c><00:28:30.900><c> the</c><00:28:31.559><c> witch</c>

00:28:31.859 --> 00:28:35.039
whosoever<00:28:32.480><c> heareth</c><00:28:32.980><c> his</c><00:28:33.240><c> ears</c><00:28:33.700><c> shall</c><00:28:34.059><c> tingle.</c>

00:28:36.380 --> 00:28:49.460
Let's<00:28:36.599><c> go</c><00:28:36.799><c> down</c><00:28:37.160><c> to</c><00:28:37.440><c> verses</c><00:28:37.980><c> 10</c><00:28:38.740><c> and</c><00:28:38.980><c> 11</c><00:28:39.380><c> to</c><00:28:39.559><c> see</c><00:28:39.859><c> what</c><00:28:41.200><c> Jeremiah</c><00:28:44.680><c> went</c><00:28:48.440><c> down</c><00:28:48.779><c> verses</c><00:28:49.119><c> 10</c>

00:28:49.460 --> 00:28:50.980
and<00:28:49.599><c> 11</c><00:28:49.960><c> to</c><00:28:50.460><c> do</c>

00:28:50.980 --> 00:28:54.240
what<00:28:51.180><c> God</c><00:28:51.480><c> wanted</c><00:28:51.759><c> him</c><00:28:51.920><c> to</c><00:28:52.119><c> do</c><00:28:52.259><c> with</c><00:28:52.500><c> the</c><00:28:52.740><c> bottle</c><00:28:53.119><c> verses</c><00:28:53.680><c> 10</c>

00:28:54.240 --> 00:28:56.140
and<00:28:54.420><c> 11</c><00:28:54.759><c> then</c><00:28:55.119><c> shalt</c><00:28:55.400><c> thou</c><00:28:55.519><c> break</c><00:28:55.799><c> the</c>

00:28:56.140 --> 00:28:58.799
bottle<00:28:56.299><c> in</c><00:28:56.579><c> the</c><00:28:56.740><c> sight</c><00:28:56.880><c> of</c><00:28:57.019><c> the</c><00:28:57.140><c> men</c><00:28:57.299><c> that</c><00:28:57.480><c> go</c><00:28:57.640><c> with</c><00:28:57.940><c> thee</c><00:28:58.200><c> and</c>

00:28:58.799 --> 00:29:00.740
shalt<00:28:59.019><c> say</c><00:28:59.220><c> unto</c><00:28:59.480><c> them</c><00:28:59.819><c> thus</c><00:29:00.220><c> saith</c><00:29:00.519><c> the</c>

00:29:00.740 --> 00:29:05.500
Lord<00:29:01.019><c> of</c><00:29:01.259><c> hosts</c><00:29:01.900><c> even</c><00:29:02.559><c> so</c><00:29:03.000><c> will</c><00:29:03.180><c> I</c><00:29:03.400><c> break</c><00:29:03.579><c> this</c><00:29:03.940><c> people</c><00:29:04.339><c> and</c><00:29:04.720><c> this</c><00:29:05.000><c> city</c><00:29:05.220><c> as</c>

00:29:05.500 --> 00:29:08.039
one<00:29:05.900><c> breaketh</c><00:29:06.400><c> a</c><00:29:06.660><c> potter's</c><00:29:07.099><c> vessel</c>

00:29:08.180 --> 00:29:11.619
that<00:29:08.559><c> cannot</c><00:29:08.880><c> be</c><00:29:09.200><c> made</c><00:29:09.420><c> whole</c><00:29:09.660><c> again</c><00:29:10.299><c> and</c><00:29:11.019><c> they</c><00:29:11.200><c> shall</c><00:29:11.339><c> bury</c>

00:29:11.619 --> 00:29:14.220
them<00:29:12.019><c> in</c><00:29:12.299><c> Tofet</c><00:29:12.680><c> until</c><00:29:13.039><c> there</c><00:29:13.319><c> be</c><00:29:13.460><c> no</c><00:29:13.819><c> place</c>

00:29:14.220 --> 00:29:19.019
to<00:29:14.480><c> bury.</c><00:29:16.000><c> Now</c><00:29:16.359><c> this</c><00:29:16.680><c> refers</c><00:29:17.059><c> to</c><00:29:17.319><c> that</c><00:29:17.740><c> time</c><00:29:18.119><c> in</c><00:29:18.339><c> the</c><00:29:18.539><c> process</c>

00:29:19.019 --> 00:29:22.220
where<00:29:19.680><c> all</c><00:29:20.140><c> of</c><00:29:20.240><c> the</c><00:29:20.440><c> water</c><00:29:20.640><c> has</c><00:29:20.859><c> been</c><00:29:21.119><c> extracted</c>

00:29:22.460 --> 00:29:26.220
and<00:29:22.779><c> it</c><00:29:23.019><c> cannot</c><00:29:23.480><c> go</c><00:29:23.779><c> back</c><00:29:24.140><c> to</c><00:29:24.279><c> what</c><00:29:24.460><c> it</c><00:29:24.640><c> was</c><00:29:24.920><c> before</c><00:29:25.420><c> it</c><00:29:25.799><c> cannot</c>

00:29:26.220 --> 00:29:29.279
be<00:29:27.200><c> changed</c><00:29:27.859><c> it</c><00:29:28.180><c> cannot</c><00:29:28.500><c> be</c><00:29:28.799><c> made</c><00:29:29.019><c> whole</c>

00:29:29.279 --> 00:29:34.660
again.<00:29:30.700><c> Now</c><00:29:30.700><c> you</c><00:29:30.720><c> may</c><00:29:30.920><c> have</c><00:29:31.059><c> a</c><00:29:31.259><c> marginal</c><00:29:31.619><c> note</c><00:29:32.380><c> in</c><00:29:32.759><c> your</c><00:29:33.059><c> authorized</c><00:29:33.480><c> version</c><00:29:34.019><c> for</c>

00:29:34.660 --> 00:29:35.819
that<00:29:34.960><c> phrase</c><00:29:35.380><c> cannot</c>

00:29:35.819 --> 00:29:42.579
be<00:29:36.119><c> made</c><00:29:36.319><c> whole</c><00:29:36.579><c> again</c><00:29:37.079><c> cannot</c><00:29:37.700><c> be</c><00:29:38.220><c> healed.</c><00:29:41.460><c> Let's</c><00:29:41.619><c> think</c><00:29:41.839><c> about</c><00:29:42.099><c> that</c><00:29:42.400><c> for</c>

00:29:42.579 --> 00:29:45.779
a<00:29:42.640><c> little</c><00:29:42.839><c> while.</c><00:29:45.599><c> Jeremiah</c>

00:29:45.779 --> 00:29:49.160
is<00:29:46.079><c> telling</c><00:29:46.339><c> Israel</c><00:29:46.740><c> you</c><00:29:47.000><c> have</c><00:29:47.279><c> reached</c><00:29:47.619><c> a</c><00:29:47.900><c> point</c><00:29:48.200><c> where</c><00:29:48.700><c> you</c>

00:29:49.160 --> 00:29:51.319
cannot<00:29:49.599><c> now</c><00:29:50.059><c> be</c><00:29:50.400><c> healed</c><00:29:50.599><c> you</c><00:29:50.940><c> cannot</c>

00:29:51.319 --> 00:29:59.220
now<00:29:51.660><c> be</c><00:29:51.880><c> made</c><00:29:52.160><c> whole</c><00:29:52.460><c> again</c><00:29:53.119><c> but</c><00:29:55.000><c> that</c><00:29:55.380><c> tells</c><00:29:55.640><c> us</c><00:29:56.000><c> brethren</c><00:29:56.220><c> and</c><00:29:56.480><c> sisters</c><00:29:57.000><c> that</c><00:29:58.359><c> prior</c><00:29:58.859><c> to</c>

00:29:59.220 --> 00:30:00.000
that<00:29:59.619><c> final</c>

00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:05.480
judgment<00:30:00.579><c> every</c><00:30:01.359><c> step</c><00:30:01.640><c> along</c><00:30:01.960><c> the</c><00:30:02.200><c> way</c><00:30:02.519><c> we</c><00:30:03.019><c> can</c><00:30:03.440><c> be</c><00:30:03.799><c> healed</c><00:30:04.200><c> we</c>

