Jeremiah 18:1-10 The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,… Restored! Men can restore many things. I have read of them restoring pictures, cleansing them from the dust and filth that have gathered in the course of years, and restoring them to something like the brilliance and beauty they had when they left the painter's easel. I have read of them restoring old buildings — grand old cathedrals, monuments of the genius and devotion of past generations — which have begun to show signs of decay. But there is a restoration work greater far than the restoration of one of the old masters or the restoration of a cathedral, and that is the restoration of man himself. For man is a wreck, a ruin; a wreck so complete, a ruin so utter, that his restoration has seemed hopeless and desperate. The best of men gave up the task, shook their heads over publicans and sinners, and said, "The ruin is beyond restoration." But Jesus came and looked upon these wrecks of humanity, and said, "These, too, can be restored," and He has justified His word. He found Zacchaeus a wreck, and restored him; He found Onesimus a wreck, and restored him; He found Augustine a wreck, and restored him; He found Henry Barrowe a wreck, and restored him; He found J.B. Gough a wreck, and restored him. Out of these battered ruins and shattered wrecks of humanity He has made temples of the living God. (J. D. Jones, M. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, |
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