The Ministry Anointing of the Apostle

Chapter 2 2 Apostolic Reformers

Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the Lord came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the Lord. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel. Jeremiah 18:2-6 n addition to being forerunners, apostles also minister with a reforming anointing. They are often reformers. To form means to give a particular shape to; to shape or mold into a certain state or after a particular model. The Lord desires to form and shape His church after His own design. When the Church is not in its proper form, He has to reform it even as a potter has to mold the clay. To reform means to amend or improve by change of form, or removal of faults or abuses. I The clay that was upon the wheels was "marred". Often the Church has been marred by the hands of men who have tried to shape it according to their design, instead of the design of the Lord. When men try to form the Church according to religious tradition instead of the Word of God, the result is a marred vessel. When the

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