00:30:05.480 --> 00:30:09.599
can<00:30:06.039><c> be</c><00:30:06.400><c> made</c><00:30:06.680><c> whole</c><00:30:07.200><c> again</c><00:30:08.059><c> we</c><00:30:08.880><c> can</c><00:30:09.240><c> be</c>

00:30:09.599 --> 00:30:17.059
changed<00:30:10.240><c> and</c><00:30:10.740><c> transformed</c><00:30:11.559><c> and</c><00:30:12.140><c> molded</c><00:30:12.859><c> by</c><00:30:13.099><c> the</c><00:30:13.380><c> potter.</c><00:30:16.819><c> So</c>

00:30:17.059 --> 00:30:19.759
there<00:30:17.259><c> is</c><00:30:17.480><c> exhortation</c><00:30:18.220><c> even</c><00:30:18.660><c> in</c><00:30:19.400><c> this</c>

00:30:19.759 --> 00:30:24.859
parable<00:30:20.140><c> of</c><00:30:20.359><c> judgment.</c><00:30:23.259><c> We</c><00:30:23.319><c> won't</c><00:30:23.519><c> go</c><00:30:23.819><c> to</c><00:30:24.019><c> the</c><00:30:24.240><c> passage</c><00:30:24.559><c> but</c>

00:30:24.859 --> 00:30:26.799
you<00:30:25.039><c> will</c><00:30:25.220><c> remember</c><00:30:25.599><c> from</c><00:30:25.940><c> Daniel</c><00:30:26.380><c> chapter</c>

00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:32.500
2<00:30:27.319><c> Nebuchadnezzar's</c><00:30:28.220><c> image</c><00:30:28.680><c> there</c><00:30:29.559><c> was</c><00:30:30.279><c> miry</c><00:30:30.819><c> clay</c><00:30:31.180><c> mixed</c><00:30:31.660><c> with</c><00:30:31.920><c> iron</c><00:30:32.140><c> and</c><00:30:32.299><c> it</c>

00:30:32.500 --> 00:30:33.440
didn't<00:30:32.680><c> mix</c><00:30:32.960><c> real</c><00:30:33.259><c> well</c>

00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.759
did<00:30:33.599><c> it</c><00:30:34.220><c> because</c><00:30:34.700><c> there</c><00:30:35.000><c> was</c><00:30:35.319><c> weakness</c><00:30:35.819><c> in</c><00:30:36.059><c> the</c><00:30:36.299><c> clay</c><00:30:36.660><c> and</c><00:30:37.519><c> the</c>

00:30:37.759 --> 00:30:40.400
weakness<00:30:38.119><c> of</c><00:30:38.400><c> the</c><00:30:38.599><c> clay</c><00:30:38.960><c> did</c><00:30:39.240><c> not</c><00:30:39.579><c> mix</c><00:30:39.980><c> with</c>

00:30:40.400 --> 00:30:47.759
the<00:30:40.779><c> iron</c><00:30:41.200><c> the</c><00:30:42.259><c> two</c><00:30:42.460><c> could</c><00:30:42.779><c> not</c><00:30:42.960><c> mix</c><00:30:43.220><c> together.</c><00:30:47.059><c> Let's</c><00:30:47.319><c> spend</c>

00:30:47.759 --> 00:30:49.740
a<00:30:47.880><c> bit</c><00:30:48.059><c> of</c><00:30:48.220><c> time</c><00:30:48.420><c> now</c><00:30:48.779><c> thinking</c><00:30:49.079><c> about</c><00:30:49.640><c> the</c>

00:30:49.759 --> 00:30:56.319
clay<00:30:50.339><c> the</c><00:30:52.720><c> word</c><00:30:53.000><c> clay</c><00:30:53.279><c> in</c><00:30:53.500><c> the</c><00:30:53.599><c> Hebrew</c><00:30:53.819><c> means</c><00:30:54.339><c> a</c><00:30:54.880><c> bubbling</c><00:30:55.160><c> up</c>

00:30:56.319 --> 00:31:01.700
ferment<00:30:57.240><c> redness</c><00:30:58.740><c> the</c><00:30:59.480><c> focus</c><00:30:59.839><c> is</c><00:31:00.220><c> on</c><00:31:00.720><c> the</c><00:31:01.180><c> origin</c>

00:31:01.700 --> 00:31:08.819
of<00:31:02.119><c> the</c><00:31:02.359><c> clay</c><00:31:02.519><c> it</c><00:31:02.799><c> is</c><00:31:03.099><c> from</c><00:31:03.619><c> the</c><00:31:03.980><c> earth.</c><00:31:07.019><c> And</c><00:31:07.279><c> there</c><00:31:07.500><c> are</c><00:31:07.960><c> a</c><00:31:08.119><c> fair</c><00:31:08.240><c> number</c><00:31:08.539><c> of</c>

00:31:08.819 --> 00:31:09.680
passages<00:31:09.140><c> in</c><00:31:09.400><c> the</c><00:31:09.500><c> book</c>

00:31:09.680 --> 00:31:13.319
of<00:31:10.059><c> Job</c><00:31:10.319><c> that</c><00:31:10.619><c> speak</c><00:31:10.900><c> of</c><00:31:11.259><c> clay</c><00:31:11.539><c> let's</c><00:31:11.920><c> turn</c><00:31:12.220><c> to</c><00:31:12.680><c> look</c><00:31:12.880><c> at</c><00:31:13.000><c> a</c><00:31:13.160><c> few</c>

00:31:13.319 --> 00:31:16.380
of<00:31:13.440><c> them.</c><00:31:13.660><c> Job</c><00:31:13.920><c> chapter</c><00:31:14.240><c> 4</c><00:31:14.700><c> verse</c><00:31:14.960><c> 19</c>

00:31:28.900 --> 00:31:35.400
Eliphaz<00:31:29.500><c> the</c><00:31:29.740><c> Timonite</c><00:31:30.240><c> is</c><00:31:30.420><c> speaking</c><00:31:30.779><c> in</c><00:31:31.119><c> Job</c><00:31:31.400><c> chapter</c><00:31:31.799><c> 4</c><00:31:33.019><c> and</c>

00:31:35.400 --> 00:31:38.400
he<00:31:35.539><c> says</c><00:31:35.900><c> in</c><00:31:36.200><c> verse</c><00:31:36.440><c> 17</c><00:31:37.180><c> shall</c><00:31:37.500><c> mortal</c><00:31:37.980><c> man</c>

00:31:38.400 --> 00:31:42.259
be<00:31:38.619><c> more</c><00:31:38.859><c> just</c><00:31:39.160><c> than</c><00:31:39.359><c> God?</c><00:31:40.660><c> Shall</c><00:31:40.839><c> a</c><00:31:41.019><c> man</c><00:31:41.140><c> be</c><00:31:41.359><c> more</c><00:31:41.660><c> pure</c><00:31:42.019><c> than</c>

00:31:42.259 --> 00:31:44.839
his<00:31:42.519><c> maker?</c><00:31:43.539><c> And</c><00:31:43.759><c> it's</c><00:31:44.259><c> kind</c><00:31:44.460><c> of</c><00:31:44.619><c> like</c>

00:31:44.839 --> 00:31:48.519
the<00:31:45.059><c> question</c><00:31:45.579><c> that</c><00:31:46.079><c> Isaiah</c><00:31:46.680><c> talked</c><00:31:47.240><c> about</c><00:31:47.619><c> where</c><00:31:47.940><c> the</c><00:31:48.240><c> clay</c>

00:31:48.519 --> 00:31:50.240
was<00:31:48.980><c> speaking</c><00:31:49.319><c> to</c><00:31:49.519><c> the</c><00:31:49.720><c> potter</c><00:31:49.960><c> things</c>

00:31:50.240 --> 00:31:54.740
are<00:31:50.500><c> turned</c><00:31:50.700><c> upside</c><00:31:51.200><c> down</c><00:31:52.779><c> verse</c><00:31:53.099><c> 18</c><00:31:53.559><c> behold</c><00:31:53.960><c> he</c><00:31:54.160><c> putteth</c><00:31:54.440><c> no</c>

00:31:54.740 --> 00:31:56.460
trust<00:31:55.000><c> in</c><00:31:55.200><c> his</c><00:31:55.359><c> servants</c><00:31:55.660><c> and</c><00:31:55.900><c> his</c><00:31:56.099><c> angels</c>

