VESSELS

*WHAT KIND OF A VESSEL ARE YOU? UNTO HONOUR OR DISHONOR?* 

Vessel means a hollow container, especially one used to hold liquid such as bowl.
Biblically,a vessel is a person embodied with some particular qualities/ potentials.
What qualifies us as vessels unto honor is how we live our lives and who we live for.

 *2Tim2:21(Contemporary English Version).*
*This is also how it is with people.*  *The one who stops* *doing evil and make themselves pure will become* *special.Their lives will be holy and pleasing to their* *master and they will be able to do all kind of good deeds.* 

This scripture above states that before we can become vessels unto honor,we must:
*Stop doing evil
* Make ourselves pure.
These two can be summarize as living a sinless life.
Living a sinless life will make our lives Holy and pleasing to our master. The master then will give us power to do all kinds of good deeds.

 *2tim2:21* *(Darby Bible Translation)*
 *If therefore one  shall have purified himself from these(in separating himself from them),* *he shall be a vessel to honour,sanctified, serviceable to the master, prepared for every good work.*

From this Bible translation ,we can denote that before we can become vessels unto honor,we must first separate ourselves from them(the world and the things of the world)

 *Romans12:2(New living translation)*
*Don't copy the behavior and customs of this world but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to Know God's will for you,which is good and pleasing and perfect.*

The world generally is polluted and full of evil,now copying the behavior and customs of the world will only lead us to destruction. The word of God should be our guide in whatever we do and not the dictate of the world.

Even when we've gone astray and we've become vessels unto dishonor. The master can still break us and remold us Jer18:1-6 .we are just like clay in the potters hand. The potters can still make us what's best to him only if we are ready to surrender all and turn away from our sinful ways. 


✍🏼 Olayinka Beatrice Akinfolase.

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