There's a Crack in Your Armor Perry Stone

would have had his ministerial license revoked by denominational hierarchy for publicly denying the Lord (Mark 14:71). When Peter asked Jesus, “How often shall my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? Up to seven times?” (Matt. 18:21), Peter limited his forgiveness to seven times. Jesus replied, “I do not say to you, up to seven times, but up to seventy times seven” (v. 22). Jesus was saying that as long as the offender asked the offended person for forgiveness, it should be given to him, indicating that the release of forgiveness is to be unlimited. Many years ago I heard my close friend, Dr. E. L. Terry, explain the various vessels in the Bible, and what, in ancient times, the owner of a cracked clay vessel could do to mend it. When a clay jar was cracked, there were two main substances needed to seal the crack: fresh wet clay and the blood of a special tick. If wet clay was inserted in or on the crack and it dried, there was nothing to hold the fresh dried clay onto the older vessel once it dried. Thus pressure from any internal liquid could push the new seal out, and the pot would return to its previous condition. A tick is an insect that sucks blood from animals such as dogs, cats, sheep, goats, horses, and even humans if they can attach their heads under the skin. When a tick is crushed, small amounts of blood are released. The particular tick used for this process was taken from a sheep or a goat. The blood of the tick was mixed with the wet clay, and the combination of the clay and the blood allowed the clay to dry and hold on to the edges around the crack. Thus the blood was needed to create the seal to hold the fresh clay