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2 Timothy 2 20-2 Timothy 2 21
Now in a large house there are not only gold and silver bowls, but also those of wood and clay, some for honorable use, some for dishonorable.So if anyone purifies himself from anything dishonorable, he will be a special instrument, set apart, useful to the Master, prepared for every good work.
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Daniel 6:1-3
Darius decided to appoint 120 satraps over the kingdom, stationed throughout the realm,and over them three administrators, including Daniel. These satraps would be accountable to them so that the king would not be defrauded.Daniel distinguished himself above the administrators and satraps because he had an extraordinary spirit, so the king planned to set him over the whole realm.
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John 20:21-23
Jesus said to them again,“ Peace to you! As the Father has sent Me, I also send you.”After saying this, He breathed on them and said,“ Receive the Holy Spirit.If you forgive the sins of any, they are forgiven them; if you retain the sins of any, they are retained.”
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Matthew 28:18
Then Jesus came near and said to them,“ All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth.
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John 5:22-27
The Father, in fact, judges no one but has given all judgment to the Son,so that all people will honor the Son just as they honor the Father. Anyone who does not honor the Son does not honor the Father who sent Him.“ I assure you: Anyone who hears My word and believes Him who sent Me has eternal life and will not come under judgment but has passed from death to life.“ I assure you: An hour is coming, and is now here, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.For just as the Father has life in Himself, so also He has granted to the Son to have life in Himself.And He has granted Him the right to pass judgment, because He is the Son of Man.
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Genesis 41:44-45
Pharaoh said to Joseph,“ I am Pharaoh, but no one will be able to raise his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt without your permission.”Pharaoh gave Joseph the name Zaphenath-paneah and gave him a wife, Asenath daughter of Potiphera, priest at On. And Joseph went throughout the land of Egypt.
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Genesis 47:11-25
Then Joseph settled his father and brothers in the land of Egypt and gave them property in the best part of the land, the land of Rameses, as Pharaoh had commanded.And Joseph provided his father, his brothers, and all his father’s household with food for their dependents.But there was no food in that entire region, for the famine was very severe. The land of Egypt and the land of Canaan were exhausted by the famine.Joseph collected all the money to be found in the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan in exchange for the grain they were purchasing, and he brought the money to Pharaoh’s palace.When the money from the land of Egypt and the land of Canaan was gone, all the Egyptians came to Joseph and said,“ Give us food. Why should we die here in front of you? The money is gone!”But Joseph said,“ Give me your livestock. Since the money is gone, I will give you food in exchange for your livestock.”So they brought their livestock to Joseph, and he gave them food in exchange for the horses, the herds of sheep, the herds of cattle, and the donkeys. That year he provided them with food in exchange for all their livestock.When that year was over, they came the next year and said to him,“ We cannot hide from our lord that the money is gone and that all our livestock belongs to our lord. There is nothing left for our lord except our bodies and our land.Why should we die here in front of you— both us and our land? Buy us and our land in exchange for food. Then we with our land will become Pharaoh’s slaves. Give us seed so that we can live and not die, and so that the land won’t become desolate.”In this way, Joseph acquired all the land in Egypt for Pharaoh, because every Egyptian sold his field since the famine was so severe for them. The land became Pharaoh’s,and Joseph moved the people to the cities from one end of Egypt to the other.The only land he didn’t acquire was the priests’ portion, for it was given to them by Pharaoh. They lived off the rations Pharaoh had given them; therefore they did not sell their land.Then Joseph said to the people,“ Understand today that I have acquired you and your land for Pharaoh. Here is seed for you. Sow it in the land.At harvest, you are to give a fifth of it to Pharaoh, and four-fifths will be yours as seed for the field and as food for yourselves, your households, and your dependents.”And they said,“ You have saved our lives. We have found favor in our lord’s eyes and will be Pharaoh’s slaves.”
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Romans 9:22-23
And what if God, desiring to display His wrath and to make His power known, endured with much patience objects of wrath ready for destruction?And what if He did this to make known the riches of His glory on objects of mercy that He prepared beforehand for glory—
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Ezekiel 15:3
Can wood be taken from it to make something useful? Or can anyone make a peg from it to hang things on?