Helen,

That is excellent. Thanks for sharing that with us. I'm going to keep it
and read it again.

Love and Blessings,
Pat Ferguson

At 05:53 AM 9/29/04, you wrote:
>Man Being a Vessel
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Bible Verses ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Rom 9:21 Or does not the potter have authority over the clay
>to make out of the same lump one vessel unto honor and
>another unto dishonor? (23) In order that He might make known
>the riches of His glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had
>before prepared unto glory.
>2 Cor 4:7 But we have this treasure [Jesus Christ] in earthen
>vessels....
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Words of Ministry ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Romans 9:21 discloses God's purpose in creating man. This
>verse is unique in its revelation of God's purpose in the
>creation of man. Without this verse it would be difficult for
>us to realize that God's purpose in creating man was to make
>him His vessel to contain Him. We all must thoroughly
>understand that we are God's containers and that God is our
>content. We are earthen vessels, and God is the treasure and
>the content.
>
>God's selection has a goal-to have many vessels to contain
>God and to express Him eternally. God created us in such a
>way that we are able to take Him into us and contain Him as
>our life and life supply, to the end that we be one with Him
>to express what He is and that He be glorified in us and with
>us. This is the eternal goal of God's selection. It is also
>our eternal destiny.
>
>This portion of the Word also unfolds the climax of our
>usefulness to God, which is not to be used by Him as
>servants, priests, and kings, but as vessels to contain Him
>and express Him. If we are to be used as God's vessels,
>surely He has to be one with us. We are His container and His
>expression; He is our content and our life. He lives in us
>that we may live by Him. He and we, we and He, eventually
>will be one both in life and in nature.
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Bible verses are taken from the Recovery Version of the Bible
>and Words of Ministry from Witness Lee. Life-study of Romans,
>pp. 263-265. Both are published by Living Stream
>Ministry, Anaheim, CA. (Repeat 10/12/98)