00:31:56.460 --> 00:32:00.160
he<00:31:56.779><c> charged</c><00:31:57.140><c> with</c><00:31:57.420><c> folly</c><00:31:57.799><c> how</c><00:31:58.220><c> much</c><00:31:58.579><c> less</c><00:31:58.859><c> in</c><00:31:59.099><c> them</c><00:31:59.400><c> that</c><00:31:59.700><c> dwell</c><00:31:59.940><c> in</c>

00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:02.700
houses<00:32:00.539><c> of</c><00:32:00.859><c> clay</c><00:32:01.339><c> whose</c><00:32:01.980><c> foundation</c>

00:32:02.700 --> 00:32:08.240
is<00:32:03.000><c> in</c><00:32:03.519><c> the</c><00:32:03.779><c> dust</c><00:32:04.240><c> which</c><00:32:04.940><c> are</c><00:32:05.240><c> crushed</c><00:32:05.640><c> before</c><00:32:06.420><c> the</c><00:32:06.859><c> moth</c><00:32:07.920><c> or</c>

00:32:08.240 --> 00:32:11.859
which<00:32:08.359><c> are</c><00:32:08.660><c> crushed</c><00:32:08.980><c> like</c><00:32:09.539><c> the</c><00:32:09.859><c> moth.</c><00:32:11.240><c> Now</c>

00:32:11.859 --> 00:32:16.299
I<00:32:12.460><c> would</c><00:32:12.779><c> suggest</c><00:32:13.299><c> brothers</c><00:32:13.599><c> and</c><00:32:13.779><c> sisters</c><00:32:14.140><c> that</c><00:32:14.440><c> verse</c><00:32:14.759><c> 19</c><00:32:15.640><c> is</c>

00:32:16.299 --> 00:32:18.579
not<00:32:16.599><c> just</c><00:32:16.839><c> speaking</c><00:32:17.220><c> of</c><00:32:17.779><c> literal</c><00:32:18.079><c> houses</c>

00:32:18.579 --> 00:32:21.500
how<00:32:18.839><c> much</c><00:32:19.140><c> less</c><00:32:19.420><c> them</c><00:32:19.740><c> that</c><00:32:20.039><c> dwell</c><00:32:20.160><c> in</c><00:32:20.339><c> houses</c><00:32:20.660><c> of</c><00:32:20.980><c> clay</c><00:32:21.200><c> whose</c>

00:32:21.500 --> 00:32:23.579
foundation<00:32:22.079><c> is</c><00:32:22.299><c> in</c><00:32:22.460><c> the</c><00:32:22.619><c> dust</c><00:32:22.799><c> I</c><00:32:23.319><c> would</c>

00:32:23.579 --> 00:32:27.319
suggest<00:32:24.059><c> that</c><00:32:24.240><c> it</c><00:32:24.420><c> is</c><00:32:24.799><c> a</c><00:32:25.519><c> figure</c><00:32:25.779><c> of</c><00:32:26.019><c> speech</c><00:32:26.200><c> that</c><00:32:26.480><c> talks</c><00:32:26.720><c> about</c><00:32:27.039><c> our</c>

00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.279
life<00:32:27.660><c> and</c><00:32:27.859><c> our</c><00:32:28.019><c> nature</c><00:32:28.519><c> because</c>

00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:36.579
we<00:32:30.619><c> live</c><00:32:31.019><c> in</c><00:32:31.460><c> houses</c><00:32:32.059><c> of</c><00:32:32.539><c> clay</c><00:32:33.160><c> our</c><00:32:34.740><c> foundation</c><00:32:35.460><c> is</c><00:32:36.059><c> in</c><00:32:36.359><c> the</c>

00:32:36.579 --> 00:32:40.440
dust<00:32:37.339><c> dust</c><00:32:38.880><c> thou</c><00:32:39.160><c> art</c><00:32:39.380><c> and</c><00:32:39.599><c> unto</c><00:32:39.799><c> dust</c><00:32:40.140><c> shalt</c>

00:32:40.440 --> 00:32:44.240
thou<00:32:40.619><c> return</c><00:32:41.279><c> the</c><00:32:42.000><c> Lord</c><00:32:42.240><c> God</c><00:32:42.480><c> form</c><00:32:42.819><c> man</c><00:32:43.160><c> of</c><00:32:43.420><c> dust</c><00:32:43.759><c> from</c><00:32:44.019><c> the</c>

00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:46.079
ground<00:32:44.519><c> and</c><00:32:44.880><c> breathe</c><00:32:45.180><c> into</c><00:32:45.400><c> his</c><00:32:45.619><c> nostrils</c>

00:32:46.079 --> 00:32:51.420
the<00:32:46.319><c> breath</c><00:32:46.480><c> of</c><00:32:46.740><c> life</c><00:32:47.000><c> that's</c><00:32:47.500><c> a</c><00:32:47.619><c> first</c><00:32:47.799><c> principle</c><00:32:48.420><c> that's</c><00:32:51.180><c> an</c>

00:32:51.420 --> 00:32:54.859
intellectual<00:32:52.059><c> first</c><00:32:53.059><c> principle</c><00:32:53.740><c> we</c>

00:32:54.859 --> 00:33:00.500
can<00:32:55.000><c> go</c><00:32:55.200><c> to</c><00:32:55.400><c> chapter</c><00:32:55.759><c> and</c><00:32:55.960><c> verse</c><00:32:56.480><c> it's</c><00:32:57.160><c> part</c><00:32:57.359><c> of</c><00:32:57.599><c> our</c><00:32:58.000><c> head</c><00:32:58.299><c> knowledge</c><00:32:58.980><c> is</c>

00:33:00.500 --> 00:33:02.039
it<00:33:00.660><c> a</c><00:33:00.740><c> part</c><00:33:00.839><c> of</c><00:33:01.099><c> our</c><00:33:01.440><c> heart</c><00:33:01.759><c> knowledge</c>

00:33:02.039 --> 00:33:10.940
do<00:33:03.279><c> we</c><00:33:04.480><c> really</c><00:33:04.900><c> accept</c><00:33:05.559><c> the</c><00:33:05.960><c> fact</c><00:33:06.380><c> of</c><00:33:07.779><c> our</c><00:33:08.259><c> mortality</c><00:33:08.880><c> do</c><00:33:10.700><c> we</c>

00:33:10.940 --> 00:33:15.940
really<00:33:11.299><c> accept</c><00:33:11.980><c> the</c><00:33:12.299><c> idea</c><00:33:13.000><c> that</c><00:33:14.759><c> we</c><00:33:15.299><c> live</c>

00:33:15.940 --> 00:33:23.119
in<00:33:16.420><c> houses</c><00:33:16.900><c> of</c><00:33:17.279><c> clay</c><00:33:17.740><c> that</c><00:33:19.380><c> our</c><00:33:19.799><c> foundation</c><00:33:20.740><c> without</c><00:33:22.220><c> the</c><00:33:22.519><c> help</c><00:33:22.759><c> of</c>

00:33:23.119 --> 00:33:27.000
God<00:33:23.660><c> and</c><00:33:23.880><c> his</c><00:33:24.140><c> word</c><00:33:24.519><c> and</c><00:33:24.740><c> his</c><00:33:25.000><c> son</c><00:33:25.500><c> is</c>

00:33:27.000 --> 00:33:36.160
in<00:33:27.059><c> the</c><00:33:27.279><c> dust.</c><00:33:31.079><c> Job</c><00:33:31.160><c> chapter</c><00:33:31.500><c> 10</c><00:33:32.000><c> verse</c><00:33:32.279><c> 9</c><00:33:33.480><c> in</c><00:33:35.119><c> this</c><00:33:35.299><c> case</c><00:33:35.740><c> Job</c>

00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:45.460
is<00:33:36.500><c> speaking</c><00:33:37.740><c> and</c><00:33:44.180><c> he</c><00:33:44.460><c> says</c><00:33:44.940><c> something</c>

00:33:45.460 --> 00:33:51.200
very<00:33:45.900><c> similar</c><00:33:46.240><c> to</c><00:33:46.460><c> what</c><00:33:46.799><c> the</c><00:33:47.000><c> life</c><00:33:47.299><c> has</c><00:33:47.559><c> just</c><00:33:47.940><c> said</c><00:33:48.859><c> verse</c><00:33:50.799><c> 8</c>

