You Are The Potter, I Am The Clay

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Sunday, June 24, 2018 ~ Jeremiah 18:1-6

Thank you, State Senator & Gideon Bill Hansell, for presenting the word of God today.

  1. Have you ever worked with clay or even playdough?
  2. Does the clay get to tell the potter what to do?  Jeremiah 18:4; Isaiah 29:15&16, 45:9-12
  3. Who is the Potter?  Who is the clay?  Jeremiah 18:6
  4. If you are the clay, what difference will your hard spots and impurities make?
  5. What does the Potter use to shape the clay into a work of art?
  6. What does this passage tell us about God? About man?
  7. What difference does this lesson from the potter’s house make to you?

Use these quizzes to learn more about The Gideons and the Bible!

How well do you know the Gideons?

  1. How many languages to the Gideons print scripture in?
  2. True or False: Gideons only place Bibles in motel & hotel rooms.
  3. When were the Gideons founded? When did Gideons International begin distributing the Word of God?
  4. How many individuals began the association?
  5. How many individuals make up the Gideons and Auxiliary now? How many countries, territories and possessions are they in?
  6. How many Bibles and New Testaments have they distributed around the world?
  7. How many copies of God’s Word are distributed by Gideons per second around the clock? How many every four days?
  8. How can anyone find out more about the Gideons?

Answers… 1)  over 95 languages  2) False. Gideons place Bibles in those places as well as    hospitals, convalescent homes, medical offices, domestic violence shelters, prisons, and jails. Members of the Gideons also personally distribute God’s Word to police, fire, and medical personnel; prisoners; military personnel; students in the fifth grade and above; and to those with whom they interact on a daily basis. 3) 1899, 1908 4) 3: John Nicholson, Samuel Hill, Will Knights  5) more than 270,000 in 200 different places. 6) more than 2 BILLION!  The first    billion took 93 years, the second was distributed in 13 years.  7) over 2; over one million  8) go to www2.gideons.org or talk to Bill!

 

Sword Play! 

  1. How many books are there in the Bible? In the New Testament?
  2. Name one of the five books in the Bible that contain only one chapter.
  3. In what languages were most of the Old Testament and New Testament given in?
  4. What is the name commonly given to the first five books of the Old Testament?
  5. What is the “Great Commission” and where is it found?
  6. Who were the first two apostles to follow Jesus?
  7. How many men did Gideon gather to fight the Midianites? How many did the Lord allow to fight?
  8. What was the first bird that Noah let go from the Ark?
  9. Who was the first king of Israel? What did his name mean?
  10. What is Jesus’ home town?
  11. Bonus:  What does the Bible liken itself to?

Answers…  1)  66, 27  2) Obadiah, Philemon, 2 & 3 John, Jude 3) O.T. Hebrew, N.T. Greek   4)The Pentateuch (pen-ta-tuke)  5) Matt 28:18-20 “…go and make disciples of all nations… baptizing them…teaching them to obey…  6) Peter and Andrew  7)  32,000; 300 — Judges 7:3,7  8) A raven—Gen. 8:6.  9) Saul; you asked for it  10) Bethlehem, of course!  [only 6 months until Christmas! Be on the lookout for Shoebox gifts!]  Bonus)  a sword — Ephesians 6:17