{"id":2283,"date":"2005-10-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-10-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/banneroftruth.co\/us\/resources\/articles\/2005\/the-potter-and-the-clay"},"modified":"2005-10-04T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-10-04T00:00:00","slug":"the-potter-and-the-clay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.banneroftruth.org\/us\/resources\/articles\/2005\/the-potter-and-the-clay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Potter And The Clay"},"content":{"rendered":"


Behold, the Potter and the clay,
He forms His vessels as He’s pleased;
Such is our God and such are we
The subjects of His high decree. <\/p>\n

Does not the Potter’s power extend
O’er all the mass, which part to choose?
And mold it for a nobler end,
And which to leave for viler use? <\/p>\n

May not the Sovereign Lord on high
Dispense His favors as He will?
Choose some to life, while others die
And yet be just and gracious still? <\/p>\n

What if, to make His terror known,
He lets His patience long endure,
Suffering vile rebels to go on,
And seal their own destruction sure? <\/p>\n

Shall man reply against his Lord,
And call His Maker’s ways unjust,
The thunder, of whose dreadful word,
Can crush a thousand worlds to dust? <\/p>\n

But O, my soul, if truths so bright
Should dazzle and confound thy sight,
Yet still His written will obey,
And wait the great decisive day. <\/p>\n

Then shall He make His justice known,
And the whole world before His throne,
With joy or terror shall confess
The glory of His righteousness. <\/p>\n

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