Potter (Clay)

No figures of speech set forth the sovereignty of God more clearly and more strikingly than those figures which use the terms potter, clay, and vessels. By God's sovereignty we mean the freedom and the right of God to do what he pleases with every one of His creatures. "Whatsoever the Lord pleased, that did he in heaven, and in earth, in the seas, and all deep places" (Ps. 135:6). May He not do what He will with His own (Matt. 20:15)? "Hath not the potter power over the clay" (Rom. 9:21)? We...