Vessels of Clay

2 Timothy 2:20-21

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The Peril of Personal Preferences 1 As for the one who is weak in faith, welcome him, but not to quarrel over opinions.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/07/the-peril-of-personal-preferences/

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Eyes Wide Open 11 Besides this you know the time, that the hour has come for you to wake from sleep.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/06/eyes-wide-open-2/

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The Debt of Love I Owe 8 Owe no one anything, except to love each other, for the one who loves another has fulfilled the law.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/05/the-debt-of-love-i-owe/

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Our God Reigns 1 Let every person be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and those that exist have been instituted by God.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/04/our-god-reigns-2/

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The Power to Love and Live Differently 9 Let love be genuine. Abhor what is evil; hold fast to what is good. 10 Love one another with brotherly affection.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/03/the-power-to-love-and-live-differently/

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Grace, Gratitude, and Growth 3 For by the grace given to me I say to everyone among you not to think of himself more highly than he ought to think, but to think with sober judgment, each according to the measure of faith that God has assigned.... https://devotionaryblog.com/2026/06/02/grace-gratitude-and-growth/

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The Mindset of Mercy, Not Merit 1 I appeal to you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, to present your bodies as a living sacrifice, holy and acceptable to God, which is your spiritual worship....

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The Wondrous Ways of God

33 Oh, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways! 34 “For who has known the mind of the Lord,     or who has been his counselor?” 35 “Or who has given a gift to him     that he might be repaid?” 36 For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen. – Romans 11:33-36 ESV Paul sums…

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From Enemies to God’s Elect

28 As regards the gospel, they are enemies for your sake. But as regards election, they are beloved for the sake of their forefathers. 29 For the gifts and the calling of God are irrevocable. 30 For just as you were at one time disobedient to God but now have received mercy because of their disobedience, 31 so they too have now been disobedient in order that by the mercy shown to you they also…

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Our Ready, Willing, and Able God

25 Lest you be wise in your own sight, I do not want you to be unaware of this mystery, brothers: a partial hardening has come upon Israel, until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in. 26 And in this way all Israel will be saved, as it is written, “The Deliverer will come from Zion,     he will banish ungodliness from Jacob”; 27 “and this will be my covenant with them     when I take away…

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The Faithfulness of God

17 But if some of the branches were broken off, and you, although a wild olive shoot, were grafted in among the others and now share in the nourishing root of the olive tree, 18 do not be arrogant toward the branches. If you are, remember it is not you who support the root, but the root that supports you. 19 Then you will say, “Branches were broken off so that I might be grafted in.” 20 That is…

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The Improbable But Providential Plan of God

11 So I ask, did they stumble in order that they might fall? By no means! Rather, through their trespass salvation has come to the Gentiles, so as to make Israel jealous. 12 Now if their trespass means riches for the world, and if their failure means riches for the Gentiles, how much more will their full inclusion mean! 13 Now I am speaking to you Gentiles. Inasmuch then as I am an apostle to the…

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Blind Eyes and Deaf Ears

7 What then? Israel failed to obtain what it was seeking. The elect obtained it, but the rest were hardened, 8 as it is written, “God gave them a spirit of stupor,     eyes that would not see     and ears that would not hear, down to this very day.” 9 And David says, “Let their table become a snare and a trap,     a stumbling block and a retribution for them; 10 let their eyes be darkened so…

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Our Promise-Keeping God

1 I ask, then, has God rejected his people? By no means! For I myself am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, a member of the tribe of Benjamin. 2 God has not rejected his people whom he foreknew. Do you not know what the Scripture says of Elijah, how he appeals to God against Israel? 3 “Lord, they have killed your prophets, they have demolished your altars, and I alone am left, and they seek…

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A Blessing to the Nations

18 But I ask, have they not heard? Indeed they have, for “Their voice has gone out to all the earth,     and their words to the ends of the world.” 19 But I ask, did Israel not understand? First Moses says, “I will make you jealous of those who are not a nation;     with a foolish nation I will make you angry.” 20 Then Isaiah is so bold as to say, “I have been found by those who did not seek…

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Faithfulness Versus Fruitfulness

14 How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard? And how are they to hear without someone preaching? 15 And how are they to preach unless they are sent? As it is written, “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the good news!” 16 But they have not all obeyed the gospel. For Isaiah says, “Lord, who has…

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Free For All

5 For Moses writes about the righteousness that is based on the law, that the person who does the commandments shall live by them. 6 But the righteousness based on faith says, “Do not say in your heart, ‘Who will ascend into heaven?’” (that is, to bring Christ down) 7 “or ‘Who will descend into the abyss?’” (that is, to bring Christ up from the dead). 8 But what does it say? “The word is near…