00:33:51.200 --> 00:33:53.720
thine<00:33:51.640><c> hands</c><00:33:52.180><c> have</c><00:33:52.660><c> framed</c><00:33:52.980><c> me</c><00:33:53.240><c> and</c><00:33:53.420><c> fashioned</c>

00:33:53.720 --> 00:33:58.000
me<00:33:53.859><c> together</c><00:33:54.319><c> round</c><00:33:54.640><c> about</c><00:33:54.920><c> yet</c><00:33:55.160><c> thou</c><00:33:55.460><c> dost</c><00:33:55.720><c> destroy</c><00:33:56.160><c> me</c><00:33:56.599><c> remember</c><00:33:57.700><c> I</c>

00:33:58.000 --> 00:33:59.440
beseech<00:33:58.500><c> thee</c><00:33:58.680><c> that</c><00:33:58.839><c> thou</c><00:33:59.019><c> hast</c>

00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:04.259
made<00:33:59.920><c> me</c><00:34:00.339><c> as</c><00:34:00.819><c> the</c><00:34:01.099><c> clay</c><00:34:01.460><c> and</c><00:34:02.460><c> wilt</c><00:34:02.619><c> thou</c><00:34:02.859><c> again</c><00:34:03.380><c> bring</c><00:34:03.720><c> me</c><00:34:04.000><c> into</c>

00:34:04.259 --> 00:34:07.240
dust<00:34:04.660><c> again</c><00:34:05.319><c> and</c><00:34:06.240><c> there's</c><00:34:06.519><c> the</c><00:34:06.700><c> combination</c>

00:34:07.240 --> 00:34:11.480
of<00:34:07.440><c> the</c><00:34:07.680><c> clay</c><00:34:07.900><c> and</c><00:34:08.099><c> the</c><00:34:08.280><c> dust</c><00:34:08.880><c> clay</c><00:34:09.679><c> which</c><00:34:10.000><c> can</c><00:34:10.400><c> be</c><00:34:10.659><c> molded</c><00:34:11.139><c> and</c>

00:34:11.480 --> 00:34:15.599
changed<00:34:12.159><c> and</c><00:34:12.960><c> transformed</c><00:34:13.780><c> dust</c><00:34:14.940><c> which</c>

00:34:15.599 --> 00:34:19.460
flies<00:34:16.059><c> away</c><00:34:16.480><c> with</c><00:34:16.739><c> the</c><00:34:16.920><c> wind</c><00:34:17.239><c> and</c><00:34:18.519><c> that's</c><00:34:18.800><c> what</c><00:34:18.960><c> we're</c><00:34:19.159><c> made</c>

00:34:19.460 --> 00:34:21.960
of<00:34:19.840><c> that's</c><00:34:20.340><c> what</c><00:34:20.400><c> Job</c><00:34:20.639><c> says</c><00:34:21.079><c> we're</c><00:34:21.380><c> made</c><00:34:21.639><c> of</c>

00:34:21.960 --> 00:34:26.280
and<00:34:23.300><c> again</c><00:34:23.619><c> I</c><00:34:23.780><c> would</c><00:34:24.000><c> ask</c><00:34:24.300><c> the</c><00:34:24.539><c> question</c><00:34:24.940><c> of</c><00:34:25.159><c> each</c><00:34:25.340><c> of</c><00:34:25.519><c> us</c><00:34:25.940><c> do</c>

00:34:26.280 --> 00:34:30.079
we<00:34:26.579><c> really</c><00:34:27.039><c> do</c><00:34:27.239><c> we</c><00:34:27.579><c> really</c><00:34:28.079><c> believe</c><00:34:29.239><c> what</c>

00:34:30.340 --> 00:34:36.840
Job<00:34:30.519><c> just</c><00:34:30.880><c> told</c><00:34:31.099><c> us</c><00:34:32.820><c> Job</c><00:34:33.179><c> chapter</c><00:34:33.460><c> 13</c><00:34:34.239><c> verse</c><00:34:34.679><c> 12</c><00:34:35.900><c> Job</c><00:34:36.300><c> now</c><00:34:36.579><c> is</c>

00:34:36.840 --> 00:34:40.880
speaking<00:34:37.159><c> against</c><00:34:37.659><c> his</c><00:34:39.079><c> three</c><00:34:39.519><c> friends</c>

00:34:41.699 --> 00:34:45.539
he<00:34:42.039><c> says</c><00:34:42.360><c> verse</c><00:34:42.639><c> 10</c><00:34:43.039><c> he</c><00:34:43.260><c> will</c><00:34:43.500><c> surely</c><00:34:43.880><c> repute</c><00:34:44.519><c> reprove</c><00:34:45.019><c> you</c><00:34:45.300><c> if</c>

00:34:45.539 --> 00:34:47.360
he<00:34:45.739><c> do</c><00:34:45.880><c> secretly</c><00:34:46.380><c> accept</c><00:34:46.719><c> person</c><00:34:47.139><c> shall</c>

00:34:47.360 --> 00:34:50.679
not<00:34:47.480><c> his</c><00:34:47.739><c> excellency</c><00:34:48.320><c> make</c><00:34:48.579><c> you</c><00:34:48.840><c> afraid</c><00:34:49.400><c> and</c><00:34:49.920><c> his</c><00:34:50.179><c> dread</c><00:34:50.400><c> fall</c>

00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:53.280
upon<00:34:51.039><c> you</c><00:34:51.440><c> your</c><00:34:52.099><c> remembrances</c><00:34:52.900><c> are</c>

00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:57.860
like<00:34:53.440><c> unto</c><00:34:53.760><c> ashes</c><00:34:54.260><c> your</c><00:34:54.659><c> bodies</c><00:34:55.280><c> to</c><00:34:56.059><c> bodies</c><00:34:56.440><c> of</c><00:34:56.760><c> clay</c><00:34:57.139><c> revise</c>

00:34:57.860 --> 00:35:00.760
your<00:34:58.780><c> defenses</c><00:34:59.280><c> our</c><00:34:59.579><c> defenses</c><00:35:00.099><c> of</c><00:35:00.460><c> clay</c>

00:35:00.760 --> 00:35:07.679
and<00:35:01.159><c> there's</c><00:35:01.360><c> a</c><00:35:01.500><c> focus</c><00:35:01.760><c> on</c><00:35:02.099><c> the</c><00:35:02.500><c> worthlessness</c><00:35:03.280><c> of</c><00:35:04.840><c> their</c><00:35:05.260><c> remembrances</c><00:35:06.360><c> the</c>

00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:09.280
unimportance<00:35:08.559><c> of</c><00:35:08.780><c> their</c>

00:35:09.280 --> 00:35:12.360
defenses<00:35:09.880><c> they</c><00:35:10.199><c> are</c><00:35:10.380><c> like</c><00:35:10.559><c> unto</c><00:35:10.920><c> ashes</c><00:35:11.440><c> they</c><00:35:11.699><c> are</c><00:35:11.880><c> like</c><00:35:12.099><c> unto</c>

00:35:12.360 --> 00:35:16.139
clay<00:35:13.000><c> and</c><00:35:14.460><c> as</c><00:35:14.719><c> we've</c><00:35:15.500><c> begun</c><00:35:15.699><c> to</c><00:35:16.000><c> look</c>

00:35:16.139 --> 00:35:18.599
at<00:35:16.219><c> how</c><00:35:16.480><c> clay</c><00:35:16.739><c> is</c><00:35:17.019><c> used</c><00:35:17.239><c> in</c><00:35:17.400><c> the</c><00:35:17.579><c> scripture</c><00:35:17.840><c> we</c><00:35:18.039><c> begin</c><00:35:18.280><c> to</c><00:35:18.480><c> step</c>

00:35:18.599 --> 00:35:21.360
back<00:35:18.860><c> and</c><00:35:19.139><c> see</c><00:35:19.460><c> it</c><00:35:19.940><c> is</c><00:35:20.280><c> used</c><00:35:20.579><c> in</c><00:35:21.039><c> rather</c>

