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Early glassmaking was slow and costly, and it required hard work. Glass blowing and glass pressing were
unknown, furnaces were small, the clay pots were of poor quality, and the heat was hardly sufficient for
melting. But glassmakers eventually learned how to make colored glass jewelry, cosmetics cases, and tiny
jugs and jars. People who could afford them—the priests and the ruling classes—considered glass objects as
valuable as jewels. God's Word compares jars of clay with our bodies in the following verse:
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
This verse explains to us that the contents of the vessel (and not the vessel itself) makes up the real value.
Our bodies, just like the glass vessels in the image above are fragile indeed, but if you are a believer in Jesus
Christ, you have an all-surpassing power that lies within (that being the Spirit of God) that enables you to
serve Him on a daily basis. So let us spur one anther onto good works so that we do not spend our limited
time here on earth on the dusty shelves of inactivity and uselessness but in the service of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
unknown, furnaces were small, the clay pots were of poor quality, and the heat was hardly sufficient for
melting. But glassmakers eventually learned how to make colored glass jewelry, cosmetics cases, and tiny
jugs and jars. People who could afford them—the priests and the ruling classes—considered glass objects as
valuable as jewels. God's Word compares jars of clay with our bodies in the following verse:
2 Corinthians 4:7
But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this all-surpassing power is from God and not from us.
This verse explains to us that the contents of the vessel (and not the vessel itself) makes up the real value.
Our bodies, just like the glass vessels in the image above are fragile indeed, but if you are a believer in Jesus
Christ, you have an all-surpassing power that lies within (that being the Spirit of God) that enables you to
serve Him on a daily basis. So let us spur one anther onto good works so that we do not spend our limited
time here on earth on the dusty shelves of inactivity and uselessness but in the service of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ.
