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Tag: Potter Analogy

  • Jeremiah 18 and the Potter/Clay

    Instead of appealing to the obvious biblical antecedent of the potter analogy in Romans 9 (namely Isaiah 29:16 and 45:9) or the most logical intertestamental literature (namely Wisdom 15:7), many non-Calvinists will turn to Jeremiah 18.   Jeremiah 18:1-10 (1) The word which came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, (2) Arise, and go down to…

  • The Potter's Precedent

    In Romans 9, in response to the most frequent objection to Calvinism, Paul provides an answer from a potter analogy: Romans 9:19-23 Thou wilt say then unto me, Why doth he yet find fault? For who hath resisted his will? Nay but, O man, who art thou that repliest against God? Shall the thing formed…