00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:28.000
a<00:35:21.699><c> disparaging</c><00:35:22.239><c> way</c><00:35:22.519><c> isn't</c><00:35:22.739><c> it</c><00:35:23.219><c> it</c><00:35:23.880><c> is</c><00:35:24.099><c> a</c><00:35:24.539><c> common</c><00:35:25.000><c> substance</c><00:35:25.760><c> that</c><00:35:26.800><c> did</c><00:35:27.139><c> not</c><00:35:27.440><c> get</c><00:35:27.760><c> a</c>

00:35:28.000 --> 00:35:28.659
whole<00:35:28.199><c> lot</c><00:35:28.380><c> of</c>

00:35:28.659 --> 00:35:32.619
respect<00:35:29.159><c> because</c><00:35:29.679><c> of</c><00:35:29.880><c> its</c><00:35:30.099><c> commonness</c><00:35:30.780><c> because</c><00:35:31.460><c> of</c><00:35:32.119><c> its</c><00:35:32.320><c> very</c>

00:35:32.619 --> 00:35:36.320
nature<00:35:33.280><c> and</c><00:35:35.619><c> that's</c><00:35:35.840><c> what</c><00:35:35.980><c> we</c><00:35:36.179><c> are</c>

00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:45.579
made<00:35:36.559><c> of</c><00:35:39.679><c> Job</c><00:35:40.420><c> chapter</c><00:35:41.139><c> 27</c><00:35:42.179><c> verse</c><00:35:42.719><c> 16</c><00:35:44.159><c> another</c><00:35:44.639><c> reference</c><00:35:45.099><c> to</c>

00:35:45.579 --> 00:35:46.119
clay<00:35:46.039><c> and</c><00:35:46.119><c> that's</c><00:35:46.119><c> what</c><00:35:46.119><c> we're</c><00:35:46.119><c> made</c><00:35:46.119><c> of</c><00:35:46.119><c> and</c>

00:35:46.139 --> 00:35:56.619
that's<00:35:46.139><c> what</c><00:35:46.380><c> we're</c><00:35:47.719><c> made</c><00:35:47.719><c> of</c><00:35:48.559><c> Job</c><00:35:51.280><c> chapter</c><00:35:51.679><c> 27</c><00:35:52.539><c> and</c><00:35:55.340><c> let's</c><00:35:55.820><c> begin</c><00:35:56.079><c> reading</c><00:35:56.360><c> at</c>

00:35:56.619 --> 00:35:59.519
verse<00:35:56.880><c> 13</c><00:35:57.780><c> this</c><00:35:59.300><c> is</c>

00:35:59.519 --> 00:36:02.219
the<00:35:59.699><c> portion</c><00:36:00.059><c> of</c><00:36:00.280><c> a</c><00:36:00.400><c> wicked</c><00:36:00.579><c> man</c><00:36:00.880><c> with</c><00:36:01.119><c> God</c><00:36:01.440><c> and</c><00:36:01.659><c> the</c><00:36:01.860><c> heritage</c>

00:36:02.219 --> 00:36:04.659
of<00:36:02.500><c> oppressors</c><00:36:03.340><c> which</c><00:36:03.739><c> they</c><00:36:04.000><c> shall</c><00:36:04.159><c> receive</c>

00:36:04.659 --> 00:36:08.420
of<00:36:04.880><c> the</c><00:36:05.039><c> Almighty</c><00:36:05.460><c> if</c><00:36:06.659><c> his</c><00:36:06.880><c> children</c><00:36:07.179><c> be</c><00:36:07.380><c> multiplied</c><00:36:07.980><c> it</c><00:36:08.239><c> is</c>

00:36:08.420 --> 00:36:10.139
for<00:36:08.579><c> the</c><00:36:08.840><c> sword</c><00:36:09.079><c> and</c><00:36:09.239><c> his</c><00:36:09.460><c> offspring</c><00:36:09.860><c> shall</c>

00:36:10.139 --> 00:36:13.679
not<00:36:10.400><c> be</c><00:36:10.659><c> satisfied</c><00:36:11.239><c> with</c><00:36:11.539><c> bread</c><00:36:11.940><c> those</c><00:36:12.760><c> that</c><00:36:13.039><c> remain</c><00:36:13.300><c> of</c><00:36:13.519><c> him</c>

00:36:13.679 --> 00:36:15.619
shall<00:36:13.880><c> be</c><00:36:14.179><c> buried</c><00:36:14.400><c> in</c><00:36:14.679><c> death</c><00:36:14.920><c> and</c><00:36:15.139><c> his</c><00:36:15.320><c> widow</c>

00:36:15.619 --> 00:36:19.559
shall<00:36:15.780><c> not</c><00:36:16.159><c> weep</c><00:36:16.900><c> though</c><00:36:17.260><c> he</c><00:36:17.619><c> heap</c><00:36:17.880><c> up</c><00:36:18.159><c> silver</c><00:36:18.519><c> as</c><00:36:18.920><c> the</c><00:36:19.159><c> dust</c>

00:36:19.559 --> 00:36:22.880
and<00:36:20.239><c> prepare</c><00:36:20.599><c> raiment</c><00:36:21.039><c> as</c><00:36:21.360><c> the</c><00:36:21.679><c> clay</c><00:36:22.019><c> he</c>

00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:26.440
may<00:36:23.119><c> prepare</c><00:36:23.519><c> it</c><00:36:23.900><c> but</c><00:36:24.099><c> the</c><00:36:24.340><c> jush</c><00:36:24.519><c> shall</c><00:36:24.760><c> put</c><00:36:24.960><c> it</c><00:36:25.219><c> on</c><00:36:25.860><c> and</c><00:36:26.260><c> the</c>

00:36:26.440 --> 00:36:29.699
innocent<00:36:26.820><c> shall</c><00:36:27.219><c> divide</c><00:36:27.820><c> the</c><00:36:28.300><c> silver</c><00:36:28.619><c> he</c>

00:36:29.699 --> 00:36:33.300
buildeth<00:36:30.019><c> his</c><00:36:30.199><c> house</c><00:36:30.619><c> as</c><00:36:30.940><c> a</c><00:36:31.119><c> moth</c><00:36:31.659><c> and</c><00:36:32.159><c> as</c><00:36:32.340><c> a</c><00:36:32.500><c> booth</c><00:36:32.780><c> that</c><00:36:33.079><c> the</c>

00:36:33.300 --> 00:36:36.119
keeper<00:36:33.539><c> make</c><00:36:33.900><c> it</c><00:36:34.599><c> and</c><00:36:35.260><c> again</c><00:36:35.460><c> the</c><00:36:35.760><c> focus</c>

00:36:36.119 --> 00:36:41.039
is<00:36:36.440><c> on</c><00:36:36.760><c> the</c><00:36:37.139><c> unimportance</c><00:36:37.940><c> the</c><00:36:38.199><c> essential</c><00:36:38.880><c> worthlessness</c><00:36:39.840><c> of</c>

00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:46.099
dust<00:36:41.579><c> and</c><00:36:42.800><c> clay</c><00:36:43.239><c> and</c><00:36:45.320><c> that's</c><00:36:45.599><c> what</c><00:36:45.599><c> we're</c><00:36:45.599><c> made</c>

00:36:47.260 --> 00:36:53.519
of<00:36:47.860><c> Job</c><00:36:48.460><c> chapter</c><00:36:50.460><c> 33</c><00:36:51.239><c> verse</c><00:36:51.619><c> 6</c><00:36:52.219><c> another</c><00:36:52.519><c> passage</c><00:36:53.000><c> that</c><00:36:53.239><c> speaks</c>

00:36:53.519 --> 00:36:56.139
of<00:36:53.800><c> clay</c><00:36:54.039><c> in</c><00:36:54.539><c> the</c><00:36:54.659><c> same</c><00:36:54.960><c> way</c><00:36:55.699><c> in</c><00:36:55.960><c> this</c>

00:36:56.139 --> 00:37:01.340
case<00:36:56.400><c> Elihu</c><00:36:57.059><c> is</c><00:36:57.280><c> speaking</c><00:36:58.119><c> he</c><00:36:59.139><c> says</c><00:36:59.400><c> in</c><00:36:59.519><c> verse</c><00:36:59.820><c> 6</c><00:37:00.539><c> behold</c><00:37:00.900><c> I</c><00:37:01.159><c> am</c>

00:37:01.340 --> 00:37:03.300
according<00:37:01.739><c> to</c><00:37:01.980><c> thy</c><00:37:02.159><c> wish</c><00:37:02.480><c> in</c><00:37:02.780><c> God's</c>

