The Kingdom of God is like;

The tale of two potters.

     The first expertly spins the clay vessel and fires it. Upon taking it from the kiln, he holds it up to the sunlight to examine for flaws and cracks. Seeing the cracks, he discards the vessel as useless.

     The second expertly spins the clay vessel and fires it. Upon taking it from the kiln, he holds it up to the sunlight to examine for flaws and cracks. Seeing the cracks, he fills the vessel with rare, priceless oil and the vessel is transformed, useful and beautiful! The potter smiles . . .

Which of these potters has the character of a Kingdom Citizen? How so?

How do these verses inform you?

Romans 11:22

Note then the kindness and the severity of God: severity toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness to you, provided you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you too will be cut off.

John 15:6

If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.

2 Corinthian 4:7-9;

But we have this treasure in jars of clay, to show that the surpassing power belongs to God and not to us.  We are afflicted in every way, but not crushed; perplexed, but not driven to despair;  persecuted, but not forsaken; struck down, but not destroyed;