Lesson: In the Hands of the Potter<br>
Reading: Mercy is in God’s hand<br>
Reference:  Rom. 9:14-23<br><br>
Romans 9:14: What shall we say then? Is there unrighteousness with God? God forbid.<br>
Romans 9:15: For he saith to Moses, I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have compassion on whom I will have compassion.<br>
Romans 9:16: So then it is not of him that willeth, nor of him that runneth, but of God that sheweth mercy.<br>
Romans 9:17: For the scripture saith unto Pharaoh, Even for this same purpose have I raised thee up, that I might shew my power in thee, and that my name might be declared throughout all the earth.<br>
Romans 9:18: Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.<br>
Romans 9:19: Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will?<br>
Romans 9:20: Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed say to him that formed it, Why hast thou made me thus?<br>
Romans 9:21: Hath not the potter power over the clay, of the same lump to make one vessel unto honour, and another unto dishonour?<br>
Romans 9:22: What if God, willing to shew his wrath, and to make his power known, endured with much longsuffering the vessels of wrath fitted to destruction:<br>
Romans 9:23: And that he might make known the riches of his glory on the vessels of mercy, which he had afore prepared unto glory,<br>
(KJV)<br>