00:37:03.300 --> 00:37:07.500
dead<00:37:03.480><c> I</c><00:37:04.099><c> also</c><00:37:04.500><c> am</c><00:37:04.880><c> formed</c><00:37:05.199><c> out</c><00:37:05.460><c> of</c><00:37:05.599><c> the</c><00:37:05.820><c> clay</c><00:37:06.059><c> behold</c><00:37:06.519><c> my</c><00:37:06.920><c> terror</c><00:37:07.280><c> shall</c>

00:37:07.500 --> 00:37:09.239
not<00:37:07.739><c> make</c><00:37:07.940><c> thee</c><00:37:08.159><c> afraid</c><00:37:08.820><c> neither</c>

00:37:09.239 --> 00:37:12.500
shall<00:37:09.480><c> my</c><00:37:09.800><c> hand</c><00:37:10.139><c> be</c><00:37:10.420><c> heavy</c><00:37:10.760><c> upon</c><00:37:11.300><c> thee</c><00:37:11.619><c> and</c><00:37:12.059><c> what</c><00:37:12.159><c> he's</c><00:37:12.400><c> saying</c>

00:37:12.500 --> 00:37:14.340
to<00:37:12.739><c> Job</c><00:37:12.900><c> is</c><00:37:13.119><c> I</c><00:37:13.440><c> share</c><00:37:13.739><c> your</c><00:37:13.960><c> nature</c>

00:37:14.340 --> 00:37:19.780
I<00:37:14.599><c> share</c><00:37:15.039><c> the</c><00:37:15.340><c> building</c><00:37:15.679><c> blocks</c><00:37:16.059><c> that</c><00:37:16.260><c> have</c><00:37:16.440><c> made</c><00:37:16.679><c> me</c><00:37:17.860><c> again</c><00:37:19.440><c> a</c>

00:37:19.780 --> 00:37:22.099
focus<00:37:20.099><c> on</c><00:37:20.559><c> the</c><00:37:21.179><c> worthlessness</c><00:37:21.780><c> the</c>

00:37:22.099 --> 00:37:29.519
unimportance<00:37:22.820><c> of</c><00:37:23.159><c> clay</c><00:37:23.619><c> in</c><00:37:24.440><c> and</c><00:37:24.579><c> of</c><00:37:24.719><c> itself</c><00:37:25.440><c> just</c><00:37:29.039><c> a</c><00:37:29.199><c> few</c><00:37:29.280><c> more</c>

00:37:29.519 --> 00:37:36.039
passages<00:37:30.239><c> now</c><00:37:32.119><c> from</c><00:37:32.780><c> the</c><00:37:33.139><c> Psalms</c><00:37:35.579><c> Psalm</c>

00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:44.320
40<00:37:37.099><c> another</c><00:37:37.699><c> passage</c><00:37:38.219><c> that</c><00:37:38.900><c> speaks</c><00:37:39.219><c> of</c><00:37:39.579><c> clay</c><00:37:40.000><c> and</c><00:37:44.320><c> the</c><00:37:44.320><c> unimportance</c><00:37:44.320><c> of</c><00:37:44.320><c> clay</c><00:37:44.320><c> in</c>

00:37:44.320 --> 00:37:44.820
and<00:37:44.320><c> of</c><00:37:44.320><c> itself</c>

00:37:47.780 --> 00:37:53.159
the<00:37:48.420><c> psalm</c><00:37:48.739><c> says</c><00:37:49.159><c> I</c><00:37:49.639><c> waited</c><00:37:49.920><c> patiently</c><00:37:50.460><c> for</c><00:37:50.760><c> the</c><00:37:50.960><c> Lord</c><00:37:51.579><c> and</c><00:37:52.920><c> he</c>

00:37:53.159 --> 00:37:54.920
inclined<00:37:53.519><c> unto</c><00:37:53.760><c> me</c><00:37:54.159><c> and</c><00:37:54.420><c> heard</c><00:37:54.559><c> my</c>

00:37:54.920 --> 00:38:00.360
cry<00:37:55.440><c> he</c><00:37:57.179><c> brought</c><00:37:57.360><c> me</c><00:37:57.619><c> up</c><00:37:57.860><c> also</c><00:37:58.300><c> out</c><00:37:58.599><c> of</c><00:37:58.780><c> an</c><00:37:59.000><c> horrible</c><00:37:59.340><c> pit</c><00:37:59.780><c> out</c>

00:38:00.360 --> 00:38:03.420
of<00:38:00.519><c> the</c><00:38:00.739><c> mirey</c><00:38:01.260><c> clay</c><00:38:01.659><c> and</c><00:38:02.820><c> set</c><00:38:02.920><c> my</c><00:38:03.260><c> feet</c>

00:38:03.420 --> 00:38:07.820
upon<00:38:03.739><c> a</c><00:38:03.980><c> rock</c><00:38:04.260><c> and</c><00:38:04.599><c> established</c><00:38:05.019><c> my</c><00:38:05.360><c> goings</c><00:38:07.300><c> he</c><00:38:07.440><c> hath</c><00:38:07.539><c> put</c><00:38:07.659><c> a</c>

00:38:07.820 --> 00:38:10.320
new<00:38:08.059><c> song</c><00:38:08.400><c> in</c><00:38:08.599><c> my</c><00:38:08.820><c> mouth</c><00:38:09.139><c> even</c><00:38:09.500><c> praise</c><00:38:10.000><c> unto</c>

00:38:10.320 --> 00:38:14.579
our<00:38:10.400><c> God</c><00:38:11.079><c> many</c><00:38:12.360><c> shall</c><00:38:12.619><c> see</c><00:38:12.880><c> it</c><00:38:13.099><c> and</c><00:38:13.360><c> fear</c><00:38:13.539><c> and</c><00:38:13.840><c> shall</c><00:38:14.000><c> trust</c><00:38:14.380><c> in</c>

00:38:14.579 --> 00:38:17.599
the<00:38:14.739><c> Lord</c><00:38:15.219><c> blessed</c><00:38:16.400><c> is</c><00:38:16.719><c> that</c><00:38:17.000><c> man</c><00:38:17.320><c> that</c>

00:38:17.599 --> 00:38:20.960
maketh<00:38:17.840><c> the</c><00:38:18.059><c> Lord</c><00:38:18.300><c> his</c><00:38:18.579><c> trust</c><00:38:18.980><c> and</c><00:38:19.400><c> respecteth</c><00:38:19.840><c> not</c><00:38:20.079><c> the</c><00:38:20.380><c> proud</c><00:38:20.659><c> nor</c>

00:38:20.960 --> 00:38:24.940
such<00:38:21.280><c> as</c><00:38:21.519><c> turn</c><00:38:21.699><c> aside</c><00:38:22.300><c> to</c><00:38:22.619><c> lies</c><00:38:23.139><c> so</c>

00:38:25.079 --> 00:38:28.860
David<00:38:25.300><c> here</c><00:38:25.539><c> speaks</c><00:38:25.900><c> of</c><00:38:26.099><c> an</c><00:38:26.300><c> experience</c><00:38:26.840><c> when</c><00:38:27.119><c> he</c><00:38:27.400><c> was</c><00:38:27.719><c> brought</c><00:38:28.019><c> up</c><00:38:28.500><c> out</c>

00:38:28.860 --> 00:38:30.320
of<00:38:29.119><c> an</c><00:38:29.400><c> horrible</c><00:38:29.800><c> pit</c><00:38:30.079><c> out</c>

00:38:30.320 --> 00:38:34.119
of<00:38:30.500><c> the</c><00:38:30.780><c> mirey</c><00:38:31.340><c> clay</c><00:38:31.719><c> out</c><00:38:32.519><c> of</c><00:38:32.639><c> that</c><00:38:32.860><c> which</c><00:38:33.059><c> was</c><00:38:33.340><c> essentially</c>

00:38:34.119 --> 00:38:40.300
earthy<00:38:34.860><c> in</c><00:38:35.039><c> its</c><00:38:35.260><c> focus</c><00:38:36.300><c> in</c><00:38:38.699><c> the</c><00:38:38.900><c> contrast</c><00:38:39.579><c> last</c><00:38:40.119><c> part</c>

