Master Potter Seminars
Seminar opportunities presented by John Hunter
I started making pottery at 18 right out of high school and continued to pursue it as a career and apprenticed under various master potters in California, Tennessee and North Carolina. As a member of the Hippie Movement I was searching for truth and meaning that seemed absent in the materialistic American culture of my youth. In Santa Cruz, California I found my soul mate Rainbow and married her at my father’s house in Beverly Hills, CA. We took off on a trek to India to find our guru, first flying to England and then hitchhiking across Europe and the the Middle East on the same route Marco Polo and Alexander took. When I finally met Jesus in Kabul, Afghanistan I began reading the Bible, beginning with the gospel of Matthew. Towards the end of the book I was amazed to read about the Potter’s Field (Matthew 27:3–27:8).
This leads to a thorough study of everything the Bible had to say about pottery making, the most crucial piece of information was that God refers to himself as a Potter and that we and the nations of the world are like clay in His hands. This series of sermons/teachings takes us through the whole process of making pottery from the search for good clay to the final glaze firing and use. Each session is a part of the process. Salvation, Cleansing, Mixing, Aging, Testing, Forming, Drying, Firing and Serving; designed to lead us through and help us to understand God’s purposes in every step of our forming into the servant vessels God desires us to be, following Jesus who “did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Luke 22: 24.
The Master Potter Sermon
This sermon is often a stand alone message that focuses on God’s work in our lives as He forms us under pressure in our daily lives.
“But now, O Lord you are our Father, we are the clay, and you our potter; and we are all the work of your hand.”
Isaiah 64:8
TOPICS COVERED ARE:
- The Lordship of Christ
- The Father Heart of God
- Unconditional Surrender and Obedience
Part 1: We Are God's Treasure
The Potter’s Field: A Short History of Hell
The Cost of the Clay - Treasure in Earthen Vessels
The kingdom of heaven is like a treasure hidden in the field, which a man found and hid; and from joy over it he goes and sells all that he has, and buys that field. Matthew 13:44
The Cross: God’s Cost and Sacrifice
Following the history of events in the valley of
Ben Hinnom from Solomon’s time to the time of Christ when it became known as Gehenna or hell.
Part 2: God Begins to Change Us
God prepares the Clay
“But He when He comes will convict the world concerning sin, righteousness and judgment” John 16: 1-8
“...break up your fallow ground, for it is time to seek the Lord...” Hosea 10:12
Confession and Repentance
- Digging the Clay: Rescue Hosea 10:12
- Crushing the Clay: Salvation Psalms 34:18 3
- Sifting the Clay: Shame Luke 22:31
- Washing the Clay: Cleansing 1 John 1:9
- Treading the Clay: Consistency and Integrity
- Aging the clay: Ps. 27:14 Wait on the Lord-Dying to Self
- Testing the Clay: Exodus 4:1-5 Humility
Part 3: God the Master Potter
God Forms the Clay: The Potter’s Wheel
“But now, O Lord you are our Father, we are the clay, and you our potter; and we are all the work of your hand.” Isaiah 64:8
His Lordship
His Father Heart
Our Unconditional Surrender and Obedience
Part 4: God Prepares the Vessel for Fire
“...but I went into Arabia.” Galatians 1:17 Dry Times and the Testing of Your Faith
Learning to Live by Faith, not Feelings
Part 5: God Fires the Pots
Baptized by Fire: Fiery Trials
“He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire.” Luke 3:16 Daniel 3: The three Hebrew Children
Part 6: God Uses Us to Serve Others
Vessels of Honor are Servant Vessels
Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver vessels, but also vessels of wood and earthenware, and some to honor and some to dishonor. Therefore, if a man cleanses himself from these things, he will be a vessel for honor, sanctified, useful to the master, prepared for every good work.” 2 Timothy 2: 20-21
... just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many.” Matthew 20:28
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John can come to your church or organization for a speaking engagement.