00:38:40.320 --> 00:38:47.880
of<00:38:40.420><c> verse</c><00:38:40.659><c> two</c><00:38:41.300><c> and</c><00:38:42.300><c> set</c><00:38:42.559><c> my</c><00:38:42.900><c> feet</c><00:38:43.099><c> upon</c><00:38:43.440><c> a</c><00:38:43.699><c> rock</c><00:38:44.119><c> and</c><00:38:44.900><c> established</c><00:38:45.340><c> my</c><00:38:45.719><c> goings</c><00:38:47.559><c> and</c>

00:38:47.880 --> 00:38:48.619
we<00:38:48.019><c> don't</c><00:38:48.219><c> we</c><00:38:48.460><c> need</c>

00:38:48.619 --> 00:38:51.679
only<00:38:48.960><c> allow</c><00:38:49.280><c> our</c><00:38:49.559><c> minds</c><00:38:50.000><c> to</c><00:38:50.420><c> wander</c><00:38:50.699><c> through</c><00:38:51.000><c> scripture</c><00:38:51.440><c> when</c>

00:38:51.679 --> 00:38:53.800
we<00:38:51.900><c> think</c><00:38:52.079><c> about</c><00:38:52.400><c> that</c><00:38:52.679><c> phrase</c><00:38:53.079><c> set</c><00:38:53.360><c> my</c><00:38:53.659><c> feet</c>

00:38:53.800 --> 00:38:57.860
upon<00:38:54.079><c> a</c><00:38:54.320><c> rock</c><00:38:54.699><c> to</c><00:38:55.340><c> see</c><00:38:55.500><c> the</c><00:38:55.880><c> contrast</c><00:38:56.460><c> between</c><00:38:57.000><c> where</c><00:38:57.460><c> David</c>

00:38:57.860 --> 00:39:01.699
was<00:38:58.440><c> placed</c><00:38:59.099><c> where</c><00:38:59.920><c> his</c><00:39:00.239><c> goings</c><00:39:00.639><c> were</c><00:39:00.880><c> established</c>

00:39:01.699 --> 00:39:08.579
and<00:39:02.260><c> where</c><00:39:02.480><c> he</c><00:39:02.659><c> had</c><00:39:02.880><c> come</c><00:39:03.199><c> from</c><00:39:03.760><c> he</c><00:39:04.940><c> had</c><00:39:05.260><c> come</c><00:39:05.639><c> from</c><00:39:06.480><c> an</c><00:39:06.960><c> horrible</c><00:39:07.440><c> pit</c><00:39:07.880><c> out</c><00:39:08.219><c> of</c>

00:39:08.579 --> 00:39:10.800
mirey<00:39:09.179><c> clay</c><00:39:09.559><c> and</c><00:39:10.300><c> he</c><00:39:10.300><c> had</c>

00:39:10.800 --> 00:39:15.199
come<00:39:11.159><c> from</c><00:39:11.699><c> the</c><00:39:12.659><c> the</c><00:39:13.039><c> essence</c><00:39:13.260><c> the</c><00:39:13.559><c> essential</c><00:39:14.039><c> part</c><00:39:14.500><c> of</c><00:39:14.900><c> his</c>

00:39:15.199 --> 00:39:19.920
nature<00:39:15.800><c> as</c><00:39:16.880><c> created</c><00:39:17.320><c> by</c><00:39:17.659><c> his</c><00:39:17.940><c> God</c><00:39:18.619><c> through</c>

00:39:19.920 --> 00:39:24.820
the<00:39:20.179><c> grace</c><00:39:20.519><c> of</c><00:39:20.860><c> his</c><00:39:21.239><c> heavenly</c><00:39:21.639><c> father</c><00:39:22.300><c> to</c><00:39:23.340><c> have</c><00:39:23.500><c> his</c><00:39:24.099><c> feet</c><00:39:24.360><c> set</c>

00:39:24.820 --> 00:39:28.800
upon<00:39:25.179><c> a</c><00:39:25.440><c> rock</c><00:39:25.780><c> and</c><00:39:26.380><c> have</c><00:39:26.480><c> his</c><00:39:26.800><c> goings</c><00:39:27.760><c> established</c>

00:39:29.380 --> 00:39:33.659
and<00:39:29.739><c> again</c><00:39:29.980><c> the</c><00:39:30.400><c> focus</c><00:39:30.800><c> of</c><00:39:31.119><c> the</c><00:39:31.300><c> verse</c><00:39:31.579><c> as</c><00:39:31.820><c> we</c><00:39:32.019><c> look</c><00:39:32.219><c> at</c><00:39:32.460><c> the</c><00:39:32.679><c> mirey</c><00:39:33.159><c> clay</c><00:39:33.380><c> is</c>

00:39:33.659 --> 00:39:36.179
on<00:39:33.940><c> the</c><00:39:34.280><c> unimportant</c><00:39:35.099><c> the</c>

00:39:36.179 --> 00:39:47.739
essential<00:39:36.699><c> worthlessness</c><00:39:37.800><c> of</c><00:39:38.280><c> that</c><00:39:38.659><c> clay</c><00:39:39.099><c> we've</c><00:39:46.880><c> already</c><00:39:47.099><c> looked</c><00:39:47.420><c> at</c>

00:39:47.739 --> 00:39:50.039
Isaiah<00:39:48.260><c> 45</c><00:39:49.159><c> verses</c><00:39:49.460><c> nine</c><00:39:49.800><c> through</c>

00:39:50.039 --> 00:39:53.480
thirteen<00:39:50.599><c> where</c><00:39:50.920><c> things</c><00:39:51.280><c> were</c><00:39:51.559><c> turned</c><00:39:51.820><c> upside</c><00:39:52.340><c> down</c><00:39:53.179><c> where</c>

00:39:53.480 --> 00:39:56.920
the<00:39:53.739><c> clay</c><00:39:54.079><c> said</c><00:39:54.420><c> to</c><00:39:54.659><c> the</c><00:39:54.880><c> potter</c><00:39:56.079><c> we</c><00:39:56.679><c> made</c>

00:39:56.920 --> 00:40:03.380
reference<00:39:57.320><c> as</c><00:39:57.619><c> well</c><00:39:57.960><c> to</c><00:39:58.440><c> the</c><00:39:59.340><c> prophecy</c><00:39:59.780><c> of</c><00:40:00.860><c> Daniel</c><00:40:01.440><c> where</c><00:40:02.639><c> the</c>

00:40:03.380 --> 00:40:05.400
feet<00:40:03.639><c> the</c><00:40:04.000><c> weakest</c><00:40:04.280><c> part</c><00:40:04.619><c> of</c><00:40:04.840><c> the</c><00:40:05.039><c> image</c>

00:40:05.400 --> 00:40:14.719
were<00:40:05.659><c> made</c><00:40:06.159><c> partly</c><00:40:06.539><c> from</c><00:40:06.860><c> iron</c><00:40:07.300><c> and</c><00:40:08.440><c> partly</c><00:40:08.719><c> from</c><00:40:09.059><c> clay</c><00:40:09.420><c> so</c><00:40:13.840><c> the</c><00:40:14.039><c> focus</c><00:40:14.440><c> of</c>

00:40:14.719 --> 00:40:15.960
scripture<00:40:15.119><c> as</c><00:40:15.400><c> we</c><00:40:15.619><c> look</c>

00:40:15.960 --> 00:40:24.659
at<00:40:16.420><c> the</c><00:40:16.699><c> potter</c><00:40:16.980><c> and</c><00:40:17.159><c> the</c><00:40:17.400><c> clay</c><00:40:17.760><c> is</c><00:40:19.199><c> on</c><00:40:19.460><c> two</c><00:40:20.320><c> related</c><00:40:20.900><c> ideas</c><00:40:21.739><c> the</c><00:40:24.000><c> idea</c><00:40:24.320><c> of</c>

00:40:24.659 --> 00:40:26.380
the<00:40:24.960><c> potter</c><00:40:25.280><c> as</c><00:40:25.460><c> he</c><00:40:25.719><c> works</c><00:40:26.019><c> the</c>

00:40:26.380 --> 00:40:34.760
clay<00:40:26.840><c> is</c><00:40:28.340><c> the</c><00:40:28.679><c> idea</c><00:40:28.980><c> of</c><00:40:29.659><c> God</c><00:40:30.260><c> in</c><00:40:30.599><c> his</c><00:40:30.900><c> sovereignty</c><00:40:31.579><c> in</c><00:40:32.840><c> his</c><00:40:33.079><c> authority</c><00:40:33.679><c> and</c>

00:40:34.760 --> 00:40:35.380
in<00:40:34.960><c> his</c><00:40:35.260><c> power</c><00:40:35.380><c> and</c><00:40:35.380><c> the</c>

00:40:35.400 --> 00:40:41.639
power<00:40:36.360><c> attempting</c><00:40:38.480><c> to</c><00:40:38.920><c> transform</c><00:40:39.840><c> something</c><00:40:40.719><c> that</c><00:40:41.179><c> in</c><00:40:41.380><c> its</c>

00:40:41.639 --> 00:40:48.800
natural<00:40:42.159><c> state</c><00:40:42.780><c> is</c><00:40:44.019><c> common</c><00:40:44.880><c> unstable</c><00:40:46.760><c> and</c>

00:40:48.800 --> 00:40:55.139
essentially<00:40:49.219><c> worthless</c><00:40:49.840><c> that's</c><00:40:52.960><c> just</c><00:40:53.159><c> from</c><00:40:53.559><c> looking</c><00:40:53.940><c> at</c><00:40:54.260><c> what</c><00:40:54.860><c> the</c>

00:40:55.139 --> 00:40:57.099
scriptures<00:40:55.460><c> say</c><00:40:55.900><c> about</c><00:40:56.320><c> the</c><00:40:56.619><c> potter</c>

00:40:57.099 --> 00:41:01.260
and<00:40:57.300><c> the</c><00:40:57.559><c> clay</c><00:40:57.960><c> and</c><00:40:59.219><c> we</c><00:40:59.400><c> spent</c><00:40:59.679><c> a</c><00:40:59.820><c> bit</c><00:41:00.019><c> of</c><00:41:00.260><c> time</c><00:41:00.500><c> looking</c><00:41:00.880><c> at</c>

00:41:01.260 --> 00:41:05.219
the<00:41:01.659><c> steps</c><00:41:02.019><c> along</c><00:41:02.440><c> the</c><00:41:02.639><c> way</c><00:41:03.179><c> and</c><00:41:04.260><c> again</c><00:41:04.519><c> let's</c>

00:41:05.219 --> 00:41:15.460
remember<00:41:05.679><c> the</c><00:41:06.400><c> larger</c><00:41:06.900><c> picture</c><00:41:07.559><c> from</c><00:41:09.539><c> something</c><00:41:10.539><c> that</c><00:41:10.719><c> is</c><00:41:10.860><c> very</c><00:41:11.239><c> common</c><00:41:12.079><c> something</c><00:41:13.460><c> that</c><00:41:13.699><c> is</c><00:41:14.039><c> formless</c>

00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:21.340
something<00:41:15.920><c> that</c><00:41:16.440><c> by</c><00:41:16.840><c> nature</c><00:41:17.300><c> is</c><00:41:17.820><c> worthless</c><00:41:18.719><c> the</c><00:41:20.539><c> potter</c><00:41:20.980><c> step</c>

00:41:21.340 --> 00:41:26.079
by<00:41:21.699><c> step</c><00:41:22.880><c> removes</c><00:41:23.739><c> impurities</c><00:41:24.900><c> and</c>

00:41:26.079 --> 00:41:32.440
finally<00:41:26.320><c> removes</c><00:41:27.219><c> part</c><00:41:27.699><c> of</c><00:41:27.980><c> the</c><00:41:28.139><c> very</c><00:41:28.400><c> nature</c><00:41:28.860><c> of</c><00:41:29.099><c> that</c><00:41:29.360><c> substance</c><00:41:30.059><c> to</c><00:41:31.760><c> form</c><00:41:32.099><c> a</c>

00:41:32.440 --> 00:41:35.440
vessel<00:41:32.900><c> that</c><00:41:34.219><c> is</c><00:41:34.420><c> useful</c>

00:41:38.280 --> 00:41:44.059
sometimes<00:41:39.179><c> the</c><00:41:39.820><c> potter</c><00:41:40.159><c> is</c><00:41:40.420><c> involved</c><00:41:41.019><c> hands</c><00:41:41.539><c> on</c><00:41:42.920><c> sometimes</c>

00:41:44.059 --> 00:41:47.940
he<00:41:44.440><c> steps</c><00:41:44.679><c> back</c><00:41:45.219><c> and</c><00:41:45.480><c> allows</c><00:41:46.360><c> processes</c>

00:41:47.980 --> 00:41:53.920
outside<00:41:48.460><c> of</c><00:41:48.679><c> his</c><00:41:48.960><c> direct</c><00:41:49.260><c> control</c><00:41:49.860><c> to</c><00:41:50.320><c> work</c><00:41:50.780><c> on</c><00:41:51.000><c> that</c><00:41:51.340><c> clay</c><00:41:51.739><c> but</c><00:41:53.699><c> at</c>

00:41:53.920 --> 00:41:55.739
every<00:41:54.099><c> step</c><00:41:54.360><c> along</c><00:41:54.639><c> the</c><00:41:54.800><c> way</c><00:41:55.059><c> the</c><00:41:55.380><c> potter</c>

00:41:55.739 --> 00:42:02.500
is<00:41:56.139><c> involved</c><00:41:56.840><c> he</c><00:41:57.780><c> is</c><00:41:58.000><c> watching</c><00:41:58.500><c> he</c><00:41:59.480><c> is</c><00:41:59.719><c> assessing</c><00:42:00.239><c> he</c><00:42:01.099><c> is</c><00:42:01.239><c> deciding</c><00:42:01.780><c> not</c>

00:42:02.500 --> 00:42:05.119
quite<00:42:02.860><c> now</c><00:42:03.300><c> but</c><00:42:04.099><c> soon</c><00:42:04.639><c> the</c>

00:42:05.119 --> 00:42:11.099
next<00:42:05.380><c> step</c><00:42:05.619><c> will</c><00:42:05.800><c> be</c><00:42:06.000><c> ready</c><00:42:06.519><c> and</c><00:42:08.679><c> the</c><00:42:08.780><c> vessel</c><00:42:09.159><c> that</c><00:42:09.460><c> is</c><00:42:10.079><c> finally</c><00:42:10.539><c> to</c><00:42:10.820><c> be</c>

00:42:11.099 --> 00:42:14.699
formed<00:42:11.840><c> for</c><00:42:14.139><c> the</c><00:42:14.340><c> potters</c><00:42:14.519><c> of</c>

00:42:14.699 --> 00:42:22.000
the<00:42:14.840><c> old</c><00:42:15.019><c> testament</c><00:42:15.480><c> was</c><00:42:17.340><c> an</c><00:42:17.960><c> everyday</c><00:42:18.280><c> article</c><00:42:18.840><c> for</c><00:42:19.460><c> everyday</c><00:42:19.920><c> use</c><00:42:20.679><c> is</c>

00:42:22.000 --> 00:42:23.900
a<00:42:22.159><c> vessel</c><00:42:22.420><c> formed</c><00:42:22.900><c> for</c><00:42:23.440><c> service</c>

00:42:23.900 --> 00:42:31.860
for<00:42:24.460><c> utility</c><00:42:25.079><c> for</c><00:42:25.519><c> function</c><00:42:26.420><c> the</c><00:42:28.739><c> divine</c><00:42:29.099><c> potter</c><00:42:30.159><c> is</c><00:42:31.360><c> the</c><00:42:31.559><c> one</c>

00:42:31.860 --> 00:42:34.900
who<00:42:32.300><c> is</c><00:42:32.659><c> turning</c><00:42:32.880><c> out</c><00:42:33.760><c> everyday</c><00:42:34.219><c> instruments</c>

00:42:35.119 --> 00:42:44.539
you<00:42:37.039><c> and</c><00:42:37.300><c> I</c><00:42:38.079><c> by</c><00:42:38.500><c> his</c><00:42:38.780><c> grace</c><00:42:39.599><c> everyday</c><00:42:41.159><c> instruments</c><00:42:42.019><c> for</c><00:42:43.539><c> eternal</c><00:42:43.920><c> use</c>

00:42:44.539 --> 00:42:47.380
thank<00:42:45.539><